Photograph by Emil P. Albrecht 

 TOO OLD TO GO TO THE PISHING GROUNDS, BUT STURDY STILL AND FULLY COMPETENT 

 TO MOOR NETS TO TRAP SUBMARINES 



To the seas which surround them, the British Islands are indebted for the mildness of 

 their climate, their security from invasion, their commerce, and the wealth yielded by pro- 

 ductive fisheries. 



to possess the strongest navy in the world 

 would be to leave her of all nations per- 

 haps the most vulnerable. Probably 90 

 per cent of all the food her 45,000,000 

 people consume is brought in by ships 

 engaged in foreign trade. 



On the other hand, the splendid coal 

 deposits and the abundant supplies of 

 iron make British industries largely free 

 from blockade dangers. Producing one- 

 fourth of the world's coal, the United 

 Kingdom has little to fear from a coal 

 shortage, no matter what the character 

 of a blockade around her. 



The port of London handles approxi- 

 mately one^third of all the exports and 



imports of the United Kingdom. The 

 ships of the whole world visit it in nor- 

 mal times, and there is scarcely a mer- 

 chant flag that civilization knows that is 

 missing in the Thames in other than war 

 times. 



Liverpool has some of the most modern 

 docks in the world. Flanking the Mer- 

 sey River for a distance of seven miles, 

 the 60 docks, having 26 miles of quay 

 and covering 428 acres of ground, are 

 equipped with every aid known to indus- 

 try for the rapid handling of the immense 

 quantities of merchandise. 



Cardiff is far down the list in the num- 

 ber of ships arriving, but ranks third in 



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