List of shipwrecks in January 1942#25 January

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc= The coaster ran aground in the Copeland Islands, County Down, United Kingdom. She was refloated, but capsized and sank.{{Cite web |title=Fredanja (+1942) |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?14854 |access-date=10 May 2023 |publisher=Wrecksite}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and was damaged in the North Sea off Happisburgh, Norfolk. She was taken in tow by a Royal Navy ship but later sank. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite web |title=Chronicle January 1942 |url=https://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4201-41JAN01.htm |access-date=8 January 2019 |publisher=naval-history.net}}

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|ship=Koraltepe

|flag={{flag|Turkey}}

|desc=World War II: The sailing ship was shelled and sunk in the Black Sea east of Cape Igneada ({{coord|41|43|N|28|13|E}}) by {{Ship|Soviet submarine|ShCh-214||2}} ({{navy|Soviet Union}}).{{Cite web |title=ShCh-214 of the soviet Navy |url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/5045.html |access-date=29 May 2014 |publisher=Uboat}}{{Cite web |last=Rohwer |first=Jürgen |author-link=Jürgen Rohwer |last2=Gerhard Hümmelchen |title=Seekrieg 1942, Januar |url=http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/42-01.htm |access-date=21 April 2015 |website=Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart |language=de}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged in the Pacific Ocean ({{coord|26|21|S|151|24|W}}) by an aircraft from {{ship||Aikoku Maru|1940|2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}). Her crew then scuttled the ship. Her 38 crew were rescued by Aikoku Maru and {{ship||Hōkoku Maru}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}). Malama was on a voyage from Honolulu, Hawaii to Wellington, New Zealand with a cargo of military supplies.{{Cite web |title=Japanese Auxiliary Cruisers |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Aikoku_t.htm |access-date=1 January 2014 |publisher=Combinedfleet.com}}{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=582}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The coaster struck a mine and sank in Liverpool Bay with the loss of four lives.{{Cite web |title=Penrhos |url=https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?67289 |access-date=8 January 2019 |publisher=wrecksite.eu}}

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|ship=Porpose

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

|desc= The lighter was lost off the Norman River, north Queensland.{{Cite web |title=Porpose (+1942) |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?56352 |access-date=10 May 2023 |publisher=Wrecksite}}

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|ship=Portmar

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

|desc= The vessel was lost off the coast of Queensland.{{Cite web |title=Portmar (+1942) |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?56363 |access-date=10 May 2023 |publisher=Wrecksite}}

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|ship={{SS|Silver Ray||2}}

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

|desc= The sailing ship was lost off Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite web |title=Silver Ray (+1942) |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?56464 |access-date=10 May 2023 |publisher=Wrecksite}}

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|ship={{SS|Stanley A. Griffiths||2}}

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

|desc= The cargo ship ran aground and was wrecked in an unknown location. She was later raised, repaired and entered Swedish service as Frej.{{Cite web |title=Stanley A. Griffiths (+1942) |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?290344 |access-date=10 May 2023 |publisher=Wrecksite}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Feodosia by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of seventeen of her crew.{{Cite web |date=5 January 2016 |title=soviet Merchant Marine losses in WWII (Black Sea) |url=http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/guides/Soviet_Merchant_Marine_Losses_in_WW2_%28Black_Sea%29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190213030423/http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/guides/Soviet_Merchant_Marine_Losses_in_WW2_(Black_Sea) |archive-date=13 February 2019 |access-date=5 January 2016 |publisher=Ship Nostalgia}}{{Cite web |title=Soviet losses in Feodosia |url=http://crumfeodosia.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_19.html |access-date=5 January 2021 |publisher=crumfeodosia.blogspot.com}}

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|ship={{SS|Teiun Maru|1920|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The government owned transport ship entered a Japanese minefield {{convert|2|mi|km}} southwest of Santo Tomas, Luzon, Philippines ({{coord|16|11|N|120|18|E}}) and was sunk by a mine. Five troops, two maintenance supervisors of the 5th Air Group, 117 airfield workers and the three Japanese working force supervisors, her commanding officer and Six crewmen were killed. Two Daihatsu landing barges were also lost.{{Cite web |title=Teiun Maru |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Teiun_t.htm |access-date=26 November 2020 |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The fleet oiler struck a mine southwest of Hong Kong, losing her bow, and was beached. She was refloated, repaired and returned to service.{{Cite web |title=Japanese Oilers |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Toen_t.htm |access-date=2 March 2013 |publisher=Combinedfleet.com}}

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For the sinking of the Panamanian cargo ship Ruth Alexander, and the scuttling of the Swedish cargo ship Shantung on this day, see the entry for 25 December 1941.

{{shipwreck list begin |date=2 January 1942 |sort=}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The coaster was sunk in the Pasig River near Manila by Japanese aircraft. She was later salvaged by the Japanese and put into service as Anan Maru.{{Cite web |title=US ships lost in the Pacific during World War II |url=http://www.usmm.org/pacific.html#anchor447877 |access-date=2 January 2014 |publisher=USMM.org}}{{Cite web |title=Captured Vessels in Japanese Service as Auxiliary Transports |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Anan_t.htm |access-date=8 December 2022 |publisher=Combinedfleet.com}}

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|ship={{MV|Bisayas||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Manila by Japanese aircraft. She was later raised by the Japanese and put into service as Hishigata Maru.{{Cite web |title=Bisayas (+1942) |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?258474 |access-date=5 September 2022 |publisher=Wrecksite}}

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|ship={{USS|Camia|YFB-683|6}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|681|launch||boat}}/yard ferry was bombed and sunk by Japanese aircraft at the Cavite Naval Base, Manila.{{cite DANFS |title=Camia |url=http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/yard/yfb683.htm |accessdate=4 May 2012}}

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|ship={{HMS|Daisy}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The tug foundered in the Mediterranean Sea between Alexandria, Egypt and Tobruk, Libya.{{Cite web |title=Tug HMS Daisy of the Royal Navy |url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/7556.html |access-date=2 January 2013 |publisher=U Boat.net}}

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|ship={{USS|Dapdap|YFB-684|6}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|681|launch||boat}}/yard ferry was lost to Japanese action at the Cavite Naval Base.{{Cite web |title=USS Dapdap (+1942) |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?256808 |access-date=10 May 2023 |publisher=Wrecksite}}

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|ship={{SS|Don José|1920|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged in the Pacific Ocean by Japanese aircraft and was beached. She was captured by the Japanese, repaired and put into service as Dosai Maru.{{Cite web |date=4 May 2015 |title=WWII wrecks Philippines |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cuH_CAAAQBAJ&q=USS+YA-52&pg=RA1-PA34 |publisher=Happy Fish}}

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|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 151||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type A MFP landing craft was thrown by wind against the wreck of Wasserfloh ({{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}) at Ras el Aali, Libya, wounding one of her crew. She was then sunk by a near-miss in a bombing attack that evening.{{Cite web |title=F 151 |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/landungsfahrzeuge/marinefaehrprahm/ausgabe.php?where_value=154 |access-date=9 January 2019 |publisher=historisches-marinearchiv.de}}

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|ship={{USS|Iona|YT-107|6}}

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

|desc=World War II: The yard tug was bombed and sunk at the Cavite Naval Base in a Japanese air raid.{{cite DANFS |title=Iona |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/yard/yt107.htm |accessdate=4 May 2012}}

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|ship=Lanau

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

|desc=World War II: The hospital ship was bombed and sunk off Cebu by Japanese aircraft.{{Cite web |title=Lanau (+1942) |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?234102 |access-date=18 June 2020 |publisher=Wrecksite}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk, or scuttled, at Manila. She was later raised, repaired, and put into Japanese service as Ruson Maru.

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|ship={{USS|Magdalena|YFB-687|6}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|681|launch||boat}}/yard ferry was bombed and sunk by Japanese aircraft, probably at Mariveles, Philippines.{{Cite web |title=USS Magdalena (+1942) |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?256806 |access-date=10 May 2023 |publisher=Wrecksite}}

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|ship={{USS|Mercedes|YT-108|6}}

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

|desc=World War II: The yard tug was burned to prevent capture at the Cavite Naval Base.{{Cite web |title=Official Chronology of the US Navy in WWII |url=http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/USN-Chron/USN-Chron-1942.html |access-date=4 January 2014 |publisher=Ibiblio}}

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|ship={{USS|Rivera|YFB-685|6}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|YFB-861|yard ferry}} was scuttled at the Cavite Navy Yard to prevent capture.{{Cite web |title=Riviera (YFB-685) (+1942) |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?256807 |access-date=18 June 2020 |publisher=Wrecksite}}

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|ship={{USS|Rosal|YFB-682|6}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|681|launch||boat}}/yard ferry was lost to Japanese forces.{{Cite web |title=USS Rosal (+1942) |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?256809 |access-date=10 May 2023 |publisher=Wrecksite}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|YFB-861|yard ferry}} was scuttled at the Cavite Navy Yard to prevent capture.{{Cite web |title=Riviera (YFB-685) (+1942) |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?256810 |access-date=18 June 2020 |publisher=Wrecksite}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet guard ship|SKR-24 Aysberg||2}}

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

|desc=The guard ship was wrecked at Lumbovsky Island in a storm.

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy PQ 7A: The cargo ship became stranded in ice. She was damaged by Luftwaffe bombing and then torpedoed and sunk by {{GS|U-134|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) {{convert|20|nmi}} south of Bear Island, Norway ({{coord|74|09|N|19|10|E}}) with the loss of all 47 crew.{{Cite web |title=Naval Events, December 1941, Part 2 of 2, Monday 15th – Wednesday 31st |url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4112-39DEC02.htm |access-date=25 December 2011 |publisher=Naval History}}{{Cite web |title=Waziristan |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1238.html |access-date=29 February 2012 |publisher=Uboat}}

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|ship={{USS|Yacal|YFB-688|6}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|681|launch||boat}}/yard ferrywas scuttled at the Cavite Navy Yard to prevent capture.{{Cite web |title=Yacal (YFB-688) (+1942) |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?256810 |access-date=18 June 2020 |publisher=Wrecksite}}

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|ship=USS YO-64

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

|desc=World War II: The former tug was being converted into a self propelled oil barge when she was destroyed by Japanese action or scuttled.{{Cite web |title=YO-64 (+1942) |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?256715 |access-date=10 May 2023 |publisher=Wrecksite}}

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For sinking of the British tanker Cardita, see the entry for 31 December, 1941.

{{shipwreck list begin |date=3 January 1942 |sort=}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The collier struck a mine and was damaged in the Thames Estuary. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to London. She was taken in tow but later sank. A crewman died later of wounds. The rest of the crew survived.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=213}}

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Java Sea north of Bawean, Netherlands East Indies by I-58 ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}). Her crew took to the lifeboats, one of which was rammed by I-58. Other survivors were machine-gunned. Only three of her 94 crew survived. They were rescued by {{USS|Paul Jones|DD-230|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).

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

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

|desc=The troopship burned and sank when her cargo of gasoline caught fire off Hainan, China. All on board were rescued by {{Ship|Japanese cruiser|Kashii||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}).{{Cite web |title=Imperial Cruisers |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Kashii_t.htm |access-date=3 January 2014 |publisher=Combinedfleet.com}}

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|ship={{Ship|Japanese auxiliary oiler|Moji Maru||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Moji Maru|tanker||ship}} was sunk by a mine south west of Hong Kong.{{Cite web |title=Japanese Oilers |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Moji_t.htm |access-date=3 January 2014 |publisher=Combinedfleet.com}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and was damaged in the North Sea off Lowestoft, Suffolk ({{coord|52|17|30|N|02|00|00|E}}). She was taken in tow but sank the next day.{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=449}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=4 January 1942 |sort=}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet cruiser|Krasnyi Kavkaz||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Admiral Nakhimov|cruiser}} was bombed and severely damaged off the Kerch Peninsula by Junkers Ju 87 aircraft of Sturzkampfgeschwader 77, Luftwaffe. Repairs took until October to complete.{{Cite web |title=Krasnyi Kavkaz |url=https://www.e-reading.club/chapter.php/1031086/5/Chernyshev_-_Morskaya_gvardiya_otechestva.html |access-date=8 January 2019 |publisher=e-reading.club}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Java Sea south of Java, Netherlands East Indies ({{Coord|9|12|S|111|10|E}}) by {{Jsub|I-156||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}), which machine gunned and rammed the lifeboats. There were 35 survivors of the 136 people aboard.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Lifeboats Rammed By Submarine |date=25 March 1930 |page=3 |issue=49193 |column=C }}{{Cite web |title=SS Kwangtung (+1942) |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59208 |access-date=14 October 2011 |publisher=Wrecksite}}{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=501}}

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|ship={{ship|Italian minesweeper|Nuovo San Pietro||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper, a caïque, was sunk by gunfire in the Ionian Sea west of Cephalonia, Greece ({{coord|38|07|N|20|20|E}}) by {{HMS|Thunderbolt|N25|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). There were one dead, two wounded and two uninjured survivors.{{Cite web |title=HMS Thunderbolt |url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3485.html |access-date=4 January 2022 |publisher=uboat.net}}{{sfn|Biagini e Frattolillo|1996|p=36}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet minesweeper|SKA-058||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The MO-4-class patrol vessel was sunk at Feodosia by Luftwaffe aircraft.{{Cite web |title=SKA-058 |url=https://cmboat.ru/vov04-01-1942/ |access-date=4 January 2022 |publisher=cmboat.ru}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet transport ship|Zyryanin||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The transport ship was bombed and sunk at Feodosia by Luftwaffe aircraft. A crewman was killed.

