List of shipwrecks in April 1943#9 April

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|ship={{SS|Aquila|Feance, 1910|2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship (3,386 t) rammed the grounded Charles Le Borgne west of Cape Bon, Tunisia, was run aground some hours later to avoid sinking. and was later abandoned. Her whole crew survived. The wreck was scrapped in 1951.{{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}}{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2016/01/aquila.html |title=Aquila |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=15 April 2025}}

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|ship={{SS|Benevento||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship (5,528 t) was torpedoed in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Zebib, Tunisia, by {{ship|HMMTB|315}} ({{naval|UK}}) and had to be run aground. She was later abandoned.{{Cite web|url=http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/43-04.htm |title=Seekrieg 1943, April |access-date=18 June 2015 |last1=Rohwer |first1=Jürgen |author-link=Jürgen Rohwer |first2=Gerhard |last2=Hümmelchen |work=Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart |language=de }}{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2019/02/crema.html |title=Crema |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=15 April 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/mtb_mgb/ausgabe.php?where_value=400 |title=MTB attack on Benevento and Crema |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=15 April 2025}}

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|ship={{SS|Crema||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship (1,684 t) was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Zebib, Tunisia, by {{ship|HMMTB|266}} ({{naval|UK}}) with the loss of 44 of her 70 crew.

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

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

|desc=World War II: The merchant cargo ship (543 t) was bombed and sunk off Kavieng by Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft of the United States Fifth Air Force. 18 crew were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.op316.com/word/senbotukisenlist.pdf |title=Japanese losses |publisher=www.op316.com |access-date=15 April 2025}}{{cite web |url=http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/USN-Chron/USN-Chron-1943.html |title=Official Chronology of the US Navy in WWII, 1943|publisher=Ibiblio |access-date=15 April 2025}}

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|ship={{ship|German transport|KT 13||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The transport ship (850 t) struck a mine and sank in the Mediterranean Sea north of Cape Bon, Tunisia with the loss of nineteen of the 64 people aboard.{{Cite web|url=http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/43-03.htm |title=Seekrieg 1943, März |access-date=8 June 2015 |last1=Rohwer |first1=Jürgen |author-link=Jürgen Rohwer |first2=Gerhard |last2=Hümmelchen |work=Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart |language=de }}{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/wardiarygermann441943germ/page/26/mode/2up |title=War diary : German Naval Staff Operations Division, 2 April 1943 |access-date=15 April 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/usmm-9-traffic-with-albiania-greece-the-aegean/USMM8_Offical%20History%20of%20the%20Italian%20Navy%20-%20Vol.7%20-%20Traffic%20with%20NA.%20Book%203/page/n201/mode/2up |title=KT 13 |date=17 April 2021 |access-date=15 April 2025}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet minesweeper|KTShch-605||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: The minesweeper (60 t) was sunk by a mine in the Black Sea off Gelendzhik with all hands. Fourteen names are listed on the OBD Memorial website.{{cite web |url=https://proza.ru/2022/05/24/282 |title=Russian Naval Chronicle, 1 April 1943 |publisher=proza.ru |access-date=15 April 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://voenflot.ru/hronograf/hronograf-s-27-marta-po-2-aprelya |title=KTShch-605 |publisher=voenflot.ru |access-date=15 April 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://www.vkpress.ru/articles/korabli-s-imenem-novorossiyska-na-bortu-ot-shkhuny-do-raketonostsa/?id=128521 |title=KTShch-605 |publisher=www.vkpress.ru |access-date=15 April 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://obd-memorial.ru/html/ |title=OBD Memorial |publisher=obd-memorial.ru |access-date=15 April 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://www.moypolk.ru/soldier/gallinger-iosif-andreevich-1 |title=KTShch-605 |publisher=www.moypolk.ru |access-date=15 April 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://tsushima.su/forums/viewtopic.php?id=5338&p=4 |title=KTShch-605 |publisher=tsushima.su |access-date=16 April 2025}}

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

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

|desc=The cargo ship (2,694 t) strandred on rocks one mile south of the Quillaytute River, in the Strait of Juan de Fuca ({{coord|47|30|N|124|45|W}}) and turned over. One crew was killed. The 53 survivors were rescued by the US Coast Guard Station, Quillaytute River. The ship was wrecked.{{cite web |url=https://www.fold3.com/image/269312922/war-diary-41-3043-page-13-us-world-war-ii-war-diaries-1941-1945 |title=Report on Lamut and Uzbekistan |publisher=www.fold3.com |access-date=15 April 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://www.nps.gov/articles/wwiirussianshipwreck.htm |title=Lamut |publisher=www.nps.gov |access-date=15 April 2025}}

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship (1,091 t) was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|23|09|N|83|24|W}}) by {{GS|U-155|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of four of her 23 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Howard|1895|2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/lysefjord.html |title=D/S Lysefjord |publisher=www.warsailors.com |access-date=15 April 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/2837.html |title=Lysefjord |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=15 April 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://www.fold3.com/image/269235902/war-diary-41-3043-enc-a-page-43-us-world-war-ii-war-diaries-1941-1945 |title=US Report on Lysefjord and Gulfstate |publisher=www.fold3.com |access-date=15 April 2025}}

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|ship=Madonna di Porto Salvo

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

|desc=World War II: The fishing vessel (21 t) was sunk with gunfire in the Mediterranean Sea off Punta Licosa ({{coord|40|15|N|14|54|E}}) by {{HMS|Torbay|N79|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3498.html |title=HMS Torbay |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=15 April 2025}}

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|ship={{Ship|HMS MTB|63}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The {{sclass2|Vosper 70'|motor torpedo boat}} (35 t) was sunk in a collision with {{Ship|HMS MTB|64}} ({{naval|UK}}) off Benghazi, Libya, ({{coord|30|50|N|19|50|E}}). Her crew were rescued.{{cite web |url=https://www.fold3.com/image/301333963 |title=British Admiralty War Diary, 1 April 1943 |publisher=fold3.com |access-date=15 April 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/16748.html |title=HMS MTB 63 |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=15 April 2025}}{{sfn|Hepper|2022|p=240}}

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|ship={{Ship|HMS MTB|64|}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The {{sclass2|Vosper 70'|motor torpedo boat}} (35 t) was severely damaged in a collision with {{Ship|HMS MTB|63}} ({{naval|UK}}) off Benghazi. A crew member was lost. She reached Benghazi two days later but was not repaired.{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/16749.html |title=HMS MTB 64 |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=15 April 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://www.naval-history.net/xDKCas1943-04APR.htm |title=Royal Navy casualties, April 1943 |publisher=naval-history.net |access-date=15 April 2025}}

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|ship={{MV|Triglav||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary sailing vessel (231 t) was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea {{convert|4|nmi|spell=in}} south east of Cape San Vito, Sicily by {{HMS|Unrivalled|P45|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). Two of her crew were killed; eight survivors were rescued.{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3553.html |title=HMS Unrivalled |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=15 April 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2020/02/cicogna.html |title=Cicogna |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=15 April 2025}}

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

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

|desc=The cargo ship (3,039 t) ran onto a reef near the mouth of the Darling River, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada ({{coord|48|43|N|125|03|W}}) and had to be abandoned. Her crew were rescued but the area's rough seas and frequent storms gradually battered the ship to pieces.{{csr|register=MSI|id=5614848|shipname=Uzbekistan |accessdate=1 January 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=1200 |title=Uzbekistan |publisher=www.lighthousefriends.com |access-date=15 April 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://movingimagesweb.wordpress.com/2018/12/01/visiting-a-shipwreck-near-pachena-point-1944/ |title=Uzbekistan |date=December 2018 |publisher=movingimagesweb.wordpress.com |access-date=15 April 2025}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=575 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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|ship={{USS|YP-235}}

|flag={{navy|USA|1912}}

|desc=The yard patrol craft was sunk by an explosion in the Gulf of Mexico.

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=2 April 1943 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|City of Baroda|1918|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy NC 9: The passenger ship (7,129 t) was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|90|nmi|km}} south west of Luderitz Bay, South-West Africa ({{coord|27|56|S|15|21|E}}) by {{GS|U-509||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 13 of the 338 people on board. Survivors abandoned ship and were rescued by {{HMT|Cape Warwick|FY167|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). City of Baroda came ashore two days later and broke up on 26 April. She was declared a total loss.{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2840.html |title=City of Baroda |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=15 April 2025}}

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|ship={{SS|Dundrum Castle|1919|2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship (5,259 t) caught fire, was abandonned and later blew up and sank in the Straits of Perim, in the Red Sea ({{coord|14|37|N|42|23|E}}). Her crew were rescued.{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/WWIStandardShipsA-K.htm |title=WWI Standard Built Ships A-K |publisher=www.mariners-l.co.uk |access-date=15 April 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://www.fold3.com/image/301334206 |title=British Admiraly War Diary, 2 April 1943 |publisher=fold3.com |access-date=15 April 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2840.html |title=City of Baroda |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=15 April 2025}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy OS 45: The cargo ship (5,190 t) was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|230|nmi}} west of Porto, Portugal ({{coord|4|02|N|15|39|W}}) by {{GS|U-124|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 82 of her 90 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Danby|1937|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) and {{SS|New Northland||2}} ({{flag|Canada|1921}}).{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2839.html |title=Gogra |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=15 April 2025}}{{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={{HMIS|Haideri}}

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

|desc=The auxiliary patrol vessel (1,1510t) was towing six barges between Madras, India and Trincomalee, Ceylon when she ran hard aground in poor weather on the Sacramento shoal at the entrance of the Godaveri River. She was abandonned the following morning and after inspection was written off as a constructive total loss. There were no casualties.{{sfn|Hepper|2022|p=240}}{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/22367.html |title=auxiliary patrol vessel Haideri |publisher=Uboat |access-date=19 May 2017}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy OS 45: The cargo ship (4,357 t) was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|320|nmi}} west of Porto ({{coord|41|02|N|15|39|W}}) by {{GS|U-124|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of six of her 64 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Danby|1937|2}} ({{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) and {{HMS|La Malouine|K46|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2838.html |title=Katha |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=16 April 2025}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=501 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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|ship={{MV|Melbourne Star|1936|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo liner (12,806 t) was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|28|05|N|57|30|W}}) by {{GS|U-129|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 113 of the 117 people on board. The four survivors were rescued 38 days later by a Consolidated PBY Catalina aircraft of the United States Navy.{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2841.html |title=Melbourne Star |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=16 April 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://www.bluestarline.org/melbourne1.html |title=Melbourne Star |publisher=www.bluestarline.org |access-date=16 April 2025}}

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|ship={{HMS|MTB 267||2}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The Elco 70' motor torpedo boat (32 t) broke her back in a storm in the Mediterranean Sea ({{coord|34|26|N|16|14|E}}) while sailing from Benghazi, Libya to Malta and was scuttled after her crew were rescued.{{sfn|Hepper|2022|p=240}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/14082.html |title=HMS MTB 267 |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=16 April 2025}}

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|ship=Simon Duhamel II

|flag={{flag|Free France}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy TE 20: The fishing trawler (928 t) straggled behind the convoy due to engine trouble. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea ({{coord|36|01|N|2|29|W}}) by {{GS|U-755||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 53 of her 54 crew.{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2836.html |title=Simon Duhamell II |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=16 April 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://footballlehavre.over-blog.com/2017/10/le-simon-duhamel-torpille.html |title=Simon Duhamell II |publisher=footballlehavre.over-blog.com |access-date=16 April 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://memorial-national-des-marins.fr/h/9443-simon-duhamel-ii |title=Simon Duhamell II |publisher=memorial-national-des-marins.fr |access-date=16 April 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://raddo-ethnodoc.com/fecamp/document/277850 |title=Simon Duhamell II |publisher=raddo-ethnodoc.com |access-date=16 April 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://www.memorialgenweb.org/memorial3/html/fr/patronyme.php |title=French dead |publisher=www.memorialgenweb.org |access-date=16 April 2025}}

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|ship={{MV|Tergeste|1926|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary patrol boat (212 t) was torpedoed and sunk off Gytheio, Greece by {{ship|Greek submarine|Katsonis|Y-1|2}} ({{navy|Greece}}). The boat, sunk in shallow water, was raised within a few days.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=536 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/9902.html |title=Katsonis |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=16 April 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/verluste_griechenland/ausgabe.php?where_value=459 |title=Katsonis |publisher=historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=16 April 2025}}

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|ship={{SS|Toyo Maru No.2||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Toyo Maru-class transport ship (4,162 t) was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean {{convert|5|mi|spell=in}} west of Poluwat Island, Caroline Islands ({{coord|07|22|N|149|18|E}}) by {{USS|Tunny|SS-282|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Fifty-one passengers and crew were killed; there was one survivor.{{cite DANFS |title=Tunny |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss282.txt |accessdate=16 April 2025}}{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/ToyoT2_t.htm |title=Toyo Maru No.2 |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=16 April 2025}}

