List of shipwrecks in December 1940#1 December

The list of shipwrecks in December 1940 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during December 1940.

1 December

For the sinking of Port Wellington on this day, see the entry for 30 November 1940

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 90: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of Ireland ({{coord|54|30|N|20|00|W}}) by a {{GS|U-101|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of seven of her 39 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Heliotrope|K03|2}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4012-25DEC01.htm |title=Naval Events, December 1940, Part 1 of 2, Sunday 1st – Saturday 14th |publisher=Naval History |accessdate=29 November 2011}}{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/686.html |title=Appalachee |publisher=Uboat |accessdate=21 February 2012}}

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|ship={{SS|British Officer|1922|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker struck a mine in mouth of the River Tyne and broke in two with the loss of five of her 47 crew. The stern section sank and the bow section was towed to port. It was subsequently scrapped.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12578 |title=SS British Officer (aft part) (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=3 November 2011}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=489 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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|ship={{Ship|PS|Her Majesty||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The paddle steamer was bombed and sunk at Southampton, Hampshire by Luftwaffe aircraft.

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|ship={{SS|Loch Ranza|1934|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 90: The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|54|37|N|18|54|W}}) by {{GS|U-101|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). She was beached in Rothesay Bay on 9 December. She was subsequently repaired, and returned to service in May 1941.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/685.html |title=Loch Ranza |publisher=Uboat |accessdate=21 February 2012}}

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|ship={{MS|Oslofjord|1937|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The troopship struck a mine off Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom and was beached at Tynemouth with her back broken. There was one casualty.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Reported Sinking Of Norwegian Liner |date=14 December 1940 |page=4 |issue=48799 |column=F }}{{cite web|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?569 |title=MV Oslofjord (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=25 October 2011}} She broke in two, capsized, and sank in bad weather at {{coord|55|0.17|N|1|23.72|W}} on 21–22 January 1941.{{cite web |last=Lawson |first =Siri Holm |url=http://warsailors.com/singleships/oslofjord.html |title=M/S Oslofjord |accessdate=24 January 2010 |work=Warsailors.com }}{{cite book |title=Pictorial Encyclopedia of Ocean Liners, 1860-1994 |url=https://archive.org/details/pictorialencyclo0000mill |url-access=registration |last=Miller |first=William H. Jr. |year=1995 |publisher=Dover Publications |location=New York |isbn=0-486-28137-X |pages=[https://archive.org/details/pictorialencyclo0000mill/page/92 92] }}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy OG 46: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|40|30|N|13|30|W}}) by {{GS|U-37|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of one of her 29 crew. Survivors were rescued by the fishing trawler Navemar ({{flag|Spain|1938}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?156227 |title=SS Palmella (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=12 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/683.html |title=Palmella |publisher=Uboat |accessdate=12 February 2012}}

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|ship={{HMCS|Saguenay|D79|6}}

|flag={{naval|Canada|1911}}

|desc=World War II: The destroyer was torpedoed {{convert|300|mi|km}} west of Ireland by the {{ship|Italian submarine|Argo|1936|6}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}) while escorting Convoy HG 47. She managed to return to Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire largely under her own power,{{cite web|url=http://www.regiamarina.net/detail_text_with_list.asp?nid=84&lid=1&cid=4|title=Regia Marina Italiana|publisher=Cristiano D'Adamo|accessdate=2012-08-10}} but with 21 dead and without most of her bow

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the North Sea off Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium by Royal Air Force aircraft. She was later raised, repaired and returned to service.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?87235 |title=Santos (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=14 November 2011}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of the Cape Verde Islands, Portugal ({{coord|15|00|N|35|00|W}}) by {{ship|German pocket battleship|Admiral Scheer||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of eight of her 53 crew. Fourteen of her crew were taken as prisoners of war.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?37436 |title=SS Tribesman (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=14 November 2011}}

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2 December

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 90: The tanker straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and severely damaged in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|370|nmi|km}} west of Bloody Foreland, County Donegal, Ireland ({{coord|55|40|N|19|00|W}}) by {{GS|U-47|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). She was torpedoed and sunk the next day at that location by {{GS|U-95|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 53 crew were rescued by {{HMCS|St. Laurent|H83|6}} ({{naval|Canada|1911}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?30826 |title=SS Conch (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |accessdate=7 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/703.html |title=Conch |publisher=uboat.net |accessdate=5 December 2019}}

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|ship={{HMS|Forfar|F30|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The armed merchant cruiser was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of Ireland ({{coord|54|35|N|18|18|W}}) by {{GS|U-99|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 173 of her 194 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Dunsley|1929|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}), {{HMCS|St. Laurent|H83|6}} ({{naval|Canada|1911}}) and {{HMS|Viscount|D92|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 90: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of Ireland ({{coord|55|02|N|18|45|W}}) by {{GS|U-52|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of one of her 37 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Viscount|D92|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?13014 |title=SS Goodleigh (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=8 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/694.html |title=Goodleigh |publisher=Uboat |accessdate=14 February 2012}}

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

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy OG 46: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Portugal ({{coord|39|22|N|14|22|W}}) by {{GS|U-37|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of sixteen of her 21 crew. Survivors were rescued by a Royal Navy destroyer.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=News in Brief |date=20 December 1940 |page=3 |issue=48804 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?14982 |title=SS Gwalior (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=25 October 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/687.html |title=Gwalior |publisher=Uboat |accessdate=12 February 2012}}

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|ship={{SS|Jeanne M.|1919|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy OG 46: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|39|19|N|13|54|W}}) by {{GS|U-37|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of seven of her 26 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMT|Erin}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/WWIStandardShipsA-K.htm#A |title=WWI Standard Built Ships A-K |publisher=Mariners |accessdate=8 May 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/689.html |title=Jeanne M. |publisher=Uboat |accessdate=12 February 2012}}

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|ship={{MV|Jolly Girls|1936|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The coaster struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?64328 |title=Jolly Girls ? (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=9 November 2011}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 90: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|55|00|N|19|30|W}}) by {{GS|U-101|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 25 of her 41 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Viscount|D92|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/684.html |title=Kavak |publisher=Uboat |accessdate=21 February 2012}}

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|ship=Kilgarran Castle

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

|desc=World War II: The fishing trawler was bombed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|51|21|N|8|35|W}}) by Heinkel He 115 aircraft of Küstenfliegergruppe 406, Luftwaffe.{{Cite web|url=http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/40-12.htm |title=Seekrieg 1940, Dezember |accessdate=21 March 2015 |last1=Rohwer |first1=Jürgen |last2=Hümmelchen |first2=Gerhard |work=Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart |language=de }}

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|ship={{MV|Lady Glanely|1938|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 90: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of Ireland ({{coord|55|00|N|20|00|W}}) by {{GS|U-101|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 33 crew.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/695.html |title=Lady Glanely |publisher=Uboat |accessdate=21 February 2012}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 90: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of Ireland ({{coord|56|04|N|18|45|W}}) by {{GS|U-43|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 51 crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12928 |title=MV Pacific President (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=12 November 2011}}

