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(2) Total losses of, and other deductions from, British sea-going Merchant ships of 500 gross tons and over, including Merchant ships Commissioned for Naval Service, expressed as approximate annual rates of loss.
Period.
(1)
First 9 months of war:
Following 3 months :
Total losses sunk or
captured by the enemy, and other deductions in
period.
(2)
Approximate annual ! · loss if column (2) losses continue for a year.
(3)
Thousand gross tons. Thousand gross tons.
i.e., from September 3, 1939 to May 31, 1940
1,093
1,500
i.e., from June 1, 1940 to August 31, 1940... Month of September, 1940
977
3,900
317
3,900
October, 1940 ...
331
3,900
November, 1940
373
4,500
"1
December, 1940
(249+
2,900)
21
136
This figure relates to losses so far notified and may be increased by late notifications.
(3) Merchant Ships (all sizes) under construction in British yards in the United Kingdom and abroad on 4th January, 1941.
Tankers.
Others.
No.
Colliers and coasting ships
Other ships
3
Gross Tons.
2,000
No.
Gross Tons,
45
57,000
36
298,000
124*
801,000
39
300,000
169
858,000
* Including 4 vessels (26,000 gross tons) building abroad, 2 merchant ships (18,000 gross tons) taken over by the Navy during construction and 11 ships (24,000 gross tons) of merchant type intended for Naval use.
In addition, there are 155 merchant ships totalling 976,000 gross tons on order or proposed to order in the United Kingdom and abroad (including 16 tankers of 95,000 gross tons).
APPENDIX IV.
Merchant Ships (all sizes) lost by the enemy up to 5th January, 1941.
German.
Italian.
Together.
No.
Gross Tonnage.
No.
Gross Tonnage.
No.
Gross Tonnage.
Captured or seized
Scuttled or sunk
913
60
269,000
30
151,000
90
420,000
75
413,000
15
77,000
90
490,000
Unidentified ships reported
by S/M, A/C, &c., as sunk
or destroyed (tonnage
estimated)
118
590,000
46
230,000
164
820,000
253
1,272,000
91
458,000
344
1,730,000
In addition, 28 ships of 46,000 gross tons under enemy control or useful to the enemy have been sunk.
Unconfirmed Press reports state that further Italian ships have been sunk in the Adriatic, but pending official confirmation these have not been included in the above figures.
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