---------------------------------------------------------------------- | Convoy Atlantic convoys |No. of |No. of mer-|Losses in| P.C. | | Homeward |convoys|chant ships| convoy | | |-----------------------------|-------|-----------|---------|--------| | North Atlantic | 306 | 5,416 | 40 | 0.74 | | Gibraltar | 133 | 1,979 | 30 | 1.5 | | West African ports | 105 | 944 | 6 | 0.64 | | Rio de Janeiro | 22 | 307 | 1 | 0.32 | | | ----- | --------- | ------- | ------ | | Total | 566 | 8,646 | 77 | 0.89 | | | | | | | | Outward | | | | | | Various sailings from | | | | | | British ports | 508 | 7,110 | 45 | 0.63 | | | | | | | | Other convoys | | | | | | Scandinavian (old system) | ... | 6,475 | 75 | 1.15 | | Scandinavian (new system) | ... | 3,923 | 16 | 0.41 | | French coal trade | ... | 37,221 | 53 | 0.14 | | Local Mediterranean | ... | 10,275 | 127 | 1.24 | | East Coast | ... | 12,122 | 40 | 0.33 | | | ----- | --------- | ------- | ------ | | Grand total | ... | 85,772 | 433 | 0.51 | |====================================================================| | STATEMENT OF SHIPS IN ORGANIZED ATLANTIC CONVOYS | | July 26, 1917-October 5, 1918 | | SHIPS | |--------------------------------------------------------------------| | | Homeward | Outward | Total | | | bound | bound | | |-----------------------------|-----------|-----------|--------------| | Convoys | 539 | 488 | 1,027 | | Ships convoyed | 8,194 | 6,774 | 14,968 | | Casualties | 74 | 44 | 118 | | Per cent of casualties | 0.9 | 0.65 | 0.79 | |====================================================================| | TONNAGES | |--------------------------------------------------------------------| | | (GROSS DEADWEIGHT) | | |--------------------------------------| | | Homeward | Outward | Total | | | bound | bound | |