List of shipwrecks in July 1940#27 July

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

1 July

For the loss of {{noitalic|Avelona Star}} on this day, see the entry for 30 June 1940

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

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

|desc=World War II: The Design 1018 cargo ship was captured in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|46|20|N|14|30|W}}) by {{GS|U-29|1936|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) and scuttled by gunfire. All 25 crew survived.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12842 |title=SS Adamastos (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=2 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.shipscribe.com/mckellar/Contract2.pdf|title=Steel Shipbuilding under the U. S. Shipping Board, 1917-1921, Part II, Contract Steel Ships |last=McKellar |first=Norman L. |work=Steel Shipbuilding under the U. S. Shipping Board, 1917-1921 |publisher=ShipScribe |access-date=13 February 2021}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy SL 36: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay ({{coord|47|20|N|10|30|W}}) by {{GS|U-30|1936|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of three of her 33 crew and three survivors from {{SS|Avelona Star|1926|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}). Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Vesper|D55|6}} and {{HMS|Windsor|D42|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url= http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4007-20JUL01.htm |title=Naval Events, July 1940, Part 1 of 2, Monday 1st- Sunday 14th |publisher=Naval History |access-date=23 November 2011}}{{cite web |url= http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11416 |title=SS Beignon (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=3 November 2011}}{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/400.html |title=Beignon |publisher=Uboat |access-date=5 February 2012}}

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|ship={{SS|Clearton||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy SL 36: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay west of Ouessant, Finistère, France ({{coord|47|53|N|9|30|W}}) by {{GS|U-102|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of eight of her 34 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Vansittart|D64|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).

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|ship=Tweedledee

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

|desc=World War II: The special service vessel was sunk as a blockship.

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|ship=Tweedledum

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

|desc=World War II: The special service vessel was sunk as a blockship.

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|ship={{GS|U-102|1940|2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type VIIB submarine (741/843 t, 1940) was depth charged and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south west of Ireland ({{coord|48|33|N|10|26|W}}) by {{HMS|Vansittart|D64|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) with the loss of all 43 crew.

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2 July

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy OA 172G: The ocean liner was bombed and damaged in the English Channel {{convert|20|nmi|km}} south east of Start Point, Devon by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of 21 of the 143 people on board. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Witherington|D76|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). The wreck was scuttled two days later at approximately {{coord|50|N|3|W}}. Aeneas was on a voyage from London to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.{{cite book |first=Roger |last=Jordan |year= 1999 |title=The World's Merchant Ships 1939 |place=London |publisher=Chatham House |isbn=1 86176 023 X |pages=149, 485 }}

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|ship={{SS|Arandora Star||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The prisoner of war ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north west of Ireland ({{coord|55|20|N|10|33|W}}) by {{GS|U-47|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 592 Germans and Italians (prisoners of war or civilian internees, depending on source) 92 troops, and 57 crewmen. The survivors, 586 Germans and Italians, 162 troops and 119 crew, were rescued by {{HMCS|St. Laurent|H83|6}} ({{naval|Canada|1911}}).

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

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|47|24|N|16|49|W}}) by {{GS|U-29|1936|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Athellaird sank the next day.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12840 |title=MV Athellaird (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=2 November 2011}} Her 42 crew took to their two lifeboats. {{SS|Sandwic||2}} ({{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) rescued 22 from the first lifeboat, a day later. After nine days the twenty men in second lifeboat were rescued by {{SS|Moyalla|1925|2}} ({{flag|Ireland}}) and were landed at Fenit, County Kerry.{{cite book |last=Forde |first=Frank |title=The Long Watch |publisher=New Island Books |location=Dublin |isbn=1-902602-42-0 |orig-year=1981 |year=2000 |page=69 |quote="Her survivors got away in two lifeboats, one of which was picked up next day by the British steamer Sandwick. The other set sail for the Irish coast. Towards dawn on 11 July, when two miles off Cape Clear, this boat was sighted by the Moyalla (Captain Eric Jones)" |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F1_zAAAAMAAJ&q=Sandwick}}

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|ship={{ship|German torpedo boat|S-23||2}}

|flag={{Navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The torpedo boat struck a mine and was damaged in the North Sea east of South Foreland, Kent, United Kingdom. She was taken in tow but subsequently sank. (Look 12/07/1940){{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?163774 |title=S-23 (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=14 November 2011}}