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|ship={{GS|U-124|1940|2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type IXB submarine (1,430 t) was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of Porto, Portugal ({{coord|41|02|N|15|39|W}}) by depth charges from {{HMS|Black Swan|L57|6}} and {{HMS|Stonecrop|K142|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}) with the loss of all 53 crew.{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/boats/u124.htm |title=U-124 |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=16 April 2025}}{{cite web |url=http://www.u-boote.fr/u-124.htm |title=U-124 |publisher=www.u-boote.fr |access-date=16 April 2025}}{{cite web |url=http://www.denkmalprojekt.org/u-boote/uboote_wk2/wk2_u124.htm |title=U-124 |publisher=www.denkmalprojekt.org |access-date=16 April 2025}}

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|ship={{ship|Japanese cruiser|Aoba||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Aoba|cruiser}} was skip-bombed and damaged at Moewe anchorage, Kavieng, New Ireland by Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft of the 43rd Bomb Group, United States Fifth Air Force and was beached to prevent sinking. Emergency repairs were performed 3–20 April and she was then towed to Truk and then to Kure. Repairs were finished on 24 November.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/aoba_t.htm |title=Imperial Cruisers |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=15 December 2022}}

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|ship={{Ship|Japanese tanker|Arima Maru|1936|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The fleet oiler (7,389 t) was torpedoed and damaged north of Palau ({{coord|10|12|N|134|35|E}}) by {{USS|Haddock|SS-231|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). She sank the next day. Eleven of her crew and sixteen gunners were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Arima_t.htm |title=Arima Maru |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=18 April 2025}}

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|ship={{ship|Japanese submarine chaser|CH-13||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|CH-13|submarine chaser}} (440 t) was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean east of Honshu ({{coord|41|03|N|141|58|E}}) by {{USS|Pickerel|SS-177|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) with the loss of all crew.{{cite DANFS |title=Pickerel |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss177.txt |accessdate=18 April 2025}}{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/CH-13_t.htm |title=CH-13 |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=18 April 2025}}{{cite web |url=http://www.schiffswrackliste.de/Gesamtverluste%201939-1945%20BRT%20u.%20ts%20.htm |title=List of WWII lost ships |publisher=www.schiffswrackliste.de |access-date=18 April 2025}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The transport ship was bombed and sunk at Kavieng ({{coord|02|35|S|150|49|E}}) by Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft of the United States Fifth Air Force.{{cite web |url= http://www.combinedfleet.com/TenryuM_t.htm |title=Japanese Transports |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=3 April 2013}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker (6,882 t) was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|50|nmi}} southeast of Marathon Key, Florida ({{coord|24|26|N|80|18|W}}), by {{GS|U-155|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 43 of her 61 crew. Survivors were discovered by a United States Navy blimp. They were rescued by a United States Coast Guard aircraft with the assistance of {{USS|Noa|DD-343|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Seventy years later in 2013, she again became a target, this time of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Remediation of Underwater Legacy Environmental Threats (RULET) project, which hunts down potential sources of oil pollution from sunken vessels.{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/2842.html |title=Gulfstate |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=15 April 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?16806 |title=SS Gulfstate (+1943) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=15 April 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2013/05/shipwrecks-world-war-ii-oil-leak-uboat |title= How Hitler's U-Boats Are Still Attacking Us |access-date=15 April 2025 |author= Julia Whitty |date=21 May 2013 |work= Blue Marble |publisher= Mother Jones |quote=The vessel ranked worst on the NOAA's risk assessment scale is the WWII tanker the Gulfstate, torpedoed and sunk off the Florida Keys in 1943.}}

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|ship=HA-31

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

|desc=The unmanned midget submarine was stranded on a sand bank in shallow water, half-buried after their mooring lines snapped in a heavy storm at Kiska, Alaska Territory. Her repairs were never finished as a result of continuing air attacks and more storms.{{Cite web|url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Kiska.htm |title=Midget Submarines Based at Kiska, Aleutians 1942-1943 |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=18 March 2023}}

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|ship=HA-33

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

|desc=The unmanned midget submarine was stranded on a sand bank in shallow water, half-buried after their mooring lines snapped in a heavy storm at Kiska and was wrecked beyond repair.

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

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

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary patrol vessel was shelled and sunk off the Gulf of Orosei, Sardinia by {{HMS|Safari|P211|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3430.html |title=HMS Safari |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=10 April 2020}}

}}

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|ship=S. Francisco di Paola A.

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

|desc=World War II: The sailing vessel was shelled and sunk off the Gulf of Orosei, Sardinia by {{HMS|Safari|P211|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).

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|ship={{ship|German siebel ferry|SF 78||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The Siebel ferry was lost on this date.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}

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|ship={{ship|German siebel ferry|SF 104||2}}

|flag=Luftwaffe

|desc=The Siebel ferry foundered in a storm in the Mediterranean Sea between Sicily, Italy and Tunisia.{{cite web |url=http://www.ww2.dk/articles/flot.htm|title=Luftwaffe-Fahrenflotillen|publisher=WW2.dk |access-date=10 April 2016}}

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|ship={{ship|German siebel ferry|SF 196||2}}

|flag=Luftwaffe

|desc=The Siebel ferry foundered in a storm in the Mediterranean Sea between Sicily and Tunisia.

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|ship={{ship|German siebel ferry|SF 203||2}}

|flag=Luftwaffe

|desc=The Siebel ferry foundered in a storm in the Mediterranean Sea between Sicily and Tunisia.

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|ship={{ship|German siebel ferry|SF 223||2}}

|flag=Luftwaffe

|desc=The Siebel ferry foundered in a storm in the Mediterranean Sea between Sicily and Tunisia.

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|ship=Volharding

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The fishing vessel departed from IJmuiden, North Holland for fishing grounds in the North Sea. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all four of her crew.{{cite web |url=https://www.scheveningen-haven.nl/info/schepen/index_ijm.php?nummer=222&lijst=150&af=IJM |title=Volharding |publisher=www.scheveningen-haven.nl |access-date=26 February 2021}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|2|10|N|5|35|W}}) by {{GS|U-505||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of ten of her 101 crew. She was taken in tow, but sank the next day ({{coord|2|17|N|5|25|W}}).{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=587 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

For the foundering of the British cargo ship Nagara on this day, see the entry for 29 March 1943.

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|ship={{MS|Altair|1941|2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The supply ship was torpedoed and sunk off Kristiansund, Norway ({{coord|63|01|N|7|02|E}}) by aircraft of Coastal Command, Royal Air Force.{{csr|register=MSI|id=5615214|shipname=Altair |accessdate=1 May 2012}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=549 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Dover Hill||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy JW 53: The cargo ship was bombed and severely damaged in the Kola Inlet by Luftwaffe aircraft.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=517 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Koa Maru|1932|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Koa Maru-class auxiliary storeship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean {{convert|120|nmi}} north of Eniwetok ({{coord|13|11|N|161|57|E}}) by {{USS|Porpoise|SS-172|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Sixteen of her crew were killed.{{cite DANFS |title=Nautilus |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss172.txt |access-date=29 December 2011}}{{cite web |url= http://www.warsailors.com/freefleet/norfleetpq.html |title=Norwegian Merchant Fleet 1939 – 1945, Ships beginning with P & Q |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=6 February 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Koa_t.htm |title=Japanese Auxiliary Storeships |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=11 March 2023}}

}}

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk off Stavanger, Norway by aircraft of Coastal Command.{{csr|register=MSI|id=1113513|shipname=Patria |accessdate=13 April 2012}}

}}

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Skagen, Denmark with the loss of a crew member.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/homefleet/shipsr.html |title=Norwegian Homefleet – WW II, Ships starting with R |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=10 February 2012}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=564 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The hospital ship was sunk during an American air raid against Naples. She was refloated in 1949 and scrapped.{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2014/02/cronologia-delle-perdite_14.html |title=Italian losses |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=10 April 2020}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=536 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship=Uragio Maru

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

|desc=World War II: American aircraft sank the cargo ship in Kiska Harbor, Territory of Alaska. Uragio Maru had not been seaworthy since she suffered damage in an American air attack on Kiska on 31 December 1942 and in a violent storm that struck Kiska on 4 January 1943.{{Cite web|url=https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-u/|title=Alaska Shipwrecks (U) – Alaska Shipwrecks}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|German trawler|V 1252||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The Vorpostenboot collided with {{ship|German flak ship|FlJ 27 Schiewenhorst||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) and sank in the North Sea off Borkum.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=5 April 1943 |sort=}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Indian Ocean {{convert|420|nmi}} south east of Durban, Union of South Africa ({{coord|32|37|S|37|50|E}}) by {{GS|U-182||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 47 crew survived. Her captain was taken on board U-182 as a prisoner of war. The rest of the crew were rescued by {{SS|Alexander Ramsey||2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2846.html |title=Aloe |publisher=Uboat |access-date=8 March 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Blitar||2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 231: The cargo ship romped ahead of the convoy. She was shelled in the Atlantic Ocean by {{GS|U-229||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) and returned fire. The next day, she was torpedoed and sunk ({{coord|57|45|N|27|30|W}}) by {{GS|U-632||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 26 of her 80 crew.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2852.html |title=Blitar |publisher=Uboat |access-date=14 April 2012}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 231: The tanker was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean west of Ireland ({{coord|58|08|N|34|04|W}}) by {{GS|U-706||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 62 crew were rescued by {{HMS|Snowflake|K211|6}} and {{HMS|Vidette|D48|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}), the former of which scuttled the ship.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2848.html |title=British Ardour |publisher=Uboat |access-date=16 April 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{Jsub|Ro-34||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Kaichū VI (Ro-33-class) submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off the Russell Islands ({{coord|8|15|S|158|58|E}}) by {{USS|O'Bannon|DD-450|6}} and {{USS|Strong|DD-467|6}} (both {{navy|USA|1912}}) with the loss of all 66 crew.

}}

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|ship={{SS|San Isidro||2}}

|flag={{flag|Spain|1938}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by {{ship|Greek submarine|Katsonis|Y-1|2}} ({{navy|Greece}}).

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 231: The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean south east of Cape Farewell, Greenland by {{GS|U-635||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). She was then torpedoed and sunk ({{coord|57|10|N|35|30|W}}) by {{GS|U-630||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 71 of her 78 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Zamalek|1921|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2847.html |title=Shillong |publisher=Uboat |access-date=14 April 2012}} Shillong was on a voyage from Port Lincoln, South Australia to Swansea, Glamorgan.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=172 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet tug|Simeiz|1900|2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: The tug (172 t) was sunk by a mine off Cape Myskhako in the Black Sea ({{coord|44|37|N|37|48|E}}). There were eight killed and thirteen survivors.{{cite web |url=https://russiangiant.ru/2023/04/05/5-aprelja-1943-goda-shjol-653-den-velikoj-otechestvennoj-vojny/ |title=Russian Naval Chronicle, 5 April 1943 |publisher=russiangiant.ru |access-date=15 April 2025}}{{cite web |url=http://www.ruf.ru/assets/files/projects/Poklon-korablam-velikoi-pobedi-2005-2010.pdf |title=Simeiz |publisher=ruf.ru |access-date=15 April 2025}}{{cite web |url=http://www.ruf.ru/assets/files/projects/Poklon-korablam-velikoi-pobedi-2005-2010.pdf |title=Simeiz |publisher=ruf.ru |access-date=15 April 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://www.kchf.ru/ship/vspomog/simeiz.htm |title=Simeiz |publisher=www.kchf.ru |access-date=15 April 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://militera.lib.ru/h/mmf/03.html |title=Soviet losses in Black Sea |publisher=militera.lib.ru |access-date=15 April 2025}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet patrol boat|SKA-095||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: The MO-4-class patrol vessel was sunk by a mine off Cape Myskhako in the Black Sea.

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 231: The tanker straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean by {{GS|U-563||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). She was later torpedoed and sunk ({{coord|58|16|N|34|14|W}}) by {{GS|U-530||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 69 crew.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2849.html |title=Sunoil |publisher=Uboat |access-date=4 April 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{GS|U-167|1942|2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type IXC/40 submarine was depth charged and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands, Spain ({{coord|27|47|N|15|00|W}}) by a Lockheed Hudson aircraft of 233 Squadron, Royal Air Force. She was scuttled the next day. Her 52 crew survived.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u167.htm |title=U-167 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=6 March 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{GS|U-635||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south east of Iceland ({{coord|58|20|N|31|52|W}}) by a Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft of 120 Squadron, Royal Air Force with the loss of all 47 crew.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u635.htm |title=U-635 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=14 April 2012}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 231: The cargo ship romped ahead of the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately {{coord|58|N|34|W}}) by {{GS|U-229||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 38 crew.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2845.html |title=Vaalaren |publisher=Uboat |access-date=10 March 2012}}{{cite web |url=https://scientometrics.flov.gu.se/files/SOU19222015/SOU%201963_60%20-%20Svenska%20handelsflottans%20krigsf%C3%B6rluster%20under%20det%20andra%20v%C3%A4rldskriget.txt |title=Swedish losses |publisher=scientometrics.flov.gu.se |access-date=26 April 2023}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 231: The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean by {{GS|U-635||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). She was then torpedoed and further damaged by {{GS|U-630||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of nineteen of the 132 people aboard. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Joel R. Poinsett||2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}) and {{HMS|Loosestrife|K105|6}} ({{naval|UK}}), which scuttled the ship.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2851.html |title=Waroonga |publisher=Uboat |access-date=14 April 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=6 April 1943 |sort=}}

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|ship={{ship|Italian trawler|Carridi||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler was sunk at Trapani, Sicily by Allied aircraft.{{cite web |url=http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=1510&tridit=lodenice&zobraz=A |title=Italy Trawlers Ruzne |publisher=Warshipsww2 |access-date=5 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006083326/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=1510&tridit=lodenice&zobraz=A |archive-date=6 October 2014 |url-status=usurped}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|John Sevier||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy GTMO 83: The Liberty ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Caribbean Sea {{convert|20|nmi|km}} off Great Inagua Island, Bahamas ({{coord|20|17|N|73|32|W}}) by {{GS|U-185||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 57 crew were rescued by {{USS|Bennett|DD-473|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2853.html |title=John Sevier |publisher=Uboat |access-date=8 March 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{MV|Josefina Thordén|1931|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker struck a mine and sank in the Thames Estuary ({{coord|51|47|18|N|1|28|42|E}}) with the loss of fifteen of her 55 crew.{{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 minesweeper|M 4041 Dr. Augustus Held||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper struck a mine and sank in the Bay of Biscay off Le Verdon-sur-Mer, Gironde, France.

