List of shipwrecks in December 1943#17 December

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|ship={{HMT|Avanturine|FY1886|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The damaged naval trawler (296 GRT, 1930) was under tow when she was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel off Beachy Head, Sussex by {{ship|German motor torpedo boat|S 142||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). All 24 crew were killed.{{cite web|url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/6778.html |title=HMS Avanturine |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=3 December 2019}}{{cite web|url=http://www.wildfire3.com/peter-carey.html |title=Avanturine |publisher=www.wildfire3.com |access-date=3 December 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.naval-history.net/xDKCas1943-12DEC.htm |title=Royal Navy casualties, December 1943|publisher=www.naval-history.net |access-date=3 December 2019}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet landing boat|DB-35||2}} and {{ship|Soviet landing boat|DB-39||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=The No. 1-class landing boats were lost on this date.

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|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 573||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type C2 Marinefährprahm was sunk by an air attack in the port of Kamysch Burun, Crimea.{{Cite web|url=http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/43-11.htm |title=Seekrieg 1943, November |access-date=22 July 2015 |last=Rohwer |first=Jürgen |author-link=Jürgen Rohwer |author2=Gerhard Hümmelchen |work=Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart |publisher= |language=German }}{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/landungsfahrzeuge/marinefaehrprahm/ausgabe.php?where_value=6636 |title=F 573 |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=27 November 2020}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy 1272: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean ({{coord|01|16|N|146|45|E}}) by {{USS|Peto|SS-265|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}) with the loss of 39 crew.{{cite DANFS |title=Peto |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss265.txt |access-date=4 January 2012}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy 2612: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Celebes Sea ({{coord|01|28|N|120|53|E}}) by {{USS|Bonefish|SS-223|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}). Six passengers, one guard and 18 crew were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/PB-2_t.htm |title=Japanese Patrol Boats |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=1 December 2013}}

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|ship=Oil barge no. 35

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

|desc= Convoy No. 5233: The oil barge, being towed by {{SS|Nankai Maru No. 2||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}), was abandoned in the Pacific Ocean between Kwajalein and Truk after her towline broke during the night.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Choko_t.htm |title=Japanese transports |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=13 December 2022}}

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|ship={{ship|German siebel ferry|SF 263||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Siebel ferry was bombed and damaged beyond repair by Allied fighter-bomber aircraft at Drvenik, Croatia, with the loss of 18 lives.{{cite web|url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/landungsfahrzeuge/siebelfaehre/ausgabe.php?where_value=218 |title=SF 263 |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=3 December 2019}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy 3123: The Peacetime Standard D type auxiliary transport (1,933 GRT 1939) was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean {{convert|280|nmi}} west north west of Guam ({{coord|18|02|N|138|55|E}}) by {{USS|Pargo|SS-264|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}). All 42 crew were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Shoko_t.htm |title=Shoko Maru |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=4 April 2019}}

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|ship={{SS|Teiren Maru|1910|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged at Hong Kong ({{Coord|23|13|N|114|05|E}}) by North American B-25 Mitchell aircraft of the United States Fourteenth Air Force. The ship was beached and was consequently declared a total loss.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Teiren_t.htm |title=Ex-French Merchants in Japanese Service |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=1 December 2013}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=554 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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

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|ship={{ship|Italian minesweeper|Ardito|R220|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Air Raid on Bari: The minesweeper was bombed and sunk at Bari, Italy by Luftwaffe aircraft.{{cite web|url= http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/bollsta.html |title= D/S Bollsta |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=9 January 2012}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The paddle steamer was bombed and damaged on the Irrawaddy River, Burma by Bristol Beaufighter aircraft of the Royal Australian Air Force. She was bombed and sunk the next day by North American B-25 Mitchell aircraft of the United States Army Air Force.{{cite web |title=Assam Cargo Ship 1909–1943 |url= http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?134916 |publisher=Wrecksite.eu |access-date=2 December 2014}}

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|ship={{ship|Italian auxiliary cruiser|Barletta|D16|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Air Raid on Bari: The auxiliary cruiser was bombed and sunk at Bari by Luftwaffe aircraft. There were 40 dead and 44 wounded.{{cite web|url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2014/02/cronologia-delle-perdite_14.html |title=Italian losses |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=3 December 2019}}

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: Air Raid on Bari: The cargo ship (1,832 GRT, 1924) was bombed and sunk at Bari by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of five of her 30 crew. She was raised in 1948, repaired and entered Italian service as Stefano M.

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|ship={{SS|Cassala||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Air Raid on Bari: The cargo ship bombed and damaged at Bari by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was declared a constructive total loss.

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

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

|desc=World War II: Air Raid on Bari: The cargo ship bombed and damaged at Bari by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was declared a constructive total loss.

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|ship={{MV|Devon Coast||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Air Raid on Bari: The coaster (646 GRT, 1936) was bombed and sunk at Bari by Luftwaffe aircraft.

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|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 566||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type C2 Marinefährprahm was torpedoed and sunk in the Black Sea off Eupatoria ({{coord|45|11|N|35|56|E}}) by {{ship|Soviet submarine|D-4 Revolutsyoner||2}} or {{ship|Soviet submarine|Shch-209||2}} (both {{navy|Soviet Union}}). All 12 crew were rescued.{{Cite web|url=http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/43-12.htm |title=Seekrieg 1943, Dezember |accessdate=22 May 2015 |last=Rohwer |first=Jürgen |authorlink=Jürgen Rohwer |author2=Gerhard Hümmelchen |work=Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart |publisher= |language=German }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/landungsfahrzeuge/marinefaehrprahm/ausgabe.php?where_value=624 |title=F 566publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |accessdate=1 September 2024 }}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Air Raid on Bari: The Fort ship (7,132 GRT, 1943) was bombed and sunk at Bari by Luftwaffe aircraft.{{cite web|url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/FortA.html |title=Fort Ships A-J |publisher=Mariners |access-date=5 January 2012}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Air Raid on Bari: The Fort ship (7,134 GRT, 1943) was bombed and sunk by the Luftwaffe at Bari.

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|ship={{SS|Frosinone||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Air Raid on Bari: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Bari by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was subsequently refloated and scrapped.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=458 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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|ship={{SS|Genespesca II||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Air Raid on Bari: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Bari by Luftwaffe aircraft.

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|ship={{SS|Goggiam||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Air Raid on Bari: The cargo ship bombed and damaged at Bari by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was declared a constructive total loss.

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|ship={{ship|German patrol boat|Hermann|ND-11|2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The patrol boat ran aground and sank in Norwegian waters. She was later salvaged, repaired and served as the Vorpostenboot V-6107 Hermann.{{cite web |url=https://www.lardex.net/shipping/ship/167|title=1924 DS/Hvb SOUSA (116192405) |publisher=Lardex |access-date=28 June 2022 }}

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|ship={{SS|Himalaya Maru|1918|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The hospital ship was bombed and sunk in the South China Sea ({{coord|0|52|S|148|50|E}}) by United States Army Air Force aircraft.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=541 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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|ship=Inaffondabile

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

|desc=World War II: Air Raid on Bari: The schooner was bombed and sunk at Bari by Luftwaffe aircraft.

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

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

|desc=World War II: Air Raid on Bari: The Liberty ship was bombed and sunk at Bari by Luftwaffe aircraft. The wreck was scrapped in 1948.{{cite web|url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsJo.html |title=Liberty Ships – Joaquin – Johns |publisher=Mariners |access-date=6 January 2012}}

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

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

|desc=File:SS John Harvey on fire 12-2-1943, Italian port of Bari.JPG

World War II: Air Raid on Bari: The Liberty ship was bombed and sunk at Bari by Luftwaffe aircraft. 10 gunners and four crew killed. The wreck was scrapped in 1948.

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|ship={{SS|John L. Motley||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Air Raid on Bari: The Liberty ship was bombed, blew up and sank at Bari by Luftwaffe aircraft. All on board were killed, 22 gunners and 42 crew.

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|ship={{SS|Joseph Wheeler||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Air Raid on Bari: The Liberty ship was bombed, blew up and sunk at Bari by Luftwaffe aircraft. All on board were killed; one passenger, 13 gunners and 15 crew. The wreck was scrapped in 1948.{{cite web|url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsJon.html |title=Liberty Ships – Jonas – Justo |publisher=Mariners |access-date=6 January 2012}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Pacific Ocean off Macau

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|ship={{SS|Lars Kruse||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Air Raid on Bari: The cargo ship (1,807 GRT, 1923) was bombed and sunk at Bari by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of 19 of her 33 crew.{{cite book |title=The world's merchant fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=448 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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|ship={{HMS|LCA 553}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The landing craft assault (9/12 t, 1943) was sunk in collision with LCF 24 ({{naval|UK}}) near Bourn Gap Buoy, off Southampton. There were no injuries.{{cite web|url=https://www.fold3.com/image/301347639 |title=LCA 553 |publisher=www.fold3.com |access-date=3 December 2019}}{{cite web |url=http://www.schiffswrackliste.de/ts%201943.htm |title=Military losses 1943 |publisher=www.schiffswrackliste.de |access-date=3 December 2019 |archive-date=18 August 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070818003006/http://www.schiffswrackliste.de/ts%201943.htm |url-status=dead }}

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|ship={{USS|LCT-242}}

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

|desc=World War II: The landing craft tank was wrecked off Naples, Italy, possibly by a circling torpedo, and was beached. There were 16 killed and one wounded.{{cite web|url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/19243.html |title=LCT 242 of the US Navy |publisher=www.uboat.net |access-date=29 November 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.fold3.com/image/301347619 |title=LCT 242 |publisher=www.fold3.com |access-date=29 November 2019}}

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: Air Raid on Bari: The cargo ship (1,268 GRT, 1920) was bombed and sunk at Bari by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of four of her 32 crew.{{cite web|url= http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/lom.html|title= D/S Lom |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=9 January 2012}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Air Raid on Bari: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Bari by Luftwaffe aircraft.