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=5 January 1942 |sort=}}

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|ship={{ship|Italian submarine|Ammiraglio Saint-Bon||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The submarine was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea ({{coord|38|22|N|15|22|E}}) by {{HMS|Upholder|P37|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) with the loss of 57 of her 60 crew.{{Cite web |title=Chronicle Italian Losses |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2014/02/cronologia-delle-perdite_14.html |access-date=10 January 2019 |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com}}

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|ship={{SS|Città di Palermo|1930|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The troopship was torpedoed and sunk in the Adriatic Sea {{convert|3|nmi|km}} west of Cape Dukato, Albania by {{HMS|Proteus|N29|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). There were between 400 and 600 dead, and 291 survivors.

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|ship={{SS|Cornelia Maersk|1925|2}}

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Hook of Holland, South Holland, Netherlands during a British air raid. Her crew survived.{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=447}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk at Feodosia by Luftwaffe aircraft. There were no casualties.{{Cite web |title=Nogin |url=https://fleetphoto.ru/photo/345023/ |access-date=5 January 2021 |publisher=fleetphoto.ru}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet motor torpedo boat|TKA-91||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|G-5|motor torpedo boat}} was sunk by Luftwaffe aircraft off Eupatoria. At least six people were killed. There were no survivors.{{Cite web |title=TKA-91 |url=https://www.kchf.ru/ship/katera/tka91.htm |access-date=5 January 2021 |publisher=www.kchf.ru}}{{Cite web |title=TKA-91 |url=http://militera.lib.ru/memo/russian/rogachevsky_ga/06.html |access-date=5 January 2021 |publisher=militera.lib.ru}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet minesweeper|Vrzyvatel T-405||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|Project 53|minesweeper}} was damaged by Luftwaffe aircraft and later ran aground at Eupatoria. She was destroyed next day by German field artillery. Five of her 25 crew were killed. Nineteen survivors were captured (two later died of their wounds), and one escaped.{{Cite web |title=Vrzyvatel |url=http://desantura.ru/forum/forum9/topic19215/ |access-date=6 January 2020 |publisher=desantura.ru}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=6 January 1942 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Baron Erskine|1930|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy SC 62: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|57|27|N|32|36|W}}) by {{GS|U-701||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 41 crew. A report from U-701 stated there were 34 survivors, but none were seen again.{{Cite web |title=Baron Erskine |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1239.html |access-date=16 April 2012 |publisher=Uboat}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet patrol boat|CKA-131||2}}

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

|desc=The MO-4-class patrol vessel was sunk at Feodosiya in an air raid by Luftwaffe aircraft.{{Cite web |title=CKA-131 (+1942) |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?162340 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Wrecksite}}

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|ship={{SS|Norwich Trader|1908|2}}

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

|desc=The coaster struck a mine, exploded and sank in the North Sea ({{coord|51|55|07|N|1|32|05|E}}) with the loss of all six crew and a gunner.{{Cite web |title=Norwich Trader (+1942) |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?74364 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Wrecksite}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=7 January 1942 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Jumièges|1913|2}}

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The cargo liner issued a mayday in the Mediterranean Sea off the Balearic Islands, Spain during a storm. No further trace was found of her and her twenty crew.{{Cite web |title=Liner Lamoricière |url=http://www.frenchlines.com/ship_en_266.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112042123/http://www.frenchlines.com/ship_en_266.php |archive-date=12 January 2012 |access-date=14 October 2011 |publisher=French Lines}}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Violent Storm in the Mediterranean |date=12 January 1942 |page=3 |issue=49131 |column=B }}{{Cite web |title=Jumièges |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?147239 |access-date=7 January 2019 |publisher=wrecksite.eu}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet motor torpedo boat|No. 111||2}}

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

|desc=The {{sclass2|G-5|motor torpedo boat}} was lost on this date.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}

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|ship={{SS|Perla|1926|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea {{convert|20|nmi|km}} south of Pantelleria by Fairey Swordfish aircraft of 830 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm. Her 78 crew survived.

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|ship={{HNLMS|TAN 3}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary tanker was torpedoed, shelled and sunk in the Bali Sea south east of Kangean Island ({{coord|07|15|S|116|23|E}}) by {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-57||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}). Her crew were rescued by aircraft the next day.{{Cite web |title=Imperial Submarines |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/I-157.htm |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Combinedfleet.com}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Unkai Maru No.1||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Unkai Maru No.1-class auxiliary collier was torpedoed and severely damaged in the Pacific Ocean off Miko ({{coord|34|27|N|138|59|E}}) by {{USS|Pollack|SS-180|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). A crew member was killed, 53 were rescued by {{ship|Japanese transport|Meiten Maru||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}). The drifting wreck was sunk by a Japanese aircraft four days later.{{cite DANFS |title=Pollack |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss180.txt |accessdate=30 December 2011}}{{Cite web |title=Unkai Maru No.1 |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Unkai1_t.htm |access-date=15 May 2019 |publisher=combinedfleet.com}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German trawler|V 5104 Orkan||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: Operation Kitbag: The submarine chaser was shelled and damaged by {{HMS|Inglefield|D02|6}} and {{HMS|Intrepid|D10|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}) and was beached at Florø, Norway.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=8 January 1942 |sort=}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was attacked and sunk at Feodosia by Luftwaffe aircraft.{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=575}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=USAMP General Richard Arnold

|flag={{army|USA|1912}}

|desc=World War II: The United States Army mine planter sprang a leak in a storm and sank {{convert|20|mi}} south east of the Isles of Shoals. Ten of her crew were killed. Her commanding officer was rescued by USAMP L-88 ({{army|USA|1912}}).{{Cite web |title=US ships lost in the Pacific during World War II |url=http://www.usmm.org/pacific.html#anchor447877 |access-date=3 January 2015 |publisher=USMM.org}}{{Cite web |title=Mine Planter General Richard Arnold sinks |url=http://seacoastnh.com/navyyard/mineplanters.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141126194443/http://www.seacoastnh.com/navyyard/mineplanters.html |archive-date=26 November 2014 |access-date=3 January 2015 |publisher=seacoastnh.com}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MS|Tornator|1912|2}}

|flag={{flag|Finland}}

|desc=The cargo ship was wrecked at Omaezaki, Japan.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Van Rees|1914|2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Java Sea {{convert|80|nmi|km}} south of Tjilatjap, Netherlands East Indies ({{coord|7|53|S|106|11|E}}) by I-56 ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}). Six of her crew were killed.{{Cite web |title=I-56 |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/I-156.htm |access-date=8 January 2021 |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Van Riebeeck|1902|2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Indian Ocean ({{coord|8|11|S|108|47|E}}) by I-56 ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}). Thirteen of her crew were killed. Survivors were rescued by {{HNLMS|Willem van der Zaan|ML-2|6}} ({{navy|Netherlands}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=9 January 1942 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Annie M. Rolf

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

|desc=The fishing barge was wrecked off Long Beach, California.{{Cite web |title=Annie M. Rolf (+1942) |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?212939 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Wrecksite}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Java Sea ({{coord|4|50|S|112|20|E}}) by {{Jsub|I-65||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}). Three of her crew were killed. {{USS|Paul Jones|DD-230|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) rescued the survivors the next day.{{sfn|Williams|2018|p=119}}{{Cite web |title=Benkoelen (+1942) |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59273 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Wrecksite}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was shelled, then torpedoed and sunk in the Java Sea west of Bawean Island, Netherlands East Indies ({{coord|4|40|S|111|47|E}}) by I-58 ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Soviet transport ship|Chatyr Dag||2}}

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

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

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Lamoricière|1921|2}}

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=World War II: The ocean liner foundered in the Mediterranean Sea {{convert|3|nmi|km}} north of Menorca, Spain during a violent storm with the loss of her captain and 291 of the 394 people aboard, while trying to help locate {{SS|Jumièges|1913|2}} ({{flag|France}}).{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=455}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Laura

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The fishing vessel was destroyed by an explosion in the Baltic Sea.{{Cite web |title=Laura (+1942) |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?5668 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Wrecksite}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Poul Carl|1929|2}}

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The cargo ship was rammed and sunk in the Øresund. Her crew survived.{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=446}}<

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Soviet transport ship|Spartakovets||2}}

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

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

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Teian Maru|1928|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The government-owned cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean ({{coord|35|00|N|140|36|E}}) by {{USS|Pollack|SS-180|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) with the loss of nine of her crew.{{Cite web |title=Captured Yugoslavian Merchants in Japanese Service |url=http://combinedfleet.com/Teian_t.htm |access-date=9 January 2019 |publisher=combinedfleet.com}}{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=598}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Tunisian||2}}

|flag={{flagicon|France}} Tunisia

|desc= The cargo ship ran aground and was wrecked at Ke et Haman.{{Cite web |title=Tunisian (+1942) |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?301980 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Wrecksite}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Vimiera|1917|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy FS 693: The V-class destroyer truck a mine and sank in the Thames Estuary with the loss of 96 of her 110 crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

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

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

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

|desc=World War II: The Akita Maru-class auxiliary transport was torpedoed and damaged in the South China Sea at the mouth of the Gulf of Siam ({{coord|07|35|N|103|13|E}}) by {{HNLMS|O 19||6}} ({{naval|Netherlands}}) with the loss of four of her crew. Survivors were rescued by {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Asakazi||2}}, {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Fubuki|1927|2}}, and {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Hatakaze|1924|2}} (all {{navy|Empire of Japan}}). Akita Maru was scuttled by Fubuki, sinking in {{convert|253|ft}} of water.{{Cite web |title=Akita Maru |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Akita_t.htm |access-date=10 January 2019 |publisher=combinedfleet.com}}{{cite ship register |register=MSI |id=4018487 | shipname=Akita Maru |accessdate=12 October 2013}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The coaster struck a mine and sank in the Bristol Channel off Brean Down, Somerset with the loss of all four of her crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|C. J. Barkdull|1917|2}}

|flag={{flag|Panama}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy UGS 3: The cargo ship stragged behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of Ireland by {{GS|U-632||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}).{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=579}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=The 466-gross register ton coaster was rammed in foggy weather by the tanker {{SS|Byron D. Benson|1922|2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}) and sank off the coast of New Jersey, United States ({{coord|40|25.662|N|073|50.736|W|name=Continent}}) with a loss of one of her fourteen crew. Continent was on a voyage from New York, United States to a port in the Dominion of Newfoundland.{{Cite web |title=The Mud Hole ~ Dive Sites ~ New Jersey Scuba Diving |url=https://njscuba.net/sites/site_mud_hole.php#Continent |website=njscuba.net}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Panama}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine laid by {{Jsub|I-124||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}) and sank in Manila Bay off Corregidor Island, Philippines. She was raised by the Japanese in 1943 and renamed Gyoshin Maru.{{Cite web |title=Daylite |url=http://www.aukevisser.nl/inter/id390.htm |access-date=10 January 2019 |publisher=aukevisser.nl}}{{Cite web |title=I-124 |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/I-124.htm |access-date=10 January 2019 |publisher=combinedfleet.com}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Elise Schulte|1912|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground near Tromsø, Norway and sank the next day. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite web |title=Elise Schulte |url=http://dykkepedia.com/wiki/Elise_Shulte |access-date=10 January 2019 |publisher=dykkepedia.com}}{{Cite web |title=Elise Schulte wreck |url=http://www.vrakdykking.com/d-s-elise-schulte-side-1.html |access-date=10 January 2019 |publisher=vrakdykking.com}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Adriatic Sea {{convert|35|nmi|km}} south east of Cape Dukato, Albania ({{Coord|38|59|N|19|59|E}}) by {{HMS|Thrasher|N37|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). Her 36 crew were rescued.{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=532}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Harbin Maru|1915|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Harbin Maru-class auxiliary transport ship was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea {{convert|40|mi}} south of Hainan, China ({{coord|17|40|N|109|20|E}}) by {{USS|Stingray|SS-186|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Two passengers and four of her crew were killed.{{cite DANFS |title=Stingray |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss186.htm |accessdate=30 December 2011}}{{Cite web |title=Harbin Maru |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Harbin_t.htm |access-date=10 January 2019 |publisher=combinedfleet.com}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary gunboat was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea by {{USS|Pickerel|SS-177|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).{{cite DANFS |title=Pickerel |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss177.txt |accessdate=30 December 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Soviet submarine|L-6||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=The {{sclass|Leninets|submarine}} ran aground in the Black Sea off Cape Doob. She was on a voyage from Novorossiysk to Poti. She was refloated the next day and towed in to Poti. Repairs took a year to complete.{{sfn|Chernyshev|2012|p=not cited}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Soviet submarine|M-175||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The M-class submarine was torpedoed and sunk in the Barents Sea ({{coord|70|09|N|32|50|E}} by {{GS|U-584||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 21 crew.{{Cite web |title=M-175 |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1240.html |access-date=9 April 2012 |publisher=Uboat}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship grounded near the Kjølnes Lighthouse, Norway ({{coord|70|49|N|29|20|E}}). On 19 January, {{ship|Soviet submarine|K-22||2}} ({{navy|Soviet Union|1935}}) attacked the grounded ship with torpedoes and gunfire and set her ablaze. She was a total loss. There were no casualties.{{Cite web |title=Norwegian Homefleet - WW II, Ships starting with M |url=http://www.warsailors.com/homefleet/shipsm.html |access-date=11 January 2019 |publisher=Warsailors}}{{Cite web |title=Mimona |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?179903 |access-date=11 January 2019 |publisher=wrecksite.eu}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Queen of Bermuda|F73|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The armed merchant cruiser ran aground at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada and was severely damaged. She was refloated the next day, repaired and returned to service.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea at the mouth of the Gulf of Siam ({{coord|07|35|N|103|13|E}}) by {{HNLMS|O 19}} ({{navy|Netherlands}}).{{Cite web |title=Tairyu Maru (+1942) |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?177176 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Wrecksite}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|Van Masdijn}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The patrol boat was sunk by a Japanese flying boat off Tarakan Island Netherlands East Indies with the loss of ten of her 55 crew.{{Cite web |title=Dutch patrol boats |url=https://www.tracesofwar.nl/articles/2991/Nederlandse-patrouilleboten.htm?c=gw |access-date=11 January 2019 |publisher=tracesofwar.nl}}{{Cite web |title=MLD book |url=http://books.stonebooks.com/reviews/060312.shtml |access-date=11 January 2019 |publisher=books.stonebooks.com}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

For sinking of the American tanker Manatawny on this date, see the entry for 12 December 1941.

