LIGHT SUBMARINE WEEK.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16822, 12 April 1918, Page 5

LIGHT SUBMARINE WEEK.

: SIX BRITISH SHIPS SUNK. s I FOUR OVER 1600 TONS. 0 (Beceived 7.15 p.m.) 8 a A. and N.Z.-Reuter. LONDON, April 10. A British Admiralty report on the sub- ' marine campaign during the week ended • April 6 gives the following figures, those 8 of the last report being given In paren- ' 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 sub- ' marine, and unsuccessfully attacked by , submarines:— 8 . Arrivals 2J34 '24181 ; Sailings 2495 (24791 ! ' Stink over 1600 tons . 4 161 | . Sunk under 1600 tons ... 2 '71 Unsuccessfully attacked 11 '151 The following table shows the weekly 1 averages for the past 12 months of British ' shipping destroyed and attacked but not ! actually sunk. The figures in parentheses 1 indicate the number of weeks included in ' each monthly period. For the current month the actual figures for the weeks : ending on the dates indicated aro given :— 1 Sunk Sunk DnsucMis- i over 1600 under 1600 ful tons. tons. attacks. March '4) ... 16.25 7 14.50 April (5) ... 26.6 104 21.20 May (4) ... 18.7S 9.5 20.25 | June 15) ... 20.2 5.8 21.00 i July (4) ... 17 5.25 13.75 8 August (5) 17 6 3.2 980 . Sept. 14) .. 10 5 7.5 1100 October '5) 13 00 4 4 4.80 November '41 10.60 5.00 700 ( December '4) 13.75 3 50 9.60 January '51 9.8 3.6 8.6 ' February (4) 12.75 4.75 A.6 March (4) ... 12.00 6.00 13.25 April 6 ... 4 2 11