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|ship={{SS|Santa Margarita|1928|2}}

|flag={{flag|Panama}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north west of Cape Finisterre, Spain ({{coord|47|00|N|15|30|W}}) by {{GS|U-29|1936|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of three of her 39 crew. Twenty-one crew were rescued by {{SS|King John|1928|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}), but three of them were lost when King John was sunk. Santa Margarita was on a voyage from Barry, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to the Hampton Roads, Virginia, United States.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12841 |title=SS Santa Margarita (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=14 November 2011}}{{cite book |first=Roger |last=Jordan |year= 1999 |title=The World's Merchant Ships 1939 |place=London |publisher=Chatham House |isbn=1 86176 023 X |page=211 }}

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|ship={{GS|U-26|1936|2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type IA submarine sank after being depth charged and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean off the Bishop Rock ({{coord|48|03|N|11|30|W}}) the previous day by a Short Sunderland of 10 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force and the corvette {{HMS|Gladiolus|K34|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). All 48 crew were rescued by the sloop {{HMS|Rochester|L50|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).

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3 July

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

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

|desc=The passenger ship caught fire and sank at New York. She was refloated in 1940, repaired, and returned to service in 1942.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=590 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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|ship=Bijou

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

|desc=World War II: The steam barge was bombed and sunk by Luftwaffe aircraft in the River Stour at Mistley, Essex. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship= {{ship|French battleship|Bretagne||2}}

|flag={{navy|France}}

|desc=File:Cuirassé Bretagne 03-07-1940.jpg

World War II: Operation Catapult: The {{sclass|Bretagne|battleship}} was shelled and sunk at Mers-el-Kébir, Algeria by the Royal Navy with the loss of 977 of her 1,012 crew.

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship (1,334 GRT, 1921) was torpedoed and sunk off Egersund ({{coord|58|18|N|5|13|E}}) by {{HMS|Snapper|39S|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).

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|ship={{ship|French battleship|Dunkerque||2}}

|flag={{navy|France}}

|desc=World War II: Operation Catapult: The {{sclass|Dunkerque|battleship|2}} was shelled and damaged at Mers-el-Kébir by the Royal Navy with the loss of 46 of her crew. She was later salvaged and placed under repair.

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|ship=James 83

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

|desc=World War II: The special services ship (397 GRT, 1926) was sunk as a blockship.

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|ship={{ship|French destroyer|Mistral||2}}

|flag={{navy|France}}

|desc=World War II: Operation Catapult: The {{sclass|Bourrasque|destroyer|2}} was partially scuttled at Plymouth Dockyard, Devon. Later salvaged by the British and entered service as HMS Mistral.

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|ship={{ship|French destroyer|Mogador||2}}

|flag={{navy|France}}

|desc=File:Mogador 03-07-1940.jpg

World War II: Operation Catapult: The {{sclass|Mogador|destroyer|2}} was shelled and disabled by the Royal Navy at Mers-el-Kébir with the loss of 18 of her crew. She was later repaired and returned to service.{{cite book |title=Struggle for the Middle Sea: The Great Navies at War in the Mediterranean Theater, 1940–1945 |first=Vincent P.|last=O'Hara|publisher=Naval Institute Press |location=Annapolis |year=2009|page=19 |isbn=978-1-59114-648-3}}

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|ship={{ship|French patrol ship|Notre Dame de Lourdes VP 3||2}}

|flag={{navy|France}}

|desc=The auxiliary harbor patrol ship was lost on this date.

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|ship={{ship|French battleship|Provence||2}}

|flag={{navy|France}}

|desc=World War II: Operation Catapult: The {{sclass|Bretagne|battleship|2}} was shelled and damaged by the Royal Navy at Mers-el-Kébir with the loss of three of her crew. She was beached to prevent her sinking. Subsequently repaired and returned to service.

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4 July

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|ship=Alice

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

|desc=The 23-gross register ton fishing and cargo vessel was destroyed by fire at St. Ivan Harbor ({{coord|55|20|N|161|38|W|name=St. Ivan Harbor}}) in Pavlof Bay on the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula in the Territory of Alaska. Her crew of six survived.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-a/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (A)]

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy OA 178: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged in the English Channel off Selsey Bill, Sussex, United Kingdom ({{Coord|50|04|N|1|55|W}}) by Junkers Ju 87 aircraft of Sturzkampfgeschwader 2, Luftwaffe.{{cite book |last=Slader |first=John |title=The Red Duster at War |year=1988 |publisher=William Kimber & Co Ltd |location=London |isbn=0-7183-0679-1 |pages=54–55}} She was beached ({{Coord|54|40|04|N|0|47|06|W}} and was subsequently used as a target ship by the Royal Air Force.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=550 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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|ship={{SS|Coquet Mouth|1927|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The dredger struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Amble, Northumberland with the loss of three of her crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12705 |title=SS Coquetmouth (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=4 November 2011}}