}}

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|ship={{ship|Italian motor torpedo boat|MAS 533||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The MAS 526-class torpedo boat was sunk at Trapani by Allied aircraft.{{cite web |url=http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=901&tridit=lodenice&zobraz=A |title=Italian motor torpedo boat Type MAS 526 |publisher=Warshipsww2 |access-date=3 April 2015 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140910195433/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=901&tridit=lodenice&zobraz=A |archive-date=10 September 2014}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Italian motor torpedo boat|MAS 576||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The MAS 552-class torpedo boat was sunk at Trapani by Allied aircraft.{{cite web |url=http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=902&tridit=lodenice&zobraz=A |title=Italian motor torpedo boat Type MAS 552 |publisher=Warshipsww2 |access-date=3 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140910195717/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=902&tridit=lodenice&zobraz=A |archive-date=10 September 2014 |url-status=usurped}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Rovereto||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk off Cape Zebib, Tunisia, by Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft of the United States Army Air Force. Forty-five of her crew and 60 passengers were killed. There were twelve or 26 survivors, but one of them died of their wounds.{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2016/03/rovereto.html |title=Rovereto |date=11 March 2016 |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=10 April 2020}}{{cite web |url=http://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=889 |title=San Diego |publisher=The Yard |access-date=26 February 2017}}{{csr|register=MSI|id=5607148|shipname=San Diego |accessdate=2 December 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|San Diego|1930|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk off Cape Zebib by Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft of the United States Army Air Force. All 125 men aboard were rescued.

}}

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|ship={{SS|Ste. Lucille||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Trapani by Allied aircraft.{{cite web |url= http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/skotfoss.html |title=D/S Skotfoss |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=7 February 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{GS|U-632||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|58|02|N|28|42|W}}) by a Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft of 86 Squadron, Royal Air Force with the loss of all 48 of her crew.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u632.htm |title=U-632 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=14 April 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|German submarine chaser|UJ 2202 Jutland||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The submarine chaser was bombed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by American aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Italian submarine chaser|VAS 202||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|VAS 201|submarine chaser}} was sunk at Trapani by Allied aircraft.{{cite web |url=http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=1278&tridit=lodenice&zobraz=A |title=Italian submarine chaser class VAS 201 |publisher=Warshipsww2 |access-date=4 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140911065023/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=1278&tridit=lodenice&zobraz=A |archive-date=11 September 2014 |url-status=usurped}}

}}

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

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

|desc=The cargo liner was wrecked in Lake Ladoga. There were no casualties.{{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}}{{self published inline|date=January 2025}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Wa Wa

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

|desc=The fishing vessel foundered at Chatham, Alaska Territory.{{Cite web|url=https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-w/|title=Alaska Shipwrecks (W) – Alaska Shipwrecks}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=7 April 1943 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{USS|Aaron Ward|DD-483|6}}

|flag={{navy|USA|1912}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Gleaves|destroyer}} was bombed and sunk in Ironbottom Sound by Japanese aircraft with the loss of 27 of her 208 crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Fukuei Maru|1938|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk off Sanriku by {{USS|Pickerel|SS-177|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Thirty of her crew were killed.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{USS|Kanawha|AO-1|6}}

|flag={{navy|USA|1912}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Kanawha|fleet replenishment oiler}} was bombed and damaged in Tulagi Harbour, Solomon Islands by Japanese aircraft and was beached. She sank the next day with a loss of nineteen of her crew.{{sfn|Silverstone|1965|p=403}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The British WWI War Standard G-class auxiliary storeship was torpedoed and severely damaged in the Pacific Ocean {{convert|259|nmi|km}} north west of Truk, Marshall Islands ({{coord|08|45|N|147|10|E}}) by {{USS|Tunny|SS-282|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Four of her crew were killed. She sank under tow two days later {{convert|286|nmi|km}} north west of Truk ({{coord|08|53|N|146|42|E}}).{{cite web |url= http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/WWIStandardShipsL-W.htm#L-M-N |title=WWI Standard Built Ships L – W |publisher=Mariners |access-date=8 May 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Kosei8282_t.htm |title=Kosei Maru |publisher=combinedfleet.com |access-date=7 April 2020}}

}}

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|ship={{HMNZS|Moa|T233|6}}

|flag={{naval|New Zealand|1941}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|Bird|minesweeper}} was bombed and sunk in Tulagi Harbour by Japanese aircraft with the loss of five of her 35 crew.

}}

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|ship={{GS|U-644||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was torpedoed and sunk in the Norwegian Sea west of Narvik, Norway ({{coord|69|38|N|5|40|W}}) by {{HMS|Tuna|N94|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) with the loss of all 45 crew.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u644.htm |title=U-644 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=14 April 2012}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=8 April 1943 |sort=}}

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|ship={{MV|Castillo Montealegre|1930|2}}

|flag={{flag|Spain|1938}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|9|46|N|16|50|W}}) by {{GS|U-123|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of twelve of her 43 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Inkpen|T225|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web|url= http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?31776 |title=MV Castillo Montealegre (+1943) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=12 October 2011}}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Spanish Ship Sunk |date=20 April 1943 |page=4 |issue=49525 |column=B}}{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2854.html |title=Castillo Montealegre |publisher=Uboat |access-date=24 February 2012}}[http://www.perezreverte.com/articulo/patentes-corso/744/el-misterio-del-castillo-montealegre/ El misterio del 'Castillo Montealegre'], 4 March 2013, XLSemanal, Arturo Pérez-Reverte. A syndicated column from the point of view of a nephew of a friend of a survivor.

}}

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|ship={{SS|Foggia||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Tunisia by {{HMS|Unshaken|P54|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).

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|ship={{ship|Soviet patrol boat|No. 045||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

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

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|ship={{ship|Soviet patrol boat|SKA-054||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: The MO-4-class patrol vessel was sunk by a mine off Gelendzhik.{{cite web |url=https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=1KWQ-jr0hyuq3c7yt6FYN_GGtECM&hl=ru&ll=44.5174557147794%2C38.03725687424434&z=12 |title=SKA-054 |access-date=21 April 2023}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Toyo Maru|Harima, 1937|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk off Rabaul, New Guinea by Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft of the United States Army Air Force.

}}

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|ship={{GS|U-733||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The Type VIIC submarine collided with a Kriegsmarine patrol boat and sank at Gotenhafen. There were no casualties. She was raised on 16 April. Subsequently repaired, and returned to service in December 1943.{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/boats/u733.html |title=U-733 |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=8 April 2021}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=9 April 1943 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Annie Oakley||2}}

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

|desc=The Liberty ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel off Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom by a midget submarine. She was on a voyage from Barry, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Antwerp, Belgium. The wreck was subsequently dispersed by explosives.{{sfn|Sawyer|Mitchell|1985|p=73}}

}}

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|ship={{MV|Bamako||2}}

|flag={{flag|Free France}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy 20K: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Dakar, Senegal ({{coord|14|57|N|17|15|W}}) by {{GS|U-515||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of six of her crew.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2855.html |title=Bamako |publisher=Uboat |access-date=1 April 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{Ship|Italian minesweeper|Bella Italia||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper was torpedoed and sunk off Cape Carbonara, Sardinia by {{HMS|Safari|P211|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).

}}

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|ship={{ship|Japanese destroyer|Isonami|1927|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Fubuki|destroyer}} was torpedoed and sunk while rescuing survivors of {{SS|Penang Maru|1913|2}} ({{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}) in the Buton Passage, off south east Celebes {{convert|35|nmi|km}} south east of Wangi-wangi Island, Netherlands East Indies ({{coord|5|26|S|123|04|E}}) by {{USS|Tautog|SS-199|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) with the loss of seven of her 219 crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Wales_t.htm |title=Japanese Army Auxiliary Transports |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=8 November 2022}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk {{convert|250|nmi|km}} north north west of Kavieng, New Ireland ({{coord|00|38|N|150|17|E}}), by {{USS|Drum|SS-228|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Four of her crew were killed.{{cite web |url= http://www.combinedfleet.com/CH-39_t.htm |title=Japanese Escorts |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=9 April 2013}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Penang Maru|1913|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Buton Passage ({{coord|5|29|S|123|02|E}}) by {{USS|Tautog|SS-199|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Thirteen troops, a guard and two of her crew were killed.{{cite DANFS |title=Tautog |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss199.htm |access-date=31 December 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Wales_t.htm |title=Penang Maru |publisher=combinedfleet |access-date=13 May 2020}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy 3202: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Isla Verde Passage, Philippines ({{coord|13|05|N|121|43|E}}) by {{USS|Grayling|SS-209|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). One source says that she was lost with all 45 hands, another states that five lives were lost.{{cite DANFS |title=Grayling |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss209.txt |accessdate=31 December 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Ryuyo_t.htm |title=Ryuyo Maru |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=27 April 2023}} 13-05N, 121-43E

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=10 April 1943 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Entella||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship ran aground at Torre Finocchio, Sardinia while avoiding torpedoes fired by {{HMS|Safari|P211|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). The same submarine destroyed the wreck with torpedoes the next day. Her crew were rescued.

}}

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The blockade runner was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|43|18|N|14|26|W}}) by {{HMS|Adventure|M23|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). The entire ship's company, including more than 100 personnel of the Kriegsmarine, were rescued by HMS Adventure.{{cite web |url= http://www.warsailors.com/raidervictims/atlantis2.html |title=Norwegian Victims of Atlantis |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=5 May 2012}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Tyrrhenian Sea east of Cagliari, Sardinia by {{HMS|Safari|P211|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) with the loss of nine lives.

}}

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|ship={{SS|Loredan|1936|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary cruiser was torpedoed and sunk in the Tyrrhenian Sea east of Cagliari by {{HMS|Safari|P211|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) with the loss of fifteen lives.

}}

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|ship={{ship|Italian motor torpedo boat|MAS 501||2}}, and
{{ship|Italian motor torpedo boat|MAS 503||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The MAS motor torpedo boats were bombed and sunk at La Maddelena, Sardinia by Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft of the United States Twelfth Air Force.

}}

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|ship={{ship|Italian cruiser|Trieste||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Trento|cruiser}} was bombed and sunk at La Maddelena by Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft of the United States Twelfth Air Force. Seventy-seven of her crew and two civilians were killed. She was raised post-war and sold to Spain in 1951 for a proposed conversion to an aircraft carrier. This was not proceeded with and she was subsequently scrapped.{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2014/07/trieste.html |title=Trieste|publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=10 April 2020}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Schiermonnikoog, Friesland, Netherlands ({{coord|53|43|N|6|01|E}}). A crew member was killed and six were wounded.{{cite web |url=https://www.konditori100.se/SiWW2/sww2lscs.htm |title=Swedish WWII losses |publisher=www.konditori100.se |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311064153/https://www.konditori100.se/SiWW2/sww2lscs.htm |access-date=26 April 2023|archive-date=11 March 2022 }}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=571 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|Beverley|H64|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy ON 176: The {{sclass2|Town|destroyer}} was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|52|19|N|40|28|W}} by {{GS|U-188||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 148 of her 152 crew.

