List of shipwrecks in April 1941#17 April

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The list of shipwrecks in April 1941 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during April 1941.

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1 April

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|ship={{SS|Bertram Rickmers|1923|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was intercepted in the Red Sea by {{HMS|Kandahar|F28|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) and was scuttled off "Gondurmiat".

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|ship={{SS|Cerigo|1922|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Guayaquil, Ecuador. She was later salvaged and entered Ecuadorian service as 24 de Mayo.

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|ship={{SS|Friesland|1925|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled off Paita, Peru ({{coord|4|56|S|81|09|W}}) to avoid capture.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=470 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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|ship={{SS|Hameln|1921|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The ship was scuttled at Veracruz, Mexico.

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|ship={{SS|Hermonthis|1935|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The passenger ship was intercepted in the South Atlantic ({{coord|12|13|S|80|10|W}}) by {{HMCS|Prince Henry|F70|6}} ({{naval|Canada|1911}}) and was scuttled by her crew.

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|ship={{MV|Hidlefjord|1928|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 114: The tanker was bombed and sunk in the Irish Sea {{convert|20|nmi|km}} north west of the Smalls Lighthouse by Heinkel He 111 aircraft of Kampfgeschwader 27, Luftwaffe with the loss of 29 of her 34 crew.{{cite web|url= http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/hidlefjord.html |title= D/S Hidlefjord |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=15 January 2012}}

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|ship={{MV|Leipzig|1938|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The passenger ship was scuttled at Callao, Peru.

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|ship={{ship|Italian destroyer|Leone||2}}

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Leone|destroyer|2}} ran aground on a reef off Massawa, Italian Eritrea and was scuttled by {{ship|Italian destroyer|Pantera||2}} and {{ship|Italian destroyer|Tigre||2}} (both {{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}). Two crew members were lost.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?157300 |title=RM Leone (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=22 December 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2016/02/leone.html |title=Leone |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=3 April 2020}}

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|ship={{SS|Lidingo||2}}

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and was damaged in the Baltic Sea west of Falsterbo. She was beached, but was later refloated and towed to Malmö.

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|ship={{SS|Monserrate|1938|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The passenger ship was scuttled at Callao. She was later refloated, repaired and entered Peruvian Navy service as Callao.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=474 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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|ship={{MV|München|1936|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The passenger ship was intercepted in the Pacific Ocean {{convert|200|nmi|km}} west of Callao ({{coord|11|18|S|79|09|W}}) by {{HMCS|Prince Henry|F70|6}} ({{naval|Canada|1911}}). She was set afire by her crew the next day and was shelled and sunk by {{ship|BAP|Almirante Grau|1906|6}} ({{navy|Peru}}).

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|ship={{MV|Orinoco|1928|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The ship was scuttled at Tampico, Mexico.

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|ship={{SS|San Conrado|1936|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 114: The tanker was bombed, machine gunned and damaged in the Irish Sea {{convert|13|nmi|km}} north west of the Smalls Lighthouse by Heinkel He 111 aircraft of Kampfgeschwader 27, Luftwaffe. She was abandoned and later reboarded and taken in tow; but was bombed again and abandoned for a second time. San Conrado sank the next day {{convert|12|nmi|km}} south of the Tuskar Rock.{{cite web |url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4104-31APR01.htm |title=Naval Events, April 1941, Part 1 of 2, Tuesday 1st – Monday 14th |publisher=Naval History |access-date=9 December 2011}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/41-04.htm |title=Seekrieg 1941, April |access-date=1 April 2015 |last1=Rohwer |first1=Jürgen |author-link=Jürgen Rohwer |first2=Gerhard |last2=Hümmelchen |work=Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart |language=de }}{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/convoys/hx114.html |title=Convoy HX 114 |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=17 May 2012}}

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|ship={{SS|Sesostris|1923|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Puerto Cabello, Venezuela.

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2 April

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|ship={{SS|Beaverdale|1928|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy SC 26: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|60|50|N|29|19|W}}) by {{GS|U-46|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 22 of her 79 crew. Some of the survivors were rescued by the fishing trawler Gulltoppur (22px Iceland), others reached land in their lifeboat.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/847.html |title=Beaverdale |publisher=Uboat |access-date=14 February 2012}} Beaverdale was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{cite book |first=Roger |last=Jordan |year= 1999 |title=The World's Merchant Ships 1939 |place=London |publisher=Chatham House |isbn=1-86176-023-X |page=111 }}

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|ship={{MV|British Reliance|1928|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy SC 26: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|58|25|N|28|21|W}}) by {{GS|U-46|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). All 50 people aboard were rescued by {{SS|Tennessee|1921|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/846.html |title=British Reliance |publisher=Uboat |access-date=14 February 2012}}

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|ship={{SS|Coombe Dingle|1910|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The coaster ran aground at Carnalea, County Down and was wrecked.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?163858 |title=SS Coombe Dingle (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=21 December 2011}}

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|ship={{SS|Coulouras Xenos|1915|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy AS 23: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Gavdos, Greece by Junkers Ju 88 aircraft of II Staffeln, Lehrgeschwader 1, Luftwaffe. Three of her crew were killed.{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/verluste_griechenland/ausgabe.php?rubrik=%&where_value=240 |title=Coulouras Xenos |publisher=historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=3 April 2020}}

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|ship={{ship|HMT|Cramond Island}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler was bombed and sunk in the North Sea {{convert|5|mi|km}} off St Abb's Head Northumberland by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of five of her crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?63996 |title=HMT Cramond Island (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=18 October 2011}}

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|ship={{SS|Fermain|1920|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster was bombed and sunk in the North Sea ({{coord|50|35|N|0|52|E}}) by Luftwaffe aircraft. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship={{ship|HMT|Fortuna}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler was bombed and sunk in the North Sea {{convert|5|mi|km}} off St Abb's Head Northumberland by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of all fifteen crew.

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|ship={{SS|Giuseppe Mazzini|1926|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk off Nocra, Italian Eritrea by Royal Air Force aircraft. She was later salvaged by the British and scrapped.{{csr|register=MSI|id=5606543|shipname=Giuseppe Mazzini |access-date=2 December 2012}}

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|ship={{SS|Homefield|1919|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy AS 23: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea off Gavdos by Junkers Ju 88 aircraft of II Staffeln, Lehrgeschwader 1, Luftwaffe. She was scuttled by {{HMS|Nubian|F36|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Voyager}} ({{naval|UK}}).

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|ship={{SS|Karadjordje|1913|2}}

|flag={{Flagcountry|Kingdom of Yugoslavia}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Adriatic Sea off Šibenik. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship={{SS|Melrose Abbey|1929|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the River Ythan, Aberdeenshire. She was refloated on 26 July and towed to Aberdeen.

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|ship={{SS|Nestos|1919|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground in Liverpool Bay {{convert|6|nmi|km}} south of the Bar Lightship (22px Trinity House) and was wrecked.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?67306 |title=SS Nestos (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=23 December 2011}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=523 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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|ship={{SS|Prestolonasledik Petar|1931|2}}

|flag={{Flagcountry|Kingdom of Yugoslavia}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Adriatic Sea off Šibenik. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship={{SS|Wild Rose|1921|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The coastal tanker was bombed and damaged in the Irish Sea {{convert|12|nmi|km}} south east of the Tuskar Rock. She was beached at Rosslare Harbour, County Wexford, Ireland. Later refloated and taken to Dublin.

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3 April

{{For|the sinking of the Swedish tanker Castor on this day|List of shipwrecks in March 1941#31 March}}

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|ship={{SS|Alderpool|1930|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy SC 26: The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|58|21|N|27|59|W}}) by {{GS|U-46|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 39 crew abandoned ship and were rescued by {{SS|Thirlby|1928|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}). Alderpool was then torpedoed and sunk by {{GS|U-73|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/851.html |title=Alderpool |publisher=Uboat |access-date=17 February 2012}}

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|ship={{SS|Assuan|1920|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster was bombed and damaged in the North Sea ({{coord|56|42|N|2|26|W}}) and was beached {{convert|2|nmi|km}} east of Scurdie Ness, Angus. She was refloated the next day and taken to Montrose, Angus.

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|ship={{HMS|Bahram}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The river patrol boat struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Spurn Point, Yorkshire with the loss of eight of her nine crew.

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|ship={{SS|British Viscount|1921|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy SC 26: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|58|18|N|27|50|W}}) by {{GS|U-73|1940|2}} ({{Navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 28 of her 48 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Havelock|H88|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/855.html |title=British Viscount |publisher=Uboat |access-date=17 February 2012}}

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|ship={{MV|Cairnie|1891|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster was bombed and sunk in the North Sea approximately {{convert|7|nmi}} south by west of Tod Head, Aberdeenshire by Luftwaffe aircraft. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship={{Ship|Italian destroyer|Cesare Battisti||2}}

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Sauro|destroyer|2}} suffered an engine breakdown in the Red Sea and was scuttled on the Arabian coast south of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia with the loss of one of her 182 crew.{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2015/04/cesare-battisti.html |title=Cesare Battisti |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=17 May 2020}}

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|ship={{ship|Italian destroyer|Daniele Manin||2}}

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Sauro|destroyer|2}} was bombed and sunk in the Red Sea {{convert|10|nmi|km}} off Port Sudan, Egypt by Fleet Air Arm aircraft. There were around 35 dead and 145 survivors.{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2014/02/cronologia-delle-perdite_14.html |title=Italian losses |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=17 May 2020}}

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|ship={{SS|Daphne|1920|2}}

|flag={{flag|Finland}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy SC 26: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately {{coord|60|N|20|W}}) by {{GS|U-76|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of eighteen of her crew. There were a few survivors.{{cite book |title=The world's merchant fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=454 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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|ship={{SS|Greenawn|1924|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The coaster sank in the North Sea off Montrose.

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|ship={{SS|Helle|1917|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy SC 26: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|59|00|N|24|30|W}}) by {{GS|U-98|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 24 crew were rescued by {{HMS|Havelock|H88|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web|url= http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/helle.html |title= D/S Helle |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=15 January 2012}}{{cite web |title=Helle |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/857.html |website=uboat.net |access-date=24 July 2021}}

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|ship={{SS|Indier|1918|2}}

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy SC 26: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|58|12|N|27|40|W}}) by {{GS|U-73|1940|2}} ({{Navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 42 of her 46 crew.{{cite web|url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/853.html|title=Indier |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=4 February 2020 }}

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|ship={{SS|Leonidas Z. Cambanis|1917|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy SC 26: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|58|12|N|27|40|W}}) by {{GS|U-74|1940|2}} ({{Navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of two of her 29 crew.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/849.html |title=Leonidas Z Cambanis |publisher=Uboat |access-date=17 February 2012}}

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|ship={{ship|Italian destroyer|Nazario Sauro||2}}

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Sauro|destroyer|2}} was bombed and sunk in the Red Sea {{convert|10|nmi|km}} off Port Sudan by Fleet Air Arm aircraft with the loss of 78 of her 173 crew.{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2014/06/nazario-sauro.html |title=Nazario Sauro |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=17 May 2020}}

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|ship={{MV|Northern Prince|1929|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy ANF 24: The munitions ship was bombed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Kythera, Greece ({{coord|35|34|N|23|23|E}}) by Junkers Ju 88 aircraft of II Staffeln, Lehrgeschwader 1, Luftwaffe with the loss of three of her 110 crew.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=506 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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|ship={{ship|Italian destroyer|Pantera||2}}

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Leone|destroyer|2}} was bombed and damaged in the Red Sea {{convert|10|nmi|km}} off Port Sudan by Fleet Air Arm aircraft. She was shelled and sunk by {{HMS|Kingston|F64|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) on the Arabian coast south of Jeddah after her crew had gone ashore. One crew member was lost.{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2020/04/pantera.html |title=Pantera |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=17 May 2020}}

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|ship={{MV|Thorn|1932|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was shelled, torpedoed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay {{convert|100|nmi|km}} south west of Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Inférieure by {{HMS|Tigris|N63|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). German ships rescued 33 survivors in the next few days. Casualties are not known.{{cite web|url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3492.html |title=HMS Tigris |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=3 April 2020 }}{{cite book|url=https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-zmsbw/frontdoor/index/index/searchtype/series/id/1/start/57/rows/10/docId/32 |title=Kriegstagebuch der Seekriegsleitung 1939 - 1945. - Teil A; Band 20. April 1941 |publisher=opus4.kobv.de |isbn=9783813206203 |access-date=3 April 2020 }}

