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APPENDICES I, II and III

will be published monthly.

APPENDIX IV.

Merchant Ships (all sizes) lost by the enemy up to 17th November, 1941.

German.

Italian.

Finnish.

Together.

No.

Gross Tons.

No.

Gross Tons.

No.

Gross Tons.

No.

Gross Tons.

Captured or seized

68

Scuttled or sunk

138

312,000 47 734,000 146

223,000 13 607,000 4

36,000 128 571,000 9,000 288 1,350,000

Unidentified ships reported

by S/M, A/C, &c., as sunk

or destroyed (tonnage

estimated)

436

1,744,000 197

1,084,000

633 2,828,000

Total

642

3,790,000 390 1,914,000 17

45,000 1,049 | 4,749,000

In addition, 99 ships of 202,000 gross tons under enemy control or useful to the enemy have been sunk.

Also some 85 ships, totalling 483,000 gross tons, have been placed under protective custody in United States and South American ports to prevent sabotage by their crews. Some of this tonnage has been taken over and put into service by the United States and some by South American Republics.

The losses of unidentified German ships include a number claimed by the Russians.

APPENDIX V.

Casualties to H.M. Auxiliary Vessels and to Naval Personnel.

November 13.-Motor minesweeper 44 damaged by a mine in the Thames Estuary.

November 16.-L.L. Trawler President Briand ran aground off Shoreham.

November 16.-Examination vessel Minna damaged in an air attack in the Firth of Forth. No casualties.

November 19.-Norwegian Minesweeping Trawler Horten damaged by aircraft off the Faroe Islands. One casualty.

The following casualties to naval personnel have been reported

Officers: 6 killed, 14 missing, 4 wounded. Ratings: 11 killed, 73 missing, 5 wounded.

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