THE SUBMARINE WAR.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume V, Issue 1276, 15 March 1918, Page 5

THE SUBMARINE WAR.

SINKINGS FOR THE WEEK. (A. & N.Z. & Reuter) LONDON, March 13. The British Admiralty report on the submarine campaign during the week ended March 9 gives the following figures, those in last week’s report being given in parentheses;— Arrivals 2046 (2013) Sailings 2062 (2209) Sinkings— Over 1600 tons .. 13 (12) Under 1000 tons .. 3 (6) Unsuccessfulv attacked 8 (6) The following table shows the weekly averages for the past 12 months of British shipping destroyed and attacked but not actually sunk. The figures in parentheses indicate the number of weeks included in each monthly period. For the current month the actual figures for the week ending on the date indicated are given:— Sunk Sunk Unsuccver 1000 under 1600 cessfui tons. tons. attacks. March (4i .. 16.25 7 14.30 April (5) .. .. 26.6 10.4 21.20 May (41 .. .. 18.73 9.5 20.23 June (5i .. .. 20.2 5.8 21.00 July (41 .. .. 17 3.23 13.75 August (5) .. 17.6 32 9.80 September (4i . 10.5 7,3 11.00 October (51 .. 12.8 4.1 4.2(1 November (4).. 1025 5.00 6.0# December (4<.. 1428 3.30 10.50 January (5i .. 9.8 3.6 8.6 February (l| .. 12.73 4.73 8.5 March 0 .... 13 3 8 NORWEGIAN VESSELS SUNK. (A. & N.Z.i CHRISTIANIA, March 13. The Norwegian steamers Skrymei* (1470 tons) and Estrella (1757 tons), have been sunk, i The crews were saved. ITALIAN REPORT. A. am? \.Z. Cable Association and Reuter. • Her. Miirch 15, 10.0* LONDON. March 14. An Italian ollicial message stalest The arrivals for the past week were 130, and the departures 391. Two vessels over 1500 tons and one under were sunk. One was unsuccessfully attacked.