List of shipwrecks in December 1941#12 December

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

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

|desc=World War II: The armed merchant cruiser (1,976 t) was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea, {{convert|65|nmi|km}} north of Benghazi, Libya by Force K, Royal Navy.{{ref|a|[Note 1]}} {{HMS|Lively|G40|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) rescued 21 survivors, while 66 others were rescued by the destroyer {{ship|Italian destroyer|Giovanni da Verrazzano||2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}). There were nine or eleven fatalities depending on sources.{{cite web |url=https://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2016/01/adriatico.html |title=Adriatico |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=26 October 2024}}

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|ship={{ship|Italian destroyer|Alvise da Mosto||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|Navigatori|destroyer}} was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by {{HMS|Aurora|12|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) with the loss of 138 of her 263 crew.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Three Italian Ships Sunk |date=3 December 1941 |page=4 |issue=49099 |column=B }}{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2015/05/alvise-da-mosto.html |title=Alvise da Mosto |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=2 December 2019}}

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

|flag={{flag|Estonia}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was scuttled at Hanko, Finland.{{cite web |url=http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/guides/Soviet_Merchant_Marine_Losses_in_WW2 |title=Soviet Merchant Marine Losses in WWII |publisher=Ship Nostalgia |access-date=29 November 2014}}

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|ship={{MV|Iridio Mantovani|1939|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker, already damaged by aerial bombing from British aircraft, was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea ({{coord|35|50|N|12|50|E}}) by {{HMS|Aurora|12|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) with the loss of 49 of her 83 crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?58484 |title=MV Iridio Mantovani (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=22 December 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2018/04/iridio-mantovani.html |title=Iridio Mantovani |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=2 December 2019}}{{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}}

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|ship={{ship|German ship|Python||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The supply ship was intercepted in the South Atlantic ({{coord|27|53|S|3|55|W}}) by {{HMS|Dorsetshire|40|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) and was scuttled by her crew without loss of life. A total of 414 survivors were rescued by {{GS|UA|1939|2}}, {{GS|U-68|1940|2}}, {{GS|U-124|1940|2}}, {{GS|U-129|1941|2}} (all {{Navy|Nazi Germany}}), {{ship|Italian submarine|Giuseppe Finzi||2}}, {{ship|Italian submarine|Enrico Tazzoli|1935|2}} {{ship|Italian submarine|Luigi Torelli||2}}, and {{ship|Italian submarine|Pietro Calvi||2}} (all {{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}).{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=476 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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|ship=St. Leonard No.1

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

|desc=World War II: The fishing trawler was bombed and sunk in the North Sea ({{coord|60|58|N|1|10|W}}) by Luftwaffe aircraft. Her ten crew were rescued.{{cite web |url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4112-39DEC01.htm |title=Naval Events, December 1941, Part 1 of 2, Monday 1st – Sunday 14th |publisher=Naval History |access-date=19 December 2011}}

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

|flag={{flag|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: The icebreaker was hit by a German bomb that did not detonate until the ship returned to Kronstadt Harbour, sinking her. Thirteen of her crew were killed.

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

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

|desc= World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|35|40|N|24|00|W}}) by {{GS|U-43|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 37 crew.

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|ship={{SS|British Captain|1923|2}}

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

|desc= World War II: The tanker struck a mine and sank in the North Sea ({{coord|52|13|01|N|1|54|14|E}}) with the loss of one of her 54 crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/convoys/sc53.html |title=Convoy SC.53 |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=24 May 2012}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The passenger ship was sunk by a mine in the Black Sea {{convert|15|mi}} east of Burgas, Bulgaria.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx? |title=SS (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=21 December 2011}}{{cite web |url=https://plimsoll.southampton.gov.uk/shipdata/pdfs/41/41b0165.pdf |title=Lloyd's Register, Steamers & Motorships |publisher=Plimsoll Ship Data |access-date=21 December 2011}}

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Black Sea off Constanța, Romania.{{Cite web|url=http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/41-12.htm |title=Seekrieg 1941, Dezember |access-date=19 April 2015 |last=Rohwer |first=Jürgen |author-link=Jürgen Rohwer |author2=Gerhard Hümmelchen |work=Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart |language=de }}

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|ship={{MV|Fjord|1914|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc= World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Estepona, Spain by {{GS|U-557||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of fourteen of her 35 crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/fjord.html |title= M/T Fjord |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=12 January 2012}}{{cite web |title=Fjord |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1210.html |website=uboat.net |access-date=15 August 2021}}

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

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

|desc= World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea {{convert|2|nmi|km}} north of Point Negri, Morocco by {{GS|U-562||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 41 of her 43 crew.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1211.html |title=Grelhead |publisher=Uboat |access-date=8 April 2012}}

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|ship={{ship|German patrol boat|DPk 50 Hollandia||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The patrol boat struck a mine and sank in the Baltic Sea off Kolberg.

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|ship={{ship|German minesweeper|M 529||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc= World War II: The Type 1916 minesweeper (630 t) struck a mine and sank in the Baltic Sea off Kolberg ({{coord|54|16|N|15|25|E}}). Ten of her crew were killed.{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/minensucher/ausgabe.php?where_value=272 |title=M 529 |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=7 November 2024}}

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|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 160||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The Type A Marinefährprahm was damaged by heavy seas between Tripoli and Benghazi, Libya when her bow doors failed and was later scuttled. Her crew were rescued by {{ship|Italian torpedo boat Perseo|Perseo||2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}).{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/landungsfahrzeuge/marinefaehrprahm/ausgabe.php?where_value=288 |title=F 160 |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=24 April 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://rommelsriposte.com/2015/01/18/the-history-and-operations-of-f-lighters-during-crusader/ |title=The History and Operations of F-Lighters during CRUSADER |date=18 January 2015 |publisher=rommelsriposte.com |access-date=15 May 2023}}

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|ship=I-17

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=The tug foundered in the Gulf of Finland. Her crew were rescued by the destroyer {{ship|Soviet destroyer|Svirepy||2}} ({{navy|Soviet Union}}).

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|ship={{ship|Finnish minesweeper|Kuha 3||2}}

|flag={{navy|Finland}}

|desc=World War II: Continuation War: The minesweeper struck a mine and sank in Björkösund. She was later salvaged, repaired and returned to service.

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Bristol Channel south of Cardiff, Glamorgan ({{coord|51|21|21|N|3|17|17|W}}) with the loss of three of her 31 crew. The wreck was dispersed by explosives between 1 July and 31 December 1943.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=503 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet patrol boat|OR-9||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=The patrol boat sank in the Gulf of Finland. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship={{ship|Soviet patrol boat|OR-10||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=The patrol boat foundered off Hogland.

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|21|20|S|7|50|W}}) by {{GS|U-124|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of one of her 35 crew.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1213.html |title=Sagadahoc |publisher=Uboat |access-date=25 February 2012}}

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|ship={{ship|German siebel ferry|SF 29||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

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

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|ship={{ship|German patrol boat|UJ-1708 Faroer||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The patrol boat/naval trawler was torpedoed, or shelled, and sunk off Rolvsøy by {{ship|Soviet submarine|K-3|1938|2}} ({{navy|Soviet Union|1935}}) with the loss of all hands, between 48 and 56 men.{{csr|register=MSI|id=5614698|shipname=Faroer |access-date=27 March 2012}}{{cite web |url=https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=125005 |title=UJ-1708 |publisher=forum.axishistory.com |access-date=5 December 2019}}

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|ship=Virsaitis

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union|1935}}

|desc=World War II: The Virsaitis-class minesweeper struck a mine and sank in the Gulf of Finland off Hanko, Finland. Seventy crewmen and 150 troops were rescued, but 130 troops were killed.

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|ship={{ship|Soviet troopship|VT-521|1938|2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=File:Bundesarchiv Bild 101II-MN-2787-30, Baltikum, gesunkenes russisches Schiff.jpg World War II: Continuation War: The troopship, a converted {{sclass|Iosif Stalin|passenger ship}}, was sunk when she struck three mines, and then was hit by a {{convert|12|in|mm|adj=on}} shell from Finnish coast artillery while evacuating troops from the Hanko naval base. Only 1,740 of the 5,589 people on board could be rescued, some of them by {{ship|Soviet minesweeper|M-205||2}}, {{ship|Soviet minesweeper|M-211||2}}, {{ship|Soviet minesweeper|M-215||2}}, {{ship|Soviet minesweeper|M-217||2}} (all {{navy|Soviet Union|1935}}) and five Soviet Navy patrol boats. The ship then drifted half-submerged till beaching at Lohusalu bay, Estonia where the wreck was still partly above water. About 3,000 were captured and 841 were killed. VT-521 was raised, towed to Tallinn in July 1945 and scrapped.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?173540 |title=Iosef Stalin Ocean Liner 1939-1941|publisher=Wrecksite.eu |access-date=3 December 2012}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet patrol ship|No. 112||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=The PK-115 Type MO-2 patrol boat was lost on this date.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}

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|ship={{SS|Edith Faulbaums|1903|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank off Warnemunde.

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Ionian Sea off Argostoli, Greece by {{HMS|Trusty|N45|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). There were four missing and 33 survivors.{{cite web|url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2014/02/cronologia-delle-perdite_14.html |title=Italian losses |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=5 December 2019}}

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster was bombed and damaged off the Tungenes Lighthouse, Norway, by Royal Air Force aircraft. She was beached and burnt out. Four of her crew were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/homefleet/shipsv.html#Ves |title=Vestri |publisher=www.warsailors.com |access-date=3 December 2019}}

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|ship=Agia Eirini

|flag={{flagicon|Greece}} Greece

|desc=The coaster sank due to a misplaced cargo off Kalamos with the loss of six of the seven people on board.{{cite web|url=https://www.protothema.gr/stories/article/718246/megala-nauagia-stis-ellinikes-thalasses-1900-1950/ |title=Losses in Aegean Sea |date=October 2017 |publisher=www.protothema.gr |access-date=23 October 2019}}

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|ship={{HMS|Chakdina}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The armed boarding vessel was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea between Tobruk, Libya and Alexandria, Egypt ({{coord|31|11|N|24|30|E}}) by a Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero aircraft of the Regia Aeronautica with the loss of around 400 lives among the 600-plus people on board (including 380 wounded and 100 German and Italian prisoners of war). About 200 of the survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Farndale|L70|6}} and {{HMT|Thorgrim}} (both {{naval|UK}}){{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?16046 |title=HMAV Chakdina (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=18 October 2011}}{{cite web |url=https://www.geni.com/projects/World-War-II-Sinking-of-the-SS-Chakdina-5-December-1941/40644 |title=Chakdina |publisher=www.geni.com |access-date=24 April 2019}}

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster was torpedoed and sunk in the Barents Sea ({{coord|71|07|N|27|54|E}}) by {{HMS|Sealion|72S|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/homefleet/shipsi.html |title=Norwegian Homefleet - WW II, Ships starting with I |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=9 February 2012}}

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

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The cargo ship (1,746 GRT, 1921) sank in the Wadden Sea between Terschelling and Ameland, Friesland in a storm. Her nineteen crew were rescued.{{csr|register=MSI|id=5605347|shipname=Kai |access-date=22 December 2011}}{{cite web|url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?862 |title=Kai |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=5 December 2019}}

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

|flag={{flag|Finland}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground near Luleå, Sweden. She was refloated but consequently sank in the Baltic Sea ({{coord|65|20|07|N|22|15|00|E}}). Her crew survived.{{cite book |title=The world's merchant fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=453 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea ({{coord|52|14|30|N|1|56|30|E}}) with the loss of nine of her crew.

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|ship={{SS|Hada County||2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on Brazil Shoal — a reef off Grand Manan, New Brunswick, Canada ({{coord|44|36.378|N|066|41.261|W|name=Hada County}}) and was wrecked. There were no casualties.{{cite web|url=http://warsailors.com/singleships/hadacounty.html |title=D/S Hada County |publisher=warsailors.com |access-date=6 December 2019 }}{{Cite web| url=http://wreckhunter.net/DataPages/hadacounty-dat.htm |title=Hada County | publisher=Hunting New England Shipwrecks |accessdate=9 February 2021 }}

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|ship={{HMS|Perseus|N36|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Parthian|submarine}} struck a mine and sank in the Ionian Sea off Zante Cephalonia, Greece with the loss of 60 of her 61 crew.

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|ship={{SS|Scottish Trader|1938|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy SC 56: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south of Iceland by {{GS|U-131|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 43 crew.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1214.html |title=Scottish Trader |publisher=Uboat |access-date=28 February 2012}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet submarine|ShCh-204||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union|1935}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Shchuka|submarine}} was torpedoed and sunk in the Black Sea south south east of Varna, Bulgaria ({{coord|42|53|N|28|03|E}}) by Bulgarian Air Force or Luftwaffe aircraft and/or by Bulgarian Navy submarine chasers with the loss of all 42 crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.sovboat.ru/ship/h204.php3 |title=Shch-204 |publisher=www.sovboat.ru |access-date=6 December 2019}}

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|ship=Unnamed

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=World War II: A schooner was destroyed with Molotov cocktails by Soviet Special Landing Forces during a raid on Yevpatoria, Soviet Union.{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=53917&sid=f6d7e71e659c267c0aba97081d602b7f |title=Soviet Naval Battles - Black Sea during WW2 (update 2022) |publisher=Redfleet |access-date=1 August 2020 |archive-date=1 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220901193717/http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=53917&sid=f6d7e71e659c267c0aba97081d602b7f |url-status=dead }}

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{{see also|List of United States Navy ships present at Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941}}

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|ship={{USS|Arizona|BB-39|6}}

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

|desc=File:USS Arizona 2.pngWorld War II: Attack on Pearl Harbor: The {{sclass|Pennsylvania|battleship}} was bombed and sunk by Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft with the loss of 1,177 of her 1,400 crew after her forward ammunition magazine ignited from an armor-piercing bomb.

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|ship={{USS|California|BB-44|6}}

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

|desc=World War II: Attack on Pearl Harbor: The {{sclass|Tennessee|battleship}} was torpedoed and sunk by Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft with the loss of 100 of her 1,083 crew. She was refloated on 25 March 1942, repaired and returned to service.

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|ship={{USS|Cassin|DD-372|6}}

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

|desc=File:USS Downes (DD-375), USS Cassin (DD-372) and USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) in Dry Dock No. 1 at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, 7 December 1941 (306533).jpg World War II: Attack on Pearl Harbor: The {{sclass|Mahan|destroyer}} was bombed and damaged by Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft. Initially assessed as a total loss, she was later repaired and returned to service.

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|ship={{HMS|Chantala}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The armed boarding vessel struck a mine and sank at Tobruk, Libya with the loss of four of her crew.