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy OB 251: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately {{coord|54|N|18|W}}) by {{GS|U-99|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 30 crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/WWIStandardShipsL-W.htm#L-M-N |title=WWI Standard Built Ships L - W |publisher=Mariners |accessdate=8 May 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://ubootwaffe.net/ops/ships.cgi?boat=99;nr=33 |title=SAMNANGER |publisher=Ubootwaffe |accessdate=9 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120603231620/http://ubootwaffe.net/ops/ships.cgi?boat=99;nr=33 |archive-date=3 June 2012 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/samnanger.html |title=D/S Samnanger |publisher=Warsailors |accessdate=7 February 2012}}{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/691.html |title=Samnanger |publisher=Uboat |accessdate=21 February 2012}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|280|nmi|km}} west of Bloody Foreland ({{coord|55|36|N|16|22|W}}) by {{GS|U-94|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 74 crew were rescued by Empire Pride ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?13072 |title=MV Stirlingshire (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=14 November 2011}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=512 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of Ireland ({{coord|55|03|N|18|04|W}}) by {{GS|U-52|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of five of her 32 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Viscount|D92|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?13013 |title=SS Tasso (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=14 November 2011}}

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|ship={{MV|Victor Ross|1933|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 90: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of the Outer Hebrides ({{coord|56|04|N|18|30|W}}) by {{GS|U-43|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 44 crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12929 |title=MV Victor Ross (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=15 November 2011}}

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|ship={{SS|Ville d'Arlon|1920|2}}

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 90: The passenger ship straggled behind the convoy due to defects with her steering. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean, ({{coord|55|00|N|19|30|W}}) by {{GS|U-47|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 56 people on board.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/3515.html |title=Ville d'Arlon |publisher=Uboat |accessdate=14 February 2012}}

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|ship={{USS|Wilhelmina|ID-2168|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 90: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|55|43|N|15|06|W}}) by {{GS|U-94|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of five of her 39 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Gentian|K90|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/697.html |title=Wilhelmina |publisher=Uboat |accessdate=20 February 2012}}

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3 December

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|ship={{SS|Victoria City|1929|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 90: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by {{GS|U-140|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 43 crew.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/693.html |title=Victoria City |publisher=Uboat |accessdate=29 February 2012}}

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|ship={{SS|W. Hendrik|1925|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 90: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|56|26|N|12|20|W}}) by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of five of her 35 crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?31168 |title=SS W Hendrik (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=15 November 2011}}{{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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4 December

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|ship={{SS|Daphne|1890|2}}

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy OG 46: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south west of Cabo Espichel, Portugal ({{coord|38|12|N|9|26|W}}) by {{GS|U-37|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of eighteen of her nineteen crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?15084 |title=SS Daphne (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=8 November 2011}}

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|ship={{MV|Edwin Duke||2}}

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

|desc=The tug sank during a storm in {{convert|55|ft|m|0}} of water in the North Atlantic Ocean off Jones Beach Island south of Long Island, New York. {{USCGC|Pontchartrain|1928|6}} (22px United States Coast Guard) took off her crew before she sank.[https://casetext.com/case/henjes-v-tna-ins-co-3 casetext.com Henjes v. Ætna Ins.]{{Cite web |url=https://njscuba.net/sites/chart_li-1_west.php#Duke |title=njscuba.net Edwin Duke & Stone Barge |access-date=2020-02-18 |archive-date=2020-02-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200214030615/https://njscuba.net/sites/chart_li-1_west.php#Duke |url-status=dead }}

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

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

|desc=The cargo ship was scuttled as a blockship at a British Channel port,{{cite book |last2=Sawyer |first2=LA |last1=Mitchell |first1=WH |year= 1990 |title=The Empire Ships |place=London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong |publisher=Lloyd's of London Press Ltd |isbn=1-85044-275-4 |edition=Second |page=440 }} or in East Weddell Sound ({{coord|58|52|17|N|2|54|33|W}}).{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=474 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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|ship=Helene

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=World War II: The fishing trawler struck a mine and sank off Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom ({{coord|51|41|N|5|09|W}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?71763 |title=MFV Helene (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=9 November 2011}}

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground near the Songvår Lighthouse, Søgne and was wrecked. Her 26 crew survived.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/homefleet/shipss1.html |title=Norwegian Homefleet - WW II, Ships starting with Sa through Sn |publisher=Warsailors |accessdate=10 February 2012}}

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5 December

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|ship={{SS|Amlwch Rose|1931|2}}

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

|desc=The collier foundered in the Irish Sea north of Great Orme Head, Caernarvonshire with the loss of ten of her crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?67979 |title=SS Amlwch Rose (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |accessdate=5 December 2019}}{{cite web |url=http://www.benjidog.co.uk/Tower%20Hill/Amlwych%20Rose%20to%20Andreas.html |title=Tower Hill Memorial |publisher=www.benjidog.co.uk |accessdate=5 December 2019}}

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|ship= {{ship|Italian torpedo boat|Calipso|1938|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Spica|torpedo boat}} struck a mine and sank in the Mediterranean Sea east of Tobruk, Libya. Ninety of her 129 crew were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4011-24NOV01.htm |title=Naval Events, November 1940, Part 1 of 2, Friday 1st – Thursday 14th |publisher=Naval History |accessdate=28 November 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2014/05/calipso.html |title=Calipso |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |accessdate=5 December 2019}}

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|ship=HMS Cameron

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|Town|destroyer}} was bombed while in drydock at Portsmouth, Hampshire by Luftwaffe aircraft. Fourteen crew were killed. HMS Cameron capsized as the drydock filled with water. She was raised in February 1941 and had been repaired by April 1941. She was subsequently used as a hull stress test ship.

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was intercepted south of Cuba by {{HMS|Diomede|D92|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) and was set afire by her crew. Iderwald sank on 9 December.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=471 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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|ship={{SS|Klaus Schoke|1938|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship sank three days after being intercepted in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores, Portugal ({{coord|38|28|N|22|15|W}}) by {{HMS|California|}} ({{naval|UK}}). After an attempt to scuttle her, she had been taken in tow to Gibraltar but sank en route. Her 30 crew were captured.{{cite web |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2546007 |title=Klaus Schoke |publisher=trove.nla.gov.au |accessdate=5 December 2019}}

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|ship={{MV|Nimbin||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Pacific Ocean off Norah Head, New South Wales ({{coord|33|15|S|151|47|E}}) with the loss of seven of her 20 crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?50839 |title=MV Nimbin (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=11 November 2011}}

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|ship={{SS|Oscar Midling|1889|2}}

|flag={{Flag|Finland}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in Ålesund, Norway ({{coord|62|03|N|5|06|E}}) by {{HMS|Sunfish|81S|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) with the loss of all 25 people on board.{{cite web |url=http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/verluste/ausl%2Bdtsch-4012.htm |title=Verluste Deutscher Handelsschiffe 1939-1945 und unter deutscher Flagge fahrender ausländischer Schiffe: 1940 |last1=Rohwer |first1=Jürgen |first2=Gerhard |last2=Hümmelchen |work=Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart |accessdate=8 February 2011 |language=de}}Finnish losses, Retrieved 5 December 2019{{Circular reference|date=October 2020}}{{cite web|url=http://minnehallen.no/skip_2/oscar-midling |title=Oscar Midling |publisher=minnehallen.no |accessdate=5 December 2019}}

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

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

|desc=The coaster foundered in Liverpool Bay off Birkenhead, Cheshire with the loss of all nine crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?139637 |title=SS Privet (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=13 November 2011}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy OB 252: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of Ireland ({{coord|54|14|N|18|08|W}}) by {{ship|Italian submarine|Argo|1936|2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}) with the loss of 36 of her 55 crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?115926 |title=MV Silverpine (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=14 November 2011}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=511 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

6 December

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

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

|desc=The cargo ship suffered a boiler explosion, ran aground and was wrecked at Pickie, Bangor, County Down. Her crew were rescued.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?151704 |title=SS Accomac (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |accessdate=6 December 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://www.fold3.com/image/302746470 |title=Admiralty War Diary, 6 December 1940 |publisher=www.fold3.com |accessdate=6 December 2019}}