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|ship={{SS|Lwów||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Air Raid on Bari: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Bari by Luftwaffe aircraft.

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|ship=MB 10 13

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

|desc=World War II: Air Raid on Bari: The boat was bombed and sunk at Bari by Luftwaffe aircraft.

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|ship={{SS|Nitsa||2}}

|flag={{flagicon|Greece}} Greece

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship (4,732 GRT, 1915) was torpedoed and sunk by {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-27||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}) in the Gulf of Aden ({{coord|11|42|N|45|32|E}}). Eleven of her 40 crew were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/I-27.htm|title=Imperial Submarines |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=28 June 2022 }}{{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}}

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: Air Raid on Bari: The Design 1105 ship (6,326 GRT, 1919) was bombed and sunk at Bari by Luftwaffe aircraft. Five crew were killed during the raid or died in the next days. She was refloated in November 1946 and scrapped at Bari in 1947.{{cite web|url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/norlom.html |title=Norlom |publisher=www.warsailors.com |access-date=3 December 2019}}{{cite book |last2=Sawyer |first2=LA |last1=Mitchell |first1=WH |year= 1990 |title=The Empire Ships |place=London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong |publisher=Lloyd's of London Press Ltd |isbn=1-85044-275-4 |edition=Second |page=420 }}

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|ship={{SS|Porto Pisano||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Air Raid on Bari: The coaster was bombed and sunk at Bari by Luftwaffe aircraft.

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|ship={{SS|Puck||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Air Raid on Bari: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Bari by Luftwaffe aircraft.

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|ship={{SS|Samuel J. Tilden||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Air Raid on Bari: The Liberty ship was bombed and sunk at Bari by Luftwaffe aircraft. There were 17 troops and ten crew killed. The wreck was scrapped in 1948.{{cite web|url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsS.html |title=Liberty Ships – S |publisher=Mariners |access-date=6 January 2012}}

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|ship={{SS|Testbank||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Air Raid on Bari: The cargo ship (5,083 GRT, 1937) was bombed and sunk, or was sunk by {{SS|John L. Motley||2}} ({{Flag|United States|1912}}) blowing up at Bari during an air raid by Luftwaffe aircraft.{{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=23 June 2020}} Seventy of her 74 crew were lost.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=512 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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|ship={{SS|Volodda||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Air Raid on Bari: The cargo ship bombed and sunk at Bari by Luftwaffe aircraft. }}

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|ship={{MV|Azuma Maru|1938|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Azuma Maru-class emergency auxiliary oiler was torpedoed and sunk in the Molucca Passage ({{coord|06|34|N|131|40|E}}) by {{USS|Tinosa|SS-283|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Her captain, 49 crew and 18 passengers were killed.{{cite DANFS |title=Tinosa |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss283.txt |access-date=4 January 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Azuma_t.htm |title=Azuma Maru |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=7 January 2021}}

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|ship={{SS|Touchet|1943|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Type T2-SE-A2 tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Gulf of Mexico ({{coord|25|50|N|86|30|W}}) by {{GS|U-193||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of ten gunners. Eleven survivors were rescued by {{USS|Falgout|DE-324|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}), and 43 by {{SS|Lillemor||2}} ({{flag|Norway}}) on 5 December. {{USS|Raven|AM-55|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) rescued the remaining 16 survivors on 6 December.{{cite web|url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/3143.html |title=Touchet |publisher=Uboat |access-date=8 March 2012}}

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|ship={{ship|Japanese collier|Asakaze Maru||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Koshin Maru-class auxiliary collier/oiler was sunk at Kwajalein Atoll by US Navy aircraft. There were 19 crew killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Kembu_t.htm |title=Kembu Maru |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=4 December 2019}}

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|ship={{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Chūyō||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Taiyō|escort carrier|2}} was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean ({{coord|31|55|N|143|40|E}}) by {{USS|Sailfish|SS-192|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). A total of 730 passengers and 513 crew were killed. {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Sazanami|1931|2}} and {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Urakaze|1940|2}} (both {{navy|Empire of Japan}}) rescued 160 survivors. 20 of 21 survivors from {{USS|Sculpin|SS-191|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) on board were also lost.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/chuyo.htm |title=Japanese Flattops |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=28 June 2022 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/kashima_t.htm |title=Imperial Cruisers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=7 April 2023}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary gunboat was sunk north of Ponape ({{coord|08|22|N|159|02|E}}) by {{USS|Apogon|SS-308|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).

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|ship={{SS|Hiyoshi Maru|1937|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy No. 3201: The Shunko Maru-class auxiliary transport ship (4,049 GRT 1937) was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean about {{convert|280|nmi}} northeast of Chichi-Jima, east of Honshū ({{coord|29|36|N|145|54|E}}) by {{USS|Gunnel|SS-253|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) with the loss of 38 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Inazuma|1932|2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}).{{cite DANFS |title=Gunnel |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss253.txt |access-date=3 January 2012}}{{cite ship register |register=MSI |id=4042939 | shipname=Hiyoshi Maru |access-date=12 October 2013}}{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Hiyoshi_t.htm |title=Hiyoshi Maru |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=7 January 2021}}

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|ship={{SS|Kembu Maru|1942|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary transport (6,816 GRT 1943) (a.k.a. Tatebu Maru) was damaged at Kwajalein Atoll by US Navy aircraft and sank the next day ({{coord|09|00|N|166|30|E}}). It resulted in 19 crewmen killed.

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|ship={{SS|Libertad||2}}

|flag={{Flag|Cuba}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy KN 280: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|34|12|N|75|20|W}}) by {{GS|U-129|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 25 of her 43 crew. Survivors were rescued by the convoy escorts, including {{USS|Natchez|PF-2|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).{{cite web|url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/3145.html |title=Libertad |publisher=Uboat |access-date=28 February 2012}}

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|ship={{ship|Japanese guard ship|Mikuni Maru No. 5||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The guard ship was sunk at Kwajalein Atoll by aircraft based on {{USS|Lexington|CV-16|6}} and {{USS|Independence|CVL-22|6}} (both {{navy|USA|1912}}).

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|ship={{ship|German torpedo boat|S 511||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The MAS boat was bombed in the Aegean Sea off Levitha Island by Bristol Beaufighter aircraft and capsized and sank off Makronisos. Two men were killed.{{cite web|url=https://historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/flottillen_greece/ks14_schnellbootflottillen/beschreibung.php |title=Schnellbootflottillen in der Ägäis |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=4 December 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/flottillen_greece/ks14_schnellbootflottillen/ausgabe.php?active=24_flottilla&where_value=188 |title=S 511 |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=4 December 2019}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Japanese submarine chaser|Takunan Maru No. 7||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary submarine chaser was sunk at Kwajalein Atoll by US Navy aircraft. Five crew were killed.

}}

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|ship={{ship|Japanese cargo ship|Tateyama Maru||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary water ship was sunk at Kwajalein Atoll by US Navy aircraft. Five crew were killed.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

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

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|ship={{ship|Japanese collier|Asakaze Maru||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The collier was bombed and sunk at Kwajalein, Marshall Islands ({{Coord|9|19|N|167|25|E}}) by United States Navy aircraft based on {{USS|Essex|CV-9|6}} and {{USS|Lexington|CV-16|6}} (both {{navy|USA|1912}}) with the loss of most of her crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/KatoriT_t.htm |title=Katori Maru |publisher=Combinedfleet |access-date=28 September 2022}}{{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}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The Genkai Maru-class auxiliary transport ship (3,515 GRT 1939) was bombed {{convert|1.5|nmi|km}} north of Little Bustard Island (Orobeppu), Kwajalein by Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers based on {{USS|Lexington|CV-16|6}} and {{USS|Independence|CVL-22|6}} (both {{navy|USA|1912}}). She sank the next day. Four crew were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Choko_t.htm |title=Choko Maru |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=7 January 2021}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 305||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type B Marinefährprahm was sunk by an air attack in the port of Kamysch Burun, Crimea. There were no casualties.{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=53917&sid=51fe816ad5790396a8359efb83ac1c60 |title=Soviet Naval Battles-Black Sea |publisher=SovietEmpire |access-date=16 December 2015}}{{cite web|url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/landungsfahrzeuge/marinefaehrprahm/ausgabe.php?where_value=688 |title=F 305 |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=3 December 2019}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 369 Donau||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type A Marinefährprahm was sunk by an air attack in the port of Kamysch Burun, Crimea. There were no casualties.{{cite web|url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/landungsfahrzeuge/marinefaehrprahm/ausgabe.php?where_value=786 |title=F 369 |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=3 December 2019}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The coaster was shelled and sunk in Alajacar Bay off Camiguin, Philippines ({{coord|09|09|N|124|29|E}}) by {{USS|Narwhal|SS-167|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).{{cite DANFS |title=Narwhal (SS-167) |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss167.htm |access-date=29 December 2011}}{{cite web |title=Dos Hermanos Cargo Ship 1942–1943 |url= http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?180302 |publisher=Wrecksite.eu |access-date=5 December 2013 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The guard boat was bombed and sunk by US Navy carrier aircraft at Kwajalein, Marshall Islands.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/KatoriT_t.htm |title=Katori Maru |publisher=Combinedfleet |access-date=28 September 2022}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Soviet pontoon|No. 3||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: Kerch-Eltigen Operation: The pontoon was sunk by shelling by MFPs in the Black Sea.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Soviet motor torpedo boat|No. 103||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=The {{sclass2|G-5|motor torpedo boat|1}} was lost on this date.

