List of shipwrecks in January 1943#9 January

The list of shipwrecks in January 1943 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during January 1943.

1 January

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|ship={{SS|Arthur Middleton||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy UGS 3: The Liberty ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea ({{coord|35|45|N|0|45|W}}) by {{GS|U-73|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 24 gunners, 43 crew, and twelve passengers, including all eleven crew of {{USS|LCT-21}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}; on board as deck cargo). Three gunners were rescued by {{HMS|Boreas|H77|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2564.html |title=Arthur Middleton |publisher=Uboat |access-date=17 February 2012}}

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

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|0|19|N|37|26|W}}) by {{GS|U-163|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 28 crew survived.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2563.html |title=Brageland |publisher=Uboat |access-date=6 March 2012}}{{cite web |url=https://scientometrics.flov.gu.se/files/SOU19222015/SOU%201963_60%20-%20Svenska%20handelsflottans%20krigsf%C3%B6rluster%20under%20det%20andra%20v%C3%A4rldskriget.txt |title=Swedish losses |publisher=scientometrics.flov.gu.se |access-date=26 April 2023}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the South Atlantic {{convert|150|nmi|lk=in}} north west of Tristan da Cunha by {{ship|German auxiliary cruiser|Michel||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Thirty-three of her crew were killed. Her master, and 24 of her crew were taken as prisoners of war.{{cite book |last2=Sawyer |first2=LA |last1=Mitchell |first1=WH |year= 1990 |title=The Empire Ships |place=London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong |publisher=Lloyd's of London Press Ltd |isbn=1-85044-275-4 |edition=Second |page=123 }}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The Design 1016 ship struck a mine and sank in the Irish Sea {{convert|8|nmi|spell=in}} off Strumble Head, Pembrokeshire. Of the 48 men aboard, one sailor and three gunners were drowned.{{cite book |last2=Sawyer |first2=LA |last1=Mitchell |first1=WH |year= 1990 |title=The Empire Ships |place=London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong |publisher=Lloyd's of London Press Ltd |isbn=1-85044-275-4 |edition=Second |page=412 }}{{cite web |url=https://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/dems-gunner-losses.90119/page-26 |title=Empire Panther |publisher=ww2talk.com |access-date=27 September 2023}}

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

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=The Red Cross ship ran aground on the north west point of Polykandros, Greece and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite web|url=http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/43-01.htm |title=Seekrieg 1943, Januar |access-date=26 May 2015 |last=Rohwer |first=Jürgen |author-link=Jürgen Rohwer |author2=Gerhard Hümmelchen |work=Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart |language=de }}

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|ship={{SS|Hamildoc||2}}

|flag={{flag|Canada|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship broke in two while at anchor off Venezuela ({{coord|9|10|N|60|30|W}}) and sank. There were no casualties.{{cite book |title=Lloyd's Register of Shipping. Returns of Ships totally lost, broken up, &c. (including war losses), 1st January to 31st March 1943 |location=London |year=1944 |page=6 |isbn=1-86176-023-X |last1=Jordan |first1=Roger W. }}{{cite web |url=https://www.missiontoseafarers.ca/thunderbay/PortTour.htm |title=Hamildoc |publisher=www.missiontoseafarers.ca |access-date=26 September 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?131799 |title=Hamildoc |publisher=wrecksite.eu |access-date=26 September 2023}}

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|ship={{ship||MTB 105}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The Thornycroft MTB-104-class motor torpedo boat was scuttled by the {{sclass2|Flower|corvette|2}} {{HMCS|Woodstock|K238|6}} ({{naval|Canada|1911}}) in the Atlantic Ocean after floating away from the sinking Special Service Vessel {{HMS|Fidelity|D57|6}} ({{naval|UK}}), sunk by {{GS|U-435||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) on 30 December 1942. Her eight crew were rescued.{{cite web |url= http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/17400.html |title=HMS MTB 105 (MTB 105) |publisher=UBoat.net |access-date=1 January 2013}}

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in Kongsfjord by {{ship|Soviet submarine|L-20||2}} ({{navy|Soviet Union}}). Nineteen of her crew were killed.German language Wikipedia article on Muansa{{Circular reference|date=February 2021}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged at Bône, Algeria. She was subsequently repaired and returned to service.{{cite book |last2=Sawyer |first2=LA |last1=Mitchell |first1=WH |year= 1990 |title=The Empire Ships |place=London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong |publisher=Lloyd's of London Press Ltd |isbn=1-85044-275-4 |edition=Second |page=81 }}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Ruorisaki lighthouse, Honshū ({{coord|39|11|N|141|44|E}}) by {{USS|Porpoise|SS-172|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) with the loss of 47 of her crew. Survivors were rescued by {{ship|Japanese gunboat|Delhi Maru||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}).{{cite DANFS |title=Porpoise |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss172.txt |accessdate=29 December 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Delhi_t.htm |title=Renzan Maru |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=18 March 2021}}{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Delhi_t.htm |title=IJN High Seas Auxiliary Gunboats |publisher=combinedfleet |access-date=14 October 2022}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=498 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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|ship={{MS|Rhakotis|1928|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The blockade runner was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|200|nmi}} north west of Cape Finisterre, Spain ({{coord|23|30|S|5|30|W}}) by {{HMS|Scylla|98|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). Amongst those killed was one of the three survivors from {{SS|City of Cairo||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}). The other two survivors were rescued by {{GS|U-410||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) and were taken as prisoners of war.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2383.html |title=City of Cairo |publisher=Uboat |date=16 February 2011}}

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2 January

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|ship={{HMS|Alarm|J140|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Algerine|minesweeper}} was bombed in the port of Bône, Algeria by Luftwaffe aircraft, and was later declared a total loss.{{cite web |url=https://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-22MS-Algerine-HMS_Alarm.htm |title=HMS Alarm |publisher=www.naval-history.net |access-date=29 November 2019}}

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

|flag={{flag|Panama}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground off Kildin Island, Soviet Union. She was declared a total loss.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=530 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The guard ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean by {{USS|Argonaut|SM-1|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).

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|ship={{SS|Empire Metal|1942|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Bône by Junkers Ju 87 aircraft of II Staffeln, Sturzkampfgeschwader 3, Luftwaffe and Focke-Wulf Fw 190 aircraft of III Staffeln, Schlachtgeschwader 10, Luftwaffe. Six crew were killed. She was raised in August 1949, but broke in two and was subsequently scrapped.{{cite book |last2=Sawyer |first2=LA |last1=Mitchell |first1=WH |year= 1990 |title=The Empire Ships |place=London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong |publisher=Lloyd's of London Press Ltd |isbn=1-85044-275-4 |edition=Second |page=140 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.benjidog.co.uk/Tower%20Hill/Empire%20Mermaid%20to%20Empire%20Ness.php#Empire_Metal |title=Empire Metal |publisher=www.benjidog.co.uk |access-date=4 November 2023}}

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|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 162||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The MFP-A landing craft was sunk by a mine in the Kerch Strait with the loss of two of her crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=53917 |title=Soviet Naval victories-Black sea in WWII (redone) |publisher=Soviet-Empire.com |access-date=8 January 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/landungsfahrzeuge/marinefaehrprahm/ausgabe.php?where_value=290 |title=F 162 |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=9 January 2019}}

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|ship={{USS|Grebe|AM-43|6}}

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

|desc=The fleet tug, a former {{sclass|Lapwing|minesweeper}}, was destroyed by a typhoon during 1–2 January 1943 at Vuata Vatoa, Fiji Islands after becoming grounded while attempting to salvage {{SS|Thomas A. Edison||2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}).{{cite web |url= http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/g8/grebe.htm |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20040313114239/http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/g8/grebe.htm |url-status= dead |archive-date= March 13, 2004 |title=Grebe |author=Naval History And Heritage Command |work=Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships |publisher=Naval History And Heritage Command |access-date=21 September 2013}}

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|ship={{SS|St. Merriel|1925|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Bône by Junkers Ju 88 aircraft of the Luftwaffe. Five or six of her 58 crew were killed. She was bombed again on 9 February 1943 and broke in two. St. Merriel was refloated on 12 December 1948 and beached at "Grenovillere". The stern section sank off Cape Noli on 4 August 1950 while in tow to the breakers.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?136664 |title=St. Merriel |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=29 November 2019}}{{cite book |title=The world's merchant fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=509 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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|ship={{SS|Thomas A. Edison||2}}

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

|desc=The Liberty ship was destroyed by a typhoon during 1–2 January 1943 at Vuata Vatoa, Fiji Islands after becoming grounded on 4 December 1942.{{cite web |url= http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?192927 |title=SS Thomas A. Edison (+1942) |last=Allen |first=Tony |date=17 February 2013 |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=21 September 2013}}

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3 January

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|ship={{SS|Baron Dechmont||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north west of Cape San Roque, Brazil ({{coord|3|11|S|38|41|W}}) by {{GS|U-507||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of seven of her 44 crew. Her captain was taken prisoner and died when U-507 was sunk on 13 January 1943.{{cite web|url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2565.html|title=Baron Dechmont |publisher=Uboat|access-date=29 March 2012}}

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|ship={{MV|British Vigilance|1942|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy TM 1: The tanker straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and damaged in the Caribbean Sea approximately {{convert|900|nmi}} north east of Barbados ({{coord|20|58|N|44|40|W}}) by {{GS|U-514||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 27 of her 54 crew. The ship was abandoned and the survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Saxifrage|K04|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). British Vigilance was torpedoed and sunk on 24 January (approximately {{coord|21|N|45|W}}) by {{GS|U-105|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}).{{cite book |last1=Mitchell |first1=W H |last2=Sawyer |first2=L A |year=1995 |title=The Empire Ships |page=not cited |publisher=Lloyd's of London Press Ltd |location=London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong |isbn=1-85044-275-4}}{{cite web|url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2599.html|title=British Vigilance |publisher=Uboat|access-date=22 February 2012}}

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|ship={{HMS|LCP(L) 17}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The landing craft personnel (large) was destroyed by fire at Chittagong, India.{{cite book |title=British Warship Losses in the Modern Era |first=David |last=Hepper |publisher=Seaforth Publishing |year=2022 |page=375 |isbn=978-1399097666}}

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|ship={{ship|Italian cruiser|Ulpio Traiano||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Operation Principal: The {{sclass2|Capitani Romani|cruiser|2}} was sunk at Palermo, Sicily by a Royal Navy human torpedo.{{cite web |url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4300-49ALL.htm |title=Naval Events, January–December 1943 (in outline only) |publisher=Naval History |access-date=29 December 2011}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Operation Principal: The troopship was severely damaged at Palermo, Italy by a Chariot manned torpedo.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=536 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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4 January

