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Show IIJ-BO ATS LOSING Lowest Point Since the Germans Ger-mans Started Their Intensified Intensi-fied Submarine Attacks. LONDOX. Nov. 11. Only one British Brit-ish merchant vessel of moro than 1600 tons -was sunk hy mine or submarine last week, according to the woekly statement of shipping losses issued this overling. This is the low record since Pcrmany began fler submarine campaign. Five vessel? of less than 1600 tons and one fishing boat were sunk during the week. The admiralty statement follows: Arrivals, 2125; sailings, 2307. British merchantmen over 1600 tons sunk by mine or submarine, one; under un-der 1600 tons, five. Fishing vessels sunk, one, previously. previous-ly. ' . ' British merchantmen unsuccessfully unsuccessful-ly attacked, including three previously, eight. Not sine Germany began her intensified inten-sified submarine campaign in February Febru-ary has the total of British merchantmen merchant-men sunk by mine or submarine been ns small as the s.bove admiralty statement state-ment shows. The previous low record vis twelve merchantmen, eight of them of. a tonnage in excess of 1600 and four of them of less than 1600 tons. The high crc.st or the wave of British Brit-ish merchantmen sunk was during the week of April 22, when forty ships of 1600 tons and over and Gfteen of less j r. i. rai. - IiuiUuige wore suuti. nie hcal utiu record wns the following week, when ihirtyeighl -essels of the larger and thirteen of the smaller category were sent to the bottom. PARIS, Nov. 14 The loss to French Rhipp'ng through mine or submarine for the week ending November 11 was two vessels over 1600 tons, one of which was actually sunk the previous week, and no vessels under that tonnage. ton-nage. Four unsuccessful attacks were made by submarines, ROME, Nov. 14. Only one small sailing vessel of Italian nationality wa3 lost during the week ended November 11, it was officially announced today, as the result of the operations of hostile hos-tile submarines. The statement reads: "During the week ended November 11. vessels to the number of 384 entered en-tered ports and 330 left. The loss due to submarines was one sailing vessel of more than 100 ton-." |