SHIPPING LOSSES.
NEARLY 200 NEUTRALS. TOTAL UP TO APRIL 5. Up to April 5, according to a summary published by the Sydney Daily Commercial News and Shipping List, shipping losses since the outbreak ol war on September ii, amounted to 445 of a gross tonnage of 1,559,143. Ol these, 196 were British and a similar number neutrals. German losses totalled 40 ships. This list does not, ol course, include the many sinkings of German ships since the invasion of Denmark. Yesterday, for instance, it was cabled that Germany had lost 92 ships totalling 370.000 tons. Following is the detailed summary:— C ross
Nationality Number Tonnage 13('ltriii 11 (1 14.058 Rritish 190 738.473 Danish 01.348 Dutch 25 00.591 Ksthonian 7 9,094 Finnish 10 21.713 French Li 70.174 German 40 200.333 Greek 16 08,502 Italian 7 37.009 Japanese 1 11.9.30 Latvian 2 8.158 Lithuanian :i 4.073 Norwegian .... 52 128.034 Rumanian 1 0.894 Russian 1 968 Spanish 1 2.140 Swedish .... 34 07.541 Yugoslavian 2 10.S83 Totals .... 445 1 559,143
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 118, 17 April 1940, Page 7
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