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|ship={{SS|Cynthia Olson||2}}

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

|desc=File:Sinking of SS Cynthia Olson.JPG World War II: The steam cargo ship was sunk by gunfire in the Pacific Ocean {{convert|300|nmi}} off San Francisco, California, at {{coord|33|42|N|145|29|W}} by the submarine {{Jsub|I-26||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}). All 35 people on board survived the sinking and abandoned ship in two lifeboats. The submarine {{Jsub|I-19||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}) provided them with food on 8 December, but after that they were never seen or heard from again.

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|ship={{USS|Downes|DD-375|6}}

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

|desc=World War II: Attack on Pearl Harbor: The {{sclass|Mahan|destroyer}} was bombed and damaged by Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft. Initially assessed as a total loss, she was later repaired and returned to service.

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|ship=Ha-19

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

|desc=World War II: Attack on Pearl Harbor: The midget submarine ran aground a number of times near the entrance to Pearl Harbor. Her two-man crew temporarily was overcome by chlorine gas leaking from her battery. Her crew abandoned ship after lighting scuttling charges which failed to detonate. Her commanding officer survived and was captured, becoming the first prisoner-of-war captured by the United States in World War II; her other crewman drowned.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Pearl.htm |title=Imperial Submarines |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=30 June 2022 }}

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|ship=M-16, and
M-22

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

|desc=World War II: Attack on Pearl Harbor: One of the midget submarines disappeared in or near Pearl Harbor after firing its torpedoes at {{USS|St. Louis|CL-49|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). The other entered the harbor and fired torpedoes at American ships. She was fired upon by the seaplane tenders {{USS|Curtiss|AV-4|6}} and {{USS|Tangier|AV-8|6}} and the repair ship {{USS|Medusa|AR-1|6}} (all {{navy|USA|1912}}), then was rammed, depth charged, and sunk by the destroyer {{USS|Monaghan|DD-354|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) in Pearl Harbor northwest of Ford Island.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Pearl.htm |title=Japanese Submarines |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=30 June 2022 }}

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|ship=M-18

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

|desc=World War II: Attack on Pearl Harbor: Possibly the midget submarine that was depth charged and sunk in Keehi Lagoon near Pearl Harbor.

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|ship=M-20

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

|desc=World War II: Attack on Pearl Harbor: Possibly the midget submarine that was shelled, depth charged, and sunk by the destroyer {{USS|Ward|DD-139|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) while trying to follow the general stores issue ship {{USS|Antares|AKS-3|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) into Pearl Harbor.

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|ship={{USS|Nevada|BB-36|6}}

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

|desc=File:USS Nevada temporarily beached on hospital point 925AM NARA-80-G-19940.jpg World War II: Attack on Pearl Harbor: The {{sclass|Nevada|battleship}} was torpedoed and damaged by Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft. She was beached in a sinking condition at Hospital Point. Ahw was refloated on 12 February 1942, repaired and returned to service.

}}

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|ship={{USS|Oglala|CM-4|6}}

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

|desc=File:USS Oglala (CM-4) capsized at Pearl Harbor 1941.jpeg World War II: Attack on Pearl Harbor: The minelayer was torpedoed and sunk by Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft. She was refloated on 3 July 1942, repaired and returned to service.

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|ship={{USS|Oklahoma|BB-37|6}}

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

|desc=World War II: Attack on Pearl Harbor: The {{sclass|Nevada|battleship}} was torpedoed and sunk by Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft with the loss of 429 of her 1,398 crew.

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

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

|desc=The cargo ship foundered in a gale in Fugloyarfjørður, Faroe Islands with the loss of all 25 people on board.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?136768 |title=SS Sauternes (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=23 December 2011}}

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|ship={{MV|Severn Transport|1933|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The coaste struck a mine and sank in the Bristol Channel ({{coord|51|27|N|3|04|W}}). Her four crew survived.

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|ship={{USS|Shaw|DD-373|6}}

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

|desc=File:USS Shaw Pearl Harbor-7Dec41.jpg World War II: Attack on Pearl Harbor: The {{sclass|Mahan|destroyer}} was bombed and sunk by Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft whilst drydocked in USS {{ship||YFD-2}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). She was later refloated, repaired and returned to service.

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|ship={{USS|Sotoyomo|YT-9|6}}

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

|desc=World War II: Attack on Pearl Harbor: The harbor tug was sunk while drydocked in {{ship||YFD-2}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) when {{USS|Shaw|DD-373|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}), also in the drydock, was bombed and sunk by Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft. She was later refloated, repaired and returned to service.{{cite web |url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/08009.htm |title=Harbor Tug (YT) |publisher=Navsource.org |access-date=13 March 2020 }}

}}

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|ship={{GS|U-208||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of Gibraltar ({{coord|35|51|N|7|45|W}}) by {{HMS|Harvester|H19|6}} and {{HMS|Hesperus|H57|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}) with the loss of all 45 crew.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u208.htm |title=U-208 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=9 March 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{USS|Utah|BB-31|6}}

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

|desc=File:USS Utah (AG-16) capsizing at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 (80-G-266626).jpg World War II: Attack on Pearl Harbor: The target ship, a former {{sclass|Florida|battleship|1}}, was torpedoed and sunk by Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft with the loss of 58 of her 519 crew.

}}

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|ship={{USS|Vestal|AR-4|6}}

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

|desc=File:USS Vestal (AR-4) beached on Aiea shoal, Pearl Harbor, after the Japanese attack on 7 December 1941.jpg World War II: Attack on Pearl Harbor: The repair ship was bombed and damaged at Pearl Harbor by Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft and was beached. She was refloated within a week, repaired and returned to service.

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and was abandoned in the North Sea off Spurn Head, Yorkshire ({{coord|53|24|N|0|59|E}}. Her 47 crew were rescued. She ran aground, broke in two and sank.{{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=132 }}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=516 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{USS|West Virginia|BB-48|6}}

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

|desc=File:Pearlharbour bb48 bb43.jpg World War II: Attack on Pearl Harbor: The {{sclass|Colorado|battleship|1}} was torpedoed and sunk by Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft with the loss of at least 69 of her 1,407 crew. She was refloated on 17 May 1942, repaired and returned to service.

}}

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|ship={{HMCS|Windflower|K155|6}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy SC 58: The {{sclass2|Flower|corvette}} collided with {{SS|Zypenberg|1930|2}} ({{flag|Netherlands}}) in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland ({{coord|46|19|N|49|30|W}}) and sank with the loss of 23 of her 85 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMCS|Pictou|K146|6}} ({{naval|Canada|1911}}) and {{HMS|Nasturtium|K107|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=8 December 1941 |sort=}}

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|ship={{ship||Awazisan Maru}}

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

|desc=World War II: The troopship was bombed by a Lockheed Hudson aircraft of 1 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force. She caught fire and was abandoned off Kota Bharu, Malaya ({{coord|6|08|N|102|16|E}}). She was later sunk on 12 December at ({{coord|6|08|N|102|16|E}}) by {{HNLMS|K XII}} ({{naval|Netherlands}}) with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by {{ship|Japanese submarine chaser|CH-9||2}}, and possibly by {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Ayanami|1929|2}} and {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Shikinami|1929|2}} (all {{navy|Empire of Japan}}). At least one landing craft was lost.{{cite web |url=http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/USN-Chron/USN-Chron-1941.html |title=Official Chronology of the US Navy in WWII |publisher=Ibiblio |access-date=8 December 2013}}{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Sakura_t.htm |title=Japanese Army Anti-Aircraft Transports |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=10 July 2014}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=540 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The World War I Design 1022 cargo ship was bombed and damaged in Manila Bay, Philippines by Japanese aircraft. She was scuttled in shallow water off Corregidor by a United States Army demolition team on 11 December. The wreck was bombed again and set afire on 29 or 31 December.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?37142 |title=Capillo cargo ship 1920-1941 |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=8 December 2013}}

}}

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|ship=Celebes Maru No. 3

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

|desc=World War II: The fishing lugger was strafed and damaged by a Dutch Navy Dornier Do 24 aircraft {{convert|5|mi|spell=in}} south of Sajang Island ({{coord|00|10|N|129|54|E}}). She was beached on the south west tip of Tobi Island ({{coord|03|00|N|131|07|E}}) on 11 December to prevent sinking and was abandoned.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Strange.htm |title=Strange but true stories |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=30 June 2022 }}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine in the North Sea and sank with the loss of a crew member.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The coaster struck a mine and sank in the Irish Sea {{convert|2|nmi|spell=in}} north east of the Tuskar Rock Lighthouse. Her crew were rescued by the Rosslare lifeboat.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Crew Rescued From Mined Ship |date=9 December 1941 |page=4 |issue=49104 |column=D }}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Hai Hsiang||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Republic of China (1912–1949)|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk by the Japanese at Shanghai. She was raised and scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?232923 |title=Hai Hsiang (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=1 March 2023}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Hsin Peking|1914|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The ship was beached at the mouth of the Yangtze Estuary to prevent capture. Refloated and put in Japanese service as Rakuzan Maru.

}}

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|ship=Lord Shrewsbury

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

|desc=World War II: The fishing trawler struck a mine and sank in the North Sea with the loss of all ten crew.

}}

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|ship={{HMT|Milford Earl}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler was bombed and sunk in Lunan Bay, Angus by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of five of her ten crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.llangibby.eclipse.co.uk/milfordtrawlers/accidents%20&%20incidents/callancroft.htm |title=Callancroft M254 Duncan Mcrae M68 Milford Earl M68 |publisher=Barry Johnson |access-date=18 October 2011}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Nisqually||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The World War I Design 1023 ship, converted to a scow, was bombed and sunk by Japanese aircraft at Wake Island.{{cite web |url=http://www.usmm.org/pacific.html#anchor446443 |title=US ships lost in the Pacific during World War II |publisher=USMM.org |access-date=3 January 2014}}

}}

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|ship={{USS|Penguin|AM-33|6}}

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

|desc=World War II: Battle of Guam: The {{sclass|Lapwing|minesweeper|1}} was scuttled in Agana Harbor.

}}

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

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The river gunboat was shelled and sunk at Shanghai, China by {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Izumo||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}). Six of her eighteen crew aboard were killed.{{cite web |url=https://warandsecurity.com/2013/12/08/japanese-attack-on-shanghai-8-december-1941/ |title=Peterel |date=8 December 2013 |publisher=warandsecurity.com |access-date=19 November 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://www.naval-history.net/xDKCas1941-12DEC1.htm |title=Royal Navy Casualties, 1-14 Dec 1941 |publisher=www.naval-history.net |access-date=19 November 2019}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|HMT|Phineas Beard|M271|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|Castle|trawler|0}} naval trawler was bombed and sunk in the North Sea off Peterhead, Aberdeenshire by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of twelve of her crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.llangibby.eclipse.co.uk/accidents%20&%20incidents/phineas_beard_m271.htm |title=Phineas Beard LO283 / M271 |publisher=Barry Johnson |access-date=18 October 2011}}

}}

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|ship={{HMIS|Prabhavati}}

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

|desc=World War II: The patrol vessel, mistaken for a surfaced Japanese submarine, was shelled and sunk in the Indian Ocean just after midnight by {{HMS|Glasgow|C21|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) with the loss of 23 of her 63 crew. Survivors, including twelve wounded, were rescued by HMS Glasgow. One of them died of wounds later. A barge that she was towing/pushing was sunk with Prabhavati. Two barges were sunk by HMS Glasgow after daylight.{{cite web|url=https://uboat.net/forums/read.php?22,65635,89957#msg-89957 |title=Prabhavati |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=19 November 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/India/RIN/RIN-6.html |title=The Royal Indian Navy 1939-1945 |publisher=Inbiblio |access-date=16 August 2020}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|President Harrison||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Under pursuit by Japanese ships and aircraft the United States Navy-chartered passenger ship was run aground on Shaweishan Island off the Yangtze delta at {{convert|16|kn}} to rip her bottom out and deny her use to the Japanese. President Harrison struck the edge of the island on her port side and then rolled off. The impact ripped a hole {{convert|90|ft}} long, but does not reach the engine room spaces. The ship almost turned over, but righted herself. Strong currents then carried her off the rocks and she settled on a mud bank. Her crew and Marines aboard abandoned ship, but the ship's exposed turning propeller splits one lifeboat in half, killing three men and severely injuring many others. She was later refloated, repaired, and put in service by the Japanese as Kakko Maru.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Kachidoki_t.htm |title=Captured Vessels in Japanese Service as Auxiliary Transports |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=20 October 2022}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MS|Ravnaas|1931|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk in the Philippine Sea east of Samar Island by Japanese aircraft.{{cite web|url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/ravnaas.html |title=M/S Ravnaas |publisher=Warsailors.com |year=2009 |access-date=18 October 2011 }} She was subsequently salvaged, repaired and entered Japanese service as Ikutagawa Maru.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=563 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo liner was scuttled at Hong Kong. She was raised in 1942, repaired and put in Japanese service as Tozan Maru.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?259652 |title=Soochow (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=1 March 2023}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=511 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|St Dominic}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|Saint|tugboat|0}} tug was sunk by Imperial Japanese Navy surface ships south of the Saddle Islands, near the mouth of the Yangtze.{{cite web |url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/7355.html |title=HMS St. Dominic of the Royal Navy |publisher=U Boat.net |access-date=8 December 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The ocean liner was scuttled at Phuket, Thailand.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?148047 |title=Sumatra Ocean Liner 1927-1941 |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=28 February 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Phuket.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?148056 |title=Volpi Ocean Liner 1931-1941 |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=1 March 2023}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|XXVIII Ottobre|1929|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Phuket.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=9 December 1941 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Bjønn|1921|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Hustadvika, Norway, with the loss of four of her crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/homefleet/shipsb1.html |title=Norwegian Homefleet - WW II, Ships starting with Ba through Bl |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=8 February 2012}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=558 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German minesweeper|M 1203 Bürgermeister Schmidt||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The minesweeper was bombed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay off Brest, Finistère, France by Royal Air Force aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Panama}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was shelled and sunk in the Pacific Ocean (approximately {{coord|8|N|152|W}}) by {{Jsub|I-10||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}) with the loss of 32 lives. Eight crewmen survived the sinking and the 38-day voyage in the lifeboat to Tarawa, Gilbert Islands.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Kantung||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled as a blockship at Anking, China.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese schooner|Kokoku Maru||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary schooner, serving as a pearling boat mother ship, was bombed and sunk east of Halmahera Island by a Dornier Do 24 aircraft of the Netherlands Naval Aviation Service. Ten of her sixteen crew were killed. Survivors were rescued by Celebes Maru No. 3 ({{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled as a blockship at Anking.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The depot ship was bombed and sunk in the North Sea off Den Helder, North Holland, Netherlands by Royal Air Force aircraft with the loss of twelve lives.{{cite web |url=https://mass.cultureelerfgoed.nl/ss-madrid |title=Madrid |publisher=mass.cultureelerfgoed.nl |access-date=28 January 2021}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=473 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship=Nimanoa