}}

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank off Aarhus, Denmark. She was refloated on 12 May, 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=495 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Edward B. Dudley||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 232: The Liberty ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately {{coord|53|N|38|W}} / {{coord|53|N|39|W}}) by {{GS|U-615||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 69 crew.{{cite web |url= http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsE.html |title=Liberty Ships – E |publisher=Mariners |access-date=6 January 2012}}{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2861.html |title=Edward B. Dudley |publisher=Uboat |access-date=13 April 2012}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|400|nmi}} south south west of Freetown, Sierra Leone ({{coord|2|31|N|15|55|W}}) by {{GS|U-181||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 53 crew were rescued by {{HMS|Witch|D89|6}} and {{HMS|Wolverine|D78|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}).{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=410}}{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2859.html |title=Empire Whimbrel |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=8 March 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 477||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The MFP-C2 landing craft was bombed and sunk in Tunis harbor, Tunisia. A crew member was wounded.{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/landungsfahrzeuge/marinefaehrprahm/ausgabe.php?where_value=1370 |title=F 477 |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=11 April 2023}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Fabriano||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Palermo, Sicily by aircraft based on Malta. There were fourteen dead and 91 survivors.{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2018/02/fabriano.html |title=Fabriano |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=11 April 2023}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster struck a mine and sank in the English Channel off the coast of Sussex, United Kingdom ({{coord|50|45|48|N|0|28|43|W}}) with the loss of eight of her nineteen crew.{{cite web |url= http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/frode.html |title= D/S Frode |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=12 January 2012}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and disabled off the coast of Papua New Guinea by Imperial Japanese Army Air Force aircraft. She was on a voyage from Milne Bay to Oro Bay. A crew member was killed and five were wounded. She was subsequently repaired and returned to service.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|pp=131-32}}{{cite web |url=https://ausmerchantnavy.weebly.com/hanyang.html |title=Hanyang |publisher=ausmerchantnavy.weebly.com |access-date=11 April 2023}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy ONS 2: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|51|29|N|42|59|W}}) by {{GS|U-613||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of eight of her 36 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMCS|Camrose|K154|6}} and {{HMCS|St. Croix|I81|6}} (both {{naval|Canada|1911}}).{{cite web |url= http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/ingerfire.html |title=D/S Ingerfire |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=24 January 2011}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|James W. Denver||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy UGS 7: The Liberty ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|475|nmi|km}} west of the Canary Islands, Spain ({{coord|28|46|N|25|40|W}}) by {{GS|U-195||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of two of her 67 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Cabo Huertas|1922|2}}, {{SS|Campana|1929|2}}, {{SS|Juan|1909|2}} (all {{flag|Spain|1938}}). {{SS|Albufeira|1916|2}} ({{flag|Portugal}}) rescued eighteen survivors on 16 May. The remainder of her crew reached land in their lifeboat.{{cite web |url= http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsJ-Ji.html |title=Liberty Ships J – Ji |publisher=Mariners |access-date=6 January 2012}}{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2865.html |title=James W. Denver |publisher=Uboat |access-date=8 March 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Italian motor torpedo boat|MS 13||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The MS 11-class MS boat was sunk at Trapani, Sicily by Allied aircraft.{{cite web |url=http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=903&tridit=lodenice&zobraz=A |title=Italian motor torpedo boat Type MS 11 |publisher=Warshipsww2 |access-date=3 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140910195711/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=903&tridit=lodenice&zobraz=A |archive-date=10 September 2014 |url-status=usurped}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Matt W. Ransom||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy UGS 6A: The Liberty ship, on her maiden voyage, struck two mines in the Mediterranean Sea off Casablanca, Morocco ({{coord|33|55|N|7|52|W}}) and was damaged. She was abandoned by her 64 passengers and crew, who were rescued by {{USS|PC-471}} and {{USS|PC-481}} (both {{navy|USA|1912}}). She was later reboarded by seven of her crew and taken to Casablanca for temporary repairs. Later scuttled as a blockship at Utah Beach, France.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2860.html |title=Matt W. Ransom |publisher=Uboat |access-date=24 February 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Italian auxiliary cruiser|Narenta||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary cruiser was sunk at Trapani by Allied aircraft. A crew member was killed. She was later raised and scrapped.{{cite web |url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/giubo/8536124677 |title=Narenta |date=4 March 2013 |publisher=www.flickr.com |access-date=11 April 2023}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Italian minesweeper|RD 20||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|RD|minesweeper}} was sunk at Trapani by Allied aircraft. She was raised in 1945, repaired, and returned to service post-war.{{cite web |url=http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=779&tridit=lodenice&zobraz=A |title=Italian minesweeper class RD |publisher=Warshipsww2 |access-date=8 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140911001711/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=779&tridit=lodenice&zobraz=A |archive-date=11 September 2014 |url-status=usurped }}{{cite web |url=https://www.lavocedelmarinaio.com/2022/04/11-4-1943-affondamento-del-r-d-20-4/?cn-reloaded=1 |title=RD 20 |date=11 April 2022 |publisher=www.lavocedelmarinaio.com |access-date=11 April 2023}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean east of Australia ({{Coord|37|24|S|150|19|E}}) by {{Jsub|I-26||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}). There were 32 dead and nineteen survivors.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/I-26.htm |title=I-26 |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=11 April 2023}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=598 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea {{convert|60|nmi|km}} north of Bardia, Libya ({{coord|32|15|N|23|55|E}}) by {{GS|U-593||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of sixteen of her 37 crew.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2857.html |title=Runo |publisher=Uboat |access-date=10 April 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Italian tug|Teseo||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The ocean-going tug was sunk at Trapani by Allied aircraft. Fifteen of her crew were killed.{{cite web |url=https://issuu.com/rivista.militare1/docs/diario-vol-ix-parte3-testo |title=Teseo |date=26 November 2019 |publisher=issuu.com |access-date=11 April 2023}}

}}

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|ship={{MV|Fresno City|1942|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 232: The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean south east of Cape Farewell, Greenland ({{coord|54|15|N|30|00|W}}) by {{GS|U-563||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). She then straggled behind the convoy and was later torpedoed and sunk by {{GS|U-706||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 45 crew were rescued by {{HMS|Azalea|K25|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2867.html |title=Fresno City |publisher=Uboat |access-date=8 April 2012}}{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=58}}

}}

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|ship=Froy

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The fishing vessel was sunk off Harstad by grenades launched by the crew of {{Ship|Soviet submarine|K-21||2}} ({{navy|Soviet Union}}). A crew member was killed and another died of wounds. The submarine attacked others fishing vessels in the area, sinking none but killing eight of their crew and capturing ten, of which three died in captivity.Froy{{Circular reference|date=October 2020}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Lancastrian Prince|1940|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy ON 176: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north east of the Dominion of Newfoundland ({{coord|50|18|N|42|48|W}}) by {{GS|U-404||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 45 crew.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2862.html |title=Lancastrian Prince |publisher=Uboat |date=21 March 2011}} Lancastrian Prince was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=378}}

}}

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|ship={{MV|Pacific Grove|1928|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 232: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south east of Cape Farewell ({{coord|54|10|N|30|00|W}}) by {{GS|U-563||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of eleven of the 67 people aboard. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Azalea|K25|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2864.html |title=Pacific Grove |publisher=Uboat |access-date=8 April 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Sapporo Maru No. 12||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk at eastern entrance to Tsugaru Strait, just off Shiriyazaki, northern Honshu, ({{coord|41|23|N|141|30|E}}) by {{USS|Flying Fish|SS-229|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). A crew member was killed.

}}

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|ship={{SS|St Lucien|1920|2}}

|flag={{flagicon|France}} Vichy France

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by {{HMS|Unruly|P49|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). Her crew were rescued.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?270416 |title=St Lucien |publisher=wrecksite.eu |access-date=12 April 2020}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy Hansa 2B: The Shanghai Maru-class auxiliary transport was bombed in Hansa Bay, New Guinea ({{coord|03|18|N|143|38|E}}) by Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft of the United States Fifth Air Force. She was beached and abandoned. Nine of her crew and three soldiers were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Sydney(4105)_t.htm |title=Sydney Maru |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=11 November 2022}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 232: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south east of Cape Farewell ({{coord|54|30|N|30|30|W}}) by {{GS|U-563||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 41 crew were rescued by {{HMS|Azalea|K25|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2863.html |title=Ulysses |publisher=Uboat |access-date=8 April 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{HNoMS|Eskdale}}

|flag={{navy|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy PW 323: The {{sclass2|Hunt|destroyer}} was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel off Lizard Head, Cornwall, United Kingdom by {{ship|German torpedo boat|S 90||2}} and {{ship|German torpedo boat|S 112||2}} (both {{Navy|Nazi Germany}}). Twenty-five of her crew were killed.{{cite web |url= http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4300-49ALL.htm |title=Naval Events, January–December 1943 (in outline only) |publisher=Naval History |access-date=29 December 2011}}

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled in the Indian Ocean when intercepted by {{ship|French cruiser|Georges Leygues||2}} ({{navy|France}}).

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|ship={{SS|Santa Irene|1921|2}}

|flag={{flag|Portugal}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Tyrrhenian Sea east of Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy by {{HMS|Taurus|P399|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) with the loss of eighteen of her nineteen crew.{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3508.html |title=HMS Taurus |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=30 April 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://www.shipsnostalgia.com/media/santa-irene.282380/ |title=Santa Irene |date=6 November 2011 |publisher=www.shipsnostalgia.com |access-date=30 April 2023}}{{self published inline|date=January 2025}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=14 April 1943 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Emile Allard|1933|2}}

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=World War II: The buoy tender was strafed and sunk off Brest, Finistère by Westland Whirlwind aircraft of 263 Squadron, Royal Air Force with the loss of three of her fourteen crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.atlasponant.fr/fiche/Navire/#fiche=/fiche/Navire/029EMA001/ |title=Emile Allard |publisher=atlasponant.fr |access-date=30 May 2019 |archive-date=14 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114093913/http://www.atlasponant.fr/fiche/Navire/#fiche=/fiche/Navire/029EMA001/ |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=https://www.14-4-43.fr/index.php/evenements/14-avril-1943/430414-1615-r57 |title=14 April 1943 Roadstead |publisher=14-4-43.fr |access-date=1 February 2020}}

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|ship=HA-29

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

|desc=World War II: The unmanned midget submarine was damaged beyond repair at Kiska, Territory of Alaska by Curtiss P-40 Warhawk aircraft of the Eleventh Air Force, United States Army Air Force. Her wreck was used as spares in an attempt to repair other submarines.

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|ship=HA-34

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

|desc=The unmanned midget submarine was damaged beyond repair at Kiska by Curtiss P-40 Warhawk aircraft of the Eleventh Air Force, United States Army Air Force. Her wreck was used as spares in an attempt to repair other submarines.

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The icebreaking tug struck a mine and sank in Varangerfjord ({{coord|69|55|N|30|00|E}}) with the loss of nine of her crew. Another source says all eleven aboard were killed, possibly including two Germans.{{cite web |url= http://www.warsailors.com/homefleet/shipsp.html |title=Norwegian Homefleet – WW II, Ships starting with P |publisher=warsailors.com |access-date=24 October 2019}}{{sfn|Huan|1991|p=not cited}}

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

|flag={{flagicon|France}} Vichy France

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Nice, Alpes-Maritimes ({{coord|43|32|N|7|12|E}}) by {{HMS|Ultor|P53|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). Twenty-three of the 38 men aboard were killed.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?163492 |title=Penerf |publisher=wrecksite.eu |access-date=14 April 2020}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=460 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{MV|Port Victor|1941|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The refrigerated cargo liner was torpedoed and damaged by {{GS|U-107|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to a British port.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|pp=115-16}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy PW 323: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel off The Lizard, Cornwall by {{ship|German torpedo boat|S 82||2}}, {{ship|German torpedo boat|S 90||2}} and {{ship|German torpedo boat|S 112||2}} (all {{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 24 crew survived.{{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={{GS|U-526||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type IXC/40 submarine struck a mine and sank in the Bay of Biscay off Lorient, Morbihan, France ({{Coord|47|30|N|3|45|W}}) with the loss of 42 of her 54 crew.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u526.htm |title=U-526 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=4 April 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Van Heemskerk|1909|2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The passenger ship was bombed and sunk in Milne Bay by Japanese aircraft with the loss of four lives.{{cite web |url=https://mass.cultureelerfgoed.nl/heemskerk-van |title=Van Heemskerk |publisher=mass.cultureelerfgoed.nl |access-date=28 January 2021}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=15 April 1943 |sort=}}

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|ship={{HMT|Adonis}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off Lowestoft, Suffolk, by a Kriegsmarine E-boat with the loss of twenty of her 31 crew.{{cite web |url=http://bowl6610.org.uk/history/past-officers/ken-payne/ |title=Adonis |publisher=bowl6610.org.uk |access-date=12 January 2021}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Italian submarine|Archimede|1939|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Brin|submarine}} was bombed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil ({{coord|03|23|S|30|28|W}}) by a Consolidated PBY Catalina aircraft of VP 83 Squadron, United States Navy.

}}

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|ship={{MS|Borgå|1922|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea {{convert|25|nmi|km}} north east of Borkum by Bristol Beaufighter aircraft of the Royal Air Force with the loss of two of her crew.{{cite web |url= http://www.warsailors.com/homefleet/shipsb2.html |title=Norwegian Homefleet – WW II, Ships starting with Bo through Bø |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=8 February 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Clan MacIndoe|1920|2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship caught fire in the Mediterranean Sea off Alexandria, Egypt. She was beached on 27 April, but declared a total loss due to a broken back and being burnt out.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=482 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship=Fedora

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

|desc=World War II: The transport boat was captured by a Partizan boat and burnt.{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=48457 |title=Yugoslavian Partisan Navy in WWII-Adriatic Sea (updated2021) |publisher=Soviet-Empire |accessdate=4 September 2022}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Daifuku Maru No. 1|transport ship}} was bombed and sunk near Kairiru Island ({{coord|03|12|N|143|43|E}}) by Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft of the United States Fifth Air Force. Three gunners and seven of her crew were killed.{{cite web |url= http://www.combinedfleet.com/CH-26_t.htm |title=Japanese Submarine chasers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=14 April 2013}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The Kaihei Maru-class auxiliary transport ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Island off the Bonin Islands ({{coord|21|13|N|152|24|E}}) by {{USS|Seawolf|SS-197|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Four of her crew were killed.{{cite DANFS |title=Seawolf |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss197.txt |accessdate=30 December 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Kaihei_t.htm |title=Kaihei Maru |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=6 January 2021}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|German minesweeper|M 5613 Christa||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The minesweeper ran aground at Odderøy, Norway and was wrecked.

