Number and gross
tonnage of British merchant vessels and fishing vessels
lost through enemy action during each month of the war ; and number
of lives lost.
Year and Month
|
British Merchant Vessels |
British Fishing Vessels |
No. |
Gross
Tonnage |
Lives
lost |
No. |
Gross
Tonnage |
Lives
lost |
|
1914. |
|
August . . . |
9 |
40,254 |
- |
26 |
4,438 |
5 |
September . . |
21 |
88,219 |
29 |
6 |
1,032 |
25 |
October . . . |
19 |
77,805 |
42 |
2 |
283 |
5 |
November. . . |
5 |
8,888 |
- |
6 |
460 |
42 |
December. . . |
10 |
26,035 |
16 |
5 |
780 |
18 |
Total. . . |
64 |
241,201 |
69 |
45 |
6,993 |
95 |
|
1915 |
|
January . . . |
11 |
32,054 |
21 |
2 |
222 |
- |
February . . . |
14 |
36,372 |
30 |
- |
- |
- |
March . . . |
23 |
71,479 |
161 |
1 |
289 |
1 |
April . . . |
11 |
22,453 |
38 |
11 |
1,930 |
22 |
May . . . |
19 |
84,025 |
1,208 |
32 |
5,648 |
32 |
June . . . |
31 |
83,198 |
81 |
60 |
8,117 |
26 |
July . . . |
20 |
52,847 |
28 |
39 |
4,427 |
26 |
August . . . |
49 |
148,464 |
248 |
38 |
2,890 |
9 |
September . . |
30 |
101,690 |
77 |
8 |
445 |
12 |
October . . . |
17 |
54,156 |
42 |
- |
- |
- |
November . . |
32 |
94,493 |
118 |
1 |
162 |
2 |
December. . . |
21 |
74,490 |
419 |
- |
- |
- |
Total. . . |
278 |
855,721 |
2,471 |
192 |
24,130 |
130 |
|
1916. |
|
January . . . |
16 |
62,288 |
64 |
7 |
357 |
- |
February . . . |
26 |
75,860 |
291 |
2 |
68 |
- |
March . . . |
26 |
99,089 |
73 |
7 |
607 |
9 |
April . . . |
43 |
141,193 |
131 |
3 |
216 |
- |
May. . . |
20 |
64,521 |
14 |
5 |
201 |
1 |
June. . . |
16 |
36,976 |
64 |
- |
- |
- |
July . . |
28 |
82,432 |
69 |
36 |
2,796 |
2 |
August . . . |
23 |
43,354 |
8 |
13 |
1,672 |
9 |
September . . . |
42 |
104,572 |
20 |
38 |
4,811 |
- |
October . . . |
49 |
176,248 |
197 |
9 |
1,138 |
- |
November . . . |
49 |
168,809 |
100 |
15 |
1,600 |
8 |
December . . . |
58 |
182,292 |
186 |
6 |
436 |
9 |
Total . . . |
396 |
1,237,634 |
1,217 |
141 |
13,902 |
38 |
|
1917. |
|
January . . . |
49 |
153,666 |
276 |
16 |
2,020 |
2 |
February . . . |
105 |
313,486 |
402 |
30 |
3,478 |
23 |
March . . . |
127 |
353,478 |
699 |
43 |
3,586 |
3 |
April . . . |
169 |
545,282 |
1,125 |
41 |
5,920 |
14 |
May . . . |
122 |
352,289 |
591 |
19 |
1,448 |
18 |
June . . . |
122 |
417,925 |
416 |
21 |
1,342 |
- |
July. . . |
99 |
364,858 |
468 |
18 |
2,736 |
6 |
August |
91 |
329,810 |
462 |
5 |
242 |
6 |
September . . . |
78 |
196,212 |
356 |
7 |
245 |
5 |
October . . . |
86 |
276,132 |
608 |
5 |
227 |
19 |
November . . . |
64 |
173,560 |
420 |
3 |
87 |
- |
December. . . |
85 |
253,087 |
585 |
5 |
413 |
17 |
Total. . . |
1,197 |
3,729,785 |
6,408 |
213 |
21,744 |
113 |
|
1918. |
|
January . . . |
57 |
179,973 |
291 |
10 |
375 |
1 |
February . . . |
69 |
226,896 |
697 |
12 |
686 |
20 |
March . . . |
82 |
199,458 |
510 |
10 |
293 |
10 |
April . . . |
72 |
215,543 |
489 |
3 |
241 |
- |
May . . . |
60 |
192,436 |
407 |
16 |
504 |
7 |
June . . . |
51 |
162,990 |
469 |
6 |
639 |
17 |
July . . . |
37 |
165,449 |
202 |
12 |
555 |
3 |
August . . . |
41 |
145,721 |
217 |
13 |
1,536 |
- |
September. . . |
48 |
136,859 |
521 |
1 |
142 |
- |
October. . . |
25 |
59,229 |
318 |
- |
- |
- |
To November 11. . . |
2 |
10,195 |
1 |
1 |
25 |
- |
Total. . . |
544 |
1,694,749 |
4,122 |
84 |
4,996 |
58 |
|
Grand Total to 11th
November 1918 |
2,479 |
7,759,090 |
14,287 |
675 |
71,765 |
434 |
|
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