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

|desc=World War II: The ketch was scuttled at Tarawa to prevent capture.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?211392 |title=Nimanoa (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=7 May 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|On Lee||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The passenger ship was scuttled at Hong Kong.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Sebastiano Veniero||2}}

|flag={{flag|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The prisoner of war (POW)-carrying requisitioned cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea off Navarino by {{HMS|Porpoise|N14|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) and was beached. She was torpedoed and totally wrecked on 15 December off Cape Methene by {{HMS|Torbay|N79|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). Two hundred Commonwealth prisoners of war were killed; 1,800 prisoners of war were rescued by {{MV|Arno|1920|2}} ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}).{{csr|register=MSI|id=5614119|shipname=Sebastiano Venier |access-date=1 December 2012}}{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?98746 |title=Sebastiano Veniero (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=7 May 2023}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Saint Denis|1940|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea south of the Balearic Islands, Spain by {{GS|U-652||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of three of her crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?16810 |title=SS St. Denis (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=18 October 2011}}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=French Ship Sunk By Submarine |date=13 December 1941 |page=3 |issue=49108 |column=C }}{{cite web |title=Saint Denis |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1215.html |website=uboat.net |access-date=15 August 2021}}

}}

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: In an instance of naval friendly fire, the cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Barents Sea off Tanafjord, Norway ({{coord|71|09|N|29|25|E}}) by {{GS|U-134|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}), uninformed of the German convoy proceeding in the area. There were twelve dead and twelve survivors.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1216.html |title=Steinbek |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=24 October 2019}}{{cite book |title=La marine soviétique en guerre |first=Claude |last=Huan |publisher=Economica |year=1991 |isbn=978-2717819205}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=10 December 1941 |sort=}}

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|ship={{HMS|Banka}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper struck a mine and sank in the South China Sea off Tioman Island, Philippines with the loss of 43 of her 49 crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?117100 |title=Banka Minesweeper 1914-1941 |publisher=Wrecksite.eu |access-date=9 December 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{USS|Bittern|AM-36|6}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Lapwing|minesweeper}} was scuttled in Manila Bay following damage received in an Imperial Japanese Navy air raid on Cavite Navy Yard, Manila, Philippines.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag=22px Philippines

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled in the Philippines. She was later raised, repaired, and put in Japanese service as Hokuhi Maru.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Hokuhi_t.htm |title=Captured Vessels in Japanese Service as Auxiliary Transports |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=8 December 2022}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=The cargo ship was scuttled at Hong Kong.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Harledawins||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea {{convert|8|mi}} west of Barigayos Point, Luzon, Philippines by {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-124||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}). Her crew were rescued.

}}

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|ship=Helena A

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

|desc=The auxiliary sailing ship ran aground on Butaritari, Gilbert Islands and was wrecked.

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|ship={{ship|ST|Hsin Fuhle||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The tug) was sunk at Hong Kong by enemy action.

}}

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|ship={{Jsub|I-70||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|Kaidai|submarine}} was sunk in the Pacific Ocean ({{coord|23|45|N|155|35|W}}) by Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber aircraft based on {{USS|Enterprise|CV-6|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Lost with all 93 hands.{{cite web |url= http://www.combinedfleet.com/I-70.htm |title=Imperial submarines |publisher=Combinedfleet |access-date=17 December 2021}}

}}

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|ship=Kincorth

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

|desc=World War II: The drifter struck a mine and sank in the Irish Sea {{convert|7|nmi|km}} off Point Lynas Lighthouse, Anglesey with the loss of all eleven of her crew.{{cite web |url= http://www.benjidog.co.uk/Tower%20Hill/Fishing%20Vessels%20Hercules%20II%20to%20Kincorth.html#Kincorth |title=Kincorth |publisher=www.benjidog.co.uk |access-date=6 February 2016}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy SC 57: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|56|57|N|16|35|W}}) by {{GS|U-130|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of twelve of her 45 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Dewsbury|1910|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1217.html |title=Kirnwood |publisher=Uboat |access-date=28 February 2012}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy SC 57: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|56|51|N|16|36|W}}) by {{GS|U-130|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of ten of the 66 people on board. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Kingcup|K33|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1219.html |title=Kurdistan |publisher=Uboat |access-date=28 February 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet submarine|M-54||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=The M-class submarine ran aground in the Black Sea off Tuapse. She was refloated on 30 June 1942 and towed in to Anapa.{{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|Mauna Ala|1918|2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship had been carrying Christmas supplies to Hawaii. Due to the attack on Pearl Harbor, she was rerouted to Portland, Oregon. During the ensuing blackout on the west coast, she ran aground at Clatsop Beach, Oregon ({{coord|45|30|N|122|45|W}}) and was wrecked.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?133761 |title=SS Mauna Ala (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=22 December 2011}}{{cite web |url=https://visitftstevens.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/The-Donald-Moy-Story-002.pdf |title=The Saga of the Christmas Ship SS Mauna Ala |publisher=Friends of Old Fort Stevens |access-date=18 January 2023}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=577 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Japanese transport|Oigawa Maru||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Vigan Invasion Force: The Type 1A Standard transport was bombed and damaged off Pandan, near Vigan, Luzon by Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft of the Far East Air Forces' 14th Bomb Squadron. She was beached at Aparri, Philippines. Oigawa Maru was later refloated, repaired, returned to service.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Oigawa_t.htm |title=Japanese Army Auxiliary transports |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=30 November 2022}}

}}

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

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

|desc=The cargo ship collided with {{USS|New Mexico|BB-40|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) and sank in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|39|55|N|69|45|W}}) with the loss of seventeen of her crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?18429 |title=MV Oregon (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=23 December 2011}}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|Prince of Wales|53|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse: The {{sclass|King George V|battleship|||1939}} was bombed and sunk in the South China Sea east of Kuantan, Malaya by Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft with the loss of 327 of her 1,521 crew.

}}

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

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse: The {{sclass|Renown|battlecruiser}} was bombed and sunk in the South China Sea east of Kuantan by Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft with the loss of 508 of her 967 crew.

}}

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|ship={{USS|Santa Rita|FYB-681|6}}

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

|desc=World War II: The ferry launch was bombed and sunk during the Imperial Japanese Navy air raid on Cavite Navy Yard.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged at Manila by Japanese aircraft. She sank the next day.

}}

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|ship={{USS|Sealion|SS-195|6}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Sargo|submarine}} was bombed and damaged at Cavite Navy Yard by Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft. She was scuttled on 25 December owing to damage received and damage done to the navy yard which precluded repairs being carried out.

}}

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|ship={{SS|Star of Luxor|1918|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy SC 57: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|56|57|N|16|35|W}}) by {{GS|U-130|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of four of her 56 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Sunflower|K41|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1218.html |title=Star of Luxor |publisher=Uboat |access-date=28 February 2012}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged at Manila by Japanese aircraft. She was repaired and returned to service.{{cite book |first=Roger |last=Jordan |year= 1999 |title=The World's Merchant Ships 1939 |place=London |publisher=Chatham House |isbn=1-86176-023-X |page=114 }}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Takao Maru|1927|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Vigan Invasion Force: The {{Sclass|Takao Maru|transport ship}} was bombed by United States Army Air Forces aircraft at Santa, Ilocos Sur, Luzon ({{coord|17|29|N|120|26|E}}) and was beached. She was destroyed on 5 March 1942 by Philippine guerrillas and later stripped for usable parts.{{cite ship register |register=MSI |id=4032733 | shipname=Takao Maru |access-date=12 October 2013}}{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/TakaoM_t.htm |title=Japanese Army Auxiliary Transports |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=30 November 2022}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet torpedo boat|TKA-12||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=The torpedo boat was holed by ice and sank in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued by the minesweeper {{ship|Soviet minesweeper|T-205||2}} ({{navy|Soviet Union}}.

}}

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|ship=W-10

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

|desc=World War II: Vigan Invasion Force: The {{sclass2|No.7|minesweeper|||1938}} was strafed, exploded, and sank off Pandan {{coord|17|32|N|120|22|E}} by a Seversky P-35 aircraft of the Far East Air Forces' 34th Pursuit Squadron. The explosion blew a wing off the aircraft and it crashed into the sea.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/W-10_t.htm |title=Japanese Minesweepers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=10 December 2013}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Japanese minesweeper|W-19||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|No.19|minesweeper}} was bombed and damaged off Luzon by Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft of the Far East Air Forces' 14th Bomb Squadron. She was beached at Aparri {{coord|18|22|N|121|38|E}}. She was declared a total loss.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/W-19_t.htm |title=Japanese Minesweepers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=8 December 2013}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Italian torpedo boat|Alcione|1937|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Spica|torpedo boat}} was torpedoed and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea ({{coord|36|20|N|20|33|E}}) off Suda Bay, Crete, Greece by {{HMS|Truant|N68|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) and was towed close to shore where she capsized and sank with a loss of twenty of her crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?134614 |title=Alcione Torpedo Boat 1937-1941|publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=11 December 2012}}

}}

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|ship=Alphar

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The fishing vessel was shelled and sunk off Mylingen by {{ship|Soviet submarine|K-22||2}} ({{navy|Soviet Union|1935}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/5127.html |title=K-22 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=6 August 2014}}{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=53405 |title=Soviet submarines in the Arctic and Far East |publisher=SovietEmpire |access-date=14 December 2017}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Italian submarine|Ammiraglio Caracciolo||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Cagni|submarine}} was depth charged, shelled, and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea ({{coord|32|09|N|25|19|E}}) by {{HMS|Farndale|L70|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) and was subsequently scuttled by her crew. One passenger, an army general, was killed. Fifty-three survivors were rescued by HMS Farndale.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?145819 |title=RM Ammiraglio Caracciolo (CC) (1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=18 October 2011}}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Italian Submarine Sunk |date=18 December 1941 |page=3 |issue=49112 |column=B }}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker struck a mine and sank in the Black Sea off Sevastopol.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?150924 |title=SS Apsheron (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=20 December 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Borgar

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The fishing vessel was shelled and sunk off Mylingen by {{ship|Soviet submarine|K-22||2}} ({{navy|Soviet Union|1935}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea {{convert|90|nmi|km}} off Cape Matapan ({{coord|36|23|N|20|33|E}}) by {{HMS|Talisman|N78|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). Thirty-three crew, six gunners and 116 military passengers were killed. There were 227 or 230 survivors.{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2017/02/calitea.html |title=Calitea |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=11 December 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Hai Tung|1904|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the South China Sea ({{coord|5|08|N|104|32|E}}) by {{Jsub|I-156||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}) with the loss of all 49 of her crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/haitung.html |title= D/S Hai Tung |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=14 January 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese destroyer|Hayate|1925|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Battle of Wake Island: The {{sclass|Kamikaze|destroyer|||1922}} was sunk off Wake Island by shore based artillery with the loss of 168 of her crew. Only one survivor was rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese destroyer|Kisaragi|1925|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Battle of Wake Island: The {{sclass|Mutsuki|destroyer}} was bombed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean {{convert|30|nmi|km}} south west of Wake Island ({{coord|18|55|N|166|17|E}}) by a Grumman F4F Wildcat aircraft of the VMF-211, United States Marine Corps with the loss of all 154 crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?57735 |title=Kisigari Destroyer 1925-1941|publisher=Wrecksite.eu |access-date=9 December 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|HMT|Lady Shirley}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler was torpedoed and sunk in the Strait of Gibraltar ({{coord|35|59|N|5|17|W}}) by {{GS|U-374||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 33 crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship as torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean ({{coord|27|42|N|147|38|W}}) by {{Jsub|I-9||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}) with the loss of four of her 34 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{USCGC|Tiger|WSC-152|6}} (22px United States Coast Guard).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Enemy Submarines In Pacific |date=23 December 1941 |page=4 |issue=49116 |column=G }}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?30958 |title=SS Lahaina (1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=18 October 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Hong Kong. She was salvaged in 1942 and entered Japanese service asNannei Maru.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=505 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|HMY|Rosabelle}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The armed yacht was torpedoed and sunk in the Strait of Gibraltar ({{coord|35|59|N|5|17|W}}) by {{GS|U-374||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss off 30 of her 48 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{ship|HMY|Sayonara}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?16860 |title=HMS Rosabelle (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=18 October 2011}}{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1221.html |title=HMS Rosabelle |publisher=Uboat |access-date=19 March 2012}}

}}

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|ship=Sofia

|flag={{flag|Greece}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster was torpedoed and sunk north west of Suda Bay by {{HMS|Torbay|N79|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).

