Losses during the Battle of the Atlantic information
The following is a table of Allied shipping losses in the Battle of the Atlantic during World War II. All shipping losses are in Gross Registered Tonnage (GRT).
Month, year
Imports to Allies
Sunk by U-boat
Sunk by aircraft
Sunk by warship or raider
Sunk by mines
Total Allied shipping sunk
German submarines lost
39-09Sep. '39
3297070
153879
0
5051
29537
158930
2
39-10Oct. '39
3576135
134807
0
32058
29490
166865
5
39-11Nov. '39
4408689
51589
0
1722
120958
53311
1
39-12Dec. '39
4466664
80881
2949
22506
82712
106336
1
40-01Jan. '40
4847044
111263
23693
0
77116
134956
1
40-02Feb. '40
4348820
169566
853
1761
54740
172180
6
40-03Mar. '40
4970525
62781
8694
0
35051
71475
1
40-04Apr. '40
5336917
32467
13409
5358
19799
51083
5
40-05May '40
5362873
55580
158348
6893
47716
220127
1
40-06Jun. '40
284113
105193
61857
86087
0
40-07Jul. '40
195825
70193
80796
33598
2
40-08Aug. '40
267618
53283
63350
11433
3
40-09Sep. '40
295335
56328
96288
8269
1
40-10Oct. '40
352407
8752
32134
32548
1
40-11Nov. '40
146613
66438
123671
46672
2
40-12Dec. '40
212590
14890
55728
54331
0
41-01Jan. '41
2651399
126782
78597
80796
17107
302601
0
41-02Feb. '41
2621795
196783
89305
89096
16507
372205
0
41-03Mar. '41
2864121
243020
113314
138906
23585
474879
5
41-04Apr. '41
2620531
249375
323454
91579
24888
616469
2
41-05May '41
3466204
325492
146302
15002
23194
486796
1
41-06Jun. '41
3594684
310143
61414
17759
15326
389316
4
41-07Jul. '41
3765724
94209
9275
5792
8583
109276
0
41-08Aug. '41
4002450
80310
23862
24897
1400
125550
4
41-09Sep. '41
4267134
202820
40812
22910
14948
259866
2
41-10Oct. '41
4203224
156554
35222
3305
19737
191776
2
41-11Nov. '41
3336789
62196
23015
17715
1714
85211
5
41-12Dec. '41
3735419
124070
72850
6661
63853
203581
10
42-01Jan. '42
327357
57086
3275
10079
3
42-02Feb. '42
476451
133746
0
7242
2
42-03Mar. '42
537980
55706
25614
16862
6
42-04Apr. '42
431664
82924
131188
15002
3
42-05May. '42
607247
59041
19363
18795
4
42-06Jun. '42
700235
54769
48474
19936
3
42-07Jul. '42
476065
74313
54358
8905
11
42-08Aug. '42
544410
60532
50516
0
9
42-09Sep. '42
485413
57526
24388
0
10
42-10Oct. '42
619417
5686
7576
5157
16
42-11Nov. '42
729160
53868
19178
992
13
42-12Dec. '42
330816
4853
12312
1618
4
43-01Jan. '43
203128
25503
7040
18475
6
43-02Feb. '43
359328
75
4858
34153
19
43-03Mar. '43
627377
65128
0
884
15
43-04Apr. '43
327943
3034
1742
11961
15
43-05May. '43
264853
20942
0
1568
41
43-06Jun. '43
97753
6083
17655
4334
17
43-07Jul. '43
242145
106005
7176
72
37
43-08Aug. '43
86579
14133
0
19
25
43-09Sep. '43
118841
22905
9977
4396
10
43-10Oct. '43
97407
22680
0
19774
26
43-11Nov. '43
66585
62452
8538
6666
19
43-12Dec. '43
86967
75471
0
6086
8
44-01Jan. '44
92278
24237
6420
7176
16
44-02Feb. '44
92923
21616
2085
0
20
44-03Mar. '44
142944
0
7840
7176
25
44-04Apr. '44
62149
19755
0
0
21
44-05May. '44
24424
2873
0
0
24
44-06Jun. '44
57875
9008
1812
24654
25
44-07Jul. '44
63351
0
7219
8114
24
44-08Aug. '44
98729
0
7176
7194
35
44-09Sep. '44
43368
0
0
1437
22
44-10Oct. '44
7176
0
0
4492
13
44-11Nov. '44
29592
7247
1141
0
8
44-12Dec. '44
58518
35920
0
35612
15
45-01Jan. '45
56988
7176
2365
16368
14
45-02Feb. '45
65233
7177
3899
18076
21
45-03Mar. '45
65077
0
3968
36064
33
45-04Apr. '45
72439
22822
0
8733
53
45-05May. '45
11439
7176
0
0
35
Total losses by U-boats: 14,668,785
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