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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:
Total losses sunk or captured by the enemy, and other deductions in
period.
(2)
loss if column (2) losses Approximate annual
continued for a year.
(3)
i.e., from September 3, 1939 to May 31, 1940
Thousand gross tons. 1,093
Thousand gross tons.
1,500
Following 3 months:
i.e., from June 1, 1940 to August 31, 1940...
977
3,900
Month of September, 1940
317
3,900
#1
October, 1940 ...
331
3,900
November, 1940
373
"}
4,500
December, 1940
261
11
3,100
January 1-12, 1941
(90+
2,700)
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 11th January, 1941.
Colliers and coasting ships
Other ships
Tankers.
Others.
No.
3
36
Gross Tons.
2,000 298,000
No.
Gross Tons.
44
55,000
125*
812,000
39
300,000
169
867,000
* 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 153 merchant ships totalling 954,000 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 12th January, 1941.
German.
Italian.
Together.
No.
Gross Tonnage.
No.
Gross Tonnage.
No.
Gross Tonnage.
Captured or seized
Scuttled or sunk
823
60
269,000
30
151,000
90
75
413,000
15
77,000
90
880
420,000
490,000
Unidentified ships reported
by S/M, A/C, &c., as sunk
or destroyed (tonnage
estimated)
118
590,000
49
245,000
167
835,000
253
1,272,000
94
473,000
347
1,745,000
In addition, 30 ships of 49,000 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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