List of significant ship sinkings

This article is about deliberate sinking. For unintentional sinking, see the list of shipping disasters .

This article is a chronological listing of violent and significant ship sinkings in the history of shipping resulting from war , terror , crime or accidents with mines from a war. The motives targeted, sometimes hidden, deposits, reef formation to create a habitat for nature or an adventure space for divers are not taken into account . Insurance fraud, the disposal of garbage and hazardous waste loads and the disposal of ships when scrapping is not economically viable are also taken into account.

Until 1800

date	Surname	Victim	description
Aug 10, 1512	Marie de la Cordelière and Regent	≈1,580	During the war of the Holy League , 25 English and 22 allied French and Breton warships clashed off the western tip of Brittany ( Battle of Saint Mathieu ). The French flagship Marie de la Cordelière (1,000 t) laid down for boarding next to the English warship Regent (600 t) during the battle . During the battle the powder chamber of the French ship exploded , which in turn caused an explosion of the powder chamber of the English ship. Both ships sank, with only a few crew members (30?) Surviving. An estimated 400 British seamen and 1,180 crew members of the Marie de la Cordelière were killed.
May 30/31 , 1564	Mars	≈400	During the Nordic Seven Years' War between Sweden , Denmark and the Hanseatic League , 27 allied Danish and Hanseatic ships and 23 Swedish warships met near Gotland . In the course of the battle boarded forces of the allies, the Swedish 107-gun battleship Mars (1,800 t), the flagship of the Swedish fleet and the time the largest warship in the Baltic Sea . The ship caught fire during the boarding fight and sank on the night of May 30th to May 31st, 1564 after a powder chamber explosion. Around 400 seamen and marines were killed in the explosion, including numerous soldiers from the Allies (200?).
June 11, 1676	Svärdet	≈620	During the Battle of Öland was the Swedish 94-gun ship of the line svärdet (1,700 t) by gunfire of the united Danish-Dutch fleet badly hit and sank in the afternoon, about to 16:40, after an explosion of gunpowder after a Brander the ship had previously set on fire. Around 620 sailors died in the sinking. Only about 20 men survived.
0June 8, 1708	San Jose	578	About 16 nautical miles from the port of Cartagena ( Colombia ), four British warships attacked a Spanish treasure convoy ( Wager's Action ) consisting of 14 merchant sailing ships and three galleons . During a battle that lasted almost ten hours, the Spanish galleon San José (1,700 tons) was set on fire and sank after the powder chamber exploded. 578 sailors, soldiers and passengers were killed. Only eleven survivors were later rescued. On board the galleon were 344 tons of gold and silver coins and 116 boxes with emeralds from Peru. The current value of this cargo is (estimated) around three to four billion euros .
0Oct. 4, 1710	Dannebrog	≈600	In the Great Northern War, 31 Danish and 24 Swedish warships met in front of the Køgebucht . During the battle, around 3:30 p.m., the powder chamber of the Danish 94-gun ship of the line Dannebrog (1,800 t) exploded for reasons that were not certain. Of the approximately 600 crew on the ship, only three survived.
07th Mar 1778	Randolph	301	During the American Revolutionary War , the American frigate Randolph (1,100 t) met the much stronger British ship of the line Yarmouth east of Barbados . After a brief artillery battle, the powder chamber of the American ship exploded after a direct hit. The Randolph was completely destroyed and sank in a few minutes. Of the frigate's 305 crew members, only four survived.
25 Sep 1779	Bonhomme Richard	≈170	During the American Revolutionary War, the American frigate Bonhomme Richard (1,014 t), as part of a squadron of five ships, met the British frigate Serapis and a smaller sloop , which were escorting a convoy off the coast of Yorkshire . In the ensuing battle at Flamborough Head , the British frigate was captured by the Americans after a bitter artillery duel. The Bonhomme Richard , on which around 170 men were killed, was also badly hit and sank on September 25 as a result of the combat damage suffered.
Jan. 16, 1780	Santo Domingo	≈680	During the sea ​​battle at Cape St. Vincent , the Spanish 74-gun ship of the line Santo Domingo (1,800 t) was badly hit by English gunfire, caught fire and sank after an explosion in the powder chamber. Of the approximately 680 sailors and marines on board, none (presumably) survived. It has been stated on various occasions that a single survivor was later rescued by the British, but this was not fully secured.
0June 1, 1794	Vengeur du Peuple	≈220	About 400 nautical miles west of Ouessant , during the sea ​​battle on the 13th Prairial ("Glorious First of June") between the French revolutionary fleet and the British fleet , the French liner Vengeur du Peuple (1,550 t) was badly damaged by gunfire and completely dismasted. It eventually sank as a result of numerous floods and fires. About 220 sailors went down with the ship, around 400 men were rescued from British ships.
13- 14 January 1797	Droits de l'Homme	≈1,000	Off the island of Ouessant, the French liner Droits de l'Homme (2,900 t) met the two British frigates Indefatigable and Amazon on the way from Ireland to Brest and with 1,300 soldiers and seamen on board . In a 15-hour battle, the liner was badly damaged and ended up stranded in an approaching storm on the Breton coast. Of the 1,300 or so people on board, around 250 were killed during the artillery battle; around 750 men also drowned during the shipwreck. Only about 300 men survived.
0Aug 1, 1798	L'Orient	≈1,000	During the sea ​​battle at Abukir , the large French liner L'Orient (5,000 t), flagship of the French fleet, was badly hit by British ships and caught fire. At around 10:00 p.m., the flames reached the main powder chamber and triggered a devastating explosion. The ship was completely destroyed, debris was hurled almost a nautical mile away. Around 1,000 crew members perished in the inferno. Only around 70 men survived the disaster.

1801-1913

date	Surname	Victim	description
Oct 21, 1805	Achille	481	During the sea ​​battle at Trafalgar , the French ship of the line Achille (1,630 ts) was badly hit by English gunfire and sank in the afternoon, around 5.45 p.m., after the powder chamber exploded. 481 seafarers were killed. 158 crew members were rescued from English ships.
Oct 22, 1805	Santissima Trinidad	≈550	The Spanish 126-gun ship of the line Santissima Trinidad (4,500 ts), the flagship of the Spanish fleet and at the time of its sinking the largest ship of the line in the world, sank one day after the Battle of Trafalgar as a result of the battle damage. The place of the sinking is about 15 nautical miles northwest of the Strait of Gibraltar . About 150 wounded on board went down with the ship, with which the crew had to mourn a total of 550 deaths, as around 400 men had already been killed during the battle.
Oct 22, 1805	Indomptable	≈1,050	The French 80-gun ship of the line Indomptable (1,800 ts), badly damaged in the previous Battle of Trafalgar , sank northwest of the Strait of Gibraltar as a result of the battle damage it suffered. Since a storm was raging at the time of the sinking, only a few castaways could be rescued. On board the Indomptable were about 700 crew members and 500 castaways from the previously sunk liner Bucentaure . Only about 150 men were recovered from British ships. An estimated 1,050 seafarers were killed.
13 Mar 1811	Favorite	≈200	Off the island of Lissa , four British warships, including three frigates, intercepted a Franco-Venetian unit consisting of six frigates that should have landed troops on Lissa, and defeated it ( naval battle near Lissa ). In the course of the battle, the French 44-gun frigate Favorite (800 ts) was badly damaged and ran aground. The ship was later set on fire and destroyed by its own crew. An estimated 200 people were killed.
Nov 20, 1820	Essex	12	The American whaling ship Essex (238 GRT) was attacked by a whale in the Southeast Pacific and sank as a result. The crew saved themselves on three small whaling boats and crossed half of the South Pacific in a 3,500 nautical mile journey. Three men stayed on the small Pacific island of Henderson , and cannibalism broke out in the boats. With the men on Henderson, eight of the 20-man crew survived. This catastrophe served as the template for Herman Melville's novel Moby-Dick .
0March 8 1862	Cumberland and Congress	231	During the Civil War, the Confederate anti-tank ramming ship Virginia sank the frigates Cumberland (1,726 ts) and Congress (1,867 t), which belong to the Northern Navy, by ramming and artillery fire in the roadstead in front of Hampton Roads . 121 sailors died on board the Cumberland and 110 on board the Congress . It was the first battle between an ironclad and wooden warships.
Apr 24, 1862	Governor Moore	64	On the Mississippi , near New Orleans , the Confederate gunboat Governor Moore (1,215 ts) was badly hit by the artillery of the gunboat Cayuga, also belonging to the Northern Navy , after the gunboat Varuna , which belongs to the Union fleet, was rammed and ran aground. 64 men of the crew were killed. The wreck was later set on fire and destroyed.
Dec 12, 1862	Cairo	1	On a tributary of the Mississippi River , near Haynes Bluff, the armored gunboat Cairo (512 ts), part of the Northern Navy, ran into an electrical Confederate contact mine and sank. The crew managed to save themselves almost completely, only one crew member drowned. It was the first sinking of an armored warship by an electrically detonated mine.
Feb. 17, 1864	Housatonic and HL Hunley	14th	During the Civil War, the southern submarine H. L. Hunley sank the northern blockade ship Housatonic (1,930 ts) with a primitive spar torpedo off the port of Charleston . Five men died on the Housatonic . It was the first successful sinking of a submarine with a torpedo against a warship. However, the submarine and its entire crew (nine men) were also lost in this attack, presumably as a result of the shock wave of the torpedo explosion.
June 19, 1864	Alabama	41	Off Cherbourg , the Northern Corvette Kearsarge met the Confederate privateer Alabama (1,050 ts) during the Civil War . The artillery superior warship of the Union succeeded in fighting and sinking the trade troublemaker in a bitter duel. 41 seafarers on board the Alabama were killed and around 120 survived. With 65 angry ships, the Alabama was the Confederate's most successful pirate cruiser.
0Aug 5, 1864	Tecumseh	93	During the battle in Mobile Bay , the northern states monitor Tecumseh (2,100 ts) ran on a firmly anchored Confederate mine. The explosion was so violent that the ironclad capsized and sank in just 25 seconds. Of the 114 crew, only 21 were able to save themselves. 93 men were killed.
Jan 15, 1865	Patapsco	62	In the port of Charleston , the Northern Navy Monitor Patapsco (1,875 ts) hit a Confederate mine and sank within a minute. At the time of the sinking, the port was already under the control of the northern states, but should have been cleared of mines. 62 crew members went down with the ship and around 40 survived.
July 20, 1866	Re d'Italia and Palestro	612	During the naval battle of Lissa , the Austrian flagship Archduke Ferdinand Max rammed the Italian ironclad Re d'Italia (5,610 ts), flagship of the Italian fleet, as well as the armored corvette Palestro (2,200 ts). The Re d'Italia capsized and sank in three minutes. 381 sailors went down with the ship. The Palestro , which was also badly hit by artillery fire, was torn apart by an ammunition explosion about 30 minutes after the end of the battle. 231 men were killed on it, only 19 survived.
0Sep 2 1866	Rio de Janeiro	53	During the Battle of Fort Curuzú in the Triple Alliance War , the Brazilian armored gunboat Rio de Janeiro (870 ts) on the Río Paraguay came across an improvised Paraguayan gunpowder river mine and sank. 53 crew members were killed and 61 survived. It was the only ironclad that was sunk during the Triple Alliance War.
May 21, 1879	Esmeralda	143	During the saltpeter war between Chile , Peru and Bolivia , the Chilean frigate Esmeralda (850 ts) was badly damaged by the Peruvian ironclad Huáscar and the frigate Independencia and sunk after an unsuccessful attempt to enter during the naval battles of Iquique and Punta Gruesa . 143 men sank with the ship.
Apr 23, 1891	Blanco Encalada	182	During the Chilean Civil War , two torpedo cruisers of the presidential fleet forces attacked the rival Congress Party's armored ship Blanco Encalada (3,560 ts) in the bay of Caldera at dawn . The ironclad received a torpedo hit from the Almirante Lynch and sank, killing 182 sailors. It was the first sinking of an ironclad by self-propelled torpedoes shot down from a surface warship.
14- October 1893 15	Rio de Janeiro	≈500	During the revolt of the Navy in Brazil under the leadership of the Minister of the Navy, Rear Admiral Josè de Mello , rammed on the night of 14./15. October the rebel cruiser Republica in front of the port of Rio de Janeiro the troop transport Rio de Janeiro of the government troops, which should have brought reinforcements into the city. The ship, loaded with around 1,100 soldiers and seamen, sank so quickly that only around 600 people were able to save themselves. Around 500 people were killed in the sinking.
July 25, 1894	Gaosheng	≈840	The British freighter Gaosheng (2,134 GRT) in Chinese service was stopped at Asan (Korea) by the Japanese protected cruiser Naniwa and, as there were over 1,100 Chinese soldiers on board, as well as around 40 British seamen and a German military adviser, requested to hand it over. After four hours of negotiations, the crew jumped overboard because they feared a mutiny by the Chinese soldiers if they were surrendered. The Japanese then opened fire on the Gaosheng and sank them within 30 minutes, killing (estimated) 800 Chinese soldiers and 37 British. Only about 300 survivors reached the bank or were rescued by the Japanese. The incident not only led to a diplomatic crisis between Japan and Great Britain, but also to the outbreak of the First Sino-Japanese War on August 1, 1894.
04/ 5 February 1895 0	Dingyuan	≈30	During the first war between Japan and China, four Japanese torpedo boats attacked the Chinese warships lying in the port of Weihaiwèi ( Shandong ) in a surprise night attack . The Chinese ironclad Dingyuan (7,144 ts) was hit by two torpedoes and badly damaged. The sinking ship was put aground on the coast and was completely lost. Around 30 men were killed in the attack, and around 310 sailors rescued themselves on the shore.
0July 3, 1898	Infanta Maria Teresa	87	During the Spanish-American War , in the sea ​​battle off Santiago de Cuba, the Spanish armored cruiser Infanta Maria Teresa (6,890 ts) was badly hit by gunfire from American warships, including the Iowa and Oregon ships of the line , and had to be set on fire on the coast of Cuba. 87 crew members were killed and around 480 sailors were rescued by the Americans.
0July 3, 1898	Almirante Oquendo	126	During the Spanish-American War, the Spanish armored cruiser Almirante Oquendo (6,890 ts) was badly hit by American gunfire and caught fire in the sea battle off Santiago de Cuba . The ship was finally grounded by its own crew about seven nautical miles west of Santiago de Cuba near the shore. 126 men of the crew were killed during the battle, about 370 men were rescued by the Americans or reached the bank.
0July 3, 1898	Cristóbal Colón	21st	During the Spanish-American War, the Spanish armored cruiser Cristóbal Colón (7,972 ts) was pursued and fired at by the American ship of the line Oregon and the armored cruisers New York and Brooklyn for almost two hours in the sea battle off Santiago de Cuba . After the fleeing ship received at least six hits and consequently lost speed, the crew set the cruiser aground about 50 nautical miles west of Santiago de Cuba near the shore. Several crew members (5?) Who were able to save themselves on the bank were killed there by gunfire by Cuban insurgents. A total of 21 crew members were killed. Around 570 sailors survived.
0July 3, 1898	Vizcaya	76	During the Spanish-American War , the Spanish armored cruiser Vizcaya (6,890 ts) was badly hit by gunfire from the American armored cruiser Brooklyn in the sea ​​battle off Santiago de Cuba and was agitated near the shore, about 18 nautical miles west of Santiago de Cuba. 76 crew members were killed. 422 men were rescued from American ships.
Feb 11, 1904	Yenisei	≈100	In the Bay of Dalian , the Russian mine-layer Yenisei (3,000 ts) accidentally came across a mine of its own while a mine lock was being laid, which had broken free, detonating eight other mines on board the ship. The Yenisei was completely destroyed and sank in about 20 minutes. Around 100 seafarers were killed.
Apr 13, 1904	Petropavlovsk	638	The Russian liner Petropavlovsk (10,960 ts) was hit by a Japanese mine barrier off the port of Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War and was hit twice. A devastating subsequent explosion of its own ammunition and the ship's boiler tore the ship in two, which sank within 15 minutes. With the Petropavlovsk 638 sailors went down. In total, only about 80 crew members survived the sinking.
May 15, 1904	Hatsuse and Yashima	≈700	During the Russo-Japanese War, the Japanese ships of the line Hatsuse (15,255 ts) and Yashima (12,320 ts) ran into a Russian mine barrier placed by the Russian mine-layer Amur in front of the port of Port Arthur , which was still held by the Russians . Both ships suffered two hits and sank. 496 men went down with the hatsuse , and around 200 more Japanese sailors died on board the Yashima . About 900 men from both ships were rescued. These were the worst losses suffered by the Japanese Navy during the entire Russo-Japanese War.
June 15, 1904	Hitachi Maru	≈850	The Japanese troop transport Hitachi Maru (6716 GRT), with about 1,000 soldiers and sailors on board and on the way from Shimonoseki to Gushan , was in the Korea Strait from the Russian armored cruiser Russian cruiser Gromoboi sunk by artillery fire. Of the approximately 1,000 people on board, only 152 survived. It was the most casualty sinking of a single Japanese ship during the Russo-Japanese War.
Aug 14, 1904	Rurik	204	During the Russo-Japanese War, three Russian armored cruisers met a Japanese unit of six cruisers on Koreastrasse. In the ensuing naval battle near Ulsan , the Russian armored cruiser Rurik (10,933 ts) was badly hit by Japanese artillery fire and shot out of hand. The ship was eventually sunk by its own crew to avoid being captured. 204 sailors on board were killed by the shelling, 625 men (305 wounded) were rescued by the Japanese.
Dec 13, 1904	Takasago	273	In the Russo-Japanese War, the Japanese protected cruiser Takasago (4160 ts) ran into a Russian mine off Port Arthur and sank after a severe subsequent explosion of its own ammunition. 273 sailors went down with the ship, about 200 men were rescued from Japanese ships.
May 27, 1905	Osljabja	597	At the beginning of the sea ​​battle near Tsushima ( Russo-Japanese War ), the Russian ship of the line Osljabja (13,500 ts) was hit by several 30.5 cm shells from the Japanese ship of the line Mikasa in the bow area and below the waterline. The forecastle slowly ran full of water, which is why the Osljabja capsized and sank at around 3:15 p.m. About 250 men were recovered from Russian destroyers, but 597 sailors went down with the ship. The Osljabja was the first large Russian warship to be sunk in the Battle of Tsushima.
May 27, 1905	Borodino	829	During the sea battle at Tsushima, the Russian ship of the line Borodino (13,516 ts) was badly damaged by Japanese artillery fire. After a direct hit by a 30.5 cm shell, which probably came from the Japanese ship of the line Fuji , an ammunition magazine exploded, whereupon the ship capsized and sank. Of the 830 crew members of the Borodino , only one survivor was rescued by the Japanese.
May 27, 1905	Emperor Alexander III	778	During the sea ​​battle at Tsushima , the Russian ship of the line became Emperor Alexander III. (13,516 ts) badly damaged by Japanese artillery fire and had to leave the battle line. The ship capsized and eventually sank in the evening hours, with only four men surviving the sinking. 778 crew members went down with the ship.
May 27, 1905	Knyaz Suvorov	734	During the sea battle at Tsushima, the Russian ship of the line Knjas Suworow (14,151 ts), the flagship of the Russian fleet, was badly damaged by Japanese artillery fire during the day and sunk by Japanese destroyers by four torpedo hits in the evening. Around 734 sailors went down with the ship. The wounded Russian commander, Vice Admiral Zinovy Roschestwenski , and some officers were already at 17.00 pm from the Russian Torpedo Boat Buinij been salvaged. In total, only about 25 men survived the sinking.
May 27-28 , 1905	Navarin	678	The Russian battleship Navarin (10,206 ts) was during the Battle of Tsushima attacked by Japanese destroyers during the night and hit by two or three torpedoes. The ship capsized and sank within minutes. Of the 681-strong crew, only three survived. They were only found and rescued by Japanese and English ships four days later.
May 28, 1905	Sissoi Veliki	≈64	The Russian ship of the line Sissoi Veliki (10,400 ts), which had received heavy hits in the sea battle at Tsushima and caught fire, surrendered to Japanese auxiliary ships after the battle. The attempt by the Japanese to bring in the heavily damaged liner failed, however, and the abandoned ship sank at 10:05 a.m. on May 28, about 50 nautical miles northeast of Tsushima . During the battle there were 59 dead and 66 injured on board. Of the 613 prisoners rescued by the Japanese, at least five died on the following days from the wounds they had suffered.
May 28, 1905	Svetlana	169	The Russian protected cruiser Svetlana (3,862 ts) was seized by the Japanese cruisers Niitaka and Otowa on the second day of the sea ​​battle at Tsushima and sank burning after opening the sea valves. 169 men lost their lives in the battle and in the sinking of the Swetlana .
May 28, 1905	Admiral Ushakov	≈100	The Russian coastal armored ship Admiral Uschakow (4,648 ts), which had escaped the defeat of the Russian fleet at Tsushima the day before and during the night, was shot at by the Japanese armored cruisers Azuma and Yakumo northeast of Pusan in the evening hours of May 28 . After around 15 hits by 15.2 cm and 20.3 cm shells, the Russian crew sank their burning ship themselves. Around 100 men were killed. The rest of the crew were saved by the Japanese.

First World War

1914

date	Surname	Victim	description
0Aug 5, 1914	Queen Luise	129	In front of the Thames estuary , the German mine ship Queen Luise (2,150 ts) was surprised by British naval forces, including the reconnaissance cruiser Amphion and three destroyers, while a mine barrier was being laid and sunk after an hour-long pursuit. 46 of the 175 crew members were rescued by the British. 129 men were killed.
0Aug 6, 1914	Amphion	169	In front of the Thames estuary, the British scout cruiser Amphion (3,440 ts) on its way back to Harwich with 38 German prisoners on board came across a mine barrier that had been laid by Queen Luise the day before . The cruiser suffered two mine hits and sank within 15 minutes. 150 British sailors and 19 German prisoners of Queen Luise sank with the ship .
Aug 13, 1914	Baron Gautsch	284	On a trip from Veli Lošinj (Dalmatia) to Trieste , the passenger steamer Baron Gautsch (2,069 GRT) of the Austrian Lloyd ran into a sea ​​mine in the northern Adriatic that had been laid shortly before by the miner Basilisk of the Austrian Navy. The ship sank about seven nautical miles off Brijuni on the Istrian coast . According to official information, 250 passengers and 34 crew members were killed; only 170 passengers were saved.
Aug 16, 1914	Zenta	179	In the southern Adriatic, near Bar (Montenegro) , the Austrian small cruiser Zenta (2,543 ts) was on its way back from an advance towards Montenegro, by units of the Mediterranean fleet of the Entente powers, including the battleship Courbet and eight cruisers (in total 17 ships), sunk by artillery fire in a 40-minute battle. 179 crew members went down with the ship. Around 150 men later reached the coast and were interned in Montenegro.
Aug 26, 1914	Kaiser Wilhelm the Great	104	Off the west coast of Africa, near Río de Oro ( Spanish Sahara ), the British protected cruiser Highflyer surprised the German auxiliary cruiser Kaiser Wilhelm the Great (14,349 GRT), who was just taking coal on board. Although the German ship was within Spanish territorial waters, the British cruiser attacked, resulting in a 90-minute artillery duel. After Kaiser Wilhelm the Great ran out of ammunition, the crew finally sank their hit-damaged ship themselves. 104 seafarers were killed in the bombardment and around 480 men were able to save themselves on the shore.
Aug 26, 1914	Magdeburg	15th	The Magdeburg- class small cruiser ran aground in the Baltic Sea off Odensholm , Estonia . He was subsequently attacked by the Admiral Makarov and the Gromoboi , Imperial Russian Navy, and sank with the loss of 15 lives.
Aug 28, 1914	V 187 , Cöln , Mainz and Ariadne	753	During the sea ​​battle near Heligoland , British armed forces, including the battle cruiser Lion , encountered several German ships and within a short time sank the small cruisers Cöln and Mainz as well as the torpedo boat V 187 . The small cruiser Ariadne sank about two hours later. A total of 753 German seafarers lost their lives on the sunken ships. The Cöln went down with almost the entire crew, only one crew member survived.
05th Sep 1914	Pathfinder	261	Off the Scottish coast, near St. Abbs Head , the German submarine U 21 torpedoed the British patrol cruiser Pathfinder (2,940 ts). The torpedo hit caused an ammunition explosion that caused the cruiser to sink within a few minutes. 261 sailors went down with the ship, only eleven survived. This was the first successful torpedo attack by a submarine on a warship on the open sea, in which the submarine also survived the attack unscathed.
Sep 14 1914	Cap Trafalgar	51	In the battle between the German auxiliary cruiser Cap Trafalgar and the British auxiliary cruiser Carmania or in the sinking of the British ship, 51 men were killed.
22 Sep 1914	Aboukir , Cressy and Hogue	1466	Off the Dutch coast, near the Hook of Holland , the German submarine U 9 sank the armored cruisers Aboukir , Cressy and Hogue (12,000 ts each) one after the other by torpedo hits in the morning hours . A total of 1,466 British seamen were killed, 527 of them on the Aboukir , 563 on the Cressy and 376 on the Hogue .
Oct 11, 1914	Pallada	597	In the Gulf of Finland, the German submarine U 26 sank the Russian armored cruiser Pallada (7,780 ts) by a torpedo hit. The torpedo struck an ammunition chamber and caused a devastating explosion that sank the armored cruiser in just a minute. The entire crew of 597 men went down with the ship; there were no survivors.
Oct 15, 1914	HMS Hawke	529	Off Aberdeen, near Peterhead , the German submarine U 9 sank the British armored cruiser Hawke (7,750 ts) by a torpedo hit. The cruiser sank within minutes with 529 crew members; only 64 men survived.
Oct 17, 1914	Takachiho	271	During the siege of Tsingtau , the German torpedo boat S 90 managed to break out of the port and torpedo the Japanese armored cruiser Takachiho (3,650 ts), which was part of the allied blockade fleet . The cruiser exploded and broke in two. In the sinking 271 Japanese seamen were killed, only 86 men survived. It was the worst loss of the Japanese Navy during the entire First World War.
Oct 17, 1914	S 115 , S 117 , S 118 and S 119	218	In the North Sea, near the island of Texel , a British fleet, consisting of the light cruiser Undaunted and four large destroyers, encountered the German torpedo boats S 115 , S 117 , S 118 and S 119 (315 each belonging to the 7th torpedo boat semi-flotilla) ts). The German ships were sunk by the superior British forces in a battle lasting around 30 minutes . 55 men went down with S 115 , 64 men with S 117 , 52 men with S 118 and 47 men with S 119 ; a total of 218 people lost their lives.
Oct 18, 1914	E3	28	In front of the mouth of the Ems, the German submarine U 27 sank the British submarine E3 (725 ts) marching towards Borkum by a torpedo hit. The entire crew of 28 men went down with the submarine. It was the first sinking of a submarine by an opposing submarine in the history of naval warfare.
Oct. 27, 1914	Audacious	1	In the Northern Irish Sea, near Lough Swilly , the British liner Audacious (23,400 ts) ran into a mine that had been laid by the German auxiliary cruiser Berlin . The crew of the battleship fought the flooding for almost twelve hours, then the ship capsized and sank. Since most of the crew had previously been recovered, no personnel losses occurred on board the Audacious . However, a crew member of the light cruiser Liverpool was killed by flying debris when a subsequent explosion rocked the hull of the battleship during the sinking and wreckage was thrown up to Liverpool , which is about 800 meters away . The loss of the Audacious weighed so heavily on the Royal Navy that the sinking was kept secret for the time being.
Oct 28, 1914	Schemchug	149	In the roadstead of Penang (Malaysia), the German small cruiser Emden sank the Russian light cruiser Schemtschug (3,100 ts) lying at anchor by artillery fire and a torpedo hit. The cruiser, broken in half and burning, sank shortly afterwards, dragging 89 Russian sailors and 60 Chinese prostitutes with it. Around 250 seafarers were rescued.
Oct. 31, 1914	Hermes	22nd	In the Strait of Dover , near the Ruylingen Bank , the German submarine U 27 sank the Hermes aircraft tender (5,650 ts) by a torpedo hit. 22 crew members went down with the ship. About 420 men were rescued from Dunkirk by port vehicles.
0Nov 1, 1914	Good Hope and Monmouth	1635	Off the coast of Chile, the British armored cruisers Good Hope (14,100 ts) and Monmouth (9,950 ts) were sunk by the cruisers of the East Asia Squadron under Vice Admiral Maximilian von Spee in the sea ​​battle at Coronel . The Good Hope sank in the evening after an ammunition explosion. With her, Rear Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock and 900 crew members went under. The Monmouth sank after a torpedo hit by the German small cruiser Nürnberg . 734 sailors went down with the ship. There were no survivors.
0Nov 4, 1914	Yorck	336	The cruiser Yorck encountered a mine off Wilhelmshaven and sank with the loss of 336 of its 629 crew members.
0Nov 9, 1914	Emden	136	In the Indian Ocean, near the Cocos Islands , the German small cruiser Emden (3,660 ts) was fought down by the Australian light cruiser Sydney in an artillery duel. The German ship that was shot up was finally put on the beach at North Keeling by its own crew and was lost. A total of 136 German sailors were killed, 247 men were rescued or were able to flee and later returned to Germany.
Nov 17, 1914	Friedrich Carl	8th	During an advance by the German fleet against the Russian port of Libau , the German armored cruiser Friedrich Carl (9,087 ts) was hit by a Russian defensive mine barrier and suffered two mine hits. The ship sank within 45 minutes, killing eight sailors. The majority of the crew, around 580 men, was rescued by the German small cruiser Augsburg .
0Dec 8, 1914	Scharnhorst , Gneisenau , Nuremberg and Leipzig	2100	When trying to carry out a coup against the British naval base Port Stanley , the German East Asia Squadron under Vice Admiral Maximilian Graf von Spee was surprised by a British squadron with the two battle cruisers Invincible and Inflexible as well as other armored cruisers and light cruisers. Graf von Spee took up combat with his two armored cruisers to enable the small cruisers to escape. In the naval battle off the Falkland Islands , the Scharnhorst (11,600 ts) was able to score several hits on the Invincible , but was severely damaged herself and sank almost three hours after the fire opened at 16.17 p.m. Her entire crew went with her, a total of 860 men. On the Gneisenau , the German crew opened the flood valves at 5.30 p.m. and sank the ship themselves after all the ammunition had been used. 598 men of the crew were killed or drowned during the battle, 187 were rescued by British ships. The Nürnberg (3,408 ts) was pursued by the Kent . Both cruisers fought an artillery duel, with the Nürnberg being sunk with most of its crew. Only 18 men were rescued by the British, five of whom died a short time later from their injuries, resulting in a total of 327 victims. The Leipzig (3,250 ts) came under fire from Cornwall and Glasgow . After a battle lasting almost five hours, the order was given on the Leipzig to sink herself and the ship left. It sank after being fired again by the British. 315 seamen were killed, only 18 could be saved. A total of 2,100 German seamen lost their lives during the naval battle.

