Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 81, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 April 1919 — Allied Navies’ War Loss 803,000 Tons [ARTICLE]

Allied Navies’ War Loss 803,000 Tons

London. —The allied naval losses In the war aggregated 803,000 tons, according to an estimate sent by Reuter’s Paris correspondent. Of this loss the British portion was 550,000 tons. The central powers lost 415,000 tons, but the German total, which was 350,000 tons, does not cover the huge tonnage surrendered under the armistice terms. Commenting upon these estimates, the Westminster Gazette says: “When we learn that in big ships alone we sacrificed thirteen battleships, three battle cruisers and twenty-five cruisers, we get some notion of the tremendous character of the effort that was necessary to enable the navy to emerge from the war vastly more powerful than it was at the end of 1914.”