The Archive · 1941

Sinkings in West Atlantic

The President declared that sinkings of great numbers of merchant ships actually occurred within waters. of the Western Hemisphere.

he bldat truth is that the present rate of Nazi sinkings of merehantmen is over three times as as the British replacement capacity and more than twice the combined British and American output of merchant men today." the president added.

"We can answer this peril by speeding up and increasing our great ship-building programme, secondly, by helping to-out down losses on the high seas.

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