Axis Sea Losses
267,000 TONS IN JUST OVER POUR WEEKS LONDON, Fob. 18. In just over four weeks German and Italian shipping losses have amounted to the huge total of 257,000 tons. These figures are given in an Admiralty statement to-day which says that since January 7 the Germans have lost 73,000 tons, and the Italians 173,000 tons. The balance is made up of enemy-con-trolled neutral shipping and brings the total of enemy ships sunk, scuttled, or captured to 257,000 tons. These figures are once more convincing proof of tho stranglehold of the British naval blockade on the enemy. Since the war began tho naval broom has swept over 2,000,000 tons of German and Italian shipping from the sea. As usual, the Admiralty preserves a discreet silence on how and where those enemy ships were destroyed, but some of the latest successes are mentioned in an Admiralty communique.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 66, Issue 44, 20 February 1941, Page 7
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