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

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|City of Pittsburgh|1922|2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at Alexandria, Egypt and broke her back, a total loss.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|USAT|Clevedon}}

|flag={{army|USA|1912}}

|desc=The cargo ship suffered an engine room fire at the Army pier at Yakutat, Territory of Alaska. She was towed to sea where she sank about {{convert|1|mi|spell=in}} offshore without casualties.{{sfn|Charles|1947|p=14}}{{Cite web |title=Alaska Shipwrecks (C) – Alaska Shipwrecks |url=https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-c/}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|USAT|Liberty}}

|flag={{army|USA|1912}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Lombok Strait ({{coord|8|54|S|115|28|E}}) by {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-166||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}). She was taken in tow by {{USS|Paul Jones|DD-230|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) and {{HNLMS|Van Ghent|1926|6}} ({{naval|Netherlands}}) and beached at Tulamben, Netherlands East Indies. There were no casualties. She remained there for 21 years but sank in 1963 following the eruption of Mount Agung.{{Cite web |title=USAT Liberty |url=https://indopacificimages.com/indonesia/bali-anchor-page/diving-indonesia-bali-the-usat-liberty-wreck-at-tulamben/ |access-date=11 January 2019 |publisher=indopacificimages.com}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|Prins van Oranje}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Prins van Oranje|minelayer}} was shelled and sunk off Tarakan Island, Netherlands East Indies by the destroyer {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Yamakaze|1936|2}} and patrol vessel Patrol Boat 38 (both {{navy|Empire of Japan}}). Only sixteen of her 118 crew were rescued.{{Cite web |title=HNMS Prins Van Oranje of the Royal Dutch Navy |url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/2834.html |access-date=11 January 2019 |publisher=uboat.net}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German minesweeper|R 42||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The minesweeper struck a submerged wreck and sank in the English Channel off Ambleteuse, Pas-de-Calais, France.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Muar River, Malaya by Japanese aircraft. A crew member was killed. She was later salvaged and entered Japanese service as Unryu Maru.{{Cite web |title=CWGC |url=https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead |access-date=11 January 2019 |publisher=cwgc.org}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

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

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Caledonian Monarch|1928|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy SC 63: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by {{GS|U-333||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 41 lives.{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=490}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: Operation Paukenschlag: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|41|51|N|63|48|W}}) by {{GS|U-123|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 87 of the 182 people aboard. Survivors were rescued by {{HMCS|Red Deer|J255|6}} ({{naval|Canada|1911}}).{{Cite web |title=Cyclops |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1243.html |access-date=24 February 2012 |publisher=Uboat}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at Stroma, in the Pentland Firth ({{coord|58|41|N|3|06|W}}). Her 52 crew were rescued by the Stroma Lifesaving Association using a breeches buoy. The ship was driven further ashore and rapidly became a total loss.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=63}}{{Cite web |title=Empire Parsons |url=http://www.hellsmouth.com/empire-parsons.html |access-date=12 January 2021 |publisher=www.hellsmouth.com}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Canso, Nova Scotia, Canada ({{coord|44|50|N|60|20|W}}) by {{GS|U-130|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of thirteen of her nineteen crew. Survivors were rescued by {{ship||Mjoanes|schooner|2}} ({{flag|Faroe Islands}}).{{Cite web |title=D/S Frisco |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/frisco.html |access-date=12 January 2012 |publisher=Warsailors}}{{Cite web |title=Frisco |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1244.html |access-date=28 February 2012 |publisher=Uboat}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea ({{coord|51|46|N|1|26|E}}) with the loss of twelve of her 28 crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster was bombed and sunk at Bagan Siapi, Netherlands East Indies by Japanese aircraft. In 1944 she was salvaged, repaired and entered Japanese service as Aki Maru.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk off the coast of Norway by the S-102 ({{navy|Soviet Union}}).{{Cite web |title=Turkheim (+1942) |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?174660 |access-date=10 August 2023 |publisher=Wrecksite}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{GS|U-374||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea east of Cape Spartivento, Italy ({{coord|37|50|N|16|00|E}}) by {{HMS|Unbeaten|N93|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) with the loss of 42 of her 43 crew.{{Cite web |last=Helgason |first=Guðmundur |title=The Type VIIC boat U-374 |url=http://www.uboat.net/boats/u374.html |access-date=26 December 2014 |website=German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese minesweeper|W-13||2}}, and
{{ship|Japanese minesweeper|W-14||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|W-13|minesweeper||ship}}s were sunk by Dutch 4.7-inch shore batteries off Tarakan Island, Netherlands East Indies. From their crews there were 157 dead and 53 survivors. In reprisal, the Japanese executed 215 men of the gun crews on 18 January.{{Cite web |title=W-13 |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/W-13_t.htm |access-date=12 January 2021 |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com}}{{Cite web |title=W-14 |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/W-14_t.htm |access-date=12 January 2021 |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com}}Battle of Tarakan{{Circular reference|date=February 2021}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 168: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately {{coord|57|N|26|W}}) by {{GS|U-43|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 38 of her 40 crew. Survivors were rescued by a British fishing trawler.{{Cite web |title=Yngaren |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1242.html |access-date=13 February 2012 |publisher=Uboat}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

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

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Brazos

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

|desc=The cargo ship collided with {{HMS|Archer|D78|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) off Charleston, South Carolina, United States. Brazos sank the next day as a result of damage sustained. Her 35 crew were rescued by HMS Archer.{{Cite web |last=Drury |first=Tony |date=16 February 2021 |title=A history of HMS Archer |url=http://www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk/ESCORT/ARCHER.htm |access-date=27 April 2021}}{{Cite web |title=Brazos |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?22297 |access-date=13 January 2021 |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu}}{{Cite journal |date=23 January 1942 |title=Three N.E. Men on Ship Sunk in Crash |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/24640703/brazos-the-boston-globe-jan-23-1942/ |journal=The Boston Globe |page=12 |accessdate=27 April 2021}}{{Cite journal |date=23 January 1942 |title=U.S. FRIGHTERS SUNK IN COLLISION JAN. 13; Brazos, a 4,497-Ton Vessel, and Unidentified Ship Struck 150 Miles From Hatteras 35 IN THE CREW ALL SAVED Master of Brazilian Rescue Craft Tells of Trying to Salvage the Ciltvaira |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1942/01/23/archives/us-frighters-sunk-in-collision-jan-13-brazos-a-4497ton-vessel-and.html |journal=The New York Times |page=10 |accessdate=26 April 2021}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and severely damaged in the North Sea ({{coord|54|22|N|0|19|W}}) by Luftwaffe aircraft and was beached at Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. One gunner was killed. She was refloated the next day with the assistance of five tugs, which included {{ship|ST|Acklam Cross|1933|2}}, {{ship|ST|Euston Cross|1924|2}} and {{ship|ST|Lingdale|1882|2}} (all ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}). Empire Masefield was repaired and returned to service.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|pp=111-12}}{{Cite web |date=13 January 2019 |title=Royal Navy casualties January 1942 |url=https://www.naval-history.net/xDKCas1942-01JAN.htm |publisher=naval-history.net}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Friar Rock||2}}

|flag={{flag|Panama}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy SC 64: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|100|nmi|km}} south east of Cape Race, Newfoundland ({{coord|45|30|N|50|40|W}}) by {{GS|U-130|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). with the loss of 31 of her 37 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Montgomery|G95|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite DANFS |title=DD-75 |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/destroy/dd75txt.htm |accessdate=15 January 2012}}{{Cite web |title=Friar Rock |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1245.html |access-date=28 February 2012 |publisher=Uboat}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Lerwick||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the North Sea ({{coord|54|26|N|0|24|W}}) by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of five of her 44 crew.{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=502}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=14 January 1942 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|ST|Acklam Cross|1933|2}}, and
{{ship|ST|Euston Cross|1924|2}}

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

|desc=The tugs ran aground on the North Gar Sands, off the mouth of the River Tees whilst attempting to refloat {{SS|Empire Masefield||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}). They were both refloated.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|pp=111-12}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Bataysk|1882|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk by Luftwaffe aircraft in the port of Kerch with the loss of three lives.{{csr|register=MSI|id=5616209|shipname=Bataysk |accessdate=11 August 2012}}{{Cite web |title=Bataysk |url=http://95.31.135.131/card/view/3239 |access-date=5 January 2021 |publisher=95.31.135.131}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Panama}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy ON 55: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|230|nmi|km}} west of Rockall, Inverness-shire, United Kingdom ({{coord|58|30|N|19|40|W}}) by {{GS|U-43|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of seventeen of her 38 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Sunflower|K41|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{Cite web |title=Chepo |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1246.html |access-date=13 February 2012 |publisher=Uboat}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Dupoco II

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

|desc=The motorboat was destroyed by fire at Juneau, Territory of Alaska.{{Cite web |title=Alaska Shipwrecks (D) – Alaska Shipwrecks |url=https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-d/}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy ON 55: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south east of the Faroe Islands ({{coord|58|42|N|19|16|W}}) by {{GS|U-43|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 47 of her 53 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Alisma|K185|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=24}}{{Cite web |title=Empire Surf |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1247.html |access-date=13 February 2012 |publisher=Uboat}}

}}

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

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

|desc= The cargo ship ran aground and was wrecked off the entrance to Carlingford Lough.{{Cite web |title=Falavee (+1942) |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?301963 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Wrecksite}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|ST|Mercia||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The tug struck a mine and sank in the Bristol Channel ({{coord|51|31|21|N|2|46|44|W}}) with the loss of all four hands.{{Cite web |title=Mercia |url=https://www.shipsnostalgia.com/threads/s-t-mercia-sunk-14th-january-1942.92714/ |access-date=16 January 2021 |publisher=www.shipsnostalgia.com}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Panama}}

|desc=World War II: Carrying a cargo of fuel oil, the tanker was torpedoed and sunk in {{convert|284|ft}} of water in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|60|nmi}} southeast of Block Island off the coast of Rhode Island, United States at either {{coord|40|28|N|70|50|W|name=Norness}} or {{coord|40|26|25|N|070|51|00|W|name=Norness}} (according to different sources) by the submarine {{GS|U-123|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of either one of her 31 crew or two of her 40 crew (according to different sources). She was the first ship sunk by a German submarine off the United States East Coast during World War II. Survivors were rescued by the cutter {{USCGC|Argo|WPC-100|6}} (22px United States Coast Guard), the destroyer {{USS|Ellyson|DD-454|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}), and the fishing vessel Malvina ({{flag|United States|1912}}).{{Cite web |title=Norness |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1248.html |access-date=24 February 2012 |publisher=Uboat}}{{Cite web |title=Norness |url=http://wreckhunter.net/DataPages/norness-dat.htm |access-date=19 February 2021 |publisher=Hunting New England Shipwrecks}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Soviet motor torpedo boat|TKA-44||2}}

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

|desc=The {{Sclass2|G-5|motor torpedo boat}} was wrecked after being thrown ashore by a storm while being towed to Novorossiysk.{{Cite web |title=TKA-44 |url=https://www.kchf.ru/ship/katera/tka44.htm |access-date=16 January 2021 |publisher=www.kchf.ru}}{{Cite web |title=TKA-44 |url=https://cmboat.ru/vov14-01-1942 |access-date=16 January 2021 |publisher=cmboat.ru}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Germany|Nazi}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship (1,904t) was torpedoed and sunk in the Syltefjorden by {{ship|Soviet submarine|S-102||2}} ({{navy|Soviet Union|1935}}). Two crew were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.sovboat.ru/ship/s102.php3 |title=S-102|publisher=www.sovboat.ru |access-date=27 July 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.deepstorm.ru/DeepStorm.files/17-45/c%20IX-b/S-102/S-102.htm |title=S-102|publisher=www.deepstorm.ru |access-date=27 July 2024}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|German guard ship|11 V 1||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper struck a mine laid on 11 January by {{HMS|Porpoise|N14|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) and sank off Suda Bay, Crete, Greece, with the loss of three of her 21 crew.{{Cite web |title=11 V 1 |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/verluste_griechenland/ausgabe.php?where_value=529 |access-date=11 January 2019 |publisher=historisches-marinearchiv.de}}{{Cite web |title=HMS Umbra |url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3545.html |access-date=11 January 2019 |publisher=uboat.net}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=15 January 1942 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Begochu||2}}