}}

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|ship={{SS|Tinley||2}}

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

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

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Panama}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Hong Kong. She was raised, repaired and put in Japanese service in May 1943 as Awa Maru.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?192089 |title=Wawa cargo ship |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=7 December 2014}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=587 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Soviet motor torpedo boat|No. 12||2}}, and
{{ship|Soviet motor torpedo boat|No. 42||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union|1935}}

|desc=The {{sclass2|D-3|motor torpedo boat}}s were lost on this date.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Soviet motor anti-submarine boat|No. 303||2}},
{{ship|Soviet motor anti-submarine boat|No. 307||2}}, and
{{ship|Soviet motor anti-submarine boat|No. 407||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union|1935}}

|desc=The MO-4-class motor anti-submarine boats were lost on this date.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=12 December 1941 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Admiral Y. S. Williams|1920|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Hong Kong. She was later salvaged, and entered Japanese service as Tatsutama Maru.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=590 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Ariadne Moller|1907|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Hong Kong. She was raised, repaired and put in Japanese service as Chikuzan Maru.{{cite web |url=http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/moller.shtml |title=Moller & Co. |publisher=shiplist.com |access-date=7 December 2014}}{{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}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The transport ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea ({{coord|31|42|N|19|07|E}}) by {{HMS|Thrasher|N37|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{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}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship||Awazisan Maru}}

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

|desc=World War II: The troopship was abandoned off Kota Bharu, Malaya on 8 December after being bombed by a Lockheed Hudson aircraft of No. 11 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, and catching fire, she was sunk at ({{coord|6|08|N|102|16|E}}) by the submarine {{HNLMS|K XII}} ({{naval|Netherlands}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=The cargo ship caught fire and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean south east of Cape Farewell, Greenland ({{coord|53|10|N|38|00|W}}). She later sank. The cause of the fire may have been sabotage.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?162025 |title=SS Bencleuch (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=20 December 2011}}{{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={{SS|Dromore Castle||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The British Standard WWI modified Type B cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea {{convert|20|nmi}} south south east of the mouth of the Humber ({{coord|53|29|08|N|0|52|00|E}}). Her 55 crew were rescued.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=495 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?2779 |title=Dromore Castle (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=7 May 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Governor Wright|1938|2}}

|flag=22px Philippines

|desc=World War II: The passenger ship was bombed and sunk in the Visayan Sea off Cebu ({{coord|12|55|N|123|55|E}}) by Japanese aircraft.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?234167 |title=SS Governor Wright (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=5 September 2022}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Hong Kong. She was raised by the Japanese in June 1942 and renamed Toryu Maru.{{cite web|url=http://warsailors.com/singleships/haraldsvang.html |title=D/S Haraldsvang |publisher=Warsailors.com |year=2009 |access-date=22 December 2011 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Hydra II|1919|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea off Mindoro, Philippines by {{USS|S-38|SS-143|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) with the loss of 41 of her 50 crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Joan Moller|1918|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Hong Kong. She was raised, repaired and put in Japanese service as Gyoryu Maru.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=500 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Kampar||2}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary anti-submarine ship was bombed and damaged at Penang, Malaya by Japanese aircraft and was beached and abandoned. She was bombed again the next day and her magazine exploded. The vessel was declared a total loss. Her crew were rescued. Japanese began repairs in place in March 1943, which were finished on 15 July 1943. She was put in Japanese service as Kasumi Maru.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Kasumi_t.htm |title=Captured Vessels in Japanese Service as Auxiliary Transports |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=9 December 2022}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The former World War I Design 1022 ship, converted to a sardine factory ship, was bombed and damaged in Manila Bay by Japanese aircraft. She sank on 11 January 1942.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?180342 |title=Manatawny (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=18 June 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Panama}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled in the Philippines.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Moth|1915|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|Insect|gunboat}} was scuttled at Hong Kong. She was later salvaged by the Japanese and entered Imperial Japanese Navy service as Suma.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SV|P III||2}}

|flag={{flag|Greece}}

|desc=World War II. The cargo schooner was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Drepano, Greece by {{HMS|Torbay|N79|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?188615 |title=P III (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=7 May 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Southern Sea|1913|2}}

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

|desc=The ocean liner ran aground off Libreville, French Equatorial Africa and was wrecked.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?101701 |title=SS Southern Sea (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=23 December 2011}}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|Tamar|1863|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The receiving ship was scuttled by shelling by the Royal Artillery at Hong Kong.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?127789 |title=HMS Tamar (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=7 May 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The ferry was bombed and sunk at Penang by Japanese aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The transport ship was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea off Kota Bharu ({{coord|06|08|N|102|16|E}}) by {{HNLMS|K XII}} ({{naval|Netherlands}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Toro_t.htm |title=Japanese Army Auxiliary Transports |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=7 May 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Tung Wo}}

|flag={{naval|United Kingdom}}

|desc=World War II: The armed examination vessel was bombed and damaged at Penang. One Chinese crewman was mortally wounded. She was bombed again and abandoned the next day. She eventually sank. HMS Tung Wo was refloated sometime in 1942, repaired and put in Japanese service as Dowa Maru.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/dowa_t.htm |title=Captured Vessels in Japanese Service as Auxiliary Transports |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=9 December 2022}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|German trawler|V 5101 Blitz||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The vorpostenboot was torpedoed and sunk in Nordfjord by Royal Air Force aircraft.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?16528 |title=V-5101 (Blitz) (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=27 December 2011}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed, shelled and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Pitcairn Island ({{coord|22|41|S|118|19|W}}) by {{ship||Aikoku Maru|1940|2}} and {{ship||Hōkoku Maru}} (both {{navy|Empire of Japan}}). Her 36 crew were captured and taken aboard Hōkoku Maru as prisoners of war.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59364 |title=Vincent (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=27 December 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Aikoku_t.htm |title=Japanese auxiliary cruisers |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=18 January 2023}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=586 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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

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

|desc=The cargo ship sank in the Gulf of Guinea.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?101509 |title=Warrian (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=27 December 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=13 December 1941 |sort=}}

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|ship={{ship|Italian cruiser|Alberico da Barbiano||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Battle of Cape Bon: The {{sclass|Giussano|cruiser}} was torpedoed, shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Bon Tunisia by the 4th Destroyer Flotilla, Royal Navy.{{ref|b|[Note 2]}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Italian cruiser|Alberto di Giussano||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Battle of Cape Bon: The {{sclass|Giussano|cruiser}} was torpedoed, shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Bon by the 4th Destroyer Flotilla, Royal Navy.

}}

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|ship={{ship|Japanese transport|Asosan Maru||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Patani Siam (Thailand) Invasion Unit: The {{sclass|Asosan Maru|transport ship}} was torpedoed and beached, or sank in shallow water, in the Gulf of Siam at Pattani, Thailand by {{HNLMS|O 16}} ({{naval|Netherlands}}). Salvage work began 9 March 1942. Temporary repairs were made at Hong Kong, and finished in Japan in December 1942. She was returned to service{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Asosan_t.htm |title=Japanese Army Auxiliary Transports |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=8 November 2022}}

}}

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|ship={{MV|Badalona|1922|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was stopped, torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|36|43|N|3|30|W}}) by {{GS|U-453||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of three of her crew.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1223.html |title=Badalona |publisher=Uboat |access-date=26 March 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{MV|Carlo del Greco|1951|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea {{convert|15|nmi|km}} off Capo Vito, Sicily ({{coord|40|10|N|7|50|E}}) by {{HMS|Upright|N89|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=531 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Chung On||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Hong Kong.

}}

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|ship={{SS|Fabio Filzi|1940|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea {{convert|15|nmi}} off Capo Vito ({{coord|40|10|N|17|50|E}}) by {{HMS|Upright|N89|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=532 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Japanese transport|Kinka Maru||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Patani Siam (Thailand) Invasion Unit: The transport ship was torpedoed and beached, or sank in shallow water, in the Gulf of Siam at Pattani by {{HNLMS|O 16}} ({{naval|Netherlands}}). Salvage work began on 9 March 1942. Kinka Maru was refloated and repaired at Hong Kong. Work was finished in December 1942, and she was returned to service.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Asosan_t.htm |title=Japanese Army Auxiliary Transports |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=8 November 2022}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Japanese transport|Nikkoku Maru||2}}

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

|desc=The transport ship ran aground off Samah, Hainan Island. She broke in two and sank on 18 December due to heavy wave action.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Nikkoku_t.htm |title=Japanese transports |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=13 December 2013}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Taizan Maru|1902|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea off Cape Ca Mau, French Indo-China by {{HNLMS|K XII}} ({{naval|Netherlands}}).

}}

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

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

|desc=The {{sclass|Taiko Maru|transport ship}} was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea off Cape Kuantan, Singora, Thailand ({{coord|06|08|N|102|16|E}}) by {{HNLMS|K XII}} ({{naval|Netherlands}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Toro_t.htm |title=Japanese Army Auxiliary transports |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=30 November 2022}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Japanese transport|Tozan Maru||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Patani Siam (Thailand) Invasion Unit: The {{Sclass|Tosan Maru|transport ship}} was torpedoed and sank in shallow water, in the Gulf of Siam at Pattani by {{HNLMS|O 16}} ({{naval|Netherlands}}). Tozan Maru was refloated in April 1942, towed to Hong Kong for repairs that were finished in December 1942 and was returned to service.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Tosan_t.htm |title=Japanese Army Auxiliary transports |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=23 November 2022}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet patrol ship|No. 305||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=The PK-115 Type MO-2 patrol boat was lost on this date.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet motor anti-submarine boat|No. 307 ||2}},
{{ship|Soviet motor anti-submarine boat|No. 405||2}}, and
{{ship|Soviet motor anti-submarine boat|No. 406||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union|1935}}

|desc=The MO-4-class motor anti-submarine boats were lost on this date.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=14 December 1941 |sort=}}

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

|flag={{flag|Portugal}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|35|08|N|11|14|W}}) by {{GS|U-108|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 57 crew were rescued; 13 of them by {{HMS|Campion|K108|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1224.html |title=Cassequel |publisher=Uboat |access-date=23 February 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|Galatea|71|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Arethusa|cruiser|||1934}} may have been torpedoed and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea off Alexandria, Egypt ({{coord|34|01|N|26|02|E}}) by {{ship|Italian submarine|Dagabur||2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}). She was torpedoed and sunk at {{coord|31|17|N|29|31|E}} by {{GS|U-557||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 469 of her 613 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Griffin|H31|6}} and {{HMS|Hotspur|H01|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |title=HMS Galatea (71) |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/1225.html |website=uboat.net |access-date=24 July 2021}}

}}

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|ship={{MV|Høegh Merchant|1934|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean {{convert|29|nmi}} off Cape Makapuu, Oahu, Hawaii, United States by {{Jsub|I-4||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}). Her 40 passengers and crew were rescued by {{USS|Trever|DD-339|6}} ({{naval|USA|1912}}).{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=560 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The accommodation ship caught fire at Danzig-Neufahrwasser with the loss of 28 lives and was declared a total loss. She was subsequently used as a target ship. Lofjord was scrapped in 1951.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/homefleetsingles/blackprince.html |title=M/S Black Prince |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=8 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=HMS MA/SB 30

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The motor anti-submarine boat sank after hitting the Humber boom.{{cite web |url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/17429.html |title=HMS MA/SB 30 of the Royal Navy |publisher=U Boat.net |access-date=14 December 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Miharu Maru|1899|2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship foundered south of Hokkaido.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?153400 |title=SS Miharu Maru (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=22 December 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=HMS MTB 68

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The {{sclass2|Thorneycroft 55-foot|motor torpedo boat}} collided with HMS MTB 215 ({{naval|UK}}) and sank off Tobruk, Libya.

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster was bombed and sunk in the North Sea off the coast of Norway by Allied aircraft with the loss of all six crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/homefleet/shipst2.html |title=Norwegian Homefleet - WW II, Ships starting with To through Ty |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=11 February 2012}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The cargo ship was wrecked at Kammarbrinken, Utlangen.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?234683 |title=Wilhelmina (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=6 May 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese gunboat|Zuiko Maru||2}}

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

|desc=The auxiliary gunboat dragged her anchor in a storm and grounded on a reef off Matsura Jima, Kuril Islands. All of her crew, except 13 who remained aboard, were rescued by {{ship|Japanese escort|Ishigaki||2}} and {{ship|Japanese transport|Kaiko Maru||2}} (both {{navy|Empire of Japan}}). Zuiko Maru was abandoned by its remaining crew on 30 March and sank at a later date.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Ishigaki_t.htm |title=Japanese Escorts |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=14 December 2013}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=15 December 1941 |sort=}}

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|ship=Agios Georgios

|flag={{flagicon|Greece}} Greece

|desc=World War II: The sailing vessel was shelled and sunk by {{HMS|Torbay|N79|6}} ({{naval|United Kingdom}}) {{convert|1|mi|spell=in}} off Cape Methoni.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?188616 |title=Agios Georgios (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=6 May 2023}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HG 76: The Design 1022 ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|35|30|N|6|17|W}}) by {{GS|U-77|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}).{{cite book |last2=Sawyer |first2=LA |last1=Mitchell |first1=WH |year= 1990 |title=The Empire Ships |place=London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong |publisher=Lloyd's of London Press Ltd |isbn=1-85044-275-4 |edition=Second |page=414 }} She sank with the loss of 13 of her 52 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Coltsfoot|K140|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).

}}

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|ship={{ship|ST|Indira||2}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The tug/auxiliary minesweeper was bombed and sunk at Hong Kong by Japanese aircraft.

}}

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|ship=Kyriakula

|flag={{flagicon|Greece}} Greece

|desc=World War II: The sailing vessel was shelled and sunk by {{HMS|Torbay|N79|6}} ({{naval|United Kingdom}}) {{convert|1|mi|spell=in}} off Cape Methoni.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?188616 |title=Agios Georgios (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=6 May 2023}}

}}

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|ship={{HNLMS|O 16}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The submarine struck a mine and sank off Troman Island with the loss of 41 of her 42 crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.dutchsubmarines.com/boats/boat_o16.htm |title=O 16 |publisher=www.dutchsubmarines.com |access-date=18 December 2020}}

}}

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|ship={{USS|PT-33}}

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

|desc=The PT boat was lost to grounding off Cape Santiago, Luzon, Philippines.{{cite web |url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/10121.html |title=PT 33 of the US Navy |publisher=U Boat.net |access-date=15 December 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|Thracian|1920|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The {{sclass2|S|destroyer|||1917}} ran aground at high speed and was damaged at Hong Kong. She was refloated and continued in service.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/HongKong_t.htm |title=Naval war in China "Black Christmas" the fall of Hong Kong-1941 |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=8 December 2022}}

}}

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|ship={{GS|U-127|1941|2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type IXC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape St. Vincent, Portugal ({{coord|36|27|N|9|12|W}}) by {{HMAS|Nestor|G02|6}} ({{naval|Australia|1913}}) with the loss of all 51 of her crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4112-39DEC02.htm |title=Naval Events, December 1941, Part 2 of 2, Monday 15th – Wednesday 31st |publisher=Naval History |access-date=19 December 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Viscaya

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled in Manila Bay.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Three unnamed vessels

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

|desc=World War II: British Borneo (Sarawak) Invasion Convoy: The three {{Sclass2|Daihatsu|landing craft}} capsized when lowered into the water from a transport during a storm off Miri. Nineteen Imperial Japanese Army troops were killed and fifteen were reported missing.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Kenkon_t.htm |title=Japanese Army Auxiliary transports |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=21 November 2022}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=16 December 1941 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MS|Atsutasan Maru|1937|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Aosan Maru-class auxiliary anti-aircraft transport was torpedoed and damaged in the East China Sea south of Samah, China ({{coord|18|06|N|109|44|E}}) by {{USS|Swordfish|SS-193|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Three of her crew and 25 gunners were killed. She drifted abandoned for two days before sinking.{{cite ship register |register=MSI |id=4043739 | shipname=Atsutasan Maru |access-date=12 October 2013}}{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Atsutasan_t.htm |title=Atsutasan Maru |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=3 June 2019}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled, or bombed and sunk, at Hong Kong. She was salvaged by the Japanese, repaired and entered service as Haruna Maru.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/halldor.html |title= D/S Halldor |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=14 January 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|LCT 11||2}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The Landing Craft, Tank foundered off Sollum, Egypt.{{cite web |url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/17589.html |title=LCT 11 of the Royal Navy |publisher=UBoat.net |access-date=16 December 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|MTB 8||2}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|BPB 60-foot|motor torpedo boat}} was bombed, set on fire, and sunk at Hong Kong by Japanese aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy SC 58: The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|56|07|N|21|00|W}}). Her 25 crew were rescued by {{HMCS|Pictou|K146|6}} ({{naval|Canada|1911}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?58912 |title=SS Nidardal (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=23 December 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/nidardal.html |title=D/S Nidardal |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=1 February 2012}}

}}

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|ship=Parthian

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

|desc=The fishing trawler was sunk in a collision off the Isle of Lewis.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?273826 |title=Parthian (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=6 May 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{GS|U-557||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The Type VIIC submarine was accidentally rammed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea west of Crete, Greece by {{ship|Italian torpedo boat|Orione|1937|2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}) with the loss of all 43 crew.

