The following is a table of Allied shipping losses in the Battle of the Atlantic during World War II. All shipping losses are in Gross Registered Tonnage (GRT).
Month, year | Imports to Allies | Sunk by U-boat |
Sunk by aircraft |
Sunk by warship or raider |
Sunk by mines |
Total Allied shipping sunk |
German submarines lost |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sep. '39 | 3297070 | 153879 | 0 | 5051 | 29537 | 158930 | 2 |
Oct. '39 | 3576135 | 134807 | 0 | 32058 | 29490 | 166865 | 5 |
Nov. '39 | 4408689 | 51589 | 0 | 1722 | 120958 | 53311 | 1 |
Dec. '39 | 4466664 | 80881 | 2949 | 22506 | 82712 | 106336 | 1 |
Jan. '40 | 4847044 | 111263 | 23693 | 0 | 77116 | 134956 | 1 |
Feb. '40 | 4348820 | 169566 | 853 | 1761 | 54740 | 172180 | 6 |
Mar. '40 | 4970525 | 62781 | 8694 | 0 | 35051 | 71475 | 1 |
Apr. '40 | 5336917 | 32467 | 13409 | 5358 | 19799 | 51083 | 5 |
May '40 | 5362873 | 55580 | 158348 | 6893 | 47716 | 220127 | 1 |
Jun. '40 | 284113 | 105193 | 61857 | 86087 | 0 | ||
Jul. '40 | 195825 | 70193 | 80796 | 33598 | 2 | ||
Aug. '40 | 267618 | 53283 | 63350 | 11433 | 3 | ||
Sep. '40 | 295335 | 56328 | 96288 | 8269 | 1 | ||
Oct. '40 | 352407 | 8752 | 32134 | 32548 | 1 | ||
Nov. '40 | 146613 | 66438 | 123671 | 46672 | 2 | ||
Dec. '40 | 212590 | 14890 | 55728 | 54331 | 0 | ||
Jan. '41 | 2651399 | 126782 | 78597 | 80796 | 17107 | 302601 | 0 |
Feb. '41 | 2621795 | 196783 | 89305 | 89096 | 16507 | 372205 | 0 |
Mar. '41 | 2864121 | 243020 | 113314 | 138906 | 23585 | 474879 | 5 |
Apr. '41 | 2620531 | 249375 | 323454 | 91579 | 24888 | 616469 | 2 |
May '41 | 3466204 | 325492 | 146302 | 15002 | 23194 | 486796 | 1 |
Jun. '41 | 3594684 | 310143 | 61414 | 17759 | 15326 | 389316 | 4 |
Jul. '41 | 3765724 | 94209 | 9275 | 5792 | 8583 | 109276 | 0 |
Aug. '41 | 4002450 | 80310 | 23862 | 24897 | 1400 | 125550 | 4 |
Sep. '41 | 4267134 | 202820 | 40812 | 22910 | 14948 | 259866 | 2 |
Oct. '41 | 4203224 | 156554 | 35222 | 3305 | 19737 | 191776 | 2 |
Nov. '41 | 3336789 | 62196 | 23015 | 17715 | 1714 | 85211 | 5 |
Dec. '41 | 3735419 | 124070 | 72850 | 6661 | 63853 | 203581 | 10 |
Jan. '42 | 327357 | 57086 | 3275 | 10079 | 3 | ||
Feb. '42 | 476451 | 133746 | 0 | 7242 | 2 | ||
Mar. '42 | 537980 | 55706 | 25614 | 16862 | 6 | ||
Apr. '42 | 431664 | 82924 | 131188 | 15002 | 3 | ||
May. '42 | 607247 | 59041 | 19363 | 18795 | 4 | ||
Jun. '42 | 700235 | 54769 | 48474 | 19936 | 3 | ||
Jul. '42 | 476065 | 74313 | 54358 | 8905 | 11 | ||
Aug. '42 | 544410 | 60532 | 50516 | 0 | 9 | ||
Sep. '42 | 485413 | 57526 | 24388 | 0 | 10 | ||
Oct. '42 | 619417 | 5686 | 7576 | 5157 | 16 | ||
Nov. '42 | 729160 | 53868 | 19178 | 992 | 13 | ||
Dec. '42 | 330816 | 4853 | 12312 | 1618 | 4 | ||
Jan. '43 | 203128 | 25503 | 7040 | 18475 | 6 | ||
Feb. '43 | 359328 | 75 | 4858 | 34153 | 19 | ||
Mar. '43 | 627377 | 65128 | 0 | 884 | 15 | ||
Apr. '43 | 327943 | 3034 | 1742 | 11961 | 15 | ||
May. '43 | 264853 | 20942 | 0 | 1568 | 41 | ||
Jun. '43 | 97753 | 6083 | 17655 | 4334 | 17 | ||
Jul. '43 | 242145 | 106005 | 7176 | 72 | 37 | ||
Aug. '43 | 86579 | 14133 | 0 | 19 | 25 | ||
Sep. '43 | 118841 | 22905 | 9977 | 4396 | 10 | ||
Oct. '43 | 97407 | 22680 | 0 | 19774 | 26 | ||
Nov. '43 | 66585 | 62452 | 8538 | 6666 | 19 | ||
Dec. '43 | 86967 | 75471 | 0 | 6086 | 8 | ||
Jan. '44 | 92278 | 24237 | 6420 | 7176 | 16 | ||
Feb. '44 | 92923 | 21616 | 2085 | 0 | 20 | ||
Mar. '44 | 142944 | 0 | 7840 | 7176 | 25 | ||
Apr. '44 | 62149 | 19755 | 0 | 0 | 21 | ||
May. '44 | 24424 | 2873 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
Jun. '44 | 57875 | 9008 | 1812 | 24654 | 25 | ||
Jul. '44 | 63351 | 0 | 7219 | 8114 | 24 | ||
Aug. '44 | 98729 | 0 | 7176 | 7194 | 35 | ||
Sep. '44 | 43368 | 0 | 0 | 1437 | 22 | ||
Oct. '44 | 7176 | 0 | 0 | 4492 | 13 | ||
Nov. '44 | 29592 | 7247 | 1141 | 0 | 8 | ||
Dec. '44 | 58518 | 35920 | 0 | 35612 | 15 | ||
Jan. '45 | 56988 | 7176 | 2365 | 16368 | 14 | ||
Feb. '45 | 65233 | 7177 | 3899 | 18076 | 21 | ||
Mar. '45 | 65077 | 0 | 3968 | 36064 | 33 | ||
Apr. '45 | 72439 | 22822 | 0 | 8733 | 53 | ||
May. '45 | 11439 | 7176 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
Total losses by U-boats: 14,668,785
References
edit- Runyan, Timothy J.; Copes, Jan M. To Die Gallantly: The Battle of the Atlantic, pp. 85, 86
- Burns, R. W.;Warwick, K.; Rees, D. Radar Development to 1945, p. 260
- Hickam, Homer H. Torpedo Junction: U-Boat War Off America's East Coast, 1942, p. 2
- Beesly, Patrick; Erskine, Ralph; Gardner, W. J. R. Very Special Intelligence, p. 173