}}

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|ship={{ship|German net tender|Netztender 14 Simon||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The net tender was sunk by a mine in the Baltic Sea.{{cite web |url=http://wio.ru/fleet/sunk/baltic.htm |title=ships sunk in the Baltic by soviet aircraft |publisher=Rufleet |access-date=6 April 2018}}

}}

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|ship=Shchuka

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

|desc=World War II: The defecting motorboat was shelled and sunk in the Arctic Sea by {{ship|Russian submarine chaser|MO-123||2}} and {{ship|Russian submarine chaser|MO-133||2}} (both {{navy|Soviet Union}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=53532&sid=6447e85e3ab126d0f28fae62df794abf |title=Soviet Naval Battles-Arctic Sea |publisher=Sovietempire.com |access-date=5 April 2018}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|ST|Simson|1920|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The tug struck a mine and sank off Wrangel Island, Soviet Union.{{csr|register=MSI|id=5604781|shipname=Simson |accessdate=15 April 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{USS|YP-4536}}

|flag={{navy|USA|1912}}

|desc=The yard patrol craft ran aground and sank on the Bahama Banks.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=16 April 1943 |sort=}}

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|ship={{ship|Italian torpedo boat|Cigno|1936|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Battle of the Cigno Convoy: The {{sclass|Spica|torpedo boat}} was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea south-east of Marettimo by {{HMS|Pakenham|G06|6}} and {{HMS|Paladin|G69|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}). One hundred and three of her crew were killed.{{cite web |url= http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?139924 |title=RM Cigno (+1943) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=16 April 2013}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Italian destroyer|Giacomo Medici||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The torpedo boat, a former {{sclass|La Masa|destroyer|2}}, was sunk at Catania, Sicily, by American aircraft. Her crew survived.{{sfn|Fraccaroli|1968|p=77}}{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2020/10/giacomo-medici.html |title=Giacomo Medici |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=24 November 2020}}

}}

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|ship={{MV|King Edwin|1927|2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship caught fire at Malta and was scuttled. She was raised in 1945, towed out to sea and sunk.{{cite web |url=http://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=758 |title=King Edwin |publisher=The Yard |access-date=25 February 2017}}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|Pakenham|G06|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of the Cigno Convoy: The {{sclass2|P|destroyer}} was shelled and crippled in the Mediterranean Sea off Marettimo by {{ship|Italian torpedo boat|Cassiopea|1936|2}} and {{ship|Italian torpedo boat|Cigno|1936|2}} (both {{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}). She was scuttled by {{HMS|Paladin|G69|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). Ten of her crew were lost.

}}

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|ship={{HSwMS|Ulven}}

|flag={{navy|SWE}}

|desc=World War II: The submarine struck a mine and sank in the Skagerrak west of Marstrand with the loss of all 33 crew.

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=17 April 1943 |sort=}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean ({{coord|42|00|N|143|20|E}}) by {{USS|Flying Fish|SS-229|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) with the loss of eight lives.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?32089 |title=Amaho Maru |publisher=wrecksite.eu |access-date=9 April 2020}}{{cite web |url=http://hush.gooside.com/Text/0A/01A/A16131aAmata.html#anchor432542 |title=Amaho Maru |publisher=hush.gooside.com |access-date=9 April 2020}}

}}

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship (5,457 t) was sunk in an Allied air raid on Palermo, Sicily, Italy. She was refloated on 22 October 1946 but ran aground whilst under tow and was declared a total loss.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/forum/archive/forum/read.php-1,50397,50399.html#msg-50399 |title=Arizona |publisher=www.warsailors.com |access-date=15 April 2025}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Fort Rampart||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 233: The Fort ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|47|22|N|21|58|W}}) by {{GS|U-628||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Six of her 56 crew were killed. Survivors were rescued by {{HMCS|Arvida|K113|6}} ({{naval|Canada|1911}}). Fort Rampart was later torpedoed again the same day by U-628 but remained afloat. The wreck was torpedoed, shelled and sunk the next day {{convert|900|nmi}} east north east of the Azores, Portugal ({{coord|47|28|N|22|00|W}}) by {{GS|U-226||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}).{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2868.html |title=Fort Rampart |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=18 April 2023}}{{cite web |url= http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/FORT_K.html |title=Fort Ships K–S |publisher=Mariners |access-date=5 January 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|LCP(R) 780}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The landing craft, personnel (ramped) was lost when {{SS|Sembilan|1922|2}} ({{flag|Netherlands}}) that was carrying her was sunk by {{ship|Italian submarine|Leonardo da Vinci|1939|2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}).{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/italian_submarines/boats/54 |title=Leonardo da Vinci |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=18 April 2023}}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|LCP(R) 782}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The landing craft, personnel (ramped) was lost when {{SS|Sembilan|1922|2}} ({{flag|Netherlands}}), that was carrying her, was sunk by {{ship|Italian submarine|Leonardo da Vinci|1939|2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}).

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|ship={{SS|Monginevro||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Zembretta by {{ship|HMMTB|634}} and {{ship|HMMTB|656}} ({{naval|UK}}). There were no casualties.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|French submarine|Naïade|Q124|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Sirène|submarine|||1925}} was sunk in a United States Army Air Forces raid on Toulon, Var, France.[http://sous.marins.disparus.free.fr/index.php/sous-marins/41-naiade?showall=1 Sous-Marins Français Disparus & Accidents: Sous-Marin Naïade (in French) Accessed 20 March 2023]

}}

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|ship={{Ship|Japanese transport|Nisshin Maru No. 2||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The transport was damaged, probably by a mine, in the East China Sea and was abandoned. She eventually drifted ashore on Formosa, China and was later scrapped.{{cite web |url= http://www.combinedfleet.com/PB-39_t.htm |title=Japanese Patrol Boats |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=22 April 2014}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Indian Ocean south of Mauritius ({{coord|31|30|S|33|30|E}}) by {{ship|Italian submarine|Leonardo da Vinci|1939|2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}) with the loss of 85 of the 86 people aboard.{{cite web |url=https://www.marhisdata.nl/schip&id=5827 |title=Sembilan |publisher=www.marhisdata.nl |access-date=28 January 2021}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine laid by US Navy TBF Avenger aircraft on 30 March and sank off Bougainville Island, Solomon Islands ({{coord|6|50|N|155|45|E}}). 12 crew and 23 passengers were killed.

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|ship={{GS|U-175||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=File:Picking survivors off U-175 1943-04-17 2.jpg

World War II: The Type IXC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|47|53|N|22|04|W}}) by {{USCGC|Spencer|WPG-36|6}} (22px United States Coast Guard) with the loss of thirteen of her 54 crew. Survivors were rescued by USCGC Spencer and {{USCGC|Duane|WPG-33|6}} (22px United States Coast Guard) and made prisoners of war.

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=18 April 1943 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Corbis||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Indian Ocean {{convert|500|nmi}} east south east of Port Elizabeth, Union of South Africa ({{coord|34|56|S|34|03|E}}) by {{GS|U-180||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 50 of her 60 crew. Survivors were rescued by a South African Air Force rescue boat.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2872.html |title=Corbis |publisher=Uboat |access-date=7 March 2012}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|6|40|N|13|17|W}}) by {{GS|U-123|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}).{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=83}} Her 49 crew were rescued by {{Ship|HMMMS|107}} ({{naval|UK}}).

}}

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|ship={{MS|Høegh Carrier|1935|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the North Sea off Den Helder, North Holland, Netherlands by Bristol Beaufighter aircraft of the Royal Air Force with the loss of two of her crew.{{cite web |url= http://www.warsailors.com/homefleet/shipsh2.html |title=Norwegian Homefleet – WW II, Ships starting with He through Hø |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=9 February 2012}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=560 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Porto Torres, Sardinia by Royal Air Force aircraft. She was later refloated.{{cite web |url= http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/liv.html |title=D/S Liv |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=26 January 2011}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Luigi Razza|1913|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Port Torres by Royal Air Force aircraft. She was refloated in 1945 and repaired, returning to service in 1946 as Antonio Strazzera.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=539 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Indian Ocean south of Mauritius by {{ship|Italian submarine|Leonardo da Vinci|1939|2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}). There were four killed and 94 survivors.

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The ammunition transport was torpedoed and sunk {{convert|200|nmi}} north north west of Mussau Island, Bismarck Archipelago ({{coord|01|55|N|148|24|E}}) by {{USS|Drum|SS-228|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Thirty-five of her crew were killed. Survivors were rescued by {{Ship|Japanese submarine chaser|CH-18||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/CH-18_t.htm |title=CH-18 |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=18 April 2023}}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|P615}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Oruç Reis|submarine}} was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|6|49|N|13|09|W}}) by {{GS|U-123|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 44 crew.{{cite web |title=HMS P-615 |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2870.html |website=uboat.net |access-date=18 April 2023}}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|Regent|N41|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Rainbow|submarine}} struck a mine and sank in the Strait of Otranto with the loss of all 63 crew.{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3406.html |title=HMS Regent |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=18 April 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://gue.com/blog/hms-regent-mystery/ |title=Regent |date=16 September 2022 |publisher=gue.com |access-date=18 April 2023}}

}}

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|ship=Two unnamed seiners

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

|desc=World War II: The seiners were sunk in the Black Sea by Kriegsmarine R boats and S boats.{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=53917&sid=6447e85e3ab126d0f28fae62df794abf |title=Soviet Naval Battles-Black Sea |publisher=Sovietempire.com |access-date=5 April 2018}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|German submarine chaser|UJ 2205 Le Jacques Coeur||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The submarine chaser was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea north north west of Isola di Femmine, Sicily, Italy ({{coord|38|15|N|13|13|E}}) by {{HMS|Unseen|P51|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). Four of her crew were killed and eleven were wounded. Survivors were rescued by {{ship|Italian submarine chaser|VAS 207||2}} and {{ship|Italian submarine chaser|VAS 230||2}} (both {{navy|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}).{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3557.html |title=HMS Unseen |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=1 April 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2020/03/bivona.html |title=Bivona |date=March 2020 |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=12 April 2023}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|German trawler|V 1409 Limburgia||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Vorpostenboot was torpedoed and sunk in the Seine Bay by {{ship|HMMGB|38}} and {{ship|HMMGB|39}} (both {{naval|UK}}).

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|ship={{USS|YC-891}}

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

|desc=The unpowered covered lighter sank while under tow off Key West, Florida.

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|ship={{ship|Italian destroyer|Alpino|1938|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|Soldati|destroyer|2}} was sunk at La Spezia by aircraft of the Bomber Command, Royal Air Force. Forty-eight of her crew were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=282 |title=Italy Destroyer Folgore Class |publisher=WarshipsWW2 |access-date=19 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224045039/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=282 |archive-date=24 December 2014 |url-status=usurped }}{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2014/01/alpino.html |title=Alpino |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=4 February 2020}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Banshu Maru No. 5||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Banshu Maru No. 5 -class auxiliary storeship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean about {{convert|108|nmi}} north west of Iwo Jima ({{coord|26|15|N|139|35|E}}) by {{USS|Seawolf|SS-197|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Fourteen of her crew were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Banshu5_t.htm |title=Banshu Maru No. 5 |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=10 March 2023}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Bivona||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea northwest of Trapani, Sicily ({{coord|38|11|N|11|44|E}}) by {{HMS|Unrivalled|P45|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). Out of 56 men aboard – 38 Italians and eighteen Germans, including crew and passing soldiers heading to Tunisia – only eight survived: three Italians and five Germans.

}}

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|ship={{SS|Francesco Crispi|1925|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Tyrrhenian Sea off Elba ({{coord|42|46|N|9|46|E}}) by {{HMS|Saracen|P247|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). Depending on sources, there were between 1,200 and 1,300 men (crew and troops) aboard, of which 676 were saved and more than 500 were lost.{{cite web |url=https://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2018/11/francesco-crispi.html |title=Francesco Crispi |date=November 2018 |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=19 April 2023}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=532 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship, which was carrying Allied prisoners, was bombed and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea by Allied aircraft. She was then torpedoed and sunk by {{HMS|Unrivalled|P45|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) north of Marettimo Island. Two of her crew were killed. There were 25 survivors.{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2015/07/tifone.html |title=Tifone |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=12 April 2023}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Robert Gray||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 234: The Liberty ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|50|57|N|40|35|W}}) by {{GS|U-108|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 62 crew.{{cite web |url= http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsR.html |title=Liberty Ships – R |publisher=Mariners |access-date=6 January 2012}}{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2873.html |title=Robert Gray |publisher=Uboat |access-date=23 February 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet motor torpedo boat|TKA-84||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|G-5|motor torpedo boat}} was sunk in the Black Sea by Luftwaffe aircraft. There was one survivor.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=20 April 1943 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|El Amirante|1917|2}}

|flag={{flag|Panama}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 235: The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean in a storm. She had previously been in collision with {{SS|Elias Boudinot||2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}).{{cite web |url= http://www.warsailors.com/convoys/hx235.html |title=Convoy HX 235 |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=17 May 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{MV|Kosei Maru|1940|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk north of Wewak, New Guinea by aircraft of the United States Army Air Force with the loss of 199 lives.

