Ship Sinking Statistics
LONDON. November 27. \CTUAL LOSSES OF BRITISH MERCHANT SHIPS IN THE " WEEK ENDED MIDNIGHT, NOVEMBER 25, AMOUNTED TO 11 SHIPS, WITH A TOTAL TONNAGE OF 25,787. They included four unprotected fishing* trawlers sunk by U-boats in. areas where immediate counter-action by anti-submarine forces is not to be expected. Four neutral ships were lost as a result of German action during* the week. Neutral tonnage losses were almost as great as Britain’s, owing to the loss of the Japanese Terukuni Marti and the Italian Grazia through striking German mines. From the beginning of the war until November 25. a period of .about three months. DM ships have been sunk by German action, with a total tonnage of 183,011 tons. Of these 78 were British. 10 French, and 48 neutrals. When the submarine unrestricted' sinking campaign was at its height, in the month of April. 1017, 10(1 British ships were sunk, and in all 430 ships were lost by German action.
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Northern Advocate, 29 November 1939, Page 5
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162Ship Sinking Statistics Northern Advocate, 29 November 1939, Page 5
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