THE WAR ON SHIPPING

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 163, 30 March 1918, Page 8

THE WAR ON SHIPPING

RRITIQH TfIOTC I ACT TORBIf DulHoll LUmIIj LAM Hllliiv SIXTEEN LARGE STEAMERS SUNK (Rec. March 28, 7.30 p.m.) London, March 27. The Admiralty report on the submarine campaign during the week gives the following figures, last week's being shown in parentheses:— Arrivals 2471 (2098) Departures 2458 (2317) Sunk over 1600 tons ... 16 (11) Sunk under 1600 tons... 12 (6) Unsuccessfully attacked 19 (11) Fishing vessels sunk .... 0 (0) Among the large vessels is included one which was sunk during the week ended March 16, and among the smaller vessels are four small sailers which were sunk in December and January.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Reuter. BRITISH LOSSES RINCE FEBRUARY 1917. Iα February last the British Admiraltj began tho issue of weekly statements showins tho losses of British sliiDS caused by Germany's submarine campaign. The figures as officially announced, are:— UnUnder success- Arrivals Week 1600 tons 1600 fully and ended, and over. tons, aitaoked. sailings.

FRENCH SHIPPING RETURNS (Rec. March 29, 5.5 p.m.) London, March 28. The French official figures of submarine losses for the week, with last week's returns in parentheses, are: — Arrivals 925 (975) Departures 961 (920) Sunkoverl6oo tons 1 (2) Sunk under 1600 tons 5 (2) Unsuccessfully attacked... 2 (0) —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Reuter. THE ITAIIaTrETURNS (Rec. March 23, 8.15 p.m.) London, March 27. The Italian official return gives .the number of vessels arriving during the week at 443, and the departures 412. Two steamers over 1500 tons and two sailing vessels over 109 tons were sunk, and one vessel was unsuccessfully at-tacked.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Reuler. [Last week the arrivals were 467 and the departures 422. One steamer over 1500 tons was sunk, and also two sailing vessels, one of which was over 100 tons.] A U-BOAT SUNK IN FIGHT WITH. AN AMERICAN TANK STEAMER. . (Rec. March 29, 11 p.m.) New York, March 27. The American tank steamer Paulsboro had an hour's fight with a submarine. The >U-boat was sunk.—Aus.In.Z. Cable Assn. SPANISH STEAMER" TORPEDOED ' (Rec. March 28, 8.80 p.m.) Cadiz, March 27. Thirty-five survivors of the Spanish steamer Artillery have arrived. The vessel was torpedoed by a German sub-marine.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

Feb. 28 15 6 12 4,541 Mar. 7 W 9 16 5,005 Mar. 15 13 4 ■ 16 6,082 Mar. 22 16 8 19 5,082 Mar. 29 18 7 18 4,747 April 4 18 . U 17 4,680 April U 17 2 14 4.773 April 18 19 9 . 15 4.710 April 25 .... 40 15 27 6,206 May 2 38 13 24 5,405 May 9 24 22 14 4,873 Hay 16 18 5 19 5,120 May 23 18 9 9 5,423 May 30 18 1 ■ 17 5,487 Juno 6 15 3 17 5,335 June 13 22 10 23 5,589 Jimo 20 27 5 31 6,890 Juno 27 21 7 22 5,799 July 4 15 5 16 6,581 July 11 .... 14 3 17 '• 5.696 July 18 14 4 12 6,748 July 25 ... 21 3 15 5,532 Aug. 1 18 3 9 5,523 Aub. 8 21 2 13 5,469 Auff. 15 .... 14 2 15 5,442 Auu. 22 15 3 12 5,701 Aug. 29 18 5 6 5,309 Sept. 6 20 3 9 4.816 Bopt. 12 ■. 12 i 12 5,612 Sept. 19 8 20 6 5.432 Sept. 26 13 2 10 5,466 Oct. 3 11 2 16 6,422 Oct. 10 14 2 3 5,1-1 Oct. 17 12 6 5 4.218 Oct. 24 17 8 7 W Oct. 31 14 4 1 4,606 Nov. 7 _... 8 4 6 4..-I Not. 14 .... l>5 8 4,432 Not. 21 .... 10 7 2 4.994 Nov.. 23 14 7 7 4,160 Dec. 5 16 1 8 4,307 Deo. 12 ... 14 7 11 4,810 Dec. 19 14 3 U 4,960 Dec. 26 11 1 12 4,771 Jan. 2 18 3 6 4,165 Jan. 9 13 3 11 i 4,229 Jan. 16 6 2 6 '- 4,290 J«n. 23 6 2 -6 4/57 Jnn. 30 9 6 8 5,161 Feb. 6 10 5 « 4.702 Peb 13 13 6 11 6,530 Feb. 20 .... 12 3 8 4,715 Peb. 27 14 4 9 .4.678 Mnr. 6 12 6 6 4.224 Mar. 13 15 3 8 4.108 Mar. 20 11 6 1' 4.415 Mar. 27 .... 16 12 19 4,950