LOSSES BY A SUBMARINES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16816, 5 April 1918, Page 6

LOSSES BY A SUBMARINES.

•: THIETEEN , BRITISH SHIPS. il'lfit *Cf- '•■•;!_'."' . '. f \V:,\ SIX OF OVER 1600 TONS. & (; ' (Received 8 p.m.) r*:;'" : N.Z.-R<rater. • LONDON, April 3. : ?.-". , A British Admiralty report on the subi' >> r 'i marina campaign, during the week ended r ;C March 30 gives the following figures, those "-•of the last report being given in pawn- .,.. ' v theses. The returns are now issued for ' the : week ending midnight on Saturday.. The, figures give the arrivals and sailings of' merchant vessels of all nationalities, . over 100 .tons net, at and from United * Kingdom 'ports, exclusive of! fishing and local craft, and the number of British merchant vessels sunk by. mines or submarine, and unsuccessfully attacked by submarines:—

NO FRENCH SHIPS SUNK. WEEK CLEAR OF LOSS. *' '■&"**• - - (Received 8.20 p.m.) * A_ndN.Z.--Heut«r. LONDON, April 4. ~'• •' J'-; The following returns, give the French •','* shipping activity and losses for. the week < ended March 30, the figures for the pre--si' vious week being shown in parentheses :— r - ' Arrivals 4 .;. ; 1,170 (905) &- j>„ Departures ; 1.005 (961 . jj: r 'i- Sunk aver 1600 tons ... — (1) •x -'4' Sunk under 1600 tons... — (5) ,J . ' ' Unsuccessfully attacked — (9) : THE ITALIAN ; RETURN. THREE STEAMERS DESTROYED * -- ' ./>* ' (Received :8 - p.m.) :', ;- A. and N.Z.-Beuter. , LONDON, Aprils. i The Italian (hipping return for the week 1 j '~ ending March- 30/ shows the arrivals to ; - r : -~- have numbered 381; and the sailings 360. '{'•/ .'^'"Thjee:steamers over 1500 tons . and one sailing vessel of over 900 tons were rank. FORMER GERMAN VESSEL. :;Vv-:'.:".''-^-:.v>.-?-Vb>i.;J J ' • ■ •'' ■■'V J. SINKING OFF .IRISH COAST. p A/itralian ntd N.Z. •Cable. Association. < /*■ CBtod.7 pirn.) \" . ".* LONDON. April 8. ' • He steamer Conargoi formerly the Ger--9ss?i\?h. man Alton*, requisitioned by j, the Aus- '.; t . trtlian Government, was torpedoed off the Irish coast on March 31. , Fifteen of ■'".'.,' the crew were saved and 35 are missing. i"■ ■ n, * ■ (Received ILIS pjn.) '-" 385«t5.\ - - * ;\ . ~, LONDON, April 3. Conargo was. proceeding to New ".' .'; York in ballast., 'The crew of 50 boarded • :;vy£ three;- boats. * Two were blown up t either •■ ~ by torpedoes -or'gunfire. A collier picked up the.* third, containing :16 survivors.•:. , '''/, : f 't A submarine shelled and tank the Greek £i§l v !>:/}: steamer galadino, trading to British ports. Seven of the crew were saved, and 15 '■'•;;: are missing. - <"-\'C'j. /.<■?, -J;? ?u '■'-■; _______________ .•«

Arrivals '... 2,416 (2,471) - Bailing* ... 3,478 (2,488) Sank over 1600 tons ... 6 (15) Sunk under 1600 tons... 7 (8) Unsuccessfully attacked 15 (19) Fishing boats sunk ... 6 (—) 1 The Mowing table shows the weekly , , averages for the past 12 months of British destroyed and attacked but not actually gunk. The figures in parentheses indicate the number of weeks included in each monthly period. ' Sunk Sunk Unrocces* < •' • over 1600 nnaerl600 hi. tons. tons. attacks. March (4) „ 16.25 7 11.60 • « April (5) ... 26.6 10.4 31.20 May (4) . ... 18.75 9.5 20.23 - ••*• June (5) 1 -; 120.2 6.8 21.00 Jul J (4) ... 17 8.25 18.75 •■ :•:Angus! (5) 17.6 8.2 9.80 •->;• •<- Sept. (4) ... 10.5 7.5 11.00 October (5) , 18.00 4.4 4.80 . gotember (4) W.i0 6.00 7.00 December (4) 13.75 8.60 9.50 -;.:'January (5) 9.8 • 3.6 8.6 February (4) 12.75 4.75 8.6 > Hatch (4)'... 12.00 6.00 13.25