1915

date	Surname	Victim	description
0Jan. 1, 1915	Formidable	547	The German submarine U 24 sank the British liner Formidable (14,160 ts) near the Isle of Portland in the English Channel in a night attack by two torpedo hits. The ship sank about two hours after the attack. But since a strong hurricane raged at the time of the sinking, only a few boats could be brought into the water. In addition, rescue efforts of other ships were made more difficult by the storm. A total of 547 sailors died; about 200 men could be saved. The Formidable was the first British ship of the line to be lost to enemy action during World War I.
Jan. 13, 1915	Vicnor	295	Off the coast of Donegal , near Tory Island , the British auxiliary cruiser Viknor (5,386 GRT) probably ran into a German drifting mine during a strong storm , which had probably been laid by the auxiliary cruiser Berlin . The ship, dating from 1888, sank within a few minutes. As a result of the rapid sinking and because of the storm, no one could save himself; all 295 crew members of the Viknor were killed. Since no distress call was received from the ship, the loss was not known until a few days later when the bodies of several crew members were washed ashore near Tory Island.
Jan. 24, 1915	Blucher	1000	During the battle on the Doggerbank , the German armored cruiser Blücher (15,842 ts) was hit several times and lagged behind the German battlecruisers due to damage to the machinery. Due to a misunderstood order, the British ships focused their fire on the armored cruiser. The Blücher received seven torpedo hits and around 70 shell hits and capsized at 1:13 p.m. 1,000 seafarers died, 260 were rescued by British ships.
0Feb 3, 1915	Clan MacNaughton	281	The British auxiliary cruiser Clan MacNaughton (4,985 GRT) was lost around February 3, 1915 southwest of the Hebrides with the entire crew. Presumably the ship ran into a mine laid by the German auxiliary cruiser Berlin and sank. A distress call was not received so a search was only started after the ship became overdue in mid-February. With the Clan MacNaughton , the commander, Commander Robert Jeffreys, and 280 crew members went under. The time of the loss and the place of the sinking were not exactly certain. Debris found later that showed signs of explosion, however, allowed the conclusion that a mine was hit as the most likely cause of the loss.
11th Mar 1915	Bayano	196	In the north channel between Ireland and Scotland, about ten nautical miles west of the Corsewall Lighthouse , the German submarine U 27 sank the British auxiliary cruiser Bayano (5,948 GRT) by a torpedo hit. The auxiliary cruiser sank in just five minutes, dragging the commander, Commander HC Carr, and 196 crew members down with it. Only 26 men survived and were rescued by the British steamer Castlereagh .
14 Mar 1915	Dresden	8th	The cruiser, which escaped the naval battle in the Falkland Islands, was sunk off Más a Tierra in Chile . Eight men were killed and another twenty-nine were wounded.
18 Mar 1915	Bouvet , Irresistible and Ocean	811	During the attempt of the Entente powers to force the passage through the Dardanelles with strong naval forces, the French ship of the line Bouvet (12,007 ts) and the British ships of the line Irresistible and Ocean ran into mines. The Bouvet was also hit by artillery. This caused a powerful explosion in the turret of a 27.4 cm gun, which caused the ship to sink in just two minutes. 660 sailors went down with the ship. There were no survivors. Irresistible and Ocean were sunk by coastal batteries in the evening after the mine hits. 150 men of the crew died on the Irresistible , one on the Ocean .
27 Mar 1915	Aguila	8th	The passenger steamer was sunk by U 28 under the command of Corvette Captain Georg-Günther von Forstner . A total of 20 volleys were fired at the Aguila before a torpedo was fired at the ship. The Aguila broke in two and sank about 47 nautical miles southwest of the Smalls Lighthouse. A total of eight people were killed.
28 Mar 1915	Falaba	104	The British passenger ship Falaba (4,086 GRT) of Elder Dempster Lines was sunk by a torpedo hit by the German submarine U 28 in St. George's Canal off the coast of Pembrokeshire ( Wales ) . 104 people were killed. 143 survivors were recovered from the British fishing trawlers Emma Eileen and Wenlock . The 30-year-old American Leon Chester Thresher was among the dead, which subsequently triggered violent reactions in the United States and the exchange of several diplomatic notes between the United States and Germany.
0Apr 3, 1915	Mecidiye	14th	During an advance against Russian shipping west of the Crimean peninsula , the Ottoman protected cruiser Mecidiye (3,250 ts) ran into a Russian mine barrier about 15 nautical miles southwest of Odessa and sank. 14 men of the crew were killed. About 300 seamen were rescued from backing Turkish torpedo boats. The wreck of the cruiser, which sank in shallow water, was lifted by the Russians in June 1915, who reactivated the ship under the name Prut and used it as a mine- layer until 1917.
26./ Apr. 27, 1915	Léon Gambetta	684	Off the coast of southern Italy, about 15 nautical miles south of the Salento peninsula , the Austro-Hungarian submarine U-5 sank the French armored cruiser Léon Gambetta (12,400 ts) with two torpedo hits. The ship sank in just ten minutes, dragging 684 crew down with it. Only 137 men survived.
0May 7, 1915	Lusitania	1,198	On the voyage from New York to Liverpool , about twelve nautical miles off the south coast of Ireland, the large British passenger ship Lusitania (31,550 GRT) of the British Cunard Line was hit by a torpedo from the German submarine U 20 at around 2 p.m. and sank within only 18 minutes. A dust explosion in an empty coal bunker in the bow, triggered by the torpedo hit, caused great damage and accelerated the sinking considerably. Of the 1959 people on board, 1,198 were killed, including 124 Americans. This sinking triggered a storm of protest in the USA and caused German-American relations to gradually deteriorate.
May 12-13 , 1915	HMS Goliath	570	During the Battle of the Dardanelles , the Turkish torpedo boat Muavenet-i Milliye scored three torpedo hits on the British ship of the line Goliath (12,950 ts) during a night attack on the fleet of the Entente Powers off Cape Helles . The liner capsized and sank in just two minutes, killing 570 crew members. About 140 men were able to save themselves. It was the only sinking of a British ship of the line by a torpedo boat in World War I and the only one that was caused by a Turkish surface warship.
May 22, 1915	Yenisei	298	The German submarine U 26 torpedoed the Russian mine-layer Jenissei (3,200 t) off Odensholm , which sank within 10 minutes. 298 sailors were killed in the sinking.
May 25, 1915	triumph	78	During the Battle of the Dardanelles, the German submarine U 21 torpedoed off Gallipoli, as part of the British liner Triumph (11,985 ts) during the landing at Cape Helles . Within 30 minutes the ship was full of water, capsized and sank. 78 sailors were killed in the sinking.
May 27, 1915	Majestic	49	During the Battle of the Dardanelles, the German submarine U 21 torpedoed the British ship of the line Majestic (14,900 ts) off Gallipoli as part of the landing at Cape Helles . The ship of the line was shaken by a strong subsequent explosion and sank within nine minutes. 49 sailors went down with the Majestic .
May 27, 1915	Princess Irene	350	The mine-layer, a converted ocean liner, exploded and sank in the River Medway off Sheerness, Kent, killing 350 people.
May 31, 1915	Merion	4th	The German submarine UB 8 sank the large British passenger steamer Merion (11,621 GRT) by a torpedo hit near the island of Ai Strati in the Aegean Sea . The ship, which had been heavily rebuilt at the beginning of the war and which was supposed to be used as a dummy of the British battle cruiser Tiger ("dummy ship") off the Dardanelles , initially remained buoyant, but sank after more than 20 hours because the crew did not notice the water ingress could seal. Four sailors were killed.
0June 4, 1915	Casabianca	86	The D'Iberville- class cruiser was sunk by the explosion of one of its mines in the Gulf of Smyrna. There are 86 dead and 66 survivors.
June 28, 1915	Armenian	38	Off the coast of Cornwall , near Trevose Head , the German submarine U 24 sank the British passenger steamer Armenian (8,825 GRT) using explosive charges. The ship had previously been stopped by the submarine in accordance with the applicable price regulations, but 38 people drowned when leaving the ship because a lifeboat capsized.
0July 2, 1915	Albatross	28	The mine cruiser Albatross (2,506 t) was shot at by the Russian cruisers Admiral Makarow , Bajan , Bogatyr and Oleg and stranded on Gotland with damage. The team had to mourn 28 deaths, to which a memorial stone on the church of Östergarn commemorates.
0July 7, 1915	Amalfi	200	In front of Venice, the German submarine UB 14 sank the Italian armored cruiser Amalfi (9,832 ts), which was returning from a reconnaissance mission, by a torpedo hit. The ship sank about 30 minutes after the torpedo hit. 67 Italian sailors were killed in the sinking. Since there was no official state of war between Italy and Germany at the time of the attack, the German submarine disguised itself as the Austro-Hungarian submarine U-26 . After the loss of the Amalfi and the Giuseppe Garibaldi eleven days later, the Italian armored cruisers stationed in Venice remained in port for almost a year because of the submarine threat.
July 11, 1915	Koenigsberg	33	The German small cruiser Königsberg (3,390 ts), which had been blocked by Allied naval forces in the Rufiji Delta ( Tanzania ) since October 1914, was badly damaged by the shelling of the Severn and finally sunk by its own crew. 33 crew members were killed in the bombardment. The majority of the crew, around 320 men, as well as part of the cruiser's armament were then used in combat on land.
July 18, 1915	Giuseppe Garibaldi	59	In the Adriatic Sea, south of Dubrovnik , the Austro-Hungarian U- 4 submarine under the command of Liner Rudolf Singule sank the Italian armored cruiser Giuseppe Garibaldi (7,698 ts) by a torpedo hit. 59 seamen were killed and 19 injured in the sinking. About 540 men were rescued by escort destroyers.
0Aug 8, 1915	India	170	The British auxiliary cruiser India (7,940 GRT), a converted passenger ship of the P&O shipping company , was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U 22 under the command of Lieutenant Bruno Hoppe off Bodø on the coast of the Norwegian province of Nordland . Ten officers and 160 soldiers died. The 141 survivors were taken to Narvik .
0Aug 8, 1915	Barbaros Hayreddin	253	In the Sea of ​​Marmara , near Bolayir , the British submarine E11 sank the Turkish ship of the line Barbaros Hayreddin (10,500 ts) marching towards the Dardanelles by a torpedo hit. The ship from 1891, under German command and manned by a Turkish crew, capsized and sank within a few minutes. 253 sailors went down with the ship of the line, around 330 men were rescued by coastal vessels.
0Aug 9, 1915	Lynx	74	The British destroyer Lynx (957 ts) sank in the Moray Firth (Scotland), about 24 nautical miles southeast of Wick , on a mine barrier of the German auxiliary cruiser Meteor . 74 sailors went down with the ship, only about 26 survived and were rescued by fishermen.
Aug 13, 1915	Royal Edward	935	In the eastern Aegean, near the island of Kandeloussa, the German submarine UB 14 under the command of Kapitänleutnant Heino von Heimburg sank the British troop transport Royal Edward (11,117 GRT) loaded with 1,637 soldiers and crew members and traveling towards the Dardanelles . The ship received a torpedo hit and sank in just six minutes. 935 soldiers and sailors went down with the transporter. About 460 survivors were rescued by the British hospital ship Soudan .
Aug 19, 1915	U 27	37	West of the Isles of Scilly , the German submarine U 27 was surprised by the British submarine trap Baralong (Lieutenant Commander G. Herbert) after the freighter Nicosian had stopped and sunk by artillery fire. After the submarine sank, the British killed the German survivors swimming in the water by gunfire. All 37 crew members of U 27 were killed. Nicosian seafarers who had witnessed the so-called " Baralong Incident " also informed the press about it, which made this war crime incident public. Despite formal German protest, the British side denied this incident, which never resulted in a conviction of Lieutenant Commander Herbert and the crew of the Baralong .
Aug 19, 1915	Arabic	47	The British passenger steamer Arabic (15,801 GRT) of the White Star Line was sunk in front of the Old Head of Kinsale on the coast of Southern Ireland without warning by the German submarine U 24 under the command of Lieutenant Rudolf Schneider . Two Americans were among the 47 dead, which again led to political clashes between the United States and Germany. The Arabic was the first ship to the White Star Line in World War lost.
04th Sep 1915	Hesperian	32	The British passenger steamer Hesperian (10,920 GRT) of the Allan Line was sunk a few hours after leaving Liverpool in front of Fastnet Rock by the German submarine U 20 under the command of Lieutenant Walther Schwieger without warning. It was the same submarine under the same commander that had already sunk the Lusitania .
0Oct 7, 1915	Amiral Hamelin	71	The cargo ship was sunk 170 nautical miles (310 km) west of Cape Matapan at position 35 ° 37 '  N , 19 ° 8'  E by the German submarine U 33 . 71 people were killed.
Oct 23, 1915	Prince Adalbert	682	About 20 nautical miles from the port of Libau , the British submarine E8 succeeded in torpedoing the German armored cruiser Prinz Adalbert (9,087 ts). The torpedo hit the forward ammunition chamber and caused a powerful explosion that blew the ship in two and sank. Crew members went down with the Prinz Adalbert , only three men survived. 10 men were killed in the first torpedo.
Oct 23, 1915	Marquette	167	Around 35 nautical miles from Thessaloniki (Greece), the former passenger steamer Marquette (7,057 GRT ), which had been converted into a troop transport, was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U 35 without warning. 167 people were killed, including 29 crew members, 10 nurses and 128 soldiers.
0Nov 4, 1915	Le Calvados	740	The troop ship Le Calvados was torpedoed by the German submarine U 38 and sunk 22 nautical miles northwest of Cape Ivi , Algeria. 740 people were killed.
0Nov 7, 1915	Undine	25th	The Undine , a Gazelle- class cruiser , was torpedoed by the British submarine E19 and sunk in the Baltic Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) south of the Swedish coast.
0Nov 8, 1915	Ancona	208	The 8,210 GRT Italian passenger steamer Ancona was stopped in the Mediterranean by the German submarine U 38 under Lieutenant Captain Max Valentiner and torpedoed before all passengers and crew members could leave the ship. 208 people died.
Nov 17, 1915	Anglia	134	The British hospital ship Anglia (1,862 GRT), with 390 wounded and crew on board, ran one nautical mile off Folkestone to a sea mine that had been laid by the German submarine UC 5 (First Lieutenant Herbert Pustkuchen ). The ship sank within ten minutes. 134 people were killed.
0Dec. 4, 1915	Re Umberto	94	The passenger ship Re Umberto struck a mine laid by UC 14 and sank in the Adriatic off Cape Linguetta, Albania. 94 people died.
December 17, 1915	Bremen and V 191	≈300	On the evening of December 17, 1915, the Bremen left the port of Windau together with the torpedo boats V 191 and V 186 . On the Sponbank, V 191 (650 ts) hit a mine at 5.10 p.m. and sank. The Bremen immediately began with the rescue measures. A tow attempt failed. While rescuing the castaways, the cruiser itself received two mine hits. At 6:04 p.m. the small cruiser sank in the Baltic Sea. Almost 300 crew members of both ships were killed. 53 survivors were rescued by V 186 .
December 24, 1915	Ville de La Ciotat	81	On a trip from Shanghai to Marseille on Christmas Eve 1915, the French passenger steamer Ville de La Ciotat (6,461 GRT) with 316 people on board was torpedoed by the German submarine U 34 off the Greek peninsula of Mani . The ship sank very quickly, 35 passengers and 46 crew members were killed or drowned in the explosion.
Dec 30, 1915	Clan MacFarlane	52	The cargo ship Clan MacFarlane was torpedoed by the German submarine U 38 and sunk in the Mediterranean 66 nautical miles (122 km) southeast of Cape Martello , Crete. 52 crew members were killed.
Dec 30, 1915	Persia	343	South of Crete was the British passenger and cargo steamer Persia (7974 BRT), which was on its way from England to Persia by the German submarine U 38 under Lieutenant Max Valentiner torpedoed. The ship sank in just seven minutes, which is why only a few passengers were able to board the lifeboats. Of the 519 people on board, 343 died, the majority of whom were women and children.

1916

date	Surname	Victim	description
0Jan. 6, 1916	King Edward VII	0	The British liner King Edward VII (16,350 ts), on a transfer march from Scapa Flow to Belfast , ran into a minefield of the German auxiliary cruiser Möve near Cape Wrath and was hit by a mine . The crew fought in vain against the flooding for nine hours, then the ship capsized and sank. The entire crew could be rescued by escort ships.
0Feb 8, 1916	Amiral Charner	374	The German submarine U 21 sank the French protected cruiser Amiral Charner (4,750 ts) by a torpedo hit off the port of Beirut . The cruiser broke in two and sank in just four minutes. 374 sailors went down with the ship. Only one survivor was discovered and recovered on February 13th on a life raft.
Feb. 26, 1916	La Provence	990	Off the Peloponnese , about 65 nautical miles south of Cape Matapan, the German submarine U 35 sank the French auxiliary cruiser and troop transporter La Provence (13,752 GRT) loaded with 1,960 soldiers by two torpedo hits. The ship sank within ten minutes. Since many lifeboats could not be lowered into the water or overturned in the waves as a result of a strong storm, a total of 990 soldiers and sailors were killed.
Feb. 27, 1916	Maloja	155	The British passenger steamer Maloja (12,431 GRT) was on the way from Tilbury to Bombay when it ran into a mine of the German submarine UC 6 two nautical miles from Dover on the English south coast and went down. Of around 460 crew members and passengers on board, 155 were killed. The Maloja was the largest ship that the P&O lost in World War I.
Feb. 29, 1916	Griffin and Alcantara	264	Northwest of Bergen , the German auxiliary cruiser Greif (4,962 GRT) was arrested by British naval forces while attempting to break through the British blockade line and advance into the Atlantic. The auxiliary cruiser sank after a bitter artillery duel with the British auxiliary cruisers Alcantara falls and Andes as well as the light cruiser Comus . 192 crew members went down with the Greif , 117 men were later rescued by the British. But the Alcantara also sank with 72 crew members on board after being hit by artillery and one torpedo. Around 300 survivors were picked up by other British ships.
Apr. 27, 1916	Russell	126	The British liner Russell (13,745 ts) sank off Malta after two mine hits. The mines had previously been laid by the German submarine U 73 . 126 crew members died in the sinking and around 600 men were rescued.
30th Mar 1916	Portugal	115	In the Black Sea , on the coast of the Turkish province of Rize , the Russian hospital ship Portugal (5,357 GRT) was sunk by the German submarine U 33 with a torpedo hit. The steamer sank in two minutes. 115 people (Russians and French) were killed in the sinking.
0May 8, 1916	Cymric	5	140 miles before Fastnet Rock , the 13,000 GRT British passenger steamer Cymric of the White Star Line was sunk by the German submarine U 20 under Lieutenant Walther Schwieger without warning on the way from New York to Liverpool . Five of the 112 people on board were killed.
May 31, 1916	Indefatigable	1,017	The British battle cruiser Indefatigable (19,100 ts) was taken under fire by the German battle cruiser Von der Tann during the Battle of the Skagerrak . The German ship hit the front turret of the British ship with several 28 cm shells, causing flames to penetrate the ammunition chamber. The Indefatigable was torn apart by several explosions and sank. 1,017 sailors lost their lives, only four could be saved.
May 31, 1916	Queen Mary	1,245	In the concentrated fire of the German battle cruisers Derfflinger and Seydlitz , the British battle cruiser Queen Mary (26,250 ts) received several 28 cm and 30.5 cm hits during the Skagerrak battle, which caused a devastating subsequent explosion in a front ammunition chamber. The battle cruiser exploded and broke in two. Of the 1,254-strong crew, only nine survived.
May 31, 1916	Defense	893	During the Battle of the Skagerrak, the British armored cruiser Defense (14,600 ts) was caught in the fire of the German battle cruisers Derfflinger and Lützow during an attack on Wiesbaden, which was immobilized between the battle lines . The ship sank around 6.15 p.m. after numerous 30.5 cm artillery hits. The entire crew of 893 men went down with the Defense , there were no survivors. Among the dead was Rear Admiral Sir Robert Arbuthnot , in command of the British 1st Cruiser Squadron.
May 31, 1916	Invincible	1,026	The British battle cruiser Invincible (17,526 ts), the flagship of Admiral Horace Hood , received several heavy 30.5 cm hits from the German battle cruiser Lützow during the Battle of the Skagerrak . One of them exploded an ammunition chamber. The ship was torn in two and went down in no time. Only six men of the crew survived, 1,026 sailors, including Hood, took the Invincible down with them.
May 31 / June 1, 1916 0	Women praise	321	During the night battle of the Skagerrakschlacht the German IV reconnaissance group got into a fight with British light cruisers. The small cruiser Frauenlob (2,706 ts) received a torpedo hit from Southampton . In addition, a 15.2 cm shell hit the aft riot ammunition on fire and exploded. The ship capsized and sank around midnight with almost all of the crew. Only eight men survived.
May 31 / June 1, 1916 0	Black Prince	857	The British armored cruiser Black Prince (13,550 ts) had already lost touch with its own fleet before contact with the German deep-sea fleet and accidentally got caught up in German capital ships. The mistake was noticed too late and within two minutes the Black Prince was shot to the wreck by the German battleships Thuringia , Ostfriesland and Friedrich the Great with 30.5 cm artillery fire. The burning ship lagged behind the German line and sank at an unknown time. None of the crew survived.
0June 1, 1916	Lützow	116	The German battle cruiser Lützow (26,730 ts), which had been badly damaged by 24 heavy artillery and one torpedo hits during the Skagerrak battle during the day, had to be abandoned at night because the heavy water inrushes prevented further voyage towards the German coast. In addition, since the British battle fleet was approaching and towing was considered unsuccessful, the Lützow was sunk by two torpedo shots after the crew had been removed from the G 38 torpedo boat . The crew suffered a total of 116 deaths. Around 1,000 men were saved.
0June 1, 1916	Pomerania	839	In the night battle of the Skagerrakschlacht, the German ship of the line Pommern (13,190 ts) was attacked by the British destroyer Faulknor and received one or two torpedo hits. This triggers a powerful explosion on board the ship of the line, presumably in a forward ammunition chamber. The Pomerania broke in two and sank with its entire crew of 839 men. There were no survivors.
0June 1, 1916	Wiesbaden	589	The German small cruiser Wiesbaden (5,160 ts), which was shot incapable of maneuvering the day before at the beginning of the Skagerrak battle, lay between enemy lines for several hours and was attacked several times by British ships. It received numerous hits but did not sink until the morning of June 1, around 4:00 a.m. 589 men, including the North German poet Johann Kinau , were killed, only a single crew member was rescued two days later by the Norwegian steamer Willy .
0June 5, 1916	HMS Hampshire	643	The British armored cruiser Hampshire (10,850 ts) left the main base of the British fleet Scapa Flow through the Hoy Sound towards Arkhangelsk . A little later, the ship ran west of the Orkney Islands on a mine that was probably laid on May 23 by the German submarine U 75 . The armored cruiser sank within 15 minutes. Of the 655-strong crew, only 12 survived the sinking. Among those killed was 65-year-old Lord Herbert Kitchener and a large part of his military staff.
0June 8, 1916	Principe Umberto	≈1,750	The Italian auxiliary cruiser and troop transporter Principe Umberto (7,929 GRT), traveling in a convoy with two other transporters and secured by two destroyers, was torpedoed about 15 nautical miles southwest of Capo Linguetta (Albania) by the Austro-Hungarian submarine U-5 . The ship, with troop reinforcements en route from Italy to Valona , broke apart and sank very quickly. Of the approximately 2,200 seafarers and soldiers on board, only about 450 were rescued by the escort vehicles. An estimated 1,750 people were killed. It was the sinking of a ship sailing under the Italian flag with the highest number of victims to date (2020).
Sep 15 1916	Foucault	0	In the Adriatic Sea , about ten nautical miles from Cattaro , two Austro-Hungarian Lohner seaplanes attacked the French submarine Foucault (397 ts). The submarine was badly damaged by four bombs and was not clear to dive. The crew then left their submarine and sank it themselves. The two flying boats then land on the water and rescue the entire 28-man submarine crew. It was the first sinking of a submarine by an air raid in the history of naval warfare.
0Oct. 4, 1916	Gallia	927	35 nautical miles southwest of the island of San Pietro near Sardinia , the French troop transporter Gallia (14,966 GRT) was on the way from Toulon (France) to Thessaloniki (Greece) by the German submarine U 35 under the command of Lieutenant Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière sunk with a torpedo. Of the 2,350 crew members and soldiers on board, around 600 were killed. Around 1,200 castaways were picked up the next day by the French protected cruiser Châteaurenault . According to other information, there were 867 French casualties: crew: 41, members of the navy as passengers: 4, members of the army as passengers: 822 (of which: 35th Infantry Regiment: 177, Infantry Regiment 55: 214, Infantry Regiment 59: 236, Infantry Regiment 113: 180, Resupply Company 75: 15). There were also 350 Serbs on board, around 220 of whom had died.
Oct 23, 1916	Genista	73	The German submarine U 57 torpedoed the British minesweeping corvette Genista (1,250 ts) off the west coast of Ireland . The ship immediately blew up and went down with 73 men on board. There were no survivors.
Oct 28, 1916	Galeka	19th	The British hospital ship Galeka (6,772 GRT) ran five nautical miles from La Hague on a mine that had been laid by the German submarine UC 26 . The ship was aground at La Hague, but was a total loss. 19 members of the medical staff died. Patients were not on board on this voyage.
0Nov 6, 1916	Arabia	11	The British passenger ship Arabia (7,903 GRT) was on its way from Australia to England with 720 passengers and crew when it was torpedoed 112 nautical miles off Cape Tenaro on the Greek coast by the German submarine UB 43 . The ship sank within 20 minutes, killing 11 people.
Nov 21, 1916	Britannic	30th	The large British hospital ship Britannic (48,158 GRT), a sister ship of the Titanic , ran off the Greek coast, near the island of Kea , on a mine that was probably laid by the German submarine U 73 . The ship sank in about 55 minutes. The ship is evacuated in an orderly manner. Nevertheless, 30 people died as two lifeboats got sucked into the still running propellers . The Britannic was the largest Allied ship that was lost in the First World War.
Nov 26, 1916	Suffren	648	The German submarine U 52 torpedoed the French liner Suffren (12,527 ts) off the Portuguese coast, near Lisbon . The torpedo hit an ammunition chamber. The subsequent explosion caused the ship to sink in just two minutes. 648 men went down with the suffren . There were no survivors.
December 11, 1916	Magellan	36	Ten miles south of the Mediterranean island of Pantelleria, the German submarine U 63 sank the French passenger ship Magellan (6,357 ts), which was traveling in a convoy on its way to Marseille. 10 crew members and 26 passengers perished. The survivors were picked up by the steamer Sinaï and the torpedo boat Sagaie .
Dec 12, 1916	Regina Margherita	675	In front of the port of Valona, ​​the Italian liner Regina Margherita (13,427 ts) ran into a mine barrier on the way from Taranto to Valona and suffered two mine hits. The mines had been laid by the German submarine UC 14 a year earlier . The mine detonations caused a subsequent explosion of the ammunition and brought the ship to sink in just three minutes. 675 crew members perished with the Regina Margherita , only 270 men could be saved.
Dec. 27, 1916	Gaulois	4th	Off the south coast of Greece, about 30 nautical miles south of the island of Cerigo, the German submarine UB 47 torpedoed the French liner Gaulois (11,300 ts). The ship was badly damaged and sank about 25 minutes after the torpedo hit. Almost the entire crew was rescued by escort ships, only four seamen who had been in the affected hull section during the torpedo were killed.

1917

date	Surname	Victim	description
0Jan. 1, 1917	Ivernia	120	The British troop transport Ivernia (13,799 GRT) was sunk by the German submarine UB 47 about 58 nautical miles southeast of Cape Matapan . 84 soldiers and 36 crew members were killed.
0Jan. 4, 1917	Peresvet	261	The Russian liner Pereswet (12,877 ts), captured by the Japanese during the Russo-Japanese War and bought back by the Russians in 1916, ran into a mine during the march back to Russia in the Mediterranean Sea, about ten nautical miles north of Port Said of the German submarine U 73 . The ship capsized and sank in just six minutes. 261 Russian sailors were killed, around 500 survived.
0Jan. 9, 1917	Cornwallis	15th	In the eastern Mediterranean, about 60 nautical miles east of Malta , the German submarine U 32 sank the British liner Cornwallis (14,000 ts) by a torpedo hit. The ship sank slowly, which is why almost the entire crew could be saved. However, 15 sailors died in the torpedo hit.
Jan. 11, 1917	Ben-my-Chree	0	The British seaplane carrier Ben-my-Chree (3,800 ts) was shot at by Turkish coastal batteries near the Greek island of Kastelorizo while the ship was close to the coast. The porter was hit several times, caught fire and had to be abandoned. The entire crew of around 250 men was rescued. The Ben-my-Chree is still the only seaplane carrier ever sunk by coastal guns.
Jan. 25, 1917	Laurentic	354	The British auxiliary cruiser and troop transporter Laurentic (14,892 GRT), formerly part of the White Star Line as a passenger ship , ran at high speed off Lough Swilly (Northern Ireland) into a German minefield that had been laid by the submarine U 80 . The ship was hit by two or three mines and sank in about ten minutes. Of 475 people on board, 354 were killed. Many jumped overboard in the dark and froze to death in the ice-cold water. The survivors were not rescued until the following day. The lost cargo also included 35 tons of gold for the United States government.
0Feb 7, 1917	California	41	38 nautical miles southwest of the Fastnet rock, the German submarine U 85 torpedoed the British passenger steamer California (8,662 GRT) of the Anchor Line, which was on its way to Glasgow with 202 people. The ship sank in nine minutes. Five people were killed in the torpedo detonation, 36 others drowned during the evacuation, as the ship was still moving during the rapid sinking and several lifeboats capsized.
Feb. 17, 1917	Athos	754	The French passenger and cargo steamer Athos (12,644 GRT), with around 1,950 passengers, soldiers and crew on board and on the way from Marseille to Yokohama, was torpedoed and sunk 200 nautical miles southeast of Malta by the German submarine U 65 . The ship, escorted by two torpedo boats, sank within 14 minutes and dragged 754 people with it. Around 1,200 survivors were rescued by the support vehicles.
Feb 25, 1917	Laconia	12	Near Fastnet Rock , on the southern Irish coast, the British passenger steamer Laconia (18,099 GRT) of the Cunard Line was torpedoed and sunk twice by the German submarine U 50 . While most of the 300 or so people on board were rescued, the death of two US citizens created further political tension and ultimately helped the United States enter the war in April 1917.
01st Mar 1917	Pheasant	88	West of the island of Hoy (Orkney) the British destroyer Pheasant (1,025 ts) ran into a mine of the German submarine U 80 and exploded. 88 crew members went down with the ship, there were no survivors.
01st Mar 1917	Drina	15th	The British passenger ship Drina (11,483 GRT) ran aground on a mine of the German submarine UC 65 and sank off Milford Haven on the Welsh coast . All 189 passengers were saved, but 15 of the 148 crew members perished. The Drina was the first merchant ship to be converted into a hospital ship during World War I. At the time of her sinking, however, she was back in civil passenger traffic.
16. Mar. 1917	leopard	325	North-east of the Faroe Islands , the German auxiliary cruiser Leopard (4,652 GRT) was captured by British naval forces, including the armored cruiser Achilles , during an attempt to break out into the Atlantic , and sunk in an artillery battle lasting around an hour. The entire crew of 319 men went down with the ship. In addition, six members of a British prize squad who had boarded the camouflaged German ship before the start of the battle died.
19 Mar 1917	Danton	296	In the western Mediterranean, about 30 nautical miles south of Sardinia , the German submarine U 64 sank the French liner Danton (18,318 ts) by two torpedo hits. The ship sank about 45 minutes after the hits. 296 men went down with the Danton . The escort was able to save 806 crew members.
19 Mar 1917	Alnwick Castle	40	The British passenger ship Alnwick Castle (5,893 GRT) of the Union-Castle Line was torpedoed 310 nautical miles southwest of Bishop Rock by the German submarine U 81 . All 139 people on board were able to save themselves from sinking, but two of the boats disappeared in the first stormy night at sea and the others were only found days later. A total of 40 of the boat occupants perished on the open Atlantic.
0Apr 4, 1917	City of Paris	122	On a trip from Karachi via Marseille to Liverpool , the British passenger steamer City of Paris (9,191 GRT) was torpedoed and sunk twice by the German UC 35, 46 nautical miles southeast of Cap d'Antibes ( Côte d'Azur ) . All 109 crew members and 13 passengers were killed.
Apr 10, 1917	Salta	130	At the entrance to the port of Le Havre, the British hospital ship Salta (7,284 GRT) ran into a minefield, which had been laid by the German submarine UC 26 the day before, despite warnings . The ship was hit by a mine and sank within ten minutes, killing 130 people.
Apr 15, 1917	Cameronia	210	The former British luxury liner Cameronia (10,983 GRT), a ship of the British shipping company Anchor Line converted into a troop transport , was removed from the German submarine 150 nautical miles east of Malta , with 2,650 soldiers and crew on board and on a journey from Marseille to Alexandria U 33 torpedoed and sunk. The ship sank within 40 minutes. 210 people were killed.
Apr 15, 1917	Arcadian	277	The British troop carrier Arcadian (8,939 GRT) was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine UC 74 north-east of the Greek island of Milos in the eastern Mediterranean with 1,335 soldiers and crew on board and on a journey from Thessaloniki to Alexandria . The ship sank within six minutes. 277 people were killed.
April 16, 1917	Sontay	49	About 100 nautical miles southeast of Malta , the French passenger ship Sontay (7,247 GRT) was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U 33 on the way to Marseille . The ship sank within 6 minutes. 49 passengers and crew members were killed.
Apr 17, 1917	Lanfranc	40	42 nautical miles northeast of Le Havre in the English Channel , the hospital ship Lanfranc (6,287 GRT) with 387 patients on board was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine UB 40 (Kapitänleutnant Hans Howaldt ). 22 British crew members and 18 German patients died. The survivors were brought to Portsmouth by British destroyers.
Apr 17, 1917	Donegal	41	19 nautical miles south of Dean in the English Channel , the hospital ship Donegal (1,885 GRT) with 610 patients on board was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine UC 21 (Oberleutnant zur See Reinhold Saltzwedel ). 12 British crew members and 29 British patients died.
Apr. 24, 1917	Abosso	65	The British passenger and cargo steamer Abosso (7,782 GRT) of the British Elder Dempster Lines was sunk 180 nautical miles west of the Fastnet rock by the German submarine U 43 by a torpedo. The steamer was still going during the sinking and sank when it was heavily listed, so that several lifeboats capsized after being lowered. 65 passengers and crew members died.
0May 4, 1917	Transylvania	412	The British troop transport Transylvania (14,348 GRT), a former luxury liner, was on its way from Marseille to Alexandria with a troop contingent of 2,700 men on board . It was developed by the Japanese destroyers Matsu and Sakaki of Kaba class escorts. On May 4, 1917, the steamer was attacked by the German submarine U 63 in the Gulf of Genoa and sunk by two torpedo hits. The ship sank within 35 minutes. 412 people lost their lives.
May 11, 1917	Medjerda	344	Five nautical miles off the Catalan coast, the French passenger and cargo steamer Medjerda (1,918 GRT), which also carries troops, was torpedoed by the German submarine U 34 and sank in two minutes. Of the 575 passengers and crew members on board, 344 were killed. In addition to hundreds of soldiers, 48 ​​civilian passengers were also on board.
May 26, 1917	Dover Castle	7th	The British hospital ship Dover Castle (8,271 GRT) traveling in a convoy was attacked by the German submarine UC 67 off the Algerian coast and sunk by two torpedo hits. The other ships in the convoy were able to save the crew and the patients, but seven stokers were killed when the first torpedo detonated.
June 27, 1917	Glue	42	In front of the port of Brest, near the Pierres Noires lighthouse , the French armored cruiser Kléber (7,578 ts), on the way from Dakar to Brest, ran into a mine barrier that had previously been laid by the German submarine UC 61 . 42 seamen went down with the ship, the rest of the crew were rescued by destroyers escorted.
July 19, 1917	Eloby	156	About 75 nautical miles southeast of Malta, the German submarine U 38 sank the British troop transport Eloby (6,545 GRT) by a torpedo hit. 56 sailors and 100 French soldiers sank with the ship.
July 26, 1917	Ariadne	38	Off the coast of Sussex, near Beachy Head , the German submarine UC 65 sank the British armored cruiser Ariadne (11,000 ts), which had been converted into a mine-layer, by a torpedo hit. 38 sailors went down with the ship and around 400 men were rescued.
Aug 25, 1917	Malda	64	The British passenger and cargo steamer Malda (7,884 GRT) of the British India Steam Navigation Company was sunk 130 nautical miles off Bishop Rock ( Isles of Scilly ) by the German submarine U 70 . 64 people died.
0Sep 2 1917	Olive Branch and U 28	40	About 85 nautical miles northeast of the Northern Cape, the German submarine U 28 torpedoed the British ammunition transporter Olive Branch (4,649 GRT), killing a British seaman. The rest of the crew saved themselves in the dinghies. Since the ship initially remained buoyant, the submarine fired at the steamer with its on-board gun and caught up with the Olive Branch . A U 28 shell hit the ammunition load of the British ship and caused a huge explosion. The transporter was sunk as a result, but flying debris also hit the submarine and caused it to sink within a very short time. With the U 28 , the entire crew of 39 men went under.
0Sep 7 1917	Minnehaha	43	The British passenger and cargo steamer Minnehaha (13,443 GRT) of the Atlantic Transport Line was sunk twelve nautical miles off the Fastnet rock on the south coast of Ireland by the German submarine U 48 . Of the 153 crew members, 43 were killed. Passengers were not on board on this trip.
Sep 18 1917	Contest	35	In the west approach , about 100 nautical miles southwest of Ireland, the German submarine U 106 sank the British destroyer contest (957 ts) by a torpedo hit. 35 crew members went down with the ship. About 60 survivors were rescued by the British freighter City of Lincoln , which had previously been damaged by the submarine by a torpedo hit and on whose emergency call the destroyer had gone to the sea area. Since the submarine no longer attacked the freighter engaged in the rescue, the City of Lincoln and its crew as well as the rescued survivors of the contest were later able to reach a British port.
23 Sep 1917	Médie	250	120 nautical miles northwest of Cape Bougaroni (Algeria), the French passenger and cargo steamer Médie (4,770 GRT), which also carries troops, was torpedoed by the German submarine UC 27 and sank in seven minutes. Of the 630 passengers and crew members on board, 250 were killed. In addition to soldiers, there were also civilian passengers on board.
29 Sep 1917	Ochotnik	52	The Russian destroyer Ochotnik (615 ts) ran into a German mine in Irbenstrasse and broke in two. 52 crew members went down with the ship, about 40 men were able to save themselves. The mine had previously been dropped from the air by German seaplanes. It was the first sinking of a warship by an aerial mine.
0Oct 9, 1917	Champagne	58	In the north channel between Ireland and Scotland, about eight nautical miles southwest of the Isle of Man , the German submarine U 96 sank the British auxiliary cruiser Champagne (5,630 GRT) by a torpedo hit. 58 men went down with the ship, about 250 survivors were rescued by fishing boats.
Oct 17, 1917	Strongbow and Mary Rose	135	In the northern North Sea, about 65 nautical miles east of Lerwick , the two German light cruisers Brummer and Bremse attacked a British convoy consisting of twelve merchant ships and two destroyers. The German ships sank the two British destroyers Strongbow (1,100 ts), with which 47 sailors sank , and Mary Rose (994 ts), whose crew lost 88 men. A total of 135 British sailors died. About 60 survivors from both ships were rescued.
Oct 17, 1917	Slava	16	During the battle in Moonsund there was a skirmish between the two German battleships König and Kronprinz and the Russian ship of the line Slawa (13,516 ts). The Russian ship received at least seven heavy hits and was finally sunk by Russian destroyers, since it could no longer escape through the shallow sound due to an increased draft due to water ingress. The shelling killed a total of 16 men and around 50 injured.
Nov 28, 1917	Apapa	77	The passenger and cargo steamer Apapa (7,832 GRT) of the British Elder Dempster Lines , with 249 people on board from West Africa , was sunk three nautical miles northeast of Lynas Point off the island of Anglesey by the German submarine U 96 by two torpedoes. 40 passengers and 37 crew members died. Most of the casualties were caused by the fact that the second torpedo detonated directly under a lifeboat.
0Dec 6, 1917	Jacob Jones	64	The German submarine U 53 sank the American destroyer Jacob Jones (1,060 ts) by a torpedo hit near the Isles of Scilly . 64 sailors went down with the ship. After the destroyer sank, the submarine picked up two casualties, supplied the shipwrecked with provisions and passed on a precise position report about the sinking site to the land agencies so that the survivors could be rescued. The Jacob Jones was the first American destroyer in World War I and in general to be lost due to enemy action.
09/ 10 December 1917	Vienna	46	The Austro-Hungarian coastal armored ship Wien (5,640 ts) was surprisingly attacked in the port of Trieste by Italian torpedo speedboats on the night of December 9, 1917 and torpedoed twice. The ship, which is over 20 years old, capsized and sank in just five minutes. 46 crew members were killed, 423 survivors escaped to the shore or were rescued by security vehicles.
Dec 14, 1917	Châteaurenault and UC 38	278	The French protected cruiser Châteaurenault (7,900 ts), with 985 troops on board en route from Taranto to Itea (Greece), was torpedoed twice by the German submarine UC 38 off the Corinth Canal . The cruiser sank slowly, which is why the French destroyers securing the ship were able to save 1,162 people from the 1,432 on board. During the second attack, however , UC 38 was discovered by the French destroyers Mameluck and Lansquenet , forced to surface with depth charges and finally sunk by gunfire. Eight German seafarers were killed and 20 of the submarine crew were rescued.
Dec 22, 1917	Torrent , Surprise and Tornado	252	Off the Dutch coast, near the Maas estuary , a British destroyer group consisting of four ships got into a German minefield. After initially the destroyer Torrent (975 ts) had received a mine hit and sank, the two destroyers Surprise (910 ts) and Tornado (1,091 ts) , which were approaching for relief measures, ran into mines and sank. Only one ship remained undamaged and was able to escape. A total of 252 British sailors died, 99 alone went down with the destroyer Surprise . Only twelve men survived and were rescued by coastal craft.
Dec 30, 1917	Aragon	610	The British troop carrier Aragon (9,588 GRT), which had around 2,200 soldiers on board for the British Palestine Front, was refused entry into the port on arrival in Alexandria , so that it had to anchor unprotected in front of the port. It represents a simple target and was shortly thereafter torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine UC 34 (Oberleutnant zur See Horst Obermüller). The ship sank within 20 minutes. 610 British soldiers and crew members were killed.
December 31, 1917	Osmanieh	199	The British troop carrier Osmanieh (4,041 GRT), a former passenger ship of the Khedivial Mail Steamship and Graving Dock Company, ran into one of the sea mines that had recently been laid by the German submarine UC 34 in front of the entrance to the port of Alexandria . The ship sank in a few minutes, killing the commander, Captain David R. Mason, 23 crew members, 167 soldiers and eight nurses (199 people).