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|ship={{MV|Dallas City|1936|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy OA 178: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged in the English Channel south of Dorset ({{coord|50|09|N|2|01|W}}) by Junkers Ju 87 aircraft of Sturzkampfgeschwader 2, Luftwaffe. She collided with {{SS|Flimston|1925|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) and sank. Her crew were rescued by {{HMS|Shikari|D85|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?78358 |title=MV Dallas City ? (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=8 November 2011}}

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy OA 178: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the English Channel {{convert|20|nmi|km}} south south west of Portland Bill, Dorset ({{Coord|50|11|N|2|35|W}}) by Junkers Ju 87 aircraft of Sturzkampfgeschwader 2, Luftwaffe. Twenty-seven crew survived.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?4650 |title=SS Deucalion (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=8 November 2011}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy OA 178: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel {{convert|13|nmi|km}} south of Portland Bill by {{ship|German torpedo boat|S-19||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of sixteen crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Sabre|H18|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk {{convert|16|nmi|km}} off Portland Bill, by {{ship|German torpedo boat|S-20||2}} and {{ship|German torpedo boat|S-26||2}} (both {{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Scimitar|1918|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?4941 |title=SS Hartlepool (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=9 November 2011}}

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

|flag={{flag|Estonia}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy OA 178: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the English Channel south of the Isle of Portland, Dorset ({{coord|50|13|N|2|00|W}}) by Junkers Ju 87 aircraft of Sturzkampfgeschwader 2, Luftwaffe with the loss of one of her 30 crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?4663 |title=SS Kolga (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=9 November 2011}}{{cite book |title=The world's merchant fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=453 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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|ship=Remembrance

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

|desc=World War II: The fishing vessel struck a mine and sank in the English Channel ({{coord|51|53|N|1|22|E}}). Both crew were rescued.

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|ship= {{ship|French aviso|Rigault de Genouilly||2}}

|flag={{navy|France}}

|desc=World War II: Operation Catapult: The {{sclass|Bougainville|aviso}} was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea north of Matifou, Algeria by {{HMS|Pandora|N42|6}} ({{naval|UK}})

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|ship={{Ship|ST|Silverdial||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The tug was bombed and sunk in Portland Harbour by Junkers Ju 87 aircraft of Sturzkampfgeschwader 2, Luftwaffe.

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5 July

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|ship={{HMS|Foylebank}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy OA 178: The anti-aircraft ship sank with the loss of 176 of her 323 crew after being bombed and damaged the previous day at Portland Harbour, Dorset, by Junkers Ju 87 dive bombers of Stukageschwader 2, Luftwaffe. The bow section was raised and scrapped in 1949. The stern section was raised and scrapped in 1952.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=497 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The troopship was torpedoed and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea at Tobruk, Libya by Fairey Swordfish aircraft of 813 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm, based on {{HMS|Eagle|1918|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). She was beached to prevent her sinking and was lost there when Tobruk fell in January 1941.{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2018/09/euro.html |title=Euro |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=3 April 2019}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 53: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed, shelled, and split in two in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|58|nmi|km}} west south west of the Fastnet Rock by {{GS|U-99|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). The stern section sank. All 23 crew survived and were rescued by {{SS|Sidra||2}} ({{flag|Sweden}}). The bow section sank three days later at {{coord|50|32|N|11|20|W}}.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?75669 |title=SS Magog (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=10 November 2011}}{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/408.html |title=Magog |publisher=Uboat |access-date=21 February 2012}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea at Tobruk by Fairey Swordfish aircraft of 813 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm, based on {{HMS|Eagle|1918|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). She was later salvaged by the British.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?133589 |title=SS Manzoni (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=10 November 2011}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea at Tobruk by Fairey Swordfish aircraft of 813 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm, based on {{HMS|Eagle|1918|6}} ({{naval|UK}}), was beached and was lost there when Tobruk fell in January 1941. She was salvaged by the British in 1951 and scrapped.{{cite web|url=http://www.belgischekoopvaardij.net/belgian%20Merchant%20%20P-Z.pdf |title=Belgian Merchant P-Z |publisher=Belgische Koopvaardij |access-date=1 December 2010 }}{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{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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|ship={{HMS|Whirlwind|D30|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The W-class destroyer was torpedoed and severely damaged in the Atlantic Ocean south west of Ireland ({{coord|50|17|N|8|48|W}}) by {{GS|U-34|1936|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 57 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Westcott|D47|6}} ({{naval|UK}}), which scuttled the ship with gunfire.{{cite web |title=HMS Whirlwind (D 30) |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/407.html |website=uboat.net |access-date=27 July 2021}}

