SEEKING SAFETY
NEUTRAL SHIPS IN BRITISH CONVOYS IMPRESSIVE COMPARATIVE FIGURES. LOSS OF ONLY THREE ESCORTED VESSELS. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day. 11.57 a.m.) RUGBY. April 4. An increasing use of the British convoy system is revealed in figures from the Government Department's concerned. During March alone. 1,140 neutral ships sailed in convoy, while from September 3 to February 29 only 1,075 had used this protection. The reason for this vastly increased use of convoy is not far to seek, when it is remembered that whereas 161 unconvoyed neutral ships have been sunk with a loss of more than 1.200 lives, of those escorted by the Allied navies only three fell a victim to enemy action, with a total loss of five lives.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 April 1940, Page 6
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