BRITISH SEA LOSSES
MERCANTILE MARINE PROGRESSIVE DECLINE (British Official Wireless.) Reed. 9 a.m. RUGBY, Nov. 30. Authoritative quarters in London give the figures of British merchant shipping losses in the months of September and October as’ 153.000 and 82,000 tons gross, and 17,000 tons gross for the first 19 days of November, making a total gross loss of 252,000 tons. In the same period 128,000 tons became available through new vessels being put into service and a further 70,000 tons through captures, leaving a net loss of 54,000 tons gross. British ships entering British ports, expressed in tons, were: September, 4,509,000: October, 4,384,000; in the first 20 days of November, 3,214,000, the corresponding clearance figure being 12,205,000.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20110, 2 December 1939, Page 10
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