APPENDIX VII
Enemy Surface Vessels Destroyed in the Atlantic and North-West European Waters by Aircraft Under Royal Air Force Control, 1939-1945

SUNK AT SEA
    No. Tonnage
Coastal Command
Sorties 39,305
Aircraft lost 797
Surface Warships 150 86,303
Cargo and Other Vessels 193 427,501
Bomber Command
Sorties 2,671
Aircraft lost 126
Surface Warships 4 1,651
Cargo and Other Vessels 21 29,503
Fighter Command
Sorties 22,621
Aircraft Lost 239
Surface Warships 32 12,928
Cargo and Other Vessels 37 44,613
  Total 437 602,499

DESTROYED IN PORT
Bomber Command Surface Warships 152 166,576
Air Raids Cargo and Other Vessels 127 163,618
  Total 279 330,194

SUNK BY AIR-LAND MINES
Coastal Command
936 mines laid in 1,158 sorties for loss of 42 aircraft
Surface Warships 215 145,743
Bomber Command
47,278 mines laid in 18,431 sorties for loss of 468 aircraft.
Cargo and Other Vessels 544 576,234
Total 759 721,977
  Grand Total 1,475 1,654,670

TOTAL ENEMY LOSSES OF SURFACE VESSELS IN THE ATLANTIC AND NORTH-WEST EUROPEAN WATERS
  No. Tonnage
Sunk by Western Allies 2,340 3,439,270
Captured, confiscated, scuttled, etc. 545 1,254,566
Total 2,885 4,693,836

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