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Mr. Redmond
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list by year since 1980 to date (a) the number of bulk carrier ships that have sunk and (b) the number of crew lost; and if he will show in his answer the number of British ships and crew involved.
Mr. McLoughlin
Figures of vessels which sank, and of the number of crew lost, are not recorded. The numbers of ore/bulk/oil carriers recorded as total losses are as follows:
| Year | Number |
| 1980 | 21 |
| 1981 | 16 |
| 1982 | 17 |
| 1983 | 26 |
| 1984 | 17 |
| 1985 | 22 |
| 1986 | 20 |
| 1987 | 18 |
| 1988 | 8 |
| 1989 | 12 |