List of shipwrecks in April 1942#3 April

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk in the Skaggerak by V-1609 ({{navy|Nazi Germany|name=Kriegsmarine}}) whilst attempting to escape from Sweden with the loss of one of her 44 crew. Survivors were taken as prisoners of war.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/freefleet/kvarstad.html |title=Kvarstad Ships & Men |website=warsailors.com |access-date=7 September 2022}}{{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}}{{Cite web |title=Performance {{!}} Operations & Codenames of WWII |url=https://codenames.info/operation/performance/ |access-date=2024-06-21 |website=codenames.info}}

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was intercepted by V 908, V 1604, V 1609, V 1612 and V 1613 ({{navy|Nazi Germany|name=Kriegsmarine}}) whilst attempting to escape from Sweden. She was scuttled {{convert|6|to|7|nmi|km}} off Käringön, Sweden. Her 31 crew were taken as prisoners of war.

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|37|33|N|68|18|W}}) by {{GS|U-71|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of sixteen of her 52 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Calgary|1921|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1493.html |title=Eastmoor |website=uboat.net |access-date=30 July 2021}}

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|ship={{MV|Escalante R.||2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=World War II: The ship was scuttled in the Philippines, probably at the Mariveles Naval Section Base, Luzon, by the United States Army or by her crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.usmm.org/pacific.html#anchor447877 |title=US ships lost in the Pacific during World War II |publisher=USMM.org |access-date=11 April 2014}}{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cuH_CAAAQBAJ&q=USS+YA-52&pg=RA1-PA34 |title=WWII wrecks Philippines |date=4 May 2015 |publisher=Happy Fish/Googlebooks |access-date=18 June 2020}}

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|ship={{ship|Italian cruiser|Giovanni delle Bande Nere||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Giussano|cruiser}} was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea {{convert|11|nmi|km}} off Stromboli by {{HMS|Urge|N17|6}} ({{naval|United Kingdom}}) with the oss of 381 of her 772 crew.{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2018/07/giovanni-delle-bande-nere.html |title=Giovanni delle Bande Nere |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=7 April 2020}}

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|ship={{MV|Gudvang|1912|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was intercepted by V 908, V 1604, V 1609, V 1612 and V 1613 ({{navy|Nazi Germany|name=Kriegsmarine}}) and scuttled by its crew whilst attempting to escape from Sweden.

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|ship={{ship|German trawler|UJ 1203 Heinrich Günther||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler struck a mine and sank north of Wangerooge ({{coord|53|53|N|07|53|W}}). There were no casualties.{{Cite web|url=http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/42-04.htm |title=Seekrieg 1942, April |access-date=25 April 2015 |last=Rohwer |first=Jürgen |author-link=Jürgen Rohwer |author2=Gerhard Hümmelchen |work=Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart |language=de }}{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TpDlFI453RcC&q=German+ship+UJ-1203&pg=PA156 |title=Chronology of the War at sea 1939-1945 |isbn=9781591141198 |access-date=1 April 2013|last1=Rohwer |first1=Jürgen |year=2005 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/miszellen/42-04-01.htm |title=UJ 1203 |publisher=www.wlb-stuttgart.de |access-date=11 October 2021}}

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|ship={{MV|Kanlaon II||2}}

|flag={{flagicon|Philippines|1936}} Philippines

|desc=World War II: The ship was scuttled at the Mariveles Naval Section Base by the United States Army or by her crew.{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cuH_CAAAQBAJ&q=USS+YA-52&pg=RA1-PA34 |title=WWII wrecks Philippines |date=4 May 2015 |publisher=Happy Fish/Googlebooks |access-date=18 June 2020}}

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|ship={{SS|Loch Don|1937|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|500|nmi|km}} north north east of Bermuda ({{coord|37|05|N|61|40|W}}) by {{GS|U-202||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany|name=Kriegsmarine}}) with the loss of three of her 47 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{ship||Helen Forsey|schooner|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1492.html |title=Loch Don |publisher=Uboat |access-date=9 March 2012}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=502 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk off Vardø, Norway by {{ship|Soviet submarine|Shch-404||2}} ({{navy|Soviet Union}}) with the loss of one of her fifteen crew.{{Cite ship register|register=MSI|id=1114653|shipname=Michael |access-date=31 March 2012}}{{cite book |title=La marine soviétique en guerre |first=Claude |last=Huan |publisher=Economica |year=1991 |isbn=978-2717819205}}

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|ship={{HMS|P36|1941|6}}

|flag={{naval|United Kingdom}}

|desc=World War II: The U-class submarine was bombed and sunk at Malta by Regia Aeronautica aircraft. She was raised 7 August 1958 and scrapped.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3546.html |title=HMHS Somersetshire |publisher=Uboat |access-date=1 April 2013}}

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|ship={{HMS|Pandora|N42|6}}

|flag={{naval|United Kingdom}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Parthian|submarine}} was bombed and sunk at Malta by Regia Aeronautica aircraft with the loss of 27 of her crew. She was raised in September 1943, but was not repaired. She was scrapped post-war.

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the North Sea ({{coord|57|27|N|3|21|E}}) by Luftwaffe aircraft whilst attempting to escape from Sweden.{{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={{SS|Rio Blanco|1922|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|40|nmi|km}} east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, United States ({{coord|35|16|N|74|18|W}}) by {{GS|U-160|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany|name=Kriegsmarine}}) with the loss of nineteen of her 40 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMT|Hertfordshire|FY176|6}} ({{naval|United Kingdom}}) and {{HMCS|Niagara|I57|6}} ({{naval|Canada|1911}}).{{cite DANFS |title= DD-152 |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/destroy/dd162txt.htm |access-date=16 January 2012 }}{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1491.html |title=Rio Blanco |publisher=Uboat |access-date=2 March 2012}}

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|ship={{ship||Robert W. Pomeroy|1923|2}}

|flag={{flagicon|Canada|1921}} Canada

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Cromer, Norfolk, United Kingdom. A gunner was killed. There were 22 survivors.{{cite web |url=https://www.fold3.com/image/301339619 |title=Robert W. Pomeroy |publisher=www.fold3.com |access-date=13 April 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?2830 |title=Robert W. Pomeroy |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=13 April 2022}}

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|ship={{SS|Shunsei Maru|1911|2}}

|flag={{army|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=World War II: The Shunsei Maru-class auxiliary transport ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Strait of Malacca off Pulau Perak, Malaya ({{coord|5|42|N|98|57|E}}) by {{HMS|Truant|N68|6}} ({{naval|United Kingdom}}). Two of her crew were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/W-4_t.htm |title=Japanese Minesweepers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=1 April 2013}}

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|ship=Skytteren

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The whaling factory ship was scuttled off Måseskär, Sweden to avoid capture.

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|ship={{ship|HMT|Solomon}}

|flag={{naval|United Kingdom}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Cromer. Her crew were rescued.{{cite web |url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4204-44APR-DEC.htm |title=Naval Events, April-December 1942 (in outline only) |publisher=Naval History |access-date=28 December 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?2831 |title=HMT Solomon (+1942) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=14 October 2011}}

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|ship={{MV|Storsten||2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was sunk in the Skaggerak by German aircraft with the loss of seventeen of the 49 people on board.

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

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Henry, Virginia ({{coord|36|50|N|75|49|W}}) by {{GS|U-754||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany|name=Kriegsmarine}}) with the loss of one of her 42 crew. Survivors abandoned ship and were rescued by {{USS|YP-52}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}). Tiger was taken in tow by {{USCGC|Jackson|WPC-142|6}} (22px United States Coast Guard) and {{ship|ST|Relief||2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}) but foundered the next day in Chesapeake Bay and was declared a total loss. The wreck was scrapped in 1954.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1494.html |title=Tiger |publisher=Uboat |access-date=19 April 2012}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk in the South Atlantic ({{coord|16|00|S|16|00|W}}) by {{ship|German auxiliary cruiser|Thor||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of five of her 47 crew. Survivors were taken as prisoners of war.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=516 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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|ship={{SS|Yae Maru|1919|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Strait of Malacca off Pulau Perak, Malaya ({{Coord|5|42|N|98|57|E}}) by {{HMS|Truant|N68|6}} ({{naval|United Kingdom}}). Two gunners and four of her crew were killed.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=547 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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|ship={{SS|Clan Ross|1914|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Arabian Sea {{convert|300|nmi|km}} south west of Bombay, India ({{coord|15|58|N|68|24|E}}) by {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-6||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}). Twelve of her crew were 4killed. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Christensen||2}} ({{flag|Norway}}) and an Indian vessel.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?58036 |title=Clan Ross cargo ship 1914-1942 |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=2 April 2014}}

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|ship={{ship|German trawler|V 1515 Rothienbaum||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Vorpostenboot was sunk at Le Havre, Seine-Inférieure, France in an Allied air raid. She was later raised, repaired and returned to service as M 3857 Rothienbaum.

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|ship={{MV|Valerian Kuibishev|1914|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Black Sea ({{coord|44|57|N|36|58|E}}) by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of 24 of her 56 crew.{{cite book |title=The world's merchant fleets, 1939 : the particulars and wartime fates of 6,000 ships |year=1999 |publisher=Chatham Pub |isbn=155750959X |page=576}}{{cite web |url=https://anapacity.com/dayving-anapa/zatonul-tanker.html |title=Valerian Kuibishev |publisher=anapacity.com |access-date=3 April 2020}}

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|ship={{SS|Antonio Landi|1906|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The coaster was sunk off Punta Platamoni, near Kotor ({{coord|42|18|N|18|42|E}}) by a mine. One crew member was killed.{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2015/10/v-230-antonio-landi.html |title=Antonio Landi |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=7 April 2020}}

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk in the South Atlantic by {{ship|German auxiliary cruiser|Thor||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}).{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}

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|ship={{SS|David H. Atwater||2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the southern end of Assateague Island ({{coord|37|57|N|75|10|W}}) by {{GS|U-552||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 24 of her 27 crew.{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/1496.html |title=David H. Atwater |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=3 April 2020}}

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|ship={{MV|Glenshiel|1924|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Indian Ocean ({{coord|0|48|S|78|33|E}}) by {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-7||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}).{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=497 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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|ship={{SS|New Westminster City|1929|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed at Murmansk, Soviet Union by Luftwaffe aircraft and was beached. She was declared a constructive total loss. New Westminster City was refloated in June 1945. She was subsequently repaired and returned to service.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=505 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|200|nmi|km}} east of Cape Henry, Virginia ({{coord|36|25|N|72|22|W}}) by {{GS|U-754||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 32 of her 53 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{MV|Gallia|1939|2}} ({{flag|Norway}}) and {{USS|Zircon|PY-16|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1497.html |title=Otho |publisher=Uboat |access-date=19 April 2012}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet destroyer|Shaumyan||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=The {{sclass|Fidonisy|destroyer}} ran aground in the Black Sea off Gelendzhik. She was on a voyage from Novorossiysk to Poti. She was torpoeded by a Luftwaffe aircraft on 26 April and then destroyed by a storm.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/5873.html |title=Shaumian of the Soviet Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=3 April 2013}}{{Cite book |title=Погибли без боя. Катастрофы русских кораблей XVIII–XX вв. |trans-title=They died without a fight. Catastrophes of Russian ships of the XVIII-XX centuries |language=Russian |first=Alexander Alekseevich |last=Chernyshev |publisher=Veche |year=2012 |url=http://www.maxima-library.org/mob/b/389880?format=read }}

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|ship={{SS|Tobruk||2}}

|flag={{flag|Poland|state}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and severely damaged at Murmansk by Luftwaffe aircraft. Repairs took until September to complete.