}}

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|ship={{SS|Lena Luckenbach|1920|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 233: The cargo ship collided with {{SS|James Fenimore Cooper||2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}) in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned by her 62 crew, who were rescued by {{MV|Lightning|1941|2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}). Lena Luckenbach was boarded by a salvage party from {{HMS|Bergamot|K189|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) and beached at Kames Bay. She was later repaired and returned to service.{{cite web |url= http://www.warsailors.com/convoys/hx233.html |title=Convoy HX 233 |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=17 May 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Japanese gunboat|Meiji Maru No.1 Go||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Peacetime Standard Type D auxiliary gunboat was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Honshu ({{coord|37|10|N|141|25|E}}) by {{USS|Scorpion|SS-278|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) with the loss of nine of her crew.{{cite DANFS |title=Scorpion |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss278.txt |accessdate=4 January 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Meiji1_t.htm |title=Meiji Maru |publisher=combinedfleet.com |access-date=4 April 2019}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy UGS 7: The Design 1013 ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea {{convert|60|nmi|km}} west of Oran, Algeria ({{coord|35|59|N|1|25|W}}) by {{GS|U-565||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). All 61 people on board were rescued by {{HMS|Foxtrot|T109|6}} and {{HMT|Stella Carina|FY352|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2875.html |title=Michigan |publisher=Uboat |access-date=9 April 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Sidi-Bel-Abbès|1929|2}}

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy UGS 7: The troopship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea {{convert|10|nmi|km}} north of the Habibas Islands, Algeria ({{coord|35|59|N|1|25|W}}) by {{GS|U-565||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 611 of the 1,131 people on board. Lifeboats from {{SS|Michigan|1919|2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}) rescued many of the Senegalese soldiers on board.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2874.html |title=Sidi-Bel-Abbès |publisher=Uboat |access-date=9 April 2012}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Black Sea ({{coord|44|53|N|31|24|E}}) by {{ship|Soviet submarine|S-33||2}} ({{navy|Soviet Union}}). There were 28 dead and 70 survivors.{{cite web|url=http://submarine-at-war.ru/attacks/430420s33.html |title=Suceava |publisher=submarine-at-war.ru |access-date=11 December 2019}} The wreck was subsequently refloated and scrapped.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=570 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Sumatra Maru|1917|2}}

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

|desc=The Celebes Maru No. 1-class transport ran aground on a submerged reef in rough seas at night heading to the San Bernardino Strait. She was refloated and anchored {{convert|7|km|spell=in}} east of the San Bernardino Strait off Luzon, Philippines.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Sumatra_t.htm|title=Japanese Army Auxiliary Transports |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=24 October 2022}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=21 April 1943 |sort=}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy ONS 3: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north east of St. John's, Dominion of Newfoundland ({{coord|55|46|N|45|14|W}}) by {{GS|U-415||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of sixteen of her 67 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMT|Northern Gift}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2877.html |title=Ashantian |publisher=Uboat |access-date=23 March 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Erich Ohlrogge||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank off eastern Jutland, Denmark.{{csr |register=MSI |id=5603167 |shipname=Erich Ohlrogge |accessdate=27 March 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|FV|Flora Alberta||2}}

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

|desc=The fishing schooner collided with {{SS|Fanad Head|1941|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) approximately {{convert|140|km|nmi}} southeast of Halifax, Nova Scotia. The ship was sliced in half and subsequently sunk, with the loss of 21 of her 28 crew.{{cite news |author= |title=21 Lost When Fishing Schooner Sunk off N.S.|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2194&dat=19430417&id=WPguAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CtwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6105,4101467&hl=en|newspaper=Ottawa Citizen|location=Ottawa Ontario|date=22 April 1943 |page=11 }}

}}

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|ship={{USS|Grenadier|SS-210|6}}

|flag={{navy|USA|1912}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Tambor|submarine}}, immobilized by irreparable propulsion failure, was ineffectively shelled by the netlayer {{Ship|Japanese netlayer|Choko Maru||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}) and bombed and damaged in the Strait of Malacca off Penang, Malaya by a Japanese aircraft. She was consequently scuttled by her crew at {{coord|6|30|N|97|40|E}}. All 76 crew were taken as prisoners of war by Choko Maru.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/ChokoM889_t.htm |title=Choko Maru|publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=27 February 2023}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|John Drayton||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Liberty ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Indian Ocean ({{coord|32|10|S|34|50|E}}) by {{ship|Italian submarine|Leonardo da Vinci|1939|2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}). Fourteen survivors were rescued on 27 April by {{HMS|Relentless|H85|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). Eight of 24 originally in a second lifeboat are rescued on 21 May. Six gunners and 21 crewmen die in the sinking or in the ordeal in the lifeboats.{{cite web |url= http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsJo.html |title=Liberty Ships – Joaquin – Johns |publisher=Mariners |access-date=6 January 2012}}{{cite web |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-merchant-marine-members-found-danger-but-no-glory-2005apr17-story.html |title=John Drayton|work=www.sandiegouniontribune.com |date=17 April 2005 |access-date=18 April 2023}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|German transport|KT 7||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The transport ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by {{HMS|Laforey|G99|6}}, {{HMS|Loyal|G15|6}} and {{HMS|Lookout|G32|6}} (all {{naval|UK}}). There were 37 dead and twelve survivors.{{cite web |url=https://historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/crewlisten/ww2/eingabe.php |title=Kriegsmarine crews |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=27 April 2023}}{{cite book |title=La marina italiana nella seconda guerra mondiale, VIII: La difesa del traffico con l'Africa Settentrionale, dal 1° ottobre 1942 alla caduta della Tunisia |last=Ufficio Storico della Marina Militare |year=1964 |page=240 |language=Italian}}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|LCI(L)-7}}

|flag={{naval|UK|}}

|desc=World War II: The landing craft, infantry (large) was bombed by Luftwaffe aircraft at Algiers, Algeria. She was beached and left to burn. Four men were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/15/150007.htm |title=Landing Craft, Infantry LCI |publisher=navsource.org |access-date=13 March 2020 }}{{sfn|Hepper|2022|page=243}}

}}

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|ship={{MS|Marco Foscarini|1942|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk by {{HMS|Unison|P43|6}} ({{naval|United Kingdom}}) in the Strait of Sicily west of Marsala, Italy ({{coord|37|50|N|11|30|E}}). Depending on sources there were 25 or 28 dead, one died of wounds and there were 95 or 96 survivors.{{csr|register=MSI|id=5615175|shipname=Marco Foscarini |accessdate=7 December 2012}}{{cite web |url=https://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2018/12/marco-foscarini-ii.html |title=Marco Foscarini |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=30 April 2023}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy ON 178: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|56|07|N|44|26|W}}) by {{GS|U-191||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of two of her 40 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Kale|K241|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/scebeli.html |title=M/S Scebeli |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=7 February 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|Splendid|P228|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The S-class submarine was shelled and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea off Corsica, France by {{ship|German destroyer|Hermes|ZG-3|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of eighteen of her 45 crew. She was scuttled to prevent capture before the survivors were rescued and taken as prisoners of war.

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy ONS 3: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean south east of Cape Farewell, Greenland ({{coord|55|46|N|45|14|W}}) by {{GS|U-415||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of two of her 50 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMT|Northern Gift}} and {{HMS|Poppy|K213|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}). Wanstead was later torpedoed and sunk by {{GS|U-413||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2878.html |title=Wanstead |publisher=Uboat |access-date=23 March 2012}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=515 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=22 April 1943 |sort=}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 234: The cargo liner straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|57|30|N|42|50|W}}) by {{GS|U-306||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 86 of the 130 people on board. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Asphodel|K56|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2880.html |title=Amerika |publisher=Uboat |access-date=15 March 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Duna||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a German mine and sank in Lyngefjord. There were nine dead and twelve survivors.{{sfn|Huan|1991|p=not cited}}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|Herring|T307|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy FN 108: The {{sclass2|Fish|trawler|1}} was sunk in a collision with {{MV|Cassard|1920|2}} ({{flag|France}}) {{convert|2|nmi|spell=in}} north of Buoy No. 20, north east of Blyth, Northumberland ({{coord|51|19|N|1|21|W}}). Her crew were rescued by Cassard.{{sfn|Hepper|2022|p=243}}{{cite web |url= http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/6270.html |title=HMS Herring |publisher=U Boat.net |access-date=23 April 2014}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Italian minesweeper|Milano||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The minesweeper was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by {{HMS|Unbroken|P42|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea ({{coord|42|46|N|9|46|E}}) by {{HMS|Saracen|P247|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=536 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|ST|Valente||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The tug was attacked and set afire off Cape Vaticano by {{HMS|Sahib|P212|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).

}}

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|ship={{MV|Yamazato Maru|1937|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Strait of Malacca ({{coord|3|28|N|99|47|E}}) by {{HNLMS|O 21}} ({{naval|Netherlands}}). Eighteen crew, four gunners and 34 passengers were killed.{{cite web |url=https://www.rnsubmusfriends.org.uk/hezlet/volume1/chapter19.htm |title=Yamazato Maru |publisher=www.rnsubmusfriends.org.uk |access-date=27 April 2023}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=23 April 1943 |sort=}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet landing boat|DB-5||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: The No. 1-class landing boat was sunk by artillery fire off the beachhead of Malaya Zemlya, Myskhako, Soviet Union. A crew member died after giving his lifejacket to a wounded soldier.{{cite web |url=https://dzen.ru/media/id/60411022e853db38c7b7bbf8/motobotchiki-chast-2-61c706e5446e332a7fa6d3b6 |title=DB-5 |publisher=dzen.ru |access-date=23 April 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=1KWQ-jr0hyuq3c7yt6FYN_GGtECM&hl=ru&ll=44.6652688333731%2C37.83177464079418&z=14 |title=DB-5 |access-date=23 April 2023}}

}}

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|ship=Patrol Boat No. 39

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

|desc=File:Sinking after being torpedoed 02.jpg

World War II: The {{sclass2|No.31|patrol boat|1}} was torpedoed and sunk in the Philippine Sea off Yonaguni Island ({{coord|23|48|N|122|42|E}}) by the submarine {{USS|Seawolf|SS-197|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com//PB-39_t.htm |title=PB-39 |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=23 April 2023}}

}}

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|ship={{GS|U-189||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type IXC/40 submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean east of Cape Farewell, Greenland by a Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft of 120 Squadron, Royal Air Force with the loss of all 54 crew.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u189.htm |title=U-189 |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=8 March 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{GS|U-191||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type IXC/40 submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south east of Cape Farewell ({{coord|56|45|N|36|25|W}}) by {{HMS|Hesperus|H57|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) with the loss of all 55 crew.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u191.htm |title=U-191 |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=23 April 2023}}

}}

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|ship={{USS|YP-422}}

|flag={{navy|USA|1912}}

|desc=The yard patrol craft ran aground and sank on the Tumbo Reef, {{convert|3|nmi|km}} south east of the North Bulari Passage, a break in the reefs on the approach to Nouméa, New Caledonia.{{cite book |title=Pacific Islands. Sailing Directions |editor=Admiralty Hydrographic Office |publisher=Eyre & Spottiswoode as Queen's Printer |location=London |year=1900 |volume=2 |edition=3rd |chapter=VII: Uen Island to Nouméa |page=313 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i1MPAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA313 |access-date=2022-04-10 |via=Google Books}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=24 April 1943 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Aquino||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by American aircraft. Nine of the 135 men aboard died.{{cite book |title=La marina italiana nella seconda guerra mondiale, VIII: La difesa del traffico con l'Africa Settentrionale, dal 1° ottobre 1942 alla caduta della Tunisia |last=Ufficio Storico della Marina Militare |year=1964 |page=240 |language=Italian}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Panama|civil}}

|desc=File:El Estero sunk in NY Harbor 1943.tiffAfter loading ammunition, the cargo ship caught fire at the New York Port of Embarkation's Caven Point Terminal off Jersey City, New Jersey. To avoid a disastrous explosion, the ship was towed into an area of shallow water near Robbins Reef Light in Upper New York Bay, where the New York City Fire Department fireboats {{ship||Fire Fighter|fireboat|2}} and {{ship||John J. Harvey}} (both {{flag|United States|1912}}) deliberately sank her by pouring water into her holds. She was later raised and towed out of the harbor for use as a naval gunnery target.{{sfn|Wardlow|1956|p=not cited}}[https://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/27/nyregion/27nyc.html Time Ebbs for the Heroes Who Saved the Harbor], Clyde Haberman, New York Times, 27 May 2008.

