31 MARCH 1917, Page 1
The character of the return of the losses from submarine
warfare varies little week by week. The return published in Thursday's papers showed that the arrivals of merchant vessels in the week ending March 25th were 2,314 and the sailing3 2,433. The number of vessels sunk over 1,600 tons was eighteen, as against sixteen and thirteen in the two previous weeks ; and the number of vessels under 1,600 tons seven, as against eight and four. The figure of eighteen includes the hospital ship ' Asturias.' The number of vessels which successfully resisted attack was thirteen, as com- pared with nineteen and sixteen in the two previous weeks.
