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APPENDIX III.
Mercantile Losses: British, Allied and Neutral, to Noon,
Wednesday, March 13, 1940.
British.
By Submarine
Mine
Raider
Aircraft
::
No.
Tonnage.
80
350,094
59
212,811
10
55,133
20
25,899
169
643,937
Allied.
By Submarine
Mine
11
59,858
11,456
15
71,314
Neutral.
By Submarine
78
Mine
Raider
Aircraft
Mine or Torpedo
C2164
248,736
178,983
1,918
5
4,324
14,310
150
448,271
Summarised the totals are:-
By Submarine
169
658,688
Mine
125
403,250
Raider
11
57,051
Aircraft
25
30,223
Mine or Torpedo
4
14,310
334
1,163,522
321
NOTE I.-The Solaas, Norwegian, 1,368 gross tons, which was shown as sunk by submarine on the 28th September, 1939, has now been transferred to the list of Neutral marine casualties, as it has been established that the sinking was not due to enemy action.
NOTE II.-The average rate of sinkings per week for the 27 weeks to midnight, Sunday/Monday, 10th/11th March, is approximately 12 ships of 43,000 tons, as compared with approximately 104 ships of 206,000 tons per week in April 1917.
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