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 | | Shipping losses to December 1940 to U-boats alone were 2,606,000 tons, and when mines, bombers, surface raiders and E-boats were included the total rose to 4,523,000 tons. |
 | | This principal standardized ship was the 10,000 ton Emergency Cargo 2/large capacity, or EC2, and was based on a British tramp steamer designed in 1879, and was known as the Canadian Park and the United States Liberty ship. |
 | | The Liberty ship having a maximum speed of only eleven knots was of relatively easy prey for the U-boats and in early 1942 designs for a 15 knot ship, the Victory ship or VC2, were begun. |
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