SUBMARINE TOLLS

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume XLV, Issue XLV, 3 August 1917, Page 1

SUBMARINE TOLLS

■——— —■» THE WEEKLY RECORD. • The subjoined return shows the amount - of shipping in each -iveek for the past four months, the vessels that were sunk, and the number of vessels that were unsuccessfully attacked, fishing boats being disregarded, m they no longer appear separately in the Admiralty's list:—

The worst week, it will be observed, yma that ended April 22, when a total of 82 vessels (not including nine fishing boats) . were attacked, of which 40 ships, all over 1,600 tons, were sunk. The past week's record of 50 vessels attacked is slightly above the average (48)-for the 17 weeks under review. ' =

Arrived Escaped Week and Vessels from Ended. Sailed. Sunk. Attack. March 4 ... 5:005 23 v - 12 March 11 ... 3:9*4 17 16 March 18 ... 5^82 24 ' 19 March 25 ... 4,747 \ 25 13 April 1 ... 4,680 31 ■•■■' 17. April 8 ... 4,773 19 14 April 15 ... ■ 4,710 28 15 April 22 ... "5,206 55 27April 29 ... 5,074 51' 24 May 6 ... 4,873 46 - 34 May 13 ... 5,120 25 19 May 20 ... 5,413 27 9 May 27 ... 5,487 19 17 June 3 5,335 18 ". ■'■• 17'.. June 10 ... 5,589 .. 32 23 June 17 ... 5,890 32 51 June 24 ... 5,799 28. 22