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

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

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at Inishark, County Galway, Ireland and broke in two. She was declared a total loss.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=482 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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|ship={{HNoMS|Bodø}}

|flag={{navy|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The naval whaler struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Aberdeen, United Kingdom. Thirty of her 32 crew lost their lives, the survivors being rescued by a British trawler. HNoMS Bodø was returning from a special operation to Norway.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=News in Brief |date=2 February 1943 |page=2 |issue=49549 |column=E }}{{csr|register=MSI|id=5608324|shipname=Bodo |accessdate=30 December 2011}}{{Cite book|title=I skjærgården og på havet – Marinens krig 8. april 1940 – 8. mai 1945 |last=Berg |first=Ole F. |year=1997 |publisher=Marinens krigsveteranforening |location=Oslo |isbn=82-993545-2-8 |page=126 |language= no}}

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=The cargo ship sank in a storm in Benghazi harbour, Libya. She was a total loss. There were no casualties.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=556 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}{{cite web |url=https://www.warsailors.com/singleships/hellas.html |title=Hellas |publisher=www.warsailors.com |access-date=20 September 2023}}

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|ship={{SS|Jenny Moller|1919|2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship was beached at Benghazi. She was declared a constructive total loss.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=483 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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

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

|desc=The cargo ship was driven ashore during a gale at Benghazi and became a wreck.{{cite web |title=Gorgon |url=http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?ref=16390 |website=Scottish Built Ships |publisher=Caledonian Maritime Research Trust |access-date=3 November 2021}}

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|ship={{ship|German minesweeper|M 4242||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The minesweeper was torpedoed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay ({{coord|43|55|N|00|42|W}}) by {{USS|Shad|SS-235|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}).{{cite web |title=M-4242 minesweeper 1943 |url= http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?148190 |publisher=Wrecksite.eu |access-date=4 January 2014}}

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

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The Dutch cargo ship, under German command, carrying sacks of cement and iron girders and 284 troops returning from leave, sank after hitting a reef {{convert|1|mi|spell=in}} off Portelet Bay, Jersey, Channel Islands. One hundred and six of the troops, who had been in a hold, died.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?2909 |title=SS Schokland [+1943] |publisher=wrecksite.eu |access-date=25 August 2015}}

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5 January

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

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

|desc=World War II: The Daifuku Maru No. 1-class auxiliary transport ship was bombed and sunk at Rabaul, New Britain by Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft of the United States Fifth Air Force. Three of her crew were killed.{{cite web | title=SS Keifuku Maru (+1943) |url= http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?138787 |publisher=Wrecksite.eu | access-date=5 January 2013}}{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Keifuku_t.htm |title=Keifuku Maru |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=5 January 2021}}

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

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

|desc=The Liberty ship ran aground {{convert|3|nmi|km}} south of Portpatrick, Wigtownshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 7 January and towed to the Clyde for repairs.{{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 |p=34}}

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

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The landing craft personnel (medium) was lost off the Isle of Wight.{{cite web |url=https://www.naval-history.net/WW2BritishLosses4Amphib.htm |title=LCP(M) 17 |publisher=www.naval-history.net |access-date=5 January 2021}}

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6 January

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

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

|desc=World War II: United States Army Air Force aircraft sank the cargo ship off Holtz Bay on the coast of Attu Island in the Aleutian Islands, Territory of Alaska. There were 120 dead and only two survivors.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-k/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (K)]{{cite web |url=http://www.op316.com/word/senbotukisenlist.pdf |title=Japanese losses |publisher=www.op316.com |access-date=28 April 2023}}

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|ship={{HMS|LCT 106}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The Mk. 2 landing craft, tank was sunk by heavy weather in the port of Benghazi, Libya.{{cite web|url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/17614.html |title=HMS LCT-106 |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=20 September 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.fold3.com/image/302100581/admiralty-war-diaries-1143-to-13143-page-280-us-world-war-ii-war-diaries-1941-1945 |title=British Admiraly War Diary, 7 January 1943 |publisher=www.fold3.com |access-date=20 September 2023}}

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|ship={{HMS|LCT 107}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The Mk. 2 landing craft, tank was sunk by heavy weather in the port of Benghazi, Libya.{{cite web|url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/17615.html |title=HMS LCT-107 |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=20 September 2023}}

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|ship={{SS|Montreal Maru|1922|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Nanman Maru-class auxiliary transport ship was sunk in the Bering Sea north of Kiska, Territory of Alaska ({{coord|53|28|N|177|52|E|name=Montreal Maru}}) by a United States Navy Consolidated PBY Catalina flying boat. There were no survivors. She was carrying 831 passengers including 216 soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army's 302 Independent Battalion, 76 engineers, 23 field hospital men, 64 gunners and 93 crewmen.{{cite web|url= https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-m/|title=Alaska Shipwrecks (M) |publisher=alaskashipwreck.com|access-date=28 April 2023}}{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Montreal_t.htm |title=Montreal Maru |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=6 January 2020}}{{cite web |url=http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/USN-Chron/USN-Chron-1943.html |title=Official Chronology of the US Navy in WWII, 1943 |publisher=Ibiblio |access-date=6 January 2014}}

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|ship= {{GS|U-164|1941|2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type IXC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Pernambuco, Brazil ({{coord|1|58|S|39|22|W}}) by a Consolidated PBY Catalina aircraft of the United States Navy with the loss of 54 of her 56 crew.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u164.htm |title=U-164 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=6 March 2012}}

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|ship={{USS|YP-492}}

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

|desc=The patrol boat was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the east coast of Florida in a collision with {{USS|YP-6713}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).

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7 January

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy MKS 5: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea ({{coord|37|07|N|4|38|E}}) by aircraft of Kampfgeschwader 26, Luftwaffe. Her 25 crew were rescued.{{cite web |url=https://www.warsailors.com/singleships/akabahra.html |title=Akabahra |publisher=www.warsailors.com |access-date=7 January 2019}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=557 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy MKS 5: The troopship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea ({{coord|37|07|N|4|38|E}}) by aircraft of Kampfgeschwader 26, Luftwaffe with the loss of 410 of the 472 people on board. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Bône, Algeria.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=488 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}{{cite book |last2=Sawyer |first2=LA |last1=Mitchell |first1=WH |year= 1990 |title=The Empire Ships |place=London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong |publisher=Lloyd's of London Press Ltd |isbn=1-85044-275-4 |edition=Second |page=47 }}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|Soldati|destroyer}} was sunk by American aircraft at Palermo, Sicily, with the loss of 59 of her crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=282 |title=Italian Camicia Nera/Soldati class destroyers |publisher=Warshipsww2.Eu |access-date=23 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224045039/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=282 |archive-date=24 December 2014 |url-status=usurped }}{{cite web |url=https://digilander.libero.it/anmipalermo/007%20CT_Bersagliere.htm |title=Bersagliere Memorial|publisher=digilander.libero.it |access-date=7 January 2019}}

}}

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|ship={{HMT|Horatio}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|Shakespearian|trawler|0}} trawler was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape de Garde, Algeria by {{ship|German torpedo boat|S 58||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Only two of her 33 crew survived the sinking; they were rescued by S 58 and made prisoners of war.{{cite web |url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKCas1943-01JAN.htm |title=Royal Navy casualties January 1943 |publisher=www.naval-history.net |access-date=7 January 2019}}

}}

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|ship={{HMT|Jura|T169|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|Isles|trawler|0}} trawler was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea {{convert|35|nmi|km}} north east of Algiers, Algeria ({{coord|36|58|N|03|48|E}}) by {{GS|U-371||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of seventeen of her 37 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMT|Stronsay|T178|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2568.html |title=HMS Jura (T169) |publisher=Uboat |access-date=18 March 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{MV|Majestic||2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship was stranded at Key West, Florida.{{cite book |last1=Singer |first1=Steven D. |title=Shipwrecks of Florida: A Comprehensive Listing |date=1998 |publisher=Pineapple Press |location=Sarasota, Fla |isbn=9781561641635 |page=256 |edition=2nd |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-ZhxDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA256 |access-date=22 June 2022|via=Google Books}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=File:Wrecked Myoko Maru.jpg

World War II: Operation 18: The troopship was bombed and damaged by Allied aircraft and was beached at Malahang, Papua New Guinea ({{coord|06|49|S|147|04|E}}). She was bombed again the next day and destroyed. Two gunners were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Brazil_t.htm |title=Brazil Maru |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=28 April 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://pacificwrecks.com/ships/maru/myoko.html |title=Myoko Maru |publisher=pacificwrecks.com |access-date=28 April 2023}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Operation 18: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk off Lae, New Guinea ({{coord|06|30|S|149|00|E}}) by a Consolidated PBY Catalina of 11 Squadron. Royal Australian Air Force. Survivors were rescued by {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Maikaze||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}). According to one source, there were 456 dead and missing and 85 wounded. According to another 29 crew and 589 soldiers died.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/maikaz_t.htm |title=Maikaze |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=7 January 2015}}{{Cite book|title=The Battle for Wau: New Guinea's Frontline 1942-1943 |last=Bradley |first=Phillip |year=2008 |isbn=978-0-521-89681-8 |page=79 |language=en}}{{cite web |url=https://museum.wa.gov.au/mac-aviation-archaeology/fallenangels/a241.html |title=Catalina A24-1 |publisher=museum.wa.gov.au |access-date=28 April 2023}}

}}

8 January

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|ship={{ship|RFA|Albert L. Ellsworth}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy TM 1: The tanker was torpedoed and damaged ({{coord|27|57|N|28|50|W}}) by {{GS|U-436||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Afire from bow to stern, she was abandoned by her 42 crew, who were rescued by {{HMS|Havelock|H88|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). RFA Albert L. Ellsworth was shelled and sunk by U-436 the next day.{{Cite web |url= http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/albertlellsworth.html |title=M/T Albert L. Ellsworth |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=7 January 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|German minesweeper|M 489||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type 1940 minesweeper was sunk at Rotterdam by sabotage. She was raised on 10 January, repaired, and returned to service.{{Cite web|url=http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/44-07.htm |title=Seekrieg 1944, Juli |access-date=5 September 2015 |last=Rohwer |first=Jürgen |author-link=Jürgen Rohwer |author2=Gerhard Hümmelchen |work=Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart |language=de }}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground off Port St. Johns, Union of South Africa. She was a total loss.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=549 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Oltenia II|1928|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy TM 1: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Caribbean Sea ({{coord|27|59|N|28|50|W}}) by {{GS|U-436||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of seventeen of her 60 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Havelock|H88|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web|url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2572.html|title=Oltenia II |publisher=Uboat|access-date=25 March 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Italian minesweeper|RD 56||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{Sclass2|RD|minesweeper}} was bombed and damaged at Bizerta, Tunisia by Allied aircraft. There were no casualties. She was run aground, to prevent her from sinking, but sank the next day. RD 56 was later raised, but was bombed and sunk again three months later.{{cite web |url=http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=779&tridit=lodenice&zobraz=A |title=Italian minesweeper class RD |publisher=Warshipsww2 |access-date=23 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140911001711/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=779&tridit=lodenice&zobraz=A |archive-date=11 September 2014 |url-status=usurped }}{{cite web|url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2016/02/rd-56.html |title=RD 56 |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=25 March 2022}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Macau, Brazil ({{coord|4|10|S|35|30|W}}) by {{GS|U-507||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of one of her 48 crew. Her captain was taken aboard U-507 as a prisoner of war and died when U-507 was sunk on 13 January 1943.{{cite web|url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2571.html|title=Yorkwood |publisher=Uboat|access-date=29 March 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}.