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|ship={{ship|Italian destroyer|Tigre||2}}

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Leone|destroyer|2}} was bombed and damaged in the Red Sea {{convert|10|nmi|km}} off Port Sudan by Fleet Air Arm aircraft. She was shelled and sunk by {{HMS|Kingston|F64|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). Two crew members were killed and one died of wounds months later.{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2017/01/tigre.html |title=Tigre |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=3 April 2022}}

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|ship={{SS|Urania|1914|2}}

|flag={{Flag|Italy|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed by aircraft and scuttled in the Red Sea off Dahlak Kebir, Italian Eritrea ({{coord|40|00.19|N|10|39.52|E}}) to prevent capture by the British. The wreck was raised and scrapped in 1949.{{cite book |title=Diving Guide to the Red Sea Wrecks |editor=Andrea Ghiotti |year=1996 |publisher=A A Gaddis & Sons |location=Luxor |pages=122–39 }}{{csr|register=MSI|id=5604024|shipname=Urania |access-date=4 December 2012}}

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|ship={{SS|Vatslav Vorovsky|1912|2}}

|flag={{flag|Soviet Union|1936}}

|desc=The cargo ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cape Disappointment, Washington, United States.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=575 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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|ship=Westpool

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy SC 26: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|58|12|N|27|40|W}}) by {{GS|U-73|1940|2}} ({{Navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 35 of her 43 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Havelock|H88|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/854.html |title=Westpool |publisher=Uboat |access-date=17 February 2012}}

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4 April

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|ship={{SS|Adua|1922|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Massawa, Italian Eritrea. The wreck was scrapped in situ in 1950.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=530 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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|ship={{SS|Arabia|1926|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Massawa. She was refloated on 11 April.

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|ship={{SS|Athenic|1937|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy SC 26: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|58|32|N|20|13|W}}) by {{GS|U-73|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 40 crew were rescued by {{HMS|Arbutus|K86|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) and she sank the next day.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/859.html |title=Athenic |publisher=Uboat |access-date=17 February 2012}}

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|ship={{SS|Brenta|1920|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Massawa. She was refloated in 1951 and scrapped.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=531 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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|ship={{HMS|Buffalo|1916|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Trincola|mooring vessel}} struck a mine and sank off Singapore with the loss of 32 of her 46 crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?31607 |title=SS Buffalo (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=17 October 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/7766.html |title=HMS Buffalo of the Royal Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=4 April 2013}}

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|ship={{MV|Cape Verde|1941|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged by Luftwaffe aircraft {{convert|40|nmi|km}} north of The Smalls. She was subsequently repaired and returned to service.{{cite book |last2=Sawyer |first2=LA |last1=Mitchell |first1=WH |year= 1990 |title=The Empire Ships |place=London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong |publisher=Lloyd's of London Press Ltd |isbn=1-85044-275-4 |edition=Second |page=92 }}

}}

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|ship={{MV|Conus|1931|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|56|14|N|31|19|W}}) by {{GS|U-97|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 59 crew.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/862.html |title=Conus |publisher=Uboat |access-date=21 February 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Crefeld|1921|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Massawa. The wreck was subsequently broken up in situ.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=468 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Frauenfels|1920|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Massawa. She was later salvaged by the British, repaired and entered service as Empire Niger.

}}

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|ship={{SS|Gera|1923|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Massawa. She was salvaged by the British in 1942, repaired and entered service as Empire Indus.{{cite book |last2=Sawyer |first2=LA |last1=Mitchell |first1=WH |year= 1990 |title=The Empire Ships |place=London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong |publisher=Lloyd's of London Press Ltd |isbn=1-85044-275-4 |edition=Second |page=437 }}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Italian destroyer|Giovanni Acerbi||2}}

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}

|desc=World War II: The torpedo boat, a former {{sclass|Giuseppe Sirtori|destroyer}}, was sunk in port at Massawa by British aircraft.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?138311 |title=RM Giovanni Acerbi (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=21 December 2011}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Harbledown|1933|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy SC 26: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|58|24|N|23|20|W}}) by {{GS|U-94|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of sixteen of her 41 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Veteran|D72|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/860.html |title=Harbledown |publisher=Uboat |access-date=20 February 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Imperio||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Massawa. She was later salvaged.

}}

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|ship={{SS|Lichtenfels|1929|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Massawa. The wreck was scrapped in 1950.{{csr|register=MSI|id=5607043|shipname=Lichtenfels |access-date=2 December 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Liebenfels||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Massawa. She was later salvaged by the British, repaired and entered service as Empire Nile.{{cite book |last2=Sawyer |first2=LA |last1=Mitchell |first1=WH |year= 1990 |title=The Empire Ships |place=London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong |publisher=Lloyd's of London Press Ltd |isbn=1-85044-275-4 |edition=Second |page=438 }}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Marlene|1920|2}}

|flag={{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed, shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|8|15|N|14|19|W}}) by {{GS|U-124|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of thirteen of her 60 crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/WWIStandardShipsA-K.htm#A |title=WWI Standard Built Ships A-K |publisher=Mariners |access-date=8 May 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/861.html |title=Marlene |publisher=Uboat |access-date=25 February 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Moncalieri|1918|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship was scuttled at Massowah. She was later refloated and scrapped.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=534 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Oliva|921|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Massawa. She was scrapped in situ in 1951.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=475 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Greek torpedo boat|Proussa||2}}

|flag={{navy|Greece|royalnavy}}

|desc=World War II: The Kydoniai-class torpedo boat was bombed and sunk at Corfu by Italian aircraft. There were no casualties.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/9930.html |title=Proussa |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=3 April 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/verluste_griechenland/ausgabe.php?lang=1&rubrik=%&where_value=546 |title=Proussa |publisher=historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=3 April 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Romolo Gessi|1917|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Massawa. The wreck was scrapped in situ in 1951.{{cite web |url=http://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=533 |title=War Cobra |publisher=The Yard |access-date=24 February 2017}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Salvus|1928|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the North Sea ({{coord|53|05|N|1|27|E}}) by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of four of her 43 crew.{{cite book |title=The world's merchant fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=509 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Sussanna|1904|2}}

|flag={{flag|Greece}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster was bombed and sunk at Corfu by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Vesuvio|1914|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Massawa. The wreck was raised in April 1953 and scrapped in Italy.{{csr|register=MSI|id=5603856|shipname=Vesuvio |access-date=3 December 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Voltaire}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Action of 4 April 1941: The armed merchant cruiser was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|14|30|N|40|30|W}}) by {{ship|German auxiliary cruiser|Thor||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 74 of her 269 crew. Survivors were rescued by Thor and made prisoners of war.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Welcombe|1930|2}}

|flag={{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy SC 26: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|59|00|N|24|30|W}}) by {{GS|U-98|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of twenty of her 41 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Havelock|H88|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/858.html |title=Welcombe |publisher=Uboat |access-date=21 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Whitby

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The fishing trawler was bombed and sunk {{convert|3|nmi|km}} south south east of the Blackwater Lightship (22px Trinity House) by Luftwaffe aircraft. Her nine crew were rescued by another trawler.{{cite web |url=http://www.llangibby.eclipse.co.uk/accidents%20&%20incidents/whitby.htm |title=Whitby |publisher=llangibby.eclipse.co.uk |access-date=12 January 2021}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|XXIII Marzo|1927|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Massawa. She was later refloated and scrapped.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=537 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

5 April

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|ship={{SS|Ena de Larrinaga|1925|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|1|10|N|26|00|W}}) by {{GS|U-105|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of five of her 43 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Almirante Alexandrio|1900|2}} ({{flagicon|Brazil|1889}} Brazil).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/863.html |title=Ena de Larrinaga |publisher=Uboat |access-date=22 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Rattray Head|1921|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster was bombed and sunk in the North Sea {{convert|8|nmi|km}} east north east of Aberdeen by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of three of her crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|St. Clement|1928|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster was bombed and sunk in the North Sea {{convert|20|nmi|km}} south-east of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire ({{coord|57|10|N|1|50|W}}) by Luftwaffe aircraft. A crew member was lost.{{cite web |url=http://www.aberdeenships.com/single.asp?index=101432 |title=Saint Clement |publisher=www.aberdeenships.com |access-date=5 April 2022}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{GS|U-76|1940|2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type VIIB submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south of Iceland ({{coord|58|32|N|20|15|W}}) by {{HMS|Arbutus|K86|6}}, {{HMS|Scarborough|L25|6}} and {{HMS|Wolverine|D78|6}} (all {{naval|UK}}) with the loss of one of her 43 crew. Survivors were taken as prisoners of war.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

6 April

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|ship={{SS|Antonia C.|1921|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Massawa, Italian Somaliland. She was scrapped in 1951.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Capitano Bottego|1933|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled off the Dahlak Islands, Italian Somaliland. She was salvaged in 1951 and scrapped.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Comorin|F49|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The armed merchant cruiser caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|54|34|N|21|20|W}}) with the loss of 14 of her 419 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Broke|D83|6}}, {{HMS|Lincoln|G42|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}) and {{SS|Glenartney|1940|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}). HMS Comorin was scuttled by HMS Broke.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Daneland

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The fishing trawler was bombed and sunk in the Irish Sea off Rathlin Island, County Antrim by Luftwaffe aircraft. Her crew were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Dunstan|1925|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|59|09|N|8|22|W}}) by Focke-Wulf Fw 200 aircraft of the Luftwaffe with the loss of two crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Boadicea|H65|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Greek auxiliary ship|Georgios||2}}

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Greece}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Greece: The naval auxiliary was bombed and sunk at Piraeus by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Lincoln Ellsworth|1927|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|62|37|N|27|06|W}}) by {{GS|U-94|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 29 crew were rescued by {{HMS|Derbyshire|N90|6}} and {{HMT|Skyrock}} (both {{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/lincolnellsworth.html |title=M/T Lincoln Ellsworth |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=26 January 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Lysefjord I|1874|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=The coaster ran aground in Årdalsfjord and sank. All aboard survived.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/homefleet/shipsl.html |title=Norwegian Homefleet - WW II, Ships starting with L |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=9 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Næraberg

|flag={{flag|Faroe Islands}}

|desc=World War II: The fishing trawler was bombed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|60|30|N|5|30|W}}) by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Nazario Sauro|1921|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled off the Dahlak Islands. She was refloated in 1948 and scrapped.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Nicolaou Zografia|1913|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|57|10|N|12|30|W}}) by Luftwaffe aircraft. Her 31 crew were rescued by {{HMS|Eskimo|F75|2}} ({{naval|UK}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Olga S.|1938|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|55|48|N|9|45|W}}) by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of four of her 33 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Chelsea}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite DANFS | title = DD-134 | url = http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/destroy/dd134txt.htm |access-date=15 January 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Riv|1921|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea by Allied aircraft. She put in to Tripoli, Libya and was laid up.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Riva Ligure|1906|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Massawa. She was later salvaged.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|HMY|Surf}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Greece: The naval yacht was bombed and sunk at Piraeus by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Torrent|FY004|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The naval yacht struck a mine and sank in the English Channel off Falmouth, Cornwall ({{coord|50|05|N|4|57|W}}) with the loss of at least four of her crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Tripolitania|1918|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled off the Dahlak Islands. She was salvaged by the British in March 1943 and used as a storeship.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=539 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Viking|1904|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Greece: The salvage vessel was bombed and sunk at Piraeus by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

