Commander Maitlandasked the First Lord of the Admiralty what tonnage of British and Allied ships was sunk by enemy surface raiders during the Second World War.
§ Mr. J. P. L. ThomasThe tonnage of British, allied and neutral merchant ships sunk or captured by enemy surface raiders in the Second World War was as follows:
— Ships Tonnage GERMAN: Warship raiders 78 392,162 Armed merchant raiders 129 800,611 TOTAL 207 1,192,773 JAPANESE: Warship raiders 24 99,299 Armed merchant raiders 5 36,667 TOTAL 29 135,966
Commander Maitlandasked the First Lord of the Admiralty how many enemy surface raiders converted from merchant ships were identified in the Second World War.
§ Mr. J. P. L. ThomasThe number of enemy surface raiders converted from merchant ships and identified as such in the Second World War was 15-10 German, two Italian and three Japanese.