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|ship= {{ship|Italian destroyer|Zeffiro|1927|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Turbine|destroyer}} was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea at Tobruk by Fairey Swordfish aircraft of 813 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm from {{HMS|Eagle|1918|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) with the loss of 21 of her crew.{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2014/02/cronologia-delle-perdite_14.html |title=Italian losses |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=3 April 2019}}

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6 July

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|ship={{SS|Angele Mabro|1898|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay west south west of Brest, Finistère, France by {{GS|U-30|1936|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all hands.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12844 |title=SS Angele Mabro (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=2 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/409.html |title=Angele Mabro |publisher=Uboat |access-date=5 February 2012}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk at Bardia, Libya by {{HMS|Caledon|D53|6}}, {{HMS|Capetown|D88|6}}, {{HMS|Ilex|D61|6}}, {{HMS|Imperial|D09|6}}, {{HMS|Janus|F53|6}} and {{HMS|Juno|F46|6}} (all ({{naval|UK}}).

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|ship={{ship|French patrol vessel|P-17 Cap Fagnet||2}}

|flag={{navy|France}}

|desc=World War II: Operation Lever: The auxiliary patrol vessel was sunk at Mers-el-Kébir, Algeria by British aircraft .{{cite web |url=http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=1898 |title=French patrol vessels type Trawlery |website=warshipsww2.eu |access-date=29 December 2014 |url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141229212208/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=1898 |archive-date=29 December 2014 }}

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|ship={{ship|French battleship|Dunkerque||2}}

|flag={{navy|France}}

|desc=World War II: Operation Lever: The {{sclass|Dunkerque|battleship|2}} was torpedoed at Mers-el-Kébir by aircraft based on {{HMS|Ark Royal|91|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) and sunk by the explosion of {{ship|French patrol boat|Terre Neuve||2}} ({{navy|France}}) with the loss of 154 crew. She was subsequently refloated, towed to Toulon, Var, France and placed under repair.

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|ship={{ship|French minesweeper|Esterel V||2}}

|flag={{navy|France}}

|desc=World War II: Operation Lever: The auxiliary minesweeper was torpedoed and sunk at Mers-el-Kébir by aircraft of 810 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm, based on {{HMS|Ark Royal|91|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).

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|ship={{MV|Sant' Antonio|1920|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary schooner was shelled and sunk at Bardia by {{HMS|Caledon|D53|6}}, {{HMS|Capetown|D88|6}}, {{HMS|Ilex|D61|6}}, {{HMS|Imperial|D09|6}}, {{HMS|Janus|F53|6}} and {{HMS|Juno|F46|6}} (all {{naval|UK}}).

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|ship={{HMS|Shark|54S|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The S-class submarine sank while under tow by the minesweepers {{ship|German minesweeper|M-1803||2}}, {{ship|German minesweeper|M-1806||2}}, and {{ship|German minesweeper|M-1807||2}} (all {{navy|Nazi Germany}}), after being bombed and damaged the previous day west-southwest of Egersund, Norway, by Dornier Do 17 aircraft of the Luftwaffe and surrendering to German forces.

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|ship= {{ship|French patrol boat|Terre Neuve||2}}

|flag={{navy|France}}

|desc=World War II: Operation Lever: The auxiliary patrol boat was torpedoed by aircraft of 810 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm, based on {{HMS|Ark Royal|91|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) and sunk by the detonation of her depth charges while tied up alongside {{ship|French battleship|Dunkerque||2}}, at Mers-el-Kébir, with the loss of eight crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?257617 |title=Terre Neuve Patrol Boat (Ex-trawler) 1920-1940 |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=20 July 2017}}

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

|flag={{flag|Estonia}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south west of Land's End, Cornwall, United Kingdom ({{coord|49|30|N|9|15|W}}) by {{GS|U-34|1936|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of one of her 34 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMCS|Restigouche|H00|6}} ({{naval|Canada|1911}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12901 |title=SS Vapper (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=15 November 2011}}