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|ship={{SS|Galiola||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The transport ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Capo di Milazzo, Sicily by {{HMS|Sahib|P212|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). Forty of the 45 men aboard were rescued.{{cite web |url= http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3431.html |title=HMS Sahib (P 212) |publisher=U Boat.net |access-date=24 April 2013}}{{csr|register=MSI|id=5604275 |shipname=Galiola |accessdate=15 October 2014}}{{cite book |title=La marina italiana nella seconda guerra mondiale, VIII: La difesa del traffico con l'Africa Settentrionale, dal 1° ottobre 1942 alla caduta della Tunisia |last=Ufficio Storico della Marina Militare |year=1964 |page=241 |language=Italian}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Tsugaru Strait ({{coord|41|42|N|141|20|E}}) by {{USS|Flying Fish|SS-229|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) with the loss of 27 lives.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?136788 |title=Kasuga Maru |publisher=wrecksite.eu |access-date=9 April 2020}}{{cite web |url=http://hush.gooside.com/name/k/Ka/Kasuga/Kasuga.html#anchor370237 |title=Kasuga Maru |publisher=hush.gooside.com |access-date=9 April 2020}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Australia|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk {{convert|35|nmi|km}} north east of Sandy Cape, Queensland ({{coord|24|26|S|153|44|E}}) by {{Jsub|I-26||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}). Her master, nineteen crewmen, and a gunner were killed. Eleven survivors were rescued by {{USS|SC-747}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}).

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|ship={{HMS|Sahib|P212|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The S-class submarine was depth charged and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea off Capo di Milazzo, Sicily by Junkers Ju 88 aircraft of the Luftwaffe. She was then attacked by {{ship|Italian torpedo boat|Climene|1936|2}}, {{ship|Italian corvette|Gabbiano||2}}, and {{ship|Italian corvette|Euterpe||2}}, (all {{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}). She was scuttled by her crew; all 48 were rescued and taken as prisoners of war, one of them later died of wounds.

}}

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|ship={{SS|Santa Catalina|1942|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Type C2-S-B1 cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|370|nmi}} north east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina ({{coord|30|42|N|70|58|W}}) by {{GS|U-129|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). All 95 people on board were rescued by {{MV|Venezia|1938|2}} ({{flag|Sweden}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2883.html |title=Santa Catalina |publisher=Uboat |access-date=28 February 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|German siebel ferry|SF 217||2}}

|flag=Luftwaffe

|desc=World War II: The Siebel ferry was bombed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea between Marsala, Sicily and Tunisia.{{cite web |url=http://www.ww2.dk/articles/flot.htm|title=Luftwaffe-Fahrenflotillen|publisher=WW2.dk |access-date=11 April 2016}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet patrol boat|SKA-058||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: The MO-4-class patrol vessel was sunk by a mine off Myskhako.{{cite web |url=https://cmboat.ru/vov24-04-1943/ |title=Soviet Naval Chronicle, 24 April 1943 |publisher=cmboat.ru |access-date=21 April 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://www.kchf.ru/ship/mo/ska058.htm |title=SKA-058 |publisher=www.kchf.ru |access-date=21 April 2023}}

}}

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|ship={{GS|U-710||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south of Iceland ({{coord|61|25|N|19|48|W}}) by a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft of 206 Squadron, Royal Air Force with the loss of all 49 crew.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u710.htm |title=U-710 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=17 April 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=25 April 1943 |sort=}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Indian Ocean ({{coord|37|03|S|24|03|E}}) by {{ship|Italian submarine|Leonardo da Vinci|1939|2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}) with the loss of 53 of her 64 crew.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=495 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}[https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?137100 MV Doryssa] at wrecksite.eu : retrieved 23 August 2019

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and was severely damaged in the Atlantic Ocean off Casablanca, Morocco (at {{coord|33|52|N|7|50|W}}), with the loss of 46 of her 71 crew. Later she was towed to Gibraltar, but was declared a constructive total loss.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2885.html |title=Empire Morn |publisher=Uboat |access-date=18 August 2021}} Subsequently repaired and returned to service.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=122}}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|LCG 15}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The landing craft, gun, on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Falmouth, Cornwall, sank off Freshwater West, Pembrokeshire in a storm, with the loss of all on board (at least 36 sailors and marines).{{cite news |title=Freshwater West memorial for sunken WWII vessels |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-22266884 |access-date=28 July 2022 |work=BBC News |date=25 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414185555/http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-22266884 |archive-date=14 April 2016}}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|LCS(M) 17}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The landing craft, support (mortar) was sunk in a battle against the Japanese on the Mayu River, Burma.{{cite web |url=https://www.naval-history.net/WW2BritishLossesbyName2.htm |title=WWII British Losses, letter L |publisher=www.naval-history.net |access-date=21 April 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://forum.commandoveterans.org/cdoForum/posts/list/15/6889.page |title=LCS(M) 17|publisher=forum.commandoveterans.org |access-date=21 April 2023}}

}}

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the White Sea off the Makkaur Lighthouse, Norway by Soviet aircraft. There were eleven dead and 40 survivors.{{sfn|Huan|1991|p=not cited}}{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=55255&sid=b64d81afc6dc3bf6ebf262ded5ddeaf9 |title=Soviet torpedo bomber victories during WWII |publisher=Sovietempire.com |access-date=28 March 2019}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet patrol boat|No. 0212||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

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

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy RU 71: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately {{coord|61|N|15|W}}) by {{GS|U-385||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 28 of her 30 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Goodwin|1917|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2882.html |title=Rosenborg |publisher=Uboat |access-date=19 March 2012}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Casablanca, Morocco ({{coord|34|04|N|7|23|W}}), with the loss of sixteen of her 55 crew.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2884.html |title=Rouennais |publisher=Uboat |access-date=26 March 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{GS|U-203||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Farewell, Greenland ({{coord|55|05|N|42|25|W}}) by Fairey Swordfish aircraft of 811 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm, based on {{HMS|Biter|D97|6}} and by {{HMS|Opportune|G80|6}} and {{HMS|Pathfinder|G10|6}} (all {{naval|UK}}) with the loss of ten of her 48 crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German minelayer|Wullenwever||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The minelayer struck mines and sank in the Baltic Sea.{{cite web |url=http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=1143 |title=German minelayers Requisitioned French |publisher=Warshipsww2.Eu |access-date=21 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141204173330/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=1143 |archive-date=4 December 2014 |url-status=usurped }}

}}

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|ship={{USS|YP-481}}

|flag={{navy|USA|1912}}

|desc=The yard patrol boat grounded and was wrecked in the Atlantic Ocean off Charleston, South Carolina.{{cite web |title=Patrol and training craft YP |url=http://shipbuildinghistory.com/history/smallships/yp.htm |access-date=31 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127235354/http://www.shipbuildinghistory.com/history/smallships/yp.htm |archive-date=27 January 2013}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=26 April 1943 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 158A||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The MFP-A landing craft was sunk on this date.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|LCG 16}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The landing craft, gun, on voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Falmouth, Cornwall, sank off Freshwater West, Pembrokeshire in a storm, with the loss of all on board (at least 35 sailors and marines).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean {{convert|20|nmi}} south east of Cape Byron, New South Wales Australia ({{coord|28|54|S|153|54|E}}) by {{Jsub|I-177||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}) with the loss of two of her 72 crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/I-177.htm |title=I-177 |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=18 April 2023}}{{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}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German landing craft F 343A|Marmara||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The MFP-C2 landing craft was sunk on this date.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German minesweeper|R 114||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper struck a mine and sank in the English Channel off the Pas-de-Calais coast.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German siebel ferry|SF 166||2}}

|flag=Luftwaffe

|desc=World War II: The Siebel ferry was bombed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea between Marsala, Sicily, Italy and Tunis, Tunisia.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German siebel ferry|SF 167||2}}

|flag=Luftwaffe

|desc=World War II: The Siebel ferry was bombed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea between Marsala and Tunis.

}}

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|ship={{USS|YP-47}}

|flag={{navy|USA|1912}}

|desc=The yard patrol craft was sunk in the Ambrose Channel off Staten Island, New York in a collision with {{USS|YMS-110}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=27 April 1943 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Helma||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The motor schooner, carrying a cargo of potatoes, was sunk off Jersey by Westland Whirlwind aircraft of 263 Squadron, Royal Air Force.{{sfn|Fowler|2016|p=135}}{{cite web |url=https://263squadron.weebly.com/uploads/9/2/1/7/92171046/air271548.pdf |title=263 Sqn|publisher=263squadron.weebly.com |access-date=27 April 2023}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Lydia M. Childs||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Liberty ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean {{convert|100|nmi|km}} off Port Stephens, New South Wales, Australia ({{coord|33|08|S|153|24|E}}) by {{Jsub|I-178||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}). There were no casualties.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/I-178.htm |title=I-178 |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=18 April 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://www.ozatwar.com/japsubs/shipssunk.htm |title=Lydia M. Childs |publisher=ozatwar.com |access-date=28 April 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{Ship|German minesweeper|M 4611 Etienne Rimbert||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The minesweeper was sunk in the English Channel off St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands by Westland Whirlwind aircraft of 263 Squadron, Royal Air Force. At least two of her crew were killed. She was later refloated, repaired and returned to service.{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/minensucher/ausgabe.php?where_value=2811 |title=M 4611 |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=27 April 2023}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea {{convert|10|nmi|spell=in}} east north east of Cape Bengut, Algeria by {{GS|U-371||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of ten of her 34 crew.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2886.html |title=Merope |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=27 April 2023}}

}}

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the North Sea off the Ryvingen Lighthouse, Norway, by Allied aircraft. Two German gunners were killed.{{cite web |url= http://www.warsailors.com/homefleet/shipst2.html |title=Norwegian Homefleet – WW II, Ships starting with To through Ty |publisher=www.warsailors.com |access-date=27 April 2023}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=566 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{GS|U-174||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type IXC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south of the Dominion of Newfoundland ({{coord|43|35|N|56|18|W}}) by Lockheed Ventura aircraft of the United States Navy with the loss of all 53 crew.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u174.htm |title=U-174 |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=27 April 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo liner was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off the east coast of Honshu ({{coord|38|08|N|143|03|E}}) by {{USS|Scorpion|SS-278|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=28 April 1943 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German patrol boat|UJ 1402 Berlin||2}}

|flag={{Navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The submarine chaser was shelled and sunk by {{HMS|Goathland|L27|6}} and {{HMS|Albrighton|L12|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}) and a group of motor torpedo boats while escorting the blockade runner Butterfly off Les Sept-Îles {{convert|4|nmi|spell=in}} north east of Trégastel, Côtes du Nord, France ({{coord|48|54|N|3|48|W}}). Two of her crew were killed and another died of his wounds.{{csr|register=MSI|id=5614672|shipname=Uj.1402 |accessdate=27 October 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The blockade runner, on passage from Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Inférieure to Le Havre, Charente-Inférieure, France with a strong Kriegsmarine escort, was torpedoed, shelled and sunk off Les Sept-Îles {{convert|4|nmi|km}} north east of the Brittany village of Trégastel by {{HMS|Goathland|L27|6}} and {{HMS|Albrighton|L12|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}) accompanied by a group of motor torpedo boats. Eleven Italian sailors and at least seven German sailors and gunners were killed.{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2016/11/butterfly.html |title=Butterfly |date=19 November 2016 |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=29 April 2023}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Italian minesweeper|Camillo I|R 110|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper was sunk off Cape Bon, Tunisia by {{ship|HMMTB|633}}, {{ship|HMMTB|637}} and {{ship|HMMTB|639}} (all {{naval|UK}}). All twelve crew survived.{{cite web |url=https://cfv.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=432 |title=MTB 633 |publisher=cfv.org.uk |access-date=29 April 2023}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Italian torpedo boat|Climene|1936|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Spica|torpedo boat}} was sunk west of Sicily by {{HMS|Unshaken|P54|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). There were 53 dead and 91 survivors.{{cite web |url=http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=365 |title=Italy torpedo boat Spica class |publisher=Warshipsww2.Eu |access-date=10 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141015125512/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=365 |archive-date=15 October 2014 |url-status=usurped }}{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2019/02/climene.html |title=Climene |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=4 February 2020}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|German rescue lifeboat|Fl.B 432||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The lifeboat was fired upon by three British motor torpedo boats, after which it was abandoned and blown up by its own crew at Sidi Daoud, Tunisia.{{cite web |url=http://seawarpeace.ru/deutsch/stat/WW2/seenot/10.html |title=Fl.B 432 |publisher=seawarpeace.ru |access-date=29 April 2023}}{{cite web |url=http://www.luftwaffe-zur-see.de/Kdo.Schiff/DatenFlB/FlB-432-5.htm |title=Fl.B 432 |publisher=www.luftwaffe-zur-see.de |access-date=29 April 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Italian minesweeper|Impero|R32|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper was sunk off Cape Bon by {{ship|HMMTB|633}}, {{ship|HMMTB|637}} and {{ship|HMMTB|639}} (all {{naval|UK}}). There were eleven survivors.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The {{Sclass|Asama Maru|troopship}} was torpedoed and sunk in the Sulu Sea, southwest of Naso Point, Panay, Philippines ({{coord|10|18|N|121|44|E}}) by {{USS|Gudgeon|SS-211|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Accounts vary as to the number of passengers carried and casualties, but she was carrying some 2,500 passengers, including Imperial Japanese Navy personnel, around 1,000 oil production specialists and 150 females lost, and 176 (or 204 crew). Rescue operations were only started on 2 May and only 28 crew and 437 passengers are rescued sometime after 2 May. More than 2,150 lives were lost.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Kamakura_t.htm |title=Kamakura Maru |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=27 April 2023}}{{cite web |url=http://www.jsu.or.jp/siryo/sunk/pdf/kamakura.pdf |title=Kamakura Maru |publisher=www.jsu.or.jp |access-date=27 April 2023}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=542 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Ortelsburg||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: Operation Mardonius: The cargo ship was sunk at Oslo, Norway, by saboteurs led by Max Manus.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Two Ships Sunk By Oslo Explosions |date=30 August 1943 |page=3 |issue=49533 |column=E }}{{cite encyclopedia |title=Max Manus |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon |last=Moland |first=Arnfinn |author-link=Arnfinn Moland |editor-last=Helle |editor-first=Knut |editor-link=Knut Helle |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url= http://snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Max_Manus/utdypning |language=no |access-date=30 December 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German siebel ferry|SF 214||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Siebel ferry was sunk by Allied aircraft west of Zembra, Tunisia.{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/landungsfahrzeuge/siebelfaehre/ausgabe.php?where_value=191 |title=SF 214 |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=21 April 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German siebel ferry|SF 217||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Siebel ferry was sunk by Allied aircraft west of Zembra.{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/landungsfahrzeuge/siebelfaehre/ausgabe.php?where_value=194 |title=SF 217 |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=21 April 2023}}