9 January

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|ship={{SS|Birmingham City|1920|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy TB 1: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|7|23|N|55|48|W}}) by {{GS|U-124|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of ten of her 56 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{USS|PC-577}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}){{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2575.html|title=Birmingham City |publisher=Uboat |access-date=25 February 2012}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea south of Stavanger, Norway. Her 42 crew survived.{{cite web |url=https://www.konditori100.se/SiWW2/sww2lscs.htm |title=Swedish WWII losses |publisher=www.konditori100.se |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311064153/https://www.konditori100.se/SiWW2/sww2lscs.htm |access-date=26 April 2023|archive-date=2022-03-11 }}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=571 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Broad Arrow|1918|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy TB 1: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|7|35|N|55|45|W}}) by {{GS|U-124|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 23 of her 47 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{USS|PC-577}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2577.html |title=Broad Arrow |publisher=Uboat |access-date=25 February 2012}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy TB 1: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|7|12|N|55|37|W}}) by {{GS|U-124|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of twelve of her 55 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Dalvangen|1931|2}} ({{Flag|Norway}}) and {{USS|PC-577}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2574.html |title=Collingsworth |publisher=Uboat |access-date=25 February 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Italian destroyer|Corsaro||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|Soldati|destroyer}} struck a mine and sank in the Mediterranean Sea with the loss of 187 lives. There were 48 survivors.{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2014/02/cronologia-delle-perdite_14.html |title=Chronicle Italian Losses |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=9 January 2019}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Emilio Morandi||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Tunisia by {{HMS|Umbra}} ({{naval|UK}}). There were 66 dead and 32 survivors.

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy TM 1: The Norwegian-type tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|28|08|N|28|20|W}}) by {{GS|U-442||2}} with the loss of fourteen of her 48 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Havelock|H88|6}} and {{HMS|Saxifrage|K04|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}).{{cite book |last2=Sawyer |first2=LA |last1=Mitchell |first1=WH |year= 1990 |title=The Empire Ships |place=London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong |publisher=Lloyd's of London Press Ltd |isbn=1-85044-275-4 |edition=Second |page=145 }}{{cite web|url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2579.html|title=Empire Lytton |publisher=Uboat|access-date=26 March 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|ST|Empire Spruce||2}}

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

|desc=The Maple type tug collided with a Royal Navy ship and sank in the Firth of Clyde with the loss of four of her six crew. She was refloated on 23 February. Subsequently repaired and returned to service.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Four Killed In Tug Collision |date=11 January 1943 |page=2 |issue=49440 |column=D }}{{cite book |last2=Sawyer |first2=LA |last1=Mitchell |first1=WH |year= 1990 |title=The Empire Ships |place=London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong |publisher=Lloyd's of London Press Ltd |isbn=1-85044-275-4 |edition=Second |page=327 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Louise Lykes|1941|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Type C2-F cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|56|15|N|22|00|W}}) by {{GS|U-384||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 83 crew.{{cite web|url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2581.html|title=Louise Lykes |publisher=Uboat|access-date=19 March 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|RFA|Minister Wedel||6}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy TM 1: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|28|08|N|28|20|W}}) by {{GS|U-522||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 38 crew were rescued by {{HMS|Havelock|H88|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url= http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/ministerwedel.html|title=M/T Minister Wedel |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=28 January 2012}}{{cite web |title=Minister Wedel |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2576.html |website=uboat.net |access-date=2 August 2021}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy TB 1: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|7|12|N|55|37|W}}) by {{GS|U-124|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of six of her 52 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{USS|PC-577}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2573.html |title=Minotaur |publisher=Uboat |access-date=25 February 2012}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=583 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Panama}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy TM 1: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|500|nmi|km}} west of Tenerife, Spain ({{coord|28|08|N|28|20|W}}) by {{GS|U-522||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of two of her 45 crew.{{cite web |url= http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/norvik.html |title=D/S Norvik |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=1 February 2012}}{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2582.html |title=Norvik |publisher=Uboat |access-date=4 April 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German motor torpedo boat|S-104||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type 1939/40 schnellboot was sunk by a mine in the English Channel. One of her crew was killed and four were wounded.{{cite web |url=http://s-boot.net/sboote-km-kanal43.html |title=S-104 |publisher=s-boot.net |access-date=9 January 2019}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea south of Stavanger ({{coord|58|48|N|3|36|E}}) with the loss of 37 of her 40 crew. Seven more sailors from the cargo ship {{MV|Ecuador|1940|2}} ({{flag|Sweden}}) died while trying to help the shipwrecked from Sveajarl.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=573 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|William Wilberforce|1930|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of the Canary Islands, Spain ({{coord|29|20|N|26|53|W}}) by {{GS|U-511||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of three of her 63 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{MV|Monte Arnabal|1929|2}} ({{flag|Spain|1938}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2580.html |title=William Wilberforce |publisher=Uboat |access-date=31 March 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The Keishin Maru-class auxiliary transport ship was torpedoed and sunk east of Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea ({{coord|6|10|S|156|00|E}}) by {{USS|Nautilus|SS-168|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Eight crewmen were killed. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Kisaragi Maru|1935|2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}).{{cite DANFS |title= Nautilus |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss168.txt |accessdate=29 December 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Yoshinogawa_t.htm |title=Yoshinogawa Maru |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=6 January 2021}}

}}

10 January

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|ship={{USS|Argonaut|SM-1|6}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Argonaut-class submarine was depth charged, shelled and sunk in the Pacific Ocean south of the Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea by {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Hamakaze|1940|2}}, {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Isokaze|1939|2}} and {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Maikaze||2}} (all {{navy|Empire of Japan}}). There were no survivors from her 102 crew.{{cite web |url= http://www.oneternalpatrol.com/uss-argonaut-166-loss.html |title=USS Argonaut |publisher=www.oneternalpatrol.com |access-date=10 January 2019 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk by an Italian mine in the Mediterranean Sea off Capri ({{coord|42|32|N|14|10|E}}). Five of her crew were killed.{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2014/09/calino.html |title=Calino |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=31 January 2023 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea off San Remo, Italy, by {{HMS|Tribune|N76|6}}, and was beached. Her crew were rescued. The wreck was attacked several times by submarines and aircraft, including {{ship|French submarine|Aréthuse|1929|2}} ({{navy|France}}) before being towed to Toulon and scuttled there in August 1944. The wreck was scrapped in 1945.{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3486.html |title=HMS Tribune |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=10 January 2019 }}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=458 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Dorothy

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

|desc=The scow sank off Fort Glenn, on the northeast coast of Umnak Island in the Aleutian Islands, Territory of Alaska.{{cite web|url= https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-d/|title=Alaska Shipwrecks (D) |publisher=alaskashipwreck.com|access-date=28 April 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=The coaster ran aground off Seahouses, Northumberland and was abandoned by her crew. She floated off the next day, but came ashore in the Farne Islands and sank. She was refloated on 27 February. Subsequently repaired and returned to service.{{cite book |last2=Sawyer |first2=LA |last1=Mitchell |first1=WH |year= 1990 |title=The Empire Ships |place=London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong |publisher=Lloyd's of London Press Ltd |isbn=1-85044-275-4 |edition=Second |page=235 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Marie Ferndinand|1911|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine off Steinort. She was declared a total loss.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=473 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=The cargo ship was sunk north of Cuba ({{coord|23|18|N|80|00|W}}) in a collision with {{SS|Nidareid|1924|2}} ({{flag|Norway}}). A crew member was killed.{{cite web |url= http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?16805 |title=SS Norwalk (1920-1943) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=11 January 2015 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Ocean Vagabond||2}}

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

|desc=The Ocean ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|57|17|N|20|11|W}}) by {{GS|U-186||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/Ocean2.html |title=Ocean V-W |publisher=Mariners List |accessdate=22 November 2024 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=File:IJN Okikaze sinking by USS Trigger.jpg of {{USS|Trigger|SS-237|6}}]]

World War II: The {{sclass|Minekaze|destroyer|2}} was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Katsura ({{coord|35|02|N|140|12|E}}) by {{USS|Trigger|SS-237|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) with the loss of most of her 148 crew.

}}

11 January

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|British Dominion|1928|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy TM 1: The tanker straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean by {{GS|U-522||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 37 of her 53 crew. Survivors abandoned ship and were rescued by {{HMS|Godetia|K236|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). British Dominion was later torpedoed and sunk ({{coord|30|30|N|19|55|W}}) by {{GS|U-620||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2584.html |title=British Dominion |publisher=Uboat |access-date=4 April 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea ({{coord|32|56|N|132|02|E}} by {{USS|Sturgeon|SS-187|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}).{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=541 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Ocean Vagabond||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy SC 115: The Ocean ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|57|17|N|20|11|W}}) by {{GS|U-186||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of one of her 47 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Wanderer|D74|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web|url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2585.html|title=Ocean Vagabond |publisher=Uboat|access-date=8 March 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{USS|PT-43}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Elco 77' PT boat was shelled and damaged off Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands ({{coord|09|15|S|159|42|E}}) by {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Hatsukaze||2}}, and {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Tokitsukaze|1939|2}} (both {{navy|Empire of Japan}}). A crew member was killed. The empty boat grounded on Japanese-held shore and was destroyed the next day by gunfire from the corvette {{HMNZS|Kiwi|T102|6}} ({{naval|New Zealand|1941}}).{{cite web |url= http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/10131.html |title=USS PT 43 |publisher=U Boat.net |access-date=11 January 2013}}{{Cite book|title=Operation Ke: The Cactus Air Force and the Japanese Withdrawal from Guadalcanal |last=Letourneau |first=Roger |year=2012 |isbn=978-1-59114-446-5 |page=102 |language=en}}

}}

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|ship={{USS|PT-112}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Elco 80' PT boat was shelled and sunk off Guadalcanal, ({{coord|09|15|S|159|42|E}}) by {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Hatsukaze||2}}, and {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Tokitsukaze|1939|2}} (both {{navy|Empire of Japan}}). Her crew survived.{{cite web |url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/10156.html |title=USS PT 112 |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=11 January 2019}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Vittoria Beraldo|1909|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The coaster was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by {{HMS|Turbulent|N98|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3505.html |title=Turbulent |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=11 January 2019}}

}}

12 January

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|ship={{ship|Italian torpedo boat|Ardente||2}}

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

|desc=The {{sclass|Ciclone|torpedo boat}} was sunk in a collision with {{ship|Italian destroyer|Grecale||2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}) off Capo San Vito, Sicily. One hundred and eighteen of her 162 crew were killed, as were five crew from Grecale and around 70 German soldiers aboard her.{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2014/04/ardente.html |title=Ardente |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=12 January 2021}}{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2020/06/grecale.html |title=Grecale |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=12 January 2021}}

}}

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|ship=C. S. Flight

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

|desc=World War II: The sailing ship was shelled and sunk in the Caribbean Sea ({{coord|12|25|N|63|00|W}}) by {{GS|U-105|1940|2}} with the loss of 49 of her 72 crew.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2583.html |title=C.S. Flight |publisher=Uboat |access-date=22 February 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{HMT|Kingston Jacinth}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler struck a mine and sank in the English Channel off Plymouth, Devon. Twenty of her crew were killed.