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|ship={{Ship|German submarine chaser|UJ-D Treff VIII||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The submarine chaser struck a mine laid by {{HMS|Narwhal|N45|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) on 4 July and sank in the Norwegian Sea off the coast of Norway ({{coord|63|15|N|7|39|E}}). Of a crew of 35, thirteen were killed or reported missing.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?16471 |title=UJ-D (Treff VIII) (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=15 November 2011}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/40-07.htm |title=Seekrieg 1940, Juli |access-date=11 March 2015 |last1=Rohwer |first1=Jürgen |first2=Gerhard |last2=Hümmelchen |work=Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart |language=de }}{{Cite web|url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3414.html |title=HMS Narwhal |access-date=3 January 2019 }}

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7 July

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

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|80|nmi|km}} west of Cape Clear Island, County Cork, Ireland ({{coord|50|06|N|10|23|W}}). All twenty crew were rescued by a Royal Navy destroyer.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?75660 |title=SS Bissen (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=3 November 2011}}{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/411.html |title=Bissen |publisher=Uboat |access-date=21 February 2012}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the South Atlantic ({{coord|6|13|S|25|06|W}}) by {{ship|German auxiliary cruiser|Thor||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?137047 |title=SS Delambre (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=8 November 2011}} Some of the survivors were taken as prisoners of war.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=494 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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

|flag={{Flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south west of Land's End, Cornwall, United Kingdom ({{coord|49|50|N|8|07|W}}) by {{GS|U-34|1936|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of two of her 30 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Alferrarede|1905|2}} ({{flag|Portugal}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12900 |title=SS Lucrecia (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=10 November 2011}}

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|ship={{SS|Sea Glory|1919|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The coaster was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|20|nmi|km}} south of the Fastnet Rock by {{GS|U-99|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 29 crew.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/412.html |title=Sea Glory |publisher=Uboat |access-date=21 February 2012}} She was on a voyage from Fowey, Cornwall to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.{{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}}

}}

8 July

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|ship={{HMT|Cayton Wyke}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel south east of Dover, Kent by {{ship|German torpedo boat|S-36||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all eighteen crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?73449 |title=HMT Cayton Wyke (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=23 October 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://www.tracesofwar.com/articles/2442/Fate-of-the-crew-of-HMS-Cayton-Wyke.htm |title=Cayton Wyke |publisher=www.tracesofwar.com |access-date=23 October 2019}}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|Escort|H66|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The E-class destroyer was torpedoed and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea east of Gibraltar by {{ship|Italian submarine|Guglielmo Marconi|1939|2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}) with the loss of two of her 145 crew. An attempt was made to tow her to Gibraltar, but she foundered on 11 July.

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|ship={{SS|Humber Arm|1925|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 53: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Celtic Sea {{convert|60|nmi|km}} south of the Fastnet Rock ({{coord|50|36|N|9|24|W}} by {{GS|U-99|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). All 43 crew were rescued by {{HMS|Scimitar|H21|2}} and {{HMS|Vanquisher|D54|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/415.html |title=Humber Arm |publisher=Uboat |access-date=21 February 2012}}

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|ship=James 9

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

|desc=World War II: The special services ship was sunk as a blockship.

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|ship={{ship|French sloop|Suippe||2}}

|flag={{navy|France}}

|desc=World War II: The sloop was bombed and damaged at Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom by Luftwaffe aircraft and was beached to prevent her sinking.

}}

9 July

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|48|39|N|13|33|W}}) by {{GS|U-43|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). All 35 crew were rescued by {{HMS|Harvester|H19|6}} and {{HMS|Havelock|H88|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/416.html |title=Aylesbury |publisher=Uboat |access-date=13 February 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Bruges||2}}

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the South Atlantic ({{coord|4|S|28|W}}) by {{ship|German auxiliary cruiser|Thor||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her crew were taken as prisoners of war.

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

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

|desc=The cargo ship was bombed and damaged in the English Channel south west of the Isle of Wight by Luftwaffe aircraft. 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=387 }}

}}

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

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Acacia|sloop|0}} sloop was bombed and severely damaged in the English Channel off the Isle of Wight by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was consequently withdrawn from front-line service and converted to an accommodation ship.

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|ship={{HMS|Salmon|N65|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The S-class submarine struck a mine and sank off Egersund, Norway ({{coord|57|22|N|5|00|E}}) with the loss of all 39 crew.

