German Ju 52 losses in the entire battle amounted to about 250, representing 50% of the fleet's strength.
The attack was a great success: the Italian fleet lost half its strength in one night.
To relieve the Mediterranean Fleet, while demonstrating British strength to the Spanish, the Admiralty and Admiral Cunningham planned to use Ark Royals Swordfish bombers in raids against Italian targets, supported by bombardment from heavy fleet units.
By evening his fleet was at full strength, three stragglers having rejoined, and on the afternoon of 10 October his ships were anchored off the Dutch port, scouts reporting 22 merchant ships in the harbour but no sign of De Winter's warships.
As Haakon had gained a powerful reputation due to the strength of his fleet, other European rulers wanted to benefit from his friendship.
During the attack by carrier-borne aircraft, in one night, the Italian fleet lost around half its strength; the next day, their undamaged ships were transferred from Taranto to Naples to try to protect them from similar attacks.
After the Battle of Dogger Bank, Pohl replaced Ingenohl as commander of the High Seas Fleet; throughout his tenure as its commander, Pohl adopted a very cautious strategy in order to preserve the strength of the fleet.
He's spent a lot of time complaining about how America's incredibly large and powerful military is allegedly falling apart for instance advocating loudly for a bigger naval fleet, talking about "peace through strength," and complaining (as he did Monday) that America can't win wars anymore.
By the end of December the Western Desert Force's vehicle fleet was only 40% of its establishment strength.
