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(2) Total losses of, and other deductions from, British Sea-going Merchant Ships of 500 gross tons and over, including Merchant Ships Commissioned for Naval Service, expressed as approximate annual rates of loss.
Period.
(1)
Total losses sunk or captured by the enemy, and other deductions in the period.
(2)
loss if column (2) losses Approximate annual
continued for a year.
(3)
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First 9 months of war:
Gross Tons.
i.e., from September 3, 1939, to May 31, 1940
1,099,000
Gross Tons. 1,500,000
b
7
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Following 3 months :
i.e., from June 1, 1940, to August 31, 1940... Month of September, 1940
978,000
3,900,000
332,000
4,000,000
October, 1940 ...
321,000
3,500,000
"J
November, 1940
392,000
4,800,000
December, 1940
"
296,000
3,500,000
January, 1941
(169,000*
2,000,000)
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February 1 to 9, 1941
(23,000*
900,000)
* These figures relate to losses so far notified and may be increased by late notifications.
(3) Merchant Ships (all sizes) under Construction in British Yards in the United Kingdom and abroad in week ending 8th February, 1941.
Colliers and coasting ships
Other ships
Tankers.
Others.
No.
3
Gross Tons. 2,000
No.
Gross Tons.
42
36
299,000
125*
53,000 791,000
39
301,000
167
844,000
* Including 4 vessels (26,000 gross tons) building abroad, 2 merchant ships (18,000 gross tons) taken over by the Navy during construction and 12 ships (21,000 gross tons) of merchant type intended for Naval use.
In addition, there are 161 merchant ships totalling 992,000 gross tons on order or proposed to order in the United Kingdom and abroad (including 16 tankers of 88,000 gross tons).
APPENDIX IV.
Merchant Ships (all sizes) lost by the enemy up to 11th February, 1941.
--
B
C
German.
Italian.
Together.
No.
Gross Tons.
No.
Gross Tons.
No.
Gross Tons.
B
Captured or seized
60
Scuttled or sunk
76
999
269,000 414,000
21
82
32
151,000
138,000
25
92
420,000
97
552,000
Unidentified ships reported
by S/M, A/C, &c., as sunk
or destroyed
127
635,000
57
285,000
184
920,000
(Tonnage estimated)... 263
1,318,000
110
574,000
373
1,892,000
In addition, 33 ships of 60,000 gross tons under enemy control or useful to the enemy have been sunk.
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