THE SUBMARINE TOLL.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue LXXIV, 26 October 1917, Page 5

THE SUBMARINE TOLL.

LONDON, Oct. 24

Th« British Admiralty report on the submarine campaign for the week ended October 21 gives the following figures, those of last week's report being also given: This Last week week Arrivals 2648 2124 Sailings ... 2689 2094 Sunk over 1600 tons ... 17 12 Sunk under 1600 tone ' 8 6 ' Unsuccessfully attacked ... 7 • 5 The following return shows the amount of British shipping ia. each week since February 18, the vessels over 700 tons that were sunk and the numbers of vessels that were unsuccessfully attacked, fishing boats being disregarded:

Arrived Week and Vessels Escdfeed from ending sailed. I Feb. 25 4541 March 4 ... 5005 March 11 ... 3944 March 18 ... 5082 March 25 ... 4747 April 1 4680 April 8 4773 April 15 4710 April 20 ... ... 4866 April 27 ... ... 5206 May 6 4873 May 13 5120 May 20 5413 May 27 5487 June 3 5335 June 10 ... ... 5589 June 17 5890 July 1 5591 July 7 5696 July 14 5754 July 21 5582 July 28 5523 August 4 ... 5469 August 11 ... 5442 August 18 .... 5601 August 25 ... 5309 Sept. 1 4816 Sept. 8 5612 Sept. 15 5432 Sept. 22 ...... 5466 Sept. 29 5422 Oct. 6 ... ... 5151 Oct. 13 4218 Oct. 20 5337 sunk. 21 22 17 24 25 31 18 28 51 55 46 23 27 19 18 32 32 20 17 18 24 21 23 16 18 23 23 18 28 15 13 16 18 25 attack. 12 19 13 17 14 16 24 27 34 19 9 17 17 23 31 16 17 12 IS 9 13 13 12 6 9 12 6 10 16 3 5 7