1918

date	Surname	Victim	description
Jan. 20, 1918	Raglan and M28	138	At the entrance to the Dardanelles, near the island of Imbros , the battle cruiser Yavuz Sultan Selim and the small cruiser Midilli sank the British monitors Raglan (6,150 tons left) and M28 (540 tons left) in an artillery battle . 127 sailors sank with the Raglan , and eleven more died on board the M28 . A total of 138 people were killed. About 130 crew members of both monitors were saved.
Jan. 20, 1918	Midilli	330	After the sinking of the two monitors Raglan and M28 , the small cruiser Breslau (5,281 t), sailing under the Turkish flag from August 16, 1914 and renamed Midilli , ran into a mine barrier near the island of Imbros . He received five mine hits and sank. 330 men of the crew drowned, 133 were rescued and were taken prisoner by the British.
0Feb 5, 1918	Tuscania	166	The British troop transport Tuscania (14,348 GRT), with 2,030 American soldiers and 205 crew members on board, was sunk seven nautical miles north of the Northern Irish island of Rathlin by the German submarine UB 77 by a torpedo hit. The ship sank within four hours. However, several lifeboats were hastily discharged only half full, which meant that many people remained on board for the time being. A total of 166 soldiers and sailors were killed in the sinking. The sinking of the Tuscania caused some annoyance in the United States, as it was felt that the British escort measures would not have been enough.
Feb. 26, 1918	Glenart Castle	153	In the early hours of the morning the German submarine UC 56 sank in the Bristol Channel without warning the British hospital ship Glenart Castle (6,757 GRT), which was on its way to Brest with 120 crew members and a 62-man nursing staff to take in the wounded. The Glenart Castle , brightly lit and clearly recognizable as a hospital ship, sank in eight minutes. 153 people were killed.
18 Mar 1918	Linz	≈2700	The Austrian Lloyd's passenger steamer Linz (3,819 GRT) used as a troop transport was sunk off Albania ( Cape Rodon ) either by a mine explosion or by a torpedo. The Linz was en route from Zelenika in Montenegro to Durazzo in Albania. On board were soldiers from a Hungarian and a Carinthian regiment, vacationers from the front and Italian prisoners. Contemporary data assumed that 663 passengers and crew were killed and an unknown number of passengers were rescued. Today, however, the number of victims is assumed to be much higher. Accordingly, the ship was occupied with more than 3,000 people when it sank, 291 passengers were saved. This results in the number of around 2,700 victims.
Apr 15, 1918	Pomeranian	55	Nine nautical miles northwest of the Isle of Portland chalk cliffs, the Canadian Pacific Line's cargo ship Pomeranian (4,364 GRT) was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine UC 77 without warning . The ship sank within minutes. Of the 56 crew members on board, only one engineer survived.
May 11, 1918	Santa Anna	638	In the Mediterranean, south of the island of Pantelleria , the German submarine UC 54 sank the French auxiliary cruiser Santa Anna (9,350 GRT), which was used as a troop transport, by two torpedo hits. With the fast sinking ship 638 sailors and soldiers went down.
May 11, 1918	Verona	880	In the Strait of Messina, off Cape Peloro , the German submarine UC 52 sank the Italian troop transport Verona (8,261 GRT), which was running from Genoa to Messina, with two torpedo hits. A total of 880 sailors and soldiers went down with the ship.
May 13, 1918	Bregenz	234	In the roadstead in front of Durrës (Albania), Italian torpedo boats sank the Austro-Hungarian troop transport Bregenz (3,905 GRT) with two torpedo shots at dawn . 234 soldiers and sailors went down with the ship. 969 survivors were rescued by three guard ships.
May 23, 1918	Moldavia	56	In the English Channel, near Beachy Head , the German submarine UB 57 sank the British auxiliary cruiser Moldavia (9,505 GRT) loaded with 477 American soldiers by a torpedo hit. 56 American soldiers died in the sinking.
May 30, 1918	Ausonia	44 (?)	About 620 nautical miles southwest of Fastnet, the German submarine U 62 sank the British passenger liner Ausonia (7,907 GRT) of the Cunard Line, which ran from Liverpool to New York . The ship was first torpedoed and then sunk by gunfire. Probably 44 people died in the sinking. According to various sources, the number of victims may also have been higher.
May 31, 1918	President Lincoln	26th	In the North Atlantic, about 600 nautical miles west of Brest , the German submarine U 90 sank the American troop transport President Lincoln (18,084 GRT) with three torpedo hits. The ship, on its way back from France (where troops had been unloaded) to the United States, sank within 30 minutes. Of the 715 people on board, 26 were killed. The President Lincoln was the largest American passenger ship sunk in World War I.
0June 2, 1918	Isabel B. Wiley , Jacob M. Haskell , Edward H. Cole , Winneconne , Texel and Carolina	13	On Sunday, June 2, 1918, the German submarine U 151 sank six ships under the US flag within twelve hours off the American northeast coast, including the schooner Isabel B. Wiley (776 GRT), Jacob M. Haskell (1,778 GRT) and Edward H. Cole (1,791 GRT) as well as the two freighters Winneconne (1,869 GRT) and Texel (3,210 GRT). The submarine also sank the passenger steamer Carolina (5,093 GRT), with 13 people later being killed because one of the loaded lifeboats capsized in an approaching storm. The crews of all other ships completely survived as the submarine warned the crews of the sinking and allowed them to go into the dinghies. The event became known as Black Sunday and caused widespread concern in the United States; the New York skyline was also darkened after these attacks.
June 10, 1918	Szent István	89	During a final attempt by the Austro-Hungarian Navy to break the Allied blockade of the Strait of Otranto , the Italian speedboat MAS-15 managed to torpedo the battleship Szent István (22,500 ts) twice . The crew fought against the water ingress for almost two and a half hours, then the ship capsized and sank near the island of Molat . 89 seafarers were killed and around 1,000 men were saved.
June 27, 1918	Llandovery Castle	234	116 nautical miles southwest of the south coast of Ireland, the German submarine U 86 sank the British hospital ship Llandovery Castle (11,423 GRT) by a torpedo hit, although the ship was brightly lit and was clearly recognizable as a hospital ship. After the ship's sinking, the submarine rammed several lifeboats and also sank them to eliminate possible witnesses. A total of 234 people were killed in this war crime . Only 24 people in a lifeboat, which was not found by the submarine, survived and later reported the attack. The commander of the submarine, Oberleutnant zur See Helmut Patzig , was later charged with this crime by a German court, but fled the country.
July 14, 1918	Djemnah	436	On a trip from Marseille to Madagascar, the French passenger steamer Djemnah (3,716 GRT) of the shipping company Messageries Maritimes was torpedoed 69 nautical miles northeast of Derna on the Libyan coast by the German submarine UB 105 and sank within two minutes. Of the 754 passengers and crew on board, 436 were killed. Two British ships were able to recover 328 survivors and bring them to Alexandria.
July 16, 1918	Anchusa	78	Off the north coast of Ireland, northwest of Inishtrahull , the German submarine U 54 sank the British gunboat Anchusa (1,290 ts), which had been converted for submarine hunting, by a torpedo hit. The torpedo hit the depth charge cave and caused a violent explosion that sank the gunboat within a minute. 78 sailors went down with the ship, there were no survivors.
July 19, 1918	Australia	20th	17 crew members and three passengers were killed when the French steamer Australia (6,376 GRT) of the Messageries Maritimes was sunk around 26 nautical miles northeast of Cape Bon on the coast of Tunisia by the German submarine UC 54 . The ship had a total of 951 people on board.
July 19, 1918	San Diego	6th	The American armored cruiser San Diego (13,680 ts) ran into a sea mine off the port of New York , about eight nautical miles southeast of Long Island and sank within 28 minutes. The mine had been laid by the German submarine U 156 . Six sailors were killed in the sinking. The San Diego was the only large warship that the United States Navy lost to enemy action in World War I.
July 20, 1918	Justicia and UB 124	12	Northwest of Ireland, about 25 nautical miles from Malin Head , the German submarine UB 124 sank the British troop carrier Justicia (32,324 GRT) by two torpedo hits. The steamer, after the Britannic the largest Allied ship to be lost in World War I, had already been severely damaged the day before by four torpedo hits from the UB 64 and was towed. Since there was only one hull crew on board after the attack the day before, only ten men were killed in the sinking. While it was running down, UB 124 was discovered by three British destroyers securing the tug and sunk by artillery fire, killing two German sailors.
0Aug 3, 1918	Warilda	123	In the English Channel, near the Owers Bank, the German submarine UC 49 torpedoed the Australian hospital ship Warilda (7,713 GRT), which was marked with clearly recognizable Red Cross plates . The ship sank within about two hours, which is why rescue ships were able to rush up and remove the bulk of the people on board. Of the 801 people on board, 123 were killed by the torpedo impact.
0Aug 7, 1918	Dupetit-Thouars	13	In the North Atlantic, about 400 nautical miles west of Brest , the French armored cruiser Dupetit-Thouars (9,510 ts), used together with American warships to secure an Allied convoy, was torpedoed twice by the German submarine U 62 . The ship sank within 20 minutes. Since numerous rescue ships were quickly on the spot, almost the entire crew could be rescued. 13 sailors were killed, most of them in the hull sections hit by the torpedoes. The Dupetit-Thouars was the only large French warship sunk on the open Atlantic during World War I.
Aug 11, 1918	Euterpe	453	Near the island of Pag , only about one and a half nautical miles from the coast, the Italian submarine F 7 sank the Austrian troop transport Euterpe (2,302 GRT), which was running from Fiume to Cattaro and carried 910 soldiers and crew members, by a torpedo hit. 453 people were dragged into the depths by the rapidly sinking ship. A total of 450 survivors were rescued by escort units, and a further seven castaways were later picked up by the British submarine C21 .
Aug 15, 1918	HMS Scott	22nd	The British destroyer and flotilla commander Scott (1,801 ts) sank near IJmuiden after two mine hits. The mine barrier was laid on July 22, 1918 by the German submarine UC 17 . 22 sailors died in the sinking and around 150 men were rescued.
Aug 16, 1918	Balkans	≈380	About seven nautical miles northwest of L'Île-Rousse ( Corsica ), the German submarine UB 48 sank the French troop transporter Balkan (1,709 GRT), which was running from Marseille to Corsica . The ship, on which there were about 300 soldiers, 150 civilians and 32 crew members, was hit by a torpedo and sank in just two minutes. 102 survivors later reached the coast or were rescued by seaplanes. About 380 people were killed.
27 Aug 1918	Pampas	117	84 nautical miles east of Malta, the German submarine UC 22 sank the former French passenger ship Pampa (4,471 GRT), which had been converted into a hospital ship, with a torpedo hit. 117 people were killed.
Sep 12 1918	Galway Castle	143	The British passenger liner Galway Castle (7,988 GRT) was torpedoed by the German submarine U 82 on its way from Plymouth to Port Natal 200 nautical miles southwest of Land's End . Although the hull was broken in the middle by the strong explosion and the ship sank amidships, it remained afloat for three days until it sank on September 15. Of the 950 passengers and crew members, 143 died as several lifeboats crashed in the stormy sea.
Oct 10, 1918	Leinster	501	The Irish passenger ship Leinster (2,646 GRT) was sunk in Dublin Bay , near the Kish Bank , by the German submarine UB 123 by two torpedoes. Of the 771 passengers and crew on board, 501 died. It was the worst shipping accident to date in the Irish Sea and one of the greatest loss of life from the sinking of a civilian ship in World War I.
0Nov 1, 1918	Viribus Unitis	≈400	In the port of Pola, two Italian combat swimmers with 200 kilogram mines sank the former Austrian battleship Viribus Unitis (22,500 ts). The battleship was a result of the disintegration of the Austro-Hungarian -Monarchie, the day before by the Austrians at the newly founded state of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later Kingdom of Yugoslavia was passed). Although Serbia was allied with Italy in World War I, the Italians carried out the attack because they wanted to prevent the emergence of a new naval power in the Adriatic. The mines exploded around 6.45 a.m. and sank the ship in just 15 minutes. About 400 men went down with the Viribus Unitis .
0Nov 9, 1918	Britannia	51	The German submarine UB 50 sank the British liner Britannia (16,350 ts) by two torpedo hits near Cape Spartel . The impact of the torpedoes caused a violent explosion in the ammunition chamber of a 23.4 cm gun turret and a cordite fire that forced the crew to leave the ship. The ship of the line sank over two hours after the attack. 51 sailors were killed in the last loss of a British warship in World War I.

Interwar period

date	Surname	Victim	description
Nov 16, 1918	Cesare Rossarol	93	The Italian destroyer and flotilla leader Cesare Rossarol (1,028 ts), on the way from Pola to Rijeka , ran into a former Austro-Hungarian sea mine in front of the port of Ližnjan that had not yet been cleared . The ship broke up and sank with 93 crew members on board. Only about 30 men survived and were rescued by other Italian ships.
Jan. 16, 1919	Chaouia	476	Shortly after midnight , the French passenger steamer Chaouia (4,334 GRT) with 660 people on board ran into a mine that had been laid by a German submarine shortly before the end of the war in the Strait of Messina . The ship sank within four minutes. 476 passengers and crew members were killed.
0June 9, 1919	L55	34	As part of the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War , the Russian destroyers Azard and Gavril, who were on the side of the Bolsheviks , sank the British submarine L55 (960 ts) by artillery fire in the Gulf of Finland . The entire crew of 34 men was killed. The submarine was lifted by the Soviets in 1928 and put back into service as a training submarine and ultimately only scrapped in the 1960s. To date (2010) the L55 is the only British submarine ever sunk by Russian or Soviet warships.
Oct. 21, 1919	Gavril , Konstantin and Svoboda	≈300	During the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War , the three Russian destroyers Gavril , Konstantin and Svoboda (1,260 ts each) west of Kronstadt, formerly on the side of the Bolsheviks, ran into a British mine lock and sank after several hits. All three ships had wanted to flee to Estonia to join the Allies there. About 300 sailors died in the sinking. Only around 90 survivors could be rescued by the Russian destroyer Azard .
29 Sep 1936	Almirante Ferrándiz	129	During the civil war in Spain , the Spanish national heavy cruiser Canarias and the light cruiser Almirante Cervera surprisingly attacked the republic- loyal guard squadron off the Strait of Gibraltar , which consisted of two destroyers . In the ensuing battle near Cape Spartel , the republican destroyer Almirante Ferrándiz (1,536 ts) was hit by six 20.3 cm shells from the Canarias and sank within ten minutes. Of the 160 men crew, only 31 were later rescued by the Canarias and a French merchant ship. The battle was of strategic importance, as the Strait of Gibraltar was open to the Spanish national troops for sea transport from this point on.
Apr 30, 1937	España	5	During the civil war in Spain sank near Santander that on the part of Spanish nationalists standing Dreadnought -Schlachtschiff España (15,452 ts) accidentally on its own minefields. With the exception of five seamen, the entire crew was recovered from the nearby destroyer Velasco .
May 30, 1937	Ciudad de Barcelona	191	The steamer Ciudad de Barcelona (3,946 GRT), on the side of the Spanish republicans , without escort on the way from Marseille to Valencia , was carried off Lloret de Mar by the Spanish national submarine General Sanjurjo , which had previously been sold by the Italians to the Franco troops had been surrendered, attacked with two torpedoes. One of the torpedoes hit amidships and sank the ship in just three minutes. 191 of the 312 passengers and crew on board were killed. Among the dead were numerous military and civilian pilots who should have been used as volunteers in the context of the operations of the International Brigades on the part of the Republicans.
Dec 12, 1937	Panay	3	On the Yangtze River , west of Nanking , Japanese planes sank the American river gunboat Panay (474 ts) during the Second Sino-Japanese War . Three crew members were killed and 48 people were injured. This so-called Panay incident caused considerable resentment in the USA and led to a deterioration in Japanese-American relations. The Japanese government later offered damages and apologized for the incident.
06th Mar 1938	Baleares	765	During the civil war in Spain was the on the side of Spanish nationalists fighting heavy cruiser Baleares (10,000 ts) in the night skirmish at Cabo de Palos of the three on the part of Spanish Republicans standing destroyers Sanchéz Barcaiztegui , Lepanto and Almirante Antequera attacked and two or three torpedoes met. A subsequent explosion of ammunition in the forecastle set the cruiser on fire and killed around 300 men. About two and a half hours after the torpedoing, the Baleares sank . A total of 765 of the 1,206 men were killed. Some of the crew were later rescued by nearby British ships.
07th Mar 1939	Castillo de Olite	1,476	During the civil war in Spain , the Spanish national troop transport Castillo de Olite (3,545 GRT), which had almost 2,100 landing troops (which should have been used in the conquest of the port) and about 30 crew members on board, was hit by heavy coastal batteries of the Spanish republicans off Cartagena shot at. The ship received three 38.1 cm hits, broke in two, and sank very quickly. 1,476 soldiers and crew members were killed. About 650 men survived and were rescued by fishing boats and guard ships. Until today (2020) it was the most lossy shipwreck in Spanish waters and at the same time also the most casualty of the Spanish Civil War.

Second World War

1939

date	Surname	Victim	description
0Sep 1 1939	Nurek	16	At the beginning of the Second World War, the boat was in the naval port of Oksywie . On the first day of the German invasion of Poland attacked on 1 September 1939 around 14.00 hrs dive bomber type 87 Junkers Ju of Lehrgeschwader 1 of the harbor and sank while the old torpedo boat Mazur and the diver ship Nurek (110 t). 16 of the 22 crew members were killed on board.
03rd Sep 1939	Athenia	112	The 13,465 GRT British passenger steamer of the Anchor-Donaldson Line was en route from Glasgow to Montreal with over 1,100 passengers and crew when it was sunk 250 miles northwest of Ireland without warning by the German submarine U 30 . 112 people died as a result of the torpedo detonation and in a lifeboat that was crushed by the stern of one of the rescue ships. The Athenia was the first ship to be sunk by a German submarine during World War II. 28 Americans were among the dead.
Sep 10 1939	Oxley	53	About 30 nautical miles west of Stavanger, the British submarine Triton mistakenly sank the large British submarine Oxley (1,835 ts) by two torpedo hits. The submarine had not previously responded to identification calls. 52 sailors went down with the Oxley , only two men survived and were rescued by the Triton , which cleared up the error. An investigation later found that the cause of the incident was that the Oxley had left the assigned patrol segment as a result of a navigation error. It was the only sinking of a British submarine by its own submarine in naval war history and at the same time the first British submarine loss in World War II.
17 Sep 1939	Courageous	518	About 200 nautical miles southwest of the south coast of Ireland, the German submarine U 29 sank the British aircraft carrier Courageous (24,210 ts) with two torpedo hits. The ship capsized and sank in just 15 minutes. The carrier had previously released its escort destroyers to assist a merchant ship. 518 men went down with the porter, including the commandant, Captain William Tofield Makeig-Jones. 741 crew members were saved. After this loss, the Royal Navy initially stopped using its large fleet carriers for submarine hunting missions. The Courageous was the first aircraft carrier in World War II and ever to be sunk by a submarine on the open sea. The Fairey Swordfish of Seasons 811 and 822 of the British Navy Air Force were lost with the carrier .
Oct 14, 1939	Royal Oak	833	In the Scapa Flow roadstead, the German submarine U 47 sank the British battleship Royal Oak (29,150 ts) anchored by two or three torpedo hits. The battleship capsized and sank within 13 minutes. A munitions explosion also destroyed large parts of the ship. The Royal Oak tore a total of 833 crew members, including the commander of the 2nd Battleship Squadron, Rear Admiral Henry Blagrove , with in the depths. About 400 men could be saved. The sinking of the ship in its own home base subsequently caused some uncertainty in the Royal Navy with regard to the security of its own bases.
Nov 18, 1939	Simon Bolivar	102	The Dutch passenger ship Simon Bolivar (7,906 GRT), with 265 passengers and 132 crew members on the way from Rotterdam to Curaçao via Tilbury , ran into a minefield near Harwich that had been laid by German destroyers shortly before. 102 people died.
Nov 21, 1939	Gipsy	30th	On November 21, 1939, the British destroyer Gipsy (1,350 t) left Harwich for a patrol with the Polish destroyers Burza , Blyskawica and Grom as well as the Griffin , Keith and Boadicea . While still in the approach to the harbor, the ship ran into a sea ​​mine , which had probably only been dropped by a Heinkel He 59 shortly before . The Gipsy broke in two and sank after the 115 survivors were taken over by the other destroyers. However, 30 men lost their lives when the mine hit and the subsequent sinking of the Gipsy at position 51 ° 56 '  N , 1 ° 18'  E.
Nov 23, 1939	Rawalpindi	265	During an advance into the North Atlantic, the two German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau sank the British auxiliary cruiser Rawalpindi (16,695 GRT) south of Iceland, about 145 nautical miles northwest of the Faroe Islands . 265 sailors went down with the ship, 37 men survived and were rescued by the German ships (26 salvaged) and the auxiliary cruiser Chitral (11 salvaged). The former passenger steamer Rawalpindi was the first auxiliary cruiser sunk in World War II.
Nov 26, 1939	Pilsudski	2	The troop transporter Pilsudski (14,294 GRT), a former steamer of the Polish shipping company Gdynia America Line, ran into German mines 25 nautical miles off Withernsea on the coast of the English county of Yorkshire and sank on a voyage from Newcastle to New Zealand . Two men were killed, including the Pilsudski commander, Rear Admiral Mamert Stankiewicz .
Dec. 19, 1939	Columbus	4th	The large German cruise ship Columbus (32,565 GRT), sailing alone and on the way from Veracruz (Mexico) to Germany, was landed about 200 nautical miles east of Norfolk by the British destroyer Hyperion and then by its own crew to avoid detention sunk. Four members of the engine crew accidentally drowned in the lower ship's rooms. The German ship had previously been shadowed by the American heavy cruiser Tuscaloosa , which, contrary to the obligations of neutrality, had continuously reported the position of the Columbus to the Royal Navy . To date (2020) the Columbus was the largest passenger ship ever to be destroyed by self-sinking.

