German u-boats (an average of 14 craft operating at any one time) have sunk 753,803 tons of Allied shipping in the waters round Great Britain and the eastern Atlantic as far south as the Strait of Gibraltar since the start of hostilities, for a loss to the Kriegsmarine of 18 submarines.
German battleships and destroyers operating in the North Sea have sunk a total of 63,098 tons of shipping, and 281,154 tons have been sunk round the coasts of Britain by mines laid by submarines, destroyers and aircraft as well as 36,189 tons by air action.
Bibliography
World War II Magazine's WWII Day-By-Day Desk Diary
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