}}

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: Operation Mardonius: The cargo ship was sunk at Oslo, Norway due to sabotage by the Norwegian resistance movement. She was later raised, repaired and returned to service.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{Ship|HMMTB|639}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The Fairmile D motor torpedo boat was shelled and sunk off Cape Bon by {{ship|Italian torpedo boat|Sagittario|1936|2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}) and Regia Aeronautica aircraft. Six of her crew were killed and another died of wounds.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/17175.html |title=HMS MGB 639 (MGB 639) |publisher=Uboat |access-date=28 April 2013}}{{cite web |url=https://cfv.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=892 |title=MTB 639 |publisher=cfv.org.uk |access-date=29 April 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=29 April 1943 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The transport ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands ({{coord|52|28|N|4|01|E}}) by Bristol Beaufighter aircraft of the Royal Air Force.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=549 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Arkadia||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Black Sea {{convert|10|nmi|spell=in}} north east of Constanţa, Romania. Her crew was rescued by her escort ships. She was refloated in 1946, repaired and entered Soviet service.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=466 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}<{{sfn|Koslinski|1996|p=145}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|ST|Holland||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The tug struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Drogden, Norway. At least two of her crew died.

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy ONS 5: The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|60|52|N|34|20|W}}) by {{GS|U-258||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of one of her 68 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMT|Northern Gem||6}} ({{naval|UK}}). McKeesport was later torpedoed and sunk by U-258,{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/2888.html |title=McKeesport|publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2023}} or was later shelled and sunk by {{HMS|Tay|K232|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=583 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{Coord|5|10|N|11|10|W}}) by {{GS|U-123|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). All 32 crew survived.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2887.html |title=Nanking |publisher=Uboat |access-date=24 February 2012}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off Terschelling ({{Coord|53|27|N|4|49|E}}) by Bristol Beaufighter aircraft of the Royal Air Force. Her 38 crew were rescued.{{csr|register=MSI|id=3005615 |shipname=Narvik |accessdate=1 July 2015}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=572 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|German minesweeper|R 36||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The minesweeper struck a mine and sank in the Black Sea off Constanţa.{{sfn|Koslinski|1996|p=145}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Sturzsee||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk off Cape Nordkinn, Norway by {{Ship|Soviet submarine|S-55||2}} ({{navy|Soviet Union}}).{{csr|register=MSI|id=5605577|shipname=Sturzsee |accessdate=15 April 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/5115.html |title=S-55 of the Soviet Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=7 August 2014}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|ST|Taifun||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The tug struck a mine and sank in the North Sea south of Drogden.

}}

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|ship={{GS|U-332||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Bay of Biscay north of Cape Finisterre, Spain ({{coord|45|08|N|9|33|W}}) by a Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft of 224 Squadron, Royal Air Force with the loss of all 45 crew.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u332.htm |title=U-332 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=16 March 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|German trawler|V 1408 Aue||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Vorpostenboot was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off IJmuiden, North Holland, Netherlands by {{ship|HMMTB|633}}, {{ship|HMMTB|637}} and {{ship|HMMTB|639}} (all {{naval|UK}}). Nineteen of her crew were killed and one died of wounds. There were fifteen survivors.{{cite web |url=https://www.forum-marinearchiv.de/smf/index.php?topic=30024.0 |title=V 1408 |publisher=www.forum-marinearchiv.de |access-date=29 April 2023}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|German trawler|V 807 Auguste Kämpf||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Vorpostenboot was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off Terschelling by Bristol Beaufighter aircraft of the Royal Air Force. At least one of her crew died.

}}

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

|flag={{Flag|Australia|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean {{convert|55|nmi}} east south east of Smokey Cape, New South Wales ({{coord|31|17|S|153|07|E}}) by {{Jsub|I-180||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}). Thirty-two crewmen were killed. Five survivors were rescued by the fishing trawler X.L.C.R. ({{Flag|Australia|civil}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/I-180.htm |title=Imperial Submarines |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=27 August 2022 }}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Bandar Shahpour|1927|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy TS 37: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|130|nmi|km}} south west of Freetown, Sierra Leone ({{coord|7|15|N|13|49|W}}) by {{GS|U-515||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of one of the 78 people on board. Survivors were rescued by {{HMT|Birdlip|T218|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2889.html |title=Bandar Shahpour |publisher=Uboat |access-date=1 April 2012}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy TS 37: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|130|nmi}} south west of Freetown ({{coord|7|15|N|13|49|W}}) by {{GS|U-515||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of nine of her 48 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMT|Birdlip|T218|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2890.html |title=Corabella |publisher=Uboat |access-date=1 April 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Japanese guard boat|Ebisu Maru No. 5 Go||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary guard boat was damaged in an exchange of fire with {{USS|Scorpion|SS-278|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}), then was torpedoed, blew up and sank in the Pacific Ocean with the loss of all 24 hands.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}

}}

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The transport ship was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Sicily, Italy by {{HMS|Nubian|F36|6}} and {{HMS|Paladin|G69|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}). Twenty of the 24 men aboard were rescued.{{cite book |title=La marina italiana nella seconda guerra mondiale, VIII: La difesa del traffico con l'Africa Settentrionale, dal 1° ottobre 1942 alla caduta della Tunisia |last=Ufficio Storico della Marina Militare |year=1964 |page=244 |language=Italian}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|German destroyer|Hermes|ZG-3|2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Vasilefs Georgios|destroyer|2}} was bombed and severely damaged by British aircraft off Cape Bon, Tunisia. Twenty-three crewmen were killed. She was towed to La Goulette, Tunisia and scuttled there on 7 May.{{cite web |url=http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=267 |title=German Destroyers Ex-Greek |publisher=Warshipsww2.Eu |access-date=29 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211084158/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=267 |archive-date=11 December 2013 |url-status=usurped }}

}}

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|ship={{MV|Kota Tjandi|1930|2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy TS 37: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|130|nmi}} south west of Freetown ({{coord|7|15|N|13|49|W}}) by {{GS|U-515||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of six of her 77 crew.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2892.html |title=Kota Tjandi |publisher=Uboat |access-date=1 April 2012}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Folgore|destroyer|2}} was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Tunis, Tunisia by American Curtiss P-40 Warhawk aircraft. Fifty-nine or 60 of the 213 men aboard died.{{cite web|url=http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=278|title=Italy Destroyer Folgore Class|publisher=WarshipsWW2|access-date=19 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224034916/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=278|archive-date=24 December 2014|url-status=usurped}}{{cite web |url=https://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2019/06/lampo.html |title=Lampo |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=30 April 2023}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|Navigatori|destroyer|2}} was bombed and sunk by American Curtiss P-40 Warhawk aircraft north north east of Cape Bon. One hundred and twenty-four of her 280 crew and 75 of the 247 German soldiers she was carrying were killed.{{csr|register=MSI|id=6109072 |shipname=Leone Pancaldo |accessdate=4 May 2014}}{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2014/03/leone-pancaldo.html |title=Leone Pancaldo |date=26 March 2014 |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=30 April 2023}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Malmö|1900|2}}

|flag={{Flag|Sweden}}

|desc=World War II: The train ferry struck a mine off Copenhagen, Denmark and was beached on the Swedish coast. There were no casualties. She was raised and repaired, and resumed service in July.{{cite web |url=https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?6570 |title=Malmö |publisher=wrecksite.eu |access-date=30 April 2023}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Italian motor torpedo boat|MAS 552||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|MAS 552|MAS boat}} was sunk off Zembra, Tunisia by Allied aircraft with the loss of eight lives.{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2016/01/mas-552.html |title=MAS 552 |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=5 April 2019}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Italian motor torpedo boat|MS 25||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The MS 11-class MS boat was severely damaged off Zembra by Allied aircraft. She was run aground on Zembra Island, and was never repaired. There were no casualties.{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2017/01/ms-25.html |title=MS 25 |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=1 May 2023}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy TS 37: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|130|nmi}} south west of Freetown ({{coord|7|19|N|13|50|W}}) by {{GS|U-515||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of two of her 113 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMT|Birdlip|T218|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2891.html |title=Nagina |publisher=Uboat |access-date=1 April 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Phoebe A. Hearst||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Liberty ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean south of Fiji ({{coord|20|07|S|177|33|E}}) by {{Jsub|I-19||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}). All hands were rescued; eight by a Consolidated PBY Catalina on 1 May, 23 by {{USS|YMS-89}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) on 5 May, and 25 by {{USS|Dash|AM-88|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) on 14 May.{{cite web |url= http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsP.html |title=Liberty Ships – P |publisher=Mariners |access-date=6 January 2012}}

}}

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|ship=RA-10

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The minesweeper, a former Elco 77' PT boat, was bombed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off La Goulette, Tunisia by Royal Air Force aircraft. Six of her 21 crew were killed.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/14053.html |title=HMS MTB 314 (MTB 314) |publisher=Uboat |access-date=14 August 2013}}{{sfn|Paterson|2015|p=201}}{{sfn|Gröner|1994|p=210}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Japanese submarine chaser|Shonan Maru No. 12 Go||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary submarine chaser was sunk by Allied aircraft at Rangoon, Burma.{{cite web |url=http://www.niehorster.org/014_japan/navy-commanders/pcx.html |title=Japanese Converted Submarine Chasers |publisher=www.niehorster.org |access-date=21 April 2023}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Teramo||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by American aircraft.

}}

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|ship={{GS|U-227||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north of the Faroe Islands ({{coord|64|05|N|6|40|W}}) by a Handley Page Hampden aircraft of 455 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force with the loss of all 49 hands.{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/boats/u227.htm |title=U-227 |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=1 May 2023}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=Unknown date 1943 |sort=}}

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

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk off Piombino, Italy.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=457 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Krasnyl Oktyabr||2}}

|flag={{flag|Soviet Union}}

|desc= The cargo ship ran aground on or before 13 April in Cold Bay, Alaska Territory. She was refloated on 14 April with assistance from {{USS|Ute|AT-76|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}).{{cite web |url=https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/u/ute.html |title=Ute (AT-76) 1942-1989 |publisher=www.history.navy.mil |access-date=16 March 2023}}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|LCA 272}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The landing craft, assault was lost sometime in April.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Nanshin Maru No. 2||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The requisitioned cargo ship was lost on or before 17 April after being torpedoed and damaged with the loss of twelve of her crew and fourteen gunners. The ship's mid section eventually drifted ashore on Formosa, China and was scrapped locally.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Iwato_t.htm |title=Japanese transports |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=25 January 2023}}

}}

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|ship={{USS|Pickerel|SS-177|6}}

|flag={{navy|USA|1912}}

|desc=World War II: The Porpoise-class submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Pacific Ocean east of Honshu, Japan by Japanese forces sometime after 7 April with the loss of all 73 crew.

}}

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|ship={{GS|U-376||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The Type VIIC submarine departed from La Pallice, Charente-Maritime, France on 6 April. No further trace, presumed lost in the Bay of Biscay with the loss of all 47 crew.

}}

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|ship={{GS|U-602||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type VIIC submarine went missing for an unknown reason between 19 and 23 April on patrol in the Mediterranean Sea off Oran, Algeria with the loss of all 48 crew.{{cite web |url= https://uboat.net/boats/u602.htm |title=U-602 |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=24 April 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

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