NAVY'S WAR LOSSES
-{Speeial CoiTesb'oncIent.)
Reeeived Friday^ 7 p.m. LONDON, July 4. In the firSt eomplete statement of Royal Navy losses during the war, it is shown that the tatai lo'sses of warships and landing ships and craft were 2811 Of which 1503 were warships and auxiliary vessels, with a gross tonnage of 1,147;497; Of the 1503 warships, the greatest numher .was lost ih 1042 when the total reaehed 359. The year 1940 was not far hehind with 317. Mines were the most destructive of the enemy's weapohs, accounting for 281, closely followed hy aircrai't — armed with either homb or torpedo — with 270. Some 114 ships were wrecked, 85 were lost hy collisio'n ahd 75 hy accident or fire. U-hoats accoimted for 172 — though those were ihostly in the larger categories — and enemy surface ships, m-_ cluding E-hoats, for 109 all told.
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Chronicle (Levin), 5 July 1947, Page 5
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