Table 1 (A) Far East to Europe
First Blockade Running Period
April 1941 - May 1942
Ship
Sailed Arrived Date of Loss Cause of Loss Ermland Jan. '41 3 Apr. '41 Regensburg Apr. '41 27 June '41 Elbe Apr. '41 6 June '41 Aircraft from Eagle Anneliese Essberger June '41 10 Sept. '41 Odenwald July '41 6 Nov. '41 Captured and sunk by U.S.S. Omaha and Somers Burgenland Oct. '41 9 Dec. '41 Elsa Essberger Nov. '41 12 Jan. '41 Cortellazo Nov. '41 27 Jan. '42 Spreewald Dec. '41 31 Jan. '42 U-333 Pietro Orseolo Dec. '41 24 Feb, '42 Osorno Jan. '42 19 Mar. '42 Rio Grande Feb. '42 10 Apr. '42 Fusiyama Feb. '42 26 Apr. '42 Munsterland Feb. '42 17 May '42 Portland Mar. '42 10 May '42 Ramses Turned back to Japan after sailing
Approximate total cargo carried (in tons)
Type Despatched
(excluding ship
turned back)Delivered Lost Edible oils and fats 44,000 32,600 11,400 Rubber 44,500 32,650 11,800 Ore 3,650 2,700 950 Miscellaneous 9,675 7,050 2,625 TOTAL 101,775 75,000 26,775
Table 1 (B) Far East to Europe
Second Blockade Running Period
August 1942 - April 1943
Ship
Sailed Arrived Date of Loss Cause of Loss Tannenfels 8 Aug. '42 2 Nov. '42 Kulmerland 26 Aug. '42 7 Nov. '42 Dresden 8 Sept. '42 3 Nov. '42 Rhakotis 5 Nov. '42 1 Jan. '43 Scylla Ramses 23 Nov. '42 10 Dec. '42 Scuttled on interception by H.M.A.S. Adelaide and Dutch Heemskerck Hohenfriedburg
(ex Herborg)19 Dec. '42 26 Feb. '43 Sussex Doggerbank
(ex Speybank)15 Jan. '43 3 Mar. '43 U-43 Rossbach 17 Jan. '43 Recalled to Japan Karin
(ex Kota Nopan)4 Feb. '43 10 Mar. '43 Scuttled on interception by U.S.S. Savannah and Eberle Regensburg 6 Feb. '43 30 Mar. '43 Glasgow Weserland 6 Feb. '43 Recalled to Japan Pietro Orseolo 16 Feb. '43 1 Apr. '43 Irene
(ex Silvaplana)20 Feb. '43 10 Apr. '43 Scuttled on interception by Adventure Burgenland 18 Mar. '43 Recalled to Japan Rio Grande 18 Mar. '43 Recalled to Japan
Approximate total cargo carried (in tons)
Type Despatched
(excluding ships
turned back)Delivered Lost Edible oils and fats 54,500 16,500 38,000 Rubber 43,000 7,600 35,400 Ore 10,600 1,900 8,700 Miscellaneous 14,800 3,600 11,200 TOTAL 122,900 29,600 93,300
Number of blockade runners sailed 15 Number of blockade runners arrived 4 Number of blockade runners sunk 7 Number of blockade runners turned back 4
Table 2 (A) Europe to the Far East
First Blockade Running Period
September 1941 - June 1942
Ship
Sailed Arrived Date of Loss Cause of Loss Rio Grande 17 Sept. '41 6 Dec. '41 Portland Oct. '41 Jan. '42 Doggerbank 21 Jan. '42 19 Aug. '42 Regensburg 12 Feb. '42 7 July '42 Tannenfels 7 Mar. '42 12 May '42 Dresden 16 Apr. '42 23 June '42
Approximate total cargo carried (in tons)
Type Despatched Delivered Lost Engines, engine parts
Commercial goods
Chemical products32,540 32,540 Nil
Number of blockade runners sailed 6 Number of blockade runners arrived 6
Table 2 (A) Europe to the Far East
Second Blockade Running Period
September 1942 - May 1943
Ship
Sailed Arrived Date of Loss Cause of Loss Weserland 8 Sept. '42 1 Dec. '42 Uckermark 9 Sept. '42 24 Nov. '42 30 Nov. '42 Explosion in Yokohama Brake 27 Sept. '42 23 Dec. '42 Pietro Orseolo 1 Oct. '42 2 Dec. '42 Burgenland 9 Oct. '42 12 Jan. '43 Rio Grande 10 Oct. '42 31 Dec. '42 Irene 10 Oct. '42 20 Dec. '42 Anneliese Essberger 5 Nov. '42 21 Nov. '42 Scuttled on interception by U.S.S. Milwaukee Karin 6 Nov. '42 30 Dec. '42 Elsa Essberger 7 Nov. '42 Returned to France after being severely damaged by aircraft Spichern 9 Nov. '42 Returned to France after being severely damaged by aircraft Cortelazzo 29 Nov. '42 1 Dec. '42 Scuttled on interception by Redoubt Germania 12 Dec. '42 15 Dec. '42 Scuttled on interception by Egret and Tanatside Alsterufer 29 Mar. '43 19 June '43 Osorno 29 Mar. '43 4 June '43 Portland 29 Mar. '43 13 Apr. '43 Sunk by Free French Georges Leygues Himalaya 29 Mar. '43 Returned to France after being severely damaged by aircraft
Approximate total cargo carried (in tons)
Type Despatched
(excluding ships
turned back)Delivered Lost War materials and commercial products 33,829 24,447 9,382
Number of blockade runners sailed 17 Number of blockade runners arrived 10 Number of blockade runners sunk 3 Number of blockade runners turned back 4 (excluding Uckermark)
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