}}

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|ship=Jupiter

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The fishing trawler was sunk by enemy action.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Mousse le Moyec|1921|2}}

|flag={{Flag|France}}

|desc=The collier ran aground at Hartland Point, Devon, United Kingdom and was wrecked.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?160528 |title=SS Mousse le Moyec (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=11 November 2011}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy EN 35: The cargo ship ran aground off Iona, Inner Hebrides, United Kingdom and sank with the loss of all twenty crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/nyland.html |title=D/S Nyland |publisher=www.warsailors.com |accessdate=26 June 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.scottishshipwrecks.com/nyland/ |title=Nyland |publisher=www.scottishshipwrecks.com |access-date=26 June 2024}}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|Regulus|N88|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Rainbow|submarine}} struck a mine and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off Taranto, Italy with the loss of all 55 crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{Flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy OB 252: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by {{GS|U-43|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 23 crew.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/706.html |title=Skrim |publisher=Uboat |accessdate=13 February 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|South Coaster|1916|2}}

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

|desc=The coaster was abandoned in the Bristol Channel. Her ten crew were rescued by Rachel and Mary Evans (File:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution).{{cite web |url=http://www.swanseadocks.co.uk/Gower%20wrecks%20Rons%20write-up%20site.pdf |title=A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks |first=Ron |last=Tovey |publisher=Swansea Docks |accessdate=23 December 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222065415/http://www.swanseadocks.co.uk/Gower%20wrecks%20Rons%20write-up%20site.pdf |archive-date=22 December 2014 }}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The coastal tanker struck a mine and sank in the Thames Estuary north of Whitstable, Kent with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to London.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?31410 |title=MV Supremity (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=14 November 2011}}{{cite book |last2=Sawyer |first2=LA |last1=Mitchell |first1=WH |year= 1990 |title=The Empire Ships |place=London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong |publisher=Lloyd's of London Press Ltd |isbn=1-85044-275-4 |edition=Second |page=293 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Triona|1931|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Nauru ({{coord|5|12|S|165|39|E}}) by {{ship|German auxiliary cruiser|Komet||2}} and {{ship|German auxiliary cruiser|Orion||2}} (both {{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of four of her 64 crew. Survivors were taken as prisoners of war.{{cite web |url=http://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=911 |title=Triona |publisher=The Yard |accessdate=26 February 2017}}

}}

7 December

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|ship={{HMT|Capricornus|FY 1264|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler struck a mine and sank in the Thames Estuary north east of Sheerness, Kent.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?75292 |title=HMT Capricornus (FY-1264) (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=7 November 2011}}

}}

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|ship={{HMT|Cortina|FY 1621|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The naval trawler collided with {{HMS|Lormont}} ({{naval|UK}}) at the mouth of the Humber. Both ships sank.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?68539 |title=HMT Cortina (FY1621) (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=7 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?68548 |title=HMS Lormont (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=10 November 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy OB 252: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south west of Ireland ({{coord|52|11|N|22|56|W}}) by {{GS|U-99|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of sixteen of her 31 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Ambuscade|D38|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?134594 |title=SS Farmsum (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=8 November 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Lormont}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The guard ship collided with {{HMT|Cortina|FY 1621|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) at the mouth of the Humber. Both ships sank.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?68548 |title=Lormont Cargo Ship 1927-41 |publisher=Wrecksite.eu |accessdate=7 December 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{Ship|German ship|O 10||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The cargo ship collided with {{SS|Mendoza|1920|2}} ({{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}) and sank off Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |pages=464 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Phæax|1915|2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Nojimazaki, Japan.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Stolwijk||2}}

|flag={{Flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy SC 13: The cargo ship ran aground between Inishdovey and Inishborin, County Donegal, Ireland and was wrecked with the loss of ten of her 28 crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/convoys/sc13.html |title=Convoy SC 13 |publisher=Warsailors |accessdate=22 May 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MS|Vinni|1937|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Pacific Ocean {{convert|5|nmi|km}} south of Nauru by {{ship|German auxiliary cruiser|Komet||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Watkins F. Nisbet||2}}

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

|desc=The sailing ship was wrecked or foundered.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?37004 |title=Watkins F. Nisbet (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=15 November 2011}}

}}

8 December

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|ship={{MV|Actuality|1933|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The coaster struck a mine and sank north west of the Isle of Sheppey, Kent and {{convert|3|nmi|km}} off the Mouse Lightship (22px Trinity House).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?73830 |title=Actuality (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=3 November 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The cargo ship collided with {{SS|Mendoza|1920|2}} ({{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}) and sank in the North Sea off Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?87180 |title=SS Adalia (probably) (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=3 November 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=The cargo ship collided with {{SS|Maasdam|1921|2}} ({{flag|Netherlands}}) and sank off the coast of the Canada ({{coord|44|48|N|46|37|W}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?32186 |title=SS Anthea (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=3 November 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy SC 13: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy due to a broken rudder. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the west coast of Ireland ({{coord|55|12|N|10|20|W}}) by {{GS|U-140|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 38 crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?17296 |title=SS Ashcrest (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=3 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/709.html |title=Ashcrest |publisher=Uboat |accessdate=29 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground off Cape Bauld, Dominion of Newfoundland and was wrecked.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?114221 |title=SS Beothic (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=3 November 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy SLS 56: The cargo liner straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|295|nmi|km}} off the Slyne Head Lighthouse, County Galway Ireland ({{coord|52|43|N|18|07|W}}) by {{GS|U-103|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 360 people on board.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/710.html |title=Calabria |publisher=Uboat |accessdate=22 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The Design 1105 ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|296|nmi|km}} west south west of the Slyne Head Lighthouse ({{coord|51|34|N|17|35|W}}) by {{GS|U-103|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 37 crew.{{cite book |last2=Sawyer |first2=LA |last1=Mitchell |first1=WH |year= 1990 |title=The Empire Ships |place=London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong |publisher=Lloyd's of London Press Ltd |isbn=1-85044-275-4 |edition=Second |page=412 }}{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/711.html |title=Empire Jaguar |publisher=Uboat |accessdate=22 February 2012}}{{cite web |url= https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/711.html |title= Empire Jaguar: British Steam merchant |publisher= UBoat.net |accessdate= 8 July 2021}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=The cargo ship foundered in Liverpool Bay.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11598 |title=SS Gorsethorn (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=8 November 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was intercepted in the Caribbean Sea south of Cuba ({{coord|21|34|N|84|25|W}}) by {{HMS|Diomede|D92|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) and an attempt was made to scuttle her. She finally sank on 9 December. The 45 men of Idarwald{{'}}s crew were all captured by HMS Diomede.{{cite web |url=http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/verluste/ausl%2Bdtsch-4012.htm |title=Verluste Deutscher Handelsschiffe 1939-1945 und unter deutscher Flagge fahrender ausländischer Schiffe: 1940 |last1=Rohwer |first1=Jürgen |first2=Gerhard |last2=Hümmelchen |work=Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart |accessdate=8 February 2011 |language=de}}{{cite web|url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=MT19401210.2.5&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1 |title=Idarwald |publisher=cdnc.ucr.edu |accessdate=5 December 2019}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: German attacks on Nauru: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Pacific Ocean {{convert|20|nmi|km}} east of Nauru by {{ship|German auxiliary cruiser|Komet||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of two of her crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?136334 |title=SS Komata (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=9 November 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{Ship||Penang|barque|2}}

|flag={{flag|Finland}}

|desc=World War II: The barque was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of Bloody Foreland, County Donegal, Ireland ({{coord|55|25|N|10|15|W}}) by {{GS|U-140|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all eighteen crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?10589 |title=Penang (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=12 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/708.html |title=Penang |publisher=Uboat |accessdate=29 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: German attacks on Nauru: The cargo ship was captured and scuttled in the Pacific Ocean off Nauru ({{coord|0|43|S|167|20|E}}) by {{ship|German auxiliary cruiser|Orion||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of one of her 69 crew. Eleven survivors were taken as prisoners of war.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?31189 |title=MV Triadic (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=14 November 2011}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=514 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: German attacks on Nauru: The cargo liner was shelled and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Nauru by {{ship|German auxiliary cruiser|Orion||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of one of her 75 crew. Fifteen survivors were taken as prisoners of war.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?138653 |title=MV Triaster (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=14 November 2011}}