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

|desc= The cargo ship ran aground and was wrecked outside of Leixoes, Portugal.{{Cite web |title=Begochu (+1942) |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?301967 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Wrecksite}}

}}

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|ship={{MV|Catalina|1918|2}}

|flag={{flag|Portugal}}

|desc=World War II:fishing trawler, a former {{sclass|Kil|gunboat}},{{clarify|reason=same as Kil-class sloop?|date=October 2017}} was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately {{coord|47|N|52|W}}) by {{GS|U-203||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all eighteen hands.{{Cite web |title=Naval Events, January 1942, Part 2 of 2, Thursday 15th – Saturday 31st |url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4201-41JAN02.htm |access-date=25 December 2011 |publisher=www.naval-history.net}}{{Cite web |title=Catalina |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1249.html |access-date=17 January 2021 |publisher=uboat.net}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|40|25|N|72|21|W}}) by {{GS|U-123|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) in {{convert|190|ft|m}} of water with the loss of 36 of her 46 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{USS|Rowan|DD-405|6}} and another destroyer (both {{navy|USA|1912}}).{{Cite web |title=Coimbra |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1251.html |access-date=24 February 2012 |publisher=Uboat}}{{Cite web |title=Coimbra ~ Dive Sites ~ New Jersey Scuba Diving |url=https://njscuba.net/sites/site_coimbra.php |website=njscuba.net}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Chile}}

|desc=The cargo ship was wrecked at Puerto Aysen.{{Cite web |title=Coyhaique (+1942) |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?187445 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Wrecksite}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|46|32|N|53|00|W}}) off the coast of the Dominion of Newfoundland by {{GS|U-552||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 38 of her 48 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{USS|Ericsson|DD-440|6}} and {{USS|Stack|DD-406|6}} (both {{navy|USA|1912}}).{{Cite web |title=Dayrose |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1250.html |access-date=6 April 2012 |publisher=Uboat}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|300|nmi|km}} east south east of Cape Race, Dominion of Newfoundland ({{coord|44|50|N|46|50|W}}) by {{GS|U-553||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 57 of her 65 crew. Survivors abandoned ship on 20 January and were rescued by {{SS|Telesfora de Larrinaga|1920|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}). On 22 January, the wreck was boarded by eight survivors from {{MV|Athelcrown|1928|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}). They were rescued on 28 January by {{MV|Saturnus|1940|2}} ({{Flag|Sweden}}). Diala was discovered still afloat on 21 February and an attempt was made to take her in tow by a Royal Navy ship. The tow parted on 26 February and she was again left adrift. She was torpedoed and sunk on 23 March by {{GS|U-587||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}).{{Cite web |title=Diala |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1467.html |access-date=7 April 2012 |publisher=Uboat}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The collier was bombed and sunk in the North Sea off Middlesbrough, Yorkshire ({{coord|54|41|08|N|1|08|36|W}}) by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=213}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on Sandray, Outer Hebrides and broke in two, a total loss.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=70}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 148||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The MFP-A landing craft was sunk by an explosion off Tripoli, Libya. Her fourteen crew were rescued, twelve of them were wounded.{{Cite web |title=F 148 |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/landungsfahrzeuge/marinefaehrprahm/ausgabe.php?where_value=285 |access-date=9 January 2019 |publisher=historisches-marinearchiv.de}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank {{convert|3|nmi|spell=in}} west of Burnham Lighthouse, Somerset, United Kingdom. Seven of her crew were killed.{{Cite web |title=Gorecht (+1942) |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?301985 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Wrecksite}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German minesweeper|IV II||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper struck a mine and sank in Suda Bay.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flagcountry|British India}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Indian Ocean ({{coord|0|12|S|97|00|E}}) by {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-65||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}) with the loss of four of her 78 crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=The tanker ran aground on Tiree, Inner Hebrides. She was refloated but declared a constructive total loss. She was later repaired and returned to service as Empire Gulf.{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=521}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Nordale

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

|desc= The fishing trawler struck the Carskey Rocks on tip of Kintyre {{convert|2|mi|spell=in}} south west of Borgadelmore Point, in the Mull of Kintyre, Argyllshire and was wrecked with the loss of five of her fourteen crew.{{Cite web |title=Nordale (+1942) |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?63656 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Wrecksite}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ocean Tide

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

|desc= The fishing trawler ran aground and was wrecked at Mammal, Tiree, Inner Hebrides.{{Cite web |title=Ocean Tide (+1942) |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?167197 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Wrecksite}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc= The cargo ship capsized and sank in heavy weather near Skokholm Island, off Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire.{{Cite web |title=Quickthorn (+1942) |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?301919 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Wrecksite}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|R. J. Cullen|1919|2}}

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

|desc=The cargo shi ran aground on Leanish Point, Barra, Outer Hebrides ({{Coord|56|57|23|N|7|25|18|W}}) in a gale. Her crew were rescued by {{SS|St. Margaret|1936|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) on 17 January.{{Cite web |title=R. J. Cullen (+1942) |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?62400 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Wrecksite}}{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=577}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{GS|U-93|1940|2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was shelled, rammed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north east of Madeira, Portugal ({{coord|36|10|N|15|25|W}}) by {{HMS|Hesperus|H57|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) with the loss of six of her 46 crew. Survivors were taken as prisoners of war.{{Cite web |title=U-93 |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u93.htm |access-date=20 February 2012 |publisher=Uboat}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{GS|U-577||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea north west of Mersa Matruh, Egypt ({{coord|32|40|N|25|48|E}}) by Fairey Swordfish aircraft of 815 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm with the loss of all 43 crew.{{Cite web |title=U-577 |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u577.htm |access-date=9 April 2012 |publisher=Uboat}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at Hvalfjord, Iceland and was damaged. She was refloated on 16 March and towed to Reykjavík. Departed under tow on 21 October for repairs at a Tyneside shipyard, but foundered in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|50|15|N|11|30|W}}) on 24 October.{{Cite web |title=D/S Vestland |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/vestland.html |access-date=8 February 2012 |publisher=Warsailors}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

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

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=The tanker ran aground off Reykjavík, Iceland. She was refloated in March 1942, repaired and returned to service.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=386}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|HS-1||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The tug was sunk by aircraft off Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France.{{Cite web |title=HS-1 (+1942) |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?170122 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Wrecksite}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMT|Irvana}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The minesweeping naval trawler was sunk by aircraft in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Jean Jaures|1930|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk by a mine in the Gulf of Feodosia with the loss of 40 lives.{{Cite web |date=9 January 2019 |title=Jean Jaures |url=https://iremember.ru/en/memoirs/pekhotintsi/fedorovich-stepan-georgievich/nkvd-i-smersh/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190110013835/https://iremember.ru/en/memoirs/pekhotintsi/fedorovich-stepan-georgievich/nkvd-i-smersh/ |archive-date=10 January 2019 |access-date=9 January 2019 |publisher=iremember.ru}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank off Singapore ({{coord|1|15|N|104|05|E}}) with the loss of 54 of her 93 crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground and was wrecked off Okushiri Island, Hokkaido.{{Cite web |title=Taishu Maru (+1942) |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?180346 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Wrecksite}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=The cargo ship suffered a boiler explosion in a gale, the gale drove her onto rocks off the south west coast of Iceland with the loss of 25 of her 27 crew.{{Cite web |title=Wigry (+1942) |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?132036 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Wrecksite}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

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

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Soviet trawler|Enisej|RT-68|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy PQ 8: The naval trawler was torpedoed and damaged in the Arctic Sea ({{coord|68|41|N|38|58|E}}) by {{GS|U-454||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). The ship broke in two, with the bow section sinking. There were two dead and 32 survivors.{{Cite web |title=RT-68 Enisej |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/1255.html |access-date=12 January 2019 |publisher=uboat.net}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Fukusei Maru|1920|2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground and was wrecked off the Yangtze River Estuary.{{Cite web |title=Fukusei Maru (+1942) |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?180348 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Wrecksite}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Gurkha|G63|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy MW 8B: The L-class destroyer was torpedoed and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea off Sidi Barrani, Egypt ({{coord|31|50|N|26|15|E}}) by {{GS|U-133|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of nine of her 282 crew. She was taken in tow by {{HNLMS|Isaac Sweers|1940|6}} ({{naval|Netherlands}}) but later sank. HNLMS Isaac Sweers rescued the survivors.{{Cite web |title=Gurkha |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/1258.html |access-date=17 January 2020 |publisher=uboat.net}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{Jsub|I-60||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Kaidai IIIa/b type submarine was depth charged and forced to the surface and sunk in the Sunda Strait off Krakatoa, Netherlands East Indies ({{coord|6|19|30|S|104|49|20|E}}) in a running gun battle with {{HMS|Jupiter|F85|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) with the loss of 84 of her crew. Only three men were rescued and taken prisoner of war, one of whom later died.{{Cite web |title=I-60 |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/I-60.htm |access-date=12 January 2019 |publisher=combinedfleet.com}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground and was wrecked off the Sambro Island Lighthouse, Nova Scotia, Canada with the loss of two lives.{{Cite web |title=Kolkhoznik |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/removed_ships.html?shipID=18 |access-date=5 January 2021 |publisher=uboat.net}}{{Cite web |title=Kolkhoznik |url=http://95.31.135.131/card/view/2370 |access-date=5 January 2021 |publisher=95.31.135.131}}{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=575}}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|Matabele|F26|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy PQ 8: The {{sclass2|Tribal|destroyer|1||1936}} was torpedoed and sunk in the Arctic Ocean ({{coord|69|21|N|35|34|E}}) by {{GS|U-454||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 236 of her 238 crew.

}}

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|ship=HMS MTB 47

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|White 73-foot|motor torpedo boat}} was sunk by enemy action in the English Channel off Cap Gris Nez, Pas-de-Calais, France. Her crew were taken as prisoners of war.

}}

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|ship={{ship|RFA|Nyholt}}

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed, shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of the Dominion of Newfoundland ({{coord|45|46|N|54|18|W}}) by {{GS|U-87|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of twenty of the 40 people aboard. Survivors were rescued by {{HMCS|St. Clair|I65|6}} ({{naval|Canada|1911}}).{{Cite web |title=M/T Nyholt |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/nyholt.html |access-date=1 February 2012 |publisher=Warsailors}}{{Cite web |title=Nyholt |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1262.html |access-date=20 February 2012 |publisher=Uboat}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Nova Scotia (approximately {{coord|45|N|60|W}})by {{GS|U-203||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all seventeen crew.{{Cite web |title=D/S Octavian |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/octavian.html |access-date=1 February 2012 |publisher=Warsailors}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The salvage ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Pantelleria ({{coord|35|59|N|10|45|E}}) by {{HMS|Umbra|P35|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) with the loss of fourteen of her fifteen crew. The survivor was rescued by HMS Umbra.{{Cite web |title=HMS Umbra |url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3545.html |access-date=10 January 2019 |publisher=uboat.net}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|San José|1904|2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|39|15|N|74|09|W}}) in a collision with {{SS|Santa Elisa|1941|2}} ({{Flag|United States|1912}}). Her crew were rescued. Santa Elisa was towed to New York and repaired.{{Cite web |title=Santa Elisa |url=https://bathpostalmuseum.org.uk/santa-eliza-1942.html |access-date=12 January 2019 |publisher=bathpostalmuseum.org.uk}}{{Cite web |title=San Jose |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?16243 |access-date=12 January 2019 |publisher=wrecksite.eu}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=18 January 1942 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Allan Jackson|1921|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|35|37|N|74|20|W}} by {{GS|U-66|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 22 of her 35 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{USS|Roe|DD-418|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).{{Cite web |date=16 February 2011 |title=Allan Jackson |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1265.html |publisher=Uboat}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy FN 886: The cargo ship collided with {{SS|Lyng|1920|2}} ({{Flag|Norway}}) and sank in the North Sea off the mouth of the River Tyne.{{Cite web |title=D/S Lyng |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/lyng.html |access-date=26 January 2011 |publisher=Warsailors}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Città di Livorno|1930|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea north of Crete, Greece ({{coord|35|42|N|24|24|E}}) by {{HMS|Porpoise|N14|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). There were eight dead and 464 survivors.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Dimitrios G. Thermiotis|1906|2}}

|flag={{flagicon|Greece}} Greece

|desc=World War II: Convoy SC 53: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|47|30|N|52|20|W}}) by {{GS|U-86|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 33 crew.{{Cite web |title=Dimitrios G Thermiotis |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1264.html |access-date=20 February 2012 |publisher=Uboat}}{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=525}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Kii Channel ({{coord|30|00|N|135|00|E}}) by {{USS|Plunger|SS-179|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).{{cite DANFS |title=Plunger |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss179.txt |accessdate=30 December 2011}}{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=528}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=The cargo ship struck a submerged object {{convert|4|nmi|km}} off Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada and was holed. She sank the next day. There were no casualties.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=411}}{{Cite web |date=13 January 2019 |title=Empire Kingfisher |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?33705 |publisher=wrecksite.eu}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMT|Erin}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler was sunk at Gibraltar by a bomb planted by a Spanish agent of the Abwehr. Four men were killed.{{Cite web |date=13 January 2019 |title=Erin |url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/6342.html |publisher=uboat.net}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Frances Salman|1919|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Design 1099 ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Race, Dominion of Newfoundland ({{coord|46|33|N|53|05|W}}), by {{GS|U-552||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 28 crew.{{Cite web |title=Frances Salman |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1263.html |access-date=6 April 2012 |publisher=Uboat}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Hai-Kan No. 6

|flag= {{navy|Empire of Japan|1942}}

|desc=The decommissioned {{sclass|Kasuga|cruiser|0}} armored cruiser was sunk as a gunnery target in the Inland Sea of Japan off Kurahashi, Hiroshima, by the battleship {{ship|Japanese battleship|Yamato||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan|1942}}).