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|ship={{SS|West Irmo||2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|300|nmi|km}} west of Takoradi, Gold Coast ({{Coord|2|10|N|5|35|W}}) by {{GS|U-505||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany|name=Kriegsmarine}}) with the loss of ten of the 109 people aboard. Survivors abandoned ship and were rescued by {{HMS|Copinsay|T147|6}} ({{naval|United Kingdom}}), which took West Irmo in tow but she later sank at {{coord|2|17|N|5|25|W}}.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1498.html |title=West Irmo |publisher=Uboat |access-date=27 March 2012}}

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|ship={{SS|Alphacca|928|2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|1|50|N|7|40|W}}) by {{GS|U-505||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of fifteen of her 67 crew.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1500.html |title=Alphacca |publisher=Uboat |access-date=27 March 2012}}

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|ship={{SS|Comol Rico|1919|2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|225|nmi|km}} north of San Juan, Puerto Rico ({{coord|20|46|N|66|46|W}}) by {{GS|U-154|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of three of her 42 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{USS|Sturtevant|DD-240|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1499.html |title=Comol Rico |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 February 2012}}

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|ship={{MV|Dagfred|1930|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Indian Ocean ({{coord|16|15|N|82|09|E}}) by two Imperial Japanese Navy cruisers. Her 40 crew were allowed to take to the lifeboats before Dagfred was sunk. (Look 06/04/1942){{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/dagfred.html |title= M/S Dagfred |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=12 January 2012}}

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|ship={{ship|Greek submarine|Glafkos|Y6|2}}

|flag={{navy|Greece}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Proteus|submarine}} was bombed and sunk at Malta.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/9907.html |title=RHS Glavkos of the Royal Hellenic Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=4 April 2013}}

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|ship={{ship|RFA|Plumleaf|1917|6}}

|flag={{naval|United Kingdom|RFA}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was bombed and sunk at Malta by aircraft of II Fliegerkorps. She was raised on 28 August 1947, and subsequently scrapped in Sicily, Italy.{{cite web |url=http://rfanostalgia.org/gallery3/index.php/RFA-TANKERS/WW1/5000T/Plumleaf |title=RFA Plumleaf 1917 -1942 |publisher=RFA Ships |access-date=25 April 2015}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet trawler|RT-103||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler was bombed and sunk at Zyp Navolok by Luftwaffe aircraft.

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

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker, which had been bombed and damaged on 20 August 1941, was under tow of {{SS|Gladys Moller|1906|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) in the Red Sea when she broke in two and sank at {{coord|25|16|N|35|25|E}}.{{cite web |url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4108-35AUG02.htm |title=Naval Events, August 1941, Part 2 of 2, Friday 15th – Sunday 31st |publisher=Naval History |access-date=14 December 2011}}

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|ship={{HMS|Abingdon|J23|6}}

|flag={{naval|United Kingdom}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|Hunt|minesweeper|||1916}} was bombed by Italian aircraft at Malta. She was beached and abandoned after being declared a total loss. Scrapped in situ in the 1950s.{{cite web |url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/6512.html |title=HMS Abingdon (J23) of the Royal Navy |publisher=U Boat.net |access-date=5 April 2013}}

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|ship={{SS|Byron D. Benson||2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|7.5|nmi|km}} off the Currituck Inlet, North Carolina ({{coord|36|08|N|75|32|W}}) by {{GS|U-552||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of ten of her 37 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{USCGC|Dione|WPC-108|6}} (22px United States Coast Guard) and {{USS|Hamilton|DMS-18|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}). Byron D. Benson sank on 8 April.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1503.html |title=Byron D. Benson |publisher=Uboat |access-date=6 April 2012}}

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|ship={{SS|Catahoula||2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=World War II: The Design 1022 cargo ship, converted to a tanker, was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|19|16|N|68|12|W}}) by {{GS|U-154|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of seven of her 45 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{USS|Sturtevant|DD-240|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1502.html |title=Catahoula |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 February 2012}}

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|ship={{HMS|Cornwall|56|6}}

|flag={{naval|United Kingdom}}

|desc=File:HMS Cornwall - 1942 - WWII.jpg

World War II: Easter Sunday Raid: The {{sclass2|County|cruiser}} was bombed and sunk in the Indian Ocean {{convert|200|nmi|km}} south west of Ceylon by Japanese aircraft with the loss of 198 of her 700 crew.

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged in the Bay of Bengal ({{coord|16|38|N|82|30|E}}) by Nakajima B5N aircraft based on {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Ryūjō||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}). Dardanus was taken under tow by {{SS|Gandara|1919|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}). She was shelled the next day by {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Mikuma||2}}, {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Mogami|1934|2}} and {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Amagiri||2}} (all {{navy|Empire of Japan}}), then torpedoed and sunk by Amagiri ({{coord|16|00|N|82|20|E}}). Her 78 crew survived.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/mogami_t.htm |title=Imperial cruisers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=25 October 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.combinedfleet.com%2FStuart-20-Ships-Operation-C.docx&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK |title=20 Ships, Not 23: Ozawa’s Score, 5-6 April 1942 |publisher=officeapps.live.com |access-date=29 March 2023}}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|Dorsetshire|40|6}}

|flag={{naval|United Kingdom}}

|desc=World War II: Easter Sunday Raid: The {{sclass2|County|cruiser}} (10,087/13,775 t, 1930) was bombed and sunk in the Indian Ocean {{convert|200|nmi|km}} south west of Ceylon by Japanese aircraft with the loss of 234 of her 653 crew.

}}

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|ship={{MV|Empire Beacon||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The coaster struck a mine and sank in the Bristol Channel off St. Anns Head, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued by {{SS|Innistrahull|1913|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{cite web |url=https://www.fold3.com/image/301340951 |title=Empire Beacon |publisher=www.fold3.com |access-date=5 April 2022}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Feddy||2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship was lost off North Ronaldsay, Orkney Islands in a collision with the naval trawler {{HMT|Visenda}} ({{naval|United Kingdom}}). HMT Visenda rescued her crew.{{Cite ship register|register=MSI|id=1127452|shipname=Feddy |access-date=4 March 2012}}{{cite web |url=https://www.fold3.com/image/301340592 |title=Feddy |publisher=www.fold3.com |access-date=5 April 2022}}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|Gallant|H59|6}}

|flag={{naval|United Kingdom}}

|desc=World War II: The G-class destroyer was bombed and damaged beyond economical repair while being repaired after having previously lost her bow to a mine and being beached at Malta on 10 January 1941. The wreck was refloated and sunk as a blockship in September 1943.{{cite web |url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/4391.html |title=HMS Gallant (H59) of the Royal Navy |publisher=U Boat.net |access-date=5 April 2013}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Bay of Bengal ({{coord|19|19|N|85|46|E}}) by Nakajima B5N "Kate" aircraft from {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Ryūjō||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}. Six of her 39 crew were killed. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Taksang|1935|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/ryujo.htm |title=Imperial Flattops |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=11 October 2022 }}{{cite web |url=https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.combinedfleet.com%2FStuart-20-Ships-Operation-C.docx&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK |title=20 Ships, Not 23: Ozawa’s Score, 5-6 April 1942 |publisher=officeapps.live.com |access-date=29 March 2023}}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|Hector|F45|6}}

|flag={{naval|United Kingdom}}

|desc=World War II: Easter Sunday Raid: The armed merchant cruiser was bombed and sunk at Colombo, Ceylon by Japanese carrier-based aircraft. She was refloated in 1946 and beached {{convert|5|nmi|km}} north of Colombo. She was 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=499 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Ninetto G.|1913|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk east of Syracuse, Italy ({{coord|37|05|N|15|41|E}}) by {{HMS|Una|N87|6}} ({{naval|United Kingdom}}) with the loss of two of her 30 crew.{{Cite ship register|register=MSI|id=5603468|shipname=Ninetto G. |access-date=20 August 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2014/02/cronologia-delle-perdite_14.html |title=Italian losses |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=7 April 2020}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Russian trawler|RT-61||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler was bombed and sunk at Murmansk by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

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|ship={{SS|Soli|1915|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was bombed and damaged at Columbo, Ceylon by Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft. There were no casualties, but she was declared a total loss and was beached. She was refloated on 4 January 1952 and subsequently scrapped at Karachi, Pakistan.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/soli.html |title=D/T Soli |publisher=www.warsailors.com |access-date=5 April 2022}}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|Tenedos|H04|6}}

|flag={{naval|United Kingdom}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|S|destroyer|||1917}}was bombed and sunk at Columbo by Japanese aircraft with the loss of 33 crew.

}}

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|ship={{USS|YT-247}}

|flag={{navy|United States|1912}}

|desc= The harbor tug was sunk in Mariveles Naval Section Base, Bataan, Philippines.{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cuH_CAAAQBAJ&q=USS+YA-52&pg=RA1-PA34 |title=World War II Wrecks of the Philippines: WWII Shipwrecks of the Philippines |date=4 May 2015 |publisher=Happy fish publishing/Googlebooks |access-date=6 June 2020}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Operation C: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Bay of Bengal {{coord|19|53|N|86|30|E}}) by {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Kumano||2}}, {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Suzuya|1934|2}} and {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Shirakumo|1927|2}} (all {{navy|Empire of Japan}}). Eighteen of her 100 crew were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Kumano_t.htm |title=Imperial cruisers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=6 April 2014}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Operation C: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Bay of Bengal ({{coord|17|35|N|84|45|E}}) by {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Yura||2}} and {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Yūgiri|1930|2}} (both {{navy|Empire of Japan}}). Three of her crew were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Yura_t.htm |title=Imperial cruisers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=6 April 2014}}{{cite web |url=https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.combinedfleet.com%2FStuart-20-Ships-Operation-C.docx&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK |title=20 Ships, Not 23: Ozawa’s Score, 5-6 April 1942 |publisher=officeapps.live.com |access-date=29 March 2023}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Operation C: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Bay of Bengal {{convert|14|mi}} east of Calingapatam, India ({{coord|18|12|N|84|21|E}}) by {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Yura||2}} and {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Yūgiri|1930|2}} (both {{navy|Empire of Japan}}). Four of her crew were killed.{{cite web |url=https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.combinedfleet.com%2FStuart-20-Ships-Operation-C.docx&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK |title=20 Ships, Not 23: Ozawa’s Score, 5-6 April 1942 |publisher=officeapps.live.com |access-date=29 March 2023}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=World War II: Operation C: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged in the Bay of Bengal by aircraft from {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Ryūjō||2}}, then shelled and sunk at {{coord|17|50|N|84|50|E}} by {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Chōkai||2}} (both {{navy|Empire of Japan}}). Twenty-four of her 41 crew were killed.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=579 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{MV|Dagfred|1930|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: Operation C: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Indian Ocean {{convert|15|mi}} off the Sacramento Lighthouse, {{convert|60|mi}} east of Masuliptam, India ({{coord|16|15|N|82|09|E}}), by {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Mikuma||2}}, {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Mogami|1934|2}} and {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Amagiri||2}} (all {{navy|Empire of Japan}}). Her 40 crew survived. Dagfred was on a voyage from the Sandheads to Madras, India.{{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=325 }}{{cite web |url=https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.combinedfleet.com%2FStuart-20-Ships-Operation-C.docx&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK |title=20 Ships, Not 23: Ozawa’s Score, 5-6 April 1942 |publisher=officeapps.live.com |access-date=29 March 2023}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Elmdale|1942|2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship was shelled and damaged in the Indian Ocean ({{coord|6|52|N|78|50|E}}) by {{Jsub|I-3||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}. Elmdale was on a voyage from Karachi, India to Durban, Union of South Africa. She put in to Colombo, Ceylon where temporary repairs were made. She was subsequently repaired in the United States 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=31 }}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: Operation C: The tanker was shelled and sunk in the Bay of Bengal {{convert|35|nmi}} east of Cuttack, India by {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Kumano||2}}, {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Suzuya||2}}, and {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Shirakumo||2}} (all {{navy|Empire of Japan}}) with the loss of one of her 30 crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/elsa.html |title= M/T Elsa |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=12 January 2012}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=World War II: Operation C: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Bay of Bengal ({{coord|19|53|N|86|30|E}}) by {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Kumano||2}}, {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Suzuya|1934|2}} and {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Shirakumo|1927|2}} (all {{navy|Empire of Japan}}). Her 37 crew survived.

