Show NEARLY 1000 SHIPS SUNK SINCE LAST MARCH BY GERMANS GERMAN 1 By International News Service LONDON Dec 20 The Thc Tho seventeen seventeen seven seven- seven seven- teen ships sunk by submarines and mines during tho UlO past week brings tho the total destroyed from March 1 up to according to figures compiled complied today from admiralty ret records olds Of these fourteen over 1600 tons ton and three w were r re under under un- un der that size Dr MacNamara Mael parliamentary secretary for the admiralty authorizes au authorizes authorIze au- au the statement that new national shipyards aro are now under uner construction Three are being built at Chepstow Beachley and Port Port- bury It Is Intended thru that slips sUps will wUl willbe willbe be available In the first yard ard for forthe forthe the tho laying down of keels in from three to four months and that tho the first vessel will be launched in October October October Oc Oc- Oc- Oc tober or November ember of next year |