}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet minesweeper|RTSh-398||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: Kerch-Eltigen Operation: The minesweeper was sunk by shelling by MFPs in the Black Sea.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese submarine chaser|Takunan Maru No. 7||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary submarine chaser was bombed and sunk by US Navy carrier aircraft at Kwajalein, Marshall Islands.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/KatoriT_t.htm |title=Katori Maru |publisher=Combinedfleet |access-date=28 September 2022}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The Tatiyama Maru-class auxiliary water tanker (3,787 GRT 1937) was bombed and sunk by US Navy carrier aircraft {{convert|16|nmi}} off East Rochi Reef, Kwajalein, Marshall Islands ({{coord|09|00|N|166|30|E}}). Five crew were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Tateyama_t.htm |title=Japanese Water Tankers |publisher=Combinedfleet |access-date=9 March 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

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

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The troopship was torpedoed and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea off Toulon, Var, France by {{HMS|Uproar|P31|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). She put in to Toulon, where she was declared a total loss.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=537 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

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

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|ST|Faron||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The tug was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by {{ship|French submarine|Orphée||2}} ({{navy|Free France}}).

}}

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|ship={{SS|Mar Bianco|1912|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk by Allied aircraft at Zadar, Yugoslavia.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=533 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Soviet motor torpedo boat|No. 96||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=The G-5-class motor torpedo boat was lost on this date.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Soviet minesweeping boat|RTShch-105||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: Kerch-Eltigen Operation: The K-15/M-17-class minesweeping boat was sunk by MFPs in the Black Sea off Eltigen. All six crew were killed, and probably all troops aboard too, up to 80 men.{{cite web |url=https://www.kchf.ru/ship/tral/rtscha105.htm |title=RTShch-105 |publisher=www.kchf.ru |access-date=9 December 2019}}{{cite web |url=http://mil.sevhome.ru/voenistor/crimwow/eltigen43/a-badjakin-kerch-potomstvu-v-primer/ |title=Kerch-Eltigen losses |publisher=mil.sevhome.ru |access-date=28 November 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Soviet patrol boat|SKA-031||2}} and {{ship|Soviet patrol boat|SKA-0141||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=Kerch-Eltigen Operation: The patrol boats ran aground in the night due to bad weather. Later managed to free themselves.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Soyo Maru|1931|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy 4205B: The Ryoyo Maru-class auxiliary converted collier/oiler was torpedoed in the Pacific Ocean {{convert|430|mi}} north east of Truk by {{USS|Pogy|SS-266|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}), she sank the next day at ({{coord|13|30|N|15|20|E}}). Seven civilian refugee passengers and 35 crew were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Soyo_t.htm |title=IJN Converted Collier/Oilers |publisher=combinedfleet.com |access-date=19 October 2022}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

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

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{Flag|Panama}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Caribbean Sea {{convert|20|nmi|km}} north of San Blas Point ({{coord|9|50|N|78|55|W}}) by {{GS|U-516||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of four of her 27 crew.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/3146.html |title=Colombia |publisher=Uboat |access-date=1 April 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 514||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type C Marinefährprahm was bombed and sunk during an air raid on Porto San Stefano port. One crew was wounded.{{cite web|url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/landungsfahrzeuge/marinefaehrprahm/ausgabe.php?where_value=538 |title=F 514 |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=10 December 2019}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{HMS|LCP(L) 136}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The landing craft personnel (large) (6/8 t, 1942) was lost on this date.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMT|Rysa}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|Isles|trawler|2}} (545/770 t, 1941) struck a mine and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off La Maddelena, Sicily, Italy with the loss of 19 crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4300-49ALL.htm |title=Naval Events, January-December 1943 (in outline only) |publisher=Naval History |access-date=29 December 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Sansei Maru||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Santo Maru-class auxiliary transport (3,234 GRT 1931) was torpedoed and damaged in the Pacific Ocean {{convert|27|nmi|km}} east north east of Iwo Jima ({{coord|25|20|N|141|46|E}}) by {{USS|Sawfish|SS-276|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). There were no casualties. She was towed to Iwo Jima and unloaded and then went to Chichi Jima. Derequisitioned 5 February 1944, she broke in two and sank while still under repair 12 March 1944.{{cite DANFS |title=Sawfish |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss276.txt |access-date=4 January 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Sansei_t.htm |title=Sansei Maru |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=10 December 2019}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

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

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Cap Padaran||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HA 11: The troopship (8,009 GRT, 1922) was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea north east of Cape Spartivento, Italy ({{coord|39|15|N|17|30|E}}) by {{GS|U-596||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of five of her 197 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMT|Sheppey|T292|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/3147.html |title=Cap Padaran |publisher=Uboat |access-date=11 April 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 580||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type C2 Marinefährprahm was torpedoed and sank when cargo of ammunition exploded in the Black Sea {{convert|20|mi}} off Ak-Mechet, Crimea ({{coord|45|29|N|32|19|E}}) by {{ship|Soviet submarine|S-31||2}} ({{navy|Soviet Union}}). All 12 crew were killed.{{cite web|url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/landungsfahrzeuge/marinefaehrprahm/ausgabe.php?where_value=659 |title=F 580 |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=10 December 2019}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Soviet landing tender|No. 29||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=The No. 19-class landing tender was lost on this date.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German minesweeper|R-56||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type R-41 minesweeper was sunk by Soviet aircraft north of Norway.{{cite web |url=http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=762 |title=German coastal minesweeper Type R-41 |publisher=Warshipsww2.Eu |access-date=24 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007024640/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=762 |archive-date=7 October 2014 |url-status=usurped }} She was later raised and repaired.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The Tenryu Maru-class auxiliary transport was shelled and sunk in Hitokappu Bay, Etorofu Island, Kuriles.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/SankoC_t.htm |title=Japanese Army Auxiliary transports |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=28 November 2022}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Sonja||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Kynthos, Greece by {{HMS|Surf|P239|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

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

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Soviet landing boat|DB-503||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: Kerch-Eltigen Operation: The landing boat was sunk by German shore batteries, or by mines, in the Black Sea off the beachhead of Mount Mithridates.{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=53917&sid=002fe7dcccaa3027bb2f6fcdbfbc6a5e |title=Soviet Naval Battles-Black Sea in WWII (redone)|publisher=SovietEmpire |access-date=27 December 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://svobodnoskachat.ru/sl/kniga-pamyati-i-slavy---znamenskaya-nastupatelnaya-operaciya-kniga/ |title=Evacuation of Mount Mithridates |publisher=/svobodnoskachat.ru |access-date=2 December 2015}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Soviet landing tender|No. 35||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: Kerch-Eltigen Operation: The No. 11-class landing tender was sunk by a mine off the beachhead of Mount Mithridates with all hands.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=11 December 1943 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Cuckmere|K299|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy KMS 34: The {{sclass2|River|frigate|2}} (1,445/2,165 t, 1943) was torpedoed and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea off Bougie, Algeria by {{GS|U-223||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 16 crew. She was towed into Algiers but was declared a total loss.{{cite web|url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/3148.html |title=HMS Cuckmere (K 299) |publisher=Uboat |access-date=11 March 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Lynghaug|1919 Wallace|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at Preston, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was refloated, but later declared a constructive total loss. She was sunk as an artificial breakwater off Arromanches on 10 June 1944.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/lynghaug.html |title=D/S Lynghaugh |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=26 January 2011 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=V 602 Richard C. Krogmann

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The vorpostenboot was sunk off the Charente Estuary, France by two mines dropped by Royal Air Force aircraft.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?168855 |title=V 602 |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=16 January 2019}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Suffolk||2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship foundered and sank in a heavy gale about {{convert|20|mi}} south of Montauk Point, Long Island ({{coord|40|43|N|71|58|W}}) with the loss of all 42 men (merchant sailors and gunners).{{cite web|url=http://navylog.navymemorial.org/suffolk |title=SS Suffolk |publisher=navylog.navymemorial.org |access-date=5 February 2019}}{{cite book |author=The American Maritime History Project |year=2014 |title=Braving the Wartime Seas |page=596 |isbn=978-1-4931-8614-3}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=12 December 1943 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Herma Gorthon|1936|2}}

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on the Negrillos Reef, off the coast of Colombia. She was refloated on 10 January 1944 but was declared a constructive total loss. She was sold in October 1944, 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=362 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Holcombe|L56|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy KMS 34: The {{sclass2|Hunt|destroyer|2}} (1,087/1,490 t, 1942) was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Bougie, Algeria ({{coord|37|20|N|5|30|E}}) by {{GS|U-593||2}} with the loss of 84 of her 164 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{USS|Niblack|DD-424|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).{{cite web|url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/3150.html |title=HMS Holcombe (L 56)|publisher=Uboat |access-date=10 April 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Île d'Aix||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk at Bremen during an American air raid.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German minesweeper|M 5206 Gnom||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The minesweeper collided with another vessel and sank in Oslofjord.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was severely damaged at Bremen during an American air raid.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Tosei Maru|1926|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Flores Sea ({{coord|2|44|N|126|14|E}}) by {{USS|Tuna|SS-203|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=546 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}{{cite DANFS |title=Trout |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss203.txt |access-date=31 December 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Tynedale|L96|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy KMS 34: The {{sclass2|Hunt|destroyer|2}} (1,000/1,340 t, 1940) was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Jijel, Algeria ({{coord|37|10|N|6|05|E}}) by {{GS|U-593||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 73 of her 155 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{ship|ST|Hengist||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) and {{HMS|Hyderabad|K212|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web|url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3149.html |title=HMS Tynedale (L 96) |publisher=Uboat |access-date=10 April 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German trawler|V 6106 Tirol||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Vorpostenboot was sunk in Varangerfjord ({{coord|70|06|N|30|26|E}}) by Soviet Navy torpedo boats, or by mines. 24 of her 59 crew were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=53532 |title=Soviet Naval Battles-Arctic during WWII (redone) |publisher=SovietEmpire |access-date=12 December 2018}}{{cite book |title=La marine soviétique en guerre |first=Claude |last=Huan |publisher=Economica |year=1991 |isbn=978-2717819205}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Valery Chkalov||2}}

|flag={{flag|Soviet Union}}

|desc=The Liberty ship broke in two in the Pacific Ocean ({{coord|54|22|N|164|04|E}}). Both sections were salvaged and the ship was repaired and returned to service.{{cite web|url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibshipsA.html |title=Liberty Ships – A |publisher=Mariners |access-date=6 January 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{USS|YCK-8}}

