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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. 1,084
Thousand gross tons.
1,500
Following 3 months:
i.e., from June 1, 1940 to August 31, 1940... Month of September, 1940
979
3,900
332
4,000
October, 1940 ...
321
3,500
November, 1940
392
39
4,800
December, 1940
272
J1
3,200
January 1-19, 1941
(77+
1,500)
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 18th January, 1941.
Colliers and coasting ships Other ships
Tankers.
Others.
No.
Gross Tons.
No.
Gross Tons.
2,000
43
52,000
36
298,000
123*
802,000
39
300,000
166
854,000
**
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 157 merchant ships totalling 974,000 gross tons on order or proposed to order in the United Kingdom and abroad (including 17 tankers of 96,000 gross tons).
APPENDIX IV.
Merchant Ships (all sizes) lost by the enemy up to 19th January, 1941.
German.
Italian.
Together.
No.
Gross Tonnage.
No.
Gross Tonnage.
No.
Gross Tonnage.
Captured or seized
Scuttled or sunk
998
60
269,000
30
76
414,000
B88
18
151,000 124,000
35
90
94
420,000 538,000
Unidentified ships reported
by S/M, A/C, &c., as sunk
or destroyed (tonnage
estimated)
123
615,000
50
250,000
173
865,000
259
1,298,000
98
525,000
357
1,828,000
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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