}}

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|ship={{HMT|Honjo}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler was damaged beyond repair at Gibraltar by the explosion of the bomb planted on HMT Erin ({{naval|UK}}) by a Spanish agent of the Abwehr. She was never repaired. Two of her crew were killed.{{Cite web |date=13 January 2019 |title=Honjo |url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/6967.html |publisher=uboat.net}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The United States Army-requisitioned cargo ship was bombed and strafed by Japanese aircraft at Cebu City and was beached to prevent sinking. She was declared a constructive total loss. She was later salvaged and put in Japanese service as Luzon Maru.{{Cite web |title=Luzon (+1942) |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?258451 |access-date=18 June 2020 |publisher=Wrecksite}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=19 January 1942 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Cape Sable|1936|2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship sank south of the Bantam Rocks.{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=578}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Latvia}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean off the east coast of the United States ({{coord|35|25|N|75|23|W}}) by {{GS|U-123|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of two of her 31 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Socony-Vacuum|1934|2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}). Nine of her crew later reboarded her and she was taken in tow by {{SS|Bury|1920|2}} ({{flagicon|Brazil|1889}} Brazil) but the tow was later abandoned and the skeleton crew were taken aboard Bury. Ciltvaira was then taken in tow by {{USS|Sciota|AT-44|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) but later foundered at {{coord|34|58|N|75|10|W}}.{{Cite web |title=Ciltvaira |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1267.html |access-date=24 February 2012 |publisher=Uboat}}
More: Latvian Mercantile Marine during World War II

}}

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|ship={{SS|City of Atlanta|1904|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the east coast of the United States ({{coord|35|42|N|75|21|W}}) by {{GS|U-123|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 44 of her 47 crew. Survivors were rescued by the train ferry {{SS|Seatrain Texas|1940|2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=U-boats Off The U.S. Coast |date=22 January 1942 |page=4 |column=G }}{{Cite web |title=City of Atlanta |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1268.html |access-date=24 February 2012 |publisher=Uboat}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Eugenie S. Embiricos|1920|2}}

|flag={{flagicon|Greece}} Greece

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at Leanish Point, Barra, Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom ({{coord|56|57|N|7|25|W}}) and sank. There were no casualties.{{Cite web |title=Eugenie S Embiricos |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/verluste_griechenland/ausgabe.php?lang=1&rubrik=%&where_value=389 |access-date=18 January 2021 |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de}}{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=523}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy OS 17: The cargo ship was wrecked in a gale and rain {{convert|6|mi|spell=in}} north of the Orsay Lighthouse at Kilchiaran Bay ({{coord|55|48|08|N|6|28|15|W}}). She broke in two the next day and was declared a total loss. All on board made it to shore in her lifeboats.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sWXTTtl6jiIC&dq=Ship:+HMS+Surprise,+1942&pg=PA171 |title=List of Admiralty records Vol. 6 |publisher=Kraus-Tomson/Googlebooks |year=1964 |access-date=23 June 2020}}{{Cite web |title=Floristan (+1942) |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11589 |access-date=23 June 2020 |publisher=Wrecksite}}{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=483}}{{cite web |url=https://www.scottishshipwrecks.com/floristan/ |title=Floristan |publisher=www.scottishshipwrecks.com |access-date=26 June 2024}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=H. K. Daniels

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

|desc=World War II: The steamboat, or sailing bargE, struck a mine and sank in the North Sea ({{coord|51|28|12|N|0|52|42|E}}). Both crew were rescued.{{Cite web |title=H. K. Daniels (+1942) |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?72560 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Wrecksite}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=Convoy ON 57: The cargo ship ran aground and was wrecked at Grean, Tiree, Outer Hebrides ({{coord|56|32|04|N|6|56|00|W}}) in heavy weather. Her 26 crew all survived.{{Cite web |title=Ingrid (+1942) |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?10838 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Wrecksite}}{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=556}}{{cite web |url=https://www.scottishshipwrecks.com/ingrid/ |title=Ingrid |publisher=www.scottishshipwrecks.com |access-date=26 June 2024}}{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/ingrid.html |title=Ingrid |publisher=www.warsailors.com |access-date=26 June 2024}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{RMS|Lady Hawkins}}

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

|desc=World War II: The ocean liner was torpedoed and sunk between Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, United States and Bermuda ({{coord|35|00|N|72|30|W}}) by {{GS|U-66|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 251 of the 322 people aboard. Survivors were rescued by {{USAT|Coamo}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}) on 27 January.{{Cite web |title=SS Lady Hawkins (+1942) |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?22390 |access-date=14 October 2011 |publisher=Wrecksite}}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Liner Sunk By U-boat |date=30 January 1930 |page=3 |issue=49147 |column=E }}{{Cite web |date=16 February 2011 |title=Lady Hawkins |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1270.html |publisher=Uboat}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy OS 17: The cargo ship ran aground at Carskey Point, Mull of Kintyre, Argyllshire, United Kingdom ({{coord|55|13|N|6|02|W}}). Salvage was abandoned in April 1942 and she was declared a total loss.{{csr|register=MSI|id=5614759|shipname=Mobeka |accessdate=30 June 2022}}{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=6}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north of Cape Hatteras ({{coord|36|07|N|75|23|W}}), by {{GS|U-123|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 29 crew.{{Cite web |title=Norvana |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1266.html |access-date=24 February 2012 |publisher=Uboat}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{USS|PT-31}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|ELCO 77'|PT boat}} ran aground in Subic Bay ({{coord|14|45|N|120|13|E}}) and was scuttled by burning the next day.{{Cite web |title=PT-31 of the US Navy |url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/10119.html |access-date=20 January 2014 |publisher=U Boat.net}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMT|Rosemonde}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north east of the Azores, Portugal by {{GS|U-581||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 25 crew.{{Cite web |title=HMS Rosemonde |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1277.html |access-date=9 April 2012 |publisher=Uboat}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|San Giovanni Battista|1913|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea ({{coord|33|47|N|12|17|E}}) by British aircraft. She was taken in tow, but came ashore {{convert|2|nmi|km}} west of Tagiura, Libya on 2 February after the towline broke. She was refloated and towed in to Tripoli, Libya.{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=535}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Sørøy|1910|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster was torpedoed and sunk in the Norwegian Sea off the Sværholt Peninsula by {{ship|Soviet submarine|K-23||2}} ({{navy|Soviet Union|1935}}) with the loss of two of her crew.{{Cite web |title=Norwegian Homefleet - WW II, Ships starting with So through Sø |url=http://www.warsailors.com/homefleet/shipss2.html |access-date=11 February 2012 |publisher=Warsailors}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Thermopylæ|1930|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy MW 8A: The troopship was bombed and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea ({{coord|34|03|N|24|14|E}}) by a Junkers Ju 88 aircraft of the Luftwaffe with the loss of 33 of the 374 people aboard. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Havock|H43|6}} ({{naval|UK}}), which scuttled Thermopylæ.{{Cite web |title=D/S Thermopylæ |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/thermopylae.html |access-date=8 February 2012 |publisher=Warsailors}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Vaaland

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The fishing cutter was shelled and sunk off Berlevåg by {{ship|Soviet submarine|K-22||2}} ({{navy|Soviet Union|1935}}) with the loss of a crew member.{{Cite web |title=Norwegian Homefleet - WW II, Ships starting with V |url=http://www.warsailors.com/homefleet/shipsV.html |access-date=11 February 2012 |publisher=Warsailors}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Van Imhoff||2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Indian Ocean south of Java, Netherlands East Indies by Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft. The ship was carrying 478 German civilian internees, who, forced at gunpoint to remain on the ship, perished almost completely. The few survivors were intentionally denied rescue and assistance by the Dutch; only a few managed to reach nearby islands.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

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

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Amathus|1887|2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground and was wrecked at the entrance to Lattakia harbour, Levant States.{{Cite web |title=Amathus (+1942) |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?301964 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Wrecksite}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese minesweeper|Banshu Maru No. 52||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper was sunk by mines in Subic Bay ({{coord|14|45|N|120|17|E}}). Survivors were rescued by {{ship|Japanese gunboat|Aso Maru||2}}, {{ship|Japanese gunboat|Nampo Maru||2}}, and {{ship|Japanese gunboat|Kiso Maru||2}} (all {{navy|Empire of Japan}}).{{Cite web |title=Official Chronology of the US Navy in WW II, 1942 |url=http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/USN-Chron/USN-Chron-1942.html |access-date=10 February 2017 |publisher=Imbiblio}}{{Cite web |title=Japanese Auxiliary Gun Boats |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/AsoM_t.htm |access-date=18 June 2020 |publisher=Combinedfleet}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Indian Ocean at Flying Fish Cove, Christmas Island, Australia by I-59 ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}). Her crew were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Rabaul: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Rabaul, Papua New Guinea by Japanese aircraft with the loss of a crew member.{{Cite web |title=D/S Herstein |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/herstein.html |access-date=5 May 2023 |publisher=www.warsailors.com}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{Jsub|I-124||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|I-121|submarine}} was depth charged and sunk in the Beagle Gulf {{convert|40|mi|km}} west of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia ({{coord|12|7|S|130|06|E}}) by {{HMAS|Deloraine}} ({{naval|Australia|1913}}) with the loss of 80 of her crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The coastal cargo ship was sunk in the Belfast Lough in a collision with {{SS|British Engineer|1922|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{Cite web |title=Amathus (+1942) |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?301964 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Wrecksite}}{{Cite web |title=M. V. Karanan |url=http://www.irishwrecksonline.net/details/Karanan544a.htm |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Irish wrecks on line}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=The cargo ship (3,229 GRT, 1918) ran aground at Port Logan, Wigtownshire. She was refloated on 5 June, repaired and re-entered service as Empire Usk.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=398}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flagicon|Greece}} Greece

|desc=World War II: Convoy ON 53: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy. She was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by {{GS|U-552|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 29 hands.{{Cite web |title=Maro |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1272.html |access-date=20 January 2020 |publisher=uboat.net}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{USS|S-36|SS-141|6}}

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

|desc=World War II: The S-class submarine ran aground on the Taka Bakang Reef in the Makassar Strait, Netherlands East Indies. She was scuttled due to damage sustained and to prevent capture by enemy forces. Her crew were rescued by the motor launch Attla ({{flag|Netherlands}}).{{Cite web |title=S 36 |url=http://www.oneternalpatrol.com/uss-s-36-141.htm |access-date=20 January 2020 |publisher=oneternalpatrol.com}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The cargo liner was bombed and sunk at Kupang, Dutch Timor. She was later raised and repaired and put in Japanese service as Tobi Maru.{{Cite web |title=Tobelo (+1942) |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?107955 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Wrecksite}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: Battle of Rabaul: The coal hulk was bombed and sunk by Japanese aircraft at Simpson Harbour, New Britain.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

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

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Alexandra Høegh|1935|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south of Nova Scotia, Canada ({{coord|40|53|N|65|56|W}}) by {{GS|U-130|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 28 crew were rescued by the fishing trawler Grand Marshall ({{flag|United States|1912}}).{{Cite web |title=Alexandra Høegh |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1276.html |access-date=28 February 2012 |publisher=Uboat}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at Tara, County Down and was abandoned. She was refloated on 2 April but declared a constructive total loss. Asiatic was repaired and re-entered service in 1943 as Empire Torridge.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=397}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|47|21|N|52|08|W}}) off the coast of the Dominion of Newfoundland by {{GS|U-754||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 24 crew.{{Cite web |title=D/S Belize |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/belize.html |access-date=8 January 2012 |publisher=Warsailors}}{{Cite web |title=Belize |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1275.html |access-date=17 July 2021 |website=uboat.net}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Chak Sang|1917|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Bay of Bengal, south west of Bassein, Burma ({{coord|15|42|N|95|02|E}}) by {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-66||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}) with the loss of five of her 66 crew.