}}

9 December

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|ship={{HMS|Royal Scot}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The anti-aircraft vessel struck a mine and sank in the Bristol Channel. A crew member was killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?58273 |title=HMS Royal Scot (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=13 November 2011}}{{Coflein|num=273720 |desc=Hms Royal Scot |access-date=29 September 2021}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The accommodation ship was bombed and damaged at Bordeaux, Gironde, France and was consequently beached.

}}

10 December

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|ship={{SS|Aghia Eirini|1909|2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship's steering gear had failed on 5 December. She ran aground at Clew Bay, County Mayo, Ireland and was wrecked.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?58497 |title=SS Aghia Eirini (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=3 November 2011}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=523 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker struck a mine and sank in the Mediterranean Sea {{convert|27|nmi|km}} south of Pantelleria ({{Coord|36|13|N|11|59|E}}) with the loss of two lives.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?30983 |title=SS Marangona (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=10 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2014/02/cronologia-delle-perdite_14.html |title=Italian losses |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |accessdate=18 December 2020}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=533 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{Ship|ST|Thor|1903|2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The tug was shelled and sunk in the English Channel off Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure, France.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?13590 |title=SS Thor (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=14 November 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Tor I

|flag={{flag|Faroe Islands}}

|desc=World war II: The fishing trawler struck a mine and sank in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|65|20|N|12|40|W}}).

}}

11 December

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy SLS 56: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy due to problems with her engine. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of Ireland ({{coord|53|40|N|17|00|W}}) by {{GS|U-94|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 32 crew.{{cite book |last2=Sawyer |first2=LA |last1=Mitchell |first1=WH |year= 1990 |title=The Empire Ships |place=London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong |publisher=Lloyd's of London Press Ltd |isbn=1-85044-275-4 |edition=Second |page=441 }}{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/712.html |title=Empire Statesman |publisher=Uboat |accessdate=20 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was intercepted in the Straits of Florida ({{coord|24|55|N|83|15|W}}) by {{HNLMS|Van Kinsbergen|1939|6}} ({{navy|Netherlands|name=Koninklijk Marine}}) and an attempt was made to scuttle her. Her crew were rescyed by HNLMS Van Kinsbergen. The burnt-out wreck was sunk later that day by {{HMS|Caradoc|D60|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=https://www.netherlandsnavy.nl/Vankin_his.htm |title=Rhein |publisher=www.netherlandsnavy.nl |accessdate=11 December 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Robinia

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

|desc=World War II: The fishing trawler struck a mine and sank in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|65|20|N|12|40|W}}). Her crew were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 92: The troopship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off St. Kilda ({{Coord|58|56|N|11|20|W}}) by {{GS|U-96|1940|2}} with the loss of 22 of the 132 people on board. Survivors were rescued by {{HMT|Alsey|M51|6}}, {{HMT|Ebor Wyke|FY1601|6}} and {{HMT|Varanga|FY1625|6}} (all {{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/714.html |title=Rotorua |publisher=Uboat |accessdate=21 February 2012}}{{cite book |title=The world's merchant fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=509 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{Flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 92: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west north west of the Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom ({{coord|58|50|N|10|10|W}} by {{GS|U-96|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of eighteen of her 37 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Matabele|F26|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/713.html |title=Towa |publisher=Uboat |accessdate=21 February 2012}}

}}

12 December

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|ship={{SS|Dionyssios Stathatos|1919|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 91: The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/convoys/hx91cruising.html |title=Convoy HX 91 - Page 2 |publisher=Warsailors |accessdate=17 May 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?161892 |title=SS Dionyssios Stathatos (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=8 November 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{Flag|Belgium}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 92: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|10|nmi|km}} south of St Kilda, United Kingdom ({{coord|57|52|N|8|42|W}}) by {{GS|U-96|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of four of her 47 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Súlan|1902|2}} (22px Iceland).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/716.html |title=Macedonier |publisher=Uboat |accessdate=21 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Margrethe

|flag={{Flag|Denmark}}

|desc=World War II: The fishing vessel struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Sylt, Germany. Three of her crew were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?6360 |title=FV Margrethe (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=10 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.sbib.dk/files/bibliotek/statistik/1940.pdf |title=Margrethe |publisher=www.sbib.dk |accessdate=10 October 2019}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Salvador

|flag={{flag|Uruguay}}

|desc=The passenger ship departed from Istanbul, Turkey carrying 327 passengers - Bulgarian Jewish refugees. She had a capacity for only 40 passengers. She foundered in the Sea of Marmara with the loss of 204 passengers.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?16040 |title=MV Salvador (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=14 November 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Stureholm|1919|2}}

|flag={{Flag|Sweden}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 92: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of the Hebrides, Scotland (at {{coord|57|50|N|8|40|W}}), by {{GS|U-96|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 32 crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?13066 |title=Stureholm (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=14 November 2011}}{{cite web |title=Stureholm |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/715.html |website=uboat.net |access-date=15 August 2021}}

}}

13 December

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground off Utö, Finland and was wrecked.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?152676 |title=SS Schwalbe (II) (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=14 November 2011}}

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|ship={{SS|Sebastiano Bianchi|1920|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea east north east of Cape Spartivento ({{coord|37|50|N|16|15|E}}) by {{HMS|Truant}} ({{naval|UK}}). Her crew survived.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?179559 |title=SS Sebastiano Bianchi (+ 1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=21 July 2023 }}

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14 December

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|ship= {{HMS|Branlebas}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The {{sclass|La Melpomène|torpedo boat}} sank in the Atlantic Ocean off the Eddystone Rocks during a storm with the loss of 101 of her 104 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{ship|French destroyer|Mistral||2}} ({{navy|Free France}}).{{cite book |author=Service Historique de la Marine |title=Dossier TTY 760}}

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

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

|desc=The coaster collided with {{SS|Fiona|1933|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) and sank off Sydney, New South Wales, Australia ({{coord|34|07|S|151|32|E}}).