}}

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|ship=Patrol Boat No. 1

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

|desc=World War II: The patrol boat, a former {{sclass|Minekaze|destroyer}}, was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off New Hanover Island, Bismarck Archipelago ({{coord|02|51|S|149|43|E}}) by the submarine {{USS|Guardfish|SS-217|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).{{cite web |url= http://www.combinedfleet.com/PB-1_t.htm |title=PB-1 |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=12 January 2021}}

}}

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|ship={{USS|PT-28}}

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

|desc=The Elco 77' PT boat ran aground at Dora Harbor, Unimak Island, Territory of Alaska, without casualties. Attempts to recover her in the next days failed and she was wrecked.{{cite web |url= http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/10116.html |title=USS PT 28 |publisher=U Boat.net |access-date=11 January 2013}}{{cite web |url=https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/CloseQuarters/PT-5.html |title=PT-28 |publisher=www.ibiblio.org |access-date=12 January 2021}}

}}

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|ship={{USS|Worden|DD-352|6}}

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

|desc=File:USSWordenDD352sink.jpg The {{sclass|Farragut|destroyer|1||1934}} was driven onto rocks at Constantine Harbor, Amchitka Island, Territory of Alaska and was wrecked with the loss of fourteen of her 186 crew.{{cite book |first=Paul |last=Silverstone| title=US Warships of World War II |location=Garden City, New York |publisher=Doubleday |year=1965 |page=398}}

}}

13 January

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|ship=Ailsa

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

|desc=World War II: The steel sailing barge (67 t) was sunk by a mine in Whittaker Channel, England. Both crew were saved.{{cite web |url=https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?74093 |title=Ailsa |publisher=wrecksite.eu |access-date=26 September 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://www.fold3.com/image/302101382/admiralty-war-diaries-1143-to-13143-page-509-us-world-war-ii-war-diaries-1941-1945 |title=British Admiralty War Diary, 13 January 1943 |publisher=www.fold3.com |access-date=26 September 2023}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean between Kwajalein and Truk, Marshall Islands ({{coord|09|54|N|167|07|E}}) by {{USS|Wahoo|SS-238|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) with the loss of 23 of her crew (probably all hands).{{cite DANFS |title=Whale |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss239.txt |accessdate=1 January 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Iwashiro_t.htm |title=Iwashiro Maru |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=9 April 2020}}{{cite web |url=http://hush.gooside.com/Text/0A/02I/I80aIwa_.html |title=Iwashiro Maru |publisher=hush.gooside.com |access-date=9 April 2020}}

}}

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|ship={{GS|U-224||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged, rammed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea west of Algiers, Algeria ({{coord|36|28|N|0|49|E}}) by {{HMCS|Ville de Quebec|K242|6}} ({{naval|Canada|1911}}) with the loss of 45 of her 46 crew.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u224.htm |title=U-224 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=11 March 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{GS|U-507||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type IXC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|330|nmi}} off Cape Saint Rocque, Brazil ({{coord|1|38|S|39|52|W}}) by a Consolidated PBY Catalina aircraft of the United States Navy with the loss of all 54 people aboard.

}}

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|ship=Unnamed fishing vessel

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

|desc=World War II: The fishing vessel was sunk in the Mayu River by {{HMIS|ML 438}} and {{HMIS|ML 476}} both ({{naval|British India|1928}}).{{cite web|url=https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/India/RIN/RIN-6.html |title=The Royal Indian Navy 1939-1945 |publisher=Inbiblio |access-date=16 August 2020}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Borkum, Germany, with the loss of one of her 27 crew. One of the survivors later died from his wounds.{{csr|register=MSI |id=1115125 |shipname=Virgo |accessdate=17 April 2015}}{{cite book |title=The world's merchant fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=454 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

14 January

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|ship={{ship|Japanese submarine chaser|Ganjitsu Maru No. 1 Go||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary submarine chaser was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean by {{USS|Searaven|SS-196|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Sixteen sea rescue sailors, three gunners and about eight crewmen were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Shiraha_t.htm |title=Japanese Army Auxiliary transports |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=10 November 2022}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The Hitachi Maru-class transport ship was bombed and damaged off Buin, Papua New Guinea by Consolidated PB4Y aircraft of the United States Navy and later by Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft of the United States Army Air Force. The ship flooded and sank at {{coord|06|45|S|155|50|E}}. Four of her crew were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Hitachi_t.htm |title=Japanese Ammunition Ships |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=13 February 2023}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Italian submarine|Narvalo|1930|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The submarine was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea south east of Malta ({{coord|34|08|N|16|04|E}}) by {{HMS|Pakenham|G06|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) and a Bristol Beaufort aircraft of the Royal Air Force. Twenty-nine crew, eleven Italian military passengers and eight Allied prisoners of war were killed. The British rescued 32 crew and 3 prisoners of war.{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2016/02/narvalo.html |title=Narvalo |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=14 January 2020}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Oued Tiflet|1914|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Loano, Italy by {{HMS|Sahib|P212|6}} ({{navy|UK}}). There were seventeen survivors and one person reported missing.{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3431.html |title=HMS Sahib |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=14 January 2020}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Shiraha Maru|1817|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Shiraha Maru-class auxiliary transport was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean ({{coord|9|32|N|130|42|E}}) by {{USS|Searaven|SS-196|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Sixteen passengers and eleven of her crew were killed.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German submarine chaser|UJ 1107 Star XX||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The submarine chaser/naval whaler collided with {{SS|Dessau|1923|2}} ({{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}) and sank off the Rotvær Lighthouse, Norway. One source gives four of her crew were killed, another says there were sixteen dead and 21 survivors.{{cite web |url=https://www.warsailors.com/singleships/star.html |title=UJ 1107 |publisher=www.warsailors.com |access-date=14 January 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German trawler|V 703 Henry Fricke||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The Vorpostenboot ran aground during a storm in the port of Alderney, Channel Islands, and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?16600 |title=V-703 (Henny Fricke) (+1943) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=18 October 2015}}{{cite book |title=Kriegstagebuch der Seekriegsleitung 1939-1945, Teil A, Band 41: Januar 1943 |publisher=Verlag E.S. Mittler & Sohn}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Wyetown||2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship (624t) sprang a leak in bad weather, foundered and sank off the Suffolk coast ({{coord|52|13|N|1|56|W}}). All 14 crew were rescued.{{cite web |url=https://www.fold3.com/image/302101521/admiralty-war-diaries-1143-to-13143-page-548-us-world-war-ii-war-diaries-1941-1945 |title=British Admiralty War Diary, 14 January 1943 |publisher=www.fold3.com |access-date=26 September 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?70099 |title=Wyetown |publisher=wrecksite.eu |access-date=26 September 2023}}

}}

15 January

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

|flag={{flagicon|Greece}} Greece

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea ({{coord|33|02|N|21|58|E}}) by {{GS|U-617||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of one of her 34 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMT|Southern Isles}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url= http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/harboejensen.html |title=D/S Harboe Jensen |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=14 January 2012}}{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2588.html |title=Annitsa |publisher=Uboat |access-date=13 April 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{MV|Harboe Jensen|1929|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea ({{coord|33|04|N|21|50|E}}) by {{GS|U-617||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of eighteen of her 24 crew. The survivors were rescued by {{HMT|Southern Isles}} ({{naval|UK}}).

}}

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|ship={{HMS|LCP(L) 80}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The landing craft personnel (large) sank in a storm in English waters.{{cite web |url=http://www.schiffswrackliste.de/ts%201943.htm |title=Military losses 1943 |publisher=www.schiffswrackliste.de |access-date=17 January 2021 |archive-date=18 August 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070818003006/http://www.schiffswrackliste.de/ts%201943.htm |url-status=dead }}

}}

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

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

|desc=The cargo ship was wrecked at Cape Devine ({{coord|55|22|45|N|160|09|00|W|name=Cape Devine}}) in the Shumagin Islands, Territory of Alaska. A crew member and one of the embarked United States Navy Armed Guard perished; the other 48 people aboard were rescued by {{USS|Discoverer|ARS-3|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Nichimei Maru|1912|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy S-28: The cargo ship was carrying Japanese troops and Allied prisoners of war. She was sunk {{convert|200|nmi|km}} south southwest of Rangoon, Burma ({{coord|13|30|N|97|30|E}}) by Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft of the 7th Bombardment Group's 9th Bomb Squadron, Tenth Air Force, United States Army Air Force. Five gunners and crewmen, 97 Japanese soldiers and 39 Dutch prisoners were killed. Nine hundred and twenty-five prisoners and 1,465 Japanese were rescued by {{SS|Moji Maru|1922|2}} ({{army|Empire of Japan}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?147259 |title=Nichimei Maru (also Nitimei Maru) (+1943) |publisher=Wrecksite.eu |access-date=15 January 2013}}{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Nichimei_t.htm |title=Nichimei Maru |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=16 January 2020}}{{cite web |url=http://www.wereldoorlog2.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=33&Itemid=54 |title=POW list, Nichimei Maru |publisher=www.wereldoorlog2.com |access-date=16 January 2020}}{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/MojiT_t.htm |title=Japanese Army Auxiliary Transports |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=14 November 2022}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Ocean Courage||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Ocean ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|200|nmi}} south of the Cape Verde Islands, Portugal ({{coord|10|52|N|23|28|W}}) by {{GS|U-182||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 52 of her 58 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{MV|Silverwalnut|1930|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{cite web |url= http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/Ocean1.html |title=Ocean Ships A-T |publisher=Mariners |access-date=6 January 2012}}{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2589.html |title=Ocean Courage |publisher=Uboat |access-date=8 March 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German submarine chaser|UJ 1406|Mob-FD 4|2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|Mob-FD|naval trawler}}/submarine chaser was bombed and sunk at Lorient, Morbihan, France during a Royal Air Force air raid.