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Operation C: The cargo ship was shelled in the Bay of Bengal by {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Mikuma||2}}, {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Mogami|1934|2}} and {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Amagiri|1930|2}} and then torpedoed and sunk by Amagiri (all {{navy|Empire of Japan}}) while towing {{SS|Dardanus|1923|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) ({{coord|16|00|N|82|20|E}}). Thirteen of her 77 crew were killed.{{cite web |url=https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.combinedfleet.com%2FStuart-20-Ships-Operation-C.docx&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK |title=20 Ships, Not 23: Ozawa’s Score, 5-6 April 1942 |publisher=officeapps.live.com |access-date=29 March 2023}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Operation C: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged in the Bay of Bengal {{convert|25|mi}} south of Vizagapatam, India by floatplanes from {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Chōkai||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}). She was shelled and sunk by Chōkai, {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Ryūjō||2}}, another cruiser, and two destroyers (all {{navy|Empire of Japan}}) ({{coord|17|48|N|84|09|E}}) with the loss of eleven of her crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Chokai_t.htm |title=Imperial cruisers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=6 April 2014}}{{cite web |url=http://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=897 |title=Ganges |publisher=The Yard |access-date=26 February 2017}}{{cite web |url=https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.combinedfleet.com%2FStuart-20-Ships-Operation-C.docx&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK |title=20 Ships, Not 23: Ozawa’s Score, 5-6 April 1942 |publisher=officeapps.live.com |access-date=29 March 2023}}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|Havock|H43|6}}

|flag={{naval|United Kingdom}}

|desc=The H-class destroyer ran aground and was wrecked off Kelibia, Tunisia with the loss of a crew member. One hundred and fifty of her crew and 100 military passengers were interned by the Vichy French.

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: Operation C: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Indian Ocean {{convert|10|mi}} off the coast of Godavari, India by {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Mikuma||2}}, {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Mogami|1934|2}} and {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Amagiri||2}} (all {{navy|Empire of Japan}}). Her 36 officers and crew escaped in three lifeboats and reached shore six hours later, landing at what is now Antervedi Pallipalem.{{cite web|url= http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/hermod.html |title= D/S Hermod |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=15 January 2012}}{{cite web |url=https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.combinedfleet.com%2FStuart-20-Ships-Operation-C.docx&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK |title=20 Ships, Not 23: Ozawa’s Score, 5-6 April 1942 |publisher=officeapps.live.com |access-date=29 March 2023}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Operation C: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Bay of Bengal ({{coord|19|53|N|86|30|E}}) by {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Kumano||2}}, {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Suzuya|1934|2}} and {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Shirakumo|1927|2}} (all {{navy|Empire of Japan}}). Two of the 83 people on board were killed.{{cite web |url=https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.combinedfleet.com%2FStuart-20-Ships-Operation-C.docx&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK |title=20 Ships, Not 23: Ozawa’s Score, 5-6 April 1942 |publisher=officeapps.live.com |access-date=29 March 2023}}{{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={{HMIS|Indus|U67|6}}

|flag={{navy|British Raj}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Grimsby|sloop|1}} was sunk in a Japanese air raid on Akyab, Burma. Her crew survived and were rescued by {{HMIS|St. Anthony}} ({{navy|British Raj|1928}}).{{cite web|url=https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/India/RIN/RIN-6.html |title=Indus |publisher=www.ibiblio.org |access-date=25 January 2021}}

}}

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|ship={{MV|Koll|1930|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, United States ({{coord|34|39|N|68|25|W}}) by {{GS|U-571||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of three of her 34 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Cunene|1911|2}}, {{SS|Lobito|1906|2}} (both {{flag|Portugal}}) and {{SS|Saint Cergue|1937|2}} ({{flag|Switzerland}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/koll.html |title=M/T Koll |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=25 January 2012}}{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1506.html |title=Koll |publisher=Uboat |access-date=9 April 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{MV|Kollskegg|1940|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately {{coord|35|30|N|73|00|W}}) by {{GS|U-754||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of four of her 42 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Bushranger|1922|2}} ({{flag|Panama}}) and {{HMCS|Niagara|I57|6}} ({{naval|Canada|1911}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/kollskegg.html |title=M/T Kollskegg |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=25 January 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet cruiser|Maksim Gorki||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: The cruiser was bombed and severely damaged at Leningrad by Heinkel He 111 aircraft of Kampfgeschwader 4, Luftwaffe.

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Operation C: The cargo ship was bombed by Japanese aircraft, the shelled and sunk in the Bay of Bengal {{coord|19|53|N|86|30|E}}) by {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Kumano||2}}, {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Suzuya|1934|2}} and {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Shirakumo|1927|2}} (all {{navy|Empire of Japan}}). Twenty-five of the 179 people on board were killed.{{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}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet battleship|Oktyabrskaya Revolutsiya||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Gangut|battleship}} was bombed and severely damaged at Leningrad by Heinkel He 111 aircraft of Kampfgeschwader 4, Luftwaffe. Repairs took until September to complete.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Selma City|1921|2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=World War II: Operation C: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged in the Bay of Bengal {{convert|25|mi}} south of Vizagapatam {{coord|17|40|N|83|20|E}}) by a floatplane from {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Chōkai||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}). After the ship was abandoned she was bombed by two more floatplanes. The vessel sank the next day.{{cite web |url=https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.combinedfleet.com%2FStuart-20-Ships-Operation-C.docx&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK |title=20 Ships, Not 23: Ozawa’s Score, 5-6 April 1942 |publisher=officeapps.live.com |access-date=29 March 2023}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Shinkuang||2}}

|flag={{flagicon|Canada|1868}} Canada

|desc=World War II: Operation C: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Bay of Bengal {{coord|19|53|N|86|30|E}}) by {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Kumano||2}}, {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Suzuya|1934|2}} and {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Shirakumo|1927|2}} (all {{navy|Empire of Japan}}). Three crew were killed.{{cite web |url=https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.combinedfleet.com%2FStuart-20-Ships-Operation-C.docx&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK |title=20 Ships, Not 23: Ozawa’s Score, 5-6 April 1942 |publisher=officeapps.live.com |access-date=29 March 2023}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=511 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Operation C: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Bay of Bengal ({{coord|19|53|N|86|30|E}}) by {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Kumano||2}}, {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Suzuya|1934|2}} and {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Shirakumo|1927|2}} (all {{navy|Empire of Japan}}). Her 57 crew survived.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Sinkiang|1915|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Operation C: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Bay of Bengal by aircraft from {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Ryūjō||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}). Seven of her crew were killed.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|HMSAS|Sydostlandet}}

|flag={{flagicon|UK|naval}} South African Navy

|desc=The naval trawler was wrecked off the Umgeni River Estuary.{{cite book |last1=College |first1=J.J. |title=Ships of the Royal Navy: an historical index |date=1970 |publisher=David & Charles |isbn=0715343963 |page=351}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Operation C: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Bay of Bengal {{convert|14|mi}} east of Calingapatam by {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Yura||2}} and {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Yūgiri|1930|2}} (both {{navy|Empire of Japan}}). Fifteen of her 122 crew were killed.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=512 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Van Der Capellen|1940|2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Operation C: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged in the Bay of Bengal by aircraft from {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Ryūjō||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}). She sank on 8 April at {{coord|18|20|N|84|18|E}}.{{cite web |url=https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.combinedfleet.com%2FStuart-20-Ships-Operation-C.docx&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK |title=20 Ships, Not 23: Ozawa’s Score, 5-6 April 1942 |publisher=officeapps.live.com |access-date=29 March 2023}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Indian Ocean at the western entrance to Eight Degree Channel ({{coord|7|25|N|73|05|E}}) by {{Jsub|I-4||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}). All aboard (39 crew and 2 passengers) survived and sailed their lifeboats to the Maldive Islands.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?144146 |title=Washingtonian cargo ship 1919-1942 |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=6 April 2014}}{{cite web |url=http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/USN-Chron/USN-Chron-1942.html |title=Official Chronology of the US Navy in WWII, 1942 |publisher=www.ibiblio.org |access-date=5 April 2022}}{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/I-4.htm |title=I-4 |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=5 April 2022}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=586 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|West Cocker}}

|flag={{naval|United Kingdom}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|West|tugboat}} was bombed and sunk at Malta.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/7518.html |title=HMS West Cocker of the Royal Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=6 April 2013}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was shelled, torpedoed and sunk in the Arabian Sea {{convert|170|nmi|km}} north west of Bombay, India ({{coord|19|44|N|68|28|E}}) by {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-6||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}). Her 86 crew were rescued by {{SS|Volunteer|1918|2}} ({{flag|United States}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?133475 |title=Bahadur cargo ship 1929-1942 |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=2 April 2014}}{{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}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, United States ({{coord|35|07|N|75|19|W}}) by {{GS|U-552||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of twelve of her 53 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMT|St. Zeno|FY280|6}} ({{naval|United Kingdom}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1507.html |title=British Splendour |publisher=Uboat |access-date=6 April 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|Emily}}

|flag={{naval|United Kingdom}}

|desc=World War II: The tug was bombed and sunk at Malta.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/7503.html |title=Tug HMS Emily |publisher=Uboat |access-date=7 April 2013}}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|Hellespont|W86|6}}

|flag={{naval|United Kingdom}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Robust|tugboat|0}} tug was bombed and sunk at Malta.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/7496.html |title=Tug HMS Hellespont (W 86) of the Royal Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=7 April 2013}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The factory ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras ({{coord|35|08|N|75|22|W}}) by {{GS|U-552||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of one of her 50 crew. The survivors were rescued by {{SS|Pan-Rhode Island|1941|2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/lancing.html |title=Whale Factory Lancing |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=26 January 2011}} The shipwreck was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/nr/listings/20130705.htm|title=National Register of Historic Places Listings|date=2013-07-05|work=Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 6/24/13 through 6/28/13 |publisher=National Park Service}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Murrayfield|1908|2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground off Mousa, Shetland Islands. She floated off on 8 April and sank.{{csr|register=MSI|id=3007421|shipname=Murrayfield |accessdate=11 October 2022}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Rosa M.|1904|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The coaster was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea south of Cattaro by {{HMS|Turbulent|N98|6}} ({{naval|United Kingdom}}). Her ten crew survived.

}}

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|ship={{HMHS|Somersetshire}}

|flag={{naval|United Kingdom}}

|desc=World War II: The hospital ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea ({{coord|32|13|N|26|34|E}}) by {{GS|U-453||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of seven of the 187 people aboard. Survivors abandoned ship and were rescued by a Greek Navy destroyer. The crew later reboarded the ship and she was escorted into Alexandria, Egypt by tugs. HMHS Somersetshire was later repaired and returned to service.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1509.html |title=HMHS Somersetshire |publisher=Uboat |access-date=26 March 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{HMIS|St. Anthony}}

|flag={{naval|British Raj|1928}}

|desc=The auxiliary patrol boat ran aground on rocks at the entrance to the harbor at Akyab, Burma. She was refloated and departed for Calcutta on 18 April.{{cite web|url=https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/India/RIN/RIN-6.html |title=The Royal Indian Navy 1939-1945 |publisher=Inbiblio |access-date=16 August 2020}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands.

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|ship={{MV|Carolina Thornden|1938|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|government}}

|desc=World War II: The Admiralty-requisitioned cargo ship, a burned out hulk, was scuttled in Water Sound, Scapa Flow as a blockship. She was sold for scrap in 1948.{{cite web |url=http://www.scapaflowwrecks.com/wrecks/blockships/ |title=Collingdoc: Block Ship |publisher=Scapa Flow Wrecks |access-date=12 April 2015}}{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?61044 |title=Carolina Thornden (Remains) (+1942) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=31 March 2021}}

}}

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|ship={{USS|Dewey|YFD-1|6}}

|flag={{naval|United States|1912}}

|desc=World War II: The drydock was scuttled off Mariveles Harbor, Bataan, Philippines to prevent capture. She was later raised by the Japanese.{{cite web |url=http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/YFD/YFD-1_Dewey.html |title=USS Dewey (YFD-1) |publisher=Imbiblio.org |access-date=11 April 2014}}{{cite web |url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/0701.htm |title=USS Dewey (YFD-1) |publisher=navsource.org |access-date=29 December 2020}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Esso Baton Rouge|1938|2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|15|nmi|km}} north east of St. Simons, Georgia ({{coord|31|02|N|80|53|W}}) by {{GS|U-123|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of two of her 38 crew. She was later refloated, repaired and returned to service in November 1942.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2685.html |title=Esso Baton Rouge |publisher=Uboat |access-date=24 February 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Eugene V. R. Thayer|1920|2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was shelled and damaged in the South Atlantic off the coast of Brazil ({{coord|2|35|S|39|58|W}}) by {{ship|Italian submarine|Pietro Calvi||2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}). Eugene V. R. Thayer came ashore in the Gulf of Patos, but floated off and sank ({{coord|2|36|S|39|43|W}}).{{Cite web|url=http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/42-03.htm |title=Seekrieg 1942, März |access-date=24 April 2015 |last=Rohwer |first=Jürgen |author-link=Jürgen Rohwer |author2=Gerhard Hümmelchen |work=Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart |language=de }}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=581 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{MV|Fultala|1940|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Indian Ocean {{convert|250|mi}} west of Colombo, Ceylon ({{coord|06|52|N|76|54|E}}) by {{ship|Japanese submarine |I-3||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}). Her crew were rescued.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/I-3.htm|title=Imperial Submarines |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=28 June 2022}}{{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=57 }}