1940

date	Surname	Victim	description
0Jan. 2, 1940	S-2	50	About halfway between the Åland Islands and the Swedish coast, northeast of Grisslehamn , the Soviet submarine S-2 (840 ts) accidentally hit a Swedish mine lock and sank after two hits. S-2 had previously tried to bypass Finnish mine barriers in this sea area. The entire crew of 50 men went down with the boat. It was the first Soviet submarine loss in World War II. The wreck was discovered in 2009.
0Jan. 9, 1940	Dunbar Castle	10	The passenger ship Dunbar Castle (10,002 GRT) sank on January 9, 1940 after being struck by a mine, making it the first ship to lose the Union-Castle Line in World War II. 10 people were killed.
Jan. 19, 1940	Grenville	77	The destroyer Grenville (1,465 t) set off a mine 23 nautical miles east of the lightship Kentish Knock . 77 crew members lost their lives in the immediate decline of the Grenville at position 51 ° 39 '  N , 2 ° 17'  O . Despite the initially unclear threat, Grenade and Griffin launched boats and were able to rescue 117 castaways. The mine barrier on which the Grenville ran was laid on the night of January 7th by the German destroyers Friedrich Eckoldt , Erich Steinbrinck and Friedrich Ihn .
Jan. 21, 1940	Exmouth	189	In the Moray Firth , near Wick , the German submarine U 22 sank the British destroyer Exmouth (1,495 ts) by a torpedo hit in thick fog . The torpedo struck one of the ship's ammunition chambers and caused a devastating explosion that sank the destroyer within a minute. The entire crew of 189 men went down with the Exmouth .
Feb 12, 1940	U 33	25th	On February 12, 1940, U 33 was sunk while the mine was being laid in the Firth of Clyde , Scotland , by depth charges from the British mine clearance craft Gleaner at position 55 ° 25 ′  N , 5 ° 7 ′  W in naval grid square AM 6516. 25 crew members were killed and 17 were rescued. Three “Enigma” rotors were rescued from the sinking wreck, including reels VI and VII - both of great importance to the cryptologists at Bletchley Park , as they were two of three special reels that were not reconstructed by the Polish cryptologists were.
Feb. 18, 1940	Daring	157	Off the Scottish east coast, about 40 nautical miles east of the Pentland Firth , the German submarine U 23 under the command of Lieutenant Otto Kretschmer sank the British destroyer Daring (1,375 ts), which was used to secure convoy HN-12, by a torpedo hit. The torpedo hit the depth charge, causing the destroyer to explode immediately. 157 crew members went down with the ship, only five survived.
Feb. 22, 1940	Leberecht Maass and Max Schultz	590	During an offensive advance of the German 2nd destroyer flotilla in the direction of the Doggerbank ( Operation Wikinger ), the destroyer Leberecht Maass (2,232 ts) was mistakenly and as a result of communication errors by a single German He 111 bomber of Group II of Kampfgeschwader 26 attacked. The ship was hit by a bomb and sank a short time later. It was unclear, however, whether the sinking was caused by the bomb hit itself or whether the ship ran into a mine while evading. The other five ships of the flotilla ran up to rescue operations, but the destroyer Max Schultz (2,232 ts) ran into a newly designed British mine barrier and sank after two mine hits. Since the remaining four destroyers were initially only able to recover a few survivors in the dark and because of the unclear location, a total of 590 German sailors died, including the entire crew of the destroyer Max Schultz (308 dead). Only 60 men were saved.
0Apr 8, 1940	Rio de Janeiro	183	Near Lillesand , the Polish submarine Orzel, fighting on the British side, sank the troop carrier Rio de Janeiro (5,177 GRT), which belonged to the first wave of the German invasion forces and was heading for Bergen , by a torpedo hit. 19 sailors and 164 German soldiers sank with the ship. About 180 survivors were later rescued. It was the first sinking of a ship in World War II by a Polish warship.
0Apr 8, 1940	Glowworm	111	The British destroyer Glowworm (1,350 ts) was left off the Norwegian coast by the battle cruiser Renown in search of an overboard seaman. In a heavy snowstorm he was spotted near Trondheim by two German destroyers who called the heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper , which fired the Glowworm , shot down three torpedoes and then tried to ram the Admiral Hipper . He got under the bow of the cruiser and its forecastle was torn down to the bridge. The wreck capsized after a few minutes and went down with 111 crew members. There were only 39 survivors.
0Apr 9, 1940	Eidsvold	175	During the German invasion of Norway, the German destroyer Wilhelm Heidkamp sank the Norwegian coastal armored ship Eidsvold (4,233 ts) by three torpedo hits in the port of Narvik . The ship, dating from 1900, broke in two immediately, sank within seconds and took 175 crew members with her into the depths. Only five men survived.
0Apr 9, 1940	Norge	101	During the German invasion of Norway, German destroyers sank the Norwegian coastal armored ship Norge (4,233 ts) in the port of Narvik by two torpedo hits. The obsolete ship, dating from 1901, sank in just a minute, killing 101 crew members. 90 crew members, including the commander, were saved.
0Apr 9, 1940	Blucher	˜ 830	The German heavy cruiser Blücher (14,247 ts), with over 2,100 sailors and embarked soldiers and their equipment on board, was shot at by Norwegian coastal batteries and a torpedo battery while trying to cross the Döbrak Strait in the Oslofjord during the German occupation of Norway . The ship was hit by several 28 cm and 15 cm shells and received two torpedo hits. In the narrow fairway, other German ships could not come to the aid of the cruiser. About two hours after the first hits, around 6.25 a.m., the burning and maneuverable Blücher capsized near Askholmen and sank. Of around 2,100 army soldiers and seamen on board, around 830 were killed.
0Apr 9, 1940	Amasis	55	On the evening of April 9, 1940, the cargo ship Amasis (5173 GRT) on the way from Stettin to Oslo off Lysekil in the Skagerrak was attacked by the British submarine Sunfish with two torpedoes and at position 58 ° 13 ′  N , 11 ° 13 ′  E sunk. The attack is said to have occurred within Swedish territorial waters. There is uncertainty about the cargo on the ship.
Apr 10, 1940	Wigbert	1 + unknown	At 5:26 p.m. the cargo ship was Wigbert from British submarine Triton torpedoes and decreased after a rear-end results on an even keel within 20 minutes at the position 57 ° 27 '0 "  N , 10 ° 46' 0"  O . The submarine also hit the Friedenau (5,219 GRT) with two torpedoes and the outpost boat V 1507 (ex Whaler Rau VI ), which also sank. Many German soldiers lost their lives on the two cargo ships. The Espana managed to save over 200 shipwrecked people from the Friedenau .
Apr 10, 1940	Rauenfels , Wilhelm Heidkamp , Anton Schmitt , Hunter and Hardy	143	First battle of Narvik : The German destroyer Wilhelm Heidkamp received a torpedo hit and sank with most of the crew. Two torpedoes caused the destroyer Anton Schmitt to go aground. Six German and Allied merchant ships were also sunk by torpedoes. The British destroyer Hardy was shot at by the destroyers Georg Thiele and Bernd von Arnim and grounded in shallow water; 32 crew members died. The Hunter was out of action and was rammed by the hotspur . The Hunter sank at 6:30 a.m. and 110 men were killed. 50 survivors were rescued from German boats. The German transporter Rauenfels was stopped by the Havock , boarded and sunk with two HE shells; the crew was rescued from the Havock .
Apr 13, 1940	Erich Giese	83	During the second British attack on the port of Narvik , the German destroyers lying in the port or in the Ofotfjord were shot at and sunk by British naval forces, including the battleship Warspite , or, after their ammunition had been used up, they were set ashore by their own crews. The Erich Giese was badly hit, whereupon the commander gave the order to leave the ship. When the ship went down, 83 men lost their lives.
0May 1, 1940	Dronning Maud	18th	The troop transporter Dronning Maud (1,489 GRT) was bombed by three German fighter bombers while docking at Foldvik near Gratangen and was taken under machine gun fire. The ship caught fire, drifted and sank. In addition to the crew, 119 medical and sanitary assistants were on board. Eight crew members and ten medics were killed and 31 people were injured, some seriously. The Dronning Maud was not armed, had no soldiers on board and had hoisted the Red Cross flag.
0May 1, 1940	Bahia Blanca and Buenos Aires	52	The cargo ship Bahia Blanca (8,569 GRT) ran with parts of the Mountain Infantry Regiment 136 of the 2nd Mountain Division (1,000 men and 390 horses) from Aalborg to Oslo when it was torpedoed southeast of Skagen in the Kattegat by the British submarine Narwhal . Due to the hit on the stern, it lost the rudder and propeller. 32 mountaineers and 60 horses died on board. Buenos Aires (6,097 GRT) with 1,000 men and 220 horses running with her in the convoy was hit in the same attack and sank after three hours (20 dead and all 220 horses).
0May 3, 1940	Bison and Afridi	228	During the evacuation of Namsos ( Nord-Trøndelag ) by the Allies, the French destroyer Bison (2,436 ts) was hit by a 500-kilogram bomb in an attack by German Junkers Ju-87 dive bombers and sank around 2 p.m. after an ammunition chamber explosion. 136 French sailors went down with the ship. A short time later, the British destroyer Afridi (1,850 ts), which had rushed to rescue operations, was hit by two bombs and capsized, killing 62 British sailors and soldiers and 30 previously rescued Bison crew members . A total of 228 Allied sailors and soldiers died. The bison was the first French destroyer loss in World War II to be caused by enemy action.
May 23, 1940	Orzel	60	On May 23, the boat left the base in Rosyth with the assignment to patrol the waters between Norway and Denmark and then run north. Since then there has been no news of the submarine Orzel (1,110 t) and both the boat and the entire crew were considered missing. The boat had probably hit a sea mine.
May 28, 1940	Brazza	379	The French passenger and cargo ship Brazza (10,387 GRT) was sunk by the German submarine U 37 with two torpedoes about 100 nautical miles west of Porto (Portugal) on a journey from Bordeaux to French West Africa . Of the 576 passengers and crew members, 379 were killed.
May 29, 1940	Wakeful	750	During the Allied evacuation of Dunkirk , the British destroyer Wakeful (1,100 ts) was torpedoed in the English Channel, en route from Dunkirk to Dover and with over 640 Allied soldiers on board, in the early hours of the morning by the German speedboat S 30 . The destroyer broke in two and sank in no time. 639 Allied soldiers and 111 crew members perished with the ship. Only about 25 men survived and were rescued by other Allied ships.
May 29, 1940	Crested Eagle	≈325	During the Allied evacuation of Dunkirk , the British paddle steamer Crested Eagle (1,110 GRT) used for evacuation purposes was bombed by German planes off Dunkirk and ran aground on the coast. The ship became a total loss. Of around 600 soldiers who had previously embarked and 25 seamen on board, only around 300 were able to save themselves.
May 30, 1940	Bourrasque	≈190	During the Allied evacuation of Dunkirk, the French destroyer Bourrasque (1,298 ts), which had previously been damaged by a mine hit, was shot at by German coastal batteries off Nieuwpoort . The ship, which had around 600 French soldiers previously evacuated from Dunkirk, capsized after several artillery hits and sank. Of around 750 people on board (around 600 soldiers and 147 crew members), 559 were rescued by escort and port vehicles. However, around 190 people were killed.
0June 1, 1940	Scotia	333	During the Allied evacuation of Dunkirk , the British passenger liner Scotia (3,454 GRT), loaded with around 2,500 French soldiers and on its way to Sheerness , was sunk by German Ju-87 dive bombers by several bomb hits in front of the port of Dunkirk . 33 crew members and 300 French soldiers were killed. Around 2,200 people were able to save themselves on the shore or were picked up by guard vehicles.
0June 8, 1940	Glorious , Acasta and Ardent	1,840	In the North Atlantic, about 190 nautical miles west of Harstad , the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau encountered a British evacuation unit, consisting of the aircraft carrier Glorious (22,360 ts) and the two, traveling from Harstad to Scapa Flow during an advance into the North Atlantic ( Company Juno ) Destroyers Acasta (1,350 ts) and Ardent (1,350 ts). All three British ships were sunk in an artillery battle lasting around 70 minutes, killing a total of 1,792 seamen. Only 37 survivors from all three ships could be saved. On the German side, the battleship Scharnhorst was damaged by a torpedo hit by a destroyer, killing 48.
June 17, 1940	Lancastria	≈2,000	The passenger steamer Lancastria (16,243 GRT) used to transport British troops away from France was attacked by German Ju-88 bombers from Kampfgeschwader 30 off Saint-Nazaire and capsized after three or four bomb hits. There were over 6,000 British soldiers, civilians and crew on board. Older estimates put up to 5,000 dead, recent research has shown a casualty rate of around 2,000. The sinking of the Lancastria is considered to be the worst shipping disaster in British history. The incident was kept secret for a long time on the orders of Winston Churchill .
02nd July 1940	Arandora Star	805	The former British luxury steamer Arandora Star (15,501 GRT), used as a marine transporter , left Liverpool with 1,213 Italian and German civilian internees and around 460 crew members and soldiers. It was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U 47 on the northwest coast of Ireland , killing 805 people, including 713 internees. Around 870 survivors were rescued from the Canadian destroyer St. Laurent .
03rd July 1940	Brittany	977	During the British attack on the French naval port of Mers-el-Kébir ( Operation Catapult ), the French battleship Bretagne (22,200 ts) was hit by several 38.1 cm shells from British battleships, which triggered a serious subsequent explosion in an aft ammunition chamber. The ship capsized and sank in port. 977 sailors went down with Brittany , only about 300 survived. The wreck was lifted and scrapped in the 1950s. It was the first skirmish between British and French ships since the coalition wars .
04th July 1940	Foylebank	176	In front of the port of the Isle of Portland, German Ju-87 bombers sank the British auxiliary anti-aircraft ship Foylebank (5,582 GRT), which had previously escorted the OA-178 convoy, through numerous bomb hits. 176 men of the crew went down with the ship. 122 men survived the attack.
July 19, 1940	Bartolomeo Colleoni	121	Northwest of Crete , the Italian light cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni (5,069 tons), together with the sister ship Giovanni delle Bande Nere on the way from Tripoli to Leros , was captured by the Australian light cruiser Sydney and five British destroyers and in the ensuing battle near Cape Spada badly hit. The ship sank after numerous 15.2 cm artillery hits and at least two torpedo hits. 121 Italian seamen, including the commander, Capitano di Vascello Umberto Novaro (who was rescued by the British, but died of his injuries two days later), were killed. Around 500 men were saved by the Allies.
July 25, 1940	Meknés	422	In the English Channel , the French repatriation steamer Meknés (6,127 GRT), which was supposed to have transported around 1,100 French soldiers from Southampton to France after the French surrender in June 1940 , was attacked by the speedboat S 27 in an attack by German speedboats and hit by two torpedoes. The ship sank in just eight minutes, with 374 soldiers and 48 members of the ship's crew being killed. The German side later assumed responsibility for the erroneous attack, but declined an apology as the French had not informed them of the ship's repatriation task.
July 26, 1940	lynx	102	The British submarine Thames shot a torpedo at the Gneisenau after sighting the unit in the area around position D , but hit the torpedo boat Luchs (933 t) , which was in the same line of fire, at 3:47 p.m. at the level of its boiler rooms. The lynx exploded and broke in two. The stern sank in a minute with the screws still turning; the forecastle sank two minutes later. Of the 155 men in the crew, 53 were rescued by polecats and jaguars . The attacking British submarine was also sunk.
Aug 15, 1940	Helli	9	In the eastern Mediterranean, near the island of Tinos (Cyclades), the Italian submarine Delfino sank the Greek light cruiser Helli (2,115 ts) used as a mine- layer. The ship, dating from 1912, was hit by a torpedo amidships and sank within about 90 minutes, killing nine of the crew. Around 230 men were saved. At the time of the attack, there was no war between Italy and Greece, but it was suspected that the attack should have provoked a declaration of war by Greece on Italy. In the following years Italy denied responsibility for the torpedoing. The war between Italy and Greece did not break out until October 1940.
Aug 31, 1940	Esk and Ivanhoe	201	In the evening hours of August 31, the British 20th destroyer flotilla ran with five ships into the North Sea to create a mine barrier. The flotilla came across a newly designed German mine barrier near the island of Texel . First, the Express hit a mine and lost its bow . The destroyers Esk and Ivanhoe wanted to come to her aid. They both ran into mines and sank. A total of 201 British sailors died. Another 57 crew members of the destroyers were rescued by the Germans. The incident was referred to in the Royal Navy as a "Texel disaster".
Sep 18 1940	City of Benares	248	The British passenger steamer City of Benares (11,081 GRT), a ship of the Ellerman Lines, was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U 48 on September 18 about 250 miles off the Rockall rock island . On board were 90 British children who should have been sent to Canada as part of a national rescue program. 77 of these children were killed in the sinking. Monika Mann was one of the rescued passengers . Of the 406 people on board, a total of 248 died.
22 Sep 1940	Palestro	72	The British submarine Osiris at position 41 ° 19 ′  N , 18 ° 34 ′  E , about 40 nm west of Durrës the Palestro , which was supposed to escort three empty transporters to Brindisi. The destroyer ran around its escort at a low speed of only 7 knots. A torpedo struck in the area of ​​the foremost boiler and an ammunition chamber, causing a substantial explosion that divided the destroyer. The bow section sank immediately, the rear section after a few minutes. 72 men died on the destroyer, the transporters were able to save 53 survivors.
Oct 23, 1940	Princess Ragnhild	299	The Norwegian Hurtigruten passenger steamer Prinsesse Ragnhild (1,590 GRT) was shaken by an explosion shortly after casting off in Bodø off the island of Landegode with 455 people on board and sank. The cause is still unclear today; it was suspected of running aground on a sea ​​mine or shelling by the British submarine Taku . Dozens of Norwegian passengers and crew members and numerous German soldiers were killed.
Oct 28, 1940	Empress of Britain	45	The Canadian passenger ship Empress of Britain (42,348 GRT) was bombed on October 26th on the north-west coast of Ireland by a German Focke-Wulf Fw 200 of the 2nd Squadron of Kampfgeschwader 40 and caught fire. The ship initially remained buoyant, passengers and crew disembarked. The German submarine U 32 was informed and torpedoed the steamer, which finally sank on the night of October 28th. 45 people were killed in the attack. At 42,348 GRT, the Empress of Britain was the largest ship sunk by a German submarine during World War II .
0Nov 5, 1940	Jervis Bay , Beaverford , Maiden , Trewellard , Fresno City and Kenbane Head	398	In the North Atlantic, about 750 nautical miles south-southwest of Reykjavík (Iceland), the British auxiliary cruiser Jervis Bay (14,164 GRT) was attacked by the German heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer and sunk by artillery fire. The auxiliary cruiser formed the only means of securing the convoy HX 84 , which was attacked by the German ship, and opposed the enemy, who was far superior in artillery, in order to enable part of the convoy's ships to escape. The Jervis Bay sank after around 45 minutes and sank with 190 men on board. Only 65 survivors were rescued by the Swedish freighter Stureholm about eight hours later . After the battle with Jervis Bay , Admiral Scheer pursued the now widely scattered cargo ships and sank the Maiden (91 dead), the Trewellard (16 dead), the Fresno City (1 dead), the Kenbane Head (23 dead) and the Beaverford (77 dead).
11- 12 November 1940	Conte di Cavour	17th	During the British air raid on Taranto , the Italian battleship Conte di Cavour (28,800 ts) was hit by an air torpedo, killing 17 of the crew. As a result of the incorrectly designed Pugliese protection system , the ship suffered severe damage and sank in the shallow harbor. Until Italy left the Second World War in September 1943, the battleship, although lifted in late 1941, was not returned to service. The lifted wreck was sunk again in an Allied air raid in February 1945 and finally scrapped in 1947.
Nov 25, 1940	Patria	279	The former French passenger ship Patria (11,885 GRT) in British service , with which the British Mandate Administration in Palestine wanted to transport 1,771 Jewish refugees, who had previously fled from Romania before the Holocaust to Palestine with older ships , to Mauritius (because a stay was denied ), was mistakenly sunk in the port of Haifa by the Jewish underground group Hagana with three explosive charges, which should only have rendered the ship unfit to drive in order to avoid the evacuation of the refugees. Since the amount of explosives had been calculated incorrectly, not only did the machines become unusable, but large holes were also torn in the hull. The Patria then capsized in the harbor and sank in the shallow water up to the davits . 279 refugees, mostly in the lower hold of the ship, were killed in the tragedy.
Nov. 27, 1940	Rangitane	16	The New Zealand passenger ship Rangitane (16,733 GRT) was sunk about 300 nautical miles east of the East Cape by the German auxiliary cruisers Komet and Orion . Eight crew members and eight passengers died in the fire, including five women. Most of the almost 300 survivors were held captive for several weeks in an internment camp on the island of Emirau . The Rangitane was the largest passenger ship sunk by German auxiliary cruisers during World War II.
0Dec. 2, 1940	Forfar	172	About 500 nautical miles west of Ireland, the German submarine U 99 sank the single-moving British auxiliary cruiser Forfar (16,402 GRT), which had separated from the HX 90 convoy just hours earlier . The large ship sank after five torpedo hits, tearing 172 crew members with it. Only 21 survivors were later rescued by Allied escort vehicles.
0Dec 8, 1940	Calabria	360	The British steamer Calabria (9,475 GRT), which belongs to the Ministry of War Transport, was sunk 295 nautical miles west of Ireland with three torpedoes by the German submarine U 103 under sea captain Viktor Schütz . Of the 381 people on board, only 21 crew members survived, rescued by the British destroyer Sikh . The Calabria had 230 Indian sailors on board as passengers as well as 4,000 tons of iron, tea and press cake.
Dec 17, 1940	Acheron	192	The British destroyer Acheron (1,350 ts) ran into a German minefield off the Isle of Wight and sank. The ship was currently on a test drive after a stay in the shipyard and ran at high speed on two mines, which blew away the entire foredeck. The Acheron sank very quickly with 167 crew members and 25 shipyard workers. Only 19 survivors were later rescued by coastal craft.
Dec 18, 1940	Napier Star	84	About 300 miles south of Iceland, in stormy weather and heavy rain, the German submarine U 100 under Joachim Schepke sank the British passenger and cargo ship Napier Star (10,116 GRT) with two torpedoes. 84 passengers and crew members died; only 15 people were rescued two days later by a Swedish merchant ship.
Dec 25, 1940	Jumna	108	North of the Azores, the heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper sank the lone British passenger and cargo ship Jumna (6,078 GRT) by gunfire. None of the 64 crew members and 44 passengers on board survived.

1941

date	Surname	Victim	description
Jan. 16, 1941	Oropesa	106	Southeast of the Rockall rock island, the unescorted British passenger ship Oropesa (14,118 GRT) of the Pacific Steam Navigation Company was sunk by the German submarine U 96 by three torpedo hits. Of the 249 people on board, 106 were killed.
Jan. 17, 1941	Almeda Star	360	35 miles northeast of the Rockall rock island, the British passenger ship Almeda Star (14,936 GRT) of the Blue Star Line was torpedoed and shot at by the German submarine U 96 under Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock. It sank in just three minutes. All 360 passengers and crew members were killed.
Jan. 17, 1941	Thonburi , Songkhla and Chonburi	36	As reprisals for the attacks by Thailand on the French colony of Cambodia , the Vichy-French Far East Squadron ("Forces Navales d'Extreme Orient"), consisting of the light cruiser Lamotte-Picquet and four gunboats, attacked parts of the Thai fleet in the roadstead of Ko Chang on. The French sank the two Thai torpedo boats Chonburi and Songkhla (318 ts each) in a two-hour battle and damaged the coastal armored ship Thonburi (2,265 ts) so badly that it had to be aground near Laem Ngop and was lost. A total of 36 Thai sailors died, 20 of them on board the coastal tank alone. The French suffered no losses.
0Feb 3, 1941	Empire Citizen	78	After the Empire Citizen convoy OB-279 had lost, the ship, which was running alone, was torpedoed by U 107 on February 3, 1941 in the North Atlantic at position 58 ° 12 '  N , 23 ° 22'  W. The crew was able to leave the ship after the first hit. Only then did the submarine sink the formerly German ship. The corvette Clarkia sent to the site of the sinking was only able to save five men; 78 people lost their lives in the sinking of the Empire Citizen .
Feb. 17, 1941	Gairsoppa	84	On February 17, 1941, the ship was hit by a torpedo from the German submarine U 101 . Under the machine gun fire of the submarine, 83 crew members and two gunners left the sinking ship. Only the second officer Richard Hamilton Ayres reached the coast after 13 days in a lifeboat.
Feb 25, 1941	Exmoor	104	On the night of February 25, 1941, the destroyer was escorting coastal convoy FN-417 when it was attacked by German speedboats about 12 nautical miles northeast of Lowestoft , England . The Exmoor was hit by a torpedo aft by the S 30 speedboat and sank almost immediately after a severe explosion. 104 crew members died. Over 40 castaways were rescued by the escort boat Shearwater and a trawler . The overflow of a British mine has also been suggested by some British sources as the cause of the sinking. The Germans claimed it was sunk by a speedboat.
Feb 25, 1941	Armando Diaz	464	The Italian light cruiser Armando Diaz (5,350 ts), used to secure a convoy from Naples to Tripoli, was torpedoed off the coast of Tunisia , near the Kerkenna Islands , by the British submarine Upright . The torpedo struck between the two forward artillery towers and detonated an ammunition chamber. The cruiser then sank in just six minutes, tearing 464 crew members with it. Only 147 men could be rescued by escort ships.
25th Mar 1941	Britannia	249	The German auxiliary cruiser Thor attacked and sank the British passenger ship Britannia (8,799 GRT) about 600 nautical miles west of Dakar , which was on its way to Bombay with 484 people on board . Since the Germans expected the appearance of enemy warships, the Britannia had previously sent a long emergency call, and also could not accommodate the mass of shipwrecked people, the Thor left the sinking site. In addition, the Germans expected that allied ships would soon appear and recover the survivors, as the sinking position had been made known by the emergency call. The allied authorities, however, tragically evaluated the radio message and the position data incorrectly and so the search came to nothing. It was not until the end of March that the first survivors of the Spanish freighter Cabo de Hornos were found by chance. Overall, only 235 of the 484 people on board survived, the other 249 crew members and passengers had drowned, died of thirst or gradually died of exhaustion.
28./ March 29 1941	Fiume and Zara	1,595	During the battle of Cape Matapan (Peloponnese), the two Italian heavy cruisers Fiume (11,326 ts) and Zara (11,680 ts), which, together with several destroyers , were supposed to help rescue the damaged Italian heavy cruiser Pola (which later also sank) , by the majority of the British Mediterranean fleet, including the battleships Warspite , Barham and Valiant , surprised at night and shot at a distance of only about 2,000 meters with the radar-controlled heavy 38.1 cm ship guns within just three minutes. Both ships sank in the early morning hours of March 29th. A total of 1,595 seafarers died (813 on the Fiume , 782 on the Zara ). Only about 300 survivors were rescued from British and Italian ships or from German seaplanes the following day.
29 Mar 1941	Pola	328	The Italian heavy cruiser Pola (11,545 ts), which had been badly damaged and immobilized the day before during the Battle of Cape Matapan by an air torpedo hit by a Fairey Swordfish torpedo bomber from the British aircraft carrier Formidable , was struck down in the morning hours of March 29, approximately around 4 a.m., discovered by the British destroyers Nubian and Jervis and sunk by four torpedo shots. 328 men went down with the ship, around 500 seamen were rescued.
Apr. 27, 1941	Slamat , Diamond and Wryneck	≈950	During the evacuation of Commonwealth troops from Greece ( Operation Demon ), German Ju-87 dive bombers and Bf-109 fighter bombers south of Nafplio sank the Dutch troop transporter Slamat (11,636 GRT) and the two British destroyers Diamond (1,375 GRT) in British service ts) and Wryneck (1,100 ts). The planes first sank the transporter and then the two destroyers approaching to help. An estimated 950 sailors and embarked soldiers sank with the three ships. Only 50 men could later be saved.
Apr 30, 1941	Nerissa	207	South-east of the rocky island of Rockall , the British passenger and cargo steamer Nerissa (5,583 GRT), which was en route to Liverpool with both military and civilians, was attacked by the German submarine U 552 with three torpedoes and sunk within a few minutes. There were only 83 survivors.
0May 7, 1941	penguin	527	In the Indian Ocean, near the Seychelles , the German auxiliary cruiser Pinguin (7,766 GRT) was captured by the British heavy cruiser Cornwall and sunk in artillery combat . The Cornwall had previously become aware of the position of the auxiliary cruiser through an emergency call from a freighter. A 20.3 cm grenade from the British ship hit the Pinguin's sea ​​mine storage facility and caused a massive explosion that sank the auxiliary cruiser within two minutes. With the German ship, 324 crew members and 203 Allied prisoners, who came from ships previously seized by the Germans, went under. Only 82 survivors were saved by the British.
May 21, 1941	Juno	121	On 21 May 1941, was destroyer en route to Crete from five Italian Cant-Z.1007 - bombers attacked. The Juno received three bombs, which could break the ship into two parts and it decreased about 30 nautical miles south-east of the island at the position 34 ° 35 '  N , 26 ° 34'  O . 116 crew members lost their lives, 96 survivors were taken in by Kingston , Kandahar and Nubian . Five of these later died from their injuries.
May 22, 1941	Gloucester	722	During the Battle of Crete, German Ju-87 dive bombers sank the British light cruiser Gloucester (9,400 ts) near Andikythira by four hits with 500-kilogram bombs. The ship capsized and sank within ten minutes. 722 crew members went down with the cruiser, only 85 men survived.
May 22, 1941	Fiji	241	During the Battle of Crete, German Bf-109 fighter-bombers and Ju-87 dive bombers sank the British light cruiser Fiji (8,530 ts) near Andikythira by four or five bomb hits and numerous close hits. The ship sank in the evening hours. The crew suffered a total of 241 deaths. 523 men were rescued by British destroyers.
May 24, 1941	Hood	1,415	In the Denmark Strait , the German battleship sunk Bismarck and the cruiser Prinz Eugen in the context of its establishment in the North Atlantic ( operation rheinübung ) the British battle cruiser Hood (41,200 ts), which together with the battleship Prince of Wales are to intercept the German ships would. After heavy hits, one of the Hood's main ammunition chambers exploded . The battle cruiser broke apart and sank with 1,415 crew members on board. Only three men survived and were later rescued by a destroyer.
May 24, 1941	Conte Rosso	1,291	The Italian troop carrier Conte Rosso (18,017 GRT) traveling in a convoy , with 2729 Italian soldiers on board on its way from Naples to Tripoli and secured by five destroyers and torpedo boats, was south-east of Sicily , about nine nautical miles from Capo Passero , by the British U -Boat Upholder torpedoed and sunk twice. With the rapidly sinking ship, 1,212 soldiers and 79 crew members sank, around 1,680 survivors were rescued by the Italian escort ships.
May 27, 1941	Bismarck	2,092	In the North Atlantic, about 650 nautical miles west of France, the German battleship Bismarck (40,900 ts), which had previously been damaged at the helm by torpedo aircraft, was defeated by far superior British naval forces, including the battleships Rodney and King George V as well as cruisers and destroyers, and sunk after a two-hour artillery battle. 2,092 seafarers were killed. Only 116 men survived and were recovered from British ships and German submarines.
0June 1, 1941	Calcutta	118	The British anti-aircraft cruiser Calcutta (4,190 ts) was attacked by two German Junkers Ju 88 bombers of Lehrgeschwader 1 and hit by two 500-kilogram bombs during the battle for Crete in the eastern Mediterranean, around 100 nautical miles northwest of Alexandria . The ship then capsized and sank. 109 crew members died when the ship went down, 264 men were recovered from the anti-aircraft cruiser Coventry . Nine of those who were rescued died from their wounds in the following days. A total of 118 of 373 crew members were killed.
June 23, 1941	M-78	15th	In the Baltic Sea, about nine nautical miles from the port of Windau (Latvia), the German submarine U 144 sank the small Soviet submarine M-78 (206 tons) with two torpedo shots. The entire crew of 15 men went down with the submarine. It was the first sinking of a Soviet submarine by a German during World War II and at the same time the first loss of the Soviet Navy as part of Operation Barbarossa .
June 28, 1941	Lauenburg	0	At around 7 p.m. on June 28, 1941, a lookout on the Tartar spotted the weather ship Lauenburg about 300 nautical miles northeast of Jan Mayen. The Tartar opened fire and the crew of the Lauenburg immediately went into two lifeboats. The Tartar sent a prize squad on board, which captured a large amount of papers. Then the Lauenburg was sunk. Among the captured documents were the new instructions for the plug connections and the internal settings of the Enigma machine . This made it possible to decipher the radio messages of the Kriegsmarine during almost the entire month of July 1941.
0July 5, 1941	Anselm	254	The British troop carrier Anselm (5,954 GRT), heavily secured by three corvettes and the auxiliary cruiser Cathay and on its way from Gourock (Scotland) to Freetown , was attacked by the German submarine U 96 about 300 nautical miles north of the Azores and received two torpedo hits . The ship, with 1,210 Royal Air Force and 106 crew members on board, sank within 22 minutes. 254 people were killed, 1,062 survivors were rescued by the escort ships.
July 20, 1941	Stremitelny	121	In the Kolafjord , near Polyarny , German Ju-88 fighter planes sank the Soviet destroyer Stremitelny (1,850 tons), which was currently on a test drive after a stay in the shipyard, with two hits with 250-kilogram bombs . The ship capsized and sank in just five minutes. 121 people were killed. About 100 survivors were rescued by minesweepers.
Aug 19, 1941	Aguila	157	Southwest of Fastnet , the British passenger and cargo steamer Aguila (3,255 GRT), part of the OG-71 convoy consisting of 21 ships, was sunk by the German submarine U 201 . 58 crew members, five artillerymen, five convoy escorts and 89 passengers died. Only 16 people survived. Ten of them were brought to Gibraltar by the British corvette Wallflower . The remaining six were picked up by the tug Empire Oak from the same convoy, which was sunk by U 564 three days later , with all six perishing.
Aug 19, 1941	Bath	85	400 miles southwest of Ireland early in the morning U 204 hit Bath, which was running behind the convoy, with a torpedo amidships. The destroyer capsized at about 49 ° 0 '  N , 17 ° 0'  W and sank quickly. During the sinking, the depth charges detonated the destroyer and killed several castaways in the water, including the commander, the Norwegian Lieutenant Commander CFT Melsom . 71 Norwegians and 12 British lost their lives in the sinking. The corvette Hydrangea , which rushed to the rescue, was able to recover 39 castaways, the destroyer Wanderer another four. Two of the rescued died on the way to Gibraltar.
Aug 30, 1941	Bahia Laura	> 450	The German troop transport Bahia Laura was torpedoed and sunk by the Trident on August 30, 1941 on the way to Kirkenes, killing over 450.
03rd Sep 1941	Andrea Gritti	347	The Italian freighter Andrea Gritti (6,338 GRT), with fuel and troop reinforcements on board en route from Naples to Tripoli, was attacked about 25 nautical miles south of Capo Spartivento by British Fairey Swordfish torpedo bombers stationed in Malta and received an air torpedo hit that carried the fuel - and ammunition hit. The ship exploded immediately, dragging 347 sailors and soldiers with it. Only two survivors were later rescued by Italian destroyers.
06 Sep 1941	brake	160	As an escort for the two troop transporters and supply ships Trautenfels and Barcelona , the brake succeeded in luring the attacking British cruisers Nigeria and Aurora away from the transporters and thus enabling them to escape. The artillery training ship Bremse itself was sunk after an artillery duel at night. 160 men of the crew were killed.
Sep 11 1941	U 207	41	After the successful attack on convoy SC-42, U 207 was found by an aircraft . The aircraft reported the position of the boat to two escort destroyers , the Leamington and the Veteran , who then followed on the heels of U 207 . The boat was sunk in three attempts with 21 depth charges. All 41 crew members were killed.
13 Sep 1941	Barøy	112	On a crossing from Trondheim to Narvik , the small, unarmed Norwegian passenger ship Barøy (424 GRT) was hit by the torpedo of a British Fairey Albacore torpedo bomber in the Vestfjord and sank so quickly that no lifeboats could be launched. The passengers had to jump into the 7 to 8 ° C cold water. 35 German soldiers and 77 Norwegian civilians, including over 30 women and children, died.
13 Sep 1941	Richard With	99	The small Norwegian Hurtigruten passenger steamer Richard With (905 GRT) was sunk by the British submarine Tigris off the island of Rolvsøy on the coast of Finnmark in northern Norway . 28 crew members and 71 passengers (all Norwegian civilians) died. 31 people were rescued from a fishing boat.
13 Sep 1941	Ilmarinen	271	During the German-Finnish conquest of the islands of Ösel and Dagö ( company Beowulf ), the Finnish coastal armored ship Ilmarinen (3,900 tons), the flagship of the Finnish fleet, collided with two drifting mines south of Ösel and sank in just seven minutes. 271 sailors were killed. Only 132 men were rescued by security vehicles. It was the heaviest loss in the Finnish Navy during the entire Second World War.
23 Sep 1941	Marat	326	In the port of Kronstadt, German Ju-87 dive bombers of Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 sank the Soviet battleship Marat (25,400 ts) with a direct hit with a 1,000-kilogram bomb, which penetrated the foremost turret of the main artillery and hit an ammunition chamber below. A violent subsequent explosion of the ammunition tore the Marat off the entire foredeck and caused the ship to sink in the shallow harbor. 326 men of the crew were killed. Parts of the artillery amidships and aft were later reactivated as far as they protruded out of the water and used as artillery support against land targets. The battleship was lifted in 1950, but was finally scrapped in 1952.
25 Sep 1941	Queen Luise	40	After laying another block of 86 EMC mines, the mine ship under Kapitänleutnant Wünning was marching back to a Soviet mine near Helsinki on September 25, 1941 after the release of the Finnish minesweeper and sank to position 60 ° 0 ′ 50 ″  N , 24 ° 59 ′ 2 ″  E within a few minutes. 40 seafarers were killed. The high number of deaths was partly a result of the immediate failure of the ship's radio system after the mine hit, which meant that help could not be called immediately.
26 Sep 1941	Avoceta	123	North of the Azores , the British passenger and cargo steamer Avoceta (3,442 GRT), part of the 25-ship convoy HG-73 from Lisbon to Liverpool, was torpedoed by the German submarine U 203 and sank within two minutes. 43 crew members, four artillerymen and 76 passengers died. 43 people survived, including the captain and the convoy commander.
Oct 15, 1941	Vancouver Island	105	On the transatlantic voyage from Montreal to Cardiff with a cargo of 3,132 tons of general cargo, 983 tons of copper, 751 tons of aluminum, 450 tons of zinc, 357 tons of asbestos and 87 tons of steel as well as 30 passengers, the ship was west of October 15, 1941 Ireland torpedoed and sunk by U 558 under Lieutenant Günter Krech, whereby all 105 people on board lost their lives. Of U 558 was observed, which suspended the crew lifeboats and left the ship. Two weeks after the sinking, a British warship accidentally found a Vancouver Island lifeboat with two dead officers from the ship.
Oct 17, 1941	Vesterålen	97	On October 17, 1941, the ship was hit by a torpedo south of the island of Sørøy and sank on it. The torpedo probably came from the British submarine Tigris . When the ship sank, 26 crew members and 71 passengers died.
Oct 19, 1941	U 204	46	On October 19, 1941 at 8:50 p.m., the sloop Rochester and the corvette Mallow located a German submarine off Cape Spartel and attacked it with depth charges . The corvettes Bluebell and Carnation rushed to support, but discovered only the remains of the sunken German submarine in a floating oil pool. Based on the salvaged parts - including a torpedo drive - the boat in question was identified as a U 204 . The entire crew of 46 men were killed when the boat went down.
Oct. 27, 1941	Cossack	159	West of Gibraltar , the German submarine U 563 torpedoed the British destroyer Cossack (1,854 ts) on October 24, 1941 . The torpedo struck below the navigating bridge and killed 159 sailors, including the commander, Captain Edward L. Berthon. About 80 men survived and disembarked. Although the ship was badly damaged, it initially remained buoyant and could be towed by a rescue ship. Two days later, however, the slow tug got caught in a severe storm west of Gibraltar that damaged the makeshift leakage seal. On October 27, the Cossack capsized and sank.
Oct 31, 1941	Rose Schiaffino	41	In the morning the Rose Schiaffino was hit by a torpedo, which the U 374 commanded by Unno von Fischel had shot down. In addition to the captain Thomas P. Evans, another 36 crew members and four gunners died.
Oct 31, 1941	USS Reuben James	115	In the North Atlantic, the German submarine U 552 sank the American destroyer Reuben James (1,190 ts) by a torpedo hit during the attack on the HX-156 convoy . The ship broke in two and sank with 115 men on board. 44 sailors survived. The Reuben James was the first American warship to be sunk in World War II. The event was also remarkable in that the torpedo attack and the sinking occurred before the actual outbreak of war between Germany and the United States in December 1941.
0Nov 4, 1941	Smetlivy	416	During the evacuation of Hangö , the Soviet destroyer Smetlivy (1,850 ts), loaded with around 300 army soldiers, hit the German Corbetha mine barrier near Baltischport and suffered two hits. The ship sank within four minutes and sank with 416 sailors and soldiers. Only about 80 survivors were later picked up by other Soviet ships, which, however, could hardly approach due to the danger of mines.
0Nov 7, 1941	Armenia	≈5,000	Before Yalta , the Soviet transport and hospital ship Armenija (4,727 GRT) was attacked by several German Heinkel He 111 bombers of Group II of Kampfgeschwader 28 and sunk by at least one or two air torpedo hits. The ship was on its way to Gurzuf . Officially there were about 4,000 wounded from the besieged Sevastopol and another 800 people from Yalta on board. The real number of passengers, however, is likely to have been significantly higher. The ship sank with at least 5000 people on board. Only eight people were able to save themselves.
Nov 14, 1941	Ark Royal	1	The British aircraft carrier Ark Royal (22,000 ts) was torpedoed by the German submarine U 81 on November 13, 1941 about 150 nautical miles east of Gibraltar . The carrier initially remained buoyant, but sank on November 14 as a result of inadequately implemented leak protection measures. 1,487 crew members were rescued, only one seaman was killed in the torpedo explosion.
Nov 14, 1941	Gordy	103	The Soviet destroyer Gordy (1,695 ts), deployed in the evacuation of the Soviet base Hangö , hit the German Corbetha mine barrier near Baltischport and sank after two mine hits. 103 sailors went down with the ship, 88 survived and were rescued by Soviet minesweepers and submarine hunters.
Nov 19, 1941	HMAS Sydney and Cormorant	726	Off the northwest coast of Australia, about 130 nautical miles west of Shark Bay , the Australian light cruiser Sydney (6,830 ts) met the camouflaged German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran (8,736 GRT). While trying to control the unidentified ship, the Sydney is getting too close to the German ship and was hit hard by a surprise fire attack by the Kormoran . The cruiser received at least 40 15 cm hits and one torpedo hit in the forecastle, caught fire, drifted into the falling night and away from the German ship. Presumably the cruiser sank, out of sight of the Germans, around 11 p.m. after an ammunition explosion. The entire crew of 645 men went down with the ship. The disappearance of the ship remained a mystery for many years. It wasn't until 2008 that the wreck was found by an expedition. The Kormoran also suffered severe damage in battle and had to be abandoned during the night. Of the 397-strong crew of the auxiliary cruiser, 81 were killed. The survivors were later rescued by Allied ships.
Nov 24, 1941	Dunedin	419	In the mid-Atlantic, northeast of Recife , the German submarine U 124 sank the British light cruiser Dunedin (4,850 ts), which was traveling alone, with two torpedo hits. The ship sank within 17 minutes. Around 200 crew members died as a result of the torpedoing. Around 280 seafarers were initially left on the high seas, but died on the following days from exhaustion or as a result of shark attacks. It was not until November 27 that the American freighter Nishmaha was able to rescue 72 castaways, five of whom later died as a result of injuries or exhaustion. A total of 419 British sailors were killed, only 67 Dunedin men survived.
Nov 25, 1941	Barham	862	In the eastern Mediterranean, north of Sidi Barrani , the German submarine U 331 from a British fleet sank the battleship Barham (31,100 ts) by three torpedo hits. The ship capsized and sank after an ammunition chamber explosion. With the Barham 862 sailors went down, 449 crew members were rescued. It was the only sinking of a British battleship on the high seas by a submarine.
26./ Nov. 27, 1941	Parramatta	138	The Australian sloop Parramatta (1,060 ts), used to secure freighters on the route from Alexandria to Tobruk, was attacked by the German submarine U 559 with three torpedoes around midnight on November 26, about 25 nautical miles north of Bardia . One of the torpedoes struck amidships, causing a serious ammunition explosion. The sloop capsized and sank within minutes. 138 sailors went down with the ship, only 24 survivors were later rescued by the British destroyer escort Avon Vale .
0December 3, 1941	Iosif Stalin	≈1,750	The Soviet troop transport Iosif Stalin (7,494 GRT), on the way from Hangö to Leningrad and with 5,589 soldiers on board, ran into the German Corbetha mine lock near Baltischport and suffered three mine hits . In addition, the ship was shot at by Finnish coastal batteries and received at least one 30.5 cm artillery hit, which triggered a serious subsequent explosion on board (from ammunition carried on board?). The transporter then sank in the shallow coastal waters with the superstructure still protruding from the water. 1,830 soldiers were rescued from Russian minesweepers, and around 2,000 more soldiers were rescued by German outpost boats that later arrived at the place of destruction . In total, however, an estimated 1,750 soldiers were killed as a result of the mines, the shelling and the explosions on board.
0December 7, 1941	Arizona , Oklahoma and Utah	1,656	During the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor , the American battleship Arizona (33,100 ts) was hit by an 800-kilogram bomb that detonated an ammunition chamber. The ship broke up and sank with 1,177 men on board. The wreck is now covered with a memorial. The Oklahoma (27,500 ts) was hit by five or six air torpedoes and capsized at anchorage. 415 officers and men went down with the ship. The wreck was later raised again, but sank on the way to dismantling. The American battleship Utah (21,825 ts) used as a training ship was hit by an air torpedo and capsized at anchorage. Six officers and 58 crew ranks were killed in the sinking. About 480 men survived.
Dec 10, 1941	Prince of Wales and Repulse	327	Off the coast of Malaysia , near Tioman Island , Japanese Mitsubishi G3M bombers sank the British battleship Prince of Wales (38,000 ts) and the battle cruiser Repulse (31,590 ts). The ships belonging to the so-called Force Z were attacked in several waves. The Prince of Wales received at least six torpedo hits and seven or eight bomb hits. 327 crew members went down with the battleship, including the commander, Captain John Leach. 1,612 men were rescued by the destroyers accompanying them. The Repulse was hit by at least five torpedoes and one or two 800-kilogram bombs and capsized. 513 men went down with the ship, 796 survivors were rescued by escort destroyers.
Dec 11, 1941	Kisaragi	150	While the destroyer Kisaragi was retreating from the fighting over Wake , it was attacked by four American Grumman F4Fs and hit in the stern by 100-pound bombs, causing the depth charges stored there to explode. As a result, the destroyer decreased approximately 48 km south west of Wake at position 18 ° 55 '  N , 166 ° 17'  O . The entire crew of 150 men was killed.
Dec 13, 1941	Alberto di Giussano and Alberico da Barbiano	817	The two Italian light cruisers Alberto di Giussano and Alberico da Barbiano (5,069 ts each), used as fast supply transporters and with around 2,000 tons of fuel for the Axis troops in North Africa, were launched in the night of December 13, around 3:25 a.m. off Cape Bon by the British destroyers Sikh , Maori and Legion as well as the Dutch destroyer Isaac Sweers , who had previously been informed about the transport by the British radio reconnaissance ( Ultra ), intercepted and surprisingly attacked with several torpedo compartments. The Alberico da Barbiano was hit by three torpedoes, exploded immediately and sank with 534 sailors on board, including the Italian squadron chief, Ammiraglio di Divisione Antonino Toscano . The Alberto di Giussano was hit by two torpedoes, but initially remained buoyant and sank after about 25 minutes. Another 283 sailors died on board this cruiser. About 400 survivors from both ships were later rescued by the Italian torpedo boat Cigno .
Dec 15, 1941	Galatea	470	The British light cruiser Galatea (5,220 ts) was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U 557 about 35 nautical miles west of Alexandria . The ship, running at high speed, on its way back from a search for an Italian convoy, was hit by two torpedoes, capsized and sank in just three minutes. 470 crew members went down with the ship. Only 144 men could be rescued from other British ships.
Dec 15, 1941	U 127	51	The boat was sunk on December 15, 1941 in the Atlantic west of Gibraltar by the Australian destroyer Nestor at position 36 ° 28 '  N , 9 ° 12'  W in naval grid square CG 8536. It was a total loss with 51 dead.
Dec 16, 1941	Shinonome	228	The Dutch flying boat X-32, type Dornier Do 24 , which had started from Tarakan , succeeded in sinking the destroyer Shinonome in front of Miri . To do this, the flying boat dropped five 200 kg bombs from a thick blanket of cloud, two of which hit the Shinonome on the quarterdeck and one exploded right next to the ship. They exploded the magazine below at 6:50 a.m. Tokyo time. The destroyer sank immediately. All 228 crew members were killed.
December 17, 1941	Corregidor	≈1200	On leaving Manila , the Corregidor ferry ran into a minefield to defend Manila Bay and ran into one of the mines. The ship began to sink rapidly, with numerous people trapped below deck. Three PT speedboats that left to survey the situation were able to save a total of 282 (according to another source 296) survivors, seven of whom later died of their injuries. The total number of victims was unknown; it is estimated that between 900 and 1,200 people lost their lives. At the time of the incident, the sinking of the Corregidor was the marine casualty with the largest number of deaths in the Philippines and also one of the largest in the whole world.
Dec 19, 1941	Neptune	766	Off the Libyan coast, about 20 nautical miles northeast of Tripoli , the British light cruiser Neptune (7,175 ts) ran into the Italian minefield T, which had been created six months earlier, while chasing an Italian convoy in the midst of a strong storm and at high speed . The cruiser suffered a total of four mine hits and sank in just five minutes with 766 crew members. Because of the mine hazard and the storm, other British ships could not come to the rescue. Only one survivor was rescued from an Italian warship on December 24th. It was the most casualty sinking of a British cruiser during the Second World War. At the same time, the Neptune was also the largest Allied warship that was lost to mines during World War II.
Dec 21, 1941	Audacity	73	During the convoy battle for convoy HG-76, the German submarine U 751 sank the British escort aircraft carrier Audacity (11,000 ts). The ship was hit by three torpedoes around 500 nautical miles west of Cape Finisterre and sank after a serious subsequent explosion of jet fuel. 73 sailors and eight aircraft went down with the ship. The Audacity was the first British escort to enter service during World War II. It was also the first loss of such a ship that the Royal Navy had to complain about.
23/24 December 1941	Shuntia and Salvia	≈700	Off the Libyan coast, northeast of Tobruk , the German submarine U 559 sank the British freighter Shuntien (3,059 GRT) by a torpedo hit in the evening hours of December 23, around 7:00 p.m. The ship, part of the convoy TA-5 running from Tobruk to Alexandria , had 88 crew members and soldiers as well as around 850 German and Italian prisoners of war on board. An estimated 300 people died during the torpedoing. Around 640 survivors were rescued by British escort vehicles. One of these escort ships, the Corvette Salvia (925 ts), was torpedoed by the German submarine U 568 and also sunk about six hours later, in the early morning hours of December 24th . All 106 crew members of the corvette and 290 previously rescued shipwrecked people were killed by the shunt . In total, around 700 people died when the two ships went down, including (estimated) around 550 prisoners of war of the Axis powers .
December 24, 1941	Sagiri	120	On December 24, 1941, about 35 nautical miles from the city of Kuching , the destroyer was hit by a torpedo fired from the Dutch submarine K-XVI . The hit caused the Sagiri's own torpedoes to detonate, which was destroyed and sank on the spot. 121 crew members were killed, 120 were saved.

