Originally Posted by Mk VII

I have come across manifests for ships sunk, where they needed to list what had not arrived so that the British Purchasing Commission could reorder it. But they just list quantities, e.g. " 33 cases 3000 S. & W. Revolvers .38/200 Cal. with Spare Parts and Access. " which were lost when the Ostende, bound from New York to Liverpool on 17/1/43, hit a mine off the Isle of Mull and was beached, subsequently becoming a total loss.