U.S., BRITISH, ALLIED and NEUTRAL MERCHANT VESSEIS
               SINKINGS BY GEOGRAPHIC AREA
                                May 1-21, 1942
                                        (Preliminary)
 
           AREA                                                              DWT
Atlantic Ocean North of 30 degrees N, West of 45 degrees W.          49,000
 
                  
Atlantic Ocean North of 30 N, East of 45 degrees W.  53,000
 
British Coastal Waters                  1,000
 
Atlantic Ocean South of 30 N, West of 45 W.  403,000
                                                 
Atlantic Ocean South of 30 N, East of 45 degrees W.  
 
Mediterranean and Red Sea                    14,000
 
Pacific Ocean                           25,000
 
Indian Ocean                            11,000
 
Elsewhere or Area Unknown                    30,000
 
                                              ---------------
                    Total               586,000
 
 
 
 
BASIS: DATE OF OCCURANCE
 
SOURCE: Office of Naval Intelligence
 
           DECLASSIFIED
By Deputy Archivist of 1972.
 
By W, J. Stewart Date
 
 
May 23, 1942