1942

date	Surname	Victim	description
Jan. 11, 1942	Prins van Oranje	105	In the night of 10./11. On January 1st, 1942, the Prins van Oranje tried to escape on a north course before the invasion of Tarakan , but was sighted and attacked by the Japanese destroyer Yamakaze and patrol boat No. 38 . The weakly armed mine-layer was hopelessly inferior to this superior force and was sunk with most of the crew. Only sixteen survivors could be saved.
Jan. 12, 1942	Cyclops	87	In the early morning hours of January 12, 1942, the German submarine U 123 torpedoed the British freighter Cyclops (9,076 GRT) off the coast of Nova Scotia , about 125 nautical miles southeast of Cape Sable Island . The ship sank after two torpedo hits and dragged 87 people with it. 95 survivors were later rescued by a Canadian minesweeper. The Cyclops was the first Allied freighter to be sunk off the North American coast ( Operation Paukenschlag ) as part of the German submarine offensive against shipping .
Jan. 17, 1942	Matabele	198	In the North Sea , near the Kola Peninsula , the German submarine U 454 sank the British destroyer Matabele (1,854 ts), which belonged to the Allied Northern Sea Convoy PQ 8, by a torpedo hit. The torpedo hit the depth charge and caused a devastating subsequent explosion. The destroyer broke in two and sank with 198 men on board, only two survivors were later rescued.
Jan. 19, 1942	Van Imhoff	466	A Japanese plane sank the Dutch freighter Van Imhoff (2,980 GRT) west of Sumatra . The Dutch crew of 110 men went into the lifeboats, while 478 German civilian internees were left to their fate on board. The nearby Dutch freighter Boelongan broke off a rescue attempt when its commander learned that the people swimming in the water were German internees. In total, only twelve Germans survived the sinking, 466 drowned or died of exhaustion at sea. After the end of the war, it became known that Dutch naval services in Sumatra had instructed the captains of evacuation ships not to rescue German shipwrecked people in these waters.
Jan. 19, 1942	Lady Hawkins	251	About 150 nautical miles east of Cape Hatteras on the coast of the US state of North Carolina, the German submarine U 66 sank the unarmed Canadian passenger steamer Lady Hawkins (7,988 GRT) with two torpedoes. 251 people died. Only 71 survivors were rescued five days later.
Jan. 24, 1942	Victoria	249	In the Gulf of Syrte (north coast of Libya), the former Italian passenger ship Victoria (13,098 GRT ), which had been converted into a troop transport, was hit by at least two air torpedoes and sunk during a British air raid. 249 men were killed.
Jan 25, 1942	Bruno Heinemann	93	The German destroyer Bruno Heinemann (2,171 ts), on a transfer march from Vlissingen to Brest , came across a newly laid British mine barrier off Calais and broke after two mine hits. 93 crew members went down with the ship. 222 men were rescued by other German destroyers.
Jan. 27, 1942	I 73	84	In the central Pacific, about 240 nautical miles west of Midway , the American submarine Gudgeon sank the Japanese submarine I 73 (1,400 ts), which was suffering from machine problems and was heading for Japan, by two torpedo hits. The entire crew of 84 men went down with the boat. It was the first sinking of an enemy warship by an American submarine in World War II and in naval history at all.
Feb 13, 1942	Giang Bee	≈250	The British patrol ship Giang Bee (1,646 GRT), an armed coastal steamer, loaded with around 300 refugees from Singapore and manned by 30 crew members , was attacked and sunk by Japanese bombers about 160 nautical miles south of Singapore, near Berhala Island . Of the around 330 people on board, only around 80 were rescued. An estimated 250 people were killed.
Feb 19, 1942	Peary	80	The Peary was in the port of Darwin when the machines of four Japanese aircraft carriers of the Kidō Butai attacked the city. The destroyer itself received five bombs, including the front magazine and the rear engine room, when it tried to protect a hospital ship by laying a smoke screen during the attack. The Peary sank around 1 p.m. as a result of the hits in the port, with 80 dead and 13 wounded among the crew.
Feb. 24, 1942	Goiter	768	The small Bulgarian steamer Struma (469 GRT) sailing under the Panamanian flag , with which 763 Jewish refugees wanted to save themselves from the Nazi persecution of Jews, was sunk in the Black Sea near the Bosporus by the Soviet submarine Shch-213 . The crew apparently thought the ship was a vehicle of the Axis powers. A total of 762 refugees and six crew members died. There were only four survivors (one refugee and three crew members). The goiter that leaked from Constanta had previously been forced to return to the Black Sea by Turkish authorities. The refugees were not allowed to continue their journey or to land.
Feb. 27, 1942	Langley	16	In front of Tjilatjap (Java), Japanese G4M bombers sank the old American aircraft carrier Langley (13,990 ts) used as an aircraft transporter . 16 crew members went down with the ship. The Langley was the United States' first aircraft carrier.
Feb 28, 1942	Jupiter , De Ruyter and Java	856	During the Battle of the Java Sea, the Japanese heavy cruiser Haguro sank the Dutch light cruiser De Ruyter (6,440 ts) by two torpedo hits . 344 sailors went down with the ship. The Japanese heavy cruiser Nachi hit the Dutch light cruiser Java (6,670 ts) by one or two torpedoes. A subsequent explosion of ammunition caused the ship to sink within a few minutes. 512 crew members went down with the cruiser.
Feb 28, 1942	Perth	357	In the battle of the Sunda Strait, a Japanese combat group consisting of three cruisers and nine destroyers sank the Australian light cruiser Perth (6,830 ts) by four torpedo hits and numerous artillery hits. The crew suffered 357 deaths; around 330 men were saved.
01st Mar 1942	Exeter	54	In the Java Sea, near the island of Bawean , a superior Japanese combat group, including three cruisers and two destroyers, sank after the battle in the Java Sea , in which the British ship had already suffered damage to the engine room, retreating British heavy cruiser Exeter ( 8,520 ts). The ship capsized after numerous 8-inch artillery hits and at least two torpedo hits. 54 men went down with the ship, 651 survivors were later rescued by the Japanese.
01st Mar 1942	Houston	693	In the battle of the Sunda Strait, a superior Japanese combat group, consisting of three cruisers and nine destroyers, sank the American heavy cruiser Houston (9,050 ts) by numerous artillery hits and at least four torpedo hits. 693 crew members, including the commander, Captain AH Rooks, were killed. Only about 370 men could be saved.
01st Mar 1942	Edsall	148	On March 1, 1942, the Edsall was captured by a Japanese combat group 430 nautical miles south of the island of Java . The battleship Hiei , her sister ship Kirishima and several heavy cruisers opened fire at a distance of 27,000 meters, but could not hit the fast-maneuvering destroyer decisively. Only after an air raid of 17 supported dive-bombers of the type Aichi D3A had been damaged and slowed the pursuers who shot Edsall together until they finally went down to 17:31. 148 men of the crew lost their lives.
01st Mar 1942	Rooseboom	128	On the night of February 28 to March 1, 1942, the Rooseboom was torpedoed in the Indian Ocean, about 600 nautical miles from the island of Sipora , by the Japanese submarine I.59 under the command of Lieutenant Yoshimatsu. All but one of the lifeboats were destroyed or could no longer be launched into the water. The Rooseboom went under within a few minutes. 128 people lost their lives.
11th Mar 1942	Naiad	82	North-west of Marsa Matruh , the British anti-aircraft cruiser Naiad (5,650 ts), which had previously set sail with two other cruisers towards Tripoli and was on its way back to Alexandria, was torpedoed by the German submarine U 565 . The ship capsized and sank within 35 minutes. 82 crew members perished with the Naiad , 582 men were rescued.
15th Mar 1942	Vortigern	147	On the morning of March 15, 1942, the destroyer was part of the escort of coastal convoy FS 349 when it was attacked by German speedboats about 17 nautical miles off Cromer . The Vortigern received a torpedo hit in the bow from the S 104 speedboat , which belonged to the 4th S-Flotilla, and sank quickly. 147 crew members died.
26th Mar 1942	jaguar	193	The British destroyer was sunk by U 652 . 193 crew members went down with the ship and 53 were rescued.
29 Mar 1942	Z 26	240	The Trinidad shot Z 26 incapable of maneuvering. Z 24 and Z 25 were able to rescue 88 men from the sinking Z 26 , and the German submarine U 378 took over eight survivors from a lifeboat. 240 men were killed on line 26 .
0Apr 1, 1942	Giovanni delle Bande Nere	287	The Italian light cruiser Giovanni delle Bande Nere (5,069 ts), running from Messina to La Spezia , was sighted by the British submarine Urge about eleven nautical miles off the Stromboli and sunk with two torpedo shots. The ship broke in two and sank with 287 crew members on board. About 300 men were rescued by two escort ships.
0Apr 5, 1942	Dorsetshire and Cornwall	432	During the Japanese advance towards Ceylon, about 50 Aichi D3A dive bombers from the Japanese aircraft carriers Akagi , Sōryū and Hiryū sank the British heavy cruisers Dorsetshire (9,975 ts) and Cornwall (10,900 ts) southeast of Ceylon . The Dorsetshire was hit by at least ten 250-kilogram bombs and sank in just eight minutes. 234 sailors went down with the cruiser. The Cornwall was hit directly by nine 250-kilogram bombs and also badly damaged by six close hits. About 30 minutes after the attack began, the ship capsized and sank. 198 men were killed. About 540 men from Dorsetshire and 580 from Cornwall were rescued from British ships.
0Apr 9, 1942	Hermes and Vampires	316	Off the coast of Ceylon , near Batticaloa , about 80 aircraft from the Japanese aircraft carriers Akagi , Sōryū and Hiryū sank the British aircraft carrier Hermes (10,850 ts) and the Australian destroyer Vampire . The Hermes , which had no deployable aircraft on board at the time of the attack, was hit by an estimated 40 bombs and sank in just twenty minutes. The commander, Captain Richard FJ Onslow, and 306 crew members went down with the carrier. About 590 Hermes men survived. The vampire received a direct hit and broke up. Nine of their crew were killed while 101 sailors survived.
0May 7, 1942	Sims and Neosho	297	The American fleet tanker Neosho (11,335 GRT) and the destroyer Sims (1,764 ts) escorting them were attacked by aircraft belonging to the Japanese aircraft carriers Shōkaku and Zuikaku during the Battle of the Coral Sea . The destroyer was hit by three 250-kilogram bombs and sank within minutes. The Neosho was bombed on fire, but initially remained buoyant. 176 crew members perished with the Sims , only 14 men survived and later rescued themselves on board the tanker. The burned-out and drifting wreck of the Neosho , whose crew itself had to mourn 121 deaths, was found on May 11 by the American destroyer Henley , who was able to save a total of 123 survivors of the two ships and who finally sank the wreck.
0May 7, 1942	Shōhō	631	During the Battle of the Coral Sea , the Japanese aircraft carrier Shoho (11,262 ts) was attacked by around 90 aircraft from the American carriers Lexington and Yorktown . The ship received at least seven air torpedo hits and 13 bomb hits and sank within around 23 minutes. Only 132 men of the crew, including the commander, Kaigun-Taisa Ishinosuke Izawa, were rescued by the destroyer Sazanami . 631 crew members went under with the Shōhō .
0May 8, 1942	Lexington	231	During the Battle of the Coral Sea , the American aircraft carrier Lexington (38,746 ts) was attacked by aircraft of the Japanese carriers Shōkaku and Zuikaku and hit by a total of two air torpedoes and three 250-kilogram bombs. The ship caught fire and had to be abandoned about six hours after the attack. The abandoned wreck was finally sunk by a US destroyer with two torpedo shots in the evening hours of May 8th. 231 crew members were killed in the Japanese attacks and the fire, and around 2,600 men were rescued.
0May 8, 1942	Taiyō Maru	817	The passenger ship Taiyō Maru was assigned to the Japanese army as a transporter and had 34 soldiers, 1,010 civilian passengers and 2,450 tons of material such as ammunition, hand grenades, flares and 150 tons of calcium carbide on board. In the early evening, the Taiyō Maru was hit by two torpedoes from the American submarine Grenadier in a forward hold and at the stern. The calcium carbide caught fire and exploded, along with parts of the hand grenade charge and the flare ammunition. The front part of the ship was blazing. Panic broke out among the passengers when several of the 18 lifeboats were also badly damaged. About an hour after the hits, the ship sank. The captain and 156 men of the 263-strong crew as well as 656 of the 1,044 passengers could not be rescued, and four of the 53 military personnel on board died. 543 men survived the attack and were rescued by Japanese ships, 817 were lost with the Taiyō Maru 170 km southwest of Me-Shima , Nagasaki Prefecture .
May 10, 1942	Ramb IV	165	On the road from Tobruk to Alexandria was Rambo IV of Ju-88 - bombers of Lehrgeschwader 1 attacked and sunk. 165 men were killed, including 155 wounded and sick.
May 13, 1942	Polecat and sea ​​eagle	200	The German torpedo boats Iltis and Seeadler , which together with the falcon and condor gave escort to the auxiliary cruiser Stier on the route from Hoek van Holland to Biscay , were attacked by several British motor torpedo boats . After a torpedo hit, the polecat broke apart and sank within minutes at 4:04 a.m. near Boulogne . 115 crew members died. Only five minutes later the Seeadler also received a torpedo hit from MTB 219 . The boat sank and went down with 85 men of the crew. Rescue attempts by the British forces failed. Two hours later, German speedboats hurried to the rescue of 33 survivors of the polecat and some of the sea ​​eagles .
May 14, 1942	Felix Dscherschinsky	288	During a supply trip to the besieged Sevastopol fortress , the Soviet destroyer Felix Dscherschinski (1,308 ts), loaded with around 170 soldiers, ran into a German ground mine in front of the port of Sevastopol, broke apart and sank. 288 crew members and soldiers sank with the ship, only around 30 survivors were later rescued by other Soviet ships.
May 15, 1942	Trinidad	63	In the North Sea , about 100 nautical miles northwest of the North Cape , German Junkers Ju 88 bombers sank the British light cruiser Trinidad (8,660 ts) with a direct hit with a 500-kilogram bomb . The ship, en route from Murmansk to Great Britain, was by its own torpedo (already on 29 March 1942 Circle runner damaged) and had lain for emergency repair nearly six weeks Murmansk. The bombing caused severe fires and damaged the makeshift leak seals, whereupon the ship had to be abandoned. The drifting wreck was eventually sunk by British destroyers. A total of 63 seafarers were killed.
May 21, 1942	Faja de Oro	10	Before Key West , the German U-boat sank the U 106 to Marcus Hook ( Pennsylvania ) to Tampico current Mexican tanker Faja de Oro (6067 BRT) by two torpedo hits. Ten out of 37 crew members were killed. This sinking (as well as the sinking of the Mexican tanker Potrero del Llano on May 13, 1942 by U 564 ) finally led to Mexico's declaration of war on the German Reich on June 1, 1942.
0June 4, 1942	Sōryū and Kaga	1,527	During the Battle of Midway , the Japanese aircraft carriers Sōryū (15,900 ts) and Kaga (38,200 ts) were surprisingly attacked by Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers from the American aircraft carriers Yorktown and Enterprise . The Sōryū received three or four 454-kilogram bomb hits which struck directly in front of the foremost of the three elevators. The fully fueled and armed aircraft standing on the flight deck transformed the flight deck into a sea of ​​flames. About 30 minutes after the attack, the order was given to abandon the ship. The abandoned wreck was sunk by the destroyer Isokaze with three torpedo shots in the evening hours of June 4, around 7:20 p.m. A total of 713 sailors died on board the carrier, including the commander, Kaigun-Taisa Yanagimoto Ryusaku. The kaga , on which planes were also ready for an attack in the hangar, sank a few minutes after the Sōryū after the destroyer Hagikaze had shot two torpedoes into the burning wreck. A total of 814 sailors died on board the Kaga , including the commander, Kaigun-Taisa Okada Jisaku.
0June 5, 1942	Akagi and Hiryu	263	During the Battle of Midway , the Japanese aircraft carriers Akagi (36,500 ts) and Hiryū (17,300 ts) were attacked on June 4, 1942 by dive bombers of the American carrier Enterprise . The Akagi received at least two, the Hiryū at least four direct hits, 454 kilograms. The ships caught fire and could not be saved despite efforts. In the early morning hours of June 5th, Japanese destroyers sank the abandoned and burning ships. 263 crew members were killed on board the Akagi and around 1,800 men were rescued. 333 men were killed on the Hiryū , including the commander of the Japanese 2nd Carrier Division, Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi . About 700 crew members of the Hiryū survived and were rescued by destroyers.
0June 6, 1942	Hammann	80	About 120 nautical miles west of Midway, the Japanese submarine I-168 torpedoed and sank the American destroyer Hammann (1,764 ts). At the time of the attack, the ship was lying alongside the damaged aircraft carrier Yorktown (which was also torpedoed by the submarine) in order to supply it with fresh air and electricity. The destroyer broke apart after the torpedo hit and sank with 80 men on board. About 170 sailors survived.
0June 6, 1942	Mikuma	642	While retreating from the Midway Islands , the Japanese cruiser Mikuma was bombed to the wreck by US dive bombers . First of all, an attacking SB2U Vindicator bomber was shot down by the Mikuma's air defense during its low target approach. He fell on one of the cruiser's aft turrets, and his burning fuel leaked through the ventilation system into the starboard engine room, causing it to be abandoned. After further attacks, there were finally five bomb hits on the cruiser, which led to fires and secondary explosions of anti-aircraft ammunition and torpedoes that could not be brought under control. The central part of the cruiser was largely destroyed by the explosions, the main mast felled and the aircraft catapults torn from their anchorages. The exploding anti-aircraft ammunition on deck caused severe damage to the bridge structure. The Mikuma sank completely burned out on June 6, 1942. 642 sailors were killed, two destroyers saved 240 men. Three days later, two other survivors were picked up by a US submarine .
0June 7, 1942	Yorktown	91	The American aircraft carrier Yorktown (19,800 ts), which had already been badly damaged by two air torpedo and three bomb hits by Japanese carrier aircraft during the Battle of Midway on June 4 and largely abandoned by the crew, was abandoned on the afternoon of June 6, around 120 nautical miles west of Midway, by Japanese submarine I-168 , while the ship was in tow, torpedoed two more times and eventually had to be abandoned. The Yorktown sank in the early hours of June 7. A total of 91 seafarers were killed on board the carrier.
June 15, 1942	Trento	549	The Italian heavy cruiser Trento (10,511 ts), which had been severely damaged by the air torpedo of a Bristol Beaufort torpedo bomber just a few hours earlier during an attempt to attack the British Malta convoy MW-11 ( Operation Vigorous ) and which was towed by a destroyer was sighted northeast of Malta by the British submarine Umbra around noon and torpedoed two more times. The ship then broke up and sank. 549 sailors went down with the Trento , 609 men were rescued by the destroyer who was backing up.
June 16, 1942	Hermione	87	in the eastern Mediterranean, north of Sollum , the German submarine U 205 from a cruiser unit sank the British anti-aircraft cruiser Hermione (5,650 ts) by a torpedo hit. The torpedo destroyed the engine rooms, which resulted in the collapse of the on-board power supply and a pump failure. The ship sank within 21 minutes and sank with 87 crew members. Around 440 men were saved.
June 16, 1942	Cherokee	86	Northeast of Cape Cod, the German submarine U 87 sank the American passenger liner Cherokee (5,896 ts) with two torpedo hits on the port side. The ship, traveling in a convoy, sank within six minutes. 65 crew members, a member of the gun crew and 20 passengers died. 83 people were rescued by a merchant ship and a Coast Guard ship.
June 26, 1942	Bezuprechny	330	The Soviet destroyer Bezuprechny (1,695 ts), entrusted with supply trips to the Sevastopol fortress, which was besieged by the Wehrmacht, was attacked by German Ju-88 bombers south of the Crimea peninsula and sunk by two hits with 250-kilogram bombs. On board the ship were 220 crew members and 113 wounded soldiers who had been evacuated from Sevastopol. 330 people went down with the rapidly sinking ship, including the commander. Only three survivors were rescued from a flying boat two days later.
0July 1, 1942	Montevideo Maru	≈1,125	The Japanese passenger and cargo ship Montevideo Maru (7,266 GRT) left Rabaul ( Papua New Guinea ) on June 22, 1942 . It had 1,053 mostly Australian prisoners of war and civilian internees as well as around 90 Japanese soldiers and seamen on board when it was torpedoed and sunk on July 1 in the Philippine Sea by the American submarine Sturgeon . The ship was not marked or advertised as a prisoner transport. In total, only 18 Japanese survived the sinking, and an estimated 1,125 people were killed.
0July 5, 1942	Avila Star	84	The British passenger steamer Avila Star (14,443 GRT) was sunk east of the Azores by the German submarine U 201 with three torpedoes without warning. The last lifeboat was only found after 20 days. 84 passengers, gunners and crew members died, and 121 people were rescued from Portuguese warships.
0July 5, 1942	Arabe	≈200	The Japanese destroyer Arabe was sunk off Kiska Island by the American submarine Growler .
0July 5, 1942	Hainaut	≈200	The Hainaut was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U 132 on a trip from Montreal ( Canada ) to Great Britain in the St. Lawrence River near Cap-Chat ( La Haute-Gaspésie ) .
July 12, 1942	Port Hunter	88	Northwest of the Azores, the German submarine U 582 sank the British freighter Port Hunter (8,826 GRT). The ship, a straggler in Convoy OS-33 and loaded with ammunition and depth charges, immediately blew up after a torpedo hit and went down with 88 crew members. Only three survivors, who had slept on the upper deck before the hit and had been thrown into the water, were later rescued by the British corvette Rother .
July 15, 1942	Empire Attendant	59	South of the Canary Islands, the German submarine U 582 torpedoed the British freighter Empire Attendant (7,524 GRT). The steamer, a straggler of Convoy OS-33 and loaded with trucks, broke in two and sank within a few minutes. The entire crew of 59 men went down with the ship, there were no survivors.
July 15, 1942	Gloucester Castle	93	The British passenger steamer Gloucester Castle (7,999 GRT) was fired at 1,300 nautical miles off Freetown in the South Atlantic by the German auxiliary cruiser Michel without warning . Most of the lifeboats were destroyed. The ship sank in less than ten minutes. 93 passengers and crew, including women and children, died. The 61 survivors spent the remainder of the war in Japanese captivity , in which two of them died. Because of the bombardment without warning, the commander of the auxiliary cruiser, Captain Hellmuth von Ruckteschell , was sentenced to imprisonment by a British court after the end of the war.
0Aug 6, 1942	Mamutu	86	North of Murray Island , the Australian coastal steamer Mamutu (300 GRT), with 114 refugees and crew on board and on the way from Port Moresby to Daru , was shot at and sunk by the Japanese submarine RO 33 with the deck gun. Then the Japanese shot the shipwrecked floating in the water with machine guns. Of 114 people on board the ship, only 28 survived the sinking.
0Aug 9, 1942	Mendanau	69	The German submarine U 752 sank the Dutch freighter Mendanau (6,047 GRT) by a torpedo hit off the coast of Sierra Leone . 18 sailors have already died from the impact of the torpedo alone. After the ship's sinking, however, 16 Dutch seamen who had found shelter in a dinghy refused to rescue another part of the crew, mainly dark-skinned Indonesians, which further increased the number of victims. An estimated 30 to 35 Indonesian crew members were left at sea and drowned. Overall, of the 85 people on board, only the 16 Dutch crew members survived the sinking.
0Aug 9, 1942	Canberra , Astoria , Quincy and Vincennes	1,270	During the battle off Savo Island , the Australian heavy cruiser Canberra (9,850 ts) and the US heavy cruisers Astoria (9,950 ts), Quincy (10,136 ts) and Vincennes (10,136 ts) were fired at by Japanese heavy cruisers from around 1:42 a.m. The completely shot Canberra slipped out of the line of battle and remained burning behind the two opposing fleets. 193 sailors died on board. At around 6.30 a.m., the order was given to abandon the ship and sink itself. The Astoria received about 30 to 35 hits, burned and was unable to maneuver. A total of 216 sailors died on board. Throughout the night and during the following morning the rest of the crew tried to save the ship, but in the midday hours the cruiser capsized and sank. Also Quincy and Vincennes were shot within a short time and about declined 2:30 ( Quincy ) or 2:50 ( Vincennes ), where the Quincy 529 and the Vincennes were lost 332 crew members.
0Aug 9, 1942	Jarvis	233	The American destroyer Jarvis (1,646 ts), which had been badly damaged by a torpedo hit during the battle off Savo Island and was alone on the march towards the New Hebrides , was attacked by 31 Japanese torpedo bombers about 50 nautical miles south of Guadalcanal and within sunk a few minutes. The entire crew of 233 men went down with the ship, there were no survivors.
Aug 10, 1942	Cocoa	34	After the battle off Savo Island , the Japanese heavy cruiser Kako (7,950 ts), marching back from the battle, was sighted by the American submarine S-44 and torpedoed three times near the safe home base Rabaul . The cruiser sank within 25 minutes. The remaining ships of the association were able to save over 600 men, only 34 men were killed.
Aug 10, 1942	Sevastopol	924	During a night attack near Tuapse, the German speedboat S 102 sank the Soviet cargo steamer Sevastopol (1,339 GRT) by a torpedo hit. 924 passengers, soldiers and crew members went down with the ship. Only about 130 people could be rescued by coastal vehicles.
Aug 11, 1942	eagle	160	In the western Mediterranean, about 70 nautical miles south of Mallorca , the German submarine U 73 sank the British aircraft carrier Eagle (22,200 ts) with four torpedo hits. The porter should have provided part of the air security for Operation Pedestal . 160 men sank with the ship, 927 survivors were rescued by British destroyers.
Aug 16, 1942	Araraquara	551	In the course of the day, the German submarine U 507 attacked the three unescorted Brazilian passenger steamers Araraquara (4,872 GRT), Annibal Benévolo (1,905 GRT) and Baependy (4,801 GRT) each about 15 to 20 nautical miles off the Brazilian coast. The Araraquara was attacked in the early hours of the morning and sank within five minutes, killing 65 crew members and 66 passengers; only eleven people survived. In the morning, the Annibal Benévolo sank after two torpedo hits. 67 crew members and 83 passengers died, four crew members survived. In the evening, U 507 finally hit the Baependy and shot two torpedoes at her. The liner sank in less than five minutes, taking 55 crew members and 215 passengers down with it. 36 people survived this attack. The ruthless action of U 507 against the neutral Brazilian shipping traffic led to Brazil declaring war on the German Reich on August 22, 1942.
Aug 24, 1942	Ryūjō	120	In the Battle of the East Solomon Islands , the Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō (12,732 ts) was attacked by aircraft of the US carriers Enterprise and Saratoga and hit by at least four bombs and two air torpedoes. The ship sank almost four hours after the attack. 120 men were killed and around 800 sailors were rescued.
Aug 25, 1942	Alexander Sibiryakov	103	The Soviet icebreaker and freighter Alexander Sibirjakow (1,348 GRT) was arrested in the Kara Sea by the German heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer, which operates there as part of the Wunderland company and, after the Soviet crew had not responded to stop orders and opened fire, by the German ship sunk. Of 131 people on board the Alexander Sibiryakov , the Germans were only able to save 27; another crew member reached the coast on a raft and was later rescued by Soviet ships.
Aug 26, 1942	Ulm	121	The British destroyers Marne , Martin and Onslaught struck the German mine ship Ulm about 150 nm southeast of Bear Island and took it under artillery fire . Two torpedoes the Onslaught missed their target, but a third hit the front ship. The Ulm exploded and sank within 150 seconds position 74 ° 45 '  N , 26 ° 50'  O . 61 men of the crew were taken in by the British, but one of them died on the way to Great Britain . Between 30 and 40 men were left floating in the water when the British abandoned their rescue work due to concerns about air attacks. Since there were a total of 181 men on board, 121 of the crew lost their lives, many of them from machine gun fire, when they gathered at the bridge to leave their ship.
Sep 12 1942	Laconia	1,649	The British passenger ship Laconia (19,695 GRT) was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U 156 off the West African coast, northeast of Ascension . 1,815 Italian prisoners of war, 811 British seamen, civilians and soldiers and 106 Polish soldiers were on board. The ship was not marked as a prisoner transport. When the consequences of the torpedoing were recognized on U 156 , the Germans initiated rescue measures and asked German, Italian and Allied help with the rescue. The open radio messages issued in this regard were, however, misinterpreted by the Allies and interpreted as attempted deception, which is why U 156 was attacked by an American bomber on September 16 and was slightly damaged. The Germans then broke off the rescue operation and fled. It was not until September 17 that 1,083 survivors were rescued from Vichy-French ships. A total of 1,649 people died, including almost 1,300 Italians. As a result, the German submarine leadership issued the so-called " Laconia command ".
Sep 14 1942	Sikh	≈275	In the port of Tobruk , the British destroyer Sikh (1,883 ts), part of the fleet forces deployed in the ultimately failed commando operation against the port ( Operation Agreement ), was badly hit by the fire of a German 8.8 cm anti-aircraft battery and sank. 175 crew members and around 100 embarked soldiers sank with the ship, only about 15 men survived and reached the bank.
Sep 15 1942	Wasp	193	South of Guadalcanal , the American aircraft carrier Wasp (14,700 ts) was torpedoed and sunk by the Japanese submarine I-19 . The ship was hit by three torpedoes, which collapsed the on-board power supply and pump systems and tore open the lines for the aviation fuel, which caused devastating fires. After the fires became uncontrollable, the ship had to be abandoned by the crew. The destroyer Lansdowne sank the burning Wasp a little later. A total of 193 crew members died. About 1,600 men were saved.
0Oct. 1, 1942	Lisbon Maru	≈900	The Japanese freighter Lisbon Maru (7,053 GRT) was supposed to transport 1,816 British prisoners of war and 778 Japanese soldiers from Hong Kong to Shanghai when it was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea by the American submarine Grouper . When the ship went down, 842 prisoners and around 60 Japanese soldiers died.
11- October 1942 12	Furutaka	110	The Japanese heavy cruiser Furutaka (8,100 ts) was shot at by a US combat group consisting of four cruisers and five destroyers during the night battle near Cape Esperance (Solomon Islands) and hit by around 90 shells and a torpedo between 11.50 p.m. and 12.00 a.m. The burning and shot-up ship had to be abandoned almost two hours later and sank at 2.28 a.m. 110 crew members were killed. 515 sailors were rescued from Japanese destroyers, another 114 men were picked up by US forces.
Oct 14, 1942	comet	351	The German auxiliary cruiser Komet (3,287 GRT) was attacked by eight British speedboats during an attempt to break out into the Atlantic Ocean in the English Channel, near Cape La Hague , and hit with one or two torpedoes by the speedboat MTB 236 . The ship broke in two and sank very quickly. No one could be saved from the occupation; 351 men went down with the ship.
Oct 14, 1942	Caribou	136	The 2,222 GRT Canadian ferry Caribou , which operated regular passenger traffic on the coast of Newfoundland and Nova Scotia , was torpedoed by the German submarine U 69 in Cabot Street off Channel Head and sank in five minutes. 136 passengers and crew members died. It was one of the greatest disasters in Newfoundland during World War II and the worst shipwreck to date in the Cabot Strait.
Oct 21, 1942	Palatia	954	The German freighter Palatia (3,974 GRT), with 999 Soviet prisoners of war and 135 German guards and seamen on board and on the way from Kristiansand (Norway) to Narvik, was about eight nautical miles from the port of Kristiansand by a New Zealand Handley-Page-Hampden -Torpedo bombers of the 489th Squadron of the Royal Air Force attacked and sank after being hit by an air torpedo. Since the ship sank quickly and there are also high waves, most of the people on board were killed. A total of 954 people died, only 180 survivors were rescued by coastal vehicles.
Oct. 27, 1942	Hornet	111	The American aircraft carrier Hornet (19,900 ts) was attacked by aircraft of the Japanese carriers Shōkaku , Jun'yō and Zuikaku during the battle of the Santa Cruz Islands and hit by three bombs. In addition, two Japanese planes that were shot down fell on the ship and exploded. The Hornet caught fire and had to be abandoned a short time later. The wreck was found by Japanese destroyers in the morning hours of October 27 after unsuccessful self-sinking intentions by the Americans and sunk with four torpedo shots. A total of 111 crew members were killed in the air raids and around 2,500 men were rescued.
Oct. 29, 1942	Abosso	362	The unescorted British motor ship Abosso (11,330 GRT), with 183 crew members and 210 passengers on board and on the way to Liverpool , was attacked and sunk by the German submarine U 575 with several torpedoes around 600 nautical miles northwest of the Azores . Only one of the lifeboats escaped. The 31 people in it were the only survivors; they were recovered from a British corvette three days after the sinking.
Oct. 29, 1942	Bic Island	165	The Canadian freighter Bic Island (3,921 GRT), a straggler of the HX 212 convoy running from Halifax to Liverpool , which had previously picked up a total of 121 survivors from the cargo ships Gurney E. Newlin and Sourabaya , which were also sunk by submarines , was south-west of the Rockall - Felsens torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U 224 in stormy weather. Of the 165 people on board (36 crew members, eight gunners and 121 castaways) none survived.
Oct. 29, 1942	Cosmos ii	33	During the battle for the convoy HX 212, the German submarine U 624 sank the large Norwegian whaling factory ship Kosmos II (16,966 GRT) about 600 nautical miles southeast of Cape Farvel . The ship, a single straggler of the convoy, sank after two torpedo hits. 33 sailors were killed, 117 survived. The Kosmos II was the largest Norwegian ship to be sunk in World War II.
Oct. 30, 1942	President Doumer	260	North-east of Madeira, the German submarine U 604 sank the free French troop carrier Président Doumer (11,898 GRT), which was in British service . The ship, loaded with 345 soldiers and seamen and part of the SL 125 convoy, was hit by a torpedo and sank in just ten minutes. Since a strong storm was raging at the time of the sinking, only a few lifeboats could be lowered into the water. In addition, panic broke out among the people on board, which led to many jumping overboard in the chaos and drowning. A total of 260 sailors and soldiers died, only 85 people survived and were rescued by other Allied ships.
0Nov 1, 1942	Mendoza	150	The British troop carrier Mendoza (8,285 GRT), a former French passenger ship, was sunk by the German submarine U 178 by two torpedoes near Durban . 28 crew members and 122 soldiers were killed. 256 people survived.
0Nov 2, 1942	Zaandam	134	The motor ship Zaandam (10,909 GRT) of the Dutch Holland-America Line , with 112 crew members, 18 artillerymen and 169 passengers as well as cargo on board, was on its way to New York, about 300 nautical miles off the Brazilian coast from the German submarine without warning U 174 attacked and sunk by two torpedoes. 134 passengers and crew members died, 165 people survived. A raft with three survivors was not discovered until 84 days after the sinking.
0Nov 6, 1942	City of Cairo	104	The British passenger ship City of Cairo (8,034 GRT) was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U 68 off the West African coast . The lifeboats got lost in the Atlantic, the last one wasn't found until 51 days later. Of the 311 people on board, 104 died.
Nov 10, 1942	Martin	161	The British destroyer Martin (1,920 ts) was attacked 85 nautical miles northeast of Algiers by the German submarine U 431 and sunk through a fan of three torpedoes. The ship used to secure the Allied landing forces off North Africa exploded immediately and sank within a few minutes. 161 crew members were killed, only 63 survived.
Nov 11, 1942	Joseph Hewes	≈100	In the roadstead of Fedala (Morocco), the German submarine U 173 sank the American troop transporter Joseph Hewes (9,359 GRT) by a torpedo hit. The ship sank within 25 minutes and dragged around 100 soldiers and crew down with it. 258 people were rescued by harbor vehicles.
Nov 12, 1942	Edward Rutledge , Tasker H. Bliss, and Hugh L. Scott	74	The German submarine U 130 penetrated the roadstead of Fedala (Morocco) in the early evening hours and attacked the Allied landing fleet lying there . The submarine sank the large American troop transporters Edward Rutledge (9,360 GRT), Tasker H. Bliss (12,568 GRT) and Hugh L. Scott (12,479 GRT) with a total of five torpedo shots . Since the transporters had previously been unloaded, only 74 soldiers and seamen were killed. These were the United States Navy's heaviest transport and drop ship casualties for a single company and in a single day in all of World War II. An investigative committee of the American Navy, which was later appointed for this reason, could not explain for safety how U 130 had finally managed to carry out this attack, since the transporters were secured by around 20 destroyers and guard ships at the time of the attack and the roadstead of Fedala was only about at most 25 meters deep.
Nov 12, 1942	Hecla	279	West of Gibraltar, the large British destroyer mothership Hecla (10,850 ts) was sunk by the German submarine U 515 by a total of five torpedo hits, which were achieved over a period of around two hours with multiple attacks. The ship finally sank around 2.15 a.m. In the dark and because of the submarine threat, the escort ships could only slowly pick up the people on board, which is why many went down with the Hecla . A total of 279 sailors and technicians died. 568 survivors were rescued by the British destroyer Venomous and other escort vehicles.
Nov 13, 1942	Kinugasa	511	On the march back from the Battle of Guadalcanal , the Japanese heavy cruiser Kinugasa was attacked at 8:30 a.m. by dive bombers and torpedo bombers launched from Henderson Field and the aircraft carrier Enterprise . She was hit by a 500 lb. (227 kg) bomb in front of the bridge and damaged by several close hits and up to four torpedo hits on the underwater hull. The list to port caused by the ingress of water could, however, be stabilized at 10 ° and the fires that had broken out on deck could also be extinguished within an hour. However, their commander and the first officer were killed by the bomb hit near the bridge. A second attack by three American bombers and further close hits ultimately led to further damage to the hull and the failure of the machines and the steering system. Progressive flooding could not be stopped and orders were given to abandon the ship. The ship capsized around 11:22 a.m. 511 sailors were killed
Nov 13, 1942	Isaac Sweers	108	Northwest of Algiers, the German submarine U 431 sank the Dutch destroyer Isaac Sweers (1,628 ts). The ship used to secure the Allied landing forces off North Africa was hit by two torpedoes and sank within ten minutes. 108 men went down with the destroyer, 86 survivors were rescued by the British trawler Loch Oskaig .
Nov 13, 1942	Juneau	683	The American anti-aircraft cruiser Juneau (6,718 ts), returning from the naval battle of Guadalcanal and already severely damaged by a torpedo hit during the night battle, was torpedoed again southeast of Savo Island by the Japanese submarine I-26 . The torpedo struck an ammunition chamber, the explosion of which blew the cruiser in two. The ship sank within 20 seconds. 683 sailors went down with the ship, including the five Sullivan brothers . Only ten men survived. As a result of the death of the five siblings, the US government introduced the so-called Sole Survivor Policy .
Nov 13, 1942	Atlanta	172	The American anti-aircraft cruiser Atlanta (6,718 ts) was sunk by its own crew using explosive charges after the sea ​​battle of Guadalcanal near Lunga Point (Guadalcanal). The cruiser had previously been badly damaged in a confused night battle by 35.6 cm shells from the Japanese battleship Hiei and a torpedo hit, as well as by mistaken fire with 20.3 cm shells from the American heavy cruiser San Francisco . 172 crew members, including Rear Admiral Norman Scott , were killed during the night battle.
Nov 13, 1942	Here	188	The Japanese battleship Hiei (32,600 ts), in the night battle near Guadalcanal by around 85 12.7 cm and 20.3 cm shell hits by American cruisers and destroyers, was damaged in the afternoon of November 13 after the ship American air strikes had been hit again by three 454-kilogram bombs and two air torpedoes, abandoned by its own crew. The maneuverable ship probably sank about seven nautical miles north-northeast of Savo Island in the evening hours , but the exact place of sinking was not known. 188 men were killed in the night battle and in the air raids. Around 1,200 men were saved. Because of the self-immersion, the commandant, Kaigun-Taisa Masao Nishida, later had to appear before a court martial; he never received another command.
Nov 14, 1942	Scillin	952	The Italian freighter Scillin (1,579 GRT) transported 814 Allied prisoners of war from North Africa to Italy. There were also 201 Italian seamen and soldiers on board. The British submarine Sahib torpedoed and sank the ship north of Sicily , about ten nautical miles northwest of Milazzo . 787 prisoners of war and 165 Italians were killed. The submarine was only able to pick up and rescue 63 castaways.
Nov 14, 1942	Warwick Castle	114	About 200 nautical miles northwest of the coast of Portugal, the German submarine U 413 sank the large British troop transport Warwick Castle (20,107 GRT) with three torpedo hits. The former luxury liner belonging to the MKF-1 convoy sank with 114 people on board. 314 seafarers were rescued by security ships.
Nov 14, 1942	Preston	116	In the course of the naval battle of Guadalcanal , a volley from the Japanese light cruiser Nagara struck the Preston . The fire control equipment was destroyed and the rear chimney torn down. Lying in the crossfire of Japanese warships, the order to leave the ship was issued at 11:36 p.m. Immediately afterwards it lay on its side, remained there for about ten minutes, and then sank over the stern into the depths. 116 men of the crew were killed.
Nov 15, 1942	Kirishima	212	During the second night battle at Guadalcanal , the Japanese battleship Kirishima (32,670 ts) was badly hit by the artillery of the American battleship Washington and sank. The Kirishima received at least nine 16-inch hits and an estimated 35 to 40 12.7-cm hits, caught fire and sank about three hours after the fight, around 3:25 p.m. 212 crew members were killed, around 1,100 men were rescued by escort ships.
Nov 15, 1942	Avenger	514	In the early morning hours of November 15, the German submarine U 155 attacked the Allied convoy MKF-1Y about 120 nautical miles northwest of Gibraltar . One of the torpedoes from U 155 hit the British escort aircraft carrier Avenger (15,120 ts) and caused its bomb magazine to explode. The carrier was torn apart by a huge explosion and sank in just two minutes. The ship's captain, Captain Anthony P. Colthurst, and 513 sailors went down with the ship. Only twelve men survived and were rescued by security vehicles.
Nov 23, 1942	Tilawa	280	The passenger and cargo steamer Tilawa (10,006 GRT) of the British India Steam Navigation Company was sunk by the Japanese submarine I 29 by two torpedoes about 900 nautical miles north-northeast of the Seychelles , on the way from Bombay (India) to Durban (South Africa) . Of the 548 people on board, 28 crew members and 252 passengers were killed.
Nov 28, 1942	Nova Scotia	858	The British troop carrier Nova Scotia (6,796 GRT), on its way from Aden to Durban and with around 780 Italian civilian internees and 270 soldiers and crew members on board, was sunk northeast of Lourenço Marques by the German submarine U 177 with three torpedo hits. When the consequences of the torpedoing were recognized on board U 177 , the commander of the submarine, Kapitänleutnant Robert Gysae, requested further instructions in a radio message to the BdU . According to the " Laconia command " but Gysae received the order to continue his patrol despite the many shipwrecked and not to undertake any rescue plan. Only a few days later the Portuguese Afonso de Albuquerque was able to recover 192 survivors. Two Italians had been picked up by U 117 . A total of 858 people died, including an estimated 650 Italian internees.
Nov 30, 1942	Northampton	50	During the night battle at Tassafaronga , the American heavy cruiser Northampton (9,050 ts) was hit with two torpedoes by the Japanese destroyer Oyashio and badly damaged. The hits destroy the boiler rooms and the on-board power supply, which is why the ship slowly ran full of water. The cruiser capsized and sank three hours after the battle. 50 crew members went down with the ship, about 800 men were rescued by US destroyers.
0Dec. 1, 1942	Armidale	100	At 15.15 was Armidale of 13 Japanese planes attacked and sank within five minutes after two torpedo hits on the position 10 ° 0 '  S , 126 ° 30'  O . The survivors saved themselves in two boats and two rafts. The only motorized boat split from the others for help and was found by the Kalgoorlie on December 6th . Australian scouts also sighted the rafts and the other boat, which had since separated from the rafts, but the Kalgoorlie could only find the boat whose 29 occupants she rescued on December 9th, the rafts remained missing. A total of 40 crew members and 60 embarked Dutch soldiers lost their lives, including the seaman Edward Teddy Sheean . He was strapped to his 20-mm anti-aircraft gun after he had fired to the last despite being wounded and shot down one of the attacking machines. He was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest military award in the Empire.
0Dec 2, 1942	Folgore , Aventino , Puccini , Aspromonte and KT 1	1,651	At 12:37 a.m., a British formation of three cruisers and two destroyers with radar support attacked an Italian escort at the Skerki Banks . In the one-hour heavy battle, the three Italian troop transporters Aventino (3,794 GRT), Puccini (2,422 GRT) and Aspromonte (976 GRT) and the German freighter KT 1 (850 GRT) with 1,527 soldiers on board went down. The Italian destroyer Folgore launched an unsuccessful torpedo attack against Force Q from a distance of only 1,000 meters, which focused its fire on the Folgore and made it unable to maneuver. Commander Ener Bettica ordered the crew to leave the sinking ship, which was firing to the last, and then went down with the Folgore at 1:16 a.m. together with more than half of the crew members (124 dead) .
0Dec 2, 1942	Coamo	186	About 150 nautical miles west of the Irish south coast, the German submarine U 604 sank the American cargo and passenger steamer Coamo (7,057 GRT) by a torpedo hit. The ship, a straggler of the MKF-3 convoy, sank in just five minutes, dragging 133 crew members, 16 passengers and 37 gunners down with it. There were no survivors. It was the worst single loss of the American merchant navy, measured by the number of members of the merchant navy who died during the Second World War, which was caused by enemy action.
0December 7, 1942	Ceramic	655	The British passenger steamer Ceramic (18,713 GRT), a straggler of the ON-149 convoy, was sunk west of the Azores by the German submarine U 515 with five torpedoes. A strong storm raged during the sinking, which is why all lifeboats capsized or gradually sank in the Atlantic. Of the 656 passengers and crew, including 214 members of the Royal Navy and 30 nurses from the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service (QAIMNS), only a single survivor was rescued from the submarine and taken to France.
Dec 16, 1942	Firedrake	170	The British destroyer Firedrake was sunk in the North Atlantic by U 211 while securing convoy ON 153 . There were 170 dead and 26 survivors.
Dec 22, 1942	Strathallan	16	The British troop carrier Strathallan (23,722 GRT) sank about twelve nautical miles from the port of Oran . The large passenger ship, which originally belonged to convoy KMF-5, was hit with a torpedo by the German submarine U 562 the day before and was significantly damaged and was towed by a destroyer. Most of the 5,122 crew members, soldiers and nurses were rescued by escort vehicles. Five Royal Air Force men, six crew members and five nurses were killed. The Strathallan was after the Empress of Britain 's largest Allied ship that boat attack underground was lost in World War II by a German.
Dec 30, 1942	Fidelity	369	Northwest of the Azores, the German submarine U 435 sank the British Special Service Vessel Fidelity (2,456 GRT), which was traveling without an escort, with two torpedo hits. The armed freighter, which also served as a rescue ship for the crews of torpedoed ships, had separated from the ON-154 convoy on December 28 due to machine problems. After the torpedo, some of the ammunition carried exploded and the ship sank in just two minutes. With the Fidelity 369 British sailors and soldiers went down. Among the dead were 44 crew members of the British CAM ship Empire Shackleton , sunk by U 435 the day before , who had been recovered by the Fidelity . Only ten survivors, one of them from the Empire Shackleton , were later rescued by Canadian warships.
Dec 31, 1942	Achates , Bramble and Friedrich Eckoldt	559	During the battle for the convoy JW 51B , the British destroyer Achates (1,350 ts) was attacked by German cruisers and destroyers and sunk by artillery fire during the ensuing battle in the Barents Sea . 113 men went down with the ship, around 80 were rescued. The British deep-sea minesweeper Bramble (815 ts) was also surprised in the snow by the German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper and shot down and sunk within a short time by several salvos from the 20.3 cm guns. The entire crew of 121 men went down with the Bramble . There were no survivors. The British light cruiser Sheffield sank the German destroyer Friedrich Eckoldt (2,171 ts). The ship was surprised by the cruiser in the falling darkness and sunk by artillery fire at a distance of only about 1,000 meters within five minutes. The entire crew of 325 men went down with the destroyer.

