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Re: Allied Losses
Posted by: Rainer Kolbicz ()
Date: December 28, 2001 10:16PM

<HTML>This numbers are from our database:

From 3 September 1939 until 20 May 1941
Losses caused by U-boat mines are included
Vessels damaged and sunk by different U-boats are only counted once. (i.e. U-47 damaged one ship and U-99 sank it only the sinking is counted).

Merchant ships (including auxiliary warships like armed merchant cruisers and ships which were declared a total loss):
Sunk: 833 ships with 3.948.419 grt
Damaged: 55 ships with 390.371 grt
Captured: 5 ships with 8.748 grt

Military ships:
Sunk: 15 ships with 63.413 tons (includes one aircraft carrier, one battleship, four destroyers and four submarines)
Damaged: 6 ships with 116.180 tons (three battleships, two cruisers and one corvette)

Hope this helps

Regards
Rainer</HTML>

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Allied Losses Freddie PG 12/28/2001 07:36PM
Re: Allied Losses Rainer Kolbicz 12/28/2001 10:16PM


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