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Of the total Non-Tanker tonnage, vessels representing about 3,800 thousand gross tons are engaged on Naval, Military or R.A.F. Services (including some commissioned for Naval Service), some of which bring cargoes to the United Kingdom on their homeward voyages; about 2,300 thousand gross tons are trading permanently abroad; and about 1,600 thousand gross tons are repairing, damaged or not in use (about 300 thousand gross tons being in respect of damage due to enemy action), leaving a balance of approximately 7 million gross tons. (Similar information regarding tanker tonnage is not yet available.)
NOTE. The expression "not in use includes vessels laid up or unfixed, prizes not yet allocated and British vessels detained in French ports.
(2) Merchant Ships (all sizes) under construction in British Yards in the United Kingdom and Abroad on December 28, 1940.
Colliers and coasting ships Other ships
Tankers.
Others.
No.
Gross Tons.
No.
Gross Tons.
2
36
1,000 298,000
44
124*
56,000 800,000
38
299,000
168
856,000
*
Including 4 vessels of 26,000 gross tons building abroad, 2 merchant ships of 18,000 gross tons taken over by the Navy during construction and 11 merchant ships of 24,000 gross tons intended for Naval use. In addition, there are 160 merchant ships totalling 990,000 gross tons on order or proposed to order in the United Kingdom and abroad (including 12 tankers of 100,000 gross tons).
APPENDIX IV.
Merchant Ships (all sizes) lost by the Enemy up to 29th December, 1940.
German.
Italian.
Together.
No.
Gross Tonnage.
No.
Gross Tonnage.
No.
Gross Tonnage.
Captured or seized
Scuttled or sunk
285
60
269,000
29
151,000
75
413,000
15
77,000
88
89
420,000
90
490,000
Unidentified ships reported
by S/M, A/C, &c., as sunk
or destroyed (tonnage
estimated)
115
575,000
45
225,000
160
800,000
250
1,257,000
89
453,000
339
1,710,000
In addition, 27 ships of 44,000 gross tons under enemy control or useful to the enemy have been sunk.
The
NOTE. A Greek communiqué from Athens published in the Press on December 29, 1940, claims that a Greek submarine recently sank 3 Italian ships in convoy in Adriatic. tonnage loss was said to be between 25-30,000.
A British Press report of January 1, 1941, states a British warship sank 4 Italian supply vessels in Adriatic on December 31, 1940. None of these losses have been included above pending official confirmation.
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