1943

date	Surname	Victim	description
0Jan. 1, 1943	Arthur Middleton	78	In front of the port of Casablanca, the German submarine U 73 sank the American freighter Arthur Middleton (7,176 GRT) belonging to convoy UGS-3 . The ship, loaded with ammunition and explosives, exploded after two torpedo hits and sank within a minute. Of the 81 crew members, only three survived; they jumped into the sea from the stern of the ship and were later rescued by a British destroyer.
0Jan. 7, 1943	Benalbanach	410	The British troop transport Benalbanach (7,153 GRT), part of the convoy KMS-6 running from the Clyde estuary to Bône (Algeria) and with 389 soldiers and 74 men on board, was hit by German Heinkel He 111 torpedo bombers from Bougie Kampfgeschwader 26 attacked. The steamer was hit by two air torpedoes and immediately exploded as the torpedoes hit the ammunition and fuel load. 353 soldiers and 57 seafarers perished with the transporter, only 53 survivors were rescued by security vehicles.
Jan. 26, 1943	Buyo Maru	282	Off the east coast of New Guinea , about 90 nautical miles north of Wewak , the American submarine Wahoo sank the Japanese freighter Buyo Maru (5,447 GRT) with two torpedo hits. On board the ship were around 900 Indian prisoners of war and around 230 Japanese soldiers and seamen, of whom around 180 perished in the torpedoing. After the sinking, the submarine appeared and fired at the shipwrecked people floating in the water for almost an hour with the on-board gun and machine guns. An estimated 100 other people died as a result. Then the submarine ran from the sinking site. The next day, a Japanese ship was able to save around 800 survivors. A total of 282 people were killed. Wahoo's commander , Commander Dudley Walker Morton , was later not held accountable for the war crime of shooting at castaways. He died in October 1943 when his submarine was sunk in La Pérouse Strait .
Jan. 30, 1943	Chicago	62	During the air and sea battle near Rennell Island, Japanese Mitsubishi G4M torpedo bombers sank the American heavy cruiser Chicago (9,300 ts). The ship was initially hit by two air torpedoes during a Japanese night raid on January 29 and badly damaged. On the evening of January 30th, the cruiser was in tow, another attack took place at dusk, during which the Japanese were able to score four more hits with air torpedoes. The Chicago then sank near Rennell Island , about 110 nautical miles south of Guadalcanal. 62 men went down with the cruiser, 1,049 crew members were rescued.
0Feb. 1, 1943	Welshman	164	About 35 nautical miles northeast of Tobruk, the German submarine U 617 sank the British mine cruiser Welshman (2,650 ts), which ran from Malta to Alexandria . The ship, which, among other things, should have transported an unknown number of civilians and around 40 wounded Allied pilots from Malta to Egypt, was hit by two torpedoes at around 5.45 p.m. and sank after a subsequent explosion of its own boiler and the depth charges it carried within about ten minutes. 155 crew members, two civilians and seven wounded members of the Royal Air Force went down with the cruiser . 117 survivors were rescued by the British destroyer escort Belvoir .
0Feb 3, 1943	Dorchester	675	The American troop transport Dorchester (5,649 GRT), part of convoy SG-19 running from St. John's to Narsarsuaq (Greenland) and with 904 soldiers, crew members and passengers on board, was about 150 nautical miles west of Cape Farvel from the German submarine U 223 sunk. The ship was hit by a torpedo and sank within about 35 minutes. Although the US coast guard ships Escanaba and Comanche quickly reached the position of the damaged vessel and picked up castaways, 675 people went down with the ship. Many of them had stayed on board until the end because they had not expected the transporter to sink, and were finally dragged into the depths by the Dorchester , which was sinking rapidly in the last phase of the sinking . Only 229 people, including 135 GIs , survived the disaster.
0Feb 5, 1943	West portal	77	In the North Atlantic, about 300 nautical miles south of Greenland, the German submarine U 413 sank the American freighter West Portal (5,376 GRT) with a total of three torpedo hits. The ship, a straggler of Convoy SC-118, sank within minutes. None of the crew of 77 sailors and gunners survived, as none of the rescue ships in the convoy turned back because of the submarine danger.
0Feb 7, 1943	Henry R. Mallory	272	About 600 nautical miles south-southwest of Iceland, the American troop transport Henry R. Mallory (6,063 GRT), part of convoy SC-118 running from Halifax to Reykjavík and with 494 soldiers and crew on board, was torpedoed by the German submarine U 402 . The ship sank within 30 minutes. Since several lifeboats were destroyed or overturned in the high waves and the other ships of the convoy learned nothing of the sinking in the bad weather, 272 soldiers and sailors were killed. Only four hours after the sinking, US coast guard ships rescued a total of 222 survivors.
04th Mar 1943	City of Pretoria	145	The unescorted British passenger ship City of Pretoria (8,049 GRT) was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U 172 in the North Atlantic, northwest of the Azores . None of the 114 crew members, 24 artillerymen and seven passengers survived.
11th Mar 1943	U 444 , Harvester and U 432	250	During the fighting for the North Atlantic Convoy HX 228 , the British destroyer Harvester (1,340 ts) rammed the German submarine U 444 in the morning hours of March 11 and sank it, with 41 men sunk with the boat; only five crew members of U 444 survived. However, the destroyer was badly damaged by the ramming impact and was unable to maneuver. In this condition, the ship was sighted by the German submarine U 432 only about four hours later and sunk by two torpedo shots. The destroyer broke up and sank with 183 sailors on board, only 60 men were rescued about an hour later by the Free French corvette Aconit . As the corvette ran down, it discovered the U-boat U 432, which was still nearby, and finally sank it as well by ramming it. Here 26 other German seamen died; 20 men survived and were rescued by the French.
13 Mar 1943	Empress of Canada	392	The British troop transport Empress of Canada (21,517 GRT), a former passenger ship of the Canadian Pacific Steamship Company , was torpedoed 400 nautical miles south of Cape Palmas in the South Atlantic by the Italian submarine Leonardo da Vinci twice and sank within 20 minutes. There were 1,346 people on board, including 499 Italian prisoners of war as well as Polish and Greek refugees. 392 people died.
17th Mar 1943	Harry Luckenbach	80	The American freighter Harry Luckenbach (6,366 GRT), part of the convoy HX 229 , was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U 91 about 400 nautical miles south-southeast of Cape Farvel . The crew was able to save themselves in the dinghies, but the lifeboats were not found by the convoy's escort ships in bad weather and due to communication errors. The entire crew of Harry Luckenbach , 54 seamen and 26 gunners and guards, perished.
27 Mar 1943	City of Guildford	129	The passenger and cargo ship City of Guildford (5,157 GRT) of the British Ellerman Lines , with ammunition and aircraft parts on the way from Alexandria to Tripoli , was sunk near Darna by the German submarine U 593 with three torpedoes. 70 crew members, eleven gunners and 48 passengers died. Only 13 people survived. They were picked up by the British destroyer escort Exmoor and brought to Benghazi .
0Apr 2, 1943	Melbourne Star	114	About 480 nautical miles southeast of Bermuda , the British motor ship Melbourne Star (11,076 GRT) of the Blue Star Line was hit by two torpedoes from the German submarine U 129 , exploded and sank within two minutes. Only four crew members survived. 72 crew members, all eleven artillerymen and all 31 passengers were killed. The survivors were only found after 38 days.
Apr 11, 1943	Edward B. Dudley	69	In the North Atlantic, about 300 nautical miles east of Newfoundland , the German submarine U 615 sank the American freighter Edward B. Dudley (7,177 GRT) with four torpedo hits. The ammunition-laden ship exploded instantly and sank within seconds. None of the 69-man crew survived.
April 19, 1943	Francesco Crispi	≈800	The British submarine Saracen sank the Italian freighter and troop transporter Francesco Crispi (7,464 GRT) about 18 nautical miles west of the island of Elba . The ship, with around 1,400 soldiers and sailors on board en route from Livorno to Bastia , was hit by two torpedoes and sank in just six minutes. Around 800 people were killed.
April 20, 1943	Sidi Bel Abbès	834	About 60 nautical miles west of Oran (Algeria) the German submarine U 565 sank the Free French troop transporter Sidi Bel Abbès (4,392 GRT). The steamer belonging to the Allied convoy UGS-7, loaded with 907 French colonial soldiers from Senegal and on its way from Casablanca to Oran, was hit by two torpedoes and sank in just eight minutes. 834 people went down with the ship. 453 survivors were rescued by British escort vehicles.
Apr 22, 1943	America	86	The Danish passenger and cargo ship Amerika (10,218 GRT), which has been sailing under the British flag for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) since 1940, was transported with passengers, cargo and mail on board south of Cape Farvel (Greenland) by the German underground Boat U 306 sunk with a torpedo. It was part of Convoy HX-234 and had members of the Canadian Air Force on board. 86 crew members, gunners and passengers died. 54 people survived and were brought ashore by a British corvette .
27./ Apr. 28, 1943	Kamakura Maru	2,205	The Japanese passenger steamer Kamakura Maru (17,526 GRT), with 176 crew members and 2,494 passengers (including around 1,000 oil workers) on board and on its way from Manila to Balikpapan , was on the night of 27./28. April 1943 sunk by the American submarine Gudgeon in the Sulu Sea , about 30 nautical miles southwest of Panay , by two torpedo hits. The ship sank in just twelve minutes. Since the ship was sailing alone, it was only missing when it did not arrive in Balikpapan as planned. Search forces did not leave until May 2 and were only able to gradually remove 28 crew members and 437 passengers from rafts over the course of the following two days. 2,205 people were killed in the sinking. The Kamakura Maru was the largest Japanese passenger ship to be sunk in World War II.
0May 1, 1943	Erinpura	942	The British troop transport Erinpura (5,143 GRT), part of the Allied convoy MW-27, which is running from Alexandria to Malta , was attacked by German Heinkel He-111 bombers of Kampfgeschwader 26 in the evening hours of May 1, about 30 nautical miles north of Benghazi sunk by a direct hit with a 250-kilogram bomb. The ship sank in just four minutes. 179 crew members, 11 gunners and 1,025 soldiers were on board, including over 700 Basotho soldiers from South Africa and 140 Jewish volunteers from Palestine. Only 273 people survived the sinking. The high number of casualties is explained by the fact that the soldiers were ordered to stay below deck at the beginning of the air raid in order to keep losses low in the event of gunfire. Due to the very rapid sinking, only a few soldiers were able to reach the upper deck again during the sinking.
0May 7-8, 1943 0	Kagero , Kuroshio and Oyashio	192	During the return from a supply march to Vila (Kolombangara), the three Japanese destroyers Kagero , Kuroshio and Oyashio (2,033 ts each) ran into a newly laid American mine barrier in Blackett Street in the evening hours of May 7th , which had only been set up about 24 hours earlier had been laid down by four US destroyers and suffered several hits one after the other. The Kuroshio sank immediately, the other two ships were badly damaged and still buoyant, but were attacked and sunk by American bombers on May 8th. A total of 192 Japanese sailors died, 91 alone on board the Oyashio . About 620 men were rescued by other Japanese destroyers.
May 14, 1943	Centaur	268	The Japanese submarine I-177 sank the unarmed, non-escorted Australian hospital ship Centaur (3,222 GRT) with a single torpedo off the coast of the Australian state of Queensland . The ship went up in flames and sank in three minutes. Of the 332 crew, doctors, and nurses, 268 were killed. The 64 survivors were rescued 36 hours later by the American destroyer Mugford and brought to Brisbane . The sinking sparked public protests, but Japan rejected the allegations made by the Australian and British governments and declined any responsibility.
June 17, 1943	Yoma	484	Northwest of Derna (Libya), the German submarine U 81 sank the British troop carrier Yoma (8,131 GRT) during the attack on the Allied convoy GTX-2 . The ship, loaded with 1,128 British and 665 Free French soldiers, was hit by two torpedoes and sank within 15 minutes. 33 crew members and 451 soldiers went down with the transporter. Around 1,480 survivors were rescued by two British minesweepers and the freighter Fort Maurepas .
0July 6, 1943	Helena	168	The American light cruiser Helena (10,000 ts) got into action in the night battle in the Kula Gulf (Solomon Islands) with a Japanese combat group consisting of ten destroyers and was hit by a total of three torpedoes within a short time at 2:00 a.m. The cruiser broke in two and sank in about 15 minutes. 168 men went down with the ship. About 900 crew members were rescued by US destroyers.
July 10, 1943	Maddox	210	The American destroyer Maddox (1,646 ts) was sunk by German Junkers Ju 87 dive bombers about 16 nautical miles off the coast near Gela during the Allied landing in Sicily . The ship was hit by a 500 kilogram bomb in the aft ammunition chamber, exploded and sank in two minutes. 210 men went down with the destroyer, only 74 survived.
July 13, 1943	Jintsu	482	During the night battle at Kolombangara , the Japanese light cruiser Jintsu (7,100 ts) was badly damaged by three Allied cruisers by 15.2 cm artillery fire and a torpedo hit and broke apart at around 11:45 p.m. 482 sailors went down with the ship. Only about 30 men survived.
July 22, 1943	Nisshin	1,085	The Japanese aircraft tender Nisshin (11,321 ts) used as a fast troop transport was attacked by American B-24 bombers and Douglas SBD dive bombers , with 630 soldiers on board and on the way from Rabaul to Buin , off the southeast coast of Bougainville . Within 14 minutes, the ship received at least six bomb hits and sank. Of 1,263 people on board (630 soldiers and 633 seafarers) 1,085 were killed. Only 178 survivors were rescued by destroyers accompanying them.
Aug 27, 1943	Egret	198	In the Bay of Biscay , around 30 nautical miles north-west of Vigo , German Do-217 fighter aircraft of Kampfgeschwader 100 from an Allied submarine hunting group consisting of four ships sank the British frigate Egret (1,200 ts). The ship was hit by a guided Henschel Hs 293 glide bomb and exploded. 198 men sank with the frigate, only 35 survivors were later rescued by the Canadian destroyer Athabaskan (which was badly damaged in this attack). The Egret was the first ship in naval history to be sunk by a guided bomb.
0Sep 9 1943	Roma	1,352	Near Capo Testa (Sardinia) German recessed Do-217 warplanes of kampfgeschwader 100 from an Italian naval unit, which was located within the capitulation of Italy en route to Malta and there should give the Allies, the Italian battleship Roma (43,624 ts). The ship was hit by two new 1,570 kilogram Fritz X guided bombs , which triggered a devastating subsequent explosion of the ammunition. The ship broke in two and sank with 1,352 sailors. 596 men were rescued by escort ships.
Sep 10 1943	Abdiel	168	The British mine cruiser Abdiel (2,650 ts), loaded with 250 soldiers from the British 1st Airborne Division , ran into two ground mines in front of the port of Taranto , which had been laid just a few hours earlier by the German speedboats S 54 and S 61 . The mines blew the cruiser in two and sank the ship in just three minutes. A total of 48 crew members and 120 soldiers were killed. About 300 men were saved.
10./ September 11 1943	Rowan	202	In front of the Allied landing head near Salerno, German speedboats sank the American destroyer Rowan (1,637 ts) during a night attack on the southern security units of the landing fleet . The ship was hit by two torpedoes, which were probably thrown from the Schnellboot S 158 and S 151 , and sank after a severe subsequent explosion of its own depth charges. 202 of the 273 crew members were killed. The survivors were rescued by the American destroyer Bristol .
Sep 20 1943	St. Croix	148	The Canadian destroyer St. Croix (1,190 ts), part of the security of the convoy ON-202, was sunk southwest of Iceland by the German submarine U 305 with two torpedo shots. The ship sank in just six minutes, dragging 148 crew members with it. 81 survivors were rescued by the British frigate Itchen the next day .
21 Sep 1943	Polyanthus	85	The British corvette Polyanthus (925 ts) was torpedoed and sunk southwest of Iceland by the German submarine U 952 in the night hours of September 21. The ship belonging to convoy ON-202 sank in four minutes. 85 men of the crew were killed, only one survived.
23 Sep 1943	Itch	227	The British frigate Itchen (1,370 ts), used as the destroyer St. Croix to secure the ON-202 convoy, was torpedoed south of Iceland by the German submarine U 666 . The torpedo hit caused a serious subsequent explosion of the depth charges and ammunition that were carried along. The frigate was completely torn to pieces and sank within seconds. 147 men of the crew and 80 castaways from the St. Croix , who had been taken on board on September 21, died in the sinking . Only three survivors, one from the St. Croix , were later rescued.
23 Sep 1943	Gaetano Donizetti	≈ 1,800	The former Italian freighter Gaetano Donizetti (2,428 GRT) sailing under the German flag , on the voyage from Rhodes to Piraeus and escorted by the German torpedo boat TA 10 , was sunk in the evening hours south of Rhodes by the British destroyer Eclipse by artillery fire. On board the freighter were 1,576 Italian military internees who had been disarmed by the Germans after the Italian surrender , and around 220 German guards and seamen. Since the escorting torpedo boat was forced to flee badly damaged and the British ship departed from the place of sinking after the sinking, none of the people on board the Gaetano Donizetti survived . An estimated 1,800 people were killed.
26-27 Sep 1943	Vasilissa Olga and Intrepid	86	During the fighting in the Dodecanese, 25 German Junkers Ju 88 bombers from Lehrgeschwader 1 attacked the port of the island of Leros in a night raid . They sank the Greek destroyer Vasilissa Olga (1,414 ts), fighting on the side of the Allies, and the British destroyer Intrepid (1,370 ts) by several bomb hits. A total of 86 seafarers were killed, 71 of them on board the Greek ship. About 280 men were able to save themselves on the bank.
Sep 30 1943	Sanct Svithun	47	Before the peninsula Stadlandet the uneskortierte Norwegian passenger ship was Sanct Svithun (1,367 GRT) of six Allied Bristol Beaufighter - fighter-bombers of the Royal Canadian Air Force attacked. Machine gun and cannon fire set the steamer on fire, which ran aground in front of Buholmen and lay burning in the surf. 35 Norwegian civilians and twelve German soldiers perished. The attack triggered violent reactions from the Norwegian population.
0Oct 6, 1943	Kharkov , Besposhchadny and Sposobny	780	In the Black Sea , southeast of the Crimean peninsula , German Junkers Ju 87 dive bombers sank the Soviet flotilla leader Kharkov (2,150 ts) and the two destroyers Besposhchadny (1,695 ts) and Sposobny (1,686 ts). The three ships had previously made an advance against the port of Yalta , which was still held by the Wehrmacht , and were attacked in several waves by the dive bombers on their return march. The Besposhchadny , hit by three 250-pound bombs, sank first, with only 41 crew members surviving. A total of 780 Soviet sailors died, only 123 survivors from all three ships were later rescued. After this disaster, Stalin forbade the use of surface ships from the destroyer upwards without his personal approval.
0Oct 8, 1943	hurricane	184	The Polish destroyer Hurricane (1,935 ts), part of the securing of the Allied convoy SC-143, was hit southwest of Iceland by the German submarine U 378 with an acoustically controlled Wren torpedo in the aft ship. A severe subsequent explosion of the depth charges stored there sank the ship in just five minutes. 177 Polish crew members and seven British technicians went down with the ship, only 44 men survived and were rescued a short time later by the British destroyer Musketeer . To date (2010) it was the sinking of a Polish warship with the greatest number of victims.
0Oct 9, 1943	Buck	150	The American destroyer Buck (1,646 ts) was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U 616 in front of the Allied landing head near Salerno (southern Italy) . The ship, at a security post south of the invasion area, was hit by two torpedoes in the afternoon and sank in just four minutes. 150 men of the crew went down with the Buck , 97 men survived.
Oct 13, 1943	Bristol	52	The American destroyer Bristol (1,646 ts) was torpedoed about 70 nautical miles northwest of Bône (Algeria) by the German submarine U 371 and broke in two. 52 crew members were killed, around 200 survived and were rescued by other US destroyers.
16- October 1943 17	Michel	263	Off the coast of Kantō , about 50 nautical miles east of Yokohama , the American submarine Tarpon sank the German auxiliary cruiser Michel (4,740 GRT) going to Yokohama . The ship, which had been operating from Japanese ports since March 1943, was hit by two or three torpedoes during the night and sank after a serious subsequent explosion of the ammunition on board. 263 sailors went down with the auxiliary cruiser. 113 survivors reached the Japanese coast after a three-day trip in lifeboats.
18th and October 19th 194319th October 1943	Sinfra	1,857	The former French freighter Sinfra (4,444 GRT) sailing under the German flag was north of Crete , only about seven nautical miles from the coast, by American B-25 Mitchell fighter planes and British Bristol Beaufighter fighter bombers in the evening hours, around 10 p.m. Clock, attacked. On board were 2,389 Italian military internees and 204 German guards and seamen, as well as ammunition and bombs. The transporter was hit by an air torpedo and a 227-kilogram bomb and caught fire. At around 2:30 a.m., almost four and a half hours after the attack, the Sinfra exploded and sank. The German security forces, who came very slowly, preferred to rescue the members of the Wehrmacht, which is why only 539 Italians, but 197 Germans, survived the fall. A total of 1,857 people were killed.
October 22-23 , 1943	Charybdis and Limbourne	506	In the English Channel , northwest of the Île de Batz , a British combat group deployed to search for the German blockade breaker Münsterland , consisting of the anti-aircraft cruiser Charybdis (5,450 ts) and eight destroyer escorts, was attacked surprisingly by five German torpedo boats that were used to secure the blockade breaker. During the night battle, the Charybdis received two torpedo hits from the torpedo boats T 27 and T 23 and sank. 464 sailors went down with the ship. The escort destroyer Limbourne (1,050 ts) was hit by a torpedo, which probably came from the torpedo boat T 22 , and had to be abandoned; 42 more men were killed on board the ship. A total of 506 British sailors died. About 200 survivors from both ships were saved.
Oct. 24, 1943	Eclipse	253	The British destroyer Eclipse (1,405 ts), during the fighting in the Dodecanese with troop reinforcements on the way to Leros , ran south of the island of Kalymnos on a German mine barrier. The ship broke apart after a boiler explosion caused by a mine hit and sank in just five minutes. 119 men of the crew and 134 embarked soldiers were killed. Only about 80 men survived.
01st / 2nd November 1943 0	Sendai	185	During the night battle in Empress Augusta Bay , the Japanese light cruiser Sendai (5,200 ts) was shot at by four American cruisers around midnight and hit by around twenty 15.2 cm shells. The ship then caught fire and was abandoned by the crew after around three and a half hours. The Sendai sank around 4:30 a.m., around 25 nautical miles southwest of Cape Moltke . 185 crew members went down with the cruiser. Around 270 men were saved.
Nov 24, 1943	Liscome Bay	644	During the American landing on the Gilbert Islands, the Japanese submarine I 175 torpedoed the American escort aircraft carrier Liscome Bay (7,800 ts) near Makin . The torpedo hit the ship's bomb depot and caused a devastating subsequent explosion that blew the entire stern off and brought the carrier to sink within a few minutes. With the Liscome Bay 644 men went down. Only 272 men could be rescued by destroyers.
Nov 26, 1943	Rohna	1,138	The British troop transport Rohna (8602 BRT), with about 2,000 sailors and US soldiers on board, was in the Mediterranean, north Bougie (Algeria), by a German Heinkel He-177 - bombers of Battle Squadron 40 with the remote missile Henschel Hs 293 sunk. 1,015 American soldiers and 123 crew members perished in the transporter belonging to convoy KMF-26. The accompanying minesweeper Pioneer was able to save 606 survivors from the water. Seven empty landing craft did not take part in the rescue, so there was a court martial later.
0Dec 2, 1943	John Harvey	≈200	During a German air raid by 105 Junkers Ju 88 bombers on the port of Bari (southern Italy), which at that time had already been conquered by the Allies, the American freighter John Harvey (7,176 GRT), loaded with ammunition, exploded after a bomb hit. There were also around 100 tons of M47A1 mustard gas bombs on board (weighing 45.5 kilograms each). The devastating explosion not only destroyed or damaged 23 other ships, but the highly toxic substance was also distributed in the port area. The John Harvey explosion killed around 200 people (83 of whom died indirectly in the days and weeks that followed after coming into contact with the warfare agent), and over 550 people suffered chemical burns or became blind.
0Dec. 4, 1943	Chūyō	1,270	About 180 nautical miles east of Hachijō-jima, the US submarine Sailfish from a Japanese naval unit running from Truk to Yokosuka sank the escort aircraft carrier Chūyō (17,800 ts), which was loaded with about 800 passengers, soldiers and prisoners of war, by a total of four or five torpedo hits, which in three attacks over a period of nearly nine hours. The Chūyō finally sank after the last attack within just six minutes and tore 513 crew members and 757 passengers and prisoners of war with the depths. Among the dead were 20 captured crew members of the American submarine Sculpin , which was sunk by the Japanese near Truk on November 19, 1943. Only 161 survivors were rescued by escort ships.
December 12/13 , 1943	Holcombe , Tynedale and U 593	157	Northwest of Bougie (Algeria), the German submarine U 593 attacked the Allied convoy KMS-34, but was pushed away by parts of the security and chased. During the pursuit, U 593 succeeded in successively sinking the British destroyer escorts Holcombe (1,037 ts) and Tynedale (1,000 ts) using acoustically controlled Wren torpedoes, whereby a total of 157 British seamen were killed (84 on board Holcombe and 73 on board from Tynedale ). Around 160 survivors from both ships are rescued by Allied security vehicles. The submarine itself had to surface after 32 hours of persecution and was eventually sunk by the American destroyer Wainwright and the British destroyer escort Calpe . The entire crew of U 593 (51 men) was able to leave the submarine in time and was saved by the Allies.
Dec 26, 1943	Scharnhorst	1.932	During an operation against the allied Northern Sea Convoy JW 55B ( Company Eastern Front ), the German battleship Scharnhorst (35,540 ts) got into a battle with several British ships, including the battleship Duke of York , the heavy cruiser Norfolk and two light cruisers. One of the first hits destroyed the front radio measuring device of the German ship, which was without effective fire control due to the prevailing polar night. After nearly ten hours of fighting, the battleship, which had been hit by thirteen 35.6 cm shells, 15 torpedoes, and numerous light and medium shells, sank at around 7.45 p.m. 1,932 men of the crew went down with the ship. Only 32 survivors could be saved by the British.
Dec 28, 1943	Z 27 , M 25 and M 26	401	In the Bay of Biscay , about 280 nautical miles west of southern France, the two British light cruisers Enterprise and Glasgow sink the German destroyer Z 27 (2,543 ts) and the two torpedo boats T 25 and T 26 (each 1,294 ts) in artillery combat. All three ships belonged to an association consisting of a total of five destroyers and six torpedo boats, which should have picked up the German blockade breaker Alsterufer coming from Asia and brought it to the Gironde ( company Trave ). A total of 401 German sailors, including 220 on board the destroyer, were killed. 293 survivors were rescued from the British cruisers or from Spanish and Irish ships as well as from German submarines.