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk by a mine off Skjervøya, Norway ({{coord|70|06|N|21|00|E}}). There were three killed and nine wounded.{{Cite ship register|register=MSI|id=5604514|shipname=Kurzesee |access-date=31 March 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://www.sovboat.ru/war/mineinstal_sf.php3 |title=Kurzesee |publisher=www.sovboat.ru |access-date=21 April 2023}}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|Moor}}

|flag={{naval|United Kingdom}}

|desc=World War II: The mooring vessel struck a mine and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off Malta.{{Cite ship register|register=MSI|id=6107832|shipname=Moor |access-date=5 April 2013}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|40|30|N|64|50|W}}) by {{GS|U-84|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of thirteen of her 47 crew.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1510.html |title=Nemanja |publisher=Uboat |access-date=19 February 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Oklahoma|1940|2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|10|nmi|km}} off St. Simons by {{GS|U-123|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of nineteen of her 37 crew. She was later refloated, repaired and was returned to service in December 1942.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1512.html |title=Oklahoma |publisher=Uboat |access-date=24 February 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet submarine|ShCh-421||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Shchuka|submarine}} was severely damaged by a mine in the Barents Sea ({{coord|71|07|N|26|53|E}}). She was scuttled the next day by {{ship|Soviet submarine|K-22||2}} ({{navy|Soviet Union}}), which rescued her 43 crew.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/5060.html |title=ShCh-421 of the Soviet Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=9 April 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://submarine-at-war.ru/events/420408sh421.html |title=ShCh-421 |publisher=submarine-at-war.ru |access-date=11 December 2019}}

}}

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|ship= {{ship|HMT|Svana}}

|flag={{naval|United Kingdom}}

|desc=World War II: The whaler was bombed and sunk off Alexandria, Egypt by Regia Aeronautica aircraft.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/12572.html |title=Nemanja |publisher=Uboat |access-date=8 April 2013}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|HMT|Thorgrim}}

|flag={{naval|United Kingdom}}

|desc=World War II: The whale was bombed and sunk off Alexandria by Regia Aeronautica aircraft. She was refloated in August 1950, and reportedly taken over by the Egyptian Government.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/freefleet/norfleett2.html |title=Norwegian Merchant Ships 1939 - 1945, Ships beginning Th through Ti |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=8 February 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|RFA|Athelstane|1918|6}}

|flag={{naval|United Kingdom|RFA}}

|desc=World War II: Operation C: The Z-class tanker was bombed and sunk off the coast of Ceylon ({{coord|7|30|N|8|56|E}}) by Japanese aircraft. Her crew survived.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?30613 |title=SS Athelstane Tanker 1918-1942 |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=5 April 2017}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=486 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{MV|Athelviscount|1929|2}}

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

|desc=The tanker was driven ashore at Saint John's, Dominion of Newfoundland. She was later refloated.{{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=398 }}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Lookout, North Carolina ({{coord|34|27|N|76|16|W}}) by {{GS|U-552||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of two of her 34 crew. Survivors were rescued by a United States Coast Guard cutter.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1516.html |title=Atlas |publisher=Uboat |access-date=6 April 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Benwood||2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=File:Benwood-28.JPG World War II: The cargo ship collided with the tanker {{SS|Robert C. Tuttle|1940|2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}) in the Atlantic Ocean north east of Molasses Reef, Florida due to both being blacked out because of U-boats. She grounded on the Alligator Reef, but slid off and sank on 14 April in what is now the John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park ({{coord|25|03|N|80|20|W}}). Her crew survived.{{cite web|url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1815.html |title=Robert C. Tuttle |publisher=Uboat |access-date=16 April 2012}}{{cite web |url=https://www.warsailors.com/singleships/benwood.html |title=Benwood |publisher=www.warsailors.com |access-date=14 April 2020}}{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6j6kjZQReqkC&q=ship%3A++David+Kemps%2C+1897&pg=PA198 |title=Shipwrecks of Florida: A comprehensive listing |year=1998 |publisher=Pineapple Press/Googlebooks |isbn=9781561641635 |access-date=25 May 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?25955 |title=H. H. Conway (+1944) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=25 May 2020}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|British Sergeant||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Operation C: The tanker was sunk in the Indian Ocean off Batticaloa, Ceylon ({{coord|8|01|N|81|38|E}}), by Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft. Her 59 crew survived.{{cite web | url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?104263 | title=SS British Sergeant [+1942] | publisher=The Wrecksite | access-date=19 March 2015}}{{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|Empire Moonrise||2}}

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

|desc=World War Ii: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged at Colombo, Ceylon. 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 |pages=124, 126 }}

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

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north east of Fernandina Beach, Florida ({{coord|30|46|N|81|11|W}}) by {{GS|U-123|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of one of her 40 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{USS|Tyrer|WIX-339|6}} ({{naval|United States|1912}}). The wreck was located in 1944.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1514.html |title=Esparta |publisher=Uboat |access-date=24 February 2012}}{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6j6kjZQReqkC&q=ship%3A++David+Kemps%2C+1897&pg=PA198 |title=Shipwrecks of Florida: A comprehensive listing |year=1998 |publisher=Pineapple Press/Googlebooks |isbn=9781561641635 |access-date=26 May 2020}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy UR 17: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south of Iceland by {{GS|U-252||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 24 people on board.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/fanefjeld.html |title= D/S Fanefjeld |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=12 January 2012}}{{cite web |title=Fanefjeld |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1513.html |website=uboat.net |access-date=31 July 2021}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Benghazi, Libya by {{HMS|Thrasher|N37|6}} ({{naval|United Kingdom}}).

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|ship={{ship|SS|Henry Keswick|1921|2}}

|flag={{army|United States|1912}}

|desc=World War II: The United States Army-requisitioned salvage tug caught fire from shelling, and was put ashore in Manila Bay off Corregidor Island, Philippines. Her commanding officer was killed rowing for shore after his crew had been evacuated, The survivors were interned. She was refloated on 6 September 1942, repaired and entered Japanese service as Keishu Maru.{{cite book |last1=Gordon |first1=John |title=Fighting for MacArthur: the Navy and Marine Corps' Desperate Defense of the Philippines. |date=2017 |publisher=Naval Institute Press |isbn=9781612510620 |pages=218, 221 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XnDzMR47AXQC |access-date=10 July 2019}}{{cite web |url=http://www.usmm.org/pacific.html#anchor446443 |title=US ships lost in the Pacific during World War II |publisher=USMM.org |access-date=3 January 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://www.asiaticfleet.com/orbat.htm |title=United States Asiatic Fleet, order of battle, December, 1941 |publisher=Asiaticfleet.com |access-date=4 January 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Keishu_t.htm |title=Captured Vessels in Japanese Service as Auxiliary Transports |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=9 December 2022}}

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|ship={{HMS|Hermes|95|6}}

|flag={{naval|United Kingdom}}

|desc=World War II: Operation C: The Hermes-class aircraft carrier was sunk in the Indian Ocean east of Ceylon by Japanese Aichi D3A1 aircraft from {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Hiryū||2}}, {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Shōkaku||2}}, and {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Zuikaku||2}} (all {{navy|Empire of Japan}}) with the loss of 307 of her crew. Survivors were rescued by the hospital ship {{SS|Vita|1911|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).

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|ship={{HMS|Hollyhock|K64|6}}

|flag={{naval|United Kingdom}}

|desc=World War II: Operation C: The {{sclass2|Flower|corvette}} was bombed and sunk in the Indian Ocean east of Ceylon by Japanese aircraft while rescuing survivors of {{ship|RFA|Athelstane|1918|6}} ({{naval|United Kingdom|RFA}}). She sank in 30 to 45 seconds with the loss of 49 lives. Survivors were rescued by RFA Athelstane{{'}}s lifeboats.

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|ship={{HMS|Lance|G87|6}}

|flag={{naval|United Kingdom}}

|desc=World War II: The L-class destroyer was bombed and sunk at Malta. She was declared a constructive total loss. She was refloated in 1944 and towed to the United Kingdom for scrapping.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/4463.html |title=HMS Lance (G87) of the Royal Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=9 April 2013}}

}}

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

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

|desc=The cargo ship collided with {{SS|Spar|1924|2}} ({{flag|Netherlands}}) in the River Tyne and was damaged. She was repaired and returned to service as Empire Light.{{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=390 }}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|25|nmi|km}} off Cape Lookout, North Carolina ({{coord|34|28|N|75|56|W}}) by {{GS|U-160|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of one of her 29 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Faja de Oro|1914|2}} ({{flagicon|Brazil|1889}} Brazil).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1515.html |title=Malchace |publisher=Uboat |access-date=2 March 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{USS|Napa|AT-32|6}}

|flag={{naval|United States|1912}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Bagaduce|tugboat|0}} fleet tug was scuttled off Mariveles Naval Section Base, Luzon, Philippines ({{coord|14|25|N|120|30|E}}).{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cuH_CAAAQBAJ&q=USS+YA-52&pg=RA1-PA34 |title=WWII wrecks Philippines |date=4 May 2015 |publisher=Happy Fish/Googlebooks |access-date=18 June 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?130176 |title=USS Napa (+1942) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=18 June 2020}}

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and near missed in the Indian Ocean by aircraft from {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Akagi||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}) with the loss of four of her 46 crew. She was abandoned and came ashore the next day at Timkovie, Ceylon, later catching fire and breaking in two.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/norviken.html |title=D/S Norviken |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=1 February 2012}}

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|ship={{USS|PT-34}}

|flag={{navy|United States|1912}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|ELCO 77'|PT boat}} was strafed, bombed and sunk off Cauit Island, Philippines by Imperial Japanese Navy floatplanes. Of six crewmembers two were killed and three wounded.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/10122.html |title=PT 34 of the US Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=9 April 2013}}

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|ship={{SS|Sagaing||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Operation C: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged in Trincomalee Harbour, Ceylon, by Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft and abandoned with the loss of two of the 138 people on board. Reported shelled and sunk in Malay Cove at an unspecified date or scuttled in Trincomalee Harbor on 24 August 1943 for use as a pier. Sagaing was raised by the Sri Lanka Navy on 22 April 2018, towed out to sea and resunk.{{cite web | url=https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?139948 | title=SS Sagaing [+1942] | publisher=The Wrecksite | access-date=4 April 2018}}{{cite web | url=https://www.foxnews.com/science/huge-world-war-ii-shipwreck-raised-from-the-depths-in-massive-salvage-operation | title=Huge World-War II shipwreck raised from depths in massive salvage operation | date=2 April 2018 | publisher=Foxnews.com | access-date=4 April 2018}}{{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={{HMAS|Vampire|D68|6}}

|flag={{naval|Australia|1913}}

|desc=World War II: Operation C: The V-class destroyer was sunk in the Indian Ocean east of Ceylon by Japanese aircraft with the loss of nine of her crew.

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|ship={{USAT|Yu Sang}}

|flag={{army|United States|1912}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk by Japanese aircraft at the Mariveles Naval Section Base.{{cite web |url=http://www.usmm.org/pacific.html#anchor447877 |title=US ships lost in the Pacific during World War II |publisher=USMM.org |access-date=11 April 2014}}{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cuH_CAAAQBAJ&q=USS+YA-52&pg=RA1-PA34 |title=WWII wrecks Philippines |date=4 May 2015 |publisher=Happy Fish/Googlebooks |access-date=19 June 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=10 April 1942 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Bacalod I||2}}

|flag={{army|United States|1912}}

|desc=World War II: The tug was blown up by the United States Army at Cebu City, Philippines to prevent capture.{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cuH_CAAAQBAJ&q=USS+YA-52&pg=RA1-PA34 |title=WWII wrecks Philippines |date=4 May 2015 |publisher=Happy Fish/Googlebooks |access-date=19 June 2020}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy CL 14: The cargo ship was torpedoed, shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|60|nmi|km}} north of Fortaleza, Brazil ({{coord|2|30|S|38|00|W}}) by {{ship|Italian submarine|Pietro Calvi||2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy|name=Regia Marina}}) with the loss of seven of her 31 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{MV|Scania|1934|2}} ({{flag|Sweden}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/balkis.html |title= M/S Balkis |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=8 January 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{USS|Canopus|AS-9|6}}

|flag={{navy|United States|1912}}

|desc=World War II: The submarine tender was scuttled in Mariveles Bay, Philippines.