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

|desc=The open lighter foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Key West, Florida.{{cite web|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?182935 |title= YCK-8 Barge, Lighter 1943 |publisher=Wrecksite.eu |access-date=13 December 2012}} }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=13 December 1943 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Friedrich Bischoff||2}}

|flag={{Flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Bremen by Royal Air Force aircraft. She was later salvaged, repaired and returned to service.{{cite book |last2=Sawyer |first2=LA |last1=Mitchell |first1=WH |year= 1990 |title=The Empire Ships |place=London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong |publisher=Lloyd's of London Press Ltd |isbn=1-85044-275-4 |edition=Second |page=451 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Palau by {{USS|Pogy|SS-266|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German minesweeper|R 306||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The minesweeper was bombed and set on fire at Kiel during an American air raid, and then scuttled to avoid an explosion. She was raised on 5 February 1944 but was then scrapped.{{cite web|url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/minensucher/ausgabe.php?where_value=876 |title=R 306 |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=2 September 2024}}{{cite web|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?180316 |title=R-306 Minesweeper 1943 |publisher=Wrecksite.eu |access-date=13 December 2013}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc= The Admiralty chartered cargo ship ran aground in the River Exe in the Exe Estuary in Devon. Crew remaind aboard in hopes of being pulled off. Eight days later she was hit by a severe gale during which her crew was taken off, the ship was pulled off but then beached and abandoned after being stripped.{{cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/low-tide-reveals-ww2-shipwreck-in-devon-river/ar-AA1qXQ61?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=c6f320684ea54d45a271095f2eb36c35&ei=43 |title=Low tide reveals WW2 shipwreck in Devon river |publisher=Daily Mail via MSN |access-date=22 September 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.submerged.co.uk/south-coaster/ |title=The South Coaster |publisher=submerged.co.uk |access-date=22 September 2024}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|German torpedo boat|T15||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type 37 torpedo boat was bombed and sunk by aircraft while docked at the Deutsche Werke yard in Kiel.{{csr|register=MSI|id=6112436|shipname=T15 |accessdate=20 July 2012}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off New Ireland by Consolidated PBY Catalina aircraft of the United States Navy.

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy O-302: The cargo ship was torpedoed in the Pacific Ocean south of Kyushu ({{coord|30|25|N|132|32|E}}) by {{USS|Sailfish|SS-192|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Her cargo of incendiary bombs caught fire setting off high explosive bombs, sinking her. Three passengers, 12 gunners and 22 crewmen were killed.{{cite DANFS |title=Sailfish |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss192.txt |access-date=30 December 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Meisho_t.htm |title=Japanese transports |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=6 February 2023}}

}}

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|ship={{GS|U-172||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type IXC submarine was depth charged and sunk by Grumman TBF Avenger and Grumman F4F Wildcat aircraft based on {{USS|Bogue|CVE-9|6}} and also by {{USS|Clemson|DD-186|6}}. {{USS|Du Pont|DD-152|6}}, {{USS|George E. Badger|DD-196|6}} and {{USS|Osmond Ingram|DD-255|6}} (all {{navy|USA|1912}}) with the loss of 13 of her 59 crew.

}}

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|ship={{GS|U-345||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was severely damaged by bombs in the Howaldtswerke shipyard at Kiel during an American air raid ad was decommissioned on 23 December 1943. She foundered while under tow on 2 February 1944 in the Baltic Sea north of Warnemünde ({{coord|54|20|N|12|04|E}}). The wreck was raised in April 1953 and broken up at Stralsund.{{cite web|url=https://uboat.net/boats/u345.htm |title=U 345 |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=2 September 2024}}

}}

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|ship={{GS|U-391||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The German Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Bay of Biscay north west of Cape Ortegal, Spain ({{coord|45|45|N|9|38|W}}) by a Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft of 53 Squadron, Royal Air Force with the loss of all 51 crew.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u391.htm |title=U-391 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=20 March 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{GS|U-593||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged, shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean north of Algiers, Algeria ({{coord|37|38|N|5|58|E}}) by {{HMS|Calpe|L71|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) and {{USS|Wainwright|DD-419|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). All 51 crew survived and were rescued by USS Wainwright.{{cite DANFS |title=DD-419 |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/destroy/dd419txt.htm |access-date=16 January 2012}}{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u593.htm |title=U-593 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=10 April 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

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

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|ship={{SS|Daisy Moller||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship (4,087 GRT, 1911) was torpedoed and sunk in the Bay of Bengal by {{Jsub|Ro-110||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}). The lifeboats were rammed and shelled, killing 55 of the 127 crew.

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean by {{USS|Herring|SS-233|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).{{cite DANFS |title=Herring |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss233.txt |access-date=1 January 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|German net tender|Netztender 44 Prudente||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The net tender was torpedoed and sunk in Monaco harbor by {{HMS|Untiring|P59|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3564.html |title=HMS Untiring (P59) of the Royal Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=28 November 2017}}

}}

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|ship={{USS|PT-239}}

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

|desc=The PT boat burned in Lambu Lambu Cove, Vella Lavella, Solomon Islands ({{coord|07|42|N|156|47|E}}).{{cite web|url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/10561.html |title=PT-239 of the US Navy |publisher=U Boat.net |access-date=14 December 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

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

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|ship={{SS|Aquileia||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The hospital ship was attacked by Allied aircraft at Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. She was set afire and ran aground.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=530 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=The cargo ship (1,569 GRT, 1922) collided with {{SS|Pinguin||2}} ({{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}) and sank off Bastøy Island, Norway. Raised in 1947, repaired and re-entered service in 1949.{{cite web|url=http://www.warsailors.com/homefleet/shipsb2.html |title=Norwegian Homefleet – WW II, Ships starting with Bo through Bø |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=8 February 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Japanese cargo ship|Genmei Maru||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy KAI-13: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged off Timor by Dutch Army North American B-25 Mitchell aircraft. She was scuttled by shore batteries the next day. Four passengers, ten gunners and eight crew were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/CH-2_t.htm |title= Japanese Submarine Chasers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=15 December 2013}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=File:SS Nevada (1915) sinking.jpg

The cargo ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of South Carolina with the loss of 34 of her 63 crew. Survivors were rescued by the cutter {{USCGC|Comanche|WPG-76|6}} (22px United States Coast Guard). Nevada foundered on 18 December.

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Gulf of Tonkin off the coast of French Indochina by North American B-25 Mitchell aircraft of the United States Fourteenth Air Force.

}}

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|ship={{SS|UJ-102||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary submarine chaser, a converted Type KT cargo ship, blew up and sank with all 53 hands in the Black Sea off Eupatoria. At the time, she was dropping depth charges on or near the wreck of {{SS|Santa Fé|1921|2}} ({{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}), possibly detonating gasoline or munitions in the wreck, or being sunk by the explosion of one of her own depth charges.{{cite web |title=UJ-102 Submarine Chaser 1943 |url= http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?149465 |publisher=Wrecksite.eu |access-date=14 December 2017}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

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

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Admiral Brommy||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The accommodation ship was sunk at Bremen during a British air raid.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy No. 227: The Ginyo Maru-class cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk by {{USS|Flying Fish|SS-229|6}} ({{Navy|USA|1912}}) {{convert|50|nmi}} south west of Takao. 118 passengers, three gunners and 66 crew were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Ginyo_t.htm |title=Ginyo Maru |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=9 April 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy TAMA-24: The Kinrei Maru-class ore carrier was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocxan ({{coord|26|30|N|128|15|E}}) by {{USS|Grayback|SS-208|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}). 62 crew were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Gyokurei_t.htm |title= Japanese Ore Carriers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |accessdate=8 March 2023}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|McDowell||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Type T2-SE-A2 tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Caribbean Sea {{convert|30|nmi|km}} north of Aruba, Netherlands Antilles ({{coord|13|08|N|70|02|W}}) by {{GS|U-516||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of three of her 73 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Fairfax||2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}) and {{USS|YMS-56}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).{{cite web|url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/3152.html |title=McDowell |publisher=Uboat |access-date=1 April 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German minesweeper|R 54||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type R-41 minesweeper was sunk by a mine north west of Anholt, Denmark ({{coord|56|47|N|11|12|E}}). The whole crew was rescued.{{cite web |url=http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=762 |title=German coastal minesweeper Type R-41 |publisher=Warshipsww2.Eu |access-date=24 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007024640/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=762 |archive-date=7 October 2014 |url-status=usurped }}{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/minensucher/ausgabe.php?where_value=1196 |title=R 54 |website=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=2 September 2024}}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|Rose Valley}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The naval drifter/inspection vessel (100 GRT, 1918), being used as a torpedo transport, sank in a collision off Scapa Flow ({{coord|58|47|N|03|47|W}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?118921 |title=HMD Rose Valley (INS 94) (+1943) |publisher=wrecksite.eu |access-date=16 December 2016}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{GS|U-73|1940|2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type VIIB submarine was depth charged, shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Oran, Algeria by {{USS|Edison|DD-439|6}}, {{USS|Trippe|DD-403|6}} and {{USS|Woolsey|DD-437|6}} (all {{navy|USA|1912}}) with the loss of 16 of her 48 crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Vienti||2}}

|flag={{flag|Finland}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk at Bremen during a British air raid.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|ST|Vulcan|1913|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The tug was sunk at Bremen during a British air raid.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{USS|YP-426}}

|flag={{Navy|USA|1912}}

|desc=The patrol boat ran aground and sank east of Tybee Island, Georgia ({{coord|31|59|N|80|48|W}}).{{cite web |url= http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/USN-Chron/USN-Chron-1943.html |title=Official Chronology of the US Navy in WWII |publisher=Ibiblio |access-date=16 December 2013}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

