§ Sir R. Glynasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he will give a table showing the number of ships lost during the first 12 months of the war; the number of crews and passengers lost and saved; the total tonnage involved; and also a table for the same period showing the enemy losses as far as are known?
Mr. AlexanderThe number of merchant ships of all tonnages (including Fishing vessels) lost by enemy action during the first 12 months of the war was:
Gross tons. British 406 of 1,611,842 Allied 103 of 474,816 Neutral 253 of 769,212 Total 762 of 2,855,870 The number of crews and passengers lost and saved was approximately:
Lost. Saved. Taken prisoner or interned. 3,327 15,635 1,100 Enemy losses for first 12 months of the war as far as known: 261 ships of about 1,269,000 tons. The number of crews and passengers lost and saved in these ships is not known.