In December, 1917, the number of vessels of different classes actually appropriated to various areas is given on the next page in Table A for the British Isles and Table B for the Mediterranean.

TABLE A:  AUXILIARY PATROLS IN HOME WATERS.

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Boom Defence Drifters, etc.    |
--------------------------------------------------------+   |
Boom Defence Trawlers.     |   |
----------------------------------------------------+   |   |
Patrol Paddlers.     |   |   |
-------------------------------------------------+  |   |   |
Paddle or Screw Minesweepers.     |  |   |   |
----------------------------------------------+  |  |   |   |
Motor Boats.     |  |  |   |   |
-------------------------------------------+  |  |  |   |   |
Motor Drifters.     |  |  |  |   |   |
----------------------------------------+  |  |  |  |   |   |
Other Drifters.      |  |  |  |  |   |   |
------------------------------------+   |  |  |  |  |   |   |
Net Drifters.      |   |  |  |  |  |   |   |
--------------------------------+   |   |  |  |  |  |   |   |
Motor Launches.     |   |   |  |  |  |  |   |   |
----------------------------+   |   |   |  |  |  |  |   |   |
Whalers.       |   |   |   |  |  |  |  |   |   |
------------------------+   |   |   |   |  |  |  |  |   |   |
Trawlers.      |   |   |   |   |  |  |  |  |   |   |
--------------------+   |   |   |   |   |  |  |  |  |   |   |
Yachts.     |   |   |   |   |   |  |  |  |  |   |   |
----------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+--+---+---

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Area No.        |   |   |   |   |   |   |  |  |  |  |   |   |
|   |   |   |   |   |   |  |  |  |  |   |   |
I            |  5| 44|  4|  6| 22|  2|11|  | 3|  |   |  6|
II            |  6|119|  7| 15| 72|112| 6|  | 8|  | 60| 83|
IV            |  1| 27|   | 12| 10|  3|  |  |  |  | 15| 10|
V            |  1| 20|   |  8| 12|  1| 7|  |  |  |   |   |
VI            |  6| 51|  1| 24|  9| 14|14|  |13|  | 20| 23|
VIII           |  1| 51|   | 16| 25|   | 4|  | 9|  |   |   |
IX            |  1| 93|  3|  6| 25|  1| 4|  | 8|  |  7| 25|
[        |  2| 16|   |  6| 27|   |  | 2|  |  |   |   |
X   -[        |   | 53|   |  6|   | 19|  |  |  |  |   |   |
-             |   | 30|   |  6| 28|   | 2|  | 7|  |   |  5|
-             |  1| 29|   | 33| 42|   |  |  | 9|  |  3| 13|
XI            |  2| 70|   | 31|101|   |  |  |19|  |   |  2|
|  1|   |   |   |   | 30|  |  |  |  |   |   |
XII            |  2| 35|   | 26| 22| 10|  |  | 6|  |   |  10|
|   | 18|   |  5| 18|   |  |  |  |  |   |   |
|   | 14|   |  2| 25|  2|  |  |  |  |   |   |
|   |  6|   |   |   |   |  |  |  |  |   |   |
|   |   |   |  4| 37|   |  | 1|  |  |   |   |
XIII           |  1| 27|   | 19| 15|   |  |  | 5|  |   |   |
XIIIA          |   | 54|   | 21| 19|   |  |  |  |  |   |  1|
XIV           |  2| 44|   | 14| 41|   |  |  |  |  |   |  2|
|   |  6|   |  6|  6|   |  |  | 5|  |   |   |
XV            |  3| 46|   |  8| 59|  2|  |  |  |  |  3|   |
XVI           |  3| 19|   | 12| 13|   |  |  |  |  |   |  1|