88,000 TONS FOR WEEK

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 4 December 1940, Page 5

88,000 TONS FOR WEEK

BRITISH AND ALLIED MERCHANT SHIPPING LOSSES [U P A-By Electric relegraph—Copyright] LONDON, 3rd December. Merchant shipping losses for the veek ended 15th November comprised 9 Britis hships of 75,500 tons, and three Allied ships of 12,500 tons. These sinkings are above the weekly iverage for the war, but are about hall ;hose for the worst week. They will :ome as no surprise to those who have followed the statements of various 3ritish Ministers, who in the past few lays have spoken of the problem as >erious. The Germans have not had matters ill their own way. In three days lasi week they lost 26,000 tons of merchanl shipping. TORPEDO SIGNAL NEW YORK, 2nd December. The Mackay radio reports that the 3ritish steamer Whendrick signallec ;hat she had been torpedoed at 55 de ?rees north, 15 degrees 40 minutes vest. RACING FOR HAVEN NEW YORK, 2nd December. The two German freighters Idarwaldo and Rhein, which left Tampico Vlexico, Apparently in a new attempl ;o beat the blockade, are apparently trying to reach a Cuban port. It is reported that they are desperately attempting to communicate with Mexicar radio stations, saying that warship: are pursuing them. A message from Rio de Janeirc states that the German merchantmar Portland sailed last night for an unannounced destination. MOVE TO BAN SAILING GERMAN SHIPS IN PERU LIMA, 2nd December. The Chamber of Deputies passed £ notion requesting the Foreign Office to deny a sailing authorisation to foui German ships, which docked at Callac for the duration of the war, on the grounds that they might violate Peru’s neutrality and the American security zone by replenishing pirate raiders or the American coast.