}}

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|ship=Two unnamed ships

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

|desc=World War II: Battle of Hong Kong: The two anchored steamships were shelled and sunk in Kowloon Bay, {{convert|1000|yd}} east of the electric power station by {{HMS|Thracian|1920|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/HongKong_t.htm |title=Naval war in China "Black Christmas" the fall of Hong Kong-1941 |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=8 December 2022}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=17 December 1941 |sort=}}

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|ship=Col. William B. Cowin

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

|desc=The ferry sank in {{convert|75|ft}} of water within 30 minutes of striking the Hens and Chickens Reef in Buzzards Bay off Westport, Massachusetts, {{convert|3|nmi|spell=in}} east-southeast of Gooseberry Island ({{coord|41|28.3|N|070|58.8|W|name=Col. William B. Cowin}}).{{Cite web| url=http://wreckhunter.net/DataPages/colonelwilliambcowin.htm |title=Col. William B. Cowin | publisher=Hunting New England Shipwrecks |accessdate=30 January 2021 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The passenger ship (1,676t) struck a mine and sank in Manila Bay off Corregidor Island. Between 900 and 1,200 people lost their lives, while 282 survivors rescued by {{USS|PT-32}}, USS PT-34, and {{USS|PT-35}} (all {{navy|USA|1912}}).{{cite web |url=https://pacificwrecks.com/ships/ss/corregidor.html |title=Corregidor |publisher=pacificwrecks.com |access-date=3 July 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://philippinediaryproject.com/2014/12/17/the-sinking-of-the-s-s-corregidor-december-16-17-1941/ |title=Corregidor |publisher=philippinediaryproject.com |access-date=3 July 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://thepacificwars.com/sinking-ss-corregidor-dec-17-1941-900-1200-lives-lost/ |title=Corregidor |publisher=thepacificwars.com |access-date=3 July 2024}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was bombed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea north west of Tripoli, Libya ({{coord|33|58|N|12|03|E}}) by Fairey Swordfish of 803 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm. Two of her 22 crew were killed. The survivors, including three wounded, were rescued by the rescue ship {{MV|Laurana|1939|2}} ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}).{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2020/11/lina.html |title=Lina |date=15 November 2020 |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=17 December 2020}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet submarine|M-59||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union|1935}}

|desc=World War II: The M-class submarine was depth charged and sunk by the destroyer {{NMS|Regele Ferdinand||2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Romania}}).Donald A Bertke, Gordon Smith, Don Kindell, World War II Sea War, Vol 5: Air Raid Pearl Harbor. This Is Not a Drill, p. 63

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean {{convert|108|nmi}} south of Hawaii by {{Jsub|I-75||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}) with the loss of two of her crew. Survivors were rescued by {{USS|Allen|DD-66|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) on 27 December, and {{USS|Patterson|DD-392|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) on 28 December.

}}

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|ship=Olivia H

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

|desc=The motor vessel sank at Dayville, Territory of Alaska ({{coord|60|05|N|146|21|W|name=Dayville}}).[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-o/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (O)]

}}

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|ship={{Jsub|Ro-66||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Ro-60|submarine}} collided with {{Jsub|Ro-62||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}) and sank in the Pacific Ocean off Wake Island. Three sailors were picked up by Ro-62, but 63 others were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/RO-66.htm |title=Ro-66 |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=17 December 2020}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Invasion of British Borneo (Sarawak): Invasion Convoy: The {{sclass|Fubuki|destroyer}} was bombed, exploded and sunk in the South China Sea off Miri, Sarawak ({{coord|4|24|N|114|00|E}}) by Dornier Do 24 aircraft of GVT-7, Netherlands Naval Aviation Service with the loss of all hands (some 221 officers and sailors).{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/shinon_t.htm |title=Shinonome |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=17 December 2020}}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|Thracian|1920|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|S|destroyer|||1917}}was deliberately run aground off Round Island, between Repulse Bay and Deepwater Bay, Hong Kong. She was later salvaged by the Japanese and entered Imperial Japanese Navy service as Patrol Boat No. 101.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/HongKong_t.htm |title=Naval war in China "Black Christmas" the fall of Hong Kong-1941 |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=8 December 2022}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{GS|U-131|1941|2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type IXC submarine was depth charged, torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of Madeira, Portugal ({{coord|34|12|N|13|35|W}}) by ships of the 36th Escort Group{{ref|c|[Note 3]}} and Grumman Martlet aircraft of 802 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm based on {{HMS|Audacity|D10|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). Her 55 crew were rescued by {{HMS|Stanley|I73|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=18 December 1941 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Soviet trawler|Navarga|RT-4|2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union|1935}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler was bombed and sunk at Vostochnaya Liza by Junkers Ju 88 aircraft of the Luftwaffe. Her crew survived, some were wounded.{{cite web |url=http://kortic.borda.ru/?1-11-1546128000028-00000089-000-60-1 |title=Navarga |publisher=kortic.borda.ru |access-date=18 December 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the South China Sea east of the Natuna Islands, Netherlands East Indies by Japanese aircraft with the loss of eight of her 40 crew.{{cite web |url=http://warsailors.com/forum/archive/forum/read.php-1,24959,24959.html#msg-24959 |title=Perekop |publisher=warsailors.com |access-date=18 December 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German trawler|NN 02 Steinbock||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The naval whaler ran aground at Seiskjær, near Bodø, Norway ({{coord|67|44|N|14|26|E}}). She later sank.{{cite web |url=https://www.skipshistorie.net/Sandefjord/SFJ003JohanRasmussen/Tekster/SFJ00319250300000%20ALEX%20LANGE.pdf |title=NN 02 Steinbock |publisher=www.skipshistorie.net |access-date=18 December 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{GS|U-434||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north of Madeira, Portugal ({{coord|36|15|N|15|48|W}}) by {{HMS|Blankney|L30|6}} and {{HMS|Stanley|I73|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}) with the loss of two of her 44 crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=19 December 1941 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Aldgate}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Hong Kong: The {{Sclass|Moorgate|boom defence vessel}} was scuttled at Hong Kong.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Alliance|W77|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Hong Kong: The {{sclass|Alliance|tugboat|0}} tug was scuttled in Deepwater Bay, Hong Kong.{{cite web |url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/7515.html |title=HMS Alliance(W 77) of the Royal Navy |publisher=UBoat.net |access-date=19 December 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Barlight}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Hong Kong: The {{sclass2|Bar|boom defence vessel|1}} was scuttled at Hong Kong. She was later raised, repaired and taken into Imperial Japanese Navy service as Ma-101.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Hong Kong: The {{sclass|Arabis|sloop|0}} sloop was scuttled at Hong Kong.{{csr |register=MSI |id=6105332 |shipname=Cornflower |access-date=11 August 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{Ship|RFA|Ebonol}}

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

|desc=World War II: Battle of Hong Kong: The tanker was scuttled at Hong Kong. She was later salvaged by the Japanese, repaired and entered Imperial Japanese Navy service as Enoshima Maru.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ferruccio

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

|desc=World War II: The coaster collided with another ship and sank at Tripoli, Libya.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary patrol ship was lost on this date.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Kong Haakon VII|1941|2}}, and
{{MV|Myrmidon|1930|2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship Kong Haakon VII collided with the ocean liner Myrmidon at Whiteinch, Renfrewshire on being launched. Both vessels were severely damaged.{{cite book |last2=Sawyer |first2=LA |last1=Mitchell |first1=WH |year= 1990 |title=The Empire Ships |place=London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong |publisher=Lloyd's of London Press Ltd |isbn=1-85044-275-4 |edition=Second |page=20 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The ship was reported as bombed and sunk at Hong Kong by Japanese aircraft,{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=575 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}} but other sources say she was sunk by Japanese artillery,{{cite web |url=http://www.kscnet.ru/ivs/bibl/paperno/for_65_engl.htm |title=The unknown World War II in the North Pacific |publisher=KSCnet |access-date=26 April 2014}} or point out that she might have also been targeted by British artillery from Kowloon.[https://books.google.com/books?id=TgwFDq9j4ZwC&dq=svirstroi&pg=PA148 here]).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|MTB 12}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Hong Kong: The motor torpedo boat was sunk at Hong Kong by Japanese landing craft.{{cite web |url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/16708.html |title=MTB 12 of the Royal Navy |publisher=UBoat.net |access-date=19 December 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|MTB 26}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Hong Kong: The motor torpedo boat was sunk at Hong Kong by Japanese landing craft. Her commanding officer was killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/13591.html |title=MTB 26 of the Royal Navy |publisher=UBoat.net |access-date=19 December 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/HongKong_t.htm |title=Naval war in China "Black Christmas" the fall of Hong Kong-1941 |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=8 December 2022}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Man Kim|1933|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Battle of Hong Kong: The ferry was scuttled at Hong Kong.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Man Kung||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Battle of Hong Kong: The ferry was scuttled at Hong Kong.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mouette

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

|desc=World War II: The fishing boat struck a mine and sank in the Bristol Channel off Minehead, Somerset with the loss of two of her crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Neptune|20|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: First Battle of Sirte: The {{sclass|Leander|cruiser|||1931}} struck a mine and was sunk off Sirte, Libya with the loss of all but one of her 767 crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|O 20}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|O 19|submarine}} was shelled and sunk in the South China Sea by {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Uranami|1928|2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Poet Chaucer}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Hong Kong: The tug was scuttled in Deepwater Bay.{{cite web |url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/7521.html |title=Tug HMS Poet Chaucer |publisher=UBoat.net |access-date=19 December 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean {{convert|150|nmi}} south of Hawaii ({{coord|17|30|N|157|00|W}}) by {{Jsub|I-72||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}) with the loss of eight of her 33 crew. Fourteen survivors were rescued by {{USCGC|Tiger|WSC-152|6}} ({{coast guard|USA|coast guard}}) on 27 December, and a Fijian Government ship rescued the eleven others after a {{convert|2700|mi|adj=on}} journey in a lifeboat.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Redstart}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Hong Kong: The minelayer was scuttled at Hong Kong.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HG 76: The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|38|20|N|17|15|W}}) by {{GS|U-108|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of three of her 42 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Finland|1920|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) and {{HMS|Stork|L81|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). Ruckinge was scuttled by {{HMS|Samphire|K128|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1229.html |title=Ruckinge |publisher=Uboat |access-date=23 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Sergei Lazo|1909|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Battle of Hong Kong: The ship was reported as bombed and sunk at Hong Kong by Japanese aircraft,{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=576 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}} but other sources say she was sunk by Japanese artillery. or point out that she might have also been targeted by British artillery from Kowloon.(see [https://books.google.com/books?id=TgwFDq9j4ZwC&dq=svirstroi&pg=PA148 here]). She was later refloated.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: Battle of Hong Kong: The ship was reported as bombed and sunk at Hong Kong by Japanese aircraft, but other sources say she was sunk by Japanese artillery or point out that she might have also been targeted by British artillery from Kowloon.[https://books.google.com/books?id=TgwFDq9j4ZwC&dq=svirstroi&pg=PA148 here]). She was later refloated.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Stanley|I73|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy HG 76: The {{sclass2|Town|destroyer}} was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|38|12|N|17|23|W}}) by {{GS|U-574||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 95 of her 120 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Samphire|K178|6}} and {{HMS|Stork|L81|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1228.html |title=HMS Stanley (I 73) |publisher=Uboat |access-date=9 April 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: Battle of Hong Kong: The ship was reported as bombed and sunk at Hong Kong by Japanese aircraft, but other sources say she was sunk by Japanese artillery or point out that she might have also been targeted by British artillery from Kowloon.(see [https://books.google.com/books?id=TgwFDq9j4ZwC&dq=svirstroi&pg=PA148 here]). She was later refloated.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Hong Kong: The gunboat was scuttled at Hong Kong.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{GS|U-574||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged, rammed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|38|12|N|17|23|W}}) by {{HMS|Stork|L81|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) with the loss of 22 of her 42 crew.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u574.htm |title=U-574 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=9 April 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Varlaam Avanesov|1932|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Aegean Sea {{convert|2.5|nmi}} off Cape Babakele, Turkey ({{coord|39|27|N|26|05|E}}) by {{GS|U-652||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Depending on the sources one crew member was lost or all survived.{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1230.html |title=Varlaam Avanesov |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=13 September 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://warspot.ru/13105-ognennyy-reys-tankera-tuapse |title=Varlaam Avanesov |publisher=warspot.ru |access-date=13 September 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Watergate}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Hong Kong: The boom defence vessel was scuttled at Hong Kong.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=20 December 1941 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMCS|Adversus}}