}}

16 January

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|ship={{SS|D'Annunzio||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea south of Lampedusa ({{coord|33|44|N|11|30|E}}) by {{HMS|Kelvin|F37|6}} and {{HMS|Nubian|F36|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}). There were ten survivors from around 300 men aboard.{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2014/01/dannunzio.html |title=D'Annunzio |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=31 January 2023 }}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed the day before in the Mediterranean Sea ({{Coord|40|37|N|13|47|E}}) by {{HMS|Splendid|P228|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) and heavily damaged. The submarine torpedoed her again in the morning while she was being towed to Naples and this time her ammunition cargo exploded and she sank southwest of Capri. Only seven of the around 350 men aboard (crew and Italian and German soldiers) survived. The explosion also killed eight men and wounded 22 aboard the two tugs that were towing her.{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2016/05/emma.html |title=Emma |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=17 January 2021}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=532 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 174||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The MFP-A landing craft sank in a storm in the Baltic Sea ({{coord|59|02|N|21|38|W}}) while under tow by the icebreaker {{SS|Nordlicht|1897|2}} ({{flag|Estonia}}), which rescued her crew.{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/landungsfahrzeuge/marinefaehrprahm/ausgabe.php?where_value=302 |title=F 174 |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=9 January 2019}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The Kinjosan Maru-class auxiliary transport was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean south west of Kavieng, New Ireland, {{convert|8|nmi|spell=in}} north east of Los Reyes Island ({{coord|02|47|S|149|10|E}}) by {{USS|Greenling|SS-213|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Thirty-one of her crew were killed. Survivors were rescued by {{Ship|Japanese submarine chaser|CH-17||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}).{{cite DANFS|title=Greenling (SS-213) |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss213.txt| accessdate=31 December 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Kimposan_t.htm |title=Kimposan Maru |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=6 January 2021}}

}}

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

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

|desc=The cargo ship (447 t) foundered and sank in a gale northwest of Cape Scott, Vancouver Island, Canada. Fifteen of her crew died and only two survived. {{cite web |url=http://www.nauticapedia.ca/dbase/Query/Shiplist4.php?&name=Northolm&id=22249&Page=1&input=northolm |title=Northholm |publisher=www.nauticapedia.ca |access-date=26 September 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?215536 |title=Northholm |publisher=wrecksite.eu |access-date=26 September 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/4647294 |title=Northholm |publisher=numerique.banq.qc.ca |access-date=26 June 2024}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=File:TankerSchenectady.jpg

The T2 tanker broke in two at Portland, Oregon. She was subsequently repaired and entered service in April 1943.

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean north of Kavieng ({{coord|04|03|N|151|55|E}}) by {{USS|Growler|SS-215|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). A crew member was killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Fukuyo_t.htm |title=Fukuyo Maru |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=11 January 2019}}{{cite DANFS |title=Growler (SS-215) |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss215.txt |accessdate=11 January 2019}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=546 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|German submarine chaser|UJ 2103||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The submarine chaser ran aground and was wrecked off Euboea, Greece.{{cite web |url=http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=1227 |title=Captured Greek submarine chasers |publisher=Warshipsww2.Eu |access-date=28 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006184137/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=1227 |archive-date=2014-10-06 |url-status=usurped }}

}}

17 January

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|ship={{ship|Italian destroyer|Bombardiere||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|Soldati|destroyer}} was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea northwest of Marettimo ({{coord|38|15|S|11|43|E}}) by {{HMS|United|P44|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). There were 175 dead and 49 survivors.{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2015/01/bombardiere.html |title=Bombardiere |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=31 January 2023 }}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The requisitioned cargo liner was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean about {{convert|216|nmi}} north of Truk, Caroline Islands ({{coord|10|10|N|151|25|E}}) by {{USS|Whale|SS-239|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Nine hundred troops and 44 of her crew were killed. {{SS|Asayama Maru||2}} and {{SS|Ataka Maru|1921|2}} (both {{navy|Empire of Japan}}) rescue 1,021 troops and 70 crew on 21 January.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Asayama_t.htm |title= Japanese Water Tankers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |accessdate=10 March 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Llanashe||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Indian Ocean south of Cape St. Francis, Union of South Africa ({{coord|34|00|S|28|30|E}}) by {{GS|U-182||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 33 of her 42 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{MV|Tarakan|1930|2}} ({{flag|Netherlands}}). (Look 17/02/1943){{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2656.html |title=Llanashe |publisher=Uboat |access-date=8 March 2012}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy SC 115: The cargo ship either suffered an onboard explosion and sank in the Atlantic Ocean,{{cite web |url= http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/sc/index.html?sc.php?convoy=115!~scmain |title=Convoy SC.115 |publisher=Convoyweb |access-date=29 May 2012}} or struck a mine in Loch Lathaich and was beached on the Isle of Mull. Her cargo of ammunition exploded. Two of her 48 crew were killed.{{cite book |title=The world's merchant fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=444 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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

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

|desc=The cargo ship exploded and caught fire at Bougie, Algeria. She was towed out of port the next day, before being shelled and sunk on 19 January.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=484 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The hospital ship ran aground at Tripoli, Libya. She was scuttled as a blockship on 20 January. She was refloated on 16 January 1950 and scrapped.

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The Tokachi Maru-class auxiliary collier was sunk by a Japanese mine west of Soerabaja, Java, Netherlands East Indies ({{coord|06|50|S|112|12|E}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Tokachi_t.htm |title=Sansei Maru |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=15 May 2019}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Panama}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 222: The whale factory ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|61|25|N|26|12|W}}) by {{GS|U-268||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of nineteen of the 75 people aboard. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Rathlin|1936|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{cite web |url= http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/vestfold1.html |title=D/S Vestfold |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=8 February 2012}} Three landing craft on board Vestfold, HMS LCT-2239, HMS LCT-2267 and HMS LCT-2344 (all {{naval|UK}}), were also lost.{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/2593.html|title=Vestfold|publisher=Uboat |access-date=30 March 2021}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The coaster was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Japan by {{USS|Finback|SS-230|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).

}}

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|ship={{SS|Zenobia Martini||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea ({{coord|33|56|N|11|06|E}}) by {{HMS|Unseen|P51|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). There were seven dead and 48 survivors.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=537 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

18 January

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

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the North Sea off Den Helder, North Holland, Netherlands by Allied aircraft with the loss of two of her 21 crew.

}}

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Mediterranean Sea {{convert|5|nmi|km}} north-east of Cani Island, Tunisia. All 109 crew and 118 passengers were rescued.{{csr|register=MSI|id=5614662|shipname=Ankara |accessdate=1 December 2012}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3415.html |title=HMS Rorqual |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=18 January 2019}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=465 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Favør|1915|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea south east of Sardinia, Italy, by {{HMS|Loyal|G15|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/favor.html |title=D/S Favor |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=12 January 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Jan Mayen|1915|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=The whaler ran aground off Leirabodi, Reykjavík, Iceland and was abandoned. Salvage was abandoned on 26 January and she subsequently broke up and sank.{{cite web |url= http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/janmayen.html |title=D/S Jan Mayen |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=24 January 2011}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Tasman Sea off the coast of New South Wales({{coord|34|07|S|153|15|E}}) by {{Jsub|I-21|1940|2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}).{{cite web|url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/I-21.htm |title=Imperial Submarines |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=16 November 2018 }}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Lipscomb Lykes|1940|2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on the Durand Reef, south east of the Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia. She was a total loss.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=577 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The Tenzan Maru-class auxiliary transport was bombed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Kavieng, New Ireland ({{coord|03|29|S|149|02|E}}) by a Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft of the United States Army Air Forces. Seven of her crew were killed. Survivors were rescued by {{ship|Japanese submarine chaser|CH-16||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Senzan_t.htm |title=Senzan Maru |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=6 January 2021}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea ({{coord|33|00|N|12|08|E}}) by {{HMS|Unseen|P51|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). Her crew were rescued.{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3557.html |title=HMS Unseen |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=18 January 2019}}

}}

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|ship={{MV|Tōei Maru|1938|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary transport was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean {{convert|100|mi}} south west ({{coord|06|21|N|150|23|E}}) of Truk, Caroline Islands by {{USS|Silversides|SS-236|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Four of her crew were killed.{{cite DANFS |title=Silversides |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss236.txt |accessdate=1 January 2012}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Shortland Islands, Solomon Islands by Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and Bell P-39 Airacobra aircraft of the United States Army Air Force.{{cite web| title=Yamafuku Maru (+1943) |url= http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?148221 |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=18 January 2013 }}

}}

19 January

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

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

|desc=World War II: The coaster was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by {{HMS|Splendid|P228|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The minesweeper was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by {{HMS|Splendid|P228|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed in the Mediterranean Sea by {{HMS|Unbroken|P42|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) and then sunk ({{coord|33|45|N|11|12|E}}) by British aircraft. All 69 men aboard (43 crew, 22 gunners and four passengers) survived.{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2015/07/edda.html |title=Edda |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=19 January 2020}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Italian minelayer|Eso||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Galeb-class minelayer was bombed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Tunis, Tunisia by British aircraft. There were 24 dead and 75 survivors.

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Japan by {{USS|Haddock|SS-231|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).

}}

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|ship={{ship|German patrol boat|HH 05 Deli||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The naval drifter/patrol boat was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off the Hook of Holland, South Holland, Netherlands by Allied aircraft.

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy No. 6 Go transportation convoy, Convoy No. 35, Part C: The Myoken Maru-class auxiliary transport ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean north north east of Buin, Papua New Guinea ({{coord|05|38|S|156|20|E}}) by {{USS|Swordfish|SS-193|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Sixty-one troops and three of her crew were killed. Eight hundred survivors were rescued by {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Shigure|1935|2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}).{{cite web |url= http://www.combinedfleet.com/Shinsei1_t.htm |title=Japanese Army Auxiliary Transports |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=18 January 2013}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship, severely damaged by a torpedo in January 1942 and not repaired since, was scuttled as a blockship at Tripoli.{{cite web |url=https://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2019/07/san-giovanni-battista.html |title=San Giovanni Battista |publisher=Cconlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=21 April 2023}} She was later refloated and scrapped.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=535 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Japan by {{USS|Pollack|SS-180|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The military transport ship was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by {{HMS|Kelvin|F37|6}}, {{HMS|Nubian|F36|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}) and {{ship|Greek destroyer|Vasilissa Olga|D15|2}} ({{navy|Greece}}). There were seventeen dead and sixteen survivors.{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2016/07/stromboli.html |title=Stromboli|publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=19 January 2020}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Flutto|submarine}} was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea east of Algiers, Algeria ({{coord|37|06|N|05|22|E}}) by {{HMS|Antelope|H36|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) and {{HMCS|Port Arthur|K233|6}} ({{naval|Canada|1911}}). Twenty-six crew were lost, 25 survivors were rescued and became prisoners of war.{{cite web |url= http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2018/01/tritone.html |title=Tritone |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=11 December 2019}}

}}

20 January

For the loss of the American tanker Brilliant on this day, see the entry for 18 November 1942.

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|ship={{SS|Assiria||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Tripoli, Libya.

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|ship=Asta

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary sailboat was sunk by a mine off Råå. Both crew survived.

