Merchant casualties

Shazahda | 11:10 Mon 21st May 2001 | History

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How did casualties compare between British armed forces and the Merchant Navy in the Second World War?

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This is a tough one - and I'm still working on it. So far, I've been able to find only a few merchant figures - with the help of John Slader's book: 'The Fourth Service: Merchantmen at War 1939-1945' (Robert Hale, London, 1994). He says 1,565 merchant ships were lost in the Second World War - a total of 25,864 lives. A total of 7,983,092 tons of merchant shipping were lost. More details when I get them.

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