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Deductions.
Tankers.
Other Vessels.
Losses by enemy action-
No.
Tonnage.
No.
Tonnage.
(i) Sunk*
45
345,000
333
1,465,000
(ii) Seized
1
6,000
5
16,000
Other total losses
8
22,000
89
292,000
54
373,000
427
1,773,000
Total Deductions: 481 vessels of 2,146,000 tons.
* Excluding the following commissioned vessels which, being King's ships, are not regarded as losses of Mercantile tonnage :-
2 tankers of 13,000 tons and 18 other vessels of 147,000 tons.
NOTE: The status of the following British vessels detained in French ports has not yet been determined :-
1 tanker of 4,000 tons and 20 other vessels of 66,000 tons.
The average weekly increment of British sea-going ships and tonnage over the 56 weeks was about 10-2 ships and 43,100 gross tons, compared with an average weekly loss due to enemy action alone, for the same period, of 6.9 ships and 32,700 gross tons, and an average weekly loss from all causes (including Marine risks) of 8.6 ships and 38,300 gross tons.
Vessels under Construction in United Kingdom on September 28, 1940.
Tankers
Other vessels
Total
31 vessels of 256,530 gross tons *141 vessels of 779,680 gross tons
172 vessels of 1,036,210 gross tons
* Including 3 Merchant vessels of 19,500 gross tons taken over by the Navy and 1 cargo vessel of 6,580 tons being built abroad, but excluding 13 vessels (27,530 tons) of merchant type building for Navy.
Vessels under Repair.
During the week ending 19th September. 1940, there were undergoing or awaiting repair in ports of the United Kingdom about 1,200,000 tons of sea-going merchant shipping, of which about 200,000 tons was in respect of damage due to enemy action.
APPENDIX IV.
Casualties to Naval Personnel.
The following are the total war casualties for the Royal Navy during the first year of war:
Killed or missing.
Officers Ratings
706
7,491
Wounded.
240 1,835
Prisoners of War.
Total.
86
1,032
462
9,788
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