LOSSES IN SEA WAR
British Official Wireless.
FLEET BIGGER THAN EVER
Rec. 5.5 p.m. Rugby, Sept. 10. Figures of mercantile losses due to enemy action in the week ending midnight, September 1, show that a total of 20 ships, representing 84.575 tons, were sunk. Five were Allied, of a total of 15,038 tons, four neutral, 13,517 tons, and 11 British, 56,020. Although the figure is in excess of the weekly average since the outbreak of the war, it is again below the weekly average for the period of intensified activity which began on May 27. It is authoritatively stated that the mercantile fleet (lying the British flag is larger than that available when the war began, although nearly 1,500.000 tons of British shipping have been sunk. The increased shipping losses are attributed to the ideal weather and good visibility favouring U-boats.
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Taranaki Daily News, 12 September 1940, Page 7
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