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Show FIFTEEN SHIPS LOST BY CUNARD COMPANY NbiW YORK. Nov. 23. Fifteen steamships, steam-ships, agereaUng 20R.70ft gross tons, were lost by the Cunard line during the period of tiie war, it was learned here today. Of these, alt except two were classed as war losses, having been sunk by torpedoes or mines. The Campania and the Ascania were lost through accidents. acci-dents. The tonnage sunk represents, approximately ap-proximately one-half of that possessed by tho line at the outbreak of tiie war in Nearly all of the Cunard liners were well-known Atlantic greyhounds,' ihe largest of which was the Lualtania, torpedoed tor-pedoed May 7, 1515. The Anchor line, a subsidiary of the company, nlso lost heavily, eight ships, including the 14. J 10-ton Tuseania, falling victims to the German sea depredations, the total tonnage loss of this line being 65.4SS. |