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk at Tripoli by a limpet mine placed by Chariot XIII, operating from {{HMS|Thunderbolt|N25|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Zuara, Libya by {{HMS|Kelvin}} and {{HMS|Jaguar|F34|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}).{{csr |register=MSI |id=1123327 |shipname=Irma |accessdate=25 September 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Jean Jadot|1929|2}}

|flag={{Flag|Belgium}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy KMS 7: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean off Cape Ténès, Algeria by {{GS|U-453||2}} ({{Navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 15 of the 414 people aboard. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Verity|D63|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) and the fishing trawler Duguay Trouin ({{flag|France}}).{{cite web|url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2594.html |title=Jean Jadot |publisher=Uboat |access-date=26 March 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Marco Foscarini|1940|2}}

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

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

}}

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|ship={{ship|Italian guard ship|Maria Angeletta||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The guard ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by {{HMS|Saracen|P247|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).

}}

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|ship={{SS|Marrochino||2}}

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

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

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy No. 6 Go transportation convoy, Convoy No. 35, Part C: The auxiliary transport ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean {{convert|286|mi}} off Truk, Caroline Islands ({{coord|03|52|N|153|56|E}}) by {{USS|Silversides|SS-236|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Four hundred troops and a crewman were killed. Survivors were rescued by {{ship|Japanese submarine chaser|CH-11||2}} and {{ship|Japanese gunboat|Choun Maru No. 2 Go||2}} (both {{navy|Empire of Japan}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Choan2Go_t.htm |title=Japanese Transports |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=4 October 2022}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Italian submarine|Santorre Santarosa||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The submarine ran aground in the Mediterranean off Tripoli ({{coord|32|55|N|13|11|E}}) on 19 January and then was torpedoed and severely damaged on 20 January by {{HMS|MTB 260}} ({{naval|UK}}). Two of her crew were killed. Santorre Santarosa was scuttled on 21 January.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?159060 |title=RM Santorre Santarosa (+1943) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=16 January 2013}}{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2017/01/santorre-santarosa.html |title=Santorre Santarosa|publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=19 January 2020}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean ({{coord|3|52|N|153|56|E}}) bu {{USS|Silversides|SS-236|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=545 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy No. 6 Go transportation convoy, Convoy No. 35, Part C: The Indus Maru-class auxiliary transport was torpedoed and damaged in the Pacific Ocean ({{coord|03|52|N|153|56|E}}) by {{USS|Silversides|SS-236|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Four hundred and sixty-two troops, her captain and 36 crewmen were killed. Survivors were rescued by {{ship|Japanese submarine chaser|CH-11||2}} and {{ship|Japanese gunboat|Choun Maru No. 2 Go||2}} (both {{navy|Empire of Japan}}). Surabaya Maru was later scuttled by {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Asagumo|1937|2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}).

}}

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|ship={{MV|Tanja|1920|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The coaster ran aground at Kirkenes, Norway and was wrecked.{{cite web |url= http://www.warsailors.com/homefleet/shipst1.html |title=Norwegian Homefleet - WW II, Ships starting with Ta through Ti |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=11 February 2012}}

}}

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

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

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

}}

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|ship=Vesta

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=World War II: The fishing boat was sunk by an underwater explosion, probably due to a mine, in the Kattegat. Her four crew were rescued.

}}

21 January

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|ship={{SS|Asama Maru|1901|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Japan by {{USS|Pollack|SS-180|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).

}}

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|ship={{SS|Città di Genova|1930|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The armed merchant cruiser was torpedoed and sunk in the Adriatic Sea by {{HMS|Tigris|N63|6}} ({{naval|UK}})

}}

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

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

|desc=The cargo ship was driven ashore off Batticaloa, Ceylon. She was a total loss.

}}

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|ship={{SS|Hampton Lodge|1911|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Algeria ({{Coord|36|44|N|1|50|E}}) by aircraft of III Staffeln, Kampfgeschwader 26, Luftwaffe.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=570 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{MV|Kenkon Maru|1935|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy No. 6 Go transportation convoy, Convoy No. 35, Part B: The Kaihei Maru-class transport was torpedoed and damaged in the Pacific Ocean off New Georgia, Solomon Islands ({{coord|6|12|S|155|51|E}}) by {{USS|Gato|SS-212|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Thirty-six troops, seven of her crew, and an unknown number of passengers were killed. Survivors were rescued by {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Shirayuki|1928|2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}). Convoy escorts scuttled Kenkon Maru.{{cite DANFS |title=Gato |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss212.txt |accessdate=31 December 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Kenkon_t.htm |title=Japanese Army Auxiliary transports |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=23 November 2022}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=542 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet minesweeper|No. 012||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: The MO-4-class patrol vessel was sunk on this date.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Italian minesweeper|RD 31||2}},
{{ship|Italian minesweeper|RD 36||2}},
{{ship|Italian minesweeper|RD 37||2}}, and
{{ship|Italian minesweeper|RD 39||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|RD|minesweeper}}s were sunk by {{HMS|Kelvin}} and {{HMS|Javelin|F61|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}) while trying to escape from Tripoli, Libya.

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea ({{coord|37|16|N|10|28|E}}) by British aircraft based on Malta.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=459 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{USS|SC-709}}

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

|desc=The {{sclass|SC-497|submarine chaser|2}} was wrecked at Louisbourg, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.{{cite web |url= http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/8926.html |title=USS SC-709 (SC-709) |publisher=U Boat.net |access-date=21 January 2013}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Taiyu Maru No. 3||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The picket ship was sunk in an air attack at Rabaul, New Guinea.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mBpF94zRT28C&q=Shinko+maru+No.+2%2C+1945&pg=PA146 |title=Rabaul's forgotten fleet |year=1994 |publisher=googlebooks |isbn=9780646173948 |access-date=23 April 2019}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk in an air attack at Karavia Bay, Rabaul.

}}

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|ship={{GS|U-301||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea west of Bonifacio, Corsica, France ({{coord|41|27|N|7|04|E}}) by {{HMS|Sahib|P212|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) with the loss of 45 of her 46 crew.

}}

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|ship=Victory

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

|desc=The fishing vessel was destroyed by fire near Gravina Point, just south of Ketchikan, Territory of Alaska ({{coord|55|17|N|131|37|W|name=Victory}}).[http://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-v/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (V)]

}}

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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 ({{Coord|46|56|N|52|47|W}}) by {{GS|U-754||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of ten of her nineteen crew.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=566 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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22 January

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|ship={{SS|D. J. Thornhill||2}}

|flag= {{flagcountry|Newfoundland|civil}}

|desc=The schooner (147 t) sprang a leak in a gale and sank 50 miles off White Head, Nova Scotia. The whole crew was rescued by {{HMCS|Dundas|K229|6}} ({{naval|Canada|1911}}).{{cite web |url=https://navalandmilitarymuseum.org/archives/articles/hmcs-dundas/ |title=HMCS Dundas |date=24 July 2019 |publisher=navalandmilitarymuseum.org |accessdate=26 September 2023}}

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|ship=Giuditta

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

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary sailboat/transport was captured by a Partisan boat and was burned.{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=48457 |title=Yugoslavian Partisan Navy in WWII-Adriatic Sea (updated 2021) |publisher=Soviet-Empire |accessdate=4 September 2022}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo liner was torpedoed and sunk in the Banda Sea by {{USS|Tautog|SS-199|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).{{cite DANFS |title=Tautog |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss199.htm |accessdate=31 December 2011}}

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

|flag={{flagicon|Greece}} Greece

|desc=World War II: Convoy SC 117: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|52|00|N|50|30|W}}) by {{GS|U-413||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 31 crew.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2597.html |title=Mount Mycale |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=22 January 2020}}{{cite web |url=http://olympias.lib.uoi.gr/jspui/bitstream/123456789/6254/1/1.%20%CE%A3%CF%85%CE%B3%CE%BA%CF%81%CE%B9%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%BF%CE%AF%20%CF%80%CE%AF%CE%BD%CE%B1%CE%BA%CE%B5%CF%82%20%CF%84%CF%89%CE%BD%20%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B8%CF%81%CF%8E%CF%80%CE%B9%CE%BD%CF%89%CE%BD%20%CE%B1%CF%80%CF%89%CE%BB%CE%B5%CE%B9%CF%8E%CE%BD%20%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82%20%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%B7%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE%CF%82%20%CE%BD%CE%B1%CF%85%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BB%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82%201939-1945.%20%CE%A6%CE%BF%CF%81%CF%84%CE%B7%CE%B3%CE%BF%CF%8D%2C%20%CE%B1%CE%BA%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%80%CE%BB%CE%BF%CF%8A%CE%BA%CE%AE%CF%82%2C%20%CE%B9%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%86%CF%8C%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%85.pdf |title=Greek shipping losses |publisher=olympias.lib.uoi.gr |access-date=22 January 2020}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy UR 59: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south of Iceland ({{coord|61|35|N|14|15|W}}) by {{GS|U-358||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of nineteen of her 21 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMT|Cape Portland|FY246|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web|url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2596.html|title=Neva |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=26 April 2023}}

}}

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|ship={{HMAS|Patricia Cam}}

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

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler was bombed and sunk off the Wessel Islands by a Japanese floatplane. Five of her crew and three aboriginal passengers were killed, drowned or died of wounds. Another passenger was captured by the Japanese, and was executed on 4 May 1943.{{cite web |url=http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=1553&tridit=lodenice&zobraz=A |title=Australian Trwalers |publisher=Warshipsww2 |access-date=25 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141226002038/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=1553&tridit=lodenice&zobraz=A |archive-date=26 December 2014 |url-status=usurped }}{{cite web |url=https://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-patricia-cam |title=Patricia Cam |publisher=www.navy.gov.au |access-date=22 January 2020}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Italian minesweeper|RD 33||2}}

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

|desc=The {{sclass2|RD|minesweeper}} (207 t) foundered in a storm north of Plana Island, off the east coast of Tunisia with the loss of 18 of her 34 crew.{{cite web |url=https://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2023/03/rd-33.html |title=RD 33 |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=23 October 2024}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Italian minesweeper|RD 43||2}}

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

|desc=The {{sclass2|RD|minesweeper}} (203 t) foundered in a storm north of Plana Island, off the east coast of Tunisia with the loss of 3 of her crew.

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|ship={{MS|Ruhr|1926|2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The transport ship was bombed and sunk off Bizerta, Tunisia by Allied aircraft with the loss of four lives.{{csr|register=MSI|id=5606508|shipname=Ruhr |accessdate=1 December 2012}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=477 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2021/07/libra.html |title=Ruhr |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=29 September 2023}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean by {{USS|Tautog|SS-199|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).

}}

23 January

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|ship=Alexandria

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

|desc=World War II: The sailing ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by {{GS|U-431||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/3523.html |title=Alexandria |publisher=Uboat |access-date=24 March 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Benjamin Smith||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Liberty ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|50|nmi|km}} off Cape Palmas, Liberia ({{coord|4|05|N|7|50|W}}) by {{GS|U-175||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 66 crew survived.{{cite web |url= http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibshipsB.html |title=Liberty Ships - B |publisher=Mariners |access-date=6 January 2012}}{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2598.html |title=Benjamin Smith |publisher=Uboat |access-date=7 March 2012}}

}}

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|ship=D L Co. No. XXXIII

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

|desc=The barge sank off Four Mountains Island, Aleutian Islands, Territory of Alaska ({{coord|53|18|N|168|25|W|name=Inanudak Bay}}).