}}

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|ship=Ingoy

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II:The fishing trawler was shelled and sunk by K-21 ({{navy|Soviet Union}}).{{Cite web |title=Ingoy (+1942) |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?188163 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Wrecksite}}

}}

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|ship=HMT Loch Garry

|flag={{naval|United Kingdom}}

|desc=The boom defence vessel ran aground off Torr Head, County Antrim and sank in a gale with rain and snow.{{Cite web |title=HMT Lochgarry (+1942) |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11431 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Wrecksite}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Panama}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Andaman Sea, in the Preparis North Channel ({{coord|15|28|N|94|36|E}}) by {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-66||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}). Her crew survived.{{Cite web |title=Norwegian Merchant Ships 1939 - 1945, Names beginning with N |url=http://www.warsailors.com/freefleet/norfleetn.html |access-date=1 February 2012 |publisher=Warsailors}}{{Cite web |title=Nord (+1942) |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59380 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Wrecksite}}{{Cite web |title=Imperial Submarines |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/I-166.htm |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Combinedfleet}}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|Raub}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The patrol boat was bombed and sunk at Belawan, Netherlands East Indies by Japanese aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Walter Ohlrogge|1914|2}}

|flag={{flag|Germany|Nazi}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank off the coast of Norway.{{csr|register=MSI|id=5603714|shipname=Walter Ohlrogge |accessdate=16 April 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|William Hanbury||2}}

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

|desc=The fishing trawler was wrecked in a gale on St. Anne’s Head, Isle of Man.{{Cite web |title=TWilliam Hanbury (+1942) |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?117126 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Wrecksite}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|William Hansen|1939|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of the Dominion of Newfoundland ({{coord|46|56|N|52|47|W}}) by {{GS|U-754||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of ten of her nineteen crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMCS|Algoma|K127|6}} ({{naval|Canada|1911}}).{{Cite web |title=D/S William Hansen |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/williamhansen.html |access-date=8 February 2012 |publisher=Warsailors}}{{Cite web |title=William Hansen |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1274.html |access-date=24 July 2021 |website=uboat.net}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Zannis L. Cambanis|1920|2}}

|flag={{flagicon|Greece}} Greece

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Strait of Malacca {{coord|1|15|N|104|31|E}}) with the loss of three of her crew.{{Cite web |title=Zannis L. Cambanis |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/verluste_griechenland/ausgabe.php?lang=1&rubrik=%&where_value=391 |access-date=18 January 2021 |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

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

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

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|45|06|N|40|56|W}}) by {{GS|U-82|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of five of her 55 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Argos Hill|1922|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}), {{SS|Saturnus|1917|2}} ({{Flag|Sweden}}) and a Royal Navy ship.{{Cite web |title=Athelcrown |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1283.html |access-date=19 February 2012 |publisher=Uboat}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{Ship|Soviet destroyer|Boyky|1936|2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=The {{sclass|Gnevny|destroyer}} was driven into the submarine {{ship|Soviet submarine|Shch-214||2}} ({{navy|Soviet Union}}) and damaged at Tuapse.{{sfn|Chernyshev|2012|p=not cited}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Caledonian Monarch||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy SC 63: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|58|39|N|7|36|W}}) north west of Scotland by {{GS|U-588||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 48 crew.{{Cite web |title=Caledonian Monarch |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1280.html |access-date=9 April 2012 |publisher=Uboat}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|City of Marseilles|1913|2}}

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

|desc=The cargo liner was driven ashore near Batticaloa, Ceylon. She was refloated.{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=131}}

}}

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

|flag={{Flag|Belgium}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy ON 56: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately {{coord|45|N|41|W}}) by {{GS|U-135|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 64 of her 79 crew. Only seven of eighteen survivors in lifeboat No. 2 were still alive when rescued by {{USS|Bernadou|DD-153|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) two weeks later, and only four of 28 in lifeboat No. 4 when rescued after 26 days by the fishing vessel João Corte Real ({{flag|Portugal}}).{{Cite web |title=Gandia |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1282.html |access-date=29 February 2012 |publisher=Uboat}}{{Cite web |title=Gandia(+1942) |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?14673 |access-date=5 September 2022 |publisher=Wrecksite}}

}}

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|ship={{MV|Innerøy|1936|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|42|30|N|59|54|W}}) by {{GS|U-553||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 31 of her 36 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Empire Amethyst||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{Cite web |title=M/T Innerøy |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/inneroy.html |access-date=24 January 2011 |publisher=Warsailors}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=The minesweeper was driven ashore at Tuapse.{{sfn|Chernyshev|2012|p=not cited}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Lemantang||2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Belawan, Netherlands East Indies by Japanese aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Soviet cruiser|Molotov||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=The {{sclass|Kirov|cruiser}} was driven against the quayside and damaged at Tuapse with the loss of a crew member.{{sfn|Chernyshev|2012|p=not cited}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Panama}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|36|03|N|75|18|W}}) by {{GS|U-66|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 35 crew.{{Cite web |date=16 February 2011 |title=Olympic |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1279.html |publisher=Uboat}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc= World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk {{convert|5|nmi|km}} east of Hobe Sound, Florida by {{GS|U-504||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of five of her 34 crew.{{sfn|Jordan|1999|pp=584-85}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Soviet submarine|Shch-214||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=The {{Sclass|Shchuka|submarine}} was damaged at Tuapse when she was crushed against the quayside by {{ship|Soviet destroyer|Boyky|1936|2}} ({{navy|Soviet Union}}).{{sfn|Chernyshev|2012|p=not cited}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Soviet patrol boat|SKA-055||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=The patrol boat capsized at Tuapse. She was righted and then drove ashore. Fourteen of her 21 crew were lost.{{sfn|Chernyshev|2012|p=not cited}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=TSCH-250

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=The minesweeper was driven ashore and wrecked at Tuapse.{{sfn|Chernyshev|2012|p=not cited}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Van Overstraten|1912|2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpoedoed and sunk in the Indian Ocean ({{Coord|1|40|N|90|30|E}}) by {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-64||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}). Four of her crew were killed. There were 113 survivors.{{Cite web |date=16 February 2011 |title=I-64 |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/I-164.htm |publisher=combinedfleet.com}}{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=554}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Vassilos A. Polemis|1907|2}}

|flag={{flagicon|Greece}} Greece

|desc=World War II: Convoy ON 53: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|42|32|N|52|38|W}}) by {{GS|U-333||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 21 of her 33 crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MS|Victoria|1930|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The troopship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea ({{coord|33|40|N|17|45|E}}) by a Fairey Albacore aircraft of 826 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm with the loss of 391 of the 1,455 people aboard.{{csr|register=MSI|id=5607550|shipname=Victoria |accessdate=1 December 2012}} She was carrying the XXXVI Battalion of the 12th Bersaglieri Regiment and LI Tank Battalion M14/41 on a voyage from Taranto to Tripoli, Libya.{{sfn|Jordan|1999|pp=239, 536}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=The barge was driven ashore at Tuapse.{{sfn|Chernyshev|2012|p=not cited}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

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

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Fukuyo Maru|1920|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the South China Sea by {{USS|Seadragon|SS-194|6}} ({{Navy|USA|1912}}). Fukuyo Maru was beached on the northern coast of French Indochina ({{coord|12|00|N|109|00|E}}) and was later repaired.{{Cite web |title=Fukuyo Maru |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Fukuyo_t.htm |access-date=13 January 2019 |publisher=combinedfleet.com}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=The coaster ran aground in Hjeltefjorden. She broke in two and sank. Her crew survived.{{Cite web |title=Norwegian Homefleet - WW II, Ships starting with He through Hø |url=http://www.warsailors.com/homefleet/shipsh2.html |access-date=9 February 2012 |publisher=Warsailors}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Larut}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The patrol vessel was bombed and sunk at Sabang, Netherlands East Indies by Japanese aircraft. Her crew were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy ON 56: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|45|27|N|43|19|W}}) by {{GS|U-82|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of six of her 36 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Agios Georgios|1911|2}} ({{flagicon|Greece}} Greece).{{Cite web |title=M/T Leiesten |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/leiesten.html |access-date=26 January 2011 |publisher=Warsailors}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Manx Admiral

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

|desc=The fishing trawler stranded on the north-east coast of Iceland and was abandoned.{{Cite web |title=Manx Admiral (+1942) |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?236098 |access-date=13 May 2023 |publisher=Wrecksite}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MS|Nana Maru||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Battle of Balikpapan: The {{sclass|Seia Maru|transport ship}} was bombed in the Makassar Strait east of Bontang, Netherlands East Indies by Martin 139 aircraft of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force. She exploded and sank ({{coord|00|18|N|117|43|E}}).{{Cite web |title=IJN Patrol Boat No. 37:, Japanese patrol boats |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com//PB-37_t.htm |access-date=2 July 2020 |publisher=Combinedfleet}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Navemar||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo liner was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south west of Portugal by {{ship|Italian submarine|Barbarigo||2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}) with the loss of two of her 36 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Isla de Tenerife|1921|2}} ({{flag|Spain|1938}}).{{Cite web |title=SS Navemar (+1942) |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?37319 |access-date=14 October 2011 |publisher=Wrecksite}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{USS|Neches|AO-5|6}}

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

|desc=World War II: The oiler was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean {{convert|120|nmi|km}} west of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii ({{coord|21|01|N|160|06|W}}) by {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-72||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}) with the loss of 57 of her 183 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{USS|Jarvis|DD-393|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).{{Cite web |title=Neches |url=https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/dafs/AO/ao5-sunk.html |access-date=17 June 2022 |publisher=www.ibiblio.org}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Star of Scotland

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

|desc= The fishing barge/party ship, a former Royal Navy {{Sclass2|Flower|sloop|2}}, sprung leaks in a storm and sank in Santa Monica Bay, California {{convert|2|nmi|km}} off the Santa Monica Pier with the loss of one of her five crewm.{{Cite web |title=Santa Monica’s Fallen Star: Exploring The Star of Scotland Shipwreck |url=https://californiadiver.com/santa-monicas-fallen-star-exploring-the-star-of-scotland-shipwreck/#:~:text=On%20January%2023%2C%201942%2C%20a,with%20her%20in%20final%20plunge. |access-date=14 May 2023 |publisher=californiadiver.com}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Tai Sang|1937|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a Dutch mine and sank off Singapore ({{coord|00|55|N|103|35|E}}). Of a crew of 31 and four passengers, only two survived to become prisoners of war.{{Cite web |title=Tai Sang (+1942) |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59246 |access-date=13 May 2023 |publisher=Wrecksite}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy SC 66: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|43|20|N|66|15|W}}) by {{GS|U-109|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of five of the 46 people aboard. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Belle Isle|1918|2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}).{{Cite web |title=Thirlby |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1284.html |access-date=23 February 2012 |publisher=Uboat}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Tiqva||2}}

|flag=22px Palestine

|desc=The cargo ship foundered in a gale near Ras el Fasori, Levant States. She was on a voyage from Iskenderun, Turkey to Port Said, Egypt with a cargo of chrome ore, poppy seed and tobacco.{{Cite web |title=SS Tiqva (+1942) |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?213397 |access-date=26 January 2021 |publisher=Wrecksite}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

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

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|35|06|N|74|58|W}}) by {{GS|U-66|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). She broke in two, with the bow section sinking. The stern section was taken in tow but sank at {{coord|35|02|N|75|33|W}}. forty-nine of her 51 crew were lost. Both survivors were rescued by a United States Coast Guard ship.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=140}}{{Cite web |date=16 February 2011 |title=Empire Gem |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1289.html |publisher=Uboat}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy SC 100: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|39|30|N|59|54|W}}) by {{GS|U-106|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of nine of her 31 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{USS|Lang|DD-399|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).{{Cite web |title=Empire Wildebeeste |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1287.html |access-date=15 July 2021 |website=uboat.net}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: Battle of Balikpapan: The transport ship was bombed and sunk by Martin 139 aircraft of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Kuretake Maru|1925|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Battle of Balikpapan: Balikpapan Invasion Force convoy: The {{sclass|Kuratake Maru|troopship}} was torpedoed, shelled, and sunk in the South China Sea ({{coord|0|10|N|118|00|E}}) by {{USS|John D. Ford|DD-228|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Six of her crew, and 172 or 272 soldiers, were killed.{{Cite web |title=PB-37 |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/PB-37_t.htm |access-date=17 May 2020 |publisher=combinedfleet.com}}{{cite ship register |register=MSI |id=1147309 | shipname=Kuretake Maru |access-date=12 October 2013}}{{Cite web |title=Japanese Army Auxiliary Transports |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/KuretakeM_t.htm |access-date=6 November 2022 |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com}}{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=543}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Italian motor torpedo boat|MAS 512||2}}

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

|desc=The MAS 501-class MAS boat ran aground and was wrecked at Kefalonia, Greece.{{Cite web |title=Italian motor torpedo boat Type MAS 501 |url=http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=900&tridit=lodenice&zobraz=A |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140910195337/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=900&tridit=lodenice&zobraz=A |archive-date=10 September 2014 |access-date=23 December 2014 |publisher=Warshipsww2}}{{Cite web |title=MAS 512 and 513 |url=http://www.istitutodelnastroazzurro.org/2021/03/28/girgio-clemente-mario-montebello-un-marinaio-daltri-tempi/ |access-date=24 March 2025 |publisher=www.istitutodelnastroazzurro.org}}{{Cite web |title=MAS 512 and 513 |url=https://archive.org/details/usmm-9-traffic-with-albiania-greece-the-aegean/USMM%202_Warships%20Lost/page/268/mode/1up |access-date=24 March 2025 |publisher=archive.org}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Italian motor torpedo boat|MAS 513||2}}