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

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{USS|APc-21||6}}

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

|desc=World War II: The coastal transport was bombed and sunk by Japanese dive bombers off Arawe, New Britain ({{coord|06|15|S|149|01|E}}). All 25 crew were rescued.{{cite web|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?180328 |title=ApC-21 Cargo ship 1943-1943 |publisher=Wrecksite.eu |access-date=17 December 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://wikimapia.org/14771633/Wreck-of-USS-APc-21 |title=ApC-21 |publisher=wikimapia.org |access-date=18 December 2019}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Kingswood||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship (5,080 GRT, 1929) was torpedoed and sunk in the Gulf of Guinea south west of Cotonou, French West Africa ({{coord|5|57|N|1|43|E}}) by {{GS|U-515||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). All 48 crew survived.{{cite web|url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/3153.html |title=Kingswood |publisher=Uboat |access-date=1 April 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{ship |Japanese cargo ship |Wakatsu Maru||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy KAI-13: The transport ship was bombed, blew up and sunk off Timor by Bristol Beaufighter aircraft of the Royal Australian Air Force. There were 14 troops and six crew killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/CH-2_t.htm |title= Japanese Sub Chasers|publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=17 December 2013}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was attacked by Dutch aircraft and sank in the Philippine Sea ({{coord|8|26|S|126|48|E}}).{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=528 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Arno||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and badly damaged in the Bay of Concarneau, Brittany, France by Bristol Beaufighter aircraft of Coastal Command, Royal Air Force. Ten crew were wounded. She sank under tow in bad weather on 21 December off Brest.{{cite web|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?176744 |title=MV Pietro Orseolo |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=18 April 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.absa3945.com/Pertes%20Bretagne/Morbihan/1%20decembre%201943/pietro_orseolo.html |title=Arno |publisher=www.absa3945.com |access-date=18 April 2023}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Christopholis||2}}

|flag={{flag|Greece}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Makronisos by {{ORP|Sokół|1940|6}} ({{navy|Poland}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Felixstowe|J126|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Bangor|minesweeper}} (673/860 t, 1941) was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Capo Ferro, Sardinia, Italy ({{coord|41|10|N|09|40|E}}) by a mine. There were no casualties.{{cite web|url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3184.html |title=HMS Felixstowe J126 of the Royal Navy |publisher=UBoat.net |access-date=18 December 2012}}{{cite web |url=https://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-22MS-Bangor-HMS_Polruan.htm |title=Felixstowe |publisher=www.naval-history.net |access-date=18 December 2019}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy No. 227: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the East China Sea ({{coord|26|30|N|128|15|E}}) by {{USS|Grayback|SS-208|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). There were 62 crew killed.{{cite DANFS| title=Grayback |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss208.txt |access-date=31 December 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Gyokurei_t.htm |title=Gyokurei Maru |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=18 December 2019}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|La Foce||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by {{HMS|Universal|P57|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). There were 18 killed and 31 survivors.{{cite web|url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?215096 |title=La Foce |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=3 December 2019}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy No. 227: The {{sclass|Minekaze|destroyer|2}} was torpedoed and sunk in the East China Sea {{convert|50|mi}} east north east of Naha, Okinawa {{coord|26|29|N|128|26|E}} by {{USS|Grayback|SS-208|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). The day after her bow broke off. The vessel was lost with the death of all 148 crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Seattle_t.htm |title=Japanese Army Auxiliary Hospital ships |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=3 December 2022}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|German landing craft|SF 193||2}}

|flag= {{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Siebel ferry was damaged by {{HMS|MTB 637}} ({{naval|UK}}), and went aground where she was attacked by Partizans. Six crew were killed, 11 reported missing and 29 later rescued. Possibly salvaged and put in Partizan service.{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=48457 |title=Yugoslavian Partisan Navy in WWII-Adriatic Sea (updated2021) |publisher=Soviet-Empire |access-date=4 September 2022}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=19 December 1943 |sort=}}

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|ship={{ship|Japanese auxiliary transport|Alaska Maru||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy No. N-206: The Alaska Maru-class transport was bombed and damaged in the Pacific Ocean {{convert|30|nmi|km}} north of the Gazelle Peninsula, off Kavieng, New Ireland by Consolidated PBY Catalina aircraft of the United States Navy and Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft of the United States Army Air Force. One crewman was killed. She sank the next day ({{coord|03|45|N|151|21|E}}). Survivors were rescued by {{ship|Japanese submarine chaser|CH-37||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Pacific_t.htm |title=Japanese Army Auxiliary Transports |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=19 December 2013}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|James Withycombe||2}}

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

|desc=The Liberty ship ran aground off Cristóbal, Colón, Panama ({{coord|8|58|N|79|32|W}}). She broke in two and was abandoned as a constructive total loss.{{cite web|url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsJ-Ji.html |title=Liberty Ships J – Ji |publisher=Mariners |access-date=6 January 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Japanese cargo ship|Kaito Maru||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy No. N-206: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged in the Pacific Ocean {{convert|30|nmi|km}} north of the Gazelle Peninsula, off Kavieng, New Ireland by Consolidated PBY Catalina aircraft of the United States Navy. A total of 262 troops and 26 crew were killed. She sank the next day ({{coord|04|35|N|151|21|E}}). Survivors were rescued by {{ship|Japanese submarine chaser|CH-37||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}).

}}

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|ship= {{HMS|LCP(R) 753}}, {{HMS|LCP(R) 771}} and {{HMS|LCP(R) 795}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The landing craft personnel (ramped) (6/8 t, 1942) were lost on this date.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The cargo ship was severely damaged by an explosion of ammunition at Nesodden, Norway. She was towed out of port, but exploded and sank on 1 January 1944.{{Cite web|url=http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/44-01.htm |title=Seekrieg 1944, Januar |access-date=29 July 2015 |last=Rohwer |first=Jürgen |author-link=Jürgen Rohwer |author2=Gerhard Hümmelchen |work=Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart |publisher= |language=German }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The transport, a World War I British Type C standard cargo ship, (3,083 GRT 1919) was bombed and heavily damaged at Kwajalein Atoll by Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft. Five crew were killed. She sank the next day.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Shoei3083_t.htm |title=Shoei Maru |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=7 January 2021}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Zora||2}}

|flag={{flagicon|Greece}} Greece

|desc=World War II: The Greek caique was sunk with demotion charges from {{HMS|Sportsman}} ({{naval|UK}}) after its crew was taken off.{{Cite web|url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3447.html|title = HMS Sportsman (P 229) of the Royal Navy - British Submarine of the S class - Allied Warships of WWII - uboat.net}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

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

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|ship={{ship|USCGC|Bodega}}

|flag={{coast guard|USA|coast guard}}

|desc=The patrol vessel became stranded while attempting to rescue the crew of {{SS|James Withycombe||2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}), and was subsequently abandoned. There was no casualty.{{Cite web |url=http://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/Bodega_WYP342.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-09-11 |archive-date=2013-06-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130609041055/http://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/Bodega_WYP342.pdf |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USCG/VIII-LostCutters/index.html#bodega |title=Bodega |publisher=www.ibiblio.org |access-date=20 December 2019}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Fernando L. de Ybarra|1919|2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship was driven ashore at Peniche, Portugal in a storm and was wrecked with the loss of 23 of her 33 crew.{{Cite newspaper The Times|title=Gallant Rescues By Portuguese |date=23 December 1943 |page=3 |issue=49736 |column=C }}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=570 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Japanese destroyer|Fuyō|1923|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy No. 782: The {{sclass|Wakatake|destroyer|2}} was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea off Subic Bay, Philippines ({{coord|14|45|N|119|54|E}}) by {{USS|Puffer|SS-268|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).{{cite DANFS |title=Puffer |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss268.txt |access-date=4 January 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Fuyo_t.htm |title=2nd Class Destroyers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=20 December 2012}}

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|ship={{HMS|LCM 33}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The landing craft mechanized (21/35 t, 1940) was lost on this date.

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|ship={{SS|Phemius||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship (7,406 GRT, 1921) was torpedoed and sunk in the Gulf of Guinea {{convert|30|nmi|km}} south of Accra, Gold Coast ({{coord|5|01|N|0|47|E}}) by {{GS|U-515||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 23 of the 116 people on board. Survivors were rescued by {{ship|French corvette|Commandant Drogou|J3040|2}} ({{navy|France}}).{{cite web|url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/3154.html |title=Phemius |publisher=Uboat |access-date=1 April 2012}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy No. 1182: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean north of the Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea ({{coord|01|26|N|148|36|E}}) by {{USS|Gato|SS-212|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Her whole crew was rescued.{{cite DANFS |title=Gato |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss212.txt |access-date=31 December 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/CH-28_t.htm |title=Tsuneshima Maru |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=20 December 2019}}

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|ship={{GS|U-850||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type IXD2 submarine was depth charged, torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|32|54|N|37|01|W}}) by Grumman TBM Avenger and Grumman F4F Wildcat aircraft based on {{USS|Bogue|CVE-9|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) with the loss of all 66 crew.{{cite DANFS |title=Bogue |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/carriers/cve9.htm |access-date=12 January 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u850.htm |title=U-850 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=22 April 2012}}