}}

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|ship={{SS|Tālvaldis|1912|2}}

|flag={{Flag|Latvia}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy CW 2: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the English Channel south of Start Point, Devon, United Kingdom by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of a crew member.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?77805 |title=SS Talvaldis (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=14 November 2011}}

}}

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

|flag={{Flag|Estonia}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of Cornwall, United Kingdom ({{coord|50|20|N|12|00|W}}) by {{GS|U-34|1936|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her crew were rescued by a British fishing trawler.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12899 |title=SS Tiiu (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=14 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/414.html |title=Tiiu |publisher=Uboat |access-date=7 February 2012}}

}}

10 July

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy OA 180: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sank in the North Sea {{convert|10|nmi|km}} off Cape Wrath, Sutherland, United Kingdom ({{coord|58|46|N|4|46|W}}) by {{GS|U-61|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). All eight crew were rescued by {{SS|Harmonic|1930|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11170 |title=SS Alwaki (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=2 November 2011}}

}}

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|ship= {{SS|Bill S.|1937|2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy CW 3: The coaster was bombed and sunk in the English Channel off Dungeness, Kent by Luftwaffe aircraft. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship= {{SS|British Chancellor|1921|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker as damaged by Luftwaffe aircraft at Falmouth, Cornwall.{{cite book|last1=Pollard|first1=Chris|title=The Book of St Mawes|date=2007|publisher=Halsgrove|location=Wellington, Somerset|isbn=978-1-84114-631-7}}

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

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk by {{ship|Italian submarine|Scirè|1938|2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}) {{convert|54|nmi|km}} off "Semaphore d'Asmare".

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|ship= {{HMS|Corfu}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The armed merchant cruiser collided with {{HMS|Hermes|95|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) in the Atlantic Ocean and was damaged and abandoned. She was later re-boarded and subsequently taken in tow by {{HMS|Milford|L51|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) and the tug {{ship|ST|Donau||2}} ({{flag|Netherlands}}) and reached Freetown, Sierra Leone on 13 July. She was beached on 19 August for repairs to her bow and re-entered service in early 1941.

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was shelled, torpedoed and sank in the Caribbean Sea {{convert|450|nmi|km}} north of Guadeloupe ({{coord|18|09|N|54|40|W}}) by {{ship|German auxiliary cruiser|Widder||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her crew were taken as prisoners of war.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?58925 |title=SS Davisian (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=24 October 2011}}

}}

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|ship= {{SS|Hellenic Skipper|1895|2}}

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

|desc=The passenger shipcaught fire. She sank on 13 July off Astoria, Washington, United States.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?132406 |title=SS Hellenic Skipper (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=9 November 2011}}

}}

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|ship= {{ship|Italian destroyer|Leone Pancaldo||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|Navigatori|destroyer}} was torpedoed and sank off Augusta, Sicily, by Fairey Swordfish aircraft of 813 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm, based on {{HMS|Eagle|1918|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). She was later salvaged, repaired and returned to service.

}}

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|ship= {{SS|Mari Chandris||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed by Luftwaffe aircraft at Falmouth. Her cargo of raw cotton caught alight and she was later towed to a small bay near St Mawes and sunk by gunfire. Her 37 crew survived. She was later re-floated and beached at Place, where some of her cargo was salvaged, and she was cut up for scrap.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |place=London |year=1999 |page=526 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Finland}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo liner was torpedoed and sank in the Celtic Sea south of County Cork, Ireland ({{coord|51|08|N|9|22|W}}) by {{GS|U-34|1936|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of four of her 38 crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12898 |title=SS Petsamo (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=12 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/418.html |title=Petsamo |publisher=Uboat |access-date=7 February 2012}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship (6,499 GRT, ) was bombed by Luftwaffe aircraft and sank at Falmouth, Cornwall. She was refloated on 29 August and beached at St Just, but declared a constructive total loss. Her superstructure was cut, and she wastowed to Freeman's yard, Penryn in November.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?151126 |title=SS Tascalusa (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=14 November 2011}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sank in the North Sea off Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk, United Kingdom by Luftwaffe aircraft.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11032 |title=SS Waterloo (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=15 November 2011}}

}}

11 July

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

|flag={{flag|Panama}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Haifa, Palestine ({{coord|33|12|N|33|38|E}}) by {{ship|Italian submarine|Capitano Tarantini||2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}). Her crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Iranian Ship Sunk By Italian Submarine |date=15 July 1940 |page=3 |issue=48668 |column=D }}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?158332 |title=SS Beme (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=24 October 2011}} Beme was on a voyage from Haifa to Istanbul, Turkey.{{cite book |first=Roger |last=Jordan |year= 1999 |title=The World's Merchant Ships 1939 |place=London |publisher=Chatham House |isbn=1 86176 023 X |page=375 }}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Indian Ocean ({{coord|0|14|N|86|34|E}}) by {{ship|German auxiliary cruiser|Atlantis||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of two of her 83 crew. Survivors were taken as prisoners of war.

