Pacific Islands Monthly
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Pacific Islands Monthly, 15 May 1941Vol. XI, No. 10

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THE following are the amended monthly totals of British, Allied, friendly, and neutral shipping losses since April of 1940. They really and actually show the progress of the battle of the Atlantic:—

Month.

May June July Tonnage. . .. 248,650 . . . 533,902 . . . 405,853 August . . . 387.471 September . . . 435,553 October . . . 423.616 November . . . 368,806 December . . . 313,197 January . .. 306,002 February . . . 334,004 March . . . 489,229 April* . . . 488,124 Total for 12 months . . . . 4.734,407 * Includes total (128.000 tons) of ships lost when evacuating British troops from Greece.

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