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7 April

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|ship={{SS|Acropolis|1917|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Greece: The cargo ship was sunk at Piraeus by Luftwaffe bombing, or by the explosion of {{SS|Clan Fraser|1938|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}). Her crew survived.{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/verluste_griechenland/ausgabe.php?lang=1&rubrik=%&where_value=256 |title=Acropolis |publisher=historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=3 April 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|City of Roubaix|1928|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Greece: The cargo ship was sunk at Piraeus by the explosion of {{SS|Clan Fraser|1938|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}). Her 94 crew survived.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=492 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Clan Fraser|1938|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Greece: The {{sclass|Cameron|steamship}} was bombed and set on fire at Piraeus by Heinkel He 111 aircraaft of II Staffel, Kampfgeschwader 4, Luftwaffe on 6 April. Her cargo of TNT exploded, sinking her with the loss of six of her crew and wrecking the harbour.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Constantinos Loulandis|1922|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Greece: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Piraeus by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was refloated in 1942, repaired and entered German service as Lüneburg.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=524 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Cyprian Prince|1937|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Greece: The cargo ship was damaged at Piraeus by Luftwaffe bombing and was beached at Salamis Island with the loss of four of her crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Elisabeth|1920|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster struck a mine and sank in the English Channel {{convert|5|nmi|km}} east north east of Portscatho, Cornwall with the loss of ten of her crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|ST|Elpis||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Greece: The tug was sunk at Piraeus by the explosion of {{SS|Clan Fraser|1938|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Evoikos|1922|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Greece: The cargo ship was sunk at Piraeus by Luftwaffe bombing or the explosion of {{SS|Clan Fraser|1938|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}). She was later refloated, and was scrapped in 1948.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Halcyon

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Greece: The caïque was sunk at Piraeus by Luftwaffe bombing, or by the explosion of {{SS|Clan Fraser|1938|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Kyrapanagia II|1899|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Greece: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Piraeus by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Patris|1911|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Greece: The cargo ship was sunk at Piraeus by Luftwaffe bombing, or by the explosion of {{SS|Clan Fraser|1938|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Petalli|1917|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Greece: The cargo ship was set on fire at Piraeus by Luftwaffe bombing, or by the explosion of {{SS|Clan Fraser|1938|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}). She was towed out of port and scuttled.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Portadoc|1924|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc= World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|7|17|N|16|53|W}}) by {{GS|U-124|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her twenty crew reached French Guinea, where they were interned by Vichy French authorities.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/865.html |title=Portadoc |publisher=Uboat |access-date=25 February 2012}}{{cite web |url=https://plimsoll.southampton.gov.uk/shipdata/pdfs/40/40a0751.pdf |title=Lloyd's Register, Navires a Vapeur et a Moteurs |publisher=Plimsoll Ship Data |access-date=25 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMT|Roche Bonne}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler was bombed and sunk in the English Channel {{convert|8|nmi|km}} south south east of The Lizard, Cornwall by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of eleven of her crew.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/7148.html |title=HMS Rochebonne |publisher=U boat |access-date=18 October 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Styliani|1896|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Greece: The cargo ship was sunk at Piraeus by Luftwaffe bombing, or by the explosion of {{SS|Clan Fraser|1938|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sylvia

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The fishing trawler was bombed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|61|27|N|5|48|W}}) by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of a crew member.

}}

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8 April

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|ship={{SS|Ahamo|1926|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|British Hong Kong}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom ({{coord|53|22|N|0|59|E}}) with the loss of fourteen of her crew.{{cite book |last2=Sawyer |first2=LA |last1=Mitchell |first1=WH |year= 1990 |title=The Empire Ships |place=London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong |publisher=Lloyd's of London Press Ltd |isbn=1-85044-275-4 |edition=Second |page=393 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ardita

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The boat was scuttled at Massawa, Italian Eritrea.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Clelia Campanella|1917|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was scuttled at Massawa. She was later salvaged, repaired and entered British service as Empire Prize.{{cite book |last2=Sawyer |first2=LA |last1=Mitchell |first1=WH |year= 1990 |title=The Empire Ships |place=London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong |publisher=Lloyd's of London Press Ltd |isbn=1-85044-275-4 |edition=Second |page=439 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Colombo|1917|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The passenger ship was scuttled at Massawa. The wreck was scrapped in situ 1949-51.{{cite book |first=Roger |last=Jordan |year= 1999 |title=The World's Merchant Ships 1939 |place=London |publisher=Chatham House |isbn=1-86176-023-X |page=234 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Cormarsh|1939|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The collier was bombed and damaged in the North Sea off Sheringham, Norfolk. She was subsequently repaired and returned to service.{{cite book |last2=Sawyer |first2=LA |last1=Mitchell |first1=WH |year= 1990 |title=The Empire Ships |place=London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong |publisher=Lloyd's of London Press Ltd |isbn=1-85044-275-4 |edition=Second |page=30 }}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Eskdene|1934|2}}

|flag={{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy OG 57: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|34|43|N|24|21|W}}) by {{GS|U-107|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 39 crew were rescued by {{SS|Penhale|1924|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/868.html |title=Eskdene |publisher=Uboat |access-date=23 February 2012}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=496 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Italian tanker|Giove||2}}

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was scuttled at Massawa. She was later salvaged, repaired and entered British service as Empire Trophy.{{cite book |last1= Mitchell |first1=W.H. |last2=Sawyer |first2=L.A. |year=1995 |title=The Empire Ships |page=not cited |publisher= Lloyd's of London Press Ltd |location= London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong |isbn=1-85044-275-4}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Italian trawler|Giuseppe Biglieri||2}}

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}

|desc=World War II: The {{Sclass|Giovanni Berta|naval trawler}} was scuttled at Massawa.{{csr|register=MSI|id=5606190|shipname=Giuseppe Biglieri|access-date=4 February 2020}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Helena Margareta|1915|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|330|nmi|km}} west of Madeira, Portugal ({{coord|33|00|N|23|52|W}}) by {{GS|U-107|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 27 of her 36 crew Survivors were rescued by {{ship|RFA|Carndale}} ({{naval|UK|RFA}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/867.html |title=Helena Margareta |publisher=Uboat |access-date=23 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=MAS 204,
MAS 206,
MAS 210,
MAS 213, and
MAS 216

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}

|desc=World War II: The MAS 204-class motor torpedo boats were scuttled at Massawa.

}}

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|ship={{ship|Italian minelayer|Ostia||2}}

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}

|desc=World War II: The minelayer was bombed and sunk at Massawa by Royal Air Force aircraft.

}}

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|ship={{SS|Pirano||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The tug was scuttled at Massawa. She was later salvaged.{{cite plimsoll |ship-name=Pirano |lr-number=12335 |subtitle=SM |guide=PIL-PIR |filename=41a0452.pdf}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Prometeo|1922|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled in the Dahlak Islands, Italian Somaliland. She was later refloated and scrapped.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=535 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|San Giorgio|1899|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster was scuttled at Massawa.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sole

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The boat was scuttled at Massawa.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Trieste

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster was scuttled at Massawa.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Tweed|1926|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|7|43|N|15|11|W}}) by {{GS|U-124|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of three of her 28 crew.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/866.html |title=Tweed |publisher=Uboat |access-date=25 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Italian destroyer|Vincenzo Giordano Orsini||2}}

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Giuseppe Sirtori|destroyer}} was scuttled at Massawa.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

9 April

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|ship={{MV|Buesten|1927|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker (5,187 GRT, 1927) was bombed and sunk in the English Channel {{convert|4|nmi|km}} south east of Berry Head, Devon, United Kingdom ({{coord|50|21|07|N|3|24|11|W}}) by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of 28 of her 35 crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Craftsman|1922|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|0|32|N|23|37|W}}) by {{ship|German auxiliary cruiser|Kormoran||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of six of her 49 crew. Survivors were taken as prisoners of war.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMT|D'Arcy Cooper}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The examination ship was bombed and sunk at Harwich, Essex by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of four of her crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.fleetwood-trawlers.info/index.php/2010/04/s-dt-darcy-cooper-yh370/ |title=D'Arcy Cooper |publisher=fleetwood-trawlers.info |access-date=10 February 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Dudley Rose|1929|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the English Channel {{convert|4|nmi|km}} south east of Berry Head by a Heinkel He 111K aircraft of the Luftwaffe. Her sixteen crew were rescued.{{cite web |url=http://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=881 |title=Dudley Rose |publisher=The Yard |access-date=26 February 2017}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Duffield|1938|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|31|13|N|23|40|W}}) by {{GS|U-107|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 25 of her 53 crew.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/871.html |title=Duffield |publisher=Uboat |access-date=23 February 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Harpathian|1930|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|32|22|N|22|53|W}}) by {{GS|U-107|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of four of her 43 crew.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/870.html |title=Harpathian |publisher=Uboat |access-date=23 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=John Pyemont

|flag=File:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution

|desc=World War II: The lifeboat was bombed and sunk at Tynemouth, Northumberland by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Lunula|1927|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker struck a mine and was damaged at Thameshaven, Essex with the loss of 28 of her 39 crew. She was declared a constructive total loss.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=503 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMT|Marmion}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper was bombed and beached at Harwich by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was refloated on 10 May and eventually scrapped at Tilbury, Essex.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Prins Willem II|1938|2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 117: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|59|50|N|24|25|W}}) by {{GS|U-98|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of three of her 25 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Klipparen|1935|2}} ({{flag|Sweden}}) and {{MV|Tuscan Star|1930|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/869.html |title=Prins Willem II |publisher=Uboat |access-date=21 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Sund|1927|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The coastal tanker struck a mine and sank in the Elbe.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

10 April

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|ship= {{ship|Greek contraband chaser|A 2||2}}

|flag={{navy|Greece}}

|desc=The {{sclass|A 1|contraband chaser|2}} was lost on this date.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Alert

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The fireboat was bombed and damaged at Ipswich, Suffolk. She was declared a constructive total loss.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Circeo

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster was scuttled at Assab, Italian Eritrea.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Dante

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster was scuttled at Assab.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Greta

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The fireboat was bombed and sunk at Ipswich. She was declared a constructive total loss.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|India|1925|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Assab. She was later salvaged.{{csr|register=MSI|id=5606526|shipname=India |access-date=2 December 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Piave|1919|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Assab. She was later salvaged.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Queen

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The fireboat was bombed and sunk at Ipswich. She was refloated two days later.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Saleier|1920|2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|58|04|N|30|48|W}}) by {{GS|U-52|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 63 crew were rescued by {{USS|Niblack|DD-424|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/872.html |title=Salier |publisher=Uboat |access-date=14 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Sannio|1920|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Assab. She was raised in 1947 and scrapped in Genoa, Italy from November 1950.{{csr|register=MSI|id=5605458|shipname=Sannio |access-date=4 December 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Scillin

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster was scuttled at Assab.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sicilia II

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster was scuttled at Assab.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

11 April

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Aegeon||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|6|55|N|15|38|W}}) by {{GS|U-124|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of four of her 31 crew.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/873.html |title=Aegeon |publisher=Uboat |access-date=25 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Attiki|1896|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The hospital ship was bombed and sunk at Piraeus by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of 23 of the 166 people aboard.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Raids On Port Of Athens |date=14 April 1941 |page=3 |issue=48899 |column=C }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Draco|1922|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged at Tobruk, Libya by Junkers Ju 87 aircraft of III Staffeln, Sturzkampfgeschwader 1 and II Staffeln, Sturzkampfgeschwader 2, Luftwaffe and 96 & 236 Squadriglia, Regia Aeronautica. She was beached with the loss of a crew member. Draco was bombed again on 21 April and was declared a total loss. She was refloated in July 1948 and subsequently scrapped at Valencia, Spain.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=495 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMT|Othello}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The boom defence vessel struck a mine and sank in the Humber with the loss of eleven of her crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Retriever|1909|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cable layer was bombed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Phleva Island, Greece by Junkers Ju 88 aircraft of III Staffeln, Lehrgeschwader 1, Luftwaffe with the loss of eleven of her 46 crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Senj|1907|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Yugoslavia}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster was scuttled to prevent capture at the Island of Krk. She was raised, repaired and put in Italian service.{{cite web |url=https://hrcak.srce.hr/138028|title=White ships, black smoke |publisher=Maritimeheritage |access-date=3 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130812155911/http://c/ |archive-date=12 August 2013 |url-status=dead}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Triglav||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Yugoslavia}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster was scuttled to prevent capture at the Island of Krk. She was raised, repaired and put in Italian service.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMT|Yorkshire Belle}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The boom tender struck a mine and sank in the Humber with the loss of four of her crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