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|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 152||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type A MFP landing craft was sunk by Allied fighter-bombers off Cap Bon, Tunisia. One of her crew was wounded.{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/landungsfahrzeuge/marinefaehrprahm/ausgabe.php?where_value=157 |title=F 157 |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=9 January 2019}}

}}

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Tripoli, Libya by {{HMS|Unseen|P51|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=470 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Minekaze|destroyer|2}} was torpedoed and sunk in the Gazelle Channel south of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea ({{coord|2|47|S|150|38|E}}) by {{USS|Guardfish|SS-217|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Thirteen of her crew were killed, 124 survivors were rescued by {{ship|Japanese seaplane tender|Akitsushima||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}).

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|ship={{ship|ST|Luni||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The tug was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by {{HMS|Unbending|P37|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).

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|ship={{ship|German minesweeper|R-44||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type R-41 minesweeper was bombed and sunk at Brest, Finistère, France by United States Eighth Air Force aircraft.{{cite web |url=http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=762 |title=German coastal minesweeper Type R-41 |publisher=Warshipsww2.Eu |access-date=24 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007024640/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=762 |archive-date=2014-10-07 |url-status=usurped }}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The troopship was torpedoed and further damaged in the Mediterranean Sea ({{coord|37|53|N|15|43|E}}) by {{HMS|Unbending|P37|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). Viminale ran aground at Melito di Porto Salvo. She was under tow from Palermo, Sicily to Taranto.

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|ship={{USS|YP-577}}

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

|desc=The yard patrol boat was destroyed by an explosion at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center, Illinois.

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24 January

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|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 323||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The MFP-A landing craft was sunk by a mine in the Kerch Strait off "Eltingen" with the loss of thirteen of her fifteen crew.{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/landungsfahrzeuge/marinefaehrprahm/ausgabe.php?where_value=737 |title=F 323 |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=9 January 2019}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Hans Schmidt|1920|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank off Pola, Italy.{{csr|register=MSI |id=5604962 |shipname=Hans Schmidt |accessdate=25 April 2015}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Japanese destroyer|Harusame|1935|2}}

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

|desc=File:IJN Harusame;g35738.jpg.]] World War II: The {{sclass|Shiratsuyu|destroyer}} was torpedoed by {{USS|Wahoo|SS-238|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}) and was beached to avoid sinking. She was salvaged and returned to service in late November 1943.

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|ship={{MV|Kollbjørg|1937|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 223: The tanker broke in two in a storm and sank in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|58|28|N|41|34|W}}) with the loss of eleven of her 36 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Pan Maryland|1938|2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}). The bow section was scuttled on 26 January at {{coord|58|20|N|39|30|W}} by {{GS|U-594||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}).{{cite web |url=https://www.warsailors.com/singleships/kollbjorg.html|title=M/T Kollbjørg |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=25 January 2012 }}{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2608.html |title=Kollbjørg |publisher=Uboat |access-date=11 April 2012}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea north north west of Ustica, Sicily by British aircraft based on Malta.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=460 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{MV|Ringstad||2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy ON 55: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|85|nmi|km}} south east of Cape Race, Dominion of Newfoundland ({{coord|45|50|N|51|04|W}}) by {{GS|U-333||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 30 of her 43 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{USS|Swanson|DD-443|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). (Look 24/01/1942){{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1286.html |title=Ringstad |publisher=Uboat |access-date=16 March 2012}}

}}

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|ship=Teddy

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

|desc=The fishing vessel sank in the Gulf of Alaska near Kodiak, Territory of Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-t/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (T)]

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|ship=Unnamed launch

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

|desc=World War II: The armed launch was sunk by {{HMIS|ML 477}} ({{naval|British India|1928}}) off the coast of Burma.

}}

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|ship=Unnamed launch

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

|desc=World War II: The armed launch was damaged by {{HMIS|ML 477}} ({{naval|British India|1928}}) off the coast of Burma and was beached.

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea north west of Ustica by aircraft based on Malta.

}}

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|ship={{SS|Ville de Tamatave|1931|2}}

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

|desc=The passenger ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|50|17|N|40|55|W}}) with the loss of all 88 people on board.{{cite book |title=The world's merchant fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=456 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

25 January

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|ship={{SS|City of Flint|1919|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores ({{coord|34|47|N|31|18|W}}) by {{GS|U-575||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of six of her 65 crew.. One of the survivors was taken as a prisoner of war.{{cite web |title=City of Flint |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2603.html |website=uboat.net |access-date=3 August 2021}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=580 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|Corncrake|M82|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The {{sclass2|Fish|trawler|1}}/minelayer foundered in the North Atlantic in a storm with the loss of all 23 crew.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/13438.htm |title=HMS Corncrake (M82) |publisher=Uboat.net |access-date=11 October 2022 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.shipsnostalgia.com/threads/war-grave.51200/ |title=HMS Corncrake |date=4 August 2013 |publisher=www.shipsnostalgia.com |access-date=27 November 2020}}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|LCM 58}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The landing craft mechanized was lost off the coast of Libya.{{cite web |url=https://thisismast.org//assets/downloads/rn-loss-list-2017-10-29.pdf |title=LCM 58 |publisher=thisismast.org |access-date=27 November 2020}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy SC 117: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south of Cape Farewell, Greenland ({{coord|55|00|N|37|50|W}}) by {{GS|U-624||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 46 crew.{{cite web|url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2604.html|title=Lackenby |publisher=Uboat|access-date=14 April 2012}}

}}

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|ship=Mouyassar

|flag={{flag|Syria|1932}}

|desc=World War II: The sailing ship was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by {{GS|U-431||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). There were no casualties.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2601.html |title=Mouyassar |publisher=Uboat |access-date=24 March 2012}}

}}

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|ship=Omar el Kattab

|flag={{flag|Syria|1932}}

|desc=World War II: The sailing ship was rammed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea east of Cyprus by {{GS|U-431||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). There were no casualties.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2600.html |title=Omar el Kettab |publisher=Uboat |access-date=24 March 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Japanese stores ship|Tōkō Maru No. 2 Go||2}}

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

|desc=The {{Sclass|Hokkai Maru|naval trawler}}/auxiliary storeship ran aground about {{convert|12|nmi}} west south west of Banjo Zaki, North Paramushiro, Kurile Islands ({{coord|50|39|N|155|51|E}}) and was wrecked.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/TokoM2_t.htm |title=Toko Maru No. 2 Go |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=27 November 2020}}

}}

26 January

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|ship={{SS|Asama Maru|1901|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea ({{coord|2|37|N|139|14|E}}) by {{USS|Wahoo|SS-238|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=540 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Japanese transport ship|Buyo Maru|1919|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Yoshida Maru No. 1-class auxiliary transport ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean a few miles north of Dutch New Guinea ({{coord|01|54|N|134|57|E}}) by {{USS|Wahoo|SS-238|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Wahoo surfaced and sank 20 boats with her {{convert|4|in|adj=on}} gun and .50-caliber machine guns. Eighty-six troops, 269 British Indian Army prisoners of war, and a crew member were killed. Between 750 and more than 1,000 survivors were rescued by {{ship|Japanese gunboat|Chuko Maru No. 2 Go||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}).{{cite DANFS |title=Wahoo |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss238.txt |accessdate=1 January 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Buyo_t.htm |title=Japanese Army Auxiliary Transports |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=4 November 2022}}

}}

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|ship=Emily

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

|desc=The boat was wrecked at Juneau, Territory of Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-e/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (E)]

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean {{convert|270|nmi}} north of Dutch New Guinea ({{coord|02|04|N|140|10|E}}) by {{USS|Wahoo|SS-238|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).

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|ship=Hassan

|flag={{flag|Syria|1938}}

|desc=World War II: The sailing ship was rammed and sunk by gunfire in the Mediterranean Sea by {{GS|U-431||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2602.html |title=Hassan |publisher=Uboat |access-date=24 March 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Krasnyj Partizan|1927|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Barents Sea ({{coord|73|45|N|17|30|E}}) by {{GS|U-255||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 51 crew.{{cite web|url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/3526.html|title=Kraznyj Partizan |publisher=Uboat|access-date=13 March 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Lewis Cass||2}}

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

|desc=The Liberty ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Guadalupe Island, Mexico.{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsL.html |title=Liberty Ships – L |publisher=Mariners |access-date=6 November 2016}}

}}

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|ship={{MV|Nortind|1940|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 223: Straggling behind the convoy, the tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean east of Cape Farewell, Greenland ({{coord|58|30|N|34|00|W}}) by {{GS|U-358||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 42 people aboard.{{cite web |url= http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/nortind.html |title=M/T Nortind |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=1 February 2012}}{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2607.html |title=Nortind |publisher=Uboat |access-date=17 March 2012}} Nortind was on a voyage from Curaçao, Curaçao and Dependencies to Gibraltar.

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

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

|desc=World War II: The Kenai Maru-class auxiliary transport ship was torpedoed and sunk in shallow water with her decks are still above water in Apra Harbor, Guam, Mariana Islands ({{coord|13|27|N|144|37|E}}) by {{USS|Flying Fish|SS-229|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). A crew member was killed. Her wreck was torpedoed again and further damaged on 5 May 1943 by {{USS|Permit|SS-178|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). She was refloated in early August 1943.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Tokai_t.htm |title=Tokai Maru |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=5 May 2023}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Philippine Sea west of Luzon, Philippines, by {{USS|Grayling|SS-209|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).{{cite DANFS |title= Grayling |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss209.txt| accessdate=31 December 2011}}

}}

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|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=World War II: The ship was sunk in the Myebon Creek, Burma by {{HMIS|ML 440}} and {{HMIS|ML 441}} (both {{naval|British India|1928}}).

}}

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|ship={{ship|German trawler|V 1105 Ernst Gröschel||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Vorpostenboot struck a mine and sank in the North Sea. Ten of her crew were killed.