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

|desc=The patrol vessel (155 GRT) ran aground on McNutts Island, Nova Scotia in a blizzard and was wrecked.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Emidio||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker (6,912 GRT, 1921) was shelled, torpedoed and damaged in the Pacific Ocean off Cape Mendocino, California by {{Jsub|I-17||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}) with the loss of five crew. Survivors reached the Blunt's Reef Lightship and were rescued by {{USCGC|Shawnee}} ({{coast guard|USA|coast guard}}). Emidio drifted {{convert|85|mi}} to the north west and came ashore at Crescent City, California. The wreck was refloated, towed to Long Beach, California, and scrapped in 1969.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/I-17_t.htm |title=Imperial Submarines |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=7 December 2013}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Kandahar|F28|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: First Battle of Sirte: Damaged by a mine in the Mediterranean Sea off Sirte, Libya 73 of her crew were killed whilst attempting to assist the light cruiser {{HMS|Neptune|20|6}} ({{naval|UK}}), the {{sclass2|K|destroyer}} (1,690/2,330 t, 1939) was scuttled by the destroyer {{HMS|Jaguar|F34|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: Battle of Hong Kong: The coastal tanker (984 GRT, 1894) was scuttled by shelling by {{HMS|Cicala}} ({{naval|UK}}) at Hong Kong to prevent capture. Raised, repaired and put in service as {{SS|Sumatra Maru|1894|2}} ({{army|Empire of Japan}}).{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=sWXTTtl6jiIC&dq=Ship:+HMS+Surprise,+1942&pg=PA171 |title=List of Admiralty records Vol. 6 |year=1964 |publisher=Kraus-Tomson/Googlebooks |access-date=20 June 2020}}{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Gyoryu_t.htm |title=Japanese Oilers, Captured and Foreign Tankers in Imperial Army Service |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=4 December 2022}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Taishan||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship (3,174 GRT) was bombed and sunk in the Tathong Channel by Japanese aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Warrian||2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship was sunk in a collision with {{SS|Pierre Loti||2}} ({{flag|France}}) off the entrance to the Bonny River.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?101509 |title=Warrian (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=6 May 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=21 December 1941 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy HG 76: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|43|55|N|19|50|W}}) by {{GS|U-567||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 34 of the 38 people on board.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1231.html |title=Annavore |publisher=Uboat |access-date=9 April 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Audacity|D10|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy HG 76: The escort carrier was torpedoed sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|430|nmi}} west of Cape Finisterre, Spain ({{coord|43|45|N|19|54|W}}) by {{GS|U-751||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}).{{cite book |last2=Sawyer |first2=LA |last1=Mitchell |first1=WH |year= 1990 |title=The Empire Ships |place=London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong |publisher=Lloyd's of London Press Ltd |isbn=1-85044-275-4 |edition=Second |pages=432–33 }} Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Convolvulus|K45|6}}, {{HMS|Marigold|K87|6}} and {{HMS|Pentstemon|K61|6}} (all {{naval|UK}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea ({{coord|53|40|N|0|30|E}}) with the loss of two of her 60 crew. The wreck was subsequently dispersed by explosives.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=488 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Cicala|T71|2}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Hong Kong: The {{sclass2|Insect|gunboat}} was bombed and sunk at Hong Kong by Japanese aircraft with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|MTB 10}} ({{naval|UK}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Dorothy Phillips|1918|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed by {{Jsub|I-23|1939|2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}) and ran aground near Monterey Bay, California.See [https://books.google.com/books?id=urm4jlLKf0IC&dq=dorothy+philips+ship&pg=PT36 here]

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Emshörn|1913|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Barents Sea off Petsamo, Finland ({{coord|70|04|N|30|32|E}}) by {{ship|Soviet submarine|M-174||2}} ({{navy|Soviet Union|1935}}) with the loss of one life.{{cite web|url=http://submarine-at-war.ru/attacks/411221m174.html |title=Emshörn |publisher=submarine-at-war.ru |access-date=11 December 2019}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=469 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|4|nmi|km}} off Cape Negro, Morocco ({{coord|35|41|N|5|10|W}}) by {{GS|U-573||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 41 crew were rescued by {{HMT|Arctic Ranger}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1232.html |title=Hellen |publisher=Uboat |access-date=9 April 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|K XVII}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The submarine was mined and sunk in the South China Sea off Tioman Island,({{coord|03|10|N|104|12|E}}){{cite web |url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/2880.html |title=HNMS K XVII of the Royal Dutch Navy |publisher=UBoat.net |access-date=21 December 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{Ship|Soviet ship|Kretchet||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed, shelled and sunk by Japanese forces at Hong Kong.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?240397 |title=Kretchet (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=6 May 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on the Pluckington Bank, in the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. Merton broke her back and was refloated in two halves. She was repaired at Birkenhead, Cheshire and returned to service.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Nauwai||2}}

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

|desc=The vessel was wrecked/burned in Broken Bay, off Pittwater, New South Wales.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?50827 |title=Nauwai (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=6 May 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Sergei Lazo|1909|2}}

|flag={{flag|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk by Japanese forces at Hong Kong.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?209037 |title=Sergei Lazo (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=6 May 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{GS|U-451||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Spartel, Morocco by Fairey Swordfish aircraft of 812 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm with the loss of 44 of her 45 crew. The survivor was rescued by {{HMS|Myosotis|K65|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{GS|U-567||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|44|02|N|20|10|W}}) by {{HMS|Deptford|U53|6}} and {{HMS|Samphire|K128|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}) with the loss of all 47 crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=22 December 1941 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The interned cargo ship was damaged by fire at Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was subsequently repaired and entered Argentinian service as General San Martin.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=456 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was bombed and damaged in the Bay of Biscay by a Short Sunderland aircraft of 10 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force. The next day, she was torpedoed and sunk at Cariño, Spain by Bristol Beaufort aircraft of 22 Squadron, Royal Air Force. A crew member was killed.{{cite web |url=http://warsailors.com/raidervictims/atlantis1.html |title=Benno |publisher=warsailors.com |access-date=23 December 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?135591 |title=Benno |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=23 December 2020}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk {{convert|14|nmi|km}} north west of Misrata, Libya by a mine or torpedo.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?97785 |title=Cadamosto (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=6 May 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Hayo Maru|1921|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: 1st Lingayen Invasion Unit: The Choyo Maru-class auxiliary transport was torpedoed by {{USS|S-38|SS-143|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). The ship exploded, broke in two and sank in the Lingayen Gulf ({{coord|16|37|N|120|17|E}}). Two of her crew were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Hayo_t.htm |title=Japanese Army Auxiliary Transports |publisher=Combinedfleet |access-date=6 June 2020}}

}}

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|ship=Maria

|flag={{flagicon|Greece}} Greece

|desc=World War II: The cargo schooner was shelled and sunk {{convert|5+1/2|nmi|km}} from the Pylos Lighthouse by {{HMS|Torbay|N79|6}} ({{naval|United Kingdom}}).{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?188619 |title=Maria (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=6 May 2023}}

}}

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

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The transport ship struck a mine and sank in the Mediterranean Sea {{convert|14|nmi|km}} north west of Misrata ({{coord|32|26|N|15|01|E}}).{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=478 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Stylianos Chandris|1919|2}}

|flag={{flagicon|Greece}} Greece

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off the mouth of the Humber ({{coord|53|32|28|N|1|31|04|E}}). Her 30 crew were rescued. The wreck was dispersed by explosives in 1950.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=527 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Benghazi, Libya by Royal Air Force aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Umbro Cadamosto||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Mediterranean Sea {{convert|14|nmi|km}} north west of Misrata ({{coord|32|30|N|15|01|E}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

For the loss of the Italian coastal tanker Speranza on this day, see the entry for 30 November 1941.

{{shipwreck list begin |date=23 December 1941 |sort=}}

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|ship={{ship|HMT|Fiskaren}}

|flag={{naval|United Kingdom}}

|desc= The naval drifter was sunk in a collision at Belfast, County Antrim.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?64931 |title=Fiskaren (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=6 May 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://www.naval-history.net/WW2BritishLossesbyName1.htm |title=Royal Navy Vessels Lost at Sea, 1939-45 - By Name An. 2 (Whaler) to Kylemore (Netlayer) - A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K |publisher=naval-history.net |access-date=6 May 2023}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Hie Maru|1941|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Invasion of British Borneo (Sarawak): Invasion Convoy: The transport ship was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea off Kuching, Sarawak by {{HNLMS|K XIV}} ({{naval|Netherlands}}). Five of her crew were killed.{{cite ship register |register=MSI |id=4048619 | shipname=Hiyoshi Maru |access-date=12 October 2013}}{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/hieT_t.htm |title=Hie Maru |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=23 December 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese transport ship|Hokkai Maru||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: British Borneo (Sarawak) Invasion Convoy: The Kenai Maru-class auxiliary transport ship was torpedoed and damaged in the South China Sea off Kuching by {{HNLMS|K XIV}} ({{naval|Netherlands}}) and was beached. She was refloated in September 1942, towed to Singapore, repaired there and returned to service in September 1943.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Hokkai_t.htm |title=Hokkai Maru |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=23 December 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship||Katori Maru|1913|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The ocean liner was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea off Kuching by {{HNLMS|K XIV}} ({{naval|Netherlands}}). Ten of her crew and many troops were killed.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Léopold II||2}}

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster struck a mine and sank in the North Sea ({{coord|52|53|48|N|2|05|20|E}}) with the loss of 35 of her 41 crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/convoys/sc58.html |title=Convoy SC.58 |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=24 May 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://www.francaislibres.net/pages/index.php?id=2 |title=Léopold II |publisher=www.francaislibres.net |access-date=23 December 2020}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Montebello||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed, shelled, and sunk in the Pacific Ocean {{convert|4|nmi|km}} south of the Piedras Blancas Lighthouse, California ({{coord|35|30|N|121|15|W}}) by {{Jsub|I-21||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}). Her crew were rescued.

}}

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|ship={{ship|Japanese patrol boat|PB-32||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Battle of Wake Island: The {{sclass|Momi|destroyer}} was run aground on Wake Island ({{coord|19|17|N|166|35|E}}) to land troops and was destroyed by {{convert|3|in|mm|adj=on|0}} shore guns.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/PB-32_t.htm |title=PB-32 |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=23 December 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese patrol boat|PB-33||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Battle of Wake Island: The {{sclass|Momi|destroyer}} was run aground on Wake Island ({{coord|19|17|N|166|35|E}}) to land troops and was destroyed by {{convert|3|in|mm|adj=on|0}} shore guns that killed two of her crew and wounded seven others.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/PB-33_t.htm |title=PB-33 |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=23 December 2020}}

}}

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|ship=Pelikan

|flag={{flag|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The fishing trawler was shelled and sunk at Lofoten, Norway.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?293199 |title=Pelikan (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=6 May 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Rokos Vergottis|1919|2}}

|flag={{flagicon|Greece}} Greece

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine in the North Sea off Cromer, Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was taken in tow but ran aground at {{coord|52|45|N|2|10|E}} and was abandoned. There were no casualties.{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/verluste_griechenland/ausgabe.php?rubrik=%&where_value=404 |title=Rokos Vergottis |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=23 December 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy TA 5: The passenger ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea {{convert|100|nmi}} west of Alexandria, Egypt ({{coord|32|06|N|24|46|E}}) by {{GS|U-559||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of at least 800 lives, mostly Italian and German prisoners of war. Many of the survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Salvia|K97|6}} and a few by {{HMS|Heythrop|L85|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}), but HMS Salvia was sunk a few hours later with the loss of all aboard.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?98958 |title=SS St. Shuntien (II) (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=18 October 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1234.html |title=Shuntien |publisher=Uboat |access-date=8 April 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

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

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Sperenza||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The coastal tanker was scuttled at Benghazi, Libya after being bombed and damaged by Royal Air Force aircraft.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?180438 |title=Sperenza (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=6 May 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=The coaster foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Mersa Matruh, Egypt. Her crew were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|HMT|Token}}

|flag={{naval|United Kingdom}}

|desc= The naval drifter/minesweeper ran aground in a storm in Skerry Sound, Scapa Flow and broke up.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?258841 |title=Token (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=6 May 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{GS|U-79|1941|2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Bardia, Libya ({{coord|32|15|N|25|19|E}}) by {{HMS|Hasty|H24|6}} and {{HMS|Hotspur|H01|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}). Forty-four crew were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Four unnamed vessels

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

|desc=World War II: British Borneo (Sarawak) Invasion Convoy: The {{sclass2|Daihatsu|landing craft}} were sunk during landings near the mouth of the Santubong River in Sarawak.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Kenkon_t.htm |title=Japanese Army Auxiliary transports |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=21 November 2022}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=24 December 1941 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Absaroka||2}}

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

|desc=File:Absaroka listing to starboard following torpedo attack by Japanese submarine December 1941.jpg World War II: The lumber carrier was torpedoed and damaged in the Pacific Ocean off Point Fermin, California by {{Jsub|I-19||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}). She was beached off Fort MacArthur. A crew member was killed by the shifting of her cargo.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/I-19.htm |title=Japanese Submarines |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=28 August 2022 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Bratton||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?154616 |title=SS Bratton (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=20 December 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Dorothy Phillips||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The vessel's rudder was damaged by {{Jsub|I-23||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}) and she ran aground at Monterey, California.{{Cite web|url=http://www.militarymuseum.org/Phillips.html|title=California in World War II: The Attack on the SS Dorothy Phillips|website=www.militarymuseum.org}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 146||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type A Marinefährprahm was shelled, set on fire by artillery and beached at Bardia, Libya.{{cite web |url=https://rommelsriposte.com/2015/01/18/the-history-and-operations-of-f-lighters-during-crusader/ |title=The History and Operations of F-Lighters during CRUSADER |date=18 January 2015 |publisher=rommelsriposte.com |access-date=15 May 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Celebes Sea south of the Philippines by Japanese aircraft.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?32068 |title=Forafri (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=6 May 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Kuching, Sarawak.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|K XVI}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The submarine was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea west of Kuching by {{Jsub|I-66||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?138082 |title=K XVI Submarine 1930-1941 |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=21 December 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Kim Chin Seng

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

|desc=World War II: The lighter was scuttled at Kuching.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|LCA 121}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

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

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mambukai

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

|desc= The harbor vessel was sunk in a collision in the harbour at Manila, Philippines.{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cuH_CAAAQBAJ&q=USS+YA-52&pg=RA1-PA34 |title=WWII wrecks Philippines |date=4 May 2015 |publisher=Happy Fish/Googlebooks |access-date=18 June 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Kuching.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and was damaged in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth ({{coord|52|39|30|N|2|00|56|E}}) with the loss of one of her 45 crew. Sighted by aircraft the next day, she probably sank shortly after.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=504 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59532 |title=Merchant (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=6 May 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese minelayer|Minsei Maru||2}}

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

|desc=The {{sclass|Minsei Maru|minelayer}} ran aground at Nishinotoromisaki's White Bank, Karafuto {{convert|3|nmi|lk=in|spell=in}} from Nishinotoromisaki Cape lighthouse in a snow storm. She was refloated on 30 December, arrived at Hakodate on 31 January 1942, and entered drydock for repair on 1 February 1942. Repairs were completed on 9 April 1942.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Minsei_t.htm |title=Japanese auxiliary minelayers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=22 September 2022}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{USS|PT-33}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|Elco 77-foot|motor torpedo boat}} ran aground on a reef north west of Cape Santiago, Luzon. She was burnt to prevent capture on 26 December.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?180665 |title=USS PT-33 (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=18 June 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker struck a mine and sank at Haifa, Palestine with the loss of four of her 33 crew. The wreck was refloated in June 1952 and scrapped.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=507 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Kuching.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{USS|Rochester|CA-2|6}}