12 April

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Arbel|1921|2}}

|flag={{Flag|Belgium}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster was bombed and sunk by Luftwaffe aircraft near the Longships Lighthouse, Cornwall, United Kingdom ({{coord|50|06|N|05|46|W}}) with the loss of three of her crew.{{cite web |title=SS Arbel [+1941] |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?15276 |website=wrecksite.eu |access-date=10 February 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Chicago

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The grain elevator ship was bombed and sunk at Millwall Docks, London by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Yugoslav monitor|Drava||2}}

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Yugoslavia}}

|desc=World War II: Invasion of Yugoslavia: The monitor was bombed and sunk by Luftwaffe aircraft off Čib with the loss of 54 of her 67 crew.{{cite book |last=Willmott |first=H.P. |title=The Last Century of Sea Power: From Washington to Tokyo, 1922–1945 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2AiIL5icXqMC&q=drava+monitor+12+april+1941&pg=PA311 |year=2010 |publisher=Indiana University Press |isbn=978-0253004093 |page=311 |access-date=26 September 2013}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Kexholm|1937|2}}

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|59|50|N|8|22|W}}) by Focke-Wulf Fw 200 aircraft of I Staffeln, Kampfgeschwader 40, Luftwaffe. Her 35 crew were rescued.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=572 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Marie Maersk|1928|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was bombed and sunk at Piraeus, Greece by Heinkel He 111 aircraft of II Staffeln, Kampfgeschwader 26, Luftwaffe. She was raised in March 1942 and towed to Trieste, Italy for repairs.{{cite book |title=The world's merchant fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |pages=448–49 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Yugoslav monitor|Morava||2}}

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Yugoslavia}}

|desc=World War II: Invasion of Yugoslavia: The monitor was scuttled to prevent capture. She was raised, repaired and put into Croatian Navy service.Willmott 2010, p. 310.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Nicolaos D. L.|1939|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|1|54|S|22|12|W}}) by {{ship|German auxiliary cruiser|Kormoran||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 35 crew were rescued and made prisoners of war.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=527 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Persiano|1889|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea {{convert|30|nmi|km}} north east of Tripoli, Libya ({{coord|33|29|N|14|01|E}}) by {{HMS|Tetrarch|N77|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMT|Rypa}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The naval trawler foundered in Loch Ewe during a storm.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Yugoslav monitor|Sava||2}}

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Yugoslavia}}

|desc=World War II: Invasion of Yugoslavia: The monitor was scuttled to prevent capture. She was raised, repaired and put in Croatian Navy service.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|St. Helena|1936|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|7|50|N|14|00|W}}) by {{GS|U-124|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 41 crew were rescued by {{HMS|Wishart|D67|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/874.html |title=St. Helena |publisher=Uboat |access-date=25 February 2012}} St. Helena was on a voyage from Montevideo, Uruguay to Hull, Yorkshire.{{cite book |first=Roger |last=Jordan |year= 1999 |title=The World's Merchant Ships 1939 |place=London |publisher=Chatham House |isbn=1-86176-023-X |page=86 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Yugoslav monitor|Vardar||2}}

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Yugoslavia}}

|desc=World War II: Invasion of Yugoslavia: The monitor was scuttled to prevent capture.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

13 April

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|ship={{MV|Brattdal|1935|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and severely damaged at Volos, Greece by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of one of her 28 crew. She was bombed again on 17 April and sank.{{cite web|url= http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/brattdal.html |title= M/S Brattdal|publisher=Warsailors |access-date=9 January 2012}} She was salvaged in 1950–52. Subsequently repaired and sold.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=558 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|City of Karachi|1927|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged at Volos by Luftwaffe aircraft and was beached. She was bombed again two days later and declared a total loss.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Corinthic|1924|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|8|10|N|14|40|W}}) by {{GS|U-124|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of two of her 41 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Malvina|1932|2}} ({{flag|Netherlands}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Rajputana}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The armed merchant cruiser was torpedoed and sunk in the Denmark Strait ({{coord|64|50|N|27|25|W}}) by {{GS|U-108|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 42 of her 325 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Legion|G74|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) and {{ship|ORP|Piorun|G65|6}} ({{navy|Poland}}).{{cite web |title=HMS Rajputana (F 35) |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/876.html |website=uboat.net |access-date=24 July 2021}}

}}

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14 April

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|ship={{ship|French gunboat|Conquérante||2}}

|flag={{navy|Free French}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Valliante|gunboat}} was bombed and sunk at Falmouth, Cornwall by Luftwaffe aircraft.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/6186.html |title=Fr Conquérante of the French Navy |publisher=Uboat.net |access-date=14 April 2013}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|RFA|Pericles}}

|flag={{naval|UK|RFA}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy AS 25: The tanker had been damaged in March during the Raid on Souda Bay, Crete, Greece when rammed by Italian explosive motor boats launched from the destroyers {{ship|Italian destroyer|Francesco Crispi||2}} and {{ship|Italian destroyer|Quintino Sella||2}} (both {{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}). Her cargo was salvaged and she was ordered to sail to Egypt. She broke in two in heavy seas ({{coord|32|09|N|29|40|E}}). Her crew were rescued by {{HMS|Grimsby|U16|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/pericles.html |title=M/T Pericles |publisher=warsailors.com |access-date=14 April 2020}} Both sections were shelled and sunk.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=563 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|French gunboat|Suippe||2}}

|flag={{navy|Free French}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Scarpe|gunboat}} was sunk by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was raised, but was not repaired.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/6163.html |title=Fr Suippe of the French Navy |publisher=Uboat.net |access-date=14 April 2013}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Trabzon|1919|2}}

|flag={{flag|Turkey}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Laurium, Greece by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Ville de Liège|1920|2}}

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|59|50|N|29|30|W}}) by {{GS|U-52|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 40 of her 52 crew.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/877.html |title=Ville de Liège |publisher=Uboat |access-date=14 February 2012}}

}}

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15 April

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|ship={{Ship|ST|Aquila||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The tug was bombed and sunk at Hull, Yorkshire by Luftwaffe aircraft.

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|ship={{SS|Aurillac|1921|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|37|09|N|18|42|W}}) by {{ship|Italian submarine|Enrico Tazzoli|1935|2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}) with the loss of one of her 41 crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4104-31APR02.htm |title=Naval Events, April 1941, Part 2 of 2, Tuesday 15th – Wednesday 30th| publisher=Naval History |access-date=10 December 2011}}{{cite book |title=The world's merchant fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=456 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Clan Cumming|1937|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in Eleusis Bay ({{coord|37|49|N|28|38|E}}). All 110 people on board survived.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?31427 |title=Clan Cumming |publisher=wrecksite.eu |access-date=14 April 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://www.benjidog.co.uk/MiscShips/Clan%20Cumming.html |title=Clan Cumming |publisher=benjidog.co.uk |access-date=14 April 2020}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Goalpara|1919|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: the cargo ship was bombed and damaged in Eleusis Bay by Junkers Ju 88 aircraft of II Staffeln, Lehrgeschwader 1, Luftwaffe. She was beached. Her crew were rescued.

}}

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|ship={{SS|Luciano|1913|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo shi was torpedoed and sunk at Vlorë, Albania by Fairey Swordfish aircraft of 815 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm.

}}

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|ship={{SS|Quiloa|1925|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: the cargo ship was bombed and damaged in Eleusis Bay by Junkers Ju 88 aircraft of II Staffeln, Lehrgeschwader 1, Luftwaffe. She was beached. Her 97 crew were rescued. She was abandoned as a total loss on 19 April. The wreck was taken into Skaramangas, Greece in November 1945.{{cite book |title=The world's merchant fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=508 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Stampalia|1907|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk at Vlorë by Fairey Swordfish aircraft of 815 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm.

}}

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16 April

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|ship={{SS|Adana|1922|2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of the Tarigo Convoy: The transport ship was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off the Kerkennah Islands, Tunisia by {{HMS|Jervis|F00|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?134428 |title=SS Adana (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=18 October 2011}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=465 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Ægina|1922|2}}

|flag={{Navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of the Tarigo Convoy: The transport ship was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off the Kerkennah Islands by {{HMS|Jervis|F00|6}} and other vessels from the 14th Destroyer Flotilla ({{naval|UK}}).{{ref|a|[Note 1]}}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?152099 |title=SS Aegina (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=20 December 2011}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Amiens|1918|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|50|25|N|5|35|W}}) by Luftwaffe aircraft. Her crew were rescued.

}}

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|ship={{SS|Anglesea Rose|1930|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|50|25|N|5|35|W}}) by Luftwaffe aircraft. Her crew were rescued.

}}

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|ship={{SS|Arta|1921|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of the Tarigo Convoy: The cargo ship was shelled in the Mediterranean sea off the Kerkennah Islands by ships of the 14th Destroyer Flotilla, Royal Navy and was beached. She was destroyed with demolition charges on 26 April by {{HMS|Upholder|P37|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?134869 |title=SS Arta (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=18 October 2011}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Italian destroyer|Baleno||2}}

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of the Tarigo Convoy: The {{sclass|Folgore|destroyer|2}} was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean sea by the 14th Destroyer Flotilla, Royal Navy.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?135050 |title=RM Baleno (BO) (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=18 October 2011}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Bolette|1920|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|50|25|N|5|35|W}}) by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of eight crew.

}}

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|ship={{SS|Favorit|1919|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|60|06|N|8|32|W}}) by aircraft of Kampfgeschwader 40, Luftwaffe. Her 23 crew were rescued by the fishing trawler Commander Horton ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) and {{HMS|Lincoln|G42|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/favorit.html |title= D/S Favorit |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=12 January 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Iserlohn|1922|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of the Tarigo Convoy: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off the Kerkennah Islands by {{HMS|Jervis|F00|6}}, {{HMS|Mohawk|F31|6}} and {{HMS|Nubian|F36|6}} (all {{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?148306 |title=SS Iserlohn (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=22 December 2011}}

}}

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|ship=King Athelstan

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The fishing trawler was bombed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean off Ballinskelligs, County Kerry, Ireland and was beached. She was later repaired and returned to service.

}}

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|ship={{ship|Italian destroyer|Lampo|1931|2}}

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}

|desc=File:Italian destroyer Lampo wreckage.jpg World War II: Battle of the Tarigo Convoy: The {{sclass|Folgore|destroyer|2}} was shelled and heavily damaged in the Mediterranean sea by the 14th Destroyer Flotilla, Royal Navy. With 141 dead aboard, she ran aground in the action, but was subsequently repaired and returned to service.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?138295 |title=RM Lampo (LP) (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=18 October 2011}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Italian destroyer|Luca Tarigo||2}}

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of the Tarigo Convoy: The {{sclass2|Navigatori|destroyer|2}} was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean sea by the 14th Destroyer Flotilla, Royal Navy.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?138282 |title=RM Luca Tarigo (TA) (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=18 October 2011}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Memas|1900|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo shipvwas bombed and sunk at Chalkis by Luftwaffe aircraft. Her crew survived.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=526 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|Mohawk|F31|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=File:HMS Mohawk's wreckage.jpg World War II: Battle of the Tarigo Convoy: The {{sclass2|Tribal|destroyer|2||1936}}, part of the 14th Destroyer Flotilla, was torpedoed and sunk off the Kerkennah Islands by {{ship|Italian destroyer|Luca Tarigo||2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}) with the loss of 43 of her 219 crew.

}}

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|ship={{SS|Parnu|1909|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship collided with {{SS|Fluor|1925|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|11|nmi|km}} off Cape Wrath, Sutherland. She sank the next day.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?60600 |title=SS Parnu (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=23 December 2011}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Sabaudia|1911|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of the Tarigo Convoy: The ammunition ship was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off the Kerkennah Islands by {{HMS|Jervis|F00|6}}, {{HMS|Mohawk|F31|6}} and {{HMS|Nubian|F36|6}} (all {{naval|UK}}).{{csr|register=MSI|id=1128306|shipname=Sabaudia |access-date=5 December 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Sir Ernest Cassel|1910|2}}

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk off the Azores, Portugal by {{ship|German auxiliary cruiser|Thor||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). HEr crew were rescued and made prisoners of war.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?137115 |title=SS Sir Ernest Cassel (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=18 October 2011}}

}}

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|ship={{MV|Swedru|1937|2}}

|flag={{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The ship was bombed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|55|21|N|12|50|W}}) by Focke-Wulf Fw 200 aircraft of I Staffeln, Kampfgeschwader 40, Luftwaffe with the loss of 24 lives. She was scuttled by a Royal Navy ship on 19 April.

