This outrageous animal had to shoulder responsibility for all derelict vessels, whose numbers are unfortunately considerable, since out of those 3,000 ships whose losses are recorded annually at the marine insurance bureau, the figure for steam or sailing ships supposedly lost with all hands, in the absence of any news, amounts to at least 200!
El fantástico animal cargó con la responsabilidad de todos esos naufragios, cuyo número es desgraciadamente considerable, ya que de los tres mil barcos cuya pérdida se registra anualnente en el Bureau Veritas, la cifra de navíos de vapor o de vela que se dan por perdidos ante la ausencia de toda noticia asciende a no menos de doscientos.