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|ship={{HMS|Escort|H66|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The E-class destroyer foundered after being torpedoed and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea east of Gibraltar by {{ship|Italian submarine|Guglielmo Marconi|1939|2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}) on 8 July 1940 with the loss of two of her 145 crew.

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 54: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south west of Ireland ({{coord|50|34|N|12|10|W}}) by {{GS|U-34|1936|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). All 25 crew were rescued.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12897 |title=SS Janna (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=9 November 2011}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The coaster was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel south of Bognor Regis, Sussex ({{coord|50|23|38|N|2|19|11|W}}) by {{ship|German torpedo boat|S-26||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of six of her nine crew. Survivors were rescued by S-26 and taken as prisoners of war.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?79642 |title=Mallard ? (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=10 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?78496 |title=MV Mallard (The Letter Wreck) (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=10 November 2011}}

}}

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|ship=Providentia

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=World War II: The fishing vessel was bombed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|49|55|N|9|12|W}}) by Luftwaffe aircraft.

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|ship=Sance

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

|desc=The seiner sank five minutes after she was nearly cut in half in a collision in heavy fog with the cannery tender Spencer ({{flag|United States|1912}}) in Wrangell Narrows in the Alexander Archipelago, Alaska Territory. Spencer rescued her crew.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-s/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (S)]

}}

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

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The anti-submarine yacht was bombed and sunk in the English Channel off the Portland, Dorset by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of a crew member.

}}

12 July

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the North Sea off the Aldeburgh Lightship (22px Trinity House ) ({{coord|52|11|15|N|1|52|30|E}}) by Luftwaffe aircraft. Her crew were rescued by {{HMS|Widgeon|L62|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?7094 |title=SS Hornchurch (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=9 November 2011}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean southwest of Ireland ({{coord|51|N|14|W}}) by {{GS|U-99|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of three of her 30 crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?58929 |title=SS Ia (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=9 November 2011}}{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/421.html |title=Ia |publisher=Uboat |access-date=21 February 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|German motor torpedo boat|S-23||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type 1937 schnellboot was sunk by a mine.{{cite web |url=http://german-navy.de/kriegsmarine/ships/fastattack/schnellboot1937/ships.html |title=Schnellboot 1937 Ships |website=german-navy.de |access-date=1 July 2014}}

}}

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|ship=Volante

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

|desc=World War II: The fishing trawler was bombed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Hvalba, Faroe Islands by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of a crew member.

}}

13 July

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|ship={{SS|Emerald Wings|1920|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Admiralty-requisitioned cargo ship was scuttled as a blockship in Skerry Sound, Scapa Flow.{{cite web |url=http://www.scapaflowwrecks.com/wrecks/blockships/ |title=Emerald Wings: Block Ship |publisher=Scapa Flow Wrecks |access-date=5 July 2014}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The ocean liner was shelled and sunk in the Indian Ocean ({{coord|4|12|S|81|47|E}}) by {{ship|German auxiliary cruiser|Atlantis||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Fifty-seven crew and 23 passengers were taken as prisoners of war. Thirty of them were lost when {{MV|Tirrana|1937|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) was sunk on 21 September.

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|ship={{MV|King John|1927|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was intercepted in the South Atlantic ({{coord|20|40|N|59|26|W}}) by {{ship|German auxiliary cruiser|Widder||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) and scuttled.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Enemy Raider In Atlantic |date=20 July 1940 |page=4 |issue=48673 |column=E }}{{cite web |url= http://www.bismarck-class.dk/bismarck_class/hilfskreuzer/widder.html |title=Hilfskreuzer (Auxiliary Cruiser) Widder |publisher=John Asmussen |access-date=21 October 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?135750 |title=MV King John (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=24 October 2011}} Her 33 crew survived; five of them were taken as prisoners of war.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=501 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

14 July

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Caribbean Sea off Trinidad ({{coord|20|20|S|30|43|W}}) by {{ship|German auxiliary cruiser|Thor||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her crew were taken as prisoners of war.