}}

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17 April

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|ship={{SS|Damaskini|1903|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Aegean Sea north of Euboea by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

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|ship={{SS|Effra|1910|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy FS 464: The cargo ship (1,446 GRT, ) was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off the Cross Sands Lightship (22px Trinity House) ({{coord|52|44|N|1|58|E}}) by a Kriegsmarine schnellboot with the loss of two of her crew.

}}

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|ship={{SS|Ethel Radcliffe|1920|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the North Sea by a Kriegsmarine schnellboot. She was beached at Gorleston, Suffolk with no loss of life amongst her 40 crew. The ship was bombed a number of times and was declared to be beyond salvage on 20 May.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/convoys/sc26.html |title=Convoy SC 26 |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=22 May 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Montalto|1902|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: the cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Rochester, Kent by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

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|ship={{SS|Nereus|1921|2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy FS 464: The cargo ship (1,298 GRT, 1921) was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk by a Kriegsmarine schnellboot.

}}

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|ship={{SS|Petrakis Nomikos|1914|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged at Piraeus by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was beached, but was later salvaged, repaired and entered German service as Wilhelmsburg.

}}

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|ship={{SS|Profit|1918|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, United Kingdom ({{coord|51|47|27|N|1|30|33|E}}) with the loss of twelve of her crew. {{HMS|Wallace|L64|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) was one of the ships that rescued survivors.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59480 |title=SS Profit (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=23 December 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/profit.html |title=D/S Profit |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=6 February 2012}} The wreck was subsequently dispersed by explosives.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=563 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{ship||Romagna|barque|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The barque was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by {{HMS|Greyhound|H05|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) and {{HMAS|Voyager|D31|6}} ({{naval|Australia|1913}}).

}}

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|ship={{ship||Vanna|barque|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The barque was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Apollonia, Libya by {{HMS|Truant|N68|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).

}}

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|ship={{MV|Venezuela|1939|2}}

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by {{GS|U-123|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 41 crew and all eight survivors from {{MV|Caroline Thordén|1937|2}} ({{flag|Finland}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/878.html |title=Venezuela |publisher=Uboat |access-date=24 February 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Yugoslav destroyer|Zagreb||2}}

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Yugoslavia}}

|desc=World War II: The destroyer was scuttled at Cattaro.

}}

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|ship={{SS|Zamzam||2}}

|flag={{flag|Egypt|1922}}

|desc=World War II: The ocean liner was shelled and sunk in the South Atlantic ({{coord|27|41|S|8|08|W}}) by {{ship|German auxiliary cruiser|Atlantis||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with only two serious injuries and the eventual loss of a life. Three hundred and twenty survivors were rescued by the {{ship|German auxiliary cruiser|Atlantis||2}} and transferred the next day to the {{ship|German supply ship|Dresden||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). After four weeks cruising the mid-Atlantic, the ship made a dash for France, on 20 May landing at Saint-Jean-de-Luz, Basses-Pyrénées, France.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Telegrams in Brief |date=5 August 1942 |page=3 |issue=49306 |column=E}}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Liner's Fate In S. Atlantic |date=20 May 1941 |page=4 |issue=48930 |column=E}}{{cite book |title=The world's merchant fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=452 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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18 April

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|ship={{MV|British Science|1931|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was bombed and sunk in the Kithera Channel ({{coord|36|06|N|24|00|E}}) by Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 aircraft of 281 Squadriglia, Regia Aeronautica. Her 47 crew were rescued by {{HMS|Hero|H99|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=490 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Champenois|1921|2}}

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The cargo ship was driven ashore {{convert|20|nmi|km}} south west of Casablanca, Morocco. She was declared a total loss.{{cite book |title=The world's merchant fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=455 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Chios|1892|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Eretria by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Fiona|1927|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The troopship was bombed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea {{convert|50|nmi|km}} north west of Sidi Barani, Egypt by Junkers Ju 87 aircraft of III Staffeln, Sturzkampfgeschwader 1 and II Staffeln, Sturzkampfgeschwader 2, Luftwaffe and 96 & 236 Squadriglia, Regia Aeronautica with the loss of 53 of her crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?140064 |title=HMS Fiona (1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=18 October 2011}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Fokion|1910|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk off Psara by Luftwaffe aircraft. Two of her crew were killed.{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/verluste_griechenland/ausgabe.php?rubrik=%&where_value=451 |title=Fokion |publisher=historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=23 April 2020}}

}}

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|ship={{MV|Franco Martelli|1939|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea ({{coord|46|31|N|8|46|E}}) by {{HMS|Urge}} ({{naval|UK}}).

}}

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|ship={{SS|Juna|1927|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk by Axis aircraft off Sidi Barani.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=500 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Leon|1896|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk off Psara by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

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|ship={{SS|Moscha L. Goulandris|1918|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged off Chalkis by Luftwaffe aircraft and was beached. After further bombing on 20 and 23 April she was declared a total loss.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Panduah

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The flat sank under tow at {{coord|19|15|N|86|53|E}}.

}}

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|ship={{ship|German trawler|V-709 Guido Möhring||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The vorpostenboot was torpedoed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay near "Port Ley".{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?16511 |title=V-709 (Guido Möhring) (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=27 December 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMT|Young Ernie}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The naval trawler collided with another vessel and sank in the River Tyne.

}}

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19 April

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|ship= {{ship|Chinese gunboat|Chu Tai||2}}

|flag={{navy|Republic of China}}

|desc=Second Sino-Japanese War: The {{sclass|Chu Yu|gunboat}}, beached off Nankang, Fukien, since 1 June 1938, was destroyed there by Japanese aircraft.Gray, Randal, ed., Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906-1921, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1985, {{ISBN|0-87021-907-3}}, p. 398.

}}

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|ship={{SS|Fravis||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The dredger was bombed and sunk at Langstone, Hampshire by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMT|Kopanes}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler was bombed and sunk in the North Sea off the coast of Northumberland by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German minesweeper|M-1101||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea ({{coord|58|40|N|4|55|E}}) by {{ship|French submarine|Minerve||2}} ({{navy|Free French}}).

}}

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|ship={{SS|Margit|1912|2}}

|flag={{flag|Panama}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Kalkara Creek, Malta by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

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|ship={{SS|Samos|1922|2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The transport ship struck a mine and sank in the Mediterranean Sea. Also reported as being torpedoed and sunk off Benghazi, Libya by {{HMS|Truant}} ({{naval|UK}}) on 17 April.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=477 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Teti Nomikos|1901|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Chalkis by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

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20 April

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|ship={{SS|Assimina Baika|1895|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Politika by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

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|ship=Ben Aden

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The fishing trawler sank after a collision in the St George's Channel.{{cite web |url=http://www.llangibby.eclipse.co.uk/milfordtrawlers/Technical%20details/ben_aden__m119.htm |title=Ben Aden |publisher=llangibby.eclipse.co.uk |access-date=12 January 2021}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Chryssoroi|1892|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The coastal tanker was bombed and sunk at Fleva by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

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|ship={{SS|Empire Endurance||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo liner was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south west of Rockall ({{coord|53|05|N|23|14|W}}) by {{GS|U-73|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}} with the loss of 66 of the 95 people aboard. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Trillium|K172|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |title=Empire Endurance |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/881.html |website=uboat.net |access-date=27 July 2021}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|George A. Dracoulis|1912|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk by Luftwaffe aircraft.

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|ship=Harry

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The barge was bombed and sunk at Shadwell, London by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was later raised and scrapped.

}}

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|ship={{HMS|HDML 10036|HDML-10036|5}}, and
{{HMS|HDML 10371|HDML-10371|5}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The harbour defence motor launches were lost when {{SS|Empire Endurance||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) was torpedoed and sunk.{{cite web |title=HMS ML-1003 |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/879.html |website=uboat.net |access-date=27 July 2021}}{{cite web |title=HMS ML-1037 |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/880.html |website=uboat.net |access-date=27 July 2021}}{{cite web |title=HMS HDML 1003 (ML 1003) |url=https://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/14926.html |website=uboat.net |access-date=27 July 2021}}{{cite web |title=HMS HDML 1037 (ML 1037) |url=https://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/14960.html |website=uboat.net |access-date=27 July 2021}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Ithaki|1894|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The passenger ship was bombed and sunk in Suda Bay by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

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|ship={{SS|Moschanthi|1901|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster was bombed and sunk at Aigio by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

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|ship=Percy

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The barge was bombed and sunk at Shadwell by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

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|ship= {{ship|Greek destroyer|Psara|D98|2}}

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Greece}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Freccia|destroyer|2}} was bombed and sunk in the Saronic Gulf by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

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|ship={{SS|Pteroti|1897|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster was bombed and sunk at Chalkis by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

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|ship={{ship||R. S. Jackson|spritsail barge|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The spritsail barge was bombed and sunk at London by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was later raised and scrapped.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMT|Topaze}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The {{sclass2|Gem|trawler|1}} was rammed and sunk off the mouth of the Clyde by {{HMS|Rodney|29|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) with the loss of eighteen of her crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{ship|Greek destroyer|Vasilefs Georgios|D14|2}}

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Greece}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Vasilefs Georgios|destroyer}} was scuttled in the Salamis Naval Base to prevent capture by German forces. She was raised, repaired and put into Kriegsmarine service as ZG3 Hermes.

}}

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|ship={{SS|Ypanis|1909|2}}

|flag={{flag|Greece}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Chalkis by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was beached, but was later salvaged, repaired and entered German service.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

21 April

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|ship={{SS|Archon|1921|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Euboea by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Bankura|1912|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged at Tobruk, Libya by Junkers Ju 87 aircraft of III Staffeln, Sturzkampfgeschwader 1 and II Staffeln, Sturzkampfgeschwader 2, Luftwaffe and 96 & 236 Squadriglia, Regia Aeronautica. After further damage in subsequent air raids she was declared a total loss. She was refloated in 1950 and scrapped at Tobruk.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=487 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|British Renown|1928|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was bombed and damaged by Luftwaffe aircraft {{convert|3|nmi|km}} south east of Dartmouth, Devon. She was subsequently repaired and returned to service.{{cite book |first=Roger |last=Jordan |year= 1999 |title=The World's Merchant Ships 1939 |place=London |publisher=Chatham House |isbn=1-86176-023-X |page=102 }}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Calchas|1921|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|23|50|N|27|00|W}}) by {{GS|U-107|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 24 of the 113 people aboard.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/882.html |title=Calchas |publisher=Uboat |access-date=23 February 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Esperos|1913|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=The hospital ship was bombed and sunk at Missolonghi by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Ioanna|1901|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Patras by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Prometeo|1922|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was attacked in the Mediterranean Sea off Tripoli, Libya, by {{HMS|Truant|N68|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) and ran aground whilst evading her torpedoes. She was later salvaged, repaired and returned to service.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|ST|Regency||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The tug struck a mine and sank in the Thames Estuary at Dagenham, Essex along with three or four barges. Two lives were lost. The tug and one of the barges were later raised, repaired and returned to service.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{ship|Greek destroyer|Thyella|1907|2}}

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Greece}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Thyella|destroyer|2}} was sunk by enemy action off Vouliagmeni near Athens.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Urania|1902|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Tobruk by Junkers Ju 87 aircraft of III Staffeln, Sturzkampfgeschwader 1 and II Staffeln, Sturzkampfgeschwader 2, Luftwaffe and 96 & 236 Squadriglia, Regia Aeronautica. She was later refloated, and was in use as a temporary wharf in 1950.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=528 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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22 April

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|ship={{HMS|A.16}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The A lighter was bombed and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea off Megara by Luftwaffe aircraft when they attacked the beached {{HMS|York|90|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). She was scuttled on 2 June.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Aghios Markos|1919|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Peristeri by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{ship|Greek minelayer|Aliakmon||2}}