}}

27 January

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|ship={{MV|Cape Decision|1942|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Type C1 ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|22|57|N|47|28|W}}) by {{GS|U-105|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). All 77 people aboard survived and reached land in their lifeboats.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2606.html |title=Cape Decision |publisher=Uboat |access-date=22 February 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Julia Ward Howe||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy UGS 4: The Liberty ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores, Portugal ({{coord|35|29|N|29|10|W}}) by {{GS|U-442||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of four of her 74 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{ship|NRP|Lima|1933|6}} ({{navy|Portugal}}).{{cite web |url= http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsJon.html |title=Liberty Ships - Jonas - Justo |publisher=Mariners |access-date=6 January 2012}}{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2610.html |title=Julia Ward Howe |publisher=Uboat |access-date=26 March 2012}}

}}

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|ship=Montgomery

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

|desc=The lighter sank off "The Keyhole", Key Biscayne, Florida ({{coord|25|30|N|80|12|W}}).{{cite book |last1=Singer |first1=Steven D. |title=Shipwrecks of Florida: A Comprehensive Listing |date=1998 |publisher=Pineapple Press |location=Sarasota, Fla |isbn=9781561641635 |page=259 |edition=2nd |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6j6kjZQReqkC&pg=PA259 |access-date=22 June 2022|via=Google Books}}{{cite web |title=Montgomery |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?25977 |website=WreckSite |publisher=Adelante |access-date=22 June 2022 |location=Affligem, Belgium}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Italian landing craft|MZ 702||2}}, and
{{ship|Italian landing craft|MZ 725||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The MZ-A landing craft were beached near Pisida, Libya, after an air attack. Engineers blew them on the beach on 29 January during the Axis retreat from the area.{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/landungsfahrzeuge/marinefaehrprahm/ausgabe.php?where_value=1194 |title=MZ 702 |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=9 January 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/landungsfahrzeuge/marinefaehrprahm/ausgabe.php?where_value=1211 |title=MZ 725 |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=9 January 2019}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{GS|U-769||2}}, and
{{GS|U-770||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type VII submarines were severely damaged in an air raid on Wilhelmshaven by Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft of the United States Eighth Air Force. Construction of both vessels was abandoned.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed steamships

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

|desc=World War II: Two small steamships were sunk by {{HMIS|ML 440}} and {{HMIS|ML 441}} (both {{naval|British India|1928}}) off the coast of Burma.

}}

28 January

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|ship={{SS|Charles C. Pinckney||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy UGS 4: The Liberty ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and damaged late in the evening of 27 January. Return fire from the Armed Guard temporarily drove off her attacker {{GS|U-514||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}), which returned and sank her in the early hours of 28 January, in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores, Portugal ({{coord|36|37|N|30|55|W}}) with the loss of 56 of her 70 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Caritas I|1903|2}} ({{Flag|Switzerland}}).{{cite web |url= http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibshipsC.html |title=Liberty Ships - C |publisher=Mariners |access-date=6 January 2012}}{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2611.html |title=Charles C. Pinkney |publisher=Uboat |access-date=1 April 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 359||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The MFP-A landing craft was sunk in an American bombing raid in the port of Sfax, Tunisia. Two of her crew were wounded ashore.{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/landungsfahrzeuge/marinefaehrprahm/ausgabe.php?where_value=808 |title=F 359 |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=9 January 2019}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German siebel ferry|SF 36 Goldbutt||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Siebel ferry was sunk in an American bombing raid in the port of Sfax.{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/landungsfahrzeuge/marinefaehrprahm/ausgabe.php?where_value=72 |title=F 359 |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=9 January 2019}}

}}

29 January

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|ship={{USS|Chicago|CA-29|6}}

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

|desc=World War II: Battle of Rennell Island: The {{sclass|Northampton|cruiser|2}} was torpedoed and damaged in the Pacific Ocean between Rennell Island and Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, just before midnight. She was torpedoed again the next day and sunk ({{coord|11|25|S|160|56|E}}) by Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{Jsub|I-1||2}}

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

|desc=File:I1Sub.jpg

World War II: The J1 type submarine was rammed and wrecked in Kamimbo Bay, Guadalcanal by {{HMNZS|Kiwi|T102|6}} and {{HMNZS|Moa|T233|6}} (both {{naval|New Zealand|1941}}).

}}

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

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk {{convert|10|nmi|km}} south west of Stavanger, Norway by Handley Page Hampden aircraft of 489 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force with the loss of fourteen lives.{{cite web |url= http://www.warsailors.com/homefleet/shipsm.html |title=Norwegian Homefleet - WW II, Ships starting with M |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=9 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German minesweeper|M 4606||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper was bombed and sunk at St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands by Allied aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk {{convert|10|nmi|km}} south west of Stavanger by British aircraft.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=562 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The Chowa Maru-class auxiliary transport was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off New Georgia, Solomon Islands ({{coord|06|22|S|156|04|E}}) by {{USS|Gato|SS-212|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Pozarica}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The flakship was torpedoed north of Beni Ksila, Algeria ({{coord|37|04|N|4|36|E}}) by Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 aircraft of the Regia Aeronautica and Heinkel He 111 aircraft of III Staffeln, Kampfgeschwader 26, Luftwaffe. She capsized at Bougie, Algeria on 13 February 1943. HMS Pozarica was refloated on 5 March 1951. The wreck was scrapped in Savona, Italy, from 14 June 1951.{{csr |register=MSI |id=1166331 |shipname=Pozarica |accessdate=10 December 2012}}{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/12333.html|title=Anti-aircraft ship HMS Pozarica |publisher=Uboat |access-date=13 February 2013}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=507 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Italian minesweeper|RD 4||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|RD|minesweeper}} was bombed and sunk in "The Narrows" by Allied aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Samuel Gompers|1942|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Liberty ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off New Caledonia ({{coord|24|21|S|166|21|W}}) by {{Jsub|I-10||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}). A gunner and three of her crew were killed. Survivors were rescued by French fishing boats and {{ship|US Army crash boat|P-111||2}} ({{army|United States|1912}}).{{cite web |url= http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsS.html |title=Liberty Ships - S |publisher=Mariners |access-date=6 January 2012}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Barents Sea by {{GS|U-255||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 39 crew.{{cite web|url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2605.html|title=Ufa |publisher=Uboat|access-date=13 March 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II, Convoy SL 129: The cargo ship was torpedoed by {{GS|U-662||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) west of Ouessant, Finistère, France. Umaria was on a voyage from Ceylon to London. She was scuttled the next day by {{HMS|Wear|K230|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) at {{coord|46|44|N|16|38|W}}. Survivors were rescued by HMS Wear.{{cite book |last2=Sawyer |first2=LA |last1=Mitchell |first1=WH |year= 1990 |title=The Empire Ships |place=London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong |publisher=Lloyd's of London Press Ltd |isbn=1-85044-275-4 |edition=Second |page=22 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German trawler|V 2018 Vogtland||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Vorpostenboot struck a mine in the North Sea and was severely damaged.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Vercelli||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea {{convert|30|nmi|km}} off Cape Bon, Tunisia by Allied aircraft. She sank under tow the next day {{convert|1+1/2|nmi|km}} off Cape Farina, Tunisia.{{csr|register=MSI|id=1140633|shipname=Vercelli |accessdate=17 November 2018}}

}}

30 January

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|ship=Aniello

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

|desc=World War II: The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by {{HMS|Safari|P211|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Gemma

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

|desc=World War II: The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by {{HMS|Safari|P211|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Noto||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Bizerte, Tunisia by Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft of the United States Twelfth Air Force.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Parma

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by aircraft based on Malta.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Samphire|K128|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|Flower|corvette|2}} was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Bougie, Algeria by {{ship|Italian submarine|Platino||2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}) with the loss of 45 of her 85 crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese transport|Toa Maru No. 2 Go||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Seia Maru-class auxiliary transport was bombed and sunk in the Solomon Sea about 5 N.M.s south of Vella Lavella Island, north of Gizo Island, British Solomon Islands ({{coord|07|43|S|156|51|E}}) by Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers of Squadron VSMB-233, United States Marine Corps. Two troops and a crew member were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Toa2Go_t.htm |title=Toa Maru No. 2 Go |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=6 January 2021}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Italian minelayer|Unie||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Galeb-class minelayer was bombed and sunk at Bizerte by Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft of the United States Twelfth Air Force.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German trawler|V 1102 Gleiwitz||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Vorpostenboot was driven ashore and wrecked on Hanstholm, Denmark.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German trawler|V 1109 Mähren||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Vorpostenboot was driven ashore on Hanstholm. She was later salvaged.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{USS|YFD-220}}

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

|desc=The floating dry dock sank in heavy weather off the coast of California.

}}

31 January

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|ship={{ship|French submarine|Calypso|Q126|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Circé|submarine|||1925}} was bombed and sunk at Bizerte, Tunisia by Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft of the United States Twelfth Air Force.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Italian destroyer|Generale Marcello Prestinari||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|Generali|destroyer|0}} torpedo boat was sunk by a mine south-east of Cani Island, Tunisia with the loss of 54 of her crew.{{csr|register=MSI|id=6132018 |shipname=Generale Marcello Prestinari |accessdate=6 June 2015}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The transport ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea {{convert|5|nmi|km}} north of Sousse, Tunisia by {{HMS|Unruffled|P46|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2015/09/cigno.html |title=Lisboa |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=8 January 2021}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{navy|France}}

|desc=World War II: The submarine was bombed and sunk at Bizerte by Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft of the United States Twelfth Air Force.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Prawn

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

|desc=The fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Wrangell, Territory of Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-p/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (P)]

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Italian corvette|Procellaria||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Gabbiano|corvette}} was sunk by a mine west of Sicily.{{cite web |url=http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=439 |title=Italian corvettes Gabbiano class |publisher=Warshipsww2.Eu |access-date=23 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010063820/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=439 |archive-date=2014-10-10 |url-status=usurped }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Spoletto||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed, exploded and sunk at Bizerte by Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft of the United States Twelfth Air Force.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=457 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

Unknown date

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

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

|desc=The cargo ship stranded on the southern tip of Mikomotojima on or before 6 January. She was still stranded on 7 January. No further information.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/KokaiM_t.htm |title=Japanese Auxiliary Netlayers|publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=26 February 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=The cargo ship was sunk at Tuapse in mid-January with the loss of all crew.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=575 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|LCP(L) 203}},
{{HMS|LCP(L) 204}},
{{HMS|LCP(L) 205}}, and
{{HMS|LCP(L) 206}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The landing craft personnel (large) were lost sometime in January.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Outarde

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

|desc=The cargo ship (2,241 GRT, 1924) ran aground near the mouth of the St Lawrence estuary near St Pierre and Miquelon.{{cite news |url=http://www.vos.noaa.gov/MWL/april_04/wreck.shtml |title=Shipwreck: Outarde |publisher= Mariners Weather Log |first=Skip |last=Gillham |date= April 2004 |access-date=2013-09-07}} She later was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Tripoli, Libya by Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft of the United States Ninth Air Force between 15 and 21 January.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by {{HMS|Unruffled|P46|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) between 23 and 31 January.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{GS|U-337||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was lost on patrol in the Atlantic Ocean on or after 3 January with the loss of all 47 crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{GS|U-519||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type IXC submarine was declared missing as of 31 January.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u519.htm |title=U-519 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=10 February 2014}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{GS|U-553||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was lost on patrol in the Atlantic Ocean on or after 20 January with the loss of all 47 crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Two unnamed vessels

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

|desc=World War II: The fishing vessels were sunk by {{HMIS|ML 439}} ({{naval|British India|1928}}) at Kyaukpyu, Burma.

}}

References

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