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Targeting Civilians in War: The Starvation Blockades of World War I
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TABLE 9
RESULTS OF 1917-1918 U-BOAT CAMPAIGN
1917 1918
MONTH TONNAGE
SUNK
MONTH TONNAGE
SUNK
January 328,391
January 295,630
February 520,412
February 335,202
March 564,497
March 368,746
April 860,334
April 300,069
May 616,316
May 296,558
June 696,725
June 268,505
July 555,514
July 280,820
August 472,372
August 310,180
September 353,602 September 171,972 October 466,542
October 116,237
November 302,599 November 10,233 December 411,766
TOTAL
6,149,070
TOTAL
2,754,152
Note: Figures are from V.E. Tarrant, The U-Boat
Offensive 1914-1945 (London: Arms and Armor Press, 1989), 148-49.
TABLE 10
THE EFFICACY OF THE CONVOY SYSTEM
TIME PERIOD TOTAL SHIPS
CONVOYED
SHIPS LOST PERCENTAGE
LOST
May-Sept. 1917*
2,095
20
0.95
Aug.-Oct. 1917**
12,098 49 0.41
1917* 5,090
63
1.23
1917-1918* 16,070 96 0.60 1917-1918** 67,888 161 0.24 Note: Figures for August-October 1917 and 1917-1918 are from V.E. Tarrant, The U-Boat Offensive 1914-1945 (London: Arms and Armor Press, 1989), 56, 67. Figures for May-September 1917 and 1917 are from John Terraine, The U-Boat Wars 1916-1945 (New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons,
1989), 90. * designates ocean-going convoys; ** designates home waters convoys (coastal, Dutch, Scandinavian, and French coal trade).
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TABLE 9
RESULTS OF 1917-1918 U-BOAT CAMPAIGN
1917 1918
MONTH TONNAGE
SUNK
MONTH TONNAGE
SUNK
January 328,391
January 295,630
February 520,412
February 335,202
March 564,497
March 368,746
April 860,334
April 300,069
May 616,316
May 296,558
June 696,725
June 268,505
July 555,514
July 280,820
August 472,372
August 310,180
September 353,602 September 171,972
October 466,542
October 116,237
November 302,599 November 10,233
December 411,766
TOTAL
6,149,070
TOTAL
2,754,152
Note: Figures are from V.E. Tarrant, The U-Boat
Offensive 1914-1945 (London: Arms and Armor Press,
1989), 148-49.
TABLE 10
THE EFFICACY OF THE CONVOY SYSTEM
TIME PERIOD TOTAL SHIPS
CONVOYED
SHIPS LOST PERCENTAGE
LOST
May-Sept. 1917*
2,095
20
0.95
Aug.-Oct. 1917**
12,098 49 0.41
1917* 5,090
63
1.23
1917-1918* 16,070 96 0.60
1917-1918** 67,888 161 0.24
Note: Figures for August-October 1917 and 1917-1918 are from V.E.
Tarrant, The U-Boat Offensive 1914-1945 (London: Arms and Armor Press,
1989), 56, 67. Figures for May-September 1917 and 1917 are from John
Terraine, The U-Boat Wars 1916-1945 (New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons,
1989), 90.
* designates ocean-going convoys; ** designates home waters convoys
(coastal, Dutch, Scandinavian, and French coal trade).
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