}}

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

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship (5,759 GRT, 1928) was torpedoed and sunk by German aircraft east of Malta ({{Coord|36|16|N|16|58|E}}). All 65 crew and 23 passengers were rescued.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?132157 |title=SS Aspherat |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=20 December 2019}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=549 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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|ship={{ship|French submarine chaser|Carentan|CH-5|2}}

|flag={{navy|Free France}}

|desc=The CH-5-class submarine chaser (107/137 t, 1939) foundered in a storm in the La Manche. There were 20 crew (17 French and three British) deaths and six survivors.{{cite web |url=http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=1276 |title=French submarine chaser type CH-5 |publisher=Warshipsww2.Eu |access-date=28 December 2014 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141228203642/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=1276 |archivedate=28 December 2014 }}{{cite web |url=http://geneasud.20minutes-blogs.fr/archive/2010/01/19/liste-des-marins-du-chaser-5-carentan-le-21-decembre-1943.html |title=Carentan |publisher=geneasud.20minutes-blogs.fr |access-date=9 December 2019 |archive-date=9 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209141753/http://geneasud.20minutes-blogs.fr/archive/2010/01/19/liste-des-marins-du-chaser-5-carentan-le-21-decembre-1943.html |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=https://memorial-national-des-marins.fr/crypte-gg/3316-carentan |title=Carentan |publisher=memorial-national-des-marins.fr |access-date=9 December 2019}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy OKI-904: The Kashiwa Maru-class auxiliary minesweeper (515 GRT 1938) was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean about {{convert|8|nmi|spell=in}} south west of Kuchinoerabujima, Satsunan Islands ({{coord|30|24|N|119|53|E}}) by {{USS|Grayback|SS-208|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). The vessel was lost with all crew, including the survivors of Konan Maru (at least 107 men).{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Shinto2_t.htm |title=Konan and Kashiwa Maru |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=20 December 2019}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy OKI-904: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean about {{convert|8|nmi|spell=in}} south west of Kuchinoerabujima, Satsunan Islands ({{coord|30|26|N|129|58|E}}) by {{USS|Grayback|SS-208|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). There were 69 crew, three gunners and 576 of her 683 passengers killed. Kashiwa Maru rescued the survivors but was sunk with all hands, including the rescued survivors shortly later, also by Grayback.

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|ship={{HMS|LCA 645}} and {{HMS|LCA 646}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=Both landing craft assault (8.5/11.5 t, 1943) were lost in heavy sea off Eddystone Lighthouse.{{cite web|url=https://www.fold3.com/image/1/301339573 |title=Admiralty War Diary, 21 Dec 1943 |publisher=www.fold3.com |access-date=20 December 2019}}

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|ship={{SS|Norhauk||2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: the cargo ship (6,038 GRT, 1919) struck a mine and sank in the Thames Estuary ({{Coord|51|50|03|N|1|33|01|E}}) with the loss of 11 of her 41 crew. The wreck was subsequently dispersed by explosives.{{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=411 }}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=562 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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|ship={{MV|Terukawa Maru|1934|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Terukawa Maru-class fleet oiler was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off the Caroline Islands ({{coord|09|45|N|152|00|E}}) by {{USS|Skate|SS-305|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). An unknown number of passengers and 12 crew were killed. Survivors were rescued by {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Amagiri|1930|2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}).{{cite DANFS|title=Skate |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss305.txt |access-date=5 January 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Terukawa_t.htm |title=Terukawa Maru |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=20 December 2019}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy O-106: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Bungo Channel by {{USS|Sailfish|SS-192|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). She was carrying 950 men of the 202nd Naval Construction Unit, and 192 were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/YasukuniM_t.htm |title=Uyo Maru |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=20 December 2019}}

}}

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

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|ship={{HMS|BV 42}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The {{sclass|Parkgate|guard ship}} (275 t, 1918) was sunk by an explosion at Leith, Lothian. Seven crew were killed.{{cite web|url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/7733.html |title=HMS BV 42 of the Royal Navy |publisher=www.uboat.net |access-date=22 December 2020}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The Kinrei Maru-class ore carrier was bombed and sunk in the South China Sea {{convert|105|nmi|km}} south of Hong Kong ({{coord|12|12|N|130|40|E}}) by North American B-25 Mitchell aircraft of the United States Fourteenth Air Force.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Ginrei_t.htm |title=Japanese Ore Carriers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=28 June 2022 }}

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and damagedeast of Kashinosaki, Japan ({{coord|33|30|N|135|57|E}}) by {{USS|Gurnard|SS-254|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). She was subsequently towed in to a Japanese port. Acquired by the Imperial Japanese Navy in 1944 and entered service as the submarine tender Tatsumiya Maru.{{cite web | title=Havelland Passenger/Cargo Ship 1939–1943| url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?179796 |publisher=Wrecksite.eu |access-date=22 December 2013 }}{{csr|register=MSI|id=5605572|shipname=Havelland |accessdate=18 August 2012}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=471 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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|ship= {{HMS|LCP(R) 613}}, {{HMS|LCP(R) 661}} and {{HMS|LCP(R) 1035}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The landing craft personnel (ramped) (6/8 t, 1943) were lost on this date.

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|ship= {{HMS|LCP(S) 116}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The landing craft personnel (small) (3/5.5 t, 1943) was lost on this date.

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|ship={{SS|Maria|????|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster was sunk by {{ship|Soviet motor torpedo boat|TK-13||2}} ({{navy|Soviet Union}}) with all hands.

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|ship={{SMS|Niobe||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Gazelle|cruiser|0}} light cruiser was torpedoed and sunk by HMMTB 276 and HMMTB 298 (both {{naval|UK}}) off Silba, Yugoslavia after running aground on 19 December. The wreck was scrapped post-war.

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|ship={{ship|Soviet motor torpedo boat|TK-14||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: The D-3-class motor torpedo boat was sunk by shelling by {{ship|German minesweeper|M 365||2}} and {{ship|German patrol ship|V 6108||2}}, (both {{navy|Nazi Germany}}) and then was rammed by V 6108. Five crew were taken as prisoners of war by {{ship|German patrol ship|V 6115||2}}.{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=53532&sid=e77ebe3d06af7b4ff990a36986dab142 |title=Soviet Naval Battles-Arctic |publisher=SovietEmpire |access-date=16 December 2015}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|German submarine hunter|UJ 6076 Volontaire||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler/submarine chaser was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea south of Cap Sicié by {{ship|French submarine|Casabianca|1935|2}} ({{navy|Free France}}) with the loss of 29 lives.

}}

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

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|ship={{SS|Balkan||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Bulgaria}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Mudros, Greece ({{coord|39|44|N|25|16|E}}) by {{HMS|Sportsman|P229|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). There were 3 dead and 68 survivors.{{cite book |title=The world's merchant fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=445 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?133519 |title=Balkan |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=23 December 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3447.html |title=HMS Sportsman |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=23 December 2020}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|MTB|357}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The motor torpedo boat (40/47 t, 1943) was shelled and damaged by German surface ships, and foundered the next day in the North Sea.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/16966.html |title=HMS MTB 357 of the Royal Navy |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=23 December 2020}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The Peacetime Standard Type D auxiliary transport was bombed and sunk at Mili Atoll, Marshall Islands, ({{coord|06|05|N|171|43|E}}) by Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers of the United States Navy.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Nankai2_t.htm |title=Nankai Maru No. 2 |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=23 December 2020}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Japanese gunboat|Nanyo||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Nanyo-class gunboat, a former Chinese Ho-class customs cruiser, was bombed and sunk in the South China Sea at Matsu Island, off Foochow ({{coord|26|10|N|119|55|E}}) by North American B-25 Mitchell aircraft of the United States Fourteenth Air Force.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/nanyo_t.htm |title=Nanyo |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=23 December 2020}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Peshawur||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship (7,934 GRT, 1919) was torpedoed and sunk in the Bay of Bengal ({{coord|11|11|N|80|11|E}}) by {{Jsub|Ro-111||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}). All aboard (master, 124 sailors and 9 gunners) were rescued by the minesweeping sloop {{HMAS|Ipswich|J186|6}} ({{naval|Australia|1913}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/RO-111.htm |title=RO-111 |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=23 December 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?58818 |title=Peshawur |publisher=wrecksite.eu |access-date=23 December 2020}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet minesweeper|Raduga||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper was sunk by a mine off Seskar Island in the Baltic Sea. There were 56 dead and 10 survivors.{{cite web |url=https://canadapress.ru/2020/02/16/na-bratskix-mogilax-ne-stavyat-krestov-uvekovechit-podvig-moryakov-tralshhika-raduga/ |title=Raduga |date=15 February 2020 |publisher=canadapress.ru |access-date=23 December 2020}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Raimo-Ragnar||2}}

|flag={{flag|Finland}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground south of Nygrundet, Sweden, and was later destroyed by storms. There was no casualties.{{csr|register=MSI|id=5603811|shipname=Raimo-Ragnar|accessdate=18 September 2012}}{{cite web |url=https://www.hylyt.net/item/raimo-ragnar-2319/ |title=Raimo-Ragnar |publisher=www.hylyt.net |access-date=23 December 2020}}

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|ship=Scotia

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

|desc=Carrying a cargo of hundreds of cases of beer, the 2,649-ton steam cargo ship was stranded off Alcan Cove ({{coord|52|43|45|N|174|04|30|E|name=Alcan Cove}}) on Shemya Island in the Aleutian Islands. She broke in two and sank in January.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-s/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (S)]{{cite web |url=http://shemya.hlswilliwaw.com/index_htm_files/Shemya%20History%201941-updated.pdf |title=Scotia |publisher=shemya.hlswilliwaw.com |access-date=23 December 2020}}

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|ship=Viking

|flag=

|desc=The oil vessel burned {{convert|7|mi|spell=in}} east of Grayton Beach, Florida.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6j6kjZQReqkC&q=ship%3A++David+Kemps%2C+1897&pg=PA198 |title=Shipwrecks of Florida: A comprehensive listing |year=1998 |publisher=Pineapple Press/Googlebooks |isbn=9781561641635 |access-date=25 May 2020}}

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|ship={{HMS|Worcester|D96|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The W-class destroyer (1,120/1,508 t, 1922) struck a mine in the North Sea and was severely damaged. Declared a constructive total loss, she spent the rest of the war as an accommodation ship.

