Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-02-28 | Page 1 | Teuton Marine Toll Eighteen

MARINE TOLL EIGHTEEN Increase Is Ts Shown in British Shipping Losses for Last Week r London Feb 27 24 Eighteen 27 Eighteen British merchantmen were sunk b bj br mine or submarine In the thc past week according to time the British h admiralty report tonight ht Of Ot these thes fourteen were vessels of 1600 over oyer and antl Co four II were under that tonna tonnage e Seven fishing cg vessels C ls also were sunk The fie losses to British shipping last week show how a considerable cOl Increase over oyer the thc previous week when time the vessels destroyed numbered fifteen twelve of ot them over o 1660 1600 tons In the preceding week nineteen British merchantmen were wera sent to thc the bottom hollom