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The following is a table of Allied shipping losses in the Battle of the Atlantic during World War II. ... Total losses by U-boats: 14,668,785 References ...
The Battle of the Atlantic, the longest continuous military campaign [11] [12] in World War II, ran from 1939 to the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945, covering a major part of the naval history of World War II. At its core was the Allied naval blockade of Germany, announced the day after the declaration of war, and Germany's subsequent counter ...
The North Atlantic battle surrounding it in May 1943 is regarded as the turning point of the Battle of the Atlantic in World War II. The battle ebbed and flowed over a period of a week, and involved more than 50 Allied ships and their escorts, and over 30 U-boats. It saw heavy losses on both sides.
Total Allied losses in May were 58 ships of 299,000 long tons (304,000 t), of which 34 (134,000 long tons (136,000 t)) were lost in the Atlantic. On 24 May 1943, Admiral Dönitz — shocked at the defeat suffered by the U-boats — ordered a temporary halt to the U-boat campaign; most were withdrawn from operational service.
The Mid-Atlantic gap is a geographical term applied to an undefended area of the Atlantic Ocean during the Battle of the Atlantic in the Second World War. The region was beyond the reach of land-based RAF Coastal Command antisubmarine (A/S) aircraft. This resulted in heavy merchant shipping losses to U-boats.
Off Atlantic Coast 12 September 1944: Foundered off Cape Hatteras in the Great Atlantic hurricane of 1944 with the loss of all hands. YMS-421: Off Okinawa 16 September 1945: Foundered in Typhoon Ida. YMS-424: Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands 9 October 1945: Grounded by Typhoon Louise and destroyed on 18 December 1945. YMS-454: Tsuken Shima, Okinawa 9 ...
The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest continuous military campaign in World War II, running from 1939 to the defeat of Germany in 1945. At its core was the Allied naval blockade of Germany , announced the day after the declaration of war, and Germany's subsequent counter-blockade.
The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest continuously running battle of World War II in the Atlantic theater. [35] It was principally a strategic contest between the Allies and Axis powers to deny each other the use of oceanic shipping for transporting troops and vital supplies.