The Story of the Great War, Volume 6: History of the European War from Official Sources
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The Story of the Great War, Volume 6: History of the European War from Official Sources
World War, 1914-1918
British: _Tottenham_, 3,106 tons; _Favonian_, 3,049 tons; _Mount
Coniston_, 3,018 tons; _Aaro_, 2,603 tons; _Trident_, 3,129 tons; _San
Bernardo_, 3,803 tons; _Antiope_, 2,793 tons; _Whitgift_, 4,397 tons;
_Britannic_, 3,487 tons; _Heighington_, 2,800 tons; and _Newburn_,
3,554 tons.
Italian: _Citta di Messina_, 2,464 tons; _Hermerberg_, 2,824 tons;
_Siena_, 4,372 tons; _Teti_, 2,868 tons; _Nereus_, 3,980 tons;
_Angelo_, 8,609 tons; _Sebastiano_, 3,995 tons; _Stampalia_, 9,000.
Other nations: _Ivar_, Danish, 2,139 tons; _Kohina Maru_, Japanese,
3,164 tons; _Tenmei Maru_, Japanese, 3,360 tons; _Tricoupis_, Greek,
2,387 tons; _Ganekogorta Mendi_, Spanish, 3,061 tons; _Pagasarri_,
Spanish, 3,287 tons.
Of vessels smaller than 2,000 tons the losses to the various nations
were as follows: Great Britain, 23; France, 6; Italy, 10; Russia, 4;
Norway, 9; Sweden, 6; Holland, 2; Denmark, 3; Greece, 3.
A large discrepancy regarding the total number and tonnage of Allied
and neutral merchantmen sunk by mines and submarines was again
noticeable in the figures published in the United States newspapers
and in official statements of the German admiralty.
The latter on October 26, 1916, announced that 180 ships with a total
tonnage of 254,600 had been sunk, of which 141 of 182,000 tons
belonged to Great Britain and her allies, and 39 of 72,600 tons to
neutral nations. The New York "Journal of Commerce," on October 5,
1916, published a summary of merchantmen lost during September, 1916,
which accounted only for 70 vessels of 150,317 tons, of which 25 were
said to have belonged to Great Britain and 18 to neutral Norway, while
France lost 4, Italy 4, Sweden 5, Denmark 4, Spain, Greece, and
Holland each 2, and Belgium 1. Of all these the following were more
than 2,000 tons:
British: _Duart_, 3,108 tons; _Strathalian_, 4,404 tons; _Swift
Wings_, 4,465 tons; _Kelvinia_, 3,140 tons; _Torridge_, 5,036 tons;
_Strathtay_, 4,428 tons; _Heathdene_, 3,541 tons; _Llangorse_, 3,841
tons; _Butetown_, 2,466 tons; _Bronwen_, 4,250 tons; _Strathe_, 2,500
tons; _Newby_, 2,168 tons; _Counsellor_, 4,958 tons; _Lexie_, 3,778
tons; _Swedish Prince_, 3,712 tons; _Roddam_, 3,218 tons; _Lord
Tredegar_, 3,856 tons; _Dewa_, 3,802 tons.
Norwegian: _Elizabeth IV_, 4,182 tons; _Polynesia_, 4,064 tons;
_Bufjord_, 2,284 tons; _Qvindeggen_, 2,610 tons; _Furu_, 2,029 tons;
_Isdalen_, 2,275 tons.
Other nations: _Antwerpen_, Dutch, 11,000 tons; _Benpark_, Italian,
3,842 tons; _Gamen_, Swedish, 2,617 tons; _Luis Vives_, Spanish, 2,394
tons; _Assimacos_, Greek, 2,898 tons.
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