The balance of the boats destroyed in December, 1916, was made up of vessels of less than 2,000 tons, among which there were Russian, Swedish, and Portuguese boats as well as ships belonging to the nations already mentioned. One American-owned was also included, the _John Lambert_, of 1,550 tons, owned by the Great Britain & St. Lawrence Transportation Company. On December 4, 1916, a German submarine sank in the Mediterranean the former Anchor liner _Caledonia_, a steamer of 9,223 tons. The German version of this occurrence was as follows: "On December 4, 1916, in the Mediterranean, the British liner _Caledonia_ attempted to ram one of our submarines without having previously been attacked by the latter. "Just before the submarine was struck by the steamer's bows it succeeded in firing a torpedo, which hit and sank the _Caledonia_. The submarine was only slightly damaged. "The captain of the steamer, James Blaikie, was taken prisoner by the submarine." In January, 1917, the toll exacted by mines and submarines was especially large. The New York "Journal of Commerce" gave on February 6, 1917, the following figures: 154 vessels of 336,997 tons. Of these 87, of 229,366 tons, belonged to Great Britain and her allies, and 67, of 107,631 tons, to neutrals. No American boats were included. On January 1, 1917, a German submarine sank the British transport _Ivernia_ in the Mediterranean while carrying troops. Four officers and 146 men as well as 33 members of the crew were reported missing. The British battleship _Cornwallis_ was sunk on January 9, 1917, likewise in the Mediterranean. Thirteen members of the crew were reported missing. The _Cornwallis_, which was launched at Blackwell in 1901 and completed in 1904, had a displacement of 14,000 tons, length of 405 feet, beam of 75-1/2 feet, and draft of 26-1/2 feet. Her indicated horsepower was 18,238, developing a speed of 18.9 knots. She carried four 12-inch, twelve 6-inch, ten 12-pounder, and two 3-pounder guns, as well as four torpedo tubes. The complement of the _Cornwallis_ was about 750. Two days later, January 11, 1917, the British seaplane carrier _Ben-Machree_ was sunk by gunfire in Kasteloxizo Harbor (Asia Minor). There were no casualties. Among the larger boats (above 2,000 tons) sunk during January, 1917, were the following: British: _Apsleyhall_, 3,882 tons; _Holly Branch_, 3,568 tons; _Baycraig_, 3,761 tons; _Lesbian_, 2,555 tons; _Andoni_, 3,188 tons; _Baynesk_, 3,286 tons; _Lynfield_, 3,023 tons; _Manchester Inventor_, 4,247 tons; _Wragby_, 3,641 tons; _Garfield_, 3,838 tons; _Auchencrag_, 3,916 tons; _Port Nicholson_, 8,418 tons; _Matina_, 3,870 tons; _Toftwood_, 3,082 tons; _Mohacsfield_, 3,678 tons; _Tremeadow_, 3,653 tons; _Neuquen_, 3,583 tons; _Tabasco_, 2,987 tons; _Matheran_, 7,654 tons; _Jevington_, 2,747 tons. French: _Tuskar_, 3,043 tons. Japanese: _Taki Maru_, 3,208 tons; _Chinto Maru_, 2,592 tons; _Misagatu Maru_, No. 3, 2,608 tons.