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Summary of Losses of Mercantile Vessels through Warlike action in the first six months of War.

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Losses in Six Months. Strength in Sept. 1939.

Percentage Loss of Tonnage.

Nationality.

No. of Ships.

Tonnage.

No. of Ships.

Tonnage.

3.3.40

31.12.39

Belgian

5

12,688

200

408,418

3.0

2.4

Danish

21

52,765

709

1,176,173

4.5

2.0

Dutch

14

72,643

1,532

2,972,871

2.5

1.3

Finnish

8

17,099

432

625,531

2.7

2.0

Greek

14+

66,955

607

1,780,666 3.7

2.4

Italian

6

29,707

1,335

3,448,453 0.9

0.3

Japanese

1

11,930

2,337

5,629,845 0.2

0.2

Norwegian

43†

100,507

1,959

4,737,555* 2.0

1.3

Swedish

33

69,433

! 1,210

1,539,813* 4.5

2.2

Yugoslav

1

6,371

190

411,384 1.5

1.5

Under 5,000 tons.

Estonian

3

3,030

Latvian

1

4,434

Lithuanian

1

1,521

Panamanian

1

757

Spanish

1

2,140

Total neutral

153

451,980

:

German

56

277,238

2,466

Allied

15

British

151

71,314 622,337

4,492,708 6.1 1,282 2,952,975 4,109 18,586,000

5.0

2.4

1.9

3.3

2.3

* These were given by the countries concerned on January 1, 1940 to the Press. † 1 ship of each of these countries was sunk in British declared minefields.

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Sep.17-23

Sep.24-30

N.I.D., Jan 40.

THOUSANDS

30

OF

TONS

50

60

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