BRITISH LOSSES
MERCHANT SHIPPING
tßritish Official Wireless.)
RUGBY, November 30.
Authoritative quarters in London give the figures of British merchant shipping losses in the months of September and October at 153,000 and 82,000 tons gross, and as 17,000 tons gross for the first 19 days of November, making ■ a total gross loss of 252,000 tons.
In the same period 128,000 tons became available through new vessels being put into service and a further 70,000 tons through captures, leaving a net loss of 54,000 tons.
British ships entering British ports, expressed in tons, were: September, 4,509,000; October, 4,384,000; first 20 days of November, 3,214,000. The corresponding clearance figures were 12,205,000. .
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 133, 2 December 1939, Page 14
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