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west south west of Rockall, Inverness-shire by {{GS|U-100|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 34 crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?139665 |title=SS Euphorbia (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=8 November 2011}}{{cite web |title=Euphorbia |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/718.html |website=uboat.net |access-date=15 August 2021}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of the Outer Hebrides ({{coord|58|00|N|25|00|W}}) by {{GS|U-100|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 36 crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?131972 |title=SS Kyleglen (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=9 November 2011}}

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|ship={{ship|Italian submarine|Naiade||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Sirena|submarine}} was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Bardia, Libya ({{coord|32|03|N|25|26|E}}) by {{HMS|Hereward|H93|6}} and {{HMS|Hyperion|H97|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}). A crew member was killed; the 47 survivors were captured.{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2014/07/naiade.html |title=Naiade |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |accessdate=18 December 2020}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo liner was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|400|nmi|km}} west of the Orkney Islands ({{coord|59|32|N|17|47|W}}) by {{GS|U-96|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of fifteen of the 169 people on board; survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Active|H14|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) and {{SS|Baron Kinnaird|1927|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{cite web|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?13065 |title=MV Western Prince (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=25 October 2011}}{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/721.html |title=Western Prince |publisher=uboat.net |accessdate=21 February 2012}}

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15 December

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|ship={{ship|Italian submarine|Capitano Tarantini||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Liuzzi|submarine}} was torpedoed and sunk in the Gironde Estuary ({{coord|45|25|N|1|22|W}}) by {{HMS|Thunderbolt|N25|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) with the loss of 51 of her 56 crew.{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2015/05/capitano-tarantini_21.html |title=Capitano Tarantini |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |accessdate=5 April 2019}}

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|ship={{SS|N. C. Monberg|1928|2}}

|flag={{Flag|Denmark}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy FS 360: The collier was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom ({{coord|52|40|N|2|10|E}}) by {{ship|German torpedo boat|S 25||2}} and {{ship|German torpedo boat|S 58||2}} (both {{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of nine of her crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4012-25DEC02.htm |title=Naval Events, December 1940, Part 2 of 2, Sunday 15th - Tuesday 31st |publisher=Naval History |accessdate=29 October 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?9835 |title=SS Monberg N. C. (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=11 November 2011}}

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16 December

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|ship={{SS|Arrigoni|1895|2}}

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

|desc=The coaster sank at Francavilla.

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

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Ionian Sea off Punta Stilo ({{coord|38|28|N|16|44|E}}) by {{HMS|Truant|N68|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) with the loss of 29 of her 35 crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?134730 |title=SS Bonzo (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=3 November 2011}}

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|ship=Heltraud

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The fishing trawler was sunk by enemy action.

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|ship={{SS|San Carlos|1919|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The coaster was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Juby by {{GS|U-37|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of one of the 28 people on board.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?15086 |title=San Carlos (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=14 November 2011}}{{cite web |title=San Carlos |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/722.html |website=uboat.net |access-date=15 August 2021}}

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17 December

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|ship={{HMS|Acheron|H45|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The A-class destroyer struck a mine and sank in the English Channel off the Isle of Wight while on trials with the loss of 45 dockyard workers and 151 crewmen. There were nineteen survivors.{{cite web|url=http://www.histomar.net/Manche/Ephemeride/DEC/1217.htm |title=HMS Acheron |publisher=www.histomar.net |accessdate=9 December 2019}}

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|ship={{MV|Aquiety|1934|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The coaster struck a mine and sank in the Thames Estuary south of Southend, Essex with the loss of six of her crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?72642 |title=SS Aquiety (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=3 November 2011}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The coaster struck a mine and sank in the Thames Estuary north of the Isle of Sheppey, Kent with the loss four of her six crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?72615 |title=SS Belvedere (Stern section) (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=3 November 2011}}

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|ship={{SS|Beneficient|1931|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Thames Estuary north of the Isle of Sheppey with the loss of six of her crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?72616 |title=SS Beneficient (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=3 November 2011}}

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|ship={{HMT|Carry On}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler struck a mine and sank east of the Nore Sand Lightship (22px Trinity House) with the loss of seven of her crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?72575 |title=HMT Carry On (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=16 December 2020}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The coaster was shelled and sunk at Bardia, Libya by {{HMS|Ladybird|1916|6}}, {{HMS|Terror|I03|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}), {{HMAS|Voyager|D31|6}} and {{HMAS|Vendetta|D69|6}} (both {{naval|Australia|1913}}).

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|ship={{SS|Giuseppina D|1920|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The coaster was shelled and sunk at Bardia by {{HMS|Ladybird|1916|6}}, {{HMS|Terror|I03|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}), {{HMAS|Voyager|D31|6}} and {{HMAS|Vendetta|D69|6}} (both {{naval|Australia|1913}}).

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

|flag={{Flag|Finland}}

|desc=The cargo ship collided with {{SS|Silkeborg|1915|2}} ({{flag|Denmark}}) and sank in the Kiel Canal, Germany.{{cite web |title=Inga |url=https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?15015 |website=wrecksite.eu |access-date=2 July 2022}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Thames Estuary north of Sheerness with the loss of seventeen of her crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?72623 |title=SS Inver (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=9 November 2011}}

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|ship=KP-7

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Rodscher Bank, in the Baltic Sea and sank.{{Cite book |title=Погибли без боя. Катастрофы русских кораблей XVIII–XX вв. |trans-title=They died without a fight. Catastrophes of Russian ships of the XVIII-XX centuries |language=Russian |first=Alexander Alekseevich |last=Chernyshev |publisher=Veche |year=2012 |url=http://www.maxima-library.org/mob/b/389880?format=read }}

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|ship={{SS|Malrix|923|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Thames Estuary north of Whitstable, Kent with the loss of eight of her crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?73032 |title=SS Malrix (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=10 November 2011}}

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|ship={{SS|Paranaguá|1939|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank off Den Helder, North Holland, Netherlands ({{coord|52|55|N|4|41|E}}).{{cite web |url=http://naviosenavegadores.blogspot.com/2009/01/navios-alemaes-na-rota-do-brasil.html |title=Navios alemães na rota do Brasil |publisher=Navios en Navegadores |language=pt |accessdate=25 May 2011}}

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

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

|desc=The cargo ship was driven ashore near Split. She broke in two and sank.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=597 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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|ship={{HMT|Thomas Connolly}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The boom defence vessel struck a mine and sank in the Thames Estuary north of Sheerness with the loss of seventeen of her crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?72563 |title=HMT Thomas Connolly (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=14 November 2011}}

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|ship={{SS|Vincenzino|1906|2}}

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

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18 December

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy SC 15: The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean west of Ireland ({{coord|54|24|N|19|04|W}}) by {{ship|Italian submarine|Veniero||2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}) with the loss of eighteen of her 28 crew. Survivors were taken as prisoners of war. Anastassia was observed drifting on 20 December, and later sank.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?134715 |title=SS anastassia (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=3 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/convoys/sc15.html |title=Convoy SC 15 |publisher=www.warsailors.com |accessdate=22 May 2012}}

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was anchored off Vlissingen, Zeeland Netherlands, when she was sunk by depth charges dropped alongside her by HMS MTB 31 ({{naval|UK}}) after two failed torpedo attacks. There were nine dead and missing and 39 survivors.{{cite web |url=http://warsailors.com/forum/archive/forum/read.php-1,943,949.html#msg-949 |title=Birkenfels |publisher=warsailors.com |accessdate=18 December 2020}} The wreck was dispersed by explosives in 1941 and finally cleared in October 1966.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=467 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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|ship={{SS|Napier Star|1927|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The refrigerated cargo liner was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of the Outer Hebrides ({{coord|58|58|N|23|13|W}}) by {{GS|U-100|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 71 of the 99 people on board. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Vaalaren|1936|2}} ({{flag|Sweden}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?13786 |title=SS Napier Star (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=11 November 2011}}

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|ship={{ship|ST|Chassiron||2}}

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=World War II: The tug (172 GRT) was torpedoed and sunk in the Gironde Estuary by {{HMS|Tuna|N94|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).