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States ({{coord|37|33|N|60|06|W}}) by {{GS|U-654||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany|name=Kriegsmarine}}) with the loss of all 49 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=88 }}{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1519.html |title=Empire Prairie |publisher=Uboat |access-date=15 April 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{USS|Finch|AM-9|6}}

|flag={{navy|United States|1912}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Lapwing|minesweeper}} was bombed and damaged in Manila Bay off Corregidor Island, Philippines by Japanese aircraft. Her 78 crew abandoned the ship, which sank the next day ({{coord|14|22|N|120|35|E}}). She was subsequently salvaged by the Japanese and entered Imperial Japanese Navy service as PB-103

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk in the South Atlantic by {{ship|German auxiliary cruiser|Thor||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of seventeen of her crew.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?15685 |title=Kirkpool |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=10 April 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|LCA 166}}

|flag={{naval|United Kingdom}}

|desc=The landing craft assault was lost on this date.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Q-112 Abra, and
Q-113 Agusan

|flag={{army|Philippines}}
{{army|United States|1912}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|Thornycroft 55 foot|motor torpedo boat}}s were scuttled in Manila Bay off Paomborg, {{convert|4|mi}} off the east coast of Bataan.{{cite web |url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/2013/08/06/briefer-on-ramon-alcaraz/ |title=Briefer on Ramon Alcaraz |publisher=Official Gazette of the Republic of The Philippines |access-date=3 January 2015}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Sado Maru|1939|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Yokohama, Honshū by {{USS|Thresher|SS-200|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}).{{cite DANFS |title= Thresher |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss200.txt |access-date=31 December 2011 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|San Delfino|1938|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, United States ({{coord|35|35|N|75|06|W}}) by {{GS|U-203||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany|name=Kriegsmarine}}) with the loss of 28 of her 50 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMT|Norwich City|FY229|6}} ({{naval|United Kingdom}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1520.html |title=San Delfino |publisher=Uboat |access-date=9 March 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|10|nmi|km}} off Cape Lookout, North Carolina ({{coord|34|25|N|76|00|W}}) by {{GS|U-552||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of two of her 37 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMT|Norwich City|FY229|6}} ({{naval|United Kingdom}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1518.html |title=Tamaulipas |publisher=Uboat |access-date=6 April 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{USS|Uranus|AF-14|6}}

|flag={{navy|United States|1912}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Uranus|stores ship}} ran aground at Akureyri, Iceland. She was refloated on 13 April with assistance from {{USS|Keywaydin|AT-24|6}} and {{USS|Symbol|AM-123|6}} (both {{navy|United States|1912}}) and returned to service.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=11 April 1942 |sort=}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy QP 10: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Barents Sea ({{coord|71|01|N|36|00|E}} by a Junkers Ju 88 aircraft of the Luftwaffe with the loss of nine of her crew. She was on a voyage from Murmansk, Soviet Union to Iceland.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?138431 |title=SS Empire Cowper (+1942) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=25 April 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=52 }}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Eurosee|1941|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker struck a mine in the North Sea off Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands and broke in two.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed, shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|22|58|N|57|14|W}}) by {{GS|U-130|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 36 crew were rescued by {{SS|Almenara|1922|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) and {{USS|Courier|AMc-72|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/grenanger.html |title= M/S Grenanger |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=13 January 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Gulfamerica||2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1942}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed, shelled by an anti-aircraft gun and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|5|nmi|km}} off Jacksonville, Florida ({{coord|30|16|N|81|13|W}}) by {{GS|U-123|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of nineteen of her 48 crew. Survivors were rescued by United States Coast Guard patrol boats. She sank with her bow still above the waves .The bow sank on 16 April. The wreck was still showing {{convert|2|ft|m}} above water until demolished to {{convert|50|ft|m}} clearance.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6j6kjZQReqkC&q=ship%3A++David+Kemps%2C+1897&pg=PA198 |title=Shipwrecks of Florida: A comprehensive listing |year=1998 |publisher=Pineapple Press/Googlebooks |isbn=9781561641635 |access-date=26 May 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?26103 |title=Gulfamerica (+1942) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=26 May 2020}}{{cite web |title=Gulfamerica |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1523.html |website=uboat.net |access-date=31 July 2021}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Harry F. Sinclair, Jr.|1931|2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|7|nmi|km}} off Cape Lookout, North Carolina ({{coord|34|25|N|76|30|W}}) by {{GS|U-203||2}} with the loss of ten of her 36 crew. Survivors abandoned ship and were rescued by {{HMT|Hertfordshire|FY176|6}} ({{naval|United Kingdom}}). The burnt-out ship was later towed to Morehead City, North Carolina. She was subsequently repaired, and returned to service as Annibal in 1943.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1522.html |title=Harry F. Sinclair Jr.|publisher=Uboat |access-date=9 March 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Hebe

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of South Carolina, United States in a collision with {{HMT|St. Cathan|FY234|6}} ({{naval|United Kingdom}}). Her crew were rescued by {{USS|YP-22}}, {{USS|Azurlite|PY-22|6}}, and {{USS|Beryl|PY-23|6}} (all {{navy|United States|1912}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/USN-Chron/USN-Chron-1942.html |title=Official Chronology of the US Navy in WWII |publisher=Ibiblio |access-date=11 April 2013}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The transport ship was bombed and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea ({{coord|31|34|N|31|14|E}}) by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of two of her crew. She was towed to Port Said but was declared a constructive total loss. She was scrapped in 1946.{{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}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Kingston|F64|6}}

|flag={{naval|United Kingdom}}

|desc=World War II: The K-class destroyer, already damaged on 22 March in action against the Italian Fleet, was bombed and damaged beyond repair by Luftwaffe aircraft while at drydock at Malta.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMT|St. Cathan|FY234|6}}

|flag={{naval|United Kingdom}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler collided with Hebe ({{flag|Netherlands}} and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of South Carolina with the loss of 30 of her 39 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{USS|YP-22}}, {{USS|Azurlite|PY-22|6}}, and {{USS|Beryl|Py-23|6}} (all {{navy|United States|1912}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{Ship|Japanese transport|Taijun Maru||2}}

|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=World War II: The Taijun Maru-class transport was bombed and damaged beyond repair in Lae Harbor, New Guinea by Douglas A-20 Havoc aircraft with the loss of three of her crew. She was scuttled at {{coord|06|49|N|147|02|E}}.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Taijun_t.htm |title=Taijun Maru |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=6 January 2021}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy SC 79: The cargo ship caught fire at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was scuttled by Allied warships.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/convoys/sc79.html |title=Convoy SC.79 |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=24 May 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The passenger ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|45|nmi|km}} south of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina ({{coord|34|23|N|75|35|W}}) by {{GS|U-160|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}. All 290 people aboard rescued by {{USS|Manley|DD-74|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}).{{cite DANFS |title=DD-74 |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/destroy/dd74txt.htm |access-date=15 January 2012}}{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1524.html |title=Ulysses |publisher=Uboat |access-date=2 March 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=12 April 1942 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Ben Brush|1928|2}}

|flag={{flag|Panama}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was shelled and sunk in the South Atlantic off the coast of Brazil ({{coord|04|32|S|35|03|W}}) by {{ship|Italian submarine|Pietro Calvi||2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy|name=Regia Marina}}) with the loss of one of her 35 crew.{{cite web |url=https://vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/12315 |title=Ben Brush |author=Maritime Administration |work=Ship History Database Vessel Status Card |publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration |accessdate=21 September 2021}}{{cite book |title=The world's merchant fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=447 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|16|51|N|72|25|W}}) by {{GS|U-154|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of two of the 63 people aboard. Survivors were rescued by {{HMCS|Prince Henry|F70|6}} ({{naval|Canada|1911}}) or reached land in their lifeboats.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1525.html |title=Delvalle |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy SC 79: The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|44|06|N|60|27|W}}). Her crew were rescued.{{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 |pages=390, 392 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Esso Boston|1938|2}}

|flag={{Flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|300|nmi|km}} north east of Saint Martin by {{GS|U-130|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 37 crew were rescued by {{USS|Biddle|DD-151|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1526.html |title=Esso Boston |publisher=Uboat |access-date=28 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Soviet motor sailer|Kommunar||2}}

|flag={{flag|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary sailing vessel was sunk by mines in the Black Sea near Kamysh-Buran. Her master and a crew member were killed.{{cite web|url=http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/guides/Soviet_Merchant_Marine_Losses_in_WW2_%28Black_Sea%29|title=Soviet Marine Losses in WWII (Black Sea)|publisher=Shipnostalgia.com|access-date=13 April 2016|archive-date=13 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190213030423/http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/guides/Soviet_Merchant_Marine_Losses_in_WW2_(Black_Sea)|url-status=dead}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{USS|PT-35}}

|flag={{navy|United States|1912}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|ELCO 77'|PT boat}} was scuttled while hauled out on a marine railway at Cebu Shipyard and Engineering Works ({{coord|10|18|N|123|54|E}}) when Cebu, Phiippines was invaded by the Japanese.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/10123.html |title=PT 35 of the US Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=12 April 2013}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Scotia|Lindholmens, 1918|2}}

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk by magnetic mine in the North Sea off Lowestoft, Suffolk, United Kingdom ({{Coord|52|27|00|N|2|05|20|E}}) with the loss of one of her 26 crew. Many of the survivors were wounded.{{cite web |url=https://www.fold3.com/image/301341694 |title=British Admiralty War Diary, 12 April 1942 |publisher=www.fold3.com |access-date=12 April 2020}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=573 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{USS|YAG-4}}

|flag={{navy|United States|1912}}

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper/patrol ship was shelled and sunk in South Harbor by the Japanese {{convert|500|yd|m}} off Corregidor, Philippines.{{cite web |url=http://www.shipscribe.com/usnaux/YAG/YAG02.html |title=US Navy Auxiliary Ships: Small YAGs acquired July-December 1941|publisher=shipscribe.com |access-date=15 September 2014}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=13 April 1942 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Benghazi, Libya by {{HMS|Thrasher|N37|6}} ({{naval|United Kingdom}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{ship|HMT|Coral}}

|flag={{naval|United Kingdom}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler was bombed and sunk at Malta.{{cite web|url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/6334.html|title=Anti-submarine Trawler HMS Coral|publisher=Uboat|access-date=18 November 2018}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|El Occidente||2}}

|flag={{flag|Panama}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy QP 10: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Barents Sea ({{coord|73|28|N|28|30|E}}) by {{GS|U-435||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of twenty of her 41 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Speedwell|J87|6}} ({{naval|United Kingdom}}).{{cite web |title=El Occidente |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1533.html |website=uboat.net |access-date=17 July 2021}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Caribbean Sea south of the Dominican Republic ({{coord|15|03|N|69|27|W}}) by {{GS|U-154|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 47 crew.{{cite web |title=Empire Amethyst |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1534.html |website=uboat.net |access-date=18 July 2021}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south of Cape Race, Dominion of Newfoundland ({{coord|40|29|N|52|35|W}}) by {{GS|U-402||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of twelve of her 50 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{MV|Olaf Fostenes|1936|2}} ({{flag|Norway}}).{{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 }}{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1530.html |title=Empire Progress |publisher=Uboat |access-date=20 March 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Harpalion|1932|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy QP 10: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged in the Barents Sea by Junkers Ju 88 aircraft of III Staffeln, Kampfgeschwader 30, Luftwaffe and was abandoned by her 70 crew. She was later torpedoed and sunk ({{coord|73|33|N|27|19|E}}) by {{GS|U-435||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1531.html |title=Harpalion |publisher=Uboat |access-date=25 March 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy QP 10: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Barents Sea ({{coord|73|22|N|28|48|E}}) by {{GS|U-436||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of six of her crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMT|Blackfly|FY117|6}} ({{naval|United Kingdom}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1532.html |title=Kiev |publisher=Uboat |access-date=25 March 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|70|nmi|km}} off Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States ({{coord|28|21|N|80|22|W}}), by {{GS|U-123|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of nine of her 26 crew.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1529.html |title=Korsholm |publisher=Uboat |access-date=24 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{Flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Canaveral ({{coord|28|35|N|80|19|W}}) by {{GS|U-123|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of four of her 32 crew. One survivor was rescued by {{SS|Esso Bayonne|1937|2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}), the rest reached land in their lifeboats. Leslie was raised in August 1954 and scrapped.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1528.html |title=Leslie |publisher=Uboat |access-date=24 February 2012}}{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6j6kjZQReqkC&q=ship%3A++David+Kemps%2C+1897&pg=PA198 |title=Shipwrecks of Florida: A comprehensive listing |year=1998 |publisher=Pineapple Press/Googlebooks |isbn=9781561641635 |access-date=26 May 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?26071 |title=Leslie (Carol Lee) (+1942) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=26 May 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{ship|HMT|Lord Snowden}}

