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APPENDICES I, II and III
will be published monthly.
APPENDIX IV.
Enemy Merchant Ship losses as assessed to 30th November, 1941.
Sunk, Captured or Constructive
Seriously Damaged.
Damaged.
Total.
Loss.
Nationality.
No.
Gross Tons.
No.
Gross Tons.
No.
Gross Tons.
No.
Gross Tons.
German
382
Italian
339
Other enemy ships and
ships useful to enemy
66
Total
787
1,678,668 101 1,441,543 64
119,358 12
3,239,569 177
262,056 150 302,603 71
38,691 11
603,350 232
535,092 633 2,475,816 365,884 474 2,110,030
45,457 89 203,506
946,433 1,196 | 4,789,852
In addition to the above there are Russian claims estimated at about 400,000 gross tons sunk; also some 36,000 gross tons of Finnish shipping seized in Allied ports. Also nearly 500,000 gross tons of enemy merchant tonnage is in United States and South American ports and no longer at the disposal of the
enemy.
APPENDIX V.
Casualties to H.M. Auxiliary Vessels and to Naval Personnel.
H.M. Auxiliary Minesweeper Banka, recalled from the east coast of Malaya on the 6th, failed to return and must be considered lost.
M. A/S Boat No. 30 fouled the boom in the Humber on the night of the 13th/14th whilst proceeding for rescue work and later sank.
The Auxiliary Patrol vessel Rosabelle was sunk off Gibraltar on the night of the 10th/11th by an unexplained explosion.
The following casualties to naval personnel have been reported :-
Officers 13 killed, 71 missing, 5 wounded.
Ratings: 140 killed, 4 missing, 34 wounded.
These figures include the officers lost in H.M. Ships Dunedin, Prince of Wales and Repulse.
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