1944

date	Surname	Victim	description
Jan. 23, 1944	Janus	162	During the Allied landing near Anzio (Central Italy), German Heinkel He 111 torpedo bombers sank the British destroyer Janus (1,690 ts) lying in front of the landing head using an air torpedo. The ship broke in two and sank with 162 crew members on board. Only about 80 survivors were rescued by two other British destroyers.
0Feb 8, 1944	Petrella	≈2,670	The steamer Petrella (4,785 GRT), which is in German service, transported 3,173 Italian prisoners of war when it was torpedoed and sunk near Crete by the British submarine Sportsman . At the time of the attack, the ship was clearly marked as a prisoner transporter and had the identifiers POW ( prisoners of war ) on the sides of the hull. An estimated 2,670 prisoners were killed. The high casualties were also due to the fact that the German guards did not release some of the imprisoned Italians and even shot them.
Feb 12, 1944	Khedive Ismail and I 27	1,396	The British troop transporter Khedive Ismail (7,290 GRT) belonging to the convoy KR-8 was torpedoed and sunk in the Indian Ocean , near the Maldives , by the Japanese submarine I 27 . Of the 1,511 people on board, only 208 men and six women survived and 1,297 people were killed. Some of the victims were killed by depth charges from the escort ships, as the escort guards suspected the submarine to be underneath the shipwrecked people floating in the water and still launched attacks with depth charges without any consideration. I 27 was eventually forced to surface and sunk by the British destroyer Petard . Of the 100 men in the crew, only one survived.
Feb 13, 1944	Irma	61	The Norwegian Hurtigruten passenger steamer Irma (1,322 GRT) was sunk by two torpedo hits and massive machine gun fire in the bay of Hustadvika at the gates of Kristiansund . 61 Norwegian civilians died. The blame was initially placed on the Royal Navy . Only after the end of the war it became known that the Irma had been attacked by two motor torpedo boats of the Norwegian Navy .
Feb. 17, 1944	Naka	240	The Japanese light cruiser Naka (5,113 ts), which should have come to the aid of the damaged light cruiser Agano , was surprised by a US attack on the atoll ( Operation Hailstone ) about 35 nautical miles northwest of the Truk Atoll and by aircraft of the American aircraft carriers Bunker Hill and Cowpens attacked. The cruiser sank after an air torpedo and a bomb hit. 240 sailors went down with the ship, around 210 survived.
17./18. February 1944	Agano and Oite	898	The Japanese light cruiser Agano (6,652 ts), secured by two escort ships, was torpedoed and badly damaged twice by the American submarine Skate about 160 nautical miles north of the Truk Atoll in the afternoon of February 16, 1944 . The ship finally sank in the morning hours of February 17th. The destroyer Oite (1,400 ts) accompanying the cruiser was able to take a total of 523 survivors on board and ran off towards Truk. 203 men of the cruiser crew were killed in the submarine attack. Shortly before the destroyer was able to land the castaways on Truk, it got caught in a US attack on Truk ( Operation Hailstone ) on February 18 and was hit by an air torpedo from a Grumman TBF torpedo bomber . The destroyer broke up and sank with all 523 survivors of the Agano and 172 crew members on board. A total of 898 Japanese sailors died when the two ships went down. Only 20 men of the destroyer crew later reached the coast of Truk.
Feb. 18, 1944	Penelope	415	Off the Italian west coast, about 35 nautical miles west of Naples , the German submarine U 410 sank the British light cruiser Penelope (5,220 ts), which was heading towards the Allied landing head at Anzio , by two torpedo hits. A devastating ammunition explosion caused the cruiser to sink within about ten minutes. 415 sailors sank with the ship, 206 men were rescued by escort ships.
Feb 25, 1944	Mahratta	220	In the North Sea, about 280 nautical miles north of the North Cape , the German submarine U 990 sank the British destroyer Mahratta (1,920 ts) belonging to the Allied North Sea Convoy JW 57 using an acoustically controlled Wren torpedo. The destroyer exploded and sank in just two minutes. 220 men of the crew went down with the ship or drowned. Only 16 survivors are later rescued by the British destroyer Impulsive .
01st Mar 1944	Gould and U 358	173	North-northeast of the Azores , on February 28, 1944, a British submarine group consisting of four frigates discovered the German submarine U 358 . During a 38 hour pursuit, the submarine managed to torpedo and sink the British frigate Gould (1,192 ts) on March 1 , killing 123 sailors (and only surviving 14 crew members). Ultimately, however , U 358 was forced to surface by the British frigate Affleck and sunk by gunfire, killing 50 German seamen. Only one man from the submarine crew was saved.
09 Mar 1944	Leopold	171	South of Iceland, the German submarine U 255 sank the American destroyer escort Leopold (1,253 ts) belonging to convoy CU-16 using an acoustically controlled Wren torpedo. The torpedo hit caused a severe subsequent explosion of the depth charges, which sank the ship within five minutes. 171 Leopold men were killed in the process, only 28 survivors were later rescued by the destroyer escort Joyce .
13 Mar 1944	Peleus	32	In the mid-Atlantic, about 500 nautical miles north of Ascension , the German submarine U 852 sank the single-moving Greek freighter Peleus (4,695 GRT) by two torpedo hits. After the ship's sinking, the commander of the submarine had debris and life rafts fired at with machine guns and flak to remove traces of the sinking. The death of castaways was accepted with approval. Overall, only three of the 35 crew members of the Peleus survived the sinking. It was the only case in World War II that castaways were shot at and killed from a German submarine. After the end of the war, the U-boat commander and two other crew members of U 852 were sentenced to death by a British military tribunal ( Eck trial ) and executed in November 1945.
16. Mar. 1944	El Madina	380	The Indian troop carrier El Madina (3,962 GRT), part of the HC-44 convoy running from Calcutta to Colombo and with a 32-man crew and 1,161 Indian and African soldiers on board, was torpedoed in the Bay of Bengal by the Japanese submarine RO 111 sunk. The ship broke in two and sank in just four minutes. 380 sailors and soldiers went down with the transporter, 813 survivors are later rescued by the Norwegian freighter Lovstad .
30th Mar 1944	Laforey and U 223	212	A British submarine group consisting of five destroyers discovered the German submarine U 223 on March 29 north of Palermo . After a 16 hour pursuit with depth charges, U 223 was forced to surface in the early morning hours of March 30th. Before the approaching destroyers could sink the submarine, U 223 fired an acoustically controlled Wren torpedo, which hit the British destroyer Laforey (1,920 ts) and caused it to sink within ten minutes. 189 crew members went down with the destroyer. Only 65 members of the destroyer crew were rescued. A total of 23 seamen died on board U 223 , 27 men survived and were rescued by the four remaining British ships.
Apr 20, 1944	Paul Hamilton	580	The American troop transport and ammunition freighter Paul Hamilton (7,176 GRT), part of the Allied convoy UGS-38 and with 504 soldiers, 29 gunners and a crew of 47 on board, was attacked by German Junkers-Ju-88 torpedo bombers about 30 nautical miles northeast of Algiers and hit by an air torpedo. The hit caused a devastating explosion of ammunition that tore the ship apart and sank in seconds. Of the 580 people on board, none survived. Only one body was later recovered by escort ships.
27./ Apr. 28, 1944	LST 507 and LST 531	639	An allied landing maneuver in Lyme Bay ( Exercise Tiger ) held in preparation for D-Day was carried out on the night of May 27-28. April Target of an attack by nine German speedboats. They sank the two American landing ships LST 507 and LST 531 (1,625 ts each), each loaded with around 700 soldiers, with torpedo shots. The landing ship LST 289 was also badly damaged by a torpedo, but was able to reach the coast. Many soldiers jumped overboard and drowned as they were dragged underwater by their equipment. A total of 441 American soldiers and 198 members of the United States Navy died .
April 28-29 , 1944	Athabaskan and T 27	140	During a relocation march from Saint-Malo to Brest, the two German torpedo boats T 24 and T 27 met the two Canadian destroyers Athabaskan and Haida off Saint-Brieuc . In a confused night battle, the Athabaskan (1,927 ts) was first hit by two torpedoes from T 24 , exploded and sank with 129 men on board. 83 sailors survived and were later rescued. In return, the Canadians set fire to the torpedo boat T 27 (1,294 ts), which had to be set aground on the coast and was lost there. Eleven sailors died on board T 27 and around 190 men saved themselves on the shore.
0May 7, 1944	Valleyfield	125	The Canadian frigate Valleyfield (1,445 ts), used to secure the ONM-234 convoy, was sunk by the German submarine U 548 by a torpedo hit about 50 nautical miles east of Cape Race . The ship broke in two and sank in just four minutes. 125 sailors went down with the frigate, only 38 men survived.
May 29, 1944	Block Island	6th	In the mid-Atlantic, near the Canary Islands , the German submarine U 549 sank the American escort carrier Block Island (7,800 ts) with three torpedo hits. The ship sank slowly, which is why almost the entire crew could be saved; only six men were killed. The Block Island was the only American aircraft carrier lost in the Atlantic and also the only one caused by a German submarine.
0June 1, 1944	Herring	84	Off the island of Matua ( Kuril Islands ), about a nautical mile off the coast, the American submarine Herring (1,525 ts) was hit by Japanese coastal batteries and sunk by at least two direct 14 cm hits. The entire crew of 84 men was killed. It was supposedly the only sinking of a submarine by coastal guns in the history of naval warfare.
0June 9, 1944	Tanais	≈520	North of Crete, about 30 nautical miles northeast of Heraklion , the British submarine Vivid sank the German freighter Tanais (1,545 GRT) with two torpedo hits. 263 Jews from Crete who should have been deported by the Germans to the mainland, as well as around 230 Italian prisoners of war and 26 German crew members perished on the ship. An estimated 520 people were killed. It was unclear whether there were survivors.
June 13, 1944	Boadicea	174	The British destroyer Boadicea (1,360 ts), deployed to protect the Allied invasion forces off the Normandy coast, was attacked by German Do-217 fighter planes with Henschel-Hs-293 glide bombs about twelve nautical miles southwest of the Portland Bill Lighthouse and sank after two direct hits. 174 sailors went down with the ship. Only twelve men survived.
June 19, 1944	Taiho and Shōkaku	1.932	During the battle in the Philippine Sea , the Japanese aircraft carrier Taiho (29,770 ts), at the time of the battle the most modern carrier in the Japanese Navy, was torpedoed by the US submarine Albacore at around 8:10 a.m. The torpedo hit did not cause any serious damage, but gasoline leaked unnoticed from a damaged fuel tank and caused a highly explosive gas mixture to accumulate in the lower hold. Less than seven hours later, the gasoline fumes exploded, devastating the Taiho completely. The porter had to be abandoned and sank around 4.30 p.m. 660 men went down with the ship, around 1,100 seamen were rescued. During the same battle, the US submarine Cavalla attacked the Japanese aircraft carrier Shōkaku (25,675 ts) and hit it with three torpedoes at around 11:20 a.m. For almost 50 minutes, the crew of the Shōkaku fought against the water ingress and the fires raging inside, then a bomb dump exploded, which in turn caused an additional strong fuel fire. Before the crew could leave the burning carrier, the Shōkaku suddenly sank very quickly over the bow and dragged 1,272 sailors into the depths. Only 570 survivors were rescued from the light cruiser Yahagi and two destroyers.
June 20, 1944	Hiyō	247	During the Battle of the Philippine Sea , the Japanese aircraft carrier Hiyō (26,949 ts) was attacked by aircraft from the American carriers Enterprise and Belleau Wood and hit by two bombs and an air torpedo, causing heavy fires on board. Less than two hours after the attack, a subsequent explosion of the company's own ammunition destroyed the ship, which had to be abandoned and sank. 247 crew members were killed, around 1,000 survivors were rescued from accompanying destroyers.
June 24, 1944	Derrycunihy	214	The British troop transport Derrycunihy (7,176 GRT), loaded with around 600 soldiers, ammunition and vehicles, ran into a German acoustically detonated sea mine in front of the Allied landing sections in Normandy , about halfway between Juno Beach and Sword Beach two parts blew up and sunk. Burning fuel and exploding ammunition also caused heavy casualties among the soldiers on board. A total of 189 soldiers and 25 crew members were killed and around 150 men were wounded.
June 25, 1944	Tango Maru and Ryusei Maru	≈8,000	The American submarine Rasher attacked a Japanese convoy near Lombok ( Indonesia ) and first sank the freighter Tango Maru (6,200 GRT) with 3,500 forced laborers and prisoners of war on board, and later also the troop transport Ryusei Maru , which carried 6,600 soldiers. Around 3,000 people died on board the Tango Maru ; 4,998 soldiers and crew members perished with the Ryusei Maru .
June 29, 1944	HG Blasdel	76	About 30 nautical miles south of the Isle of Wight, the German submarine U 984 torpedoed the American transporter HG Blasdel (7,176 GRT) belonging to convoy ECM-17 . The ship, loaded with tanks, trucks and 436 soldiers, was badly damaged and broke up almost six hours later. The majority of the total of 508 people on board (436 soldiers and 72 crew members) were rescued by landing ships, but 76 soldiers died as a result of the torpedoing.
June 29, 1944	Toyama Maru	≈5,600	On the Japanese troop transport Toyama Maru (7,089 GRT) were 6,000 soldiers of an infantry brigade who were to be brought from Kyushu (Japan) to Okinawa when it was torpedoed by the American submarine Sturgeon . About 5,600 soldiers were killed, drowned or burned by the torpedo explosions when the cargo of petrol barrels also on board caught fire.
0July 2, 1944	Jean Nicolet	77	Southwest of India, near the Chagos Archipelago , the Japanese submarine I 8 sank the American freighter Jean Nicolet (7,176 GRT) by torpedo hits. The 100-strong crew was then brought on board the submarine, where the Japanese murdered 77 castaways with bayonets and pistol shots. After two hours, the submarine dived, leaving crew members of the Jean Nicolet who were still alive and who were recovered a few hours later by an Indian ship. The commander of submarine I 8 committed suicide in 1945.
July 20, 1944	Isis	155	The British destroyer Isis (1,370 ts) was torpedoed by German negro- type micro-submarines off the coast of Normandy, about five nautical miles northeast of the Juno Beach section , broke apart and sank within a few minutes. 155 men of the crew went down with the ship. Only 44 men survived and were rescued by a British minesweeper and US coast guard vessels.
July 20, 1944	Vital de Oliveira	100	Off the southeast coast of Brazil, about 25 nautical miles south of São Sebastião , the German submarine U 861 sank the Brazilian troop transport Vital de Oliveira (1,737 GRT) by a torpedo hit. The ship sank in just six minutes. 100 soldiers and sailors were killed, 175 survivors were rescued by the Brazilian submarine hunter Javarí and a fishing boat.
0Aug 3, 1944	Koshu Maru	1,540	The Japanese transporter Koshu Maru (2,295 GRT) transported 1,513 Indonesian slave laborers , armaments and 540 other passengers to Makassar on Celebes when it was torpedoed and sunk by the American submarine Ray in the strait between Borneo and Celebes . When the ship went down, 273 passengers, 28 crew members and 1,239 workers died.
0Aug 5, 1944	Mefkure	305	The Turkish motor sailor Mefkure (52 GRT) was shot at by the Soviet submarine ShCh-215 with the deck gun in the Black Sea, about 25 nautical miles northeast of Igneada , and sunk within 30 minutes. On board the small ship were, in addition to six Turkish sailors, 310 Jewish refugees who wanted to flee from Constan nacha in Romania to Istanbul to avoid the Holocaust . 305 people died in the bombardment and sinking; only eleven survivors were rescued the next day by the Turkish motor sailer Bulbul , which was also loaded with Jewish refugees and sailing to Istanbul .
Aug 12, 1944	Marina Raskowa , T 114 and T 118	373	The Soviet small convoy BD-5, running from Archangelsk to Port Dikson , was attacked in the Kara Sea , near the island of Bely , by the German submarine U 365 , which within five hours both the freighter Marina Raskowa (5,685 GRT) and the two Soviet minesweepers T 114 (625 ts) and T 118 (625 ts) used for security sank by a total of seven torpedo shots. 373 people went down with the three ships. 259 survivors were rescued the next day by a minesweeper and Soviet MBR-2 sea ​​emergency flying boats.
Aug 21, 1944	Kite	217	In the Barents Sea, the German submarine U 344 sank the British sloop kite (1,350 ts) belonging to the allied convoy JW 59 by two hits with new so -called surface search torpedoes (FAT). The ship broke in two and sank within minutes. 212 men went down with the ship or drowned. Only 14 men were rescued by the British destroyer Keppel about 40 minutes after the sinking ; of these, however, five died later on board the destroyer, so that of a total of 226 crew members, 217 were killed.
22 Aug 1944	Tsushima Maru	1,529	The Japanese freighter Tsushima Maru (6,754 GRT), part of the convoy NAMO-103, was supposed to bring 1,788 Japanese civilians, including many school children with their teachers, from Okinawa to Kagoshima , but was shortly after departure near Akuseki-jima by the American underground Boat Bowfin torpedoed and sunk. 1,529 passengers and crew members died, of the 741 children on board only 59 survived. The survivors were only rescued by coastal vessels after three days.
08 Sep 1944	Empire Heritage	112	The British tanker Empire Heritage (15,702 GRT), part of the Allied convoy HX-305, was torpedoed twice by the German submarine U 482 about 25 nautical miles west-northwest of Malin Head . The ship capsized and sank within 17 minutes, killing 112 people. Only 51 survivors were later rescued by the British anti-submarine trawler Northern Wave .
0Sep 9 1944	San Marco	≈150	The Italian passenger and coastal steamer San Marco (276 GRT) fell victim to a German air raid in the northern Adriatic between Savudrija (Croatia) and Piran (Slovenia). About 150 civilian passengers and crew members, including many women and children, were killed.
Sep 12 1944	Rakuyo Maru	1,018	The Japanese cargo and passenger ship Rakuyo Maru (9,500 GRT) was supposed to bring 1,318 mainly British and Australian prisoners of war, who had survived the construction of the “ Death Railway ” between Burma and Thailand , from Singapore to Japan. The convoy was attacked by American submarines south of Taiwan . The Sealion sank the Rakuyo Maru . Almost all prisoners were able to escape from the ship, but the Japanese escort ships only took 157 castaways on board and left the others to their fate. 159 men, seven of whom died after being rescued, are rescued by American submarines, 1,009 prisoners of war and nine Japanese crew members died.
17 Sep 1944	Un'yō	≈240	The Japanese escort aircraft carrier Un'yō (17,830 ts), on the way from Singapore to Fukuoka and part of the escort of convoy HI-74, was hit by two torpedoes from the American submarine Barb in the night hours southeast of Hong Kong and badly damaged. There were around 800 crew members and around 200 shipyard workers and passengers on board. The crew fought the water ingress for seven hours, then the ship sank in the morning hours. Around 240 sailors and passengers went down with the carrier. 761 men were rescued by escort ships.
Sep 18 1944	Jun'yō Maru	≈5,620	The Japanese freighter Jun'yō Maru (5,065 GRT), with 4,200 Indonesian forced laborers and 1,449 Allied prisoners of war (including 1,377 Dutch) as well as around 700 Japanese soldiers and seamen on board and on the way from Batavia ( Java ) to Padang ( Sumatra ), was torpedoed by the British submarine Tradewind shortly before its arrival . The ship sank about 18 nautical miles southwest of Mukomuko (Sumatra). About 5,620 people died in the sinking. 723 survivors were rescued by two Japanese escort ships. This was the most casualty sinking of a ship during the entire Pacific War.
22 Sep 1944	Hofuku Maru	1,047	The Japanese transporter Hofuku Maru (5,825 GRT) with 1,289 British and Dutch prisoners of war on board was part of the MATA-27 convoy from Manila to Japan, which was attacked by American fighter planes off the coast of Luzon . 40 machines attacked the Hofuku Maru and sank the ship, killing 1,047 of the prisoners.
22 Sep 1944	Moero	655	During the evacuation of Reval by the German Wehrmacht , the German freighter Moero (5,272 GRT) loaded with 1,273 refugees, soldiers and wounded was attacked by Soviet Douglas A-20 bombers near Windau and sunk by an air torpedo. 655 people went down with the ship. 618 survivors were rescued by minesweepers.
27 Sep 1944	Ural Maru	≈2,000	The Japanese freighter Ural Maru (6,374 GRT), part of the MIMA-11 convoy running from Miri ( Borneo ) to Manila and with an (estimated) 6,000 people on board (including Japanese wounded, nurses and so-called comfort women ), was transported west of Luzon by the American submarine flasher sunk by two torpedo shots. The ship was not marked as a transport for wounded. The death toll was not entirely certain, but it was estimated that around 2,000 people were killed in the sinking. Around 4,000 survivors are said to have been rescued by Japanese escort ships.
Oct 23, 1944	Atago and Maya	695	In the Palawan Strait (Philippines) the US submarine Darter sank the Japanese heavy cruiser Atago (13,140 ts) with four torpedo hits. The ship, part of the Japanese naval forces participating in the Leyte battle , sank within 20 minutes. 359 sailors were killed, 529 men were rescued from Japanese destroyers. The US submarine Dace also sank the heavy cruiser Maya (13,140 ts) with four torpedo hits . The ship capsized and sank in just eight minutes. 336 sailors went down with the ship. About 770 men were rescued by the destroyer Akishimo .
Oct. 24, 1944	Arisan Maru	≈1,890	The Japanese transporter Arisan Maru (6,886 GRT), on the way from Manila to Japan, had almost 1,800 American prisoners of war and around 100 Filipino civilian internees on board when it was torpedoed and sunk three times by the American submarine Snook about 200 nautical miles northwest of Luzon has been. Since the escort ships only rescued the Japanese crew, only eight or nine prisoners of war survived. An estimated 1,890 people died.
Oct. 24, 1944	Musashi	1,023	During the sea ​​and air battle in the Leyte Gulf , the Japanese battleship Musashi (69,646 ts) was attacked in several waves and sunk in the Sibuyan Sea by over 250 American carrier aircraft from Task Force 38 . The attacks dragged on for almost six hours. After at least 19 air torpedo and 17 bomb hits, the ship capsized in the evening hours and sank. Of the 2,399 crew members, 1,023 were killed. The survivors were rescued by Japanese destroyers.
Oct. 24, 1944	Princeton	193	The American aircraft carrier Princeton (11,000 ts) was hit by a Japanese aircraft with a 250-kilogram bomb during the sea ​​and air battle in the Gulf of Leyte about 100 nautical miles northeast of Luzon and caught fire. Less than six hours later, a devastating subsequent explosion of ammunition and fuel devastated the ship, which sank shortly afterwards. The explosion also caused severe damage to the American light cruiser Birmingham, which lay alongside for aid . A total of 108 sailors died on board the Princeton and 85 on board the cruiser. 1,361 men of the porter crew were rescued.
Oct 25, 1944	Gambier Bay , St. Lo and Hoel	509	During the sea ​​and air battle in the Gulf of Leyte, Japanese battleships and cruisers sink the US escort carrier Gambier Bay (7,800 ts) and the destroyer Hoel (2,050 ts) off Samar . The Gambier Bay was hit by numerous 8 "and 16" shells and sank about 90 minutes after the battle began. 130 sailors went down with the ship and around 800 men were rescued. The Hoel sank after about 40 artillery hits at around 8:55 a.m. 253 men went down with the ship. Only 86 sailors survived. The US escort carrier St. Lo (7,800 ts) was sunk by a kamikaze bomber off Samar . The aircraft hit the stern, whereupon a strong fire broke out there that could no longer be extinguished. A serious subsequent explosion of the fuel and its own ammunition devastated the carrier a short time later. About 30 minutes after the hit, the St. Lo sank . 126 men of the crew were killed. Around 800 sailors were picked up from accompanying ships.
Oct 25, 1944	Chiyoda , Zuikaku and Chitose	≈2,547	The Japanese aircraft carriers Chiyoda (11,200 ts), Zuikaku (25,675 ts) and Chitose (11,200 ts) were attacked by US carrier aircraft during the air and sea battle near Cape Engano . The Chiyoda was hit by four 454-kilogram bombs. The ship remained incapable of maneuvering and was, as the other Japanese ships withdrew after unsuccessful attempts at towing, sighted by a US combat group consisting of four cruisers and nine destroyers and sunk by artillery fire. Since no one had previously been removed, the entire crew went down with the porter; an estimated 800 seafarers were killed. The Zuikaku was hit by seven air torpedoes and nine bombs. The ship sank in about 30 minutes. 843 crew members went down with the porter. 862 men were rescued by Japanese destroyers. The Chitose suffered three hits from air torpedoes. About an hour after the attack, the porter capsized and sank. 904 crew members went down with the Chitose . 601 survivors were recovered from the light cruiser Isuzu and a destroyer.
Oct 25, 1944	Fusō and Yamashiro	≈3,036	During the naval battle in the Strait of Surigao, American speedboats and destroyers sank the Japanese battleship Fuso (34,700 ts) in a night attack with three or four torpedo hits . The ship capsized in the early hours of the morning and sank with the entire crew of around 1,400 men. It was not known whether crew members survived. The Fuso was thus presumably the largest warship that was lost with its entire crew in World War II. The Yamashiro (34,700 ts), the sister ship of the Fusō , was sunk by American naval forces, including six battleships, in a night battle by numerous 35.6-cm and 40.6-cm artillery hits and at least two torpedo hits. 1,636 sailors went under with the Yamashiro . Only ten men survived.
Oct. 31, 1944	Bremerhaven	376	The German hospital ship Bremerhaven (5,355 GRT), with 1,671 wounded, 680 refugees, 711 soldiers and workers and 109 crew members (including 42 members of the medical staff) on board on the way from Windau to Gotenhafen , was in the Danzig Bay by five Soviet aircraft attacked. The ship was hit by an air torpedo and two bombs and caught fire. Less than ten hours after the attack, the ship capsized and sank. Of the 3,171 people on board, 2,795 were rescued by approaching tugs and harbor boats, but 376 wounded were killed.
0Nov 5, 1944	Nachi	881	In Manila Bay , south of Corregidor , around 70 aircraft belonging to the American aircraft carriers Lexington and Ticonderoga sank the Japanese heavy cruiser Nachi (10,000 ts). The ship was hit by seven or eight air torpedoes, 20 bombs and numerous missiles, and was torn into several parts by several serious subsequent explosions. 881 crew members and staff members of the Japanese 5th Fleet went down with the cruiser. Only about 220 men survived.
Nov 12, 1944	Tirpitz	1,204	The German battleship Tirpitz (45,474 ts) sank about three nautical miles off Tromsø on the Norwegian coast after a British bomber attack. The ship was attacked by Avro Lancaster bombers with tallboy bombs weighing around 5,400 kilograms and received at least two direct hits and two near hits, which capsized the Tirpitz . 1,204 men of the crew were killed; 890 men could be rescued, some were cut out of the hull of the capsized wreck with welding equipment in days of work.
Nov 21, 1944	Congo	1,250	In the Taiwan Strait , the American sunken submarine Sealion from a Japanese naval unit, the battleship Kongo (32,600 ts). The battleship received two torpedo hits and capsized about four hours after the hits. 1,250 sailors went down with the ship, only 237 survived. It was the only sinking of a Japanese battleship on the open sea by a submarine.
Nov 24, 1944	Hansa	84	The unarmed small Swedish passenger ship Hansa (563 GRT) was attacked and sunk by the Soviet submarine L-21 off the island of Gotland without warning . The detonation of the torpedo was so violent that it tore the bow from the rest of the ship and brought the Hansa to sink within a few minutes. Only two people survived.
Nov 27, 1944	Rigel	2,571	The former Norwegian freighter Rigel (3,828 GRT) sailing under the German flag, traveling in a convoy and en route from Bodø to Trondheim , was attacked north of Namsos, near Mosjøen , by Fairey Barracuda bombers from the British aircraft carrier Implacable . On board the ship were 2,248 Soviet prisoners of war, 103 Norwegian and German prisoners (deserted Wehrmacht soldiers), 29 crew members and 458 members of the Wehrmacht. After several bomb hits, the freighter caught fire and stranded on the rocky coast. Many shipwrecked people were shot at with weapons from the aircraft while floating in the water, increasing the number of victims. Of a total of 2,838 people on board, 2,571 were ultimately killed. Only 267 survivors reached the bank.
Nov 29, 1944	Shinano	1,435	The Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano (64,800 ts), at that time the largest aircraft carrier in the world, was torpedoed four times by the American submarine Archerfish about 180 nautical miles southeast of Cape Muroto . The ship, which was still in the equipment phase and was just taking a test drive, finally sank seven hours after the torpedoing because the inexperienced crew was unable to contain the water ingress. 1,435 sailors died in the sinking. 1,080 men (including 32 civilian shipyard workers) were rescued from Japanese destroyers. The Shinano was the largest warship to be sunk by a submarine during World War II.
0December 3, 1944	cooper	191	The American destroyer Cooper (2,610 ts) was torpedoed by the Japanese destroyer Kuwa during a battle in Ormoc Bay and sank after a violent explosion of its own ammunition. 191 men went down with the ship, around 140 seamen were rescued.
Dec 12, 1944	Z 35 and 36	550	During a mine-laying operation in the Gulf of Finland ( Operation Nil ), the two German destroyers Z 35 and Z 36 (2,519 ts each) to the northeast of Reval ran into their own "Rhino" mine barrier and sank after several mine hits and subsequent explosions of their own mine loads. Most of the survivors died within a few minutes in the ice-cold water. Only 67 sailors from Z 35 were later rescued from German ships or Soviet submarines. 550 men, including the entire crew of the destroyer Z 36 , were killed.
December 15/16 , 1944	Oryoku Maru	≈330	The Japanese passenger steamer Oryoku Maru (7,363 GRT), loaded with 1,619 American prisoners of war and on its way from Manila to Japan, was attacked by aircraft of the US aircraft carrier Hornet off Olongapo and set aground after bomb damage on the coast to sink avoid. The stranded transporter was attacked by planes for two days and fired at with on-board weapons before the prisoners, who had died of thirst, were allowed to the beach by the Japanese. A total of 286 prisoners of war and around 45 Japanese soldiers and seamen were killed.
Dec 19, 1944	Unryu	1,241	The Japanese aircraft carrier Unryū (17,150 ts), used as a replenishment and aircraft transporter and on the journey from Kure to Manila, was torpedoed twice by the American submarine Redfish in the afternoon of December 19 in the East China Sea . One of the torpedoes hit a section in the foredeck in which 30 Ohka Kamikaze flying bombs had been stored. The resulting explosion caused the ship to sink in just seven minutes. 1,241 men of the crew went down with the Unryū , only 147 seamen could be rescued from the securing destroyer Shigure . The Unryū was the last Japanese aircraft carrier to be sunk in the open sea during World War II.
December 24, 1944	Léopoldville	819	In front of the port of Cherbourg on Christmas Eve, the German submarine U 486 torpedoed the Belgian troop transporter Léopoldville (11,509 GRT) in British service . The ship, loaded with over 2,200 American soldiers, was hit shortly before 6 p.m. and sank just under three hours after the torpedo hit. Since the Belgian and Congolese crew rushed to storm the dinghies in the first few minutes after the torpedoing and the GIs received no precise orders from the Belgian captain or their superiors and were not informed of the impending sinking, many soldiers stayed until on board at the time of the sinking and sank with the ship. In the dark, rescue workers who had left Cherbourg could only slowly pick up the numerous shipwrecked people floating in the water. A total of 802 American soldiers and 17 crew members died.

