THE PIRACY CAMPAIGN.
FIFTEEN VESSELS SUNK. TWELVE LARGE SHIPS. LONDON, February 21. A British Admiralty report on the submarine campaign during the week ended February 16, gives the following figures, those in the last report being given in parentheses:— Arrivals 2.822 (4,201) Sailings 2,3!W (2,254| .Sunk over 1600 tons.. 12 (13) Sunk Tinder IGOO tons.. 3 (8) Unsuccessful attacked S (11) — (A. and X.Z. and Reuter.) The following table shows the monthly losses since the first regular report T?aa issued in February, 1916: —
Over L'nsuceess1600 Under Total fully ■Month tons. 1600 tons, stink, attacked. Feb. (week) 1G 6 22 16 March 82 41 1U3 70 April 115 38 153 81 May 7K 38 111 70 Jnne 100 27 127 104 July 66 13 79 48 August . -. 6S 12 80 44 September 61 10 83 53 October .. 57 20 77 Iβ November 33 23 5fi 24 December 73 15 88 50 January .. 30 13 5a 30 Feb. 2 10 5 15 13 Feb. 9 ... 13 (j 19 11 Feb. 16 .. 12 3 15 8
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 46, 22 February 1918, Page 5
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