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|ship={{Ship|RFA|Osage}}

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was bombed and sunk in the Irish Sea off Wicklow Head, County Wicklow, Ireland by Focke-Wulf Fw 200 aircraft of I Staffeln, Kampfgeschwader 40, Luftwaffe. Her crew were rescued.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?69740 |title=RFA Osage ? (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=11 November 2011}}

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|ship={{HMT|Refundo}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler struck a mine and was damaged in the Orwell Estuary off Harwich, Essex ({{coord|51|56|06|N|1|21|02|E}}) with the loss of two of her crew. She was taken in tow but sank.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?74381 |title=HMT Refundo (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=13 November 2011}}

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19 December

For the scuttling of the Greek cargo ship Eugenia Cambasis on this day, see the entry for 28 November 1940.

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy SC 15: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of Ireland ({{coord|54|10|N|15|50|W}}) by {{ship|Italian submarine|Alpino Bagnolini||2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}) with the loss of all 37 crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?132466 |title=SS Amicus (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=3 November 2011}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker struck a mine and sank in the Thames Estuary off the Nore Lightship (22px Trinity House) ({{coord|51|29|08|N|0|51|03|E}}) with the loss of all 60 people on board.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?31457 |title=MV Arinia (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=3 November 2011}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=486 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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|ship={{SS|Erling Skjalgson|1891|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea off Jæren. All six crew were rescued by a fishing vessel.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?159013 |title=SS Erling Skjalgson (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=8 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/homefleet/shipse.html |title=Norwegian Homefleet - WW II, Ships starting with E |publisher=Warsailors |accessdate=9 February 2012}}

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

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The transport ship struck a mine and sank in the Mediterranean Sea south of Livorno, Italy.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=470 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The transport ship struck a mine and sank south of Livorno.

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|ship={{SS|Isolda||2}}

|flag=22px Trinity House

|desc=World War II: The lightship tender was bombed and sunk in St. George's Channel off Carnsore Point, County Wexford, Ireland by Focke-Wulf Fw 200 aircraft of I Staffeln, Kampfgeschwader 40, Luftwaffe with the loss of six of her crew.

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|ship={{SS|Jacob Maersk|1921|2}}

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The cargo ship sank off Copenhagen.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?6444 |title=SS Jacob Maersk (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=9 November 2011}}

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|ship={{HMT|Proficient}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The naval trawler ran aground at Whitby, Yorkshire and was wrecked.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?156370 |title=HMT Proficient (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=13 November 2011}}

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|ship={{SS|Rhône|1910|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Juby, Morocco ({{coord|28|03|N|12|54|W}}) in error by {{GS|U-37|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of eleven of her crew.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/726.html |title=Rhône |publisher=Uboat |accessdate=12 February 2012}}

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|ship={{ship|French submarine|Sfax|Q182|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Redoutable|submarine|||1928}} was torpedoed and sunk by mistake in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Juby ({{coord|28|03|N|12|54|W}}) by {{GS|U-37|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 65 of her 69 crew.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/725.html |title=Sfax (Q 182) |publisher=uboat.net |accessdate=17 January 2019}}{{cite web |url=http://sous.marins.disparus.free.fr/index.php/sous-marins/54-sfax?start=1 |title=Sfax |publisher=sous.marins.disparus.free.fr |accessdate=17 January 2019}}

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20 December

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy OB 260: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of Ireland ({{coord|54|30|N|18|30|W}}) by {{ship|Italian submarine|Pietro Calvi||2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}) with the loss of 31 of her 35 crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?135829 |title=SS Carlton (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=7 November 2011}} Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Antiope|1914|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) on 7 January 1941. Carlton was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Buenos Aires, Argentina.{{cite book |first=Roger |last=Jordan |year= 1999 |title=The World's Merchant Ships 1939 |place=London |publisher=Chatham House |isbn=1 86176 023 X |page=111 }}

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|ship={{SS|Consul Poppe|1904|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk by Royal Air Force aircraft off Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France.{{csr|register=MSI|id=5602172|shipname=Consul Poppe |accessdate=17 August 2012}}

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|ship=HMS LCP(L) 30

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The Landing Craft Personnel (Large) was bombed and sunk at Liverpool, Lancashire by Luftwaffe aircraft.

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|ship=Overdale

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

|desc=World War II: The hopper barge was bombed and sunk at Liverpool by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of three of her crew.

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21 December

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship was towing a barge in a convoy from Granville, Manche, France to Jersey Channel Islands when she got into difficulty and sank in the Chausey Islands, Manche.{{citation |title=Dictionnaire des naufrages dans la Manche |year=2008 |author=YvesDufiel}}

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|ship={{SS|Charles Pratt|1916|2}}

|flag={{flag|Panama}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Sierra Leone ({{coord|8|26|N|16|50|W}}) by {{GS|U-68|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of two of her 42 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Gascony|1925|2}} and {{SS|Langleegorse|1927|2}} (both {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Sunk Oil Tanker |date=30 December 1940 |page=3 |issue=48810 |column=D }}{{cite web|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?15838 |title=SS Charles Pratt (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=25 October 2011}}

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|ship={{ship||Innisfallen|ship|2}}

|flag={{flag|Ireland}}

|desc=File:MVInnisfallen.jpg

World War II: The ferry struck a mine off the Wirral, Cheshire, United Kingdom and sank with the loss of four of the 220 people on board.

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

|flag={{Flag|Sweden}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy OG 47: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|300|nmi|km}} west of Porto, Portugal ({{coord|40|45|N|16|50|W}}) by {{ship|Italian submarine|Mocenigo||2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}) with the loss of eight of her crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Garm|1912|2}} ({{flag|Sweden}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?85025 |title=SS Mangen (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=10 November 2011}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea east of the Kerkennah Islands, Tunisia ({{coord|34|39|N|10|48|E}}) by Fairey Swordfish aircraft of 815 and 819 Squadrons, Fleet Air Arm, based on {{HMS|Illustrious|87|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) with the loss of three lives.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?163469 |title=SS Norge (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=11 November 2011}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea east of the Kerkennah Islands ({{coord|34|39|N|10|48|E}}) by Fairey Swordfish aircraft of 815 and 819 Squadrons, Fleet Air Arm based on {{HMS|Illustrious|87|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) with the loss of three lives.

}}

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|ship={{HMS|Prome}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The depot ship was bombed and damaged at Liverpool, Lancashire.{{cite book |first=Roger |last=Jordan |year= 1999 |title=The World's Merchant Ships 1939 |place=London |publisher=Chatham House |isbn=1 86176 023 X |page=143 }}

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|ship={{Ship|ST|River Thames||2}}

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

|desc=The tug sank in the Thames Estuary north of Sheerness, Kent ({{coord|51|28|N|0|46|E}}) with the loss of three of her crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?72565 |title=River Thames (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=13 November 2011}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Liverpool by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of a crew member.

}}

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|ship={{HMS|Sun IX}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The naval tug sank in the Thames Estuary north of Sheerness with the loss of three of her crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?129628 |title=HMS Sun Ix (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=14 November 2011}}

}}

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|ship=TIC 12

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

|desc=World War II: The barge struck a mine and sank in the Thames Estuary ({{coord|51|28|N|0|46|E}}). Her crew were rescued.

}}

22 December

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|ship={{SS|Anthippi N. Michalos|1905|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy SC 15: The cargo ship collided with {{SS|Beaverdale|1928|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) and sank in Caernarvon Bay ({{coord|53|10|N|5|03|W}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?131910 |title=SS Anthippi N. Michalos (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=3 November 2011}}

}}

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|ship=Antonietta

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

|desc=World War II: The sailing boat was rammed and sunk in the Adriatic Sea off Brindisi by {{ship|Greek submarine|Papanikolis|Y-2|2}} ({{navy|Greece|royal navy|name=Royal Hellenic Navy}}). Her six crew survived.

