SHIPS SUNK WHEN CARRYING 290 PLANES IN THEIR DECKS
PRECIOUS CARGO LOST
IN THE SOUTH ATLANTIC THE ALLIES FOUGHT HARD TO MAINTAIN THAT SHIPPING LANE OPEN FOR THE IMMENSE TRAFFIC OF THOUSANDS OF MERCHANTS WHICH CARRIED IN THEIR HOLDS AND DECKS MILLIONS OF TONS OF BADLY NEEDED RAW MATERIALS. 26 MERCHANTS WERE LOST WHEN LADDEN WITH ROUGHLY 300 AIRCRAFTS
1)AGWIMONTE U-177
2)ALCYONE (MINELAYER DOGGERBANK)
3)ALFRED JONES U-107
4)ALIOTH (IT SUB DA VINCI)
5)BARNEVELD (ADM SCHEER)
6)BENVENUE U-105
7)BERHALA U-38
8)DAHOMIAN U-852
9)ELMDENE U-174
10)EURYLOCHUS (RAIDER KORMORAN)
11)FERNLANE (IT SUB TAZZOLI)
12)GEORGE CLYMER (RAIDER MICHEL)
13)INCOMATI U-508
14)K. G. MELDAHL U-181
15)MALOJA U-128
16)MARISO U-518
17)MARKEN U-111
18)MENDENAU U-752
19)PANDIAS U-107
20)PRIMROSE HILL UD-5
21)RABAUL (RAIDER ATLANTIS)
22)TOTTENHAM (RAIDER ATLANTIS)
23)TRAFALGAR (RAIDER ATLANTIS)