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Greece}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Aliakmon|trawler|1}}/auxiliary minelayer was sunk in Corinth Bay by Luftwaffe aircraft.{{csr|register=MSI|id=1149063|shipname=Aliakmon |access-date=13 March 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Athinai|1894|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster was bombed and sunk at Itea by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Avlis|1888|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster was bombed and sunk at Rafina by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

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|ship={{SS|Blenheim|1923|2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The troopship caught fire and sank in the Porsangerfjorden, Norway with the loss of 138 of the 286 people aboard. The wreck was salvaged in 1946 and scrapped in 1948.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/homefleetsingles/blenheim.html |title=D/S Blenheim |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=8 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Coronation of Leeds

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The steam barge struck a mine in the Thames Estuary off Thames Haven, Essex and sank with the loss of all three crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Darmas|1883|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Gulf of Patras by Luftwaffe aircraft.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?154907 |title=SS Darmas (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=21 December 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Frinton|1903|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Megalo Pefko by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{ship|Greek destroyer|Hydra|D97|2}}

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Greece}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Freccia|destroyer}} was bombed and sunk in the Saronic Gulf b Junkers Ju 87 Stuka dive bombers of they Luftwaffe with the loss of 42 of her crew.{{cite web |url=https://sites.google.com/site/ccouclelis/sinkinghydra |title=Sinking of Hydra |access-date=23 November 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://galanoleykoblog.wordpress.com/2015/04/22/η-βύθιση-του-ατ-υδρα-στις-22-4-1941/ |title=Casualties of Hydra |date=22 April 2015 |publisher=galanoleykoblog.wordpress.com |access-date=23 November 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Ioannis Nomicos|1899|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster was bombed and sunk in the Gulf of Corinth off Rhion by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Kriti|1886|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Antirion by Luftwaffe aircraft. There were no casualties. She was later refloated and taken to Italy.{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/verluste_griechenland/ausgabe.php?lang=1&rubrik=%&where_value=337 |title=Kriti |publisher=historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=23 April 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Messarya Nomikos|1895|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Nafpaktos by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was later salvaged by the Germans and repaired.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Miss Elaine|1933|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The salvage vessel was bombed and sunk at Plymouth, Devon by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was raised on 14 May, repaired and returned to service.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Obra|1916|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster struck a mine and sank in the Baltic Sea off Greifswald.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Pancration|1920|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Milos by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sea-Serpent

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Greece: The yacht was bombed and sunk by Luftwaffe aircraft in the Aegean Sea between Syros and Souda.{{cite book|last1=Halaris|first1=Dimitris|title=Τα Κατοχικά (The holder)|date=1997|publisher=S. Vogiatzis & Co OE|location=Athens|isbn=960-7364-16-3|page=278|language=el}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Sokratis|1904|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The hospital ship was bombed and sunk in the Gulf of Corinth at Antikyra by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of one life.{{cite web |url=http://olympias.lib.uoi.gr/jspui/bitstream/123456789/6254/1/1.%20%CE%A3%CF%85%CE%B3%CE%BA%CF%81%CE%B9%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%BF%CE%AF%20%CF%80%CE%AF%CE%BD%CE%B1%CE%BA%CE%B5%CF%82%20%CF%84%CF%89%CE%BD%20%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B8%CF%81%CF%8E%CF%80%CE%B9%CE%BD%CF%89%CE%BD%20%CE%B1%CF%80%CF%89%CE%BB%CE%B5%CE%B9%CF%8E%CE%BD%20%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82%20%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%B7%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE%CF%82%20%CE%BD%CE%B1%CF%85%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BB%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82%201939-1945.%20%CE%A6%CE%BF%CF%81%CF%84%CE%B7%CE%B3%CE%BF%CF%8D%2C%20%CE%B1%CE%BA%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%80%CE%BB%CE%BF%CF%8A%CE%BA%CE%AE%CF%82%2C%20%CE%B9%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%86%CF%8C%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%85.pdf |title=Greek losses 1939-1945, vol 1 |publisher=olympias.lib.uoi.gr |access-date=23 April 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Teti|1903|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged in Greek waters by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was beached to prevent her sinking.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Thassos|1919|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Megara by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Thedol 2|1910|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The coastal tanker was bombed, set on fire and sunk in the Gulf of Corinth at Antikyra by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Theodora|1917|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker caught fire, burned out and sank in the Gulf of Corinth at Antikyra as a result of {{SS|Thedol 2|1910|2}} ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}) being bombed by Luftwaffe aircraft and set on fire. Ten of her crew were killed.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Thraki|1913|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: the cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Gulf of Corinth at Sombraina by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Vita|1914|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The hospital ship was bombed and severely damaged in the Mediterranean Sea off Tobruk, Libya by Junkers Ju 87 aircraft of III Staffeln, Sturzkampfgeschwader 1 and II Staffeln, Sturzkampfgeschwader 2, Luftwaffe and 96 & 236 Squadriglia, Regia Aeronautica. {{HMAS|Waterhen|D22|6}} ({{naval|Australia|1913}}) rescued 498 people.

}}

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23 April

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|ship={{SS|Alberta|1900|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The passenger ship was bombed and sunk in the Saronic Gulf off Salamis Island by Luftwaffe aircraft. Six crew and four gunners were killed. There were 29 survivors.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?31587 |title=SS Alberta (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=20 December 2011}}{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/verluste_griechenland/ausgabe.php?lang=1&rubrik=%&where_value=283 |title=Alberta |publisher=historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=23 April 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Assimi|1905|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster was bombed and sunk at Krioneri, near Chalkeia by Luftwaffe aircraft. There were no casualties.{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/verluste_griechenland/ausgabe.php?lang=1&rubrik=%&where_value=343 |title=Assimi |publisher=historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=23 April 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Athina S.|1898|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster was bombed and sunk at Psathopirgos by Luftwaffe aircraft. There were no casualties. She was later refloated.{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/verluste_griechenland/ausgabe.php?lang=1&rubrik=%&where_value=281 |title=Athina S |publisher=historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=23 April 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{ship|Greek torpedo boat|Doris||2}}

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Greece}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Alcyon|torpedo boat}} was scuttled at Porto Rafti.{{cite web |url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/9925.html |title=RHS Doris of the Royal Hellenic Navy |publisher=U Boat.net |access-date=23 April 2013}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Elvira|1898|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster was bombed and sunk at Chalkis by Luftwaffe aircraft. There were no casualties.{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/verluste_griechenland/ausgabe.php?lang=1&rubrik=%&where_value=438 |title=Elvira |publisher=historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=23 April 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Ellenis|1902|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The hospital ship was bombed and sunk. She was later raised, then bombed and sunk by aircraft while under repairs at Naples, Italy in June 1943.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Greek Navy |date=8 May 1941 |page=3 |issue=48920 |column=E}}{{csr|register=MSI|id=5614946|shipname=Ellenis |access-date=5 December 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Hydra|1899|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster was bombed and sunk at Megara by Luftwaffe aircraft. There were no casualties.{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/verluste_griechenland/ausgabe.php?lang=1&rubrik=%&where_value=505 |title=Hydra |publisher=historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=23 April 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Katerina|1887|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was bombed and sunk at Methana by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Kerkyra|1912|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The passenger ship was bombed and sunk at Salamis Naval Base by Luftwaffe aircraft. There were no casualties.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59568 |title=SS Kerkyra (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=22 December 2011}}{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/verluste_griechenland/ausgabe.php?lang=1&rubrik=%&where_value=301 |title=Kerkyra|publisher=historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=23 April 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{ship|Greek battleship|Kilkis||2}}

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Greece}}

|desc=File:USS Idaho sunk with USS Mississippi in background.jpg

World War II: The {{sclass|Mississippi|battleship|2}} was bombed and sunk at Salamis Naval Base by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{ship|Greek torpedo boat|Kios||2}}

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Greece}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Greece: The Kydoniai-class torpedo boat was damaged in Vouliagmeni Bay, near Athens by Luftwaffe aircraft and was then scuttled. Two of her crew were killed and three were wounded.{{cite web |url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/9927.html |title=RHS Kios of the Royal Hellenic Navy |publisher=U Boat.net |access-date=23 April 2013}}Gardiner, Robert, ed., Conway′s All the World′s Fighting Ships 1906-1921, Annapolis, Maryland:Naval Institute Press, 1985, {{ISBN|0-87021-907-3}}, p. 340.{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/verluste_griechenland/ausgabe.php?lang=1&rubrik=%&where_value=600 |title=Kios |publisher=historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=23 April 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{ship|Greek auxiliary minelayer|Korgialenios||2}}

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Greece}}

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minelayer was sunk off Corfu by Luftwaffe aircraft without casualty. She was later salvaged and put in German service as UJ-2110.{{cite web |url=http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=1227 |title=Captured Greek submarine chasers |website=warshipsww2.eu |access-date=28 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006184137/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=1227 |archive-date=6 October 2014 |url-status=usurped}}{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/verluste_griechenland/ausgabe.php?lang=1&rubrik=%&where_value=531 |title=Korgialenios |publisher=historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=23 April 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Kyma|1911|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster was bombed near Patras by Luftwaffe aircraft and sank the next day in the port from damage suffered from near misses. There were no casualties. She was later raised by the Italians and put in service.{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/verluste_griechenland/ausgabe.php?lang=1&rubrik=%&where_value=298 |title=Kyma |publisher=historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=23 April 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{ship|Greek battleship|Lemnos||2}}

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Greece}}

|desc=World War II: The barracks ship, a disarmed former {{sclass|Mississippi|battleship|2}} was bombed and sunk at Salamis Naval Base by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

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|ship=Macedonia

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Trisonia-Spilia, Patras by Luftwaffe aircraft. A crew member was killed.{{cite web |title=Macedonia |publisher=Historische MarineArchiv |year=2021 |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/verluste_griechenland/ausgabe.php?where_value=452&lang=2&rubrik=% |access-date=19 April 2021}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Marigo Matsas|1900|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The tug was bombed and sunk at Piraeus by Luftwaffe aircraft. A crew member was killed.{{cite web |url=https://www.marhisdata.nl/schip?id=5235 |title=Marigo Matsas |publisher=marhisdata.nl |access-date=23 April 2020}}

}}

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|ship= {{ship|Greek minelayer|Nestos||2}}

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Greece}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Aliakmon|trawler|1}}/auxiliary minelayer was bombed and sunk by Luftwaffe aircraft at Psathopyrgos. Her crew, that had suffered fifteen wounded in air attacks on the two previous days, had gone ashore and there were no casualties.{{cite web |url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/9933.html |title=RHS Nestos of the Royal Hellenic Navy |publisher=U Boat.net |access-date=23 April 2013}}{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/verluste_griechenland/ausgabe.php?lang=1&rubrik=%&where_value=347 |title=Nestos |publisher=historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=23 April 2020}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Nicolaos Nomicos|1899|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster was bombed and sunk at Trisonia-Spilia by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was later refloated by the Germans and towed to Piraeus, where she was scrapped.

