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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.
(8)
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
4,800
December, 1940
282
3,200
January 1-26, 1941
(85*
1,200)
* This figure relates to losses so far notified and inay be increased by late notifications.
(3) Merchant Ships (all sizes) under construction in British yards in the United Kingdom and abroad on 25th January, 1941.
Colliers and coasting ships Other ships
Tankers.
Others.
No.
Gross Tons.
No.
Gross Tons.
3
2,000
43
52,000
36
298,000
124*
809,000
39
300,000
167
861,000
*
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 156 merchant ships totalling 968,000 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 26th January, 1941.
German.
Italian.
Together.
No.
Gross Tons.
No.
Gross Tons.
No.
Gross Tons.
Captured or seized
Scuttled or sunk
89998
60
269,000 32
76
414,000
28
151,000
19
136,000
855
92
95
420,000 550,000
Unidentified ships reported
by S/M, A/C, &c., as sunk
or destroyed (tonnage
estimated)
125
261
625,000
1,308,000 103
52
260,000
547,000
177
885,000
364
1,855,000
In addition, 32 ships of 51,000 gross tons under enemy control or useful to the enemy have been sunk.
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