1945

date	Surname	Victim	description
0Jan. 4, 1945	Ommaney Bay	95	In the Sulu Sea , the American escort carrier Ommaney Bay (7,800 ts) was hit by a Kamikaze aircraft and a 250-kilogram bomb during a Japanese air raid , which triggered powerful explosions of the aviation fuel on board. The burning carrier had to be abandoned and was sunk in the evening by a torpedo shot by the US destroyer Burns . A total of 93 seafarers died on board the carrier and two crew members of a destroyer escort temporarily lying alongside the carrier who were hit by flying debris.
0Jan. 9, 1945	Hisagawa Maru	> 2,300	The Japanese convoy Mo-Ta-30 from Moji ( Kyūshū ) to Takao ( Formosa ) was attacked on January 8 in the Formosa Strait by the US submarines Barb , Picuda and Queenfish and suffered heavy losses. Most of the remaining ships were sunk by Task Force 38 aircraft the next day . In the sinking of the troop transport Hisagawa Maru alone , around 2,300 men died.
Jan. 30, 1945	Wilhelm Gustloff	> 9,300	The German former KdF passenger ship Wilhelm Gustloff (25,484 GRT), loaded with (presumably) well over 10,580 people, including 8,800 refugees from the German eastern regions and 1,500 soldiers, was taken from the Soviet submarine S-13 in the Baltic Sea near Stolpmünde , sunk with three torpedo hits. The ship sank in less than an hour. Smaller German warships hurrying up could only rescue around 1,240 people. An estimated 9,340 people were killed. The sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff was until today (2020) the most lossy ship sinking in world history related to a single ship.
0Feb 9, 1945	U 864	73	Off the Norwegian south coast, about five nautical miles west of Fedje , the British submarine Venturer sank the German submarine U 864 by a torpedo hit. 70 crew members and three scientists who were on board went down with the German boat. U 864 had blueprints for the Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter and around 61 tons of mercury on board that were to be brought to Japan. It was noteworthy that both boats were submerged at the time of the attack; to date, this is the only case in naval war history that a submerged submarine could sink another submerged submarine. The mercury cargo from U 864 poses a serious environmental threat today, which is why the Norwegian government is pursuing plans to either lift the wreck or to have it sealed under a layer of stone and concrete.
Feb 10, 1945	Steuben	≈3,500	The German passenger steamer Steuben (13,325 GRT) used as a transporter for refugees and wounded , loaded with around 2,800 wounded, 900 refugees and around 400 crew members and hospital staff, was sunk near Stolpmünde by the Soviet submarine S-13 with two torpedo shots. Of the 4,200 people on board, only 661 were rescued by a small escort ship. An estimated 3,500 people were killed.
Feb 21, 1945	Bismarck Sea	318	During the Battle of Iwo Jima , Japanese kamikaze planes attacked American cover forces positioned near the Ogasawara Islands . Two machines hit the escort aircraft carrier Bismarck Sea (7,800 ts), which then caught fire. Since the fire could no longer be brought under control and several ammunition explosions occurred, the ship was abandoned. The carrier sank about 45 minutes after the hits. 318 men went down with the Bismarck Sea .
06th Mar 1945	Robert Möhring	353	The German hospital ship Robert Möhring (3,344 GRT) was attacked by Soviet bombers in the roadstead near Saßnitz (Rügen) and sank within eleven minutes after being hit by a 250 kilogram bomb. There were 737 wounded, 20 refugees and 59 crew members on board. 353 people died in the sinking. 463 people were rescued by coastal vehicles.
March 12 1945	Andros	≈570	The German freighter Andros (2,995 GRT), loaded with around 2,000 refugees and coming from Pillau , was caught in an air raid by 671 American bombers in the port of Swinoujscie . Two 454-kilogram bombs hit the ship and caused it to sink within seven minutes. Around 570 people were killed or drowned by the bomb hits. About 1,450 people were able to save themselves on the shore.
20 Mar 1945	Lapwing	168	In front of the Kola peninsula, the German submarine U 968 sank the British sloop Lapwing (1,350 ts) belonging to the Allied Northern Sea Convoy JW 65 using an acoustically controlled wren torpedo. The ship sank within 20 minutes. 168 sailors were killed, 61 survivors are later rescued by the British destroyer Savage .
26th Mar 1945	Halligan	162	The American destroyer Halligan (2,325 ts) ran into a Japanese mine during the Battle of Okinawa , about halfway between Okinawa and Kerama Retto . The explosion destroyed the forecastle and killed 162 crew members. The still buoyant wreck later stranded near Tokashiki Island and was a total loss. About 130 sailors were rescued by American guard and landing boats.
0April 1, 1945	Awa Maru	2.002	In the Taiwan Strait , the American submarine sank Queenfish the Japanese Repatriierungsschiff Awa Maru (11,249 GRT) with four torpedo hits. Of the 2,003 people on board, mostly Japanese civilians, only one survivor was saved. The sinking caused a lot of controversy, as under an agreement between Japan and the United States such ships, which also transported goods of the Red Cross for prisoners of war, had been given safe passage for each other. The commander of the Queenfish was later brought before a court martial and warned about this sinking. At the same time, the USA apologized to Japan for this torpedoing. However, after it later became known that the Awa Maru had also had essential war goods, including tin and rubber, on board, the United States withdrew the apology.
0Apr 6, 1945	Colhoun , Emmons and Bush	182	Off Okinawa, Japanese kamikaze planes attacked the American outpost destroyers and sank the three destroyers Colhoun (2,325 ts), Emmons (1,839 ts) and Bush (2,325 ts) from a US combat group . The Kamikaze first sank the Bush with three hits and then also the Colhoun , who came to help, and the somewhat remote minesweeper destroyer Emmons . A total of 182 American sailors died, 87 of them on board the Bush alone . Around 680 men from all three ships were rescued.
0Apr 7, 1945	Yamato and Yahagi	2,956	During the last operational advance of the Japanese fleet towards Okinawa, the battleship Yamato (69,646 ts) was attacked in several waves by around 390 US carrier aircraft and hit by at least 13 torpedoes and eight to 15 bombs. After almost two hours of non-stop attacks, the ship sank. 2,510 sailors went down with the Yamato . Only 269 survivors could be recovered. The light cruiser Yahagi (6,652 ts) accompanying the battleship was also attacked by numerous American carrier aircraft and sank after at least seven torpedo hits and ten bomb hits. 446 sailors went down with the ship.
09/ 10 April 1945	Admiral Scheer	32	During a night British air raid on the port of Kiel , the German heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer (13,600 ts) was hit by five bombs and capsized at its berth. Since most of the crew stayed in a bunker on land during the attack, only 32 men were killed.
Apr 11, 1945	Moltkefels	≈500	In the roadstead in front of Hela , the German freighter Moltkefels (7,863 GRT), loaded with an estimated 2,700 refugees, 1,000 wounded and 300 soldiers, was hit by four bombs in Soviet air raids and caught fire. Although many people on board could be rescued by ships hurrying up and the steamer was finally put aground on the coast, around 500 people died in the flames.
Apr 11, 1945	Poses	≈300	In the roadstead in front of Hela , the German hospital ship Posen (1,069 GRT) was attacked by Soviet planes and set on fire with bombs. There were 540 wounded, 100 refugees and around 80 crew members on board. The burning ship was put aground on the coast. A total of around 300 people were killed.
Apr 12, 1945	Mannert L. Abele	73	During the Battle of Okinawa , the American destroyer Mannert L. Abele (2,200 ts) , which was on radar outposts, was hit by two novel Japanese Ohka flying bombs and sank. 73 men of the crew were killed. It was the first and only sinking of a ship by the Okha Kamikaze bomb.
Apr 13, 1945	Karlsruhe	≈970	Off the coast of Pomerania , the German freighter Karlsruhe (897 GRT), with around 1,080 refugees and crew on board and on the way from Pillau to Copenhagen, was attacked by Soviet torpedo bombers and sunk by two air torpedo hits. The ship sank in just three minutes. Only 113 survivors were rescued by two security ships. An estimated 970 people were killed.
April 16, 1945	Goya	≈7,000	The German freighter Goya (5,230 GRT) was torpedoed and sunk twice during the night in the Baltic Sea, west of Hela , by the Soviet submarine L-3 . The ship, loaded with presumably more than 7,200 soldiers, refugees and wounded, sank in just seven minutes. Only about 170 survivors were rescued by a minesweeper. An estimated 7,000 people were killed.
0May 3, 1945	Cap Arcona and Thielbek	≈7,200	The German passenger steamer Cap Arcona (27,561 GRT) and the German cargo ship Thielbek (2,815 GRT) anchored in the Bay of Lübeck were set on fire by Hawker Typhoon fighter bombers of the Royal Air Force with rockets and on-board weapons, burned out and capsized. There were around 4,600 prisoners from the Neuengamme concentration camp on board the Cap Arcona . Almost all of them died in the fire or in the cold Baltic Sea or were shot by guards who kept the hatch covers closed. At least 4,500 people died. An estimated 2,700 of the 2,800 on board were killed on the Thielbek .
0May 4, 1945	Orion	≈150	The German freighter Orion (15,700 GRT), loaded with around 4,000 refugees and on its way to Copenhagen , was sunk by Soviet bombers in the roadstead outside Swinoujscie . About 150 people were killed, the rest were rescued by ships in the vicinity.
May 15-16 , 1945	Haguro	≈900	In the Malakka Strait , about 55 nautical miles from Penang , the British 26th destroyer flotilla, consisting of five ships, sank the Japanese heavy cruiser Haguro (10,000 ts) in a torpedo night attack . The ship was hit by four or five torpedoes and sank in about 40 minutes. Around 900 crew members went down with the cruiser. 320 men were rescued by the destroyer Kamikaze .
0June 8, 1945	Ashigara	≈ 1,200	The Japanese heavy cruiser Ashigara (10,000 ts), loaded with around 1,600 army soldiers and on the way to Singapore, was sunk in the Bangka Strait , east of Sumatra , by the British submarine Trenchant with a total of five torpedo shots. The ship sank within 20 minutes. An escort destroyer was able to save around 1,250 crew members and soldiers, but an estimated 1,200 soldiers and seafarers went down with the ship.
July 24, 1945	Hyūga	≈200	About 15 nautical miles south of Kure , near Nasake Jima, over 200 American carrier aircraft of Task Force 38 sank the anchored Japanese battleship Hyūga (35,350 ts) in several waves of attack . The ship, which was barely operational due to lack of fuel, was hit by at least ten bombs and slowly began to sink, which is why the crew aground their ship on the shores of the nearby island of Nasake Jima. Around 200 crew members were killed in the air strikes.
July 28, 1945	Haruna	65	In the port of Kure, American carrier aircraft and land-based bombers of the Consolidated B-24 type sink the Japanese battleship Haruna (32,670 ts). The anchored ship, which could no longer be used due to lack of fuel, was attacked in several waves and hit directly by nine 454-kilogram bombs and damaged by ten or 13 close hits. Eventually the Haruna sank with the stern in the shallow water and was abandoned. 65 men of the crew were killed.
July 28, 1945	Ōyodo	≈300	The Japanese light cruiser Ōyodo (8,164 ts) was attacked by US carrier aircraft from Task Force 38 in Hiroshima Bay , near Eta Jima , and received at least six bomb hits. The cruiser, which had already been damaged by four bombs on July 24th, capsized and remained in the shallow water. Around 300 men were killed in the air raids. About 600 men survived and reached the coast, which is only 150 meters away.
July 28, 1945	Ise	≈50	The Japanese battleship Ise (35,350 ts), which was no longer operational due to lack of fuel, was attacked several times by planes of Task Force 38 in the Strait of Ondo Seto , about halfway between Kure and Kurahashi Jima , and received at least 16 bomb hits. The ship, which had already been damaged in air raids on July 24, eventually sank slowly to the bottom in shallow water and was abandoned about four hours after the attacks. About 50 seafarers were killed in these attacks.
July 30, 1945	Indianapolis	880	The American heavy cruiser Indianapolis (10,100 ts) was sunk in the western Pacific, about halfway between Guam and the Philippines , by the Japanese submarine I-58 with two torpedo hits. The cruiser had previously brought parts of the Little Boy atomic bomb to the Mariana Islands and was sailing under strict secrecy, which is why the ship was not immediately missing and searched. The first survivors were not found until four days later. A total of 880 of 1,196 crew members died.

Since 1945

date	Surname	Victim	description
Jan. 19, 1947	Heimara	378	The Greek coastal steamer Heimara (1,427 GRT), on the voyage from Thessaloniki to Piraeus and with 524 passengers and 80 crew members on board, was hit by a mine near the Gavrionisia group of islands and sank within a few minutes. 378 people were killed. The origin of the mine, which presumably came from the Second World War, was not clarified, but it was one of the most casualties in peacetime ships in Greek waters.
0Oct 7, 1947	Betty Hindley	1	South of Scarborough , the British freighter Betty Hindley (1,771 GRT) ran into a German mine and sank two and a half years after the end of the Second World War. One crew member was killed and two other seafarers were injured. The Betty Hindley was believed to be the last Allied merchant ship to be sunk by a World War II mine.
June 11, 1948	Kjøbenhavn	48 -> 150	Before Aalborg, the Danish passenger ship Kjøbenhavn (1,670 GRT) coming from Copenhagen ran into a drifting mine presumably from the Second World War and sank within ten minutes. Of the passengers and crew members on board, 260-310 were rescued, 48 to> 150 were killed.
June 20, 1948	Altalena	16	The landing ship Altalena (1,625 ts) chartered by the Jewish underground group Irgun , a former US tank landing ship with which the Irgun wanted to bring 940 fighters, 5,000 rifles and ammunition from France to Israel, was near Tel Aviv by the regular Israeli armed forces ( IDF) under David Ben-Gurion , who want to end the illegal activities of the Irgun, to surrender. After the failure of the negotiations, the ship was set on fire with artillery and stranded on the coast. 16 Irgun fighters were killed on the ship and in skirmishes on land, and around 200 more men were captured by the IDF.
0Dec. 4, 1948	Kiang Ya	≈3,100	The Chinese passenger steamer Kiang Ya (3,731 GRT) , loaded with (presumably) almost 4,000 national Chinese refugees fleeing from Red Chinese troops , drove to a mine in the mouth of the Huangpu , about 15 nautical miles from Wusong (Shanghai) was laid down by the Japanese during the Second World War, and sank in the engine rooms after a severe subsequent explosion. An estimated 3,100 people died on board the ship, which sank in shallow water but whose superstructure still protruded from the water for a time. Between 700 and 1,000 survivors are said to have been rescued.
Sep 15 1950	Laplace	51	West of Saint-Malo , near the Baie de la Fresnaye, the French frigate Laplace (1,430 ts) , which had been converted into a weather observation ship, ran into a mine from the Second World War and sank. 51 soldiers were killed.
0Nov 1, 1956	Domiat	56	During the Suez Crisis in the Red Sea , south of Suez , the British light cruiser Newfoundland met the Egyptian frigate Domiat (1,370 ts) and sank her by artillery fire. 56 sailors sank with the ship, 69 survivors were rescued from the British cruiser. On the British side there was one dead and five wounded.
0Feb. 1, 1960	Berta Kienass	12	Off Texel , the Rendsburg coaster Berta Kienass , which was on the voyage from Amsterdam to Copenhagen, sank so suddenly that no emergency call could be made. All twelve people on board were killed in the sinking. A mine explosion was assumed to be the cause of the accident.
Jan. 13, 1961	Münsterland	8th	On the voyage from Esbjerg to Heröja , the Barßel coaster Münsterland (427 GRT) suddenly sank in the Skagerrak sea area south of the Norwegian port city of Larvik . All eight crew members were killed in the sinking, which was probably caused by the explosion of a mine.
0Apr 8, 1961	Dara	238	Off Dubai, there was an explosion on board the British cargo and passenger ship Dara (5,030 GRT), which had 819 passengers and crew members, and a subsequent major fire, which ultimately led to the ship's sinking. 238 passengers, crew members and firefighters were killed. The cause of the explosion was presumably a terrorist attack by Omani separatists.
Jan 15, 1962	Matjan Tutul	≈20	During the conflict between Indonesia and the Netherlands over the affiliation of the Dutch colony of West New Guinea , three Indonesian torpedo speedboats, with weapons and insurgents for underground combat on board, were in the Arafura Sea , about ten nautical miles from Vlakke Hoek , from the Dutch destroyer Evertsen and the Frigate Kortenaer posed. In the ensuing battle, the Indonesian torpedo speedboat Matjan Tutul (183 ts), with around 70 fighters and sailors on board, sank after being hit by artillery. 52 survivors were then rescued by the Dutch. About 20 people were killed.
0May 2, 1964	Card	5	The American aircraft transporter Card (7,800 ts), a converted former escort aircraft carrier used by the Military Sealift Command since 1958 , was sunk in the port of Saigon by a North Vietnamese combat swimmer with a sticky mine during the Vietnam War . Five sailors were killed. The ship was later lifted again and put into service again in December 1964.
Oct 21, 1967	Eilat	47	During a patrol near Port Said , the Israeli destroyer Eilat (1,710 ts) was attacked by several Egyptian speedboats with missiles of the type SS-N-2 Styx in the afternoon of October 21 . About 15 nautical miles from the coast, the destroyer received at least four hits. The Eilat caught fire and sank around 6.45 p.m., an hour after the first impact. 47 sailors went down with the ship and around 90 were wounded. It was the first sinking of a warship with ship-based cruise missiles.
May 16, 1970	Al Qahar	52	In the Red Sea , near Ras Banas (southern Egypt), Israeli Dassault Mirage III fighter jets sank the Egyptian destroyer Al Qahar (1,830 ts) by fire from on-board weapons and rockets as part of the so-called war of attrition . The burning ship finally sank with its stern aground and was abandoned. 52 crew members were killed. The wreck is still today (2020) at the place of sinking, with the forecastle still protruding from the water.
0Dec. 4, 1971	Ghazi	93	During the 3rd war between India and Pakistan ( Bangladesh War ) the Pakistani submarine Ghazi (1,570 ts) was lost in front of the port of Visakhapatnam (where the submarine should have laid mines) with the entire crew of 93 men. The submarine may have fallen victim to a depth charge attack by the Indian destroyer Rajput (making it the first submarine sunk since World War II). The Pakistani side, however, attributes the sinking to an accidental explosion of its own mine.
04/ 5 December 1971 0	Khaibar and Muhafiz	255	During the third war between India and Pakistan ( Bangladesh War ), three Indian missile speedboats sank the Pakistani destroyer Khaibar (2,315 ts) and the minesweeper Muhafiz using two anti-ship missiles of the type SS-N-2 Styx in a night battle off Karachi . 255 sailors went down with the two ships.
0Dec 9, 1971	Khukri	194	During the third war between India and Pakistan, the Pakistani submarine Hangor sank the Indian frigate Khukri (1,456 ts) off the coast of the west Indian state of Gujarat . The frigate exploded after a torpedo hit and sank with 194 crew members on board. It was the first sinking of a warship by a submarine since the end of World War II.
Jan. 19, 1974	Nhật Tảo	≈50	Towards the end of the Vietnam War, at the beginning of 1974 , a battle between Chinese and South Vietnamese ships broke out on the disputed Paracel Islands in the South China Sea . The bridge of the South Vietnamese corvette Nhật Tảo (formerly the American minesweeper Serene ) was hit by an anti-ship missile , the rudderless ship was then sunk while the remaining South Vietnamese units were able to withdraw. About 50 crew members died.
July 22, 1974	Kocatepe	80	During the Turkish invasion of Cyprus , Turkish North American F-100 fighter jets mistakenly attacked the Turkish destroyer Kocatepe (3,460 ts), identified as a Greek ship, hitting the ship with two 454-kilogram bombs and several missiles. The destroyer caught fire and later sank near Akrotiri , killing 80 sailors. Around 270 men survived and were rescued from Turkish and British ships.
Jan. 23, 1977	Lucona	6th	The freighter Lucona (1,211 GRT) allegedly loaded with a uranium ore processing plant sank near the Maldives after a severe explosion on board in calm seas at a particularly deep sea point. Six crew members were killed. Soon after the sinking, however, doubts arose as to whether the sinking had actually been an accident. After extensive research, the Austrian businessman Udo Proksch was identified as the author of the deliberate sinking of the ship, most likely carried out with the help of a time bomb, and convicted of insurance fraud.
Feb. 17, 1980	Salem	0	The Liberian-flagged tanker Salem (96,228 GRT) was sunk off the Senegalese coast on February 17, 1980 to cover the misappropriation of around 180,000 tons of crude oil and to defraud the ship insurer Lloyd's of London by a further 56 million US dollars. However, rescued Salem crew members later revealed themselves, which is why the fraud was quickly discovered.
Apr 30, 1982	General Belgrano	323	During the Falklands War , the Argentine cruiser General Belgrano (9,575 ts) was torpedoed twice by the British nuclear submarine Conqueror and sank about 200 nautical miles south of the archipelago . In this explosion and the sinking of the cruiser, 323 people were killed, including two civilians. 770 crew members were rescued.
0May 4th 1982	Sheffield	20th	During the Falklands War, Argentine fighter-bombers managed to hit the British destroyer Sheffield (4,100 ts) with an anti-ship missile of the Exocet type and severely damage it. The missile did not explode, but the missile's propellant caused a catastrophic fire that could no longer be brought under control. The Sheffield burned out completely and sank five days later. 20 sailors were killed in the attack.
May 11, 1982	Isla de los Estados	22nd	In the evening hours of May 11, the British frigate Alacrity surprised the Argentine supply ship Isla de los Estados (3,950 ts) in the Falklands and the Argentine supply ship, and sank it by artillery fire. The supplier, loaded with jet fuel and ammunition, blew up after a few hits and sank with 22 men on board. Only two survivors were later rescued by the British.
May 22, 1982	Ardent	22nd	During the Falklands War was in the Falkland Sound lying British frigate Ardent hit by Argentine fighter-bombers with a total of seven bombs (3,250 ts) and sank. 22 men of the crew were killed.
May 24-25 , 1982	Antelope	2	In Falkland Sound met during the Falklands War Argentine Douglas A-4 the British frigate -Jagdbomber Antelope (3250 ts) with two 454-kilogram bombs, which however failed to explode. The next day, one of the bombs, which was equipped with a time fuse, exploded during an attempt to defuse the ammunition, causing serious subsequent explosions of the ammunition, which completely devastated the ship and ultimately sank. Since the frigate had largely been evacuated before the attempt to defuse it, only two men, including a member of the bomb disposal squad, were killed.
May 25, 1982	Coventry	19th	During the Falklands War, the Argentine Air Force flew attacks against the British carrier formations northwest of the archipelago. Fighter-bombers hit the British destroyer Coventry (4,100 ts) with three 227-kilogram bombs so badly that the ship sank after only twenty minutes. 19 men of the crew were killed.
May 25, 1982	Atlantic Conveyor	12	To the northwest of the Falkland Islands, Argentinian Dassault Super Étendard fighter bombers sank the British cargo ship Atlantic Conveyor (14,950 ts), which had been requisitioned by the Royal Navy for transport tasks, with two Exocet missiles . A total of twelve sailors were killed. It was the first loss of a ship by the British Merchant Navy since the end of World War II to be caused by enemy action.
0June 8, 1982	Sir Galahad	48	In Fitzroy Bay , during the Falklands War, the British landing ship Sir Galahad (3,270 ts) was hit by three bombs in an air raid by Argentine Douglas A-4 fighter bombers. The ship, just unloading troops, was shaken by several subsequent explosions and burned out completely. A total of 48 sailors and soldiers died and over 150 were injured; many of the wounded suffered severe burns. It was the Royal Navy's highest casualty loss during the entire Falklands War.
0July 9, 1985	M. Vatan	0	In the Persian Gulf, off the coast of Bahrain , during the First Gulf War , Iraqi fighter jets sank the Turkish supertanker M. Vatan (188,688 GRT) using Exocet missiles . The crew of 33 men managed to save themselves completely, but around 100,000 tons of oil spilled into the sea and caused a serious environmental disaster.
25th Mar 1986	Ean Zaquit	≈25	During a series of clashes between Libyan forces and the United States Navy in the Gulf of Sidra ( Operation Attain Document ), the Libyan missile corvette Ean Zaquit (560 ts) was shot at by American Grumman A-6 fighter jets with AGM-84- Harpoon marine target missiles sunk. It is believed that around 25 sailors were killed.
Apr 16, 1987	Musson	39	During a maneuver by the Soviet Pacific Fleet off the coast of Vladivostok , the Soviet missile corvette Musson (570 ts) was accidentally hit by a P-15M anti- ship missile that had previously been fired from a Tarantul-class corvette during a practice shooting . The Musson caught fire and sank after five hours after a subsequent explosion of its own rockets. 39 sailors were killed and 37 survived.
Apr 19, 1988	Sahand	45	As part of Operation Praying Mantis, air and naval forces of the US Navy sank in the Persian Gulf, near the island of Larak , the Iranian frigate Sahand (1,100 ts), which had previously attempted an attack against the American armed forces, by AGM-84 Harpoon and laser-guided bombs. 45 Iranian sailors died in the sinking.
May 14, 1988	Burmah Endeavor	2	During the First Gulf War, Iraqi warplanes bombed the Iranian oil loading port on Larak Island . They sank the British super tanker Burmah Endeavor (231,629 GRT). Two sailors were killed.
Feb. 27, 2004	SuperFerry 14	116	The Filipino ferry SuperFerry 14 (10,192 GRT), with around 900 passengers on board and on its way from Manila to Cagayan de Oro , sank in Manila Bay after a violent explosion on board. The ferry burned out and capsized near the coast. 116 people were killed. It later emerged that the Islamist separatist and terrorist group Abu Sajaf had placed a bomb on board. It was the worst terrorist attack by radical Islamists on a ship to date (2020).
0Oct 7, 2007	Matsushima	12	In the Indian Ocean, about 650 nautical miles southeast of Dondra , the Sri Lankan Navy sank the armed freighter Matsushima (3,000 GRT) belonging to the paramilitary separatist and terrorist organization Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The ship, loaded with guns, ammunition and jet skis , eventually sank after a severe explosion on board, killing twelve people. The Matsushima had been the LTTE's last large, ocean-going transport ship.
26th Mar 2010	Cheonan	46	In the Yellow Sea , near the island of Baengnyeongdo , the South Korean corvette Cheonan (1,200 ts) sank after a powerful explosion, killing 46 sailors. 58 crew members were rescued. Investigations later revealed that the ship was most likely sunk by a North Korean submarine torpedo, which could be proven by found fragments and remains of explosives, but has so far been denied by North Korea .

See also

• List of shipping disasters
• List of inland navigation accidents
• Maritime shipping
• Lists of aviation accidents
• List of space accidents
• List of serious accidents in rail transport
• Maritime fire fighting

literature

• William Laird Clowes: The Royal Navy. A History from the Earliest Times to 1900 . 7 volumes. London 1996. (Reprint of 1897–1903 edition).
• Gregory F. Michno: Death on the Hellships. Prisoners at sea in the Pacific . Annapolis 2002, ISBN 1-55750-482-2 .
• IM Korotkin: Maritime accidents and disasters of warships. 3rd, unchanged. Edition. Military publishing house of the GDR, Berlin 1986, DNB 870091956 .
• Geoffrey Bennett: The Naval Battles in World War II . Heyne book, 1975, ISBN 3-453-01998-9 .

Footnotes

1. ↑ Sea War 1942, November. In: wlb-stuttgart.de. Retrieved September 11, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Attacks on passenger steamers. In: wlb-stuttgart.de. Retrieved September 11, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Stephen Harper: The Battle for Enigma. The hunt for U-559. Hamburg 2001, ISBN 3-8132-0737-4 , p. 110 ff.
4. ↑ SS Kjobenhavn (+1948). In: wrecksite.eu. Retrieved September 11, 2018 . 
5. ^ Charles Hocking: Dictionary of Disasters at Sea During the Age of Steam: Including Sailing Ships and Ships of War Lost in Action, 1824-1962 . Lloyd's Register, 1969.
6. ↑ James Donahue: Over 3,000 Chinese Die In Kiangya Disaster. on: perdurabo10.tripod.com
7. ^ Laplace. In: histomar.net. Retrieved September 11, 2018 (French). 

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