MERCANTILE LOSSES.
GERMANY'S LAVISH CLAIMS. British Official Wirelesa (Reed. 10.30 a.m.) RUGBY, Sept. 17. Mercantile losses, due to enemy action for the week ending September 8 were:—British, 10 vessels, of 28,000 tons; Allied, four vessels, of 18,499 tons; neutral, two vessels, of 7848 tons. The figure for losses of British tonnage does not include tonnage which may prove to have been sunk by air attacks on September 7, 8 and 0, full details of which are not yet available. Subject to this proviso, the tonnage lost during the week fell to a little more than the average for the previous 52 weeks, namely, 53,900 tons, and British tonnage lost is below the average for the same period of 30,100 tons. German claims of merchant shipping sunk between midnight on September 1 and 2, and midnight of September 8 and 9 total 188,500 tons.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 222, 18 September 1940, Page 8
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143MERCANTILE LOSSES. Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 222, 18 September 1940, Page 8
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