SHIPPING LOSSES.
PROGRESS RETURN
(Roc. 9.50 a.m.) LONDON, Oct. 1. An Admiralty report staffs that the British lost 19 merchantmen, totalling 131,857 tons, during tho week ended September 22. The German and Italian losses since the outbreak of the war to September 29 wore 1,067,000 tons and 291,000 tons, respectively. Thirty-three thousand tons of neutral shipping seized by the enemy have been sunk. The combined total of British, Allied, and neutral mercantile losses due to enemy action for the week ended September 29 reached 159,288 tons, which is the largest recorded, although considerably below the German claim ot 201,862 tons. These losses were principally due to submarine activity. The 27 ships lost ■ comprised 19 British totalling 131,857 tons, three Allied (13,006 tons), and five neutral (14,425 tons).
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 261, 2 October 1940, Page 7
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