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

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|ship=Antone

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

|desc=After her rudder broke, the motor vessel ran aground on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska {{convert|1.5|nmi}} south of Barabara Point ({{coord|59|29|10|N|151|38|30|W|name=Barabara Point}}). She became a total loss, but all 13 people on board survived.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-a/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (A)]

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|ship={{MV|Dumana||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy STL 8: The seaplane tender (8,427 GRT, 1923) straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|70|nmi|km}} south west of Sassandra, Côte d'Ivoire ({{coord|4|27|N|6|58|W}}) by {{GS|U-515||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 39 of the 169 people on board. Survivors were rescued by {{HMT|Arran|T06|6}} and {{HMT|Southern Pride|K249|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/3157.html |title=Dumana |publisher=Uboat |access-date=1 April 2012}} Dumana was on a voyage from Port-Étienne, Mauritania to Takoradi, Gold Coast.{{cite book |first=Roger |last=Jordan |year= 1999 |title=The World's Merchant Ships 1939 |place=London |publisher=Chatham House |isbn=1-86176-023-X |page=99 }}

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|ship={{SS|Hans Christophersen|1921|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The cargo ship (2,034 GRT, 1921) was wrecked {{convert|4|nmi|spell=in}} south of Sælgrund, Denmark.{{csr|register=MSI |id=5605396 |shipname=Hans Christophersen |accessdate=25 April 2015}} Also reported as a war loss, striking a mine and sinking in the Gulf of Bothnia.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=552 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Morotai Strait by {{USS|Raton|SS-270|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).{{cite DANFS |title=Raton |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss270.htm |access-date=4 January 2012}}

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|ship={{HMS|Hurricane|H06|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|H|destroyer}} (1,350/1,860 t, 1940) was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean by {{GS|U-415||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of three of her 152 crew. She was scuttled the next day by {{HMS|Watchman|D26|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |title=HMS Hurricane (H 06) |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/3156.html |website=uboat.net |access-date=5 August 2021}}

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|ship={{Jsub|I-39||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Type B1 submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Lunga Point, Guadalcanal by {{USS|Griswold|DE-7|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) (or sunk by {{USS|Boyd|DD-544|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) on 26 November 1943 {{convert|60|nmi|km}} south west of Tarawa).{{cite DANFS |title=Griswold |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/escorts/de7.htm |access-date=28 January 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/I-39.htm |title=Imperial Submarines |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=28 June 2022 }}

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|ship={{USS|Leary|DD-158|6}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Wickes|destroyer|2}} was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by {{GS|U-275||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 97 of her 176 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{USS|Schenck|DD-159|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).{{cite web |title=USS Leary (DD 158) |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/3155.html |website=uboat.net |access-date=5 August 2021}}

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|ship={{ship|HMS ML|1388}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy STL 8: The Harbour Defence Motor Launch (44/52 t, 1943) was wrecked at Hartlepool, County Durham.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/15355.html |title=HDML 1388 of the Royal Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=24 December 2013}}

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|ship={{SS|Nicoline Maersk||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was attacked by the destroyer {{ship|French destroyer|Le Fantasque||2}} ({{navy|Free France}}) off Tortosa, Spain and was deliberately run ashore at Sant Carles de la Ràpita, Spain. She was declared a total loss.{{cite book |title=The world's merchant fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=449 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy No. 8222-Toko: The Peacetime Standard Type D auxiliary transport ship was torpedoed and sunk about {{convert|1.5|nmi|spell=in}} north east of Mikizaki, Mie Prefecture, Homshu, Japan ({{coord|34|03|N|136|19|E}}) by {{USS|Gurnard|SS-254|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). 28 crew were killed.{{cite DANFS |title=Gurnard |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss254.txt |access-date=3 January 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Seizan2_t.htm |title=Japanese transports |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=7 January 2021}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy No. 8222-Toko: The transport was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean about {{convert|1.5|nmi|spell=in}} north east of Mikizaki, Mie Prefecture, Honshu, Japan ({{coord|34|03|N|136|19|E}}) by {{USS|Gurnard|SS-254|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Three gunners and 49 crew killed.

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|ship={{GS|U-645||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north east of the Azores, Portugal ({{coord|45|20|N|21|40|W}}) by {{USS|Schenck|DD-159|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) with the loss of all 55 crew.{{cite DANFS |title=DD-159 |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/destroy/dd159txt.htm |access-date=16 January 2012}}{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u645.htm |title=U-645 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=14 April 2012}}

}}

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|ship=Unknown landing boat

|flag= {{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The landing boat was sunk by {{ship|Yugoslavian patrol boat|PC-64 Neutralni||2}} ({{flagicon image|Yugoslav Partisans flag (1942-1945).svg}} Yugoslav Partisans) at Korčula Island.{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=48457 |title=Yugoslavian Partisan Navy in WWII-Adriatic Sea (updated2021) |publisher=Soviet-Empire |accessdate=4 September 2022}}

}}

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|ship=Unknown landing boat

|flag= {{navy|Nazi Germany}}

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

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

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

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|ship={{ship|Soviet landing boat|DB-1||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=The No. 1-class landing boat was lost on this date.

}}

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

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

|desc=The vessel sank from an unknown cause near Tsukumi. Two survivors were rescued by {{ship|Japanese armed merchant cruiser|Gokoku Maru||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Gokoku_t.htm |title=Japanese Auxiliary Cruisers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=10 November 2014}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Frederick Bartholdi||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 270: The Liberty ship ran aground off Skye ({{coord|57|44|N|6|26|W}}). All on board survived. She was later refloated but was consequently scrapped.{{cite web|url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsF.html |title=Liberty Ships – F |publisher=Mariners |access-date=6 January 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/hx/index.html?hx.php?convoy=270!~hxmain |title=Convoy HX.270 |publisher=Convoyweb |access-date=18 May 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{HMT|Kingston Beryl}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler (356 GRT, 1928) struck a mine and sank in the Irish Sea north of Ireland with the loss of all 28 crew.

}}

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|ship={{SS|Osorno||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The blockade runner struck the sunken wreck of {{ship|German minesweeper|Sperrbrecher 21||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) and was beached on the coast of France to save her cargo.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?2086 |title=Orsorno cargo ship 1943 |publisher=Wrecksite.eu |access-date=25 December 2013}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The Tenryu Maru-class auxiliary transport (4,861 GRT 1936) was bombed and sunk at Kavieng, New Ireland ({{coord|02|36|S|150|49|E}}) by United States Navy aircraft carrier-based planes. Five crew were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/TenryuM_t.htm |title=Tenryu Maru |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=10 December 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

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

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

|flag={{flagcountry|British Hong Kong|1910}}

|desc= The cargo ship was sunk in a collision with {{SS|Harmatris|1932|2}} ({{flagcountry|UK|civil}}) in the Indian Ocean, south of Nagercoil, India ({{coord|7|45|N|77|40|E|}}). 40 crewmen were lost. There were 14 survivors.{{csr|register=MSI|id=1110358|shipname=Asian|accessdate=16 August 2012}}{{cite web |url=https://www.benjidog.co.uk/Tower%20Hill/Ascanius%20to%20Asian.html |title=Asian |publisher=www.benjidog.co.uk |access-date=26 December 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1261.html |title=Harmatris |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=26 December 2020}}

}}

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|ship={{USS|Brownson|DD-518|6}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Fletcher|destroyer|2}} was bombed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Cape Gloucester, New Britain ({{coord|5|20|S|148|25|E|}}) by Japanese aircraft with the loss of 108 of her 336 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{USS|Daly|DD-519|6}} and {{USS|Lamson|DD-367|6}} (both {{navy|USA|1912}}).

}}

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|ship={{ship|German guard ship|G 101 Nazario Sauro||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The guard ship was lost on this date.

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The Kyoku Maru-class tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Tioro Strait {{convert|14|mi|km}} north west of Kabaena Island ({{coord|05|07|S|121|38|E|}}) by {{USS|Ray|SS-271|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Twenty-nine passengers and twelve crew were killed.{{cite DANFS |title=Ray |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss271.htm |access-date=4 January 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|German battleship|Scharnhorst||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of North Cape: The {{sclass|Scharnhorst|battleship|2}} was shelled and sunk in the Arctic Sea off North Cape, Norway by {{HMS|Duke of York|17|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) with the loss of 1,942 of her 1,968 crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

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

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|ship={{MS|Alsterufer|1939|2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The supply ship was bombed and set afire in the Atlantic Ocean off the west coast of France ({{coord|46|40|N|19|30|W}}) by Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft of 311 (Czechoslovak) Squadron, Royal Air Force. She was scuttled by her crew. On 31 December, 74 survivors were rescued by Royal Canadian Navy corvettes.{{csr |register=MSI |id=5613877 |shipname=Alsterufer |accessdate=19 July 2012}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=465 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship=Elna

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

|desc=The 1,434-gross register ton, {{convert|240|ft|m|1|adj=on}} transport ship was wrecked in the Shelikof Strait on the south coast of the Territory of Alaska's Alaska Peninsula near Wide Bay ({{coord|57|22|N|156|11|W|name=Wide Bay}}).[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-e/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (E)]

}}

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|ship={{SS|José Navarro||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Liberty ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Laccadive Sea {{convert|175|nmi|km}} south west of Cochin, India ({{coord|8|20|N|73|55|E}}) by {{GS|U-178||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). All 166 people on board were rescued by {{ship|HMIS|Rajputana|J197|6}} ({{navy|British India}}).{{cite web|url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/3159.html |title=José Navarro |publisher=Uboat |access-date=7 March 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Kyūei Maru||2}}

|flag={{nowrap begin}}{{navy|Empire of Japan}}{{nowrap end}}

|desc=World War II: The Standard 1TL tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean {{convert|162|nmi|km}} west south west of Takao ({{coord|21|25|N|118|05|E}}) by {{USS|Flying Fish|SS-229|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). There were 54 crew killed. Survivors were rescued by the escort ship {{ship|Japanese escort ship|Musawa||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Kyuei_t.htm |title=Japanese Oilers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=28 June 2022}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|NB-5 Ivan||2}}

|flag={{flagicon image|Yugoslav Partisans flag (1942-1945).svg}} Yugoslav Partisans

|desc=World War II: The patrol boat, a former {{sclass|SC-1|submarine chaser}}, was sunk by German aircraft.{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=48457&sid=4d7f3041f886abcf286af9b543d030c1 |title=Yugoslavian Partizan navy in WWII (Adriatic Sea) |publisher=SovietEmpire.com |date=19 March 2018}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|PC-61 Vadar||2}}

|flag={{flagicon image|Yugoslav Partisans flag (1942-1945).svg}} Yugoslav Partisans

|desc=World War II: The patrol boat was sunk by German aircraft. Raised and brought to Vis Island in July 1944, but eventually scrapped.{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=48457 |title=Yugoslavian Partisan Navy in WWII-Adriatic Sea (updated2021) |publisher=Soviet-Empire |accessdate=4 September 2022}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|PC-67 Kerc||2}}

|flag={{flagicon image|Yugoslav Partisans flag (1942-1945).svg}} Yugoslav Partisans

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

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

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

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

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Adua|submarine|2}} ran aground off Kaifas, Greece. She was scuttled the next day. The whole crew joined the Greek partisans.{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2015/09/axum.html |title=Axum |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=3 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924101658/http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2015/09/axum.html |archive-date=24 September 2019 |url-status=dead }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The transport ship was bombed and sunk in the Yangtze by North American B-25 Mitchell aircraft of the United States Fourteenth Air Force.

