MERCHANT TONNAGE
Low Loss In December (Rec. 5.5 > LONDON. Jan. 1(1. The total merchant tonnage lost by U-boat action in December was again low in spite of the extension of the operating areas, says a joint statement on U-boat warfare last December' issued under the authority of Mr Churchill and President Roosevelt, It adds that the air and sea forces destroyed fewer U-boats during the month owing to several factors, including the enemy’s increased caution. Our supply routes were well secured against U-boat attacks. U-boats in 1943 sunk 40 per cent of the merchant tonnage sunk In 1942. On the other hand the tonnage constructed by the United Nations in 1943 was approximately double the tonnage delivered in 1942. Nearly half the tonnage lost in 1943 was sunk the first three months. 27 per cent in the second three months and only 26 per cent in the last six months.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CLV, Issue 22788, 12 January 1944, Page 5
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150MERCHANT TONNAGE Timaru Herald, Volume CLV, Issue 22788, 12 January 1944, Page 5
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