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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)
Gross tons.
1,500,000
Gross tons.
i.e., from September 3, 1939, to May 31, 1940
1,101,000
Following 3 months :
i.e., from June 1, 1940, to August 31, 1940...
979,000
3,900,000
Month of September, 1940
332,000
4,000,000
October, 1940 ..
321,000
3,500,000
November, 1940
392,000
4,800,000
December, 1940
*
282,000
3,300,000
""
January, 1941
(157,000*
1,800,000)
* 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 1st February, 1941.
Colliers and coasting ships
Other ships
Tankers.
Others.
No.
3
Gross Tons. 2,000
No.
Gross Tons.
44
54,000
36
298,000
122*
793,000
39
300,000
166
847,000
* Including 4 vessels (26,000 gross tons) building abroad, 2 merchant ships (18,000 gross tons) taken over by the Navy during constructions and 10 ships (20,000 gross tons) of merchant type intended for Naval use.
In addition, there are 161 merchant ships totalling 1,007,000 gross tons on order or proposed to order in the United Kingdom and abroad (including 18 tankers of 121,000 gross tons).
APPENDIX IV.
Merchant Ships (all sizes) lost by the enemy up to 2nd February, 1941.
German.
Italian.
Together.
No.
Gross Tons.
No.
Gross Tons.
No.
Gross Tons.
Captured or seized
Scuttled or sunk
280
60
269,000
32
151,000
92
420,000
76
414,000
19.
136,000
95
550,000
Unidentified ships reported
by S/M, A/C, &c., as sunk
or destroyed
127
635,000
57
285,000
184
920,000
(Tonnage estimated)... 263
1,318,000
108
572,000
371
1,890,000
In addition, 32 ships of 51,000 gross tons under enemy control or useful to the enemy have been sunk.
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