}}

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|ship={{HMS|H31}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The H-class submarine foundered at Campbeltown, Argyllshire. She was raised on 25 December. Subsequently repaired and returned to service.

}}

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|ship={{HMS|Hyperion|H97|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The H-class destroyer struck a mine in the Mediterranean Sea off Pantelleria and was damaged. She was taken in tow by {{HMS|Ilex|D61|6}} ({{naval|UK}}), but later scuttled by {{HMS|Janus|F53|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) ({{coord|37|40|N|11|31|E}}). Two of her 146 crew were killed.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/4405.html |title=HMS Hyperion (H97) of the Royal Navy |publisher=Uboat |accessdate=22 December 2014}}

}}

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|ship=MAC 7

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The mooring attendant craft sank at Portsmouth, Hampshire. She was refloated, but was declared a total loss in January 1941 following a fire.

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|ship={{ship|ST|Poolgarth|1923|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The tug struck a mine and sank in the River Mersey at Liverpool, Lancashire with the loss of all seven crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?67346 |title=SS Poolgarth (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=13 November 2011}}

}}

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|ship={{ship||San Giorgio|schooner|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary schooner was sunk in the Adriatic Sea by {{ship|Greek submarine|Papanikolis|Y-2|2}} ({{navy|Greece|royal navy|name=Royal Hellenic Navy}}).

}}

23 December

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

|flag={{Flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in Loch Etive ({{coord|56|29|12|N|5|25|00|W}}) by Focke-Wulf Fw 200 aircraft of I Staffeln, Kampfgeschwader 40, Luftwaffe. Her crew were rescued. The wreck was dispersed by explosives in 1961.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=550 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship= Fratelli Cairoli

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Rosolino Pilo|destroyer}} struck a mine and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off Misrata, Libya with the loss of 71 of her 114 crew.{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2013/12/fratelli-cairoli_15.html |title=Fratelli Cairoli |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |accessdate=18 December 2020}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Stad Maastricht|1924|2}}

|flag={{Flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and damaged in the North Sea south east of Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, United Kingdom ({{coord|52|35|N|2|03|E}}) by {{ship|German torpedo boat|S 59||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). She was taken in tow by {{ship|ST|Kenia||2}}, {{ship|ST|Krooman||2}} and {{ship|ST|Norman||2}} (all {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) but consequently sank ({{Coord|51|42|09|N|1|22|08|E}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11393 |title=SS Stad Maastricht (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=14 November 2011}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=553 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|Warwick|D25|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The W-class destroyer struck a mine in Liverpool Bay off the Bar Lightship (22px Trinity House) and was severely damaged. She was beached off Liverpool, Lancashire. She was subsequently repaired, and returned to service in March 1942.

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster struck a mine and sank in Liverpool Bay off Southport, Lancashire ({{coord|53|37|N|3|25|W}}). Her crew were rescued.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?67750 |title=MV Ystroom (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=15 November 2011}}

}}

24 December

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy SLS 60: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|200|nmi|km}} south west of Freetown, Sierra Leone ({{coord|6|20|N|13|20|W}}) by {{GS|U-65|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 32 of her 45 crew. Nine survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Hawkins|D86|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) on 3 January, and four by {{HMS|Faulknor|H62|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) on 3 February.{{citation needed|date=March 2023}} British Premier was on a voyage from Abadan, Iran to Swansea, Glamorgan.{{cite book |first=Roger |last=Jordan |year= 1999 |title=The World's Merchant Ships 1939 |place=London |publisher=Chatham House |isbn=1 86176 023 X |page=99 }}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The troopship was torpedoed and sunk in the Adriatic Sea off Sazan Island, Albania ({{coord|40|34|N|19|02|E}}) by {{ship|Greek submarine|Papanikolis|Y-2|2}} ({{navy|Greece|royal navy|name=Royal Hellenic Navy}}) with the loss of 93 of the 1,703 people on board.{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2016/01/firenze.html |title=Firenze |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |accessdate=18 December 2020}}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|Mercury|1934|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper struck a mine and was damaged in the Atlantic Ocean south of Ireland. She sank the next day whilst under tow by {{HMS|Goatfell}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?153655 |title=HMS Mercury (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=10 November 2011}}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|Pelton||6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The minesweeping trawler was torpedoed and sunk off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk by {{ship|German motor torpedo boat|S-28||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/7102.html |title=M/S Trawler HMS Pelton of the Royal Navy |publisher=Uboat |accessdate=24 December 2014}}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?9825 |title=SS Pelton (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=12 November 2011}}

}}

25 December

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

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

|desc=World War II: The troopship was shelled and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean by {{ship|German cruiser|Admiral Hipper||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) whilst in a convoy. She was subsequently repaired and returned to service.{{cite book |last2=Sawyer |first2=LA |last1=Mitchell |first1=WH |year= 1990 |title=The Empire Ships |place=London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong |publisher=Lloyd's of London Press Ltd |isbn=1-85044-275-4 |edition=Second |pages=441–42 }}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of Cape Finisterre, Spain ({{coord|44|51|N|27|45|W}}) by {{ship|German cruiser|Admiral Hipper||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 108 people on board.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?149733 |title=Jumna |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |accessdate=18 December 2020}}

}}

26 December

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

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was intercepted in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|44|00|N|25|07|W}}) by {{HMS|Bonaventure|31|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) and was scuttled.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Sea Raider Hit Amidships |date=30 December 1940 |page=4 |issue=48810 |column=C }}{{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}}

}}

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|ship=MAC 5

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The minesweeper attendant craft, a former {{Sclass2|BPB 60-foot|motor torpedo boat}}, struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off the coast of Essex with the loss of four of her crew.

}}

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|ship= {{ship||Tireremo Diritto|schooner|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The schooner was captured in the Mediterranean Sea off Bardia, Libya by {{HMAS|Waterhen|D22|6}} ({{naval|Australia|1913}}) and was scuttled.{{cite book |last=Cassells |first=Vic |title=The Destroyers: Their Battles and Their Badges |year=2000 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |location=East Roseville, New South Wales |page=195 |isbn=0-7318-0893-2 |oclc=46829686}}

}}

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|ship={{HMT|True Accord}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The naval trawler sank in the North Sea off Happisburgh, Norfolk as a result of a collision with {{HMT|Saronta}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?69315 |title=HMS True Accord (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=14 November 2011}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|150|nmi|km}} west of Rockall, Inverness-shire ({{coord|58|05|N|16|56|W}}) by {{GS|U-95|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) and was abandoned. She was torpedoed and sunk the next day by {{GS|U-38|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). One of the 90 people on board was killed. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Mashona|F59|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?13068 |title=MV Waiotira (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=15 November 2011}}{{cite web |title=Waiotira |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/731.html |website=uboat.net |access-date=15 August 2021}} Waiotira was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales, Australia to a British port.{{cite book |last2=Sawyer |first2=LA |last1=Mitchell |first1=WH |year= 1990 |title=The Empire Ships |place=London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong |publisher=Lloyd's of London Press Ltd |isbn=1-85044-275-4 |edition=Second |page=77 }}