}}

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|ship={{SS|Nicolaou Georgios|1930|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Gulf of Nauplia by Luftwaffe aircraft. There were no casualties.{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/verluste_griechenland/ausgabe.php?lang=1&rubrik=%&where_value=468 |title=Nicolaou Georgios |publisher=historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=23 April 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{ship|Greek auxiliary minelayer|Paralos||2}}

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Greece}}

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minelayer was sunk at Vouliagmeni by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was salvaged and put in German service as UJ-2103.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Policos|1893|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The hospital ship was bombed and sunk at Methana by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

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|ship={{SS|Ponta Verde|1918|2}}

|flag={{flagicon|Brazil|1889}} Brazil

|desc=The tanker was driven ashore on Straggler Island, in the Strait of Magellan off Santiago, Chile. She broke in three and was wrecked.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?152907 |title=SS Ponta Verde (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=23 December 2011}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=577 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{MV|Santa Clara Valley|1928|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in Nauplia Bay by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of seven of the 97 people on board. She was refloated on 1 October 1952 and subsequently scrapped.{{cite book |first=Roger |last=Jordan |year= 1999 |title=The World's Merchant Ships 1939 |place=London |publisher=Chatham House |isbn=1-86176-023-X |page=184 }}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Sifnos|1917|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster was bombed and sunk off Melos by Luftwaffe aircraft. Four of her nine crew were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.wreckdiving.gr/wreck/sifnos |title=Sifnos |publisher=wreckdiving.gr |access-date=23 April 2020}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Stathis A.|1885|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster was bombed and sunk at Megara by Luftwaffe aircraft. There were no casualties.{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/verluste_griechenland/ausgabe.php?lang=1&rubrik=%&where_value=504 |title=Stathis A |publisher=historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=23 April 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{ship|Greek tugboat|Tenedos||2}}

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Greece}}

|desc=World War II: The naval tug was sunk in Saronis Bay by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was salvaged and put in German service as UJ-2106.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

24 April

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|ship= {{ship|Greek contraband chaser|A 4||2}}

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Greece}}

|desc=The {{sclass|A 1|contraband chaser}} was lost on this date.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{ship|Greek torpedo boat|Aigli||2}}

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Greece}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Alcyon|torpedo boat}} was scuttled in Saronis Bay.{{cite web |url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/9922.html |title=RHS Aigli of the Royal Hellenic Navy |publisher=U Boat.net |access-date=24 April 2013}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{ship|Greek torpedo boat|Alkyoni||2}}

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Greece}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Alcyon|torpedo boat}} was scuttled in Vouliagmeni Bay.{{cite web |url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/9923.html |title=RHS Alkyoni of the Royal Hellenic Navy |publisher=U Boat.net |access-date=24 April 2013}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Andros|1914|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The hospital ship was bombed and sunk in the Gulf of Corinth off Loutraki by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of three lives.{{cite web |url=http://warsailors.com/forum/archive/forum/read.php-1,33326,33330.html#msg-33330 |title=Greek losses 24 April 1941 |publisher=warsailors.com |access-date=23 April 2020}}

}}

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|ship= {{ship|Greek torpedo boat|Arethousa||2}}

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Greece}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Alcyon|torpedo boat}} was scuttled off Varkiza.{{cite web |url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/9924.html |title=RHS Arethousa of the Royal Hellenic Navy |publisher=U Boat.net |access-date=24 April 2013}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|HMY|Calanthe}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The armed yacht was bombed and sunk off Milos, Greece by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

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|ship={{SS|Cavallo|1922|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged at Nauplia, Greece by Luftwaffe aircraft. She sank the next day. Her 40 crew survived.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=491 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{MV|Egeo|1927|2}}

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}

|desc=World War II: The armed merchant cruiser was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea {{convert|80|nmi|km}} off Tripoli, Libya by {{HMS|Jaguar|F34|6}}, {{HMS|Janus|F53|6}}, {{HMS|Jervis|F00|6}} and {{HMS|Juno|F46|6}} (all {{naval|UK}}). Only 36 of her 120 crew survived.{{cite web |url=https://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2018/11/egeo.html |title=Egeo |date=15 November 2018 |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=24 April 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Hellas|1893|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Piraeus by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of one life.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Kehrea|1912|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Bay of Frangolimano by Luftwaffe aircraft. There were no casualties.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Kyriaki|1912|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Suda Bay by Luftwaffe aircraft. Her crew survived.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Manna|1904|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster was bombed and sunk at Aedipsos by Luftwaffe aircraft. There were no casualties.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Petros|1892|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster was bombed and sunk at Porto Heli by Luftwaffe aircraft. There were no casualties. She was refloated by the Germans and scrapped at Piraeus.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Popi S|1903|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Milos by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of four lives.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Pylaros|1920|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Galaxeidion by Luftwaffe aircraft. There were no casualties.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Rover|N62|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Rainbow|submarine|2}} was bombed and damaged at Suda Bay by Luftwaffe aircraft and was beached. Later repaired and returned to service.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Italian destroyer|Simone Schiaffino||2}}

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}

|desc=World War II: The torpedo boat — a former {{sclass|Rosolino Pilo|destroyer|2}} — struck an Italian mine and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Bon, Tunisia.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Spetsai|1904|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Gulf of Corinth off Psathopyrgos by Luftwaffe aircraft. There were no casualties.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Ulster Prince|1930|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: Operation Demon: The troopship ran aground at Nauplia, Greece. She was bombed the next day by Luftwaffe aircraft and gutted by fire.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

25 April

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|ship={{SS|Anna Maria|1905|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster was bombed and sunk at Aigio by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Antonietta Lauro|1928|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The troopship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off the Kerkennah Islands, Tunisia by {{HMS|Upholder|P37|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Dimitrios Nomikos|1903|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Karystos by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was later salvaged by the Germans, repaired and entered German service.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Empire Light||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk off the Seychelles by {{ship|German auxiliary cruiser|Pinguin||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}).{{cite book |last2=Sawyer |first2=LA |last1=Mitchell |first1=WH |year= 1990 |title=The Empire Ships |place=London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong |publisher=Lloyd's of London Press Ltd |isbn=1-85044-275-4 |edition=Second |page=20 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{ship|Greek torpedo boat|Kyzikos||2}}

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Greece}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Kidonia|torpedo boat}} was sunk at Salamis by Luftwaffe aircraft.{{cite web |url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/9928.html |title=RHS Kyzikos of the Royal Hellenic Navy |publisher=U Boat.net |access-date=25 April 2013}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Marios|1906|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster was bombed and sunk at Aigio by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Pennland||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: Operation Demon: The troopship was bombed and damaged off San Giorgio Island by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of four of her crew. {{HMS|Griffin|H31|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) rescued about 350 people and sank Pennland by gunfire.{{cite web |url=https://mass.cultureelerfgoed.nl/pennland |title=Pennland |publisher=mass.cultureelerfgoed.nl |access-date=28 January 2021}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{ship|Greek torpedo boat|Pergamos||2}}

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Greece}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Greece The {{sclass|Kidonia|torpedo boat}} was scuttled at Salamis Naval Base.{{cite web |url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/9929.html |title=RHS Pergamos of the Royal Hellenic Navy |publisher=U Boat.net |access-date=25 April 2013}} (One source claims she was bombed and sunk at Salamis Naval Base by Luftwaffe aircraft on 24 April 1941).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{ship|Greek auxiliary minelayer|Pleias||2}}

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Greece}}

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary survey ship/minelayer was sunk off Missolonghi by Luftwaffe aircraft.{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/verluste_griechenland/ausgabe.php?lang=1&rubrik=%&where_value=534 |title=Pleias|publisher=historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=23 April 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Polyana|1919|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy OG 58: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately {{coord|12|45|N|28|21|W}}) by {{GS|U-103|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 25 crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/polyana.html |title=D/S Polyana |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=6 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Sofia|1918|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Megara by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Thraki|1917|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Porto Heli by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Thraki

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The yacht was bombed and sunk at Myli by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

26 April

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|André Moyrand|1927|2}}

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west north west of Achill Head, County Mayo, Ireland by {{GS|U-110|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Athanassios||2}}

|flag={{flag|Greece}}

|desc=World War II: The passenger/cargo ship was bombed, machine gunned and sunk in Plytra Bay, Laconian Bay, Peloponnese, Greece by German aircraft. The wreck was partially salvaged post war.{{Cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?98547 |title=Athanassios (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=25 April 2025}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{Ship|Greek torpedo boat|Kydoniai||2}}

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Greece}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Kydoniai|torpedo boat}} was bombed and sunk at Morea by Luftwaffe aircraft. The wreck was salvaged from 1948 to 1952.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Lapponia|1898|2}}

|flag={{flag|Finland}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank at Aalborg, Denmark. She was later raised, repaired and returned to service.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Maiotis|1888|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Aegean Sea by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was later raised, and was scrapped at Venice, Italy, in 1949.{{csr|register=MSI|id=1092237|shipname=Maiotis |access-date=6 December 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Maria Stathatos|1922|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Myloi by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Mountpark|1938|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|56|17|N|12|21|W}}) by Focke-Wulf Fw 200 aircraft of I Staffeln, Kampfgeschwader 40, Luftwaffe with the loss of six of her 41 crew.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=504 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}} Mountpark was on a voyage from Bahia Blanca, Brazil to Manchester, Lancashire.{{cite book |first=Roger |last=Jordan |year= 1999 |title=The World's Merchant Ships 1939 |place=London |publisher=Chatham House |isbn=1-86176-023-X |page=122 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Murdoch|1941|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship struck a submerged wreck, sprang a leak, and ran aground on the Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. She broke in two and sank.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?70288 |title=SS Murdoch (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=23 December 2011}}{{cite book |last2=Sawyer |first2=LA |last1=Mitchell |first1=WH |year= 1990 |title=The Empire Ships |place=London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong |publisher=Lloyd's of London Press Ltd |isbn=1-85044-275-4 |edition=Second |page=246 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Point Judith|1919|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Kythnos by Luftwaffe aircraft. Her crew was rescued.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=584 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Zakynthos|1892|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk off Monemvasia by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

27 April

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|ship={{SS|Astir|1896|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Kapsalion by Luftwaffe aircraft. There were no casualties.{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/verluste_griechenland/ausgabe.php?lang=1&rubrik=%&where_value=264 |title=Astir |publisher=historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=27 April 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Beacon Grange|1938|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|62|05|N|16|20|W}}) by {{GS|U-552||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of two of her 84 crew. Survivors were rescued by the fishing trawler Edouard Anseele ({{flag|Belgium}}) and {{HMS|Gladiolus|K34|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/887.html |title=Beacon Grange |publisher=Uboat |access-date=6 April 2012}} Beacon Grange was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Buenos Aires, Argentina.{{cite book |first=Roger |last=Jordan |year= 1999 |title=The World's Merchant Ships 1939 |place=London |publisher=Chatham House |isbn=1-86176-023-X |page=149 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Celte|1893|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster was bombed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|61|20|N|11|00|W}}) by Focke-Wulf Fw 200 aircraft of I Staffeln, Kampfgeschwader 40, Luftwaffe. Her crew were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Commander Horton|1915|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The fishing trawler was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately {{coord|62|N|16|W}}) by {{GS|U-552||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all fourteen crew.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/885.html |title=Commander Horton |publisher=Uboat |access-date=6 April 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Costa Rica|1910|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Greece: The troopship was bombed by Luftwaffe aircraft and sunk north of Crete, Greece ({{Coord|35|54|N|23|49|E}}). All aboard were rescued by {{HMS|Defender|H07|6}}, {{HMS|Hereward|H93|6}}, {{HMS|Hero|H99|6}} and {{HMS|Phoebe|43|6}} (all {{naval|UK}}).{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=550 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Danapris|1914|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Greece The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Piraeus by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was subsequently refloated, but was wrecked at Chalkis.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=525 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Diamond|H22|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Greece: The D-class destroyer was bombed and sunk in the Sea of Crete by Junkers Ju 87 aircraft of Kampfgeschwader 77, Luftwaffe with the loss of all 149 hands.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Fragiscos|1903|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster was bombed and sunk off Kythera by Luftwaffe aircraft. There were no casualties.{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/verluste_griechenland/ausgabe.php?lang=1&rubrik=%&where_value=488 |title=Fragiscos |publisher=historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=27 April 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Henri Mory|1921|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|300|nmi|km}} west north west of the Blasket Islands, County Kerry, Ireland by {{GS|U-110|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 28 of her 32 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Hurricane|H06|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/884.html |title=Henri Mory |publisher=Uboat |access-date=23 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Hollandia|1911|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Ermioni by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Patia}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The fighter catapult ship was bombed and sunk in the North Sea off the Coquet Islands, Northumberland by a Heinkel He 115 aircraft of III Staffeln, 506 Küstenfliegergruppe, Luftwaffe with the loss of 39 of her crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12770 |title=HMS Patia (1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=18 October 2011}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |pages=506–07 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Rimac|1919|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship collided with {{HMT|Lord Plender}} ({{naval|UK}}) and sank in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom with the loss of three of her crew and three crew from HMT Lord Plender, which rescued the survivors.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11092 |title=SS Rimac (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=23 December 2011}}{{cite web |url=https://www.warsailors.com/singleships/rimac.html |title=Rimac|publisher=warsailors.com |access-date=27 April 2020}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Rimfakse|1920|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|60|10|N|8|54|W}}) by {{GS|U-147|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of eleven of her nineteen crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Hengist|1928|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/rimfakse.html |title=D/S Rimfakse |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=7 February 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Slamat||2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Greece, Slamat disaster: The troopship was bombed and sunk in the Argolic Gulf of the Peloponnese ({{coord|37|01|N|23|10|E}}) by Junkers Ju 87 aircraft of Kampfgeschwader 77, Luftwaffe with the immediate loss of 193 of the 843 people aboard. Many survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Diamond|H22|6}} and {{HMS|Wryneck|D21|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}) but most were killed when those ships were also sunk. Only five people survived.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?132264 |title=SS Slamat (1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=18 October 2011}} The combined loss of Slamat, Diamond and Wryneck cost an estimated 983 lives. There were a total of 66 survivors from the three ships.{{cite web|url=http://www.krlmuseum.nl/Slamat/SLAMAT-Engels.htm |last=van Lierde |first=Ed |title=Slamat Commemoration |publisher=Koninklijke Rotterdamsche Lloyd Te Oudehorne |access-date=6 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106234624/http://www.krlmuseum.nl/Slamat/SLAMAT-Engels.htm |archive-date=6 January 2014 }}

