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APPENDIX IV.

Merchant Ships (all sizes) lost by the enemy up to 24th November, 1941.

German.

Italian.

Finnish.

Together.

No.

Gross Tons.

No.

Gross Tons.

No.

Gross Tons.

No.

Gross Tons.

1

68

312,000 47 138 734,000 146

223,000 13 607,000 4

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

Captured or seized Scuttled or sunk

Unidentified ships reported

by S/M, A/C, &c., as sunk or destroyed (tonnage! estimated)

4041,760,000

Total

201 1,106,000

641 2,866,000

646 2,806,000 394 1,936,000 17

45,000 1,057| 4,787,000

In addition, 100 ships of 203,000 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 Some of this in United States and South American ports to prevent sabotage by their crews. 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.

20th November.-A/S Trawler Stoke City bombed and damaged on

patrol in Skopen Fjord (Faroes). No serious casualties.

21st November-M/S Drifter Rowan Tree grounded and capsized in entrance to Lowestoft Harbour and is a total loss.

22nd November.--A/S Trawler Apollo sank after collision off Butt of Lewis.

24th November.-H.M. Drifter Cabot sank at Avonmouth after being rammed by a dredger. No casualties.

An M.G.B. was damaged in collision with an M.L. in Loch Linnhe. No injury to personnel.

25th November.-H.M. Drifter Fisher Girl was sunk in Falmouth Harbour by a near miss. No casualties.

The following casualties to naval personnel have been reported :

Officers: 6 killed; 3 missing; 3 wounded. Ratings: 15 killed; 4 missing; 3 wounded.

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