SHIPPING LOSSES
WEEK’S FIGURES THREE BRITISH VESSELS. LONDON, April 23. British losses as a result of enemy action last week totalled three ships, aggregating 11,352 tons. There were , no neutral losses. The German losses include the Jurgen Fritzen (4465 tons), which is reported to have been sunk south of Stockholm, possibly by a mine. British warships captured the trawler ! Rhein, and submarines sank a 3000-ton vessel, one of 6000 tons, another ship in a convoy on April 20, and four } others on April 15. The total German losses are now estimated at 450,000 tons. The losses at Nravik are believed to be 52,108 tons, including the steamer Jan Wellem. The British total of losses of merchantmen is 672,778 tons. No trans- . ports have been lost in the Norwegian campaign.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 84, Issue 96, 26 April 1940, Page 6
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