|flag={{naval|United Kingdom}}

|desc=The naval trawler was sunk in a collision off Falmouth, Cornwall.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/6411.html |title=Anti-submarine Trawler HMS Lord Snowden|publisher=Uboat |access-date=13 April 2013}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German landing craft|PiLB 210||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany|name=Kriegsmarine}}

|desc=World War II: The PiLB 40 type landing craft was aboard Atlas ({{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}) and sank with her when she was torpedoed and sunk.{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/landungsfahrzeuge/pionierlandungsboot/ausgabe.php?where_value=28 |title=PiLB 210 |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=13 April 2022}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet motor sailer|Partizan Zheleznyak||2}}

|flag={{flag|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary sailing ship was sunk by mines in the Kerch Gulf with the loss of six of her crew.{{cite web|url=http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/guides/Soviet_Merchant_Marine_Losses_in_WW2_%28Black_Sea%29|title=Soviet Marine Losses in WWII (Black Sea)|publisher=Shipnostalgia.com|access-date=13 April 2016|archive-date=13 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190213030423/http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/guides/Soviet_Merchant_Marine_Losses_in_WW2_(Black_Sea)|url-status=dead}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Ryujin Maru|1907|2}}

|flag={{Flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean south west of Shikoku ({{coord|31|51|N|132|50|E}}) by {{USS|Grayling|SS-209|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}).{{cite DANFS |title=Grayling |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss209.txt |access-date=31 December 2011 }}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=545 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Anton Chekhov|1929|2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: The transport ship struck a mine and sank in the Black Sea off Kerch. There were 200 killed and 50 wounded.{{cite web |url=https://www.kchf.ru/ship/vspomog/anton_chehov.htm |title=Chekov |publisher=www.kchf.ru |access-date=14 April 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://cmboat.ru/vov14-04-1942/ |title=Chekov |date=10 May 2013 |publisher=cmboat.ru |access-date=14 April 2020}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The Design 1037 ship was torpedoed and sunk in Chesapeake Bay, United States ({{coord|35|08|N|75|18|W}}) by {{GS|U-203||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 55 crew were rescued by {{USS|Asterion|AK-100|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}).{{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=416 }}{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1537.html |title=Empire Thrush |publisher=Uboat |access-date=9 March 2012}}

}}

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

|flag={{flagicon|Greece}} Greece

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south of Barbados ({{coord|12|50|N|60|30|W}}) by {{GS|U-66|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of fourteen of her 23 crew.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1535.html |title=Korthion |publisher=Uboat |date=16 February 2011}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet minesweper|KT-608||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: The minesweeper struck a mine and sank in the Black Sea off Kerch.

}}

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|ship={{SS|Lancaster Castle|1937|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Murmansk, Soviet Union by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of nine of her 57 crew.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=502 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{USS|Margaret|ID-2510|2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean about {{convert|45|nmi|km}} east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina ({{coord|35|15|N|74|38|W}}), by {{GS|U-571||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 29 crew.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1536.html |title=Margaret |publisher=Uboat |access-date=9 April 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet submarine chaser|SKA-042||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: The submarine chaser struck a mine and sank in the Black Sea off Kerch ({{coord|45|16|N|36|29|E}}). Eight men were killed.{{cite book |title=Свод объектов подводного культурного наследия России. Часть 1. Чёрное и Азовское моря |first=Aleksandr |last=Okorokov |page=308 |year=2016 |isbn=978-5-86443-211-2}}

}}

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|ship={{GS|U-85|1941|2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: Operation Drumbeat: The Type VIIB submarine was shelled, depth charged and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the Bodie Island Lighthouse, North Carolina ({{coord|33|55|N|75|13|W}}) by {{USS|Roper|DD-147|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}) with the loss of all 46 crew.{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/boats/u85.htm |title=U-85 |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=14 April 2020}}

}}

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|ship={{GS|U-252||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south west of Ireland ({{coord|47|00|N|18|14|W}}) by {{HMS|Stork|L81|6}} and {{HMS|Vetch|K132|6}} (both {{naval|United Kingdom}}) with the loss of all 44 crew.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u252.htm |title=U-252 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=13 March 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|Upholder|P37|6}}

|flag={{naval|United Kingdom}}

|desc=World War II: The U-class submarine was depth charged and sunk at {{coord|34|47|N|15|55|E}} by {{ship|Italian torpedo boat|Pegaso|1936|2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}) with the loss of all 31 crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

For the scuttling of the Dutch tanker Ocana on this day, see the entry for 25 March 1942

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|ship={{ship|German minesweeper|M 3810||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany|name=Kriegsmarine}}

|desc=World War II: The minesweeper was bombed and sunk at Le Havre, Seine-Inférieure, France by Royal Air Force aircraft.

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|ship={{ship|German minesweeper|M 4603||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany|name=Kriegsmarine}}

|desc=World War II: The minesweeper was bombed and sunk at Le Havre by Royal Air Force aircraft.

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|ship={{USS|PT-41||2}}

|flag={{army|United States|1912}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Elco 77'|PT boat}}, while being transferred by road by the Army for use as a gunboat on Lake Lanao, Philippines, was destroyed by the Army to prevent capture.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/10129.html |title=PT 41 of the US Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=9 April 2013}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=16 April 1942 |sort=}}

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|12|00|N|62|45|W}}) by {{GS|U-66|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of two of her 40 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Ivan|1914|2}} ({{Flagcountry|Kingdom of Yugoslavia}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1545.html |title=Amsterdam |publisher=Uboat |date=16 February 2011}}

}}

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|ship=Bab el Farag

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

|desc=World War II: The sailing ship was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Palestine by {{GS|U-81|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1539.html |title=Bab el Farag |publisher=Uboat |access-date=19 February 2012}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea {{convert|10|nmi|km}} south of Beirut, Lebanon by {{GS|U-81|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 27 of her 38 crew. Survivors were rescued by HMML-1023 and HMML-1032 (both {{naval|United Kingdom}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1542.html |title=Caspia |publisher=Uboat |access-date=19 February 2012}}{{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={{SS|Delia|1917|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Brindisi by {{HMS|Turbulent|N98|6}} ({{naval|United Kingdom}}).

}}

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|ship={{SS|Desert Light|1903|2}}

|flag={{flag|Panama}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|35|35|N|72|48|W}}) by {{GS|U-572||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of one of her 31 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{USS|Roper|DD-147|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1541.html |title=Desert Light |publisher=Uboat |access-date=9 April 2012}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy PQ 14: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Barents Sea ({{coord|73|48|N|21|32|E}}) by {{GS|U-403||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 25 of the 62 people aboard. Survivors were rescued by {{HMT|Lord Middleton|FY219|6}} and {{HMT|Northern Wave|FY153|6}} (both {{naval|United Kingdom}}).{{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=87 }}{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1544.html |title=Empire Howard |publisher=Uboat |access-date=21 March 2012}}

}}

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|ship=Fatouh el Kher

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

|desc=World War II: The sailing ship was shelled and sunk off Palestine by {{GS|U-81|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1538.html |title=Fatouh el Kher |publisher=Uboat |access-date=19 February 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Robin Hood|1919|2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|200|nmi|km}} south east of Nantucket Island, Massachusetts ({{coord|38|45|N|66|45|W}}), by {{GS|U-575||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of fourteen of her 38 crew. Survivors were rescued on 23 April by {{USS|Greer|DD-145|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1543.html |title=Robin Hood |publisher=Uboat |access-date=9 April 2012}}

}}

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

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: The transport ship was bombed and sunk in the Black Sea off Sevastopol by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of 535 lives.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=576 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|French trawler|Vikings|P41|2}}

|flag={{navy|Free France}}

|desc=World War II: The anti-submarine trawler was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea {{convert|23|nmi|km}} off Beirut, Lebanon (at {{coord|33|40|N|35|10|E}}), by {{GS|U-81|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 41 of her 57 crew.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1540.html |title=FFL Vikings (P 41) |publisher=Uboat |access-date=19 February 2012}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=17 April 1942 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Alcoa Guide|1919|2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|300|nmi|km}} south east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina ({{coord|35|34|N|70|08|W}}) by {{GS|U-123|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of six of her 34 crew. Twenty-seven crewmen in two lifeboats were rescued on 19 April by {{USS|Broome|DD-210|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}). A crewman was rescued from a liferaft on 18 May by {{SS|Hororata|1942|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1546.html |title=Alcoa Guide |publisher=Uboat |access-date=24 February 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{MV|Heinrich von Riedemann|1930|2}}

|flag={{flag|Panama}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|11|55|N|63|47|W}}) by {{GS|U-66|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 44 crew were rescued by {{MV|Karmt|1938|2}} ({{flag|Norway}}) and {{SS|Maracaibo|1899|2}} ({{flag|Venezuela}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1547.html |title=Heinrich von Riedemann |publisher=Uboat |date=16 February 2011}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Kitami Maru|1930|2}}

|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=World War II: The Yatsushiro Maru-class naval trawler/auxiliary storeship was torpedoed and sunk {{convert|50|nmi}} south east of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea ({{coord|03|00|S|152|00|E}}) by {{USS|Tambor|SS-198|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) with the loss of all 26 hands.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/KitamiM_t.htm |title=Japanese Auxiliary Storeships |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=10 March 2023}}

}}

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|ship={{MV|Victoria|1941|2}}

|flag={{flag|Argentina}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|300|nmi|km}} east of Cape Hatteras ({{coord|36|41|N|68|48|W}}) by {{GS|U-201||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) and was abandoned by her 39 crew, who were rescued by {{USS|Nicholson|DD-442|6}} and {{USS|Owl|AM-2|6}} (both {{Navy|United States|1912}}). Victoria was subsequently boarded by men from USS Owl and towed to New York, United States for repairs. She was requisitioned by the United States on 24 July and returned to service a week later as the Culpeper under the Panamanian flag.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1548.html |title=Victoria |publisher=U-boat |access-date=14 October 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Tobruk, Libya by {{HMS|Thrasher|N37|6}} ({{naval|United Kingdom}}).

