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APPENDICES I, II and III
will be published monthly.
APPENDIX IV.
Enemy Merchant Ship Losses.
As all enemy mercantile tonnage losses are now subject to review and assess- ment by a Special Committee which issues a report fortnightly, the table giving enemy losses will be based in future on these reports and will be included once a fortnight instead of weekly as hitherto.
Figures for the period ended the 16th November are as follows:---
Enemy Merchant Ship losses as assessed to 16th November, 1941.
Sunk, Captured! or Constructive Loss.
Seriously Damaged.
Damaged.
Total.
Nationality.
No.
Gross Tons.
No.
Gross Tons.
No.
Gross Tons.
No.
Gross Tons.
German
365 1,630,160 98
Italian
332
Finnish
3
Useful to Enemy.....
36
1,418,528 61 6,460 1 74,228 10
Total
736 3,129,376 170
255,806 147 296,303 68
4,000 33,259 11
589,368 226
539,192 351,884 461
610 2,425,158 2,066,715 4 10,460 45,457 57 152,944
936,533 1,132| 4,655,277
In addition to the above there are Russian claims estimated at about 400,000 gross tons sunk; also some 36,000 gross tons of Finnish shipping seized in Allied ports. Also nearly 500,000 gross tons of enemy merchant tonnage is in United States and South American ports and no longer at the disposal of the enemy.
APPENDIX V.
Casualties to H.M. Auxiliary Vessels and to Naval Personnel.
November 27.—A/S Trawler Kingston Andalusite damaged in collision off Portland.
November 28.-A number of M.T.B.'s and M.G.B.'s damaged by gunfire in an engagement off Dunkirk.
November 29.-M.G.B. 89 damaged by gunfire in an engagement with
E-boats.
December 1.-M.T.B. 71 and M.B. 100 damaged by gunfire in an engagement with E-boats.
The following casualties to naval personnel have been reported:
Officers 1 killed; 12 missing; 2 wounded.
:
Ratings: 22 killed; 16 missing; 7 wounded.
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