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

|desc=World War II: The hulk of the discarded ex-armored cruiser was scuttled as a blockship in Subic Bay to prevent capture by Japanese forces.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?138624 |title=USS Rochester (CA-2) (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=23 December 2011}}{{cite book |first=Paul |last=Silverstone| title=US Warships of World War II |publisher=Doubleday |location=Garden City, NY |year=1965 |page=406 |isbn=}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese destroyer|Sagiri||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Invasion of British Borneo (Sarawak): Invasion Convoy: The {{sclass|Fubuki|destroyer}} was torpedoed, her torpedoes caught fire and exploded, and was sunk in the South China Sea about {{convert|65|km}} off Kuching by {{HNLMS|K XVI}} ({{naval|Netherlands}}) with the loss of 120 of her 241 crew. One hundred and twenty survivors were rescued by {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Shirakumo|1927|2}} and {{ship|Japanese minesweper|W-3||2}} (both {{navy|Empire of Japan}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Kenkon_t.htm |title=Japanese Army Auxiliary transports |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=21 November 2022}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Salvia|K97|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy TA 5: The {{sclass2|Flower|corvette}} was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea {{convert|100|nmi|km}} west of Alexandria, Egypt ({{coord|31|46|N|28|00|E}}) by {{GS|U-568||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 106 crew, and all the survivors rescued from {{SS|Shuntien|1934|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?31815 |title=HMS Salvia (K-97) (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=18 October 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Si Kiang|1914|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the harbor of Mariveles, Philippines by Japanese aircraft with the loss of eight of her crew and two United States Marines.{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cuH_CAAAQBAJ&q=USS+YA-52&pg=RA1-PA34 |title=WWII wrecks Philippines |date=4 May 2015 |publisher=Happy Fish/Googlebooks |access-date=17 June 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth ({{coord|52|39|22|N|2|00|31|E}}). Her 41 crew were rescued.{{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}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=25 December 1941 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{USS|Banaag|YT-104|6}}

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

|desc=World War II: The yard tug was lost by enemy action, probably in the Philippines.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?256700 |title=USS Banaag (YT-104) (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=6 May 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo liner was scuttled at Hong Kong to prevent capture. She was raised, repaired and put in Japanese service as Sito Maru in 1942.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?259649 |title=Chengtu (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=6 May 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Churruca||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Hong Kong.{{cite web |url=http://www.usmm.org/sunk39-41.html |title=Chronological list of US ships damaged or lost 1939-1941 |publisher=USMM.org |access-date=25 December 2013}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The collier struck a mine in the North Sea off Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was taken in tow by a Royal Navy tug but sank the next day. Her crew were rescued.{{cite book |last2=Sawyer |first2=LA |last1=Mitchell |first1=WH |year= 1990 |title=The Empire Ships |place=London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong |publisher=Lloyd's of London Press Ltd |isbn=1-85044-275-4 |edition=Second |page=30 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Panama}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Hong Kong. She was raised, repaired, and taken into Japanese service as Gyoryu Maru.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?176622 |title=Gyoryu Maru cargo ship 1942-1945 |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=9 December 2014}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The incomplete cargo ship was launched and sunk at Hong Kong. She was raised, finished and put into Japanese service.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The incomplete cargo ship was launched and sunk at Hong Kong. She was raised, finished and put into Japanese service.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Hong Kong. She was raised, repaired, put into Japanese service as Toryu Maru.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?220946 |title=Toryu Maru cargo ship 1942–1944 |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=9 December 2014}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Hinsang||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Hong Kong. She was raised, repaired and put into Japanese service as Kensei Maru.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Kensei_t.htm |title=Captured Vessels in Japanese Service as Auxiliary Transports |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=21 October 2022}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Kanchow||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Taikoo Dock, Hong Kong. She was raised, repaired and put into Japanese service as Gyoshin Maru, later renamed Kanshu Maru.{{cite web |url=http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/viewship.asp?id=19053 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141214195845/http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/viewship.asp?id=19053 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=14 December 2014 |title=SS Kanchow built by Scotts Greenock Clydsbuilt ship database |publisher=Clyde-built Ship Database |access-date=10 December 2014}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Ming Sang|1934|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Hong Kong. She was raised, repaired and put into Japanese service as Bisan Maru.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=504 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=HMS MTB 7,
HMS MTB 9,
HMS MTB 10, and
HMS MTB 11

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The {{Sclass2|BPB 60-foot|motor torpedo boat}}s were scuttled in Mirs Bay, Hong Kong.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=HMS MTB 27

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The {{Sclass2|Thornycroft 55-foot|motor torpedo boat}} was scuttled in Mirs Bay.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk at Hong Kong by Imperial Japanese Navy warships. She was raised, repaired and put into Japanese service in 1942 as Nippo Maru.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?107054 |title=Nippo Maru (+1944) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=4 May 2023}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=572 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|P. G. Halvorsen||2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Great Belt off the coast of Denmark.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/homefleet/shipsp.html |title=Norwegian Homefleet - WW II, Ships starting with P |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=10 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Robin|T65|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The boom defence depot ship, a former {{sclass|Heron|gunboat}}, was scuttled at Hong Kong.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{USS|Sealion|SS-195|6}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Sargo|submarine}} was scuttled at Cavite Navy Yard, Manila, Philippines, due to bomb damage she suffered in an attack by Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft on 10 December. She was raised in November 1945 and scrapped.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 165: The cargo ship aught fire in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|59|50|N|23|30|W}}). She was subsequently scuttled by shellfire on 2 January 1942 at {{coord|62|28|N|18|30|W}}.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/convoys/hx165.html |title=Convoy HX 165 |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=17 May 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flagcountry|British Raj}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Hong Kong to prevent capture.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?282245 |title=Shrivati (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=6 May 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Thracian|1920|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|S|destroyer|||1917}} was bombed and damaged at Hong Kong by Japanese aircraft and was beached. She was subsequently salvaged by the Japanese and entered service in 1942 as Patrol Boat No. 101.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=26 December 1941 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=CKA-034{{ref|d|[Note 4]}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union|1935}}

|desc=World War II: The MO-4-class patrol vessel was shelled and sunk by coastal artillery off Reed-Burun.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?162336 |title=CKA-011 (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=21 December 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|ST|Fanagoria||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The tug was bombed and sunk by Luftwaffe aircraft during a landing operation with the loss of 100 troops and crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?150300 |title=SS Fanagoria (Фанагория) (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=21 December 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMT|Henriette}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler struck a mine and sank in the North Sea {{convert|3.4|nmi}} off Spurn Head, Yorkshire. There were no casualties.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Kong Ring|1928|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo liner struck a mine and sank in the Ullsfjorden, Norway. Thirty of her 38 crew, and 257 of the 300 German soldiers she was carrying at the time of her loss were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/homefleet/shipsk.html |title=Norwegian Homefleet - WW II, Ships starting with K |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=9 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Maikop||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was bombed and sunk in the Gulf of Davao by Japanese aircraft. A crew member was killed.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Nancy Moran||2}}

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

|desc=The tug was rammed and sunk {{convert|18|mi}} off Port Everglades, Florida by {{USS|PC-451}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?180688 |title=Nancy Moran Tug (1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=26 December 2013}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Paz

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship (4,260 GRT, 1914) was bombed and sunk at Manila, Philippines by Japanese aircraft. She was later salvaged, repaired and entered Japanese service as Hatsu Maru.{{cite web |url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4201-41JAN01.htm |title=Naval Events, January 1942, Part 1 of 2, Thursday 1st – Wednesday 14th |publisher=Naval History |access-date=25 December 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Manila by Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft. Her 45 crew were later taken as prisoners of war.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Sailor's Sufferings in Prison Camp |date=12 April 1945 |page=3 |issue=50115 |column=D }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: Invasion of British Borneo (Sarawak): Invasion Convoy: The Unyo Maru No. 2-class auxiliary transport was bombed and sunk in the South China Sea off Kuching, Sarawak by Martin B-10 bomber aircraft of the Royal Netherlands Army. Eight of her crew were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Unyo2_t.htm |title=Unyo Maru No. 2 |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=6 January 2021}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German trawler|V 5904 Geier||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The vorpostenboot was shelled and sunk off Lofoten, Norway by {{HMS|Ashanti|F51|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?16525 |title=V-5904 (Geier) (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=27 December 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/homefleet/shipst1.html |title=Norwegian Homefleet - WW II, Ships starting with Ta through Ti |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=11 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The dredger was bombed and sunk at Kerch by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of about 450 troops of the 51st Army. Two hundred people were rescued.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?150301 |title=Voroshilov (Ворошилов) (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=27 December 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese minesweeper|W-6||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Invasion of British Borneo (Sarawak): Invasion Convoy: The W-5-class minesweeper was bombed and sunk in the South China Sea off Kuching ({{coord|01|34|N|110|21|E}}) by Martin B-10 bomber aircraft of the Royal Netherlands Army. Survivors were rescued by {{ship|Japanese minesweeper|W-3||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/W-6_t.htm |title=W-6 |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=6 January 2021}}{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Kenkon_t.htm |title=Japanese Army Auxiliary transports |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=22 November 2022}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo liner was torpedoed and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea ({{coord|32|11|N|24|44|E}}) by {{GS|U-559||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 23 of the 468 people on board. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Avon Vale|L06|6}}, {{HMS|Burgonet|Z33|6}} and {{HMS|Peony|K40|6}} (all {{naval|UK}}). Warszawa was taken in tow by HMS Peony but was later torpedoed and sunk at {{coord|32|10|N|24|32|E}} by {{GS|U-552||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1227.html |title=Warszawa |publisher=Uboat |access-date=8 April 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=27 December 1941 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: Operation Archery: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk at Måløy Island, Norway by {{HMS|Chiddingfold|L31|6}} and {{HMS|Offa|G29|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?134742 |title=Anhalt (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=7 May 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Anita L. M. Russ||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: Operation Archery: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk at Måløy Island by {{HMS|Onslow|G17|6}} and {{HMS|Oribi|G66|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}). She was raised in June 1951 and repaired. The vessel was re-engined with diesel engines, and returned to service as Island.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?180610 |title=Anita L. M. Russ (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=7 May 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Arayat

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

|desc=World War II: The Philippines government revenue/customs cutter was bombed and sunk by Japanese aircraft. She was raised, repaired, put into service as PB-105.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?134809 |title=SS Arayat (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=20 December 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo liner was scuttled at Manila, Philippines.{{csr|register=MSI|id=1121310|shipname=Bohol |access-date=4 March 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{ship|USLHT|Canlaon|1930|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The lighthouse tender was bombed and sunk in the Pasig River at Manila by Japanese aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German trawler|V 5102 Donner||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: Operation Archery: The vorpostenboot was shelled and sunk at Vaagsö by {{HMS|Chiddingfold|L31|6}} and {{HMS|Offa|G29|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German trawler|V 6114 Eismeer||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: Operation Archery: The vorpostenboot was shelled and sunk by {{HMS|Onslow|G17|6}} and {{HMS|Oribi|G66|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}). She was salvaged in 1942, repaired and returned to service as a fish transport in 1944.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?16526 |title=V-6114 (Duivenland) (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=27 December 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Ethel Edwards||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The coaster was bombed and sunk at Manila by Japanese aircraft.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?180606 |title=SS Ethel Edwards (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=5 September 2022}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German trawler|V 5108 Föhn||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: Operation Archery: The vorpostenboot was shelled and sunk by {{HMS|Oribi|G66|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). Sixteen of her twenty crew were taken as prisoners of war. The wreck was raised and scrapped in October 1942.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?16524 |title=V-5108 (Föhn) (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=27 December 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/homefleet/shipsh1.html |title=Norwegian Homefleet - WW II, Ships starting with Ha |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=9 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|J. B. Paddon|1914|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The collier was bombed and sunk in the North Sea ({{coord|53|55|N|0|16|E}}) by Luftwaffe aircraft. Her crew were rescued.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?31333 |title=SS J. B. Paddon (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=22 December 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Soviet minesweeper|T-491 Kiziltash||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper was damaged by Luftwaffe aircraft and was beached at Kuchugury, on the Kerch Peninsula.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German minesweeper|M-557||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The Type 1915 minesweeper disappeared northeast of Rügen in a snowstorm, possibly sunk by a mine. All 85 crew were lost.{{cite web |url=https://www.forum-marinearchiv.de/smf/index.php?topic=10265.0 |title=M-557 |publisher=www.forum-marinearchiv.de |access-date=23 December 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Nojima

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Muroto|collier|1}} was torpedoed, having her bow blown off, in the South China Sea {{convert|30|nmi}} southwest of Hong Kong by {{USS|Perch|SS-176|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). The vessel was stranded in Hunghai Bay. Nojima was refloated in late January 1942 and arrived at Hong Kong on 29 January for repairs.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/NojimaS_t.htm |title=Japanese Supply Ships |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=13 February 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: Operation Archery: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk at Måløy Island by {{HMS|Onslow|G17|6}} and {{HMS|Oribi|G66|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}).{{csr|register=MSI|id=5614489|shipname=Norma |access-date=25 December 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Penay|1891|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The troopship was bombed and sunk by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of 113 lives.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?150305 |title=SS Penay (Пенай) (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=23 December 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Reimar Edward Fritzen|1922|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: Operation Archery: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk at Måløy Island by {{HMS|Onslow|G17|6}} and {{HMS|Oribi|G66|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Starbeam||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was abandoned off Hornsea, Yorkshire ({{coord|53|55|N|00|16|E}}) in a sinking condition after being damaged by Luftwaffe aircraft.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?58455 |title=Starbeam (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=7 May 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?a1PageSize=100&a1Order=Sorter_year_built&a1Dir=ASC&a1Page=267&ref=958&vessel=STARBEAM |title=Screw steamer Starbeam |publisher=clydeships.co.uk |access-date=7 May 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Soviet minesweeper|T-492||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=The auxiliary minesweeper sank on this date.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Taurus|1911|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed by Japanese aircraft and scuttled in the Pasig River, Philippines.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Soviet motor torpedo boat|No. 85||2}}, and
{{ship|Soviet motor torpedo boat|No. 105||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union|1935}}

|desc=The {{sclass|G-5|motor torpedo boat}}s were lost on this date.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=28 December 1941 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|USLHT|Banahao|1930|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The lighthouse tender was bombed and sunk at Manila, Philippines, by Japanese aircraft. She was later raised by the Imperial Japanese Army.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed in the Pacific Ocean near Cape Disappointment, Washington by {{Jsub|I-25||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}) and ran aground. She was later salvaged.see [https://books.google.com/books?id=H9ikAwAAQBAJ&dq=connecticut+i-25+torpedo&pg=PA53 here]

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=DCH-1

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

|desc=The damage control training ship, a former {{sclass|Wickes|destroyer}}, was scuttled in the Pacific Ocean ({{coord|26|35|N|143|49|W}}) by {{USS|Neches|AO-5|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) while being towed from San Diego, California to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?153938 |title=UDD Walker DCH-1 (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=27 December 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|De Ruyter|1931|2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster was bombed and damaged in the North Sea {{convert|23|nmi}} north north east of the South Bishop Lightship (22px Trinity House) by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was beached on the Goodwin Sands, Kent.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Hai Kwang||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The coaster was bombed and sunk in Manila Bay by Japanese aircraft. Her crew were taken as prisoners of war.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Manila by Japanese aircraft. She was later salvaged, repaired and entered Japanese service as Kaihan Maru.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|NMS|Locotenent Stoicescu}}