}}

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|ship={{MV|Empire Bede||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy TAW 13: The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|19|41|N|76|25|W}}) by {{GS|U-553||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Pimpernel|K71|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). Empire Bede was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to an American port. She was consequently scuttled by HMS Pimpernel at {{coord|19|41|N|76|50|W}}).{{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=80 }}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Japanese aircraft transport|Komaki Maru||2}}

|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=World War II: The aircraft transport was bombed and sunk at Rabaul, Papua New Guinea ({{coord|04|15|S|152|20|E}}) by Martin B-26 Marauder aircraft of the United States 5th Air Force. The stern of the ship exploded. The rest of the ship was scuttled by shore batteries. She sank in shallow water and submerged to close to the top of the hull. Her hull was filled with dirt and became a pier.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Komaki_t.htm |title=Japanese Aircraft Transports |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=18 April 2013}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Japanese guard boat|Iwata Maru No. 1||2}}

|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=World War II: Doolittle Raid: The guard boat was bombed by Douglas SBD Dauntless aircraft and strafed by Grumman F4F Wildcat aircraft from {{USS|Enterprise|CV-6|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}). She sank the next day. Her crew were rescued by {{Jsub|I-74||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/I-174_t.htm |title=Imperial Submarines |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=12 April 2014}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Japanese guard boat|Nagato Maru||2}}

|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=World War II: Doolittle Raid: The guard boatwas bombed by Douglas SBD Dauntless aircraft and strafed by Grumman F4F Wildcat aircraft from {{USS|Enterprise|CV-6|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}), then shelled and sunk in the Pacific Ocean by {{USS|Nashville|CL-43|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Awata_t.htm |title=Japanese Auxiliary Cruisers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=18 April 2014}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Japanese guard boat|Nanshin Maru No. 26||2}}

|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=World War II: Doolittle Raid: The guard boat was bombed by Douglas SBD Dauntless and strafed by Grumman F4F Wildcat aircraft from {{USS|Enterprise|CV-6|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}). She was scuttled by {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Kiso||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}) the next day after Kiso rescued survivors.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/kiso_t.htm |title=Imperial Cruisers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=18 April 2014}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Japanese patrol boat No.23|Nitto Maru No. 23||2}}

|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=World War II: Doolittle Raid: The patrol boat was shelled and sunk in the Pacific Ocean by {{USS|Nashville|CL-43|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}). Survivors were rescued by USS Nashville.{{cite DANFS |title=Hornet (CV-8) |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/carriers/cv8.htm |access-date=8 January 2011}}

}}

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Borkum. She was later raised and laid up at Askøy, Norway. Seefahrer was scrapped post-war at Stavanger, Norway.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/homefleet/shipsa.html |title=Norwegian Homefleet - WW II, Ships starting with A |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=8 February 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Assunta de Grigori|1914|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Sfax, Tunisia ({{Coord|34|55|N|11|42|E}}) by {{HMS|Umbra|P35|6}} ({{navy|United Kingdom}}).{{Cite ship register|register=MSI|id=5603841|shipname=Assunta de Gregori |access-date=23 July 2012}}{{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={{ship|Japanese guard boat|Chokyu Maru||2}}

|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The auxiliary guard boat (116 GRT) was lost on this date.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|El Cano1938||2}}

|flag={{flagicon|Philippines|1936}} Philippines

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk off Corregidor, possibly by a Japanese submarine.{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cuH_CAAAQBAJ&q=USS+YA-52&pg=RA1-PA34 |title=WWII wrecks Philippines |date=4 May 2015 |publisher=Happy Fish/Googlebooks |access-date=19 June 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?224648 |title=El Cano (+1942) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=19 June 2020}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=The cargo ship sank in {{convert|50|ft}} of water in Cape Cod Bay off the entrance to the Cape Cod Canal, {{convert|1|nmi|km}} north east of the Scusset Beach Breakwater, after colliding with {{SS|Algic|1920|2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}). Exminster was quickly refloated and towed to New York. She was scrapped in 1946.{{Cite web| url=http://wreckhunter.net/DataPages/exminster-dat.htm |title=Exminster | publisher=Hunting New England Shipwrecks |accessdate=3 February 2021 }}

}}

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|ship=Hefz el Rahman

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

|desc=World War II: The sailing ship was rammed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Palestine by {{GS|U-81|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1549.html |title=Hefz el Rahman |publisher=Uboat |access-date=19 February 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Italian motor torpedo boat|MAS 1D||2}}

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

|desc=The Lursen E-boat sank off Mljet Island due to a rupture in the bottom of her hull.{{cite web |url=http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=905&tridit=lodenice&zobraz=A |title=Italian motor torpedo boat Yugoslav |publisher=Warshipsww2 |access-date=3 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140911001830/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=905&tridit=lodenice&zobraz=A |archive-date=2014-09-11 |url-status=usurped }}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was shelled and sunk in the South Atlantic by {{ship|German auxiliary cruiser|Michel||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of five of her 65 crew. Survivors were taken as prisoners of war.{{cite web |url= http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?137127 |title=Patella Tanker 1927-1942 |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=30 November 2014}}{{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|Soviet patrol boat|No. 102||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=The MO-4-class patrol vessel was lost on this date.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=20 April 1942 |sort=}}

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

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|280|nmi|km}} north west of Bermuda ({{coord|34|40|N|69|35|W}}) by {{GS|U-654||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of six of her 39 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{MV|Tercero|1926|2}} ({{flag|Norway}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1551.html |title=Agra |publisher=Uboat |access-date=15 April 2012}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster struck a mine and sank in the Great Belt with the loss of four lives.{{cite web |url=https://www.konditori100.se/SiWW2/sww2lscs.htm |title=Swedish WWII losses |publisher=www.konditori100.se |access-date=21 October 2019}}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|Cotswold|L54|6}}

|flag={{naval|United Kingdom}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy FS 80: The {{sclass2|Hunt|destroyer}} struck a mine and was damaged in the North Sea off Aldeburgh, Suffolk with the loss of five of her crew. She was taken in tow and beached off Shotley, Suffolk. She was refloated on 3 May, repaired and returned to service.

}}

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

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk off Corregidor, Philippines by a Japanese submarine.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?224648 |title=Elcano (+1942) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=5 September 2022}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean, {{convert|240|nmi|km}} north west of Bermuda ({{coord|34|21|N|69|00|W}}) by {{GS|U-572||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 26 of her 47 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|City of Birmingham|1923|2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}).{{cite web |title=Empire Dryden |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1555.html |website=uboat.net |access-date=30 July 2021}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|150|nmi|km}} north north west of Bermuda ({{coord|34|35|N|65|50|W}}) by {{GS|U-109|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 41 of her 49 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Rio Diamante|1918|2}} ({{flag|Argentina}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1553.html |title=Harpagon |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=498 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Hödur|1913|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Norwegian Sea off Namsos, Norway ({{coord|64|38|N|10|49|E}}) by {{HMS|Trident|N52|6}} ({{naval|United Kingdom}}).{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=471 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet icebreaker|Ledokol No. 7||2}}

|flag={{flag|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: The icebreaker was sunk by mines in the Black Sea between Novorossiysk and Kerch with the loss of 25 of her 36 crew.{{cite web|url=http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/guides/Soviet_Merchant_Marine_Losses_in_WW2_%28Black_Sea%29|title=Soviet Marine Losses in WWII (Black Sea)|publisher=Shipnostalgia.com|access-date=13 April 2016|archive-date=13 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190213030423/http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/guides/Soviet_Merchant_Marine_Losses_in_WW2_(Black_Sea)|url-status=dead}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|German minesweeper|M 4006 Neuwerk||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Neuwerk|naval trawler}}/minesweeper struck a mine and sank in the English Channel off Morlaix, Finistère, France.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Pampas|1940|2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Grand Harbour, Malta.{{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=77 }}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Aldeburgh, Suffolk.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?70044 |title=SS Plawsworth (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=12 November 2011}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|350|nmi|km}} east of Wilmington, North Carolina ({{coord|33|48|N|70|36|W}}) by {{GS|U-654||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany|name=Kriegsmarine}}) with the loss of one of her 48 crew. Twenty-seven survivors were rescued by {{SS|Pacific Exporter|1928|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) on 29 April and one by {{USS|Rowan|DD-405|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}) on 18 May.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1554.html |title=Steel Maker |publisher=Uboat |access-date=15 April 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{ship||Turksib|ship|2}}

|flag={{flag|Soviet Union}}

|desc=The cargo ship was wrecked in the Unimak Strait, Alaska Territory.{{cite web |url=http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/guides/Soviet_Merchant_Marine_Losses_in_WW2_%28Black_Sea%2C_Caspian_and_Pacific%29 |title=Soviet Marine Losses in WWII(Pacific Ocean) |publisher=Shipnostalgia.com |access-date=13 April 2016 |archive-date=14 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414164237/http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/guides/Soviet_Merchant_Marine_Losses_in_WW2_(Black_Sea,_Caspian_and_Pacific) |url-status=dead }}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Vae Victis|1920|2}}

|flag={{Flag|Belgium}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea, {{convert|3|nmi|km}} off Aldeburgh.{{csr|register=MSI|id=5605011|shipname=Vae Victis|accessdate=11 October 2022}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Canada|1921}}

|desc=World War II: The Design 1022 ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|23|05|N|72|20|W}}) by {{GS|U-154|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of one of her 35 crew.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1552.html |title=Vineland |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=21 April 1942 |sort=}}

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|33|35|N|69|35|W}}) by {{GS|U-201||6}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of four of her 25 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Chester O. Swain|1921|2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}) and {{USS|YT-132}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}).{{cite web|url= http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/bris.html |title= D/S Bris |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=9 January 2012}}{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1556.html |title=Bris |publisher=Uboat |access-date=9 March 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Panama}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|30|nmi|km}} east of Cape Hatteras, Virginia, United States ({{coord|35|25|N|74|55|W}}) by {{GS|U-84|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 31 of her 32 crew. The survivor was rescued by a Consolidated PBY Catalina aircraft of the United States Coast Guard.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1557.html |title=Chenango |publisher=Uboat |access-date=19 February 2012}}{{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={{ship|German auxiliary patrol craft|13V2 Delpa II||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany|name=Kriegsmarine}}

|desc=World War II: The patrol craft was shelled and sunk in the Ionian Sea off Cape Drepano Greece by {{HMS|Torbay|N79|6}} ({{naval|United Kingdom}}).Hist

}}

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|ship={{HMT|Jade}}

|flag={{naval|United Kingdom}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler was bombed and sunk in the Grand Harbor, Malta.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/6357.html |title=ASW Trawler HMS Jade |publisher=U boat |access-date=21 April 2013}}

}}

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|ship={{MV|Kalinin|1924|2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

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

}}

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|ship={{SS|Pipestone County|1919|2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=World War II: The Design 1022 ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|475|nmi|km}} east of Cape Henry, Virginia ({{coord|37|43|N|66|16|W}}) by {{GS|U-576||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany|name=Kriegsmarine}}). Her 46 crew were rescued by {{USCGC|Calypso|WPG-104|6}} (22px United States Coast Guard), the fishing vessel Irene and May ({{flag|United States|1912}}) and {{MV|Tropic Star|1926|2}} ({{flag|Norway}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1558.html |title=Pipestone County |publisher=Uboat |access-date=9 April 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|West Imboden|1919|2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=World War II: The Design 1013 ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|175|nmi|km}} east of the Nantucket Lightship (22px United States Lighthouse Service) ({{coord|41|14|N|65|55|W}}) by {{GS|U-752||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany|name=Kriegsmarine}}). Her 35 crew were rescued by {{USS|Bristol|DD-453|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1559.html |title=West Imboden |publisher=Uboat |access-date=18 April 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=22 April 1942 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Aziza

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

|desc=World War II: The sailing ship was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Palestine by {{GS|U-81|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1568.html |title=Aziza |publisher=Uboat |access-date=31 July 2021}}

}}

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Barents Sea off Kirkenes, Norway ({{coord|70|32|02|N|30|47|00|E}}) by {{ship|Soviet submarine|M-173||2}} ({{navy|Soviet Union}}) with the loss of one of the 46 people on board.{{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|Derryheen|1941|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship on her maiden voyage, was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, United States ({{Coord|31|20|N|70|35|W}}) by {{GS|U-201||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). All 51 people aboard were rescued by {{MV|Lobos|1921|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1562.html |title=Derryheen |publisher=Uboat |access-date=9 March 2012}}

}}

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|ship=El Saadiah

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

|desc=World War II: The sailing ship was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Palestine by {{GS|U-81|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1560.html |title=El Saadiah |publisher=Uboat |access-date=19 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|San Jacinto|1903|2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=World War II: The passenger ship was torpedoed, shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|375|nmi|km}} south east of Cape Hatteras ({{Coord|31|10|N|70|45|W}}) by {{GS|U-201||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of fourteen of the 183 people aboard. Survivors were rescued by {{USS|Rowan|DD-405|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}) the next day.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1561.html |title=San Jacinto |publisher=Uboat |access-date=9 March 2012}}