}}

27 December

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|ship={{MV|Araby|1923|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Thames Estuary south west of Southend, Essex and {{convert|9/10|nmi|km}} off the Nore Lightship (22px Trinity House) with the loss of six of her 43 crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?72631 |title=SS Araby (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=3 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=630 |title=Araby |publisher=The Yard |accessdate=25 February 2017}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=485 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy OB 263: The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean by {{GS|U-38|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). She was later torpedoed and sunk by {{ship|Italian submarine|Enrico Tazzoli|1935|2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}) with the loss of all 40 crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?58888 |title=SS Ardabhan (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=3 November 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Arnfinn Jarl|1921|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk off Egersund, Rogaland by Royal Air Force aircraft. She was later raised, repaired and returned to service.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/homefleet/shipsa.html |title=Norwegian Homefleet - WW II, Ships starting with A |publisher=Warsailors |accessdate=8 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The coaster struck a mine and sank in the Thames Estuary north of Sheerness, Kent with the loss of six of her crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?72663 |title=SS Kinnaird Head (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=9 November 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|12|30|N|21|30|W}}) by {{GS|U-65|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). All 29 crew were rescued by {{MV|Belinda|1939|2}} ({{flag|Norway}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/risanger.html |title=D/S Risanger |publisher=Warsailors |accessdate=7 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ronald

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

|desc=The motorboat was destroyed by fire {{convert|0.25|nmi}} off Point Highfield, Alaska Territory ({{coord|56|29|15|N|132|23|15|W|name=Point Highfield}}).[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-r/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (R)]

}}

29 December

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Freiburg.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?134449 |title=SS Adriana (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=3 November 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|ST|Monarch||2}}

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

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

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|PLM-23|1921|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground in the Wadden Sea off Scharhörn and was wrecked.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?160619 |title=SS PLM-23 (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=12 November 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Greek submarine|Proteus||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The submarine was rammed by {{ship|Italian torpedo boat|Antares||2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}) and sank in the Adriatic Sea, east of Brindisi, Italy {{coord|40|31|N|19|02|E}}) with the loss of all 48 hands.{{cite web |url=http://greek-war-equipment.blogspot.com/2010/04/1927-1940-submarine-y-3-proteus.html |title=Proteus |date=3 April 2010 |publisher=greek-war-equipment.blogspot.com |accessdate=18 December 2020}}{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2018/02/sardegna.html |title=Sardegna |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |accessdate=18 December 2020}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The troopship was torpedoed and sunk in the Adriatic Sea, east of Brindisi ({{coord|40|31|N|19|02|E}}) by {{ship|Greek submarine|Proteus||2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Greece}}) with the loss of 25 of the 262 people on board.{{cite web |url=http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/verluste/italien-1940-verluste.htm |title=Kriegsverluste Italienischer Handelsschiffe 1940-1943: Verluste Italienischer Handelsschiffe 1940 |last1=Rohwer |first1=Jürgen |first2=Gerhard |last2=Hümmelchen |work=Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart |accessdate=8 May 2011 |language=de}}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?136365 |title=SS Sardegna (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=14 November 2011}}

}}

30 December

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

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

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on Islay. She broke her back and was declared a total loss. Her crew were rescued.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11458 |title=SS Agate (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=3 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=https://www.scottishshipwrecks.com/agate/ |title=Agate |date=16 November 2016 |publisher=www.scottishshipwrecks.com |accessdate=30 December 2020}}{{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}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMT|Bandolero|FY 188|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The naval trawler collided with {{HMS|Waterhen|D22|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) off Solum, Libya and sank. There were no casualties.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?141850 |title=HMT Bandolero (FY-188) (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=3 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/6307.html |title=Bandolero |publisher=uboat.net |accessdate=8 January 2019}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Baron Ardrossan|1932|2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on Sandray Island, Outer Hebrides and was wrecked. Her 54 crew were saved.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?62397 |title=SS Baron Ardrossan (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |accessdate=3 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=https://canmore.org.uk/site/102803/baron-ardrossan-sandray-sea-of-the-hebrides |title=Baron Ardrossan |publisher=canmore.org.uk |accessdate=30 December 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://lifeboatmagazinearchive.rnli.org/volume/war-years/1940/the-ss-baron-ardrossan?searchterm=Yacht+Gan&page=1566 |title=Rescue of Baron Ardrossan |publisher=lifeboatmagazinearchive.rnli.org |accessdate=30 December 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy OB 264: The cargo ship was sunk in a collision with {{SS|City of Bedford|1924|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|60|03|N|23|01|W}}). All aboard were rescued.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?114557 |title=SS Bodnant (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=3 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?131747 |title=SS City of Bedford (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=3 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/convoys/hx97.html |title=Convoy HX 97 |publisher=Warsailors |accessdate=17 May 2012}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The coaster struck a mine and then collided with {{SS|Sodium|1923|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) and later sank in Liverpool Bay ({{coord|53|25|N|3|45|W}}) with the loss of one of her nine crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?10309 |title=SS Calcium (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=7 November 2011}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|City of Bedford|1924|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy SL 58: The cargo ship was sunk in a collision with {{SS|Bodnant|1919|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|60|03|N|23|01|W}}) with the loss of 48 lives.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?114557 |title=SS Bodnant (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=3 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?131747 |title=SS City of Bedford (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=3 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/convoys/hx97.html |title=Convoy HX 97 |publisher=Warsailors |accessdate=17 May 2012}}

}}

31 December

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|ship={{MV|British Zeal|1937|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|15|40|N|20|43|W}}) by {{GS|U-65|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) and was abandoned by her 50 crew. British Zeal was still afloat the next day and her crew reboarded her. She was later towed to Freetown, Sierra Leone by {{HMS|Hudson|W02|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). British Zeal was repaired and returned to service in February 1942.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/733.html |title=British Zeal |publisher=Uboat |accessdate=15 February 2012}}

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|ship={{MV|Buenos Aires|1920|2}}

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was severely damaged by fire in a German air raid on Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was declared a constructive total loss and her engines were removed. Became the British stores ship Demeter in 1942.{{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={{SS|Porjus|1937|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The cargo ship collided with another vessel and sank off Brunsbüttel.

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Adriatic Sea, off Antivari, Yugoslavia by {{ship|Greek submarine|Katsonis|Y-1|2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Greece}}) with the loss of all ten hands.{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2021/01/quinto.html |title=Quinto |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=19 January 2021}}

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|ship={{SS|St. Fergus|1913|2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship collided with another vessel and sank in the North Sea east of Rattray Head, Aberdeenshire. The master was lost while all other crewmen were rescued.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?62089 |title=SS St. Fergus (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=14 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=https://www.fold3.com/image/1/302105317 |title=British Admiralty War Diary, 1 January 1941 |publisher=www.fold3.com |accessdate=22 April 2020}}

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|ship={{MV|Valparaiso|1917|2}}

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 97: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north west of the Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom ({{coord|60|01|N|23|00|W}}) by {{GS|U-38|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 35 people on board.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12919 |title=MV Valparaiso (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=15 November 2011}}

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Unknown date

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|ship={{ship|Free French submarine|Narval||2}}

|flag={{navy|Free France}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Requin|submarine}} struck a mine and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off Sfax, Tunisia with the loss of all 50 crew. The date of loss was probably between 13 and 16 December.{{cite web |url=http://sous.marins.disparus.free.fr/index.php/sous-marins/50-narval?start=1 |title=Narval |publisher=sous.marins.disparus.free.fr |accessdate=17 January 2019}}

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|ship={{Ship||Rita|ketch|2}}

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

|desc=The ketch ran aground on Cape Barren Island, Tasmania, and was wrecked.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?54959 |title=Rita (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=13 November 2011}}

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|ship={{HMS|Triton|N15|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The T-class submarine was probably sunk in the Strait of Otranto by mines, possibly around 18 December, but could have been as early as 6 December.

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References

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