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

|desc=The auxiliary patrol ship was lost in the Black Sea. Depending on sources, it disappeared in a storm or was sunk by a mine.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Manila by Japanese aircraft. She was later salvaged, repaired and entered Japanese service as Manbo Maru.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?258463 |title=Mauban (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=7 May 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Panay||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The United States Army-chartered cargo ship was sunk by Japanese aircraft in Campomanes Bay off Sipalay ({{coord|09|41|N|122|24|E}}).{{cite web |url= http://www.sipalaycity.gov.ph/travel-tourism/dive-sites/ |title=Dive sites, City of Sipalay |publisher=SipalayCity.gov.ph |access-date=26 December 2014}}{{cite web |url=https://ss-panay.com/en/geschichte/ |title=SS Panay |publisher=ss-panay.com |access-date=31 March 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?258455 |title=Panay (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=7 May 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Research||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The survey vessel was bombed and damaged in Manila Bay by Japanese aircraft. She was bombed again on each of the next two days and was beached.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo shipas bombed and sunk in Manila Bay by Japanese aircraft. Her crew were later taken as prisoners of war.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Kuching, Sarawak. She was refloated in 1942, repaired and entered Japanese service as Shinai Maru.{{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}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Soviet minesweeper|T-485 Kakhovka||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper was sunk by German artillery off Kerch ({{coord|45|16|N|36|26|E}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.kchf.ru/ship/tral/t485.htm |title=T-485 |publisher=www.kchf.ru |access-date=25 February 2019}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{GS|U-75|1940|2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea ({{coord|31|30|N|26|40|E}}) by {{HMS|Kipling|F91|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) with the loss of fifteen of her 45 crew. Survivors were rescued by HMS Kipling and {{HMS|Legion|G74|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy ME 8: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea ({{coord|31|45|N|26|48|E}} by {{GS|U-75|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 24 of her 38 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|LCT 11}} ({{naval|UK}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Soviet motor torpedo boat|No. 24||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union|1935}}

|desc=The {{sclass|G-5|motor torpedo boat}} was lost on this date.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=29 December 1941 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled in the Philippines.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{Ship|BRP|Banahaw|1908|6}}

|flag=22px Philippine Navy

|desc=World War II: The presidential yacht was bombed and sunk at Fort Mills, Corregidor Island by Japanese aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled in the Philippines.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=CKA-056{{ref|d|[Note 4]}}

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

|desc=World War II: The MO-4-class patrol vessel was shelled and sunk at Feodosiya by mortar and artillery fire.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?162344 |title=CKA-056 (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=21 December 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= CKA-068

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union|1935}}

|desc=The MO-4-class patrol vessel was sunk by mortar and artillery fire near Feodosiya.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?162273 |title=CKA-068 (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=7 May 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Soviet Union|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The passenger ship was shelled and sunk off Kerch by German shore-based artillery with the loss of seven crew and a number of soldiers.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?150306 |title=SS Eisk (Ейск) (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=21 December 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Palawan|1027|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The coaster was scuttled at Manila, the Philippines. She was later salvaged, repaired and entered Japanese service as Paran Maru.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{Jsub|Ro-60||2}}

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

|desc=The {{sclass|Ro-60|submarine}} ran aground on the Kwajalein Reef, Marshall Islands ({{coord|09|00|N|167|30|E}}) and was wrecked. Her 60 crew were rescued by {{ship|Japanese submarine tender|Jingei||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Samal

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk by Japanese aircraft at Pier 7, Manila.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?140492 |title=Samal (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=7 May 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Soviet patrol ship|No. 063||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=The K-193 Type ZK patrol boat was lost on this date.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=30 December 1941 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Ionian Sea ({{coord|38|37|N|20|28|E}}) by {{HMS|Thorn|N11|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). A crew member was killed and some were wounded.{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2019/04/egitto.html |title=Campina |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=30 December 2020}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=570 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Citta Di Marsala|1929|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Aegean Sea off Argostoli, Greece. She was raised, repaired and returned to service in 1948 as Citta Di Trapani.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?180591 |title=Anita L. M. Russ (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=10 May 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Kudat}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The transport/depot ship was bombed and sunk in the Klang Straits off Port Swettenham, Malaya by Japanese aircraft with the loss of three of her crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?105764 |title=Kudat Passenger/Cargo ship 1914-1941 |publisher=Wrecksite.eu |access-date=30 December 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Porto Santo|1919|2}}

|flag={{flag|Cuba}}

|desc= The cargo ship ran aground and was wrecked on Confites Cay.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?196596 |title=Porto Santo (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=10 May 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Salvatore lo Bianco

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

|desc=The sailing ship sank and was lost, possibly scuttled, at Bardia, Libya.(see [https://books.google.com/books?id=OfDQBQAAQBAJ&dq=bardia+salvatore+lo+bianco&pg=PA62 here])

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=SKA-063{{ref|d|[Note 4]}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union|1935}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|MO|small guard ship|0}} patrol vessel was shelled and sunk off the Kerch Peninsula by shore-based artillery. All aboard were rescued by the cruiser {{ship|Soviet cruiser|Krasny Krym||2}} ({{navy|Soviet Union|1935}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Soviet Union|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk in an air raid at Feodosia. She was raised in 1944.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?231241 |title=Tachkent (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=10 May 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=31 December 1941 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Bagnoli||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The coaster struck a mine and sank at Navarino, Greece .

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Cardita||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 166: The tanker straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean by {{GS|U-87|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 27 of her 50 crew. She was abandoned on 3 January 1942 at ({{coord|59|18|N|12|50|W}}) sinking later that day. Her master, sixteen crewmen and six gunners were rescued by {{HMS|Onslow|G17|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). Ten of her crew were rescued by {{HMS|Sabre|H18|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1237.html |title=Cardita |publisher=Uboat |access-date=20 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=CKA-094{{ref|d|[Note 4]}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union|1935}}

|desc=World War II: The MO-4-class patrol vessel was bombed and sunk in the Strait of Kerch by Luftwaffe aircraft.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?162341 |title=CKA-094 (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=21 December 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Dos Hermanos|1882|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Manila, Philippines. She was later raised, repaired and entered Japanese service as Himeno Maru.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Krasnogvardeets||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Feodosiya by Luftwaffe aircraft. Her crew survived.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?150307 |title=SS Kragnovardeets (Красногвадеец) (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=22 December 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Magallanes||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Manila.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?180585|title=SS Magallenes (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=18 June 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Minnie Moller}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The tug/auxiliary minesweeper was lost on this date.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Montanes|1880|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Manila.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?180585 |title=SS Montanes (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=18 June 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Palawan ||2}}

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

|desc=World war II: The cargo ship was scuttled off Manila Bay to prevent capture.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?258468 |title=Palawan (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=10 May 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Ruth Alexander|1913|2}}

|flag={{flag|Panama}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged off Balikpapan, Netherlands East Indies by Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft with the loss of a crew member. The other 48 crew were rescued by a Dutch Dornier 24 aircraft. Ruth Alexander sank on 2 January 1942.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59363 |title=SS Ruth Alexander (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=18 October 2011}}{{Citation |last=United States. Court of Appeals (9th Circuit) |title=Philip Nelson vs. American President Lines |pages=2, 7–8 |url=https://archive.org/stream/govuscourtsca9briefs2573#page/n378/mode/1up |access-date=26 February 2015}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Soviet motor anti-submarine boat|No. 023 ||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union|1935}}

|desc=The MO-4-class patrol vessel (50/56 t, 1940) was lost on this date.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=World War II: A lighter belonging to Luzon Stevedoring Co. was scuttled via capsizing in Manila Bay by the United States Navy.{{cite web |url=http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/USN-Chron/USN-Chron-1942.html |title=Official Chronology of the US Navy in WWII |publisher=Ibiblio |access-date=31 December 2014}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=Unknown date 1941 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Anlee||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Republic of China (1912–1949)|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Hong Kong.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled or sunk at Hong Kong. She was salvaged by the Japanese sometime in 1942–43, repaired and put in Imperial Japanese Army service as Gyoei Maru.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Gyoei_t.htm |title=Captured Vessels in Japanese Service as Auxiliary Transports |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=21 October 2022}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Argus||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Hong Kong.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Cambay Prince|1913|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Hong Kong.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|French tug|Cyclope||2}}

|flag={{navy|France}}

|desc=The tug sank at Bizerta, Tunisia.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?31602 |title=SS Cyclope (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=21 December 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|French minesweeper|Djebel Sannin||2}}

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

|desc=The minesweeping tug was lost sometime in December.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{Ship|ST|Ethel Moller||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The salvage tug was scuttled at Hong Kong. She was raised, repaired and put into Japanese service as Gyoun Maru.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Hong Kong. She was raised, repaired and put into Japanese service as Fusei Maru.{{cite web |url=http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/jardine.shtml |title=Jardine, Matheson, & Co. and subsidiaries |publisher=theshipslist.com |access-date=10 December 2014}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{Ship|ST|Frosty Moller||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The salvage tug was scuttled at Hong Kong.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Fook On|1924|2}}

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

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

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{Ship|ST|Gertrude Moller||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The salvage tug was scuttled at Hong Kong.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|H31}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The H-class submarine was probably mined after leaving port on 19 December. She failed to respond on 24 December 1941.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?16101 |title=HMS H-31 (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=6 May 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Hong Kong.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Hsin Lee|1916|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Republic of China (1912–1949)|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Hong Kong.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=I-41

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=The KM-2 type motor launch was lost sometime in December.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Josephine Moller|1908|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The salvage ship was scuttled at Hong Kong. She was raised, repaired and put into Japanese service as Sagami Maru.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Kathleen Moller|1913|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Hong Kong.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Kau Tung|1908|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Hong Kong.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{HMS|LCP(L) 193}} and
{{HMS|LCP(L) 194}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The Landing Craft Personnel (Large) were lost sometime in December.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Man Chiao||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The ferry was scuttled at Hong Kong.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Man Yeung||2}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minelayer was scuttled at Hong Kong.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Mao Lee||2}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The mine carrier was scuttled at Hong Kong.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{Ship|ST|Margaret Moller||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The salvage tug was scuttled at Hong Kong.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Panama}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Hong Kong.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Merton||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy SC 58: The cargo ship ran aground on the Pluckington Bank, in Liverpool Bay, and broke her back.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=MMS 95,
MMS 96,
MMS 123, and
MMS 124

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

|desc=World War II: The incomplete {{sclass2|MMS|minesweeper}}s were destroyed on the stocks at Vaughn Shipbuilding, or Bailey, Hong Kong between 8 and 25 December.{{cite web |url=http://www.navypedia.org/ships/uk/brit_c_f_mms105.htm |title=105 foot Admiralty-type motor minesweepers (MMS1), Mine warfare ships, United Kingdom (1940-1946) |publisher=Navypedia |access-date=6 May 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{USS|Nereus|AC-10|2}}

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

|desc=The {{sclass|Proteus|collier||ship type}} was lost in the Atlantic Ocean sometime after 10 December.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German tug|O 22 S||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The tug sank. She was subsequently salvaged, repaired and returned to service.{{cite web |url=http://thamestugs.co.uk/DUNKIRK.php |title=Dunkirk |publisher=Thames Tugs |access-date=18 October 2015}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{Ship|ST|Patricia Moller||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The tug was scuttled at Hong Kong.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Q-116,
Q-117,
Q-118,
Q-119, and
two unnamed vessels

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

|desc=World War II: The incomplete {{sclass|Thornycroft65-foot|motor torpedo boat}}s were bombed and destroyed on the stocks at Cavite Navy Yard, Manila, Philippines.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ranger

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

|desc=The tug was sunk at Manila by Japanese forces.{{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=127 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Sheng Lee|1907|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Republic of China (1912–1949)|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Hong Kong. She was salvaged by the Japanese and returned to service as Shori Maru.{{cite web |url=http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/adelaide.shtml |title=Adelaide Steamship Company |publisher=theshipslist.com |access-date=11 January 2018}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Shun Chih|1902|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Hong Kong.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|St. Vincent de Paul||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Hong Kong. She was raised, repaired and put in Japanese service as Kyuryu Maru.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Tai Hing|1927|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Hong Kong.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Tai Lee|1919|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Hong Kong.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Tai Ming|1913|2}}

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

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

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Tai Poo Sek|1881|2}}

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Hong Kong.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Tin Sang|1904|2}}

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

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

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Tin Yat|1929|2}}

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

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

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German trawler|V 5907 Geier||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The vorpostenboot was shelled and sunk by {{HMS|Ashanti|F51|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) off Lofoten, Norway on the 16 or 26 December.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?289668 |title=V-5907 (Geier) (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=6 May 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Vizcaya

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

|desc=World War II: The ship was scuttled in the Philippines.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The water carrier was scuttled at Hong Kong.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{USS|YAG-2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary net tender was probably bombed and sunk by the Japanese at the Cavite Navy Yard. She was raised, repaired and put into Japanese service as Yamashiro Maru.{{cite web |url=http://www.shipscribe.com/usnaux/YAG/YAG02.html |title=US Navy Auxiliary Ships: Small YAGs acquired July-December 1941|publisher=shipscribe.com |access-date=15 September 2014}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{USS|YAG-3}}

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

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper was probably bombed and sunk by the Japanese at the Cavite Navy Yard.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Yat Shing|1904|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Hong Kong. She was raised, repaired and put into Japanese service as Nissho Maru.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Yung Ning|1894|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk at Canton, China.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

1. {{note|a}} Force K comprised {{HMS|Aurora|12|6}}, {{HMS|Lance|G87|6}}, {{HMS|Lively|G40|6}} and {{HMS|Penelope|97|6}} (all {{naval|UK}}).
2. {{note|b}} The 4th Destroyer Flotilla comprised {{HMS|Legion|G74|6}}, {{HMS|Maori|F24|6}}, {{HMS|Sikh|F82|6}} (all {{naval|UK}}) and {{HNLMS|Isaac Sweers|1940|6}} ({{navy|Netherlands}}).
3. {{note|c}} The 36th Escort Group comprised {{HMS|Convolvulus|K45|6}}, {{HMS|Deptford|U53|6}}, {{HMS|Gardenia|K99|6}}, {{HMS|Marigold|K87|6}}, {{HMS|Pentstemon|K61|6}}, {{HMS|Rhodedendron|K78|6}}, {{HMS|Samphire|K128|6}}, {{HMS|Stork|L81|6}} and {{HMS|Vetch|K132|6}} (all {{naval|UK}})
4. {{note|d}} CKA are the Cyrillic letters. The English translation would be SKA.
5. {{note|e}} Luzon may have been sunk in early January 1942.

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