London, Dec. 14.
PBRTAIN'S merchant shipping losses since the outbreak of the war have been offset largely by the shipping disasters the Axis suffered, especially since the Axis, with only 13 per cen of th:
world's tonnage, could ill afford the losses, a survey showed today.
Britain, with roughly half the world's merchant shipping tonnage at the start of the war. in addi charter or otherwise Use Americ Japanese, Russian, Swedish, Spanish and Panamanian tonnages.
The total British Empire tonnage 1939 was. 21,215261 compared th 21,015,049 in i914. The cornbin"
"Allied "merchant fleets in 1939 totalled 34,200/728 tons. almost 50 per cent of the world's tonnage. The Axis merchant fleets comprised 13, per cent of the world's tonnage with the Germans "having 4,492,708 tons end Holy 8448453 tons.
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