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The transport ship was bombed and sunk in the Yangtze by North American B-25 Mitchell aircraft of the United States Fourteenth Air Force.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{Flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk off Ålesund, Norway ({{coord|62|13|N|5|08|E}}) by {{HMS|Seadog|P216|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). Six crew and one gunner were killed. There were 76 survivors.{{csr |register=MSI |id=5606019 |shipname=Oldenburg |accessdate=1 April 2012}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3435.html |title=HMS Seadog |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=14 December 2017}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=475 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German minesweeper|R-64||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type R-41 minesweeper was sunk south of Honningsvåg, Norway by a mine. 12 crew were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=762 |title=German coastal minesweeper Type R-41 |publisher=Warshipsww2.Eu |access-date=24 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007024640/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=762 |archive-date=7 October 2014 |url-status=usurped }}{{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={{SS|Robert F. Hoke||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Liberty ship was torpedoed in the Gulf of Oman by {{Jsub|I-26||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}) and abandoned. All hands (41 merchant sailors and the 27-men Armed Guard) were rescued by a Royal Air Force crash boat. She was later towed to Suez but never returned to active service and was written off as a total loss.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German torpedo boat|T25||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of the Bay of Biscay: The Type 39 torpedo boat was sunk in action with {{HMS|Glasgow|C21|6}} and {{HMS|Enterprise|D52|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}) in the Bay of Biscay. 85 crew were killed. The 100 survivors were rescued by {{GS|U-505||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) and {{MV|Kerlogue||2}} ({{flag|Ireland}}).{{cite book |title=Die deutschen Kriegsschiffe 1815-1945, Band 1 |first=Erich |last=Gröner |publisher=J.F. Lehmanns Verlag |year=1966}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|German torpedo boat|T26||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of the Bay of Biscay: The Type 39 torpedo boat was sunk in action with {{HMS|Glasgow|C21|6}} and {{HMS|Enterprise|D52|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}) in the Bay of Biscay. 90 crew were killed. The 90 survivors were rescued by {{MV|Kerlogue||2}} ({{flag|Ireland}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The transport ship was bombed and sunk in the Yangtze by North American B-25 Mitchell aircraft of the United States Fourteenth Air Force.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|PC-60-II Vjekoslava||2}}

|flag={{flagicon image|Yugoslav Partisans flag (1942-1945).svg}} Yugoslav Partisans

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

}}

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|ship={{ship|German destroyer|Z27||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of the Bay of Biscay: The {{sclass2|Type 1936A|destroyer}} was sunk in action with {{HMS|Glasgow|C21|6}} and {{HMS|Enterprise|D52|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}) in the Bay of Biscay. A total of 93 men were rescued by {{GS|U-618||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}), Spanish destroyers, and {{MV|Kerlogue||2}} ({{flag|Ireland}}), but about 300 crewmen were killed.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

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

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The transport ship was bombed and sunk in the Yangtze by North American B-25 Mitchell aircraft of the United States Fourteenth Air Force.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The transport ship was bombed and sunk in the Yangtze by North American B-25 Mitchell aircraft of the United States Fourteenth Air Force.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Palau by {{USS|Silversides|SS-236|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).{{cite DANFS |title=Silversides |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss236.txt |access-date=1 January 2012}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Palau by {{USS|Silversides|SS-236|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) with the loss of 35 lives.{{cite book |last1=Scott |first1=James |year=2013 |title=The War Below: The Story of Three Submarines That Battled Japan |page=not cited |publisher=Simon & Schuster |isbn=9781439176856}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Palau by {{USS|Silversides|SS-236|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=30 December 1943 |sort=}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy ON 217: The cargo ship (7,359 GRT, 1943) was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|60|30|N|24|35|W}}) by {{GS|U-545||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). She then straggled behind the convoy and was again torpedoed and damaged on 3 January 1944 at {{coord|60|50|N|22|07|W}} by {{GS|U-744||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of one of her 46 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Elm|T105|6}} and {{HMS|Earner|W143|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}). Empire Housman was taken in tow but sank on 5 January.{{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=54 }}{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/3161.html |title=Empire Houseman |publisher=Uboat |access-date=6 April 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The Imperial Japanese Army-chartered Standard Wartime Type 1TM oiler was torpedoed and sunk in the Java Sea near the Karimata Strait ({{coord|02|45|S|109|10|E}}) by {{USS|Bluefish|SS-222|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Lost with all hands.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/AriakeM_t.htm |title=Japanese Oilers, Civilian Shipping Authority (Senpaku Uneikai) Requisitioned Tankers Shared with the Imperial Army |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=4 December 2022}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled off Naples. She was refloated in 1946 and subsequently scrapped.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=461 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=31 December 1943 |sort=}}

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|ship={{HMS|Clacton|J151|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Bangor|minesweeper}} (656/820 t, 1942) struck a mine and sank in the Mediterranean Sea east of Corsica, France with the loss of 32 of her 60 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Polruan|J97|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).

}}

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

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

|desc=The cargo ship (6,997 GRT, 1941) ran aground at Bizerta, Tunisia. She was consequently declared a total loss and was scrapped in situ. There were no casualties.{{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=85–86 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Hokuroku_t.htm |title=Hokuroku Maru |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=8 January 2021}}

}}

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|ship=Gennisis Theotokou

|flag={{flag|Greece}}

|desc=The sailing vessel ran aground in Naousa Bay, Paros Island, Greece and became a total loss. There were no casualties.{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/verluste_griechenland/ausgabe.php?lang=1&rubrik=%&where_value=584 |title=Gennisis Theotokou |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=18 January 2021}}

}}

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|ship={{Ship|HMS ML|1121}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The Harbour Defence Motor Launch (44/52 t, 1942) foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Pantelleria Italy. There were no casualties.{{cite web| title=HMS HMDL 1121 of the Royal Navy | url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/15058.html |access-date=31 December 2012 }}

}}

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

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

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

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy No.5282: The Shoei Maru-class cargo ship (1,936 GRT 1937) was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off the Caroline Islands ({{coord|05|18|N|160|20|E}}) by {{USS|Greenling|SS-213|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). 20 crew were killed. 106 survivors rescued by {{SS|Kitakami Maru||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}).{{cite DANFS |title=Greenling (SS-213) |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss213.txt |access-date=31 December 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/CH-30_t.htm |title=Shoho Maru |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=7 January 2021}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

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

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Soviet submarine|D-4 Revolutsyoner||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Dekabrist|submarine}} was sunk in a minefield in the Black Sea off the west coast of Crimea after 2 December with a loss of all crew members.{{cite web |url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/4867.html |title=Soviet submarines of the D Class. |publisher=U Boat.net |access-date=1 December 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|LCA 723||6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The landing craft assault (9/12 t, 1943) was lost sometime in December.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Louis C. Tiffany

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

|desc=The Liberty ship was destroyed by fire while under construction and consequently scrapped.{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsL.html |title=LIBERTY SHIPS – L |publisher=Mariners |access-date=6 November 2016}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Soviet motor torpedo boat|No. 24||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=The G-5-class motor torpedo boat was lost sometime in December.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Oscar Chappell||2}}

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

|desc=Convoy HX 271: The cargo ship collided with {{SS|Charles C. Jones||2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}) and was beached.{{cite web|url=http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/hx/index.html?hx.php?convoy=271!~hxmain |title=Convoy HX.271 |publisher=Convoyweb |access-date=18 May 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|French submarine|Protée|1930|2}}

|flag={{navy|Free French}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Redoutable|submarine|2||1928}} was sunk by a mine in the Mediterranean Sea ({{coord|43|04|16|N|5|32|14|E}}) off La Ciotat with the loss of all 74 crew after 18 December 1943.{{cite web |url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/6106.html |title=FR Protee of the French Navy |publisher=www.uboat.net |access-date=29 December 2020}}{{cite web |url=http://sous.marins.disparus.free.fr/index.php/chants/76-protee?showall=1 |title=Protée |publisher=sous.marins.disparus.free.fr |access-date=29 December 2020}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet submarine|S-55||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=The S-class submarine was lost with all 52 crew members.{{cite web |url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/5115.html |title=Soviet submarines of the S Class. |publisher=U Boat.net |access-date=1 Dec 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|German motor torpedo boat|S 631||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The S 631-class motor torpedo boat was sunk by Royal Navy boats.

}}

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|ship={{GS|U-972||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The Type VIIC submarine was lost on patrol on or after 15 December. }}

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1943-12

Category:December 1943