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8 tons; _Nereus_, 3,980 tons; _Angelo_, 8,609 tons; _Sebastiano_, 3,995 tons; _Stampalia_, 9,000. Other nations: _Ivar_, Danish, 2,139 tons; _Kohina Maru_, Japanese, 3,164 tons; _Tenmei Maru_, Japanese, 3,360 tons; _Tricoupis_, Greek, 2,387 tons; _Ganekogorta Mendi_, Spanish, 3,061 tons; _Pagasarri_, Spanish, 3,287 tons. Of vessels smaller than 2,000 tons the losses to the various nations were as follows: Great Britain, 23; France, 6; Italy, 10; Russia, 4; Norway, 9; Sweden, 6; Holland, 2; Denmark, 3; Greece, 3. A large discrepancy regarding the total number and tonnage of Allied and neutral merchantmen sunk by mines and submarines was again noticeable in the figures published in the United States newspapers and in official statements of the German admiralty. The latter on October 26, 1916, announced that 180 ships with a total tonnage of 254,600 had been sunk, of which 141 of 182,000 tons belonged to Great Britain and her allies, and 39 of 72,600 tons to neutral nations. The New York "Journal of Commerce," on October 5, 1916, published a summary of merchantmen lost during September, 1916, which accounted only for 70 vessels of 150,317 tons, of which 25 were said to have belonged to Great Britain and 18 to neutral Norway, while France lost 4, Italy 4, Sweden 5, Denmark 4, Spain, Greece, and Holland each 2, and Belgium 1. Of all these the following were more than 2,000 tons: British: _Duart_, 3,108 tons; _Strathalian_, 4,404 tons; _Swift Wings_, 4,465 tons; _Kelvinia_, 3,140 tons; _Torridge_, 5,036 tons; _Strathtay_, 4,428 tons; _Heathdene_, 3,541 tons; _Llangorse_, 3,841 tons; _Butetown_, 2,466 tons; _Bronwen_, 4,250 tons; _Strathe_, 2,500 tons; _Newby_, 2,168 tons; _Counsellor_, 4,958 tons; _Lexie_, 3,778 tons; _Swedish Prince_, 3,712 tons; _Roddam_, 3,218 tons; _Lord Tredegar_, 3,856 tons; _Dewa_, 3,802 tons. Norwegian: _Elizabeth IV_, 4,182 tons; _Polynesia_, 4,064 tons; _Bufjord_, 2,284 tons; _Qvindeggen_, 2,610 tons; _Furu_, 2,029 tons; _Isdalen_, 2,275 tons. Other nations: _Antwerpen_, Dutch, 11,000 tons; _Benpark_, Italian, 3,842 tons; _Gamen_, Swedish, 2,617 tons; _Luis Vives_, Spanish, 2,394 tons; _Assimacos_, Greek, 2,898 tons. For the month of October, 1916, the New York "Journal of Commerce" placed its total figures of Allied and neutral merchantmen sunk by mines or submarines at 127 vessels of 227,116 tons, according to a compilation published on November 3, 1916. No official figures of th
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