}}

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|ship=Unnamed

|flag={{flag|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The harbour tug was sunk by a mine in the harboyr of Odessa, Soviet Union.{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=53917 |title=FR 1 class river minesweepers,Germany |publisher=SovietEmpire |access-date=23 December 2019 |archive-date=27 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127172424/http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=53917 |url-status=dead }}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=23 April 1942 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Cromer, Norfolk. Her 24 crew were rescued.{{cite web |url=https://www.fold3.com/image/1/301343069 |title=British Admiralty War Diary, 23 April 1942 |publisher=www.fold3.com |access-date=18 April 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{Coord|23|00|S|15|00|W}}) by {{ship|German motor torpedo boat|LS 4 Esan||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}), operating from {{ship|German auxiliary cruiser|Michel||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 24 of her crew and eleven Naval Armed Guards. Eighteen survivors were rescued by Michel and eventually turned over to the Japanese as prisoners of war.{{cite web | title=Connecticut Tanker 1938-1942 | url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?136783 |publisher=Wrecksite.eu | access-date=23 April 2013 }}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=580 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Jersey|1936|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Red Sea off Suez, Egypt. Her 42 crew survived.{{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|Kirkland||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy TA 36: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea {{convert|35|nmi}} north west of Sidi Barrani, Egypt ({{Coord|31|51|N|26|37|E}}) by {{GS|U-565||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of one of her 23 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMT|Falk|FY789|6}} ({{naval|United Kingdom}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1563.html |title=Kirkland |publisher=Uboat |access-date=9 April 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Lammot Du Pont||2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|500|nmi}} south east of Bermuda ({{coord|27|10|N|57|10|W}}) by {{GS|U-125|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of seventeen of her 54 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{MV|Astri|1937|2}} ({{flag|Sweden}}) and {{USS|Tarbell|DD-142|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}).

name=LDP>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1565.html |title=Lammot Du Pont |publisher=Uboat |access-date=22 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese patrol boat|Manju Maru||2}}

|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The auxiliary patrol boat was stranded on a reef. The vessel was unloaded on 28 April. Apparently refloated, or stripped and abandoned, on 29 April, sources not clear.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/KokaiM_t.htm |title=Japanese Auxiliary netlayers |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |accessdate=10 October 2022}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Barents Sea off the Slettnes Lighthouse ({{coord|71|04|N|28|20|E}}) by {{ship|Soviet submarine|Shch-401||2}} ({{navy|Soviet Union}}). Her crew were rescued by {{ship|German submarine chaser|UJ-1101||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/homefleet/shipss2.html |title=Norwegian Homefleet - WW II, Ships starting with So through Sø |publisher=www.warsailors.com |access-date=24 April 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=24 April 1942 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Empire Drum||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean, {{convert|280|nmi|km}} south east of New York, United States ({{coord|37|00|N|69|15|W}}) by {{GS|U-136|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 41 crew survived; they were rescued by {{USS|Roper|DD-147|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}) and {{MV|Venezia|1938|2}} ({{flag|Sweden}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=25 April 1942 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk by aircraft off the coast of Norway.{{Cite ship register|register=MSI|id=5605885|shipname=Leesee |access-date=1 May 2012}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|33|40|N|63|10|W}}) by {{GS|U-108|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 18 of her 41 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{MV|Belgian Airman||2}} ({{flag|Belgium}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1567.html |title=Modesta |publisher=Uboat |access-date=23 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Toba Maru|1916|2}}

|flag={{army|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=World War II: The Toyohashi Maru-class auxiliary transport ship was torpedoed and damaged in the South China Sea off the mouth of Lingayen Gulf, Luzon, Philippines ({{coord|17|01|N|120|15|E}}) by {{USS|Spearfish|SS-190|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}). Two of her crew were killed. Toba Maru was beached {{convert|10|km}} west of Cape Candon, Luzon, the next day. She was refloated on 27 April and taken to Kirun for repair, but apparently not repaired until 1946 after being confiscated by the Chinese.{{cite DANFS |title=Saury |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss190.txt |access-date=30 December 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/TobaT_t.htm |title=Japanese Army Auxiliary Transports |publisher=Combinedfleet |access-date=19 June 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk at Leningrad by Luftwaffe aircraft.{{cite web |url=http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/guides/Soviet_Merchant_Marine_Losses_in_WW2 |title=Soviet Marine Losses in WWII |publisher=Shipnostalgia.com |access-date=11 March 2016}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=26 April 1942 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Alcoa Partner|1919|2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Caribbean Sea {{convert|80|nmi|km}} north west of Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles ({{coord|13|32|N|67|57|W}}) by {{GS|U-66|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of ten of her 35 crew.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1569.html |title=Alcoa Partner |publisher=Uboat |date=16 February 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Norlom||2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=The Design 1105 ship ran aground on the Valiant Rock, in Long Island Sound and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to a British port. She was refloated on 11 May and towed back to New York. 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=420 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{USS|Sturtevant|DD-240|6}}

|flag={{navy|United States|1912}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Clemson|destroyer}} struck a mine and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Key West, Florida with the loss of fifteen of her 130 crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=27 April 1942 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The cargo ship was wrecked on the South Horns Reef.{{cite book |title=The world's merchant fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=446 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Russian training ship|Svir||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: The training ship was sunk in a Luftwaffe air raid on Leningrad.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Urge}}

|flag={{naval|United Kingdom}}

|desc=World War II: The U-class submarine was mined and sunk off Malta with the loss of all 44 people on board. The wreck was discovered in 2019.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=28 April 1942 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|15|nmi|km}} south of the Ambrose Lightship (22px United States Lighthouse Service) ({{coord|40|10|N|73|44|W}}) by {{GS|U-136|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of six of her 43 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{USS|Lea|DD-118|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1570.html |title=Arundo |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Tatsufuku Maru||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea by {{USS|Seal|SS-183|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}).{{cite DANFS |title=Seal |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss183.txt |access-date=30 December 2011}}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|West Dean}}

|flag={{naval|United Kingdom}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|West|tugboat}} was bombed and sunk at Malta.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/7522.html |title=HMS West Dean of the Royal Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=28 April 2013}}

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|ship={{USS|YP-77}}

|flag={{navy|United States|1912}}

|desc=The yard patrol craft was sunk off the Atlantic Coast in a collision.

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=29 April 1942 |sort=}}

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|ship={{ship|ST|Alliance||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The tug struck a mine and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off Famagusta, Cyprus ({{coord|35|09|N|33|56|E}}) with the loss of three of her ten crew.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1571.html |title=Alliance |publisher=Uboat |access-date=8 April 2012}}

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk off Vardø, Norway by {{ship|Soviet submarine|M-171||2}} ({{navy|Soviet Union}}) with the loss of 22 of the 56 people on board.{{Cite ship register|register=MSI|id=5614525|shipname=Curityba |access-date=24 March 2012}}

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|ship=F-14-V

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The fishing trawler was on board {{SS|Curityba|1911|2}} ({{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}) and was lost when that ship was sunk.

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|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 130||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type A Marinefahrprahmwas damaged by a Soviet mine in the Black Sea and was beached. She was refloated, repaired and returned to service.{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=53917&sid=cf2e067f65c3cd13e8ea4c14698c3173 |title=Red Fleet,Black Sea |publisher=soviet Empire |access-date=17 July 2017}}

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|ship={{MV|Harry G. Seidel|1930|2}}

|flag={{flag|Panama}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Caribbean Sea west of Trinidad ({{coord|11|50|N|62|50|W}}) by {{GS|U-66|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of two of her 50 crew.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1574.html |title=Harry G. Seidel |publisher=Uboat |date=16 February 2011}}

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

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|350|nmi|km}} north east of the Turks and Caicos Islands ({{coord|26|10|N|66|15|W}}). Her 52 crew were rescued by {{USS|PC-490}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1573.html |title=Mobiloil |publisher=Uboat |access-date=23 February 2012}}

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|ship={{SS|Sui Sang|1923|2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship caught fire at Abadan, Iran. 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=484 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet minesweeper|T-494||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper was sunk in the Black Sea by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of twenty of her 39 crew{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}.

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|ship={{ship||Terpsithea|schooner|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The schooner struck a mine and sank off Famagusta ({{coord|35|09|N|33|56|E}}). Her crew survived.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1572.html |title=Terpsithea |publisher=Uboat |access-date=8 April 2012}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=30 April 1942 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Ashkhabad||2}}

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

|desc=File:Ashkhabad shelled.jpgWorld War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|18|nmi|km}} south of Cape Lookout, North Carolina, United States ({{coord|34|19|N|76|31|W}}) by {{GS|U-402||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). She was abandoned by her 47 crew, who were rescued by {{HMT|Lady Elsa|FY214|6}} ({{naval|United Kingdom}}). Ashkhabad was assessed as salvageable, and {{ship|ST|Relief||2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}) was despatched to her aid, but she was scuttled by {{USS|Semmes|AG-24|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}) and {{HMT|St Zeno|FY280|6}} ({{naval|United Kingdom}}) as a hazard to navigation.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1577.html |title=Ashkhabad |publisher=Uboat |access-date=20 March 2012}}

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|ship={{MV|Athelempress||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|180|nmi|km}} east of Barbados ({{coord|13|21|N|56|15|W}}) by {{GS|U-162|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of three of her 50 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{MV|Atlantic|1925|2}} ({{flag|Norway}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1578.html |title=Athelempress |publisher=Uboat |access-date=6 March 2012}}

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|ship={{MV|Bidevind||2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|39|35|N|72|42|W}}) by the submarine {{GS|U-752||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 36 crew survived. Her wreck lies in {{convert|190|ft|m|0}} of water at {{coord|39|48|57|N|72|46|07|W|name=Bidevind}}.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/bidevind.html |title= M/S Bidevind |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=9 January 2012}}{{Cite web |url=https://njscuba.net/sites/chart_deep_sea.php#Bidevind |title=njscuba.net Bidevind |access-date=2020-02-29 |archive-date=2020-02-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220125010/http://njscuba.net/sites/chart_deep_sea.php#Bidevind |url-status=dead }}

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|ship={{HMS|Edinburgh|16|6}}

|flag={{naval|United Kingdom}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy QP 11: The {{sclass2|Town|cruiser|||1936}} was torpedoed and damaged in the Barents Sea north of Murmansk, Soviet Union ({{coord|73|09|N|32|45|E}}) by {{GS|U-456||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). She was taken in tow, but was torpedoed and sunk in the Kola Inlet on 2 May by {{ship|German destroyer|Z24||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 58 of her 750 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Gossamer|J63|6}} and {{HMS|Harrier|J71|6}} (both {{naval|United Kingdom}}).

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

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|5|nmi|km}} north of Gibara, Cuba ({{coord|21|13|N|76|05|W}}) by {{GS|U-507||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany|name=Kriegsmarine}}) with the loss of five of her 33 crew. Survivors were rescued by a Cuban fishing vessel or reached shore in their lifeboat.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1576.html |title=Federal |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 March 2012}}

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|95|nmi|km}} off Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States ({{coord|41|52|N|67|43|W}}) by {{GS|U-576||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of seventeen of her twenty crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|P552}} ({{naval|United Kingdom}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/taborfjell.html |title=D/S Taborfjell |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=8 February 2012}}

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|ship={{MV|Chr. Knudsen|1925|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship departed from New York, United States for Cape Town, Union of South Africa on 8 April; no further trace. It is probable that she was torpedoed and sunk by {{GS|U-85|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) on 10 April with the loss of all 33 crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/chrknudsen.html |title= M/S Chr. Knudsen |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=12 January 2012}}{{cite web |title=Chr. Knudsen |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1517.html |website=uboat.net |access-date=31 July 2021}}

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|ship={{HMS|LCA 211}}

|flag={{naval|United Kingdom}}

|desc=The Landing Craft, Assault was lost in April.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}

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|ship={{HMS|LCM 38}}

|flag={{naval|United Kingdom}}

|desc=The Landing Craft, Mechanized was lost sometime in April.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}

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|ship=MMS 148

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|government}}

|desc=World War II: The incomplete {{sclass2|MMS|minesweeper}} was scuttled on the stocks at the Rangoon Dockyard, Rangoon, Burma, sometime in March.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}

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|ship=MMS 153

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|government}}

|desc=World War II: The incomplete {{sclass2|MMS|minesweeper}} was scuttled on the stocks at the Irrawaddy Flotilla Co. shipyard, Rangoon, sometime in March.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}

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|ship=MMS 156,
MMS 161,
MMS 162,
MMS 163, and
MMS 164

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|government}}

|desc=World War II: The incomplete {{sclass2|MMS|minesweeper}}s were scuttled on the stocks at the H. Stone shipyard, Rangoon.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet submarine|ShCh-401||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Shchuka|submarine}} was lost on or after 23 April, last reported off the Tanafjord.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/5072.html |title=ShCh-401 of the Soviet Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=1 April 2014}}

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|ship={{GS|U-702||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was lost on patrol in the North Sea on or after 3 April with the loss of all 44 crew.

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