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

|desc=The MAS 501-class MAS boat an aground and was wrecked at Kefalonia, Greece.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Celebes Sea north of Kema, Celebes, Netherlands East Indies ({{coord|1|26|N|125|08|E}}) by {{USS|Swordfish|SS-193|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).{{cite DANFS |title=Swordfish |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss193.htm |accessdate=30 December 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese patrol boat|PB-37||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Battle of Balikpapan: The patrol boat, the former {{sclass|Momi|destroyer}} Hishi, was torpedoed and damaged at ({{coord|01|24|S|117|02|E}}) by {{USS|Parrott|DD-218|6}}, {{USS|Paul Jones|DD-230|6}}, {{USS|John D. Ford}} and {{USS|Pope|DD-225|6}} (all {{navy|USA|1912}}). The vessel was towed into Balikpapan harbor. The crew were ordered off the ship on 5 February and repairs begun. Repairs were abandoned and the vessel was decommissioned on 10 April. PB-37 was stripped from 17–30 April and abandoned, eventually sinking. The wreck was raised and scrapped at unknown date.{{Cite web |date=2 July 2020 |title=IJN Patrol Boat No. 37: Japanese Patrol Boats |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/PB-37_t.htm |publisher=Combined fleet}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy ONS 55: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|45|50|N|51|04|W}}) by {{GS|U-333|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 30 of the 43 people aboard. Survivors were rescued by {{USS|Swanson|DD-443|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).{{Cite web |title=D/S Ringstad |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/ringstad.html |access-date=7 February 2012 |publisher=Warsailors}}

}}

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|ship={{USS|S-26|SS-131|6}}

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

|desc=The S-class submarine was rammed and sunk in the Gulf of Panama by {{USS|Sturdy|PC-460|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}) with the loss of 46 of her 49 crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Sumanoura Maru|1940|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Battle of Balikpapan: Balikpapan Invasion Force convoy: The IJN-chartered Koto Maru No. 2-class auxiliary netlayer was shelled, torpedoed and sunk by {{USS|Pope|DD-225|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) while riding at anchor. Many troops, her commanding officer, and the all but nine of her crew were killed.{{Cite web |title=PB-36 |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/PB-36_t.htm |access-date=17 May 2020 |publisher=combinedfleet.com}}{{cite ship register |register=MSI |id=4047051 | shipname=Sumanoura Maru |access-date=12 October 2013}}{{Cite web |title=Japanese Auxiliary Netlayers |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Sumanoura_t.htm |access-date=18 February 2023 |publisher=Combinedfleet.com}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Tai Sang||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Durian Strait between Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies and Singapore ({{coord|0|55|N|103|35|E}}) with the loss of 29 crew, her captain, and four passengers. Two survivors were later taken as prisoners of war.{{Cite web |title=Tai Sang (+1942) |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59246 |access-date=13 May 2023 |publisher=Wrecksite}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: Battle of Balikpapan: Balikpapan Invasion Force convoy: The Tatsugami Maru-class auxiliary ammunition transport was bombed and damaged in the Makassar Strait east of Bontang, Netherlands East Indies ({{coord|00|18|N|117|43|E}}) on 23 January by Martin 139 aircraft of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force, then torpedoed and sunk at {{coord|01|18|S|117|04|E}} by {{USS|Parrott|DD-218|6}} and {{USS|Pope|DD-225|6}} (both {{navy|USA|1912}}). Four of her crew were killed.

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Battle of Balikpapan: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea ({{coord|0|10|N|118|00|E}}) by United States Navy ships.{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=546}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: Battle of Balikpapan: Balikpapan Invasion Convoy: The Toyooka Maru-class auxiliary transport was torpedoed and sunk at {{coord|00|10|N|118|00|E}} by submarine {{HNLMS|K XVIII}} ({{naval|Netherlands}}). Thirty-eight troops and a crew member were killed.{{Cite web |title=Japanese Army Auxiliary Transports |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Tsuruga_t.htm |access-date=11 November 2022 |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com}}{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=546}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The ore carrier was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|34|50|N|75|20|W}}) by {{GS|U-66|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of seventeen of her 42 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{MV|Australia|1928|2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}) and {{SS|Tennessee|1921|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{Cite web |date=16 February 2011 |title=Venore |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1288.html |publisher=Uboat}}{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=Jordan579}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

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

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German destroyer|Z8 Bruno Heinemann||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|Type 1934A|destroyer}} struck two mines and sank off the coast of Belgium with the loss of 98 of her crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|35|30|N|53|25|W}}) by {{GS|U-123|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 45 crew.{{Cite web |title=Culebra |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1290.html |access-date=24 February 2012 |publisher=Uboat}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Dalmatia L.|1903|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed in the Straits of Messina ({{coord|37|45|N|15|30|E}}) by {{HMS|Ultimatum|P34|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). She broke in two and sank the next day {{convert|1|nmi|km}} off San Ranieri, Sicily, Italy whilst under tow. Her 40 crew were rescued.{{Cite web |title=HMS Ultimatum |url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3544.html |access-date=10 January 2019 |publisher=uboat.net}}{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=531}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground {{convert|14|nmi|km}} north of Aberdeen. She was holed and abandoned. She was refloated on 16 February. Subsequently repaired and returned to service.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=197}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{Ship|RFA|Isleford}}

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

|desc=The coaster was driven ashore on the north side of Wick Bay in heavy weather and was wrecked or sank with the loss of fifteen of her crew.{{Cite web |title=RFA Isleford (+1942) |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?60707 |access-date=13 May 2023 |publisher=Wrecksite}}{{Cite web |title=Rfa Isleford |url=https://canmore.org.uk/site/321478/rfa-isleford |access-date=13 May 2023 |publisher=canmore.org.uk}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Mount Kitheron||2}}

|flag={{flagicon|Greece}} Greece

|desc=World War II: The cargo shipvwas torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|47|32|N|52|31|W}}) by {{GS|U-754||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of twelve of the 36 people aboard.{{Cite web |title=Mount Kitheron |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/verluste_griechenland/ausgabe.php?lang=1&rubrik=%&where_value=349 |access-date=18 January 2021 |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Swynfleet||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off the Landguard Point Lighthouse, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|38|58|N|74|06|W}}) by {{GS|U-130|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 40 crew were rescued by two American fishing vessels.{{Cite web |title=M/T Varanger |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/varanger.html |access-date=8 February 2012 |publisher=Warsailors}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= Unnamed
(possibly {{SS|Giang Seng|1899|2}})

|flag=Flag unknown
({{flagicon|United Kingdom|civil}} Singapore)

|desc= World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in Sabang Roads by I-59 ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}).{{Cite web |title=Imperial Submarines |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/I-159.htm |access-date=30 June 2022 |publisher=Combinedfleet.com}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

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

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Borge F-3G

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The motorboat was captured by {{ship|Soviet submarine|ShCh-422||2}} ({{navy|Soviet Union}}) and scuttled by shelling. Three of her crew were taken as prisoners of war.{{Cite web |title=Soviet submarines in Arctic and Far East (redone) |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=53405 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181108184919/http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=53405 |archive-date=8 November 2018 |access-date=11 January 2019 |publisher=Soviet-Empire.com}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Kelana}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary patrol boat was scuttled at Endau, Malaya.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=The cargo ship was wrecked in a gale with snow and heavy seas at Hackley Head, {{convert|2|nmi|km}} north of Newburgh, Aberdeenshire. Nine of her crew were killed. Two of the crew of the lifeboat John Ryburn (File:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution), that had been sent to assist, were killed when the lifeboat capsized.{{Cite web |title=Lesrix (+1942) |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?137086 |access-date=13 May 2023 |publisher=Wrecksite}}{{Cite web |title=S. S. Lesrix |url=https://lifeboatmagazinearchive.rnli.org/volume/war-years/1942/the-ss-lesrix?searchterm=Yacht+Gan&page=1605 |access-date=13 May 2023 |publisher=lifeboatmagazinearchive}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy ON 56: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|42|41|N|53|02|W}}) by {{GS|U-582||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of ten of her 43 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Maliakos|1912|2}} ({{flag|Greece}}).{{Cite web |title=Refast |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1295.html |access-date=9 April 2012 |publisher=Uboat}}{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=508}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese seaplane tender|Sanuki Maru|1939|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The seaplane tender was bombed and sunk at Balikpapan, Netherlands East Indies by Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft of the United States Army Air Force.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Shuman}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary patrol vessel was scuttled at Endau. She was later salvaged and taken to Singapore.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMAS|Sirocco}}

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

|desc=The patrol boat was destroyed by fire at Hobart, Tasmania, burning to the waterline.{{Citation |last=Cassells, Vic |title=For those in peril- : a comprehensive listing of the ships and men of the Royal Australian Navy who have paid the supreme sacrifice in the wars of the twentieth century |date=1995 |publisher=Kangaroo Press |isbn=978-0-86417-734-6}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Tornator Go

|flag={{flagcountry|Japan}}

|desc=The chartered cargo ship ran aground at Omaisaki. She broke in two four days later and was declared a total loss.{{Cite web |title=Ex-Finnish Merchants in Japanese Service |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Tornator_t.htm |access-date=7 March 2023 |publisher=Combinedfleet.com}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|40|00|N|61|45|W}}) by {{GS|U-106|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 52 crew.{{Cite web |title=Traveller |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1293.html |access-date=22 February 2012 |publisher=Uboat}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|Wega}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Sirius|patrol vessel}} was bombed and sunk at Olele, Netherlands East Indies by Japanese aircraft.{{Cite web |title=Dutch Warship losses in the Dutch East Indies 1941-1942 |url=http://www.oocities.org/dutcheastindies/dutch_losses.html |access-date=14 December 2014 |publisher=oocities.org}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Virginia ({{coord|35|03|N|73|10|W}}) by {{GS|U-125|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss with all hands:- nine gunners and 36 crew.{{Cite web |title=West Ivis |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1296.html |access-date=26 February 2012 |publisher=Uboat}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

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

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMT|Eveline}}, or
{{HNLMS|Eveline}}

|flag={{naval|United Kingdom}} or {{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=The auxiliary minesweeper sank at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire after a collision with {{HMS|Shera}} ({{naval|UK}}). A crew member died.{{Cite web |title=Eveline |url=http://www.netherlandsnavy.nl/Trawlers.htm |access-date=14 February 2017 |publisher=netherlandsnavy.nl}}{{Cite web |title=Eveline |url=https://mass.cultureelerfgoed.nl/eveline-hrms |access-date=28 January 2021 |publisher=mass.cultureelerfgoed.nl}}{{Cite web |title=Eveline (+1942) |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?71798 |access-date=13 May 2023 |publisher=Wrecksite}}{{Cite web |title=Naval trawlers |url=https://www.worldnavalships.com/naval_trawlers.htm |access-date=13 May 2023 |publisher=worldnavalships.com}}(conflicting ownership between sources)

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Fibreboard

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

|desc=The tow barge was wrecked {{convert|15|nmi|km}} off Cape Scott, British Columbia.{{Cite web |title=Fibreboard (+1942) |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?212630 |access-date=13 May 2023 |publisher=Wrecksite}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Francis E. Powell|1922|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|38|05|N|74|53|W}}) by {{GS|U-130|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of four of her 32 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|W. C. Fairbanks|1917|2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}) and a United States Coast Guard vessel.{{Cite web |title=Francis E. Powell |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1299.html |access-date=28 February 2012 |publisher=Uboat}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker struck a mine and sank in the Singapore Strait with the loss of 39 of her 40 crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at Teesmouth and broke in two. The wreck was dispersed a short time later.{{Cite web |title=Hawkwood (+1942) |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?65390 |access-date=13 May 2023 |publisher=Wrecksite}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{Jsub|I-73||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|Kaidai|submarine}} was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean {{convert|240|mi|km}} west of Midway Atoll ({{coord|28|24|N|178|35|E}}) by {{USS|Gudgeon|SS-211|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).{{Cite web |title=Imperial Submarines |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/I-173_t.htm |access-date=9 January 2015 |publisher=Combinedfleet.com}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flagicon|Greece}} Greece

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|46|02|N|52|22|W}}) by {{GS|U-754||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of nine of her 29 crew.{{Cite web |title=Icarion |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1294.html |access-date=19 April 2012 |publisher=Uboat}}{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=525}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Jan Carstensz|1938|2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The coastal tanker was scuttled at Amboyna, Netherlands East Indies.{{Cite web |title=The Japanese Invasion of Ambon Island, January 1942 |url=http://www.warfare.altervista.org/DutchEastIndies/ambon.html |access-date=10 October 2015 |publisher=altervista}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{MV|Pan Norway|1931|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed, shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|35|56|N|50|27|W}}) by {{GS|U-123|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 40 crew were rescued by {{SS|Mount Aena||2}} ({{flag|Switzerland}}).{{Cite web |title=M/T Pan Norway |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/pannorway.html |access-date=6 February 2012 |publisher=Warsailors}}{{Cite web |title=Pan Norway |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1297.html |access-date=24 February 2012 |publisher=Uboat}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Poelau Tello|1929|2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II:The cargo ship was bombed and damaged at Padang, Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies. She was beached in Koeninginnabaai but was declared a total loss.{{Cite web |title=Poelau Tello (+1942) |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59314 |access-date=13 May 2023 |publisher=Wrecksite}}{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=552}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Punta Rubia|1918|2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship was about to leave the San Esteban de Pravia outlet channel when rough seas in a gale caused rudder failure. The current dragged her against the eastern breakwater of the mouth of the estuary, wrecking her.{{Cite web |title=Poelau Tello (+1942) |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx255645 |access-date=13 May 2023 |publisher=Wrecksite}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Thanet|H29|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Battle off Endau: The {{sclass2|S|destroyer|||1917}} was sunk off Endau, Malaya by {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Sendai||2}}, {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Yūgiri|1930|2}}, {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Fubuki|1927|2}}, {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Asagiri|1929|2}}, and {{ship|Japanese minesweeper|W-1||2}} (all {{navy|Empire of Japan}}). Thirty-seven of her crew were killed. Two more drowned when their lifeboat hit a reef. Eight of her crew were rescued on 29 January, and 54 crewmen and two Royal Air Force pilots on 30 January by {{HMS|Giang Bee}} ({{naval|UK}}). Thirty-one crewmen were rescued by {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Shirayuki|1928|2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}) and made prisoners of war, of which four died in captivity.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

