THE PIRATE WAR

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 51, 23 November 1917, Page 5

THE PIRATE WAR

BRITISH SHIPPING LOSSES FOR THE WEEK TEN BIG STEAMERS SUNK (Rec. November 22, 10.30 p.m.) London, November 21. I The Admiralty's report on the submarine campaign during tho week gives the following figures, thoso at last week's report being given in parentheses :— Arrivals 2531 (2125) Departures 2463 (2307) Sunk over 1600 tons ... 10 , (1) Sunk under 1600 tons 7 (5) Unsuccessfully attacked ' 2 (8) Pishing vessels sunk... 0 (1) —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Rcuter. BKITISH LOSSES BINOE FEBRUARY. In February last the British Admiraltj began tho issue of weekly statements showing the losses of British ships caused by Germany's submarine campaign. The figures as officially announced, are:— UnUnder success-.Arrivals Week 1600 tons 1600 fully and ended, and over. toss, attacked, sailings. Feb. 28 15 • 6 12 4,541 Mar. 7 14 9 16 5,005 Mar. 15 13-4 16 5,082 Mar. 22 16 8 19 5,082 Uar. 29 18 7 ,18 4,747 April 4 18 13 17 4,680 April 11 17 2 14 4.773 'April 18 19 9 15 4,710 April 25 .... 40 15 27 5,206 May 2 38 13 24 6,406 May 9 24 22 34 .4,873, May 16 18 5 19 6,120 May 23 18 9 9 5,423 May 30 18 1 17 5,487 June 6 15 3 17 5,335 June 13 22 10 23 5,589 June 20 27 5 31 5,890 June 27 21 7 22 5,799 July 4 15 5 16 5,581 July 11 .... 14 3 17 5^696 July 18 14 4 12 5,748 July 25 ... 21 3 15 5.582

Aug. 1 18 3 9 5.62J Aug. 8 21 2 13 6,«9 Aug. 15 .... 14 2 13 6.442 Aug. 22 15 3 12 5,701 Aug. 29 18 5 6 6,309 Sept. 6 20 3 9 ' 4,816 Sept. 12 12 6 12 6,612 Sept. 19 8 20 6 6.432 Sept. 26 13 2 10 ■ 6,466 Oct. 3 11 2 16 5,422 Oot. 10 14 2 3 6,1-1 Oct. 17 12 6 5 4.218 Oct. 24 17 8 7 0,00/ Oct. 31 14 4 1 4,606; Nov. 7 8 4 6 «,<•«• Nov. 14 .... 1 5 8 . 4,432 Nov. 21 .... 10 7 2 4,994 • FRENCH SHIPPING LOSSES (Rec. November 22, 10.30 p.m.) London, November 21. Tho French report ou the week's shipping losses from submarine attacks states that the arrivals' totalled 948, ! the departures 961. No vessel was i sunk, and only one was unsuccessfully I attacked.—Aus.-N.Z. Ciblo.Assn.-Keu-. : tor. I [Last week's French official shipping return shows: —Arrivals, 883; sailings, 839. Two vesesls over 1600 tons were sunk, and four unsuccessfully attacked.] ITALIAN LOSSES. (Rec. November 22, 10.30 p.m.) London, November 21. Ah Italian official report states that there were 332 arrivals arid 300 departures during the week. Onesteamer over 1500 tons was sunk; another was damaged, and towed to port, —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Reuter. [Tho Italian arrivals last week totalled 384, and the sailings 333. One sailing ship of over a hundred tons wafe sunk.] i BRITISH PATROL VESSEL TOR- • PEDOED. (Rec. November 22, 11.15 p.m.) London, November 21. The Admiralty reports that a submarine torpedoed a British patrol vessel in tho Mediterranean on Sunday. Four officers and five men were killed.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. •