}}

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|ship={{SS|S.N.A. 7||2}}

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Bon, Tunisia with the loss of sixteen of her crew.{{cite web |url=https://sites.google.com/site/souvenirfrancais66memorial/memorial-dedie-aux-morts-pour-la-france/destins |title=S.N.A. 7 |publisher=souvenirfrancais66memorial |access-date=27 April 2020}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Tassos|1891|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster was bombed and sunk at Ermioni by Luftwaffe aircraft. There were no casualties.{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/verluste_griechenland/ausgabe.php?lang=1&rubrik=%&where_value=330 |title=Tassos |publisher=historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=27 April 2020}}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|Wryneck|D21|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Greece: The W-class destroyer was bombed and sunk in the Sea of Crete by Junkers Ju 87 aircraft of Kampfgeschwader 77, Luftwaffe with the loss of 107 of her 156 crew. Twenty-seven survivorw were rescued by {{HMS|Griffin|H31|6}} ({{naval|UK}}), and 22 reached Suda Bay in the ship's whale boat.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

28 April

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|ship= {{ship|Greek contraband chaser|A 3||2}}

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Greece}}

|desc=The {{sclass|A 1|contraband chaser}} was lost on this date.

}}

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|ship={{SS|Aikaterini|1895|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster was bombed and sunk off Spetsopoula by Luftwaffe aircraft.{{cite web |url= https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/verluste_griechenland/ausgabe.php?where_value=284&lang=2&rubrik=%25 |title=Aikaterini |publisher=Historisches Marinearchiv |access-date=4 October 2022}}

}}

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|ship= {{ship|Greek minelayer|Aixos||2}}

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Greece}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Aliakmon|trawler|1}}/auxiliary minelayer was sunk at Syros.{{cite web |url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/9931.html |title=RHS Nestos of the Royal Hellenic Navy |publisher=U Boat.net |access-date=28 April 2013}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Ambrose Fleming|1941|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The collier was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off Cromer, Norfolk by a Kriegsmarine E-boat. She was on a voyage from London to Burntisland, Fife.{{cite book |last2=Sawyer |first2=LA |last1=Mitchell |first1=WH |year= 1990 |title=The Empire Ships |place=London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong |publisher=Lloyd's of London Press Ltd |isbn=1-85044-275-4 |edition=Second |page=31 }}

}}

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|ship={{MV|Caledonia|1935|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 121: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|60|03|N|16|10|W}}) by {{GS|U-96|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of twelve of her 48 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Zaafaran|1921|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/caledonia.html |title= M/T Caledonia |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=12 January 2012}}{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/891.html |title=Caledonia |publisher=Uboat |access-date=21 February 2012}} Caledonia was on a voyage from Aruba to the Clyde.{{cite book |first=Roger |last=Jordan |year= 1999 |title=The World's Merchant Ships 1939 |place=London |publisher=Chatham House |isbn=1-86176-023-X |page=307 }}

}}

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|ship={{MV|Capulet|1932|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 121: The tanker was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|60|16|N|16|10|W}}) by {{GS|U-552||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of nine of her 44 crew. She was torpedoed and sunk on 2 May by {{GS|U-201||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Douglas|D90|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) and {{SS|Zaafaran|1921|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}){{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/896.html |title=Capulet |publisher=Uboat |access-date=9 March 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|Caroline|1930|6}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler struck a mine and sank in the Bristol Channel off Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom with the loss of all fifteen hands.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?71778 |title=HMT Caroline (1941) |publisher=wrecksite.eu |access-date=28 January 2021}}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?10985 |title=SS Johanna Caroline (+1941) |publisher=wrecksite.eu |access-date=28 January 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://mass.cultureelerfgoed.nl/caroline-ijm26-hrms |title=Caroline |publisher=mass.cultureelerfgoed.nl |access-date=28 January 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://oorlogsslachtoffersijmond.nl/persoon/194/dirk-nielen |title=Caroline |publisher=oorlogsslachtoffersijmond.nl |access-date=28 January 2021}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Clan Buchanan|1937|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|5|24|N|62|46|E}}) by {{ship|German auxiliary cruiser|Pinguin||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). All 107 crew were rescued by Pinguin, but were lost when Pinguin was sunk.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=492 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Empire Strait||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The collier was bombed and damaged off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk to West Hartlepool, County Durham. Empire Strait was subsequently repaired and returned to service.{{cite book |last2=Sawyer |first2=LA |last1=Mitchell |first1=WH |year= 1990 |title=The Empire Ships |place=London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong |publisher=Lloyd's of London Press Ltd |isbn=1-85044-275-4 |edition=Second |page=213 }}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|LCT 5|A 5|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The Mk 1-class Landing Craft, Tank was bombed at Monemvassia, Greece. She was beached and abandoned.{{cite web |url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/17583.html |title=HMS LCT 5 (LCT 5)of the Royal Navy |publisher=U Boat.net |access-date=28 April 2013}}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|LCT 15|A 15|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The A lighter was bombed and sunk with all hands in the Mediterranean Sea between Suda Bay and Monemvasia, Greece.{{cite web |url= http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4104-31APR02.htm |title=Naval Events, April 1941, Part 2 of 2, Tuesday 15th – Wednesday 30th |publisher=Naval History |access-date=29 April 2013}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Moncousu|1912|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The depot ship was bombed and sunk at Plymouth, Devon by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Oilfield|1938|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 121: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|60|05|N|17|00|W}}) by {{GS|U-96|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 47 of her 55 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMT|St. Zeno|FY280|6}} ({{naval|UK}}){{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/889.html |title=Oilfield |publisher=Uboat |access-date=21 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Port Hardy|1923|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 121: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|60|14|N|15|20|W}}) by {{GS|U-96|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of one of her 98 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Zaafaran|1921|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/890.html |title=Port Hardy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=21 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{GS|U-65|1940|2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type IXB submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|60|04|N|15|45|W}}) by {{HMS|Douglas}} ({{naval|UK}}) with the loss of all 46 crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

29 April

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|ship={{SS|Aetos|1901|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster was bombed and sunk in Greek waters by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Ambrose Fleming|1941|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy EC 13: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea ({{coord|53|14|N|1|08|E}}) by {{ship|German torpedo boat|S-29||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of eleven of her crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=C 293

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The C lighter was bombed and sunk at Plymouth, Devon.{{cite web |url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4104-31APR02.htm |title=Naval Events, April 1941, Part 2 of 2, Tuesday 15tt – Wednesday 30th |publisher=Naval History |access-date=29 April 2013}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Chakla}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The armed boarding vessel was bombed and sunk at Tobruk, Libya by Junkers Ju 87 aircraft of III Staffeln, Sturzkampfgeschwader 1 and II Staffeln, Sturzkampfgeschwader 2, Luftwaffe and 96 & 236 Squadriglia, Regia Aeronautica.{{cite web |url=http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/127950/ |publisher=awm.gov.au|title=Australian War Memorial |access-date=29 April 2013}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Chiloe|1909|2}}

|flag={{flag|Chile}}

|desc=The passenger ship ran aground on Puchoco Point and was wrecked.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?37180 |title=SS Chiloe (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=21 December 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|City of Nagpur|1922|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The passenger ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|52|30|N|26|00|W}}) by {{GS|U-75|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of sixteen of the 478 people on board. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Hurricane|H06|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=492 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Elsi|1891|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in Suda Bay by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was later salvaged and repaired by the Germans.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Kalua|1908|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the North Sea off the mouth of the River Tyne by Junkers Ju 88 aircraft of I Staffeln, Küstenfliegergruppe 506, Luftwaffe. Her crew were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Konistra|1907|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo was bombed and sunk in Suda Bay by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was later salvaged and repaired by the Germans.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=HMML 278

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The Fairmile B motor launch struck a mine and sank at Portsmouth, Hampshire with the loss of all hands.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Pessac}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary patrol vessel was bombed and sunk at Plymouth by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was raised, repaired and returned to service in 1942.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

30 April

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German patrol boat|CF 1||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The {{sclass|CF 1|patrol boat}} was lost on this date.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Fermoy|J40|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|Hunt|minesweeper|2||1916}} was bombed and damaged at Malta by Luftwaffe aircraft and was declared a constructive total loss. She was further damaged by bombing on 4 May and sank.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Lassell|1922|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|250|nmi|km}} south west of the Cape Verde Islands, Portugal ({{coord|12|55|N|28|56|W}}) by {{GS|U-107|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of two of her 53 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Benvrackie|1922|2}} and {{SS|Egba|1914|2}} (both {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/893.html |title=Lassell |publisher=Uboat |access-date=23 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Nerissa|1926|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|55|57|N|10|08|W}}) by {{GS|U-552||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 207 of the 287 people on board. Nerissa was on a voyage from Saint John's, Dominion of Newfoundland to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{cite book |title=Merchant Ships of the World in Color 1910–1929 |first=Laurence |last=Dunn |publisher=Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc |location=New York |year=1975 |pages=185–86 }}{{cite book |first=Roger |last=Jordan |year= 1999 |title=The World's Merchant Ships 1939 |place=London |publisher=Chatham House |isbn=1-86176-023-X |pages=135, 505 }}

}}

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|ship={{HMIS|Parvati}}

|flag={{naval|British India|1928}}

|desc=World War II: The patrol vessel struck a mine and sank in the Red Sea off Assab, Italian Eritrea ({{coord|13|11|N|42|54|E}}) with the loss of sixteen of her 37 crew. Survivors were rescued by a Royal Navy ship.

}}

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|ship={{HMS|Peuplier}}

|flag={{naval|United Kingdom}}

|desc=World War II: The tug was bombed and sunk off Plymouth.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/7589.html |title=HMS Peoplier of the Royal Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=6 April 2013}}

}}

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|ship={{HMT|Trusty Star}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler was bombed and sunk at Malta by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was later salvaged, repaired and returned to service.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

Unknown date

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|ship= {{ship|Greek contraband chaser|A 32||2}}

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Greece}}

|desc=The {{sclass|A 32|contraband chaser}} was lost sometime in April.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Ardena|1915|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was later salvaged and repaired by the Germans.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|D'Artagnan|1925|2}}

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The passenger ship was damaged by fire at Shanghai, China. She was declared a total loss. She was salvaged by the Japanese in 1942, repaired and entered Japanese service as Teiko Maru.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=458 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|LSI 4250}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The Landing Ship, Infantry (Large) was severely damaged in the evacuation of military personnel from Greece. Subsequently repaired and returned to service.{{cite book |last2=Sawyer |first2=LA |last1=Mitchell |first1=WH |year= 1990 |title=The Empire Ships |place=London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong |publisher=Lloyd's of London Press Ltd |isbn=1-85044-275-4 |edition=Second |page=37 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Usk|N65|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The U-class submarine was lost due to enemy action sometime on or after 25 April with the loss of all 31 crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

Notes

  1. {{note|a}} The 14th Destroyer Flotilla comprised {{HMS|Janus|F53|6}}, {{HMS|Jervis|F00|6}}, {{HMS|Mohawk|F31|6}} and {{HMS|Nubian|F36|6}}.

References

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