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

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Bjørnvik|1918|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy WP 103: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the English Channel off Hartland Point, Devon, United Kingdom by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of seventeen of her twenty crew.{{Cite web |title=D/S Bjornvik |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/bjornvik.html |access-date=9 January 2012 |publisher=Warsailors}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{USAT|General Royal T. Frank}}

|flag={{army|USA|1912}}

|desc=World War II: The transport ship struck a mine, or was torpedoed, by a Japanese submarine. She split in two and sank in one minute {{convert|2|mi|km}} west of Maui, Hawaii Territory. twenty-four of the 60 people aboard were killed.{{Cite web |title=General Royal T. Frank |url=https://nhdsilentheroes.org/yeishun-allen-soken |access-date=28 January 2020 |publisher=nhdsilentheroes.org}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German minesweper|M 1406 Glettkau||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper was bombed and sunk at Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands during an air raid. Four of her crew were wounded. She was raised and resumed service as M 4014.{{Cite web |title=M 1406 |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/minensucher/ausgabe.php?where_value=659 |access-date=11 January 2021 |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{PS|Idar||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The paddle steamer was shelled and damaged in the Indian Ocean ({{coord|10|12|N|80|13|E}}) by {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-64||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}). Idar was beached, and was later salvaged.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Adriatic Sea off Cape Planka, Yugoslavia ({{coord|43|30|N|15|55|E}}), by {{HMS|Thorn|N11|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). Before being sunk with a torpedo the ship had been missed with four other torpedoes and then engaged and damaged with gunfire. There were eight dead and eleven survivors.{{Cite web |title=HMS Thorn |url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3500.html |access-date=10 October 2015 |publisher=Uboat}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

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

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Padang, Netherlands East Indies by Japanese aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Braconbush

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

|desc=World War II: The fishing trawler struck a mine and sank in the North Sea {{convert|2|nmi|km}} south east of Duncansby Head, Caithness. Her crew were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Padang by Japanese aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Crown

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

|desc=World War II: The fishing boat was bombed and sunk at Rosehearty, Aberdeenshire by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Padang by Japanese aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was bombed and severely damaged in the Black Sea off Kamysh Burun by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was subsequently used as a hulk at Sokhumi, where she was torpedoed and sunk on 30 July 1943.{{Cite web |title=Emba |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/3030.html |access-date=4 February 2012 |publisher=Uboat}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Florence Luckenbach|1910|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Indian Ocean {{convert|15|nmi|km}} east of Madras, India ({{coord|12|55|N|80|33|E}}) by {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-64||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}). There were no casualties and all 38 crew reached Madras in lifeboats.{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=581}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|ST|Northgate Scot||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The tug was bombed and damaged at Falmouth, Cornwall by Luftwaffe aircraft and was beached. She was later salvaged, repaired and returned to service.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ocean Gift

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

|desc=World War II: The fishing boat was bombed and sunk at Rosehearty by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Poelau Tello|1929|2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Padang by Japanese aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Finland}}

|desc=World War II:The cargo ship suffered an explosion and fire while under repair at Turku. Declared a total loss, but raised by the Soviets, repaired and returned to service as Sestroretsk.{{Cite web |title=Polaris (+1942) |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?301923 |access-date=13 May 2023 |publisher=Wrecksite}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Samwater||2}}

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

|desc=The Liberty ship caught fire and sank in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|35|nmi|km}} west of Cape Finisterre, Spain. She was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales, Australia to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{sfn|Sawyer|Mitchell|1985|p=47}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|HMT|Sotra||6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy TA 21: The minesweeping naval whaler, or naval trawler, was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea {{convert|80|mi}} east of Tobruk ({{coord|32|07|N|25|30|E}}) by {{GS|U-431||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 22 crew.{{Cite web |title=HMS Sotra (+1942) |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?17099 |access-date=14 October 2011 |publisher=Wrecksite}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|HMT|Soubrette||6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc= The naval trawler was lost on this date.{{Cite web |title=HMS Soubrette (+1942) |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?258819 |access-date=13 May 2023 |publisher=Wrecksite}}

}}

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

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|ship={{USCGC|Alexander Hamilton|WPG-34|6}}

|flag=22px United States Coast Guard

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 170: The {{sclass2|Treasury|cutter|0}} capsized after being torpedoed and damaged the previous day in the Atlantic Ocean off Reykjavík, Iceland ({{coord|64|10|N|22|56|W}}), by {{GS|U-132|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of seven of her 221 crew. She was scuttled by {{USS|Ericsson|DD-440|6}} ({{naval|USA|1912}}).{{Cite web |title=USCGC Alexander Hamilton (WPG 34) |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1301.html |access-date=30 July 2021 |website=uboat.net}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Bobie|1883|2}}

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

|desc= The cargo ship was sunk in a collision with {{SS|Andelle||2}} ({{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) in Swansea Bay.{{Cite web |title=Bobie (+1942) |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?129556 |access-date=13 May 2023 |publisher=Wrecksite}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk by a mine in the Adriatic Sea {{convert|10|nmi|km}} north east of Brindisi.{{Cite web |title=Wreck list 1942 |url=http://www.schiffswrackliste.de/BRT%201942.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005032321/http://www.schiffswrackliste.de/BRT%201942.htm |archive-date=5 October 2012 |access-date=9 February 2012 |publisher=schiffswrackliste.de}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Ingøy||2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster struck a mine and sank off Måsøya with the loss of sixteen of the 23 people aboard.{{Cite web |title=D/S Ingøy |url=http://www.warsailors.com/homefleetsingles/ingoy.html |access-date=9 February 2012 |publisher=Warsailors}}

}}

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

|flag={{flagcountry|British India|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Indian Ocean ({{coord|12|50|N|81|00|E}}) by {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-64||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}) with the loss of 38 of her 49 crew.

}}

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|ship={{HMT|Loch Alsh}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler was bombed and sunk in the North Sea {{convert|30|nmi|km}} north of Skegness, Lincolnshire, by Luftwaffe aircraft. Her crew survived.

}}

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|ship={{ship|Italian submarine|Medusa|1931|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Argonauta|submarine}} was torpedoed and sunk in the Adriatic Sea north of Pola ({{coord|44|54|N|13|46|E}}), by {{HMS|Thorn|N11|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) with the loss of 58 of her 60 crew.

}}

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|ship=USC&GS Research

|flag=22px United States Coast and Geodetic Survey

|desc=World War II: The survey ship was damaged indirectly by bombing off Corregidor, Philippines, partially sinking from leaks on Corregidor and then floating away on the tide and grounding on the Bataan Peninsula in a sinking condition.{{Cite web |title=World War II History Doc 5 CGS |url=http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/web/about_ngs/history/WWII-HISTORY-DOC-5-CGS.pdf |access-date=4 January 2014 |publisher=ngs.noaa}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|37|10|N|73|58|W}}) by {{GS|U-106|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of four of her 35 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{USS|Roe|DD-418|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).{{Cite web |title=Rochester |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1302.html |access-date=22 February 2012 |publisher=Uboat}}

}}

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|ship=Scarweather Lightship

|flag=22px Trinity House

|desc= The lightship was sunk when struck by {{HMT|Rosette}} ({{naval|UK}}) at Scarweather Sands ({{coord|51|27|N|03|55|W}}), approximately {{convert|5|nmi|km}} offshore from Sker Point, Glamorgan.{{Cite web |title=Scarweather (+1942) |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?72251 |access-date=13 May 2023 |publisher=Wrecksite}}{{Cite web |title=Bristol Channel/Swansea Bay (Lighthouses & Lightships) |url=https://kenfigorg.wordpress.com/2017/08/11/bristol-channelswansea-bay-lighthouses-lightships/ |access-date=13 May 2023 |publisher=kenfigorg.wordpress.com}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Singkil||2}}

|flag={{Flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=Worls War II: The coaster was shelled and sunk by Royal Netherlands East Indies Army artillery at Ambon, Netherlands East Indies to prevent capture.{{Cite web |title=Singkil (+1942) |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59330 |access-date=13 May 2023 |publisher=Wrecksite}}

}}

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

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

|desc=The Tokushima Maru-class auxiliary minelayer ran aground on a reef off the jetty at Tairadate. She was refloated on 1 February, arrived at Kurosaki on 2 February 1942 and entered drydock for repair on 3 February 1942. Repairs were completed on 26 February.{{Cite web |title=Japanese auxiliary minelayers |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Urara_t.htm |access-date=22 September 2022 |publisher=Combinedfleet.com}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=31 January 1942 |sort=}}

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|ship={{HMS|Belmont}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy NA 2: The {{sclass|Clemson|destroyer}} was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of the Dominion of Newfoundland ({{coord|42|02|N|57|18|W}}) by {{GS|U-82|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 138 crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=HMS Culver

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy SL 98: The {{sclass|Banff|sloop|0}} sloop was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south west of Ireland ({{coord|48|43|N|20|14|W}}) by {{GS|U-105|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 114 crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The Design 1037 ship was bombed and damaged by Luftwaffe aircraft north west of the Shetland Islands. She was repaired and returned to service.{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=416}}

}}

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The cargo ship was lost off Bogskär, Finland due to ice damage.{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=464}}

}}

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

|flag={{flagcountry|British Raj}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Indian Ocean ({{coord|13|00|N|81|08|E}}) by {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-64||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}) with the loss of thirteen of her 67 crew.

}}

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|ship={{MV|Kwandang||2}}

|flag={{Flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The tender was shelled and sunk by Royal Netherlands East Indies Army artillery at Ambon, Netherlands East Indies to prevent capture.{{Cite web |title=Kwandang (+1942) |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59288 |access-date=13 May 2023 |publisher=Wrecksite}}

}}

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|ship=Lady Charlotte

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

|desc=World War II: The yawl was bombed and sunk at Eyemouth, Berwickshire by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|San Arcadio|1935|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|38|10|N|63|50|W}}) by {{GS|U-107|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 41 of her 50 crew. Survivors were rescued by a Martin PBM Mariner aircraft of the United States Navy.{{Cite web |title=San Arcadio |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1306.html |access-date=23 February 2012 |publisher=Uboat}}

}}

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|ship=Spreewald

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|450|nmi|km}} north of the Azores, Portugal ({{coord|45|12|N|24|50|W}}) by {{GS|U-333||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 72 of the 152 crew and prisoners of war aboard. At the time of her loss, she was disguised as Elk ({{flag|Norway}}).{{Cite web |title=MV Spreewald (+1942) |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?15770 |access-date=14 October 2011 |publisher=Wrecksite}}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=German Ship Sunk By U-boat |date=18 February 1942 |page=2 |issue=49163 |column=E }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMT|Unicity}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The auxiliary minesweeping naval drifter capsized and sank in the North Sea off Blyth, Northumberland during a storm with the loss of a crew member.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=Unknown date 1942 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Islas Filipinas|1886|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in Manila Bay by Japanese aircraft.{{Cite web |title=SS Islas Filipinas (+1942) |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?191375 |access-date=5 September 2022 |publisher=Wrecksite}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Kommunist|1891|2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship was wrecked in the Black Sea between 19 and 23 January. Lost with all 34 of her crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Leyte|1879|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo liner was sunk at Cebu by Japanese aircraft.{{Cite web |title=Leyte (+1942) |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?248243 |access-date=20 June 2020 |publisher=Wrecksite}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|German personnel landing craft|PiLB 1||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The PiLB 39 Type personnel landing craft was lost sometime in January.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|Triumph|N18|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The T-class submarine disappeared between 30 December 1941 and 9 January 1942 with the loss of all 59 crew. Possibly struck a mine and sank in the Mediterranean Sea.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{GS|U-337||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The Type VIIC submarine was last heard from on 3 January. The vessel was declared missing on 24 January.{{Cite web |title=The Type VIIC boat U-337 |url=http://www.uboat.net/boats/u337.html |access-date=10 May 2023 |website=uboat.net}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

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• {{Cite book |last=Jordan |first=Roger |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |publisher=Chatham publishing |year=1999 |isbn=1-86176-023-X |location=London}}
• {{Cite book |last=Mitchell |first=WH |title=The Empire Ships |last2=Sawyer |first2=LA |publisher=Lloyd's of London Press Ltd |year=1990 |isbn=1-85044-275-4 |edition=Second |location=London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong }}
• {{cite book |title=The Liberty Ships |first1=L. A. |last1=Sawyer |first2=W. H. |last2=Mitchell |publisher=Lloyd's of London Press Ltd. |location=London |year=1985 |edition=2nd |isbn=1-85044-049-2 }}
• {{Cite book |last=Williams |first=Greg |title=The Last Days of the United States Asiatic Fleet: The Fates of the Ships and Those Aboard, December 8, 1941–February 5, 1942 |publisher=McFarland |year=2018 |isbn=978-1-4766-7248-9 }}

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