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|ship={{SS|Island Queen|1934|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy CW 5: The coaster was bombed and damaged in the English Channel off the Folkestone Gateway Lightship (22px Trinity House ). Island Queen was taken in tow by {{HMT|Kingston Alalite}} ({{naval|UK}}) but sank with the loss of three crew.

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|ship=Providentia

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=World War II: The fishing trawler was bombed and sunk in St George's Channel ({{coord|49|55|N|9|12|W}}) with the loss of all hands.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?81174 |title=MFV Providentia (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=13 November 2011}}

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|ship=Raven

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

|desc=The {{GRT|12}}, {{convert|39.6|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel was destroyed by fire while moored at a cannery dock at Hoonah, Territory of Alaska. The only person aboard survived.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-r/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (R)]

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Verde, Portugal ({{coord|15|22|N|26|28|W}}) by {{GS|UA|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Dunstan|1925|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?137121 |title=SS Sarita (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=14 November 2011}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Thetis A.|1910|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west south west of the Isles of Scilly ({{coord|47|40|N|13|20|W}}) by {{GS|U-52|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of nine of her 29 crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?13009 |title=SS Thetis A. (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=14 November 2011}} }}

15 July

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

|flag={{flag|Portugal}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster was bombed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south west of Cornwall, United Kingdom ({{coord|48|51|N|6|43|W}}) by Luftwaffe aircraft. Her crew were rescued by {{HMS|Bedouin|F67|6}}, {{HMS|Mashona|F59|6}} and {{HMS|Tartar|F43|6}} (all {{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?84862 |title=SS Alpha (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=2 November 2011}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine in the Bristol Channel ({{coord|51|20|N|3|47|W}}) and sank with the loss of seventeen of her crew.

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|ship={{SS|City of Limerick|1911|2}}

|flag={{flag|Ireland}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo liner was bombed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|100|nmi|km}} due west of Ouessant, Finistère, France ({{coord|48|39|N|7|12|W}}) by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of two of her crew. Survivors were rescued by the fishing trawler Roger Jeannine ({{flag|Belgium}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Dublin Ship Bombed And Sunk |date=18 July 1940 |page=4 |issue=48671 |column=F }}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?84769 |title=SS City of Limerick (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=24 October 2011}}

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|ship={{Ship|ST|Draugen|1901|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The tug struck a mine and sank in the Norwegian Sea off Salhus with the loss of six of her ten crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/homefleet/shipsd.html |title=Norwegian Homefleet - WW II, Ships starting with D |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=9 February 2012}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|40|nmi|km}} south west of the Bull Rock, Ireland by {{GS|U-34|1936|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of one of her 23 crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4007-20JUL02.htm |title=Naval Events, July 1940, Part 2 of 2, Monday 15th - Wednesday 31st |publisher=Naval History |access-date=23 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.belgischekoopvaardij.net/belgian%20merchant%20A-G%2023.5.04.pdf |title=Belgian Merchant A-G |publisher=Belgische Koopvaardij |access-date=1 October 2010 }}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/424.html |title=Evdoxia |publisher=Uboat |access-date=7 February 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Frossoula||2}}

|flag={{flag|Panama}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk by bombing in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|240|nmi|km}} north west of Cape Finisterre, Spain, by Luftwaffe aircraft.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Panamanian Ship Sunk By Germans |date=23 July 1940 |page=3 |issue=48675 |column=C }} Only three of her 36 crew survived.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?141869 |title=SS Frossoula (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=24 October 2011}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy FN 223: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged in the North Sea {{convert|10|nmi|km}} south of the Aldeburgh Lightship (22px Trinity House ) with the loss of four of her crew. She was taken in tow but later sank. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Valorous|L00|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?74478 |title=SS Heworth (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=9 November 2011}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Merisaar1900||2}}

|flag={{Flag|Estonia}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship had been captured on 12 July by {{GS|U-99|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) and was ordered to sail to a French port. She was accidentally bombed and sunk off Queenstown, County Cork, Ireland ({{coord|51|N|14|W}}) by Luftwaffe aircraft. Her crew survived.{{cite book |title=The world's merchant fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=453 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Bay of Biscay ({{coord|48|05|N|10|25|W}}) by {{GS|U-34|1936|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of one of her 28 crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12895 |title=SS Naftilos (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=11 November 2011}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy FN 223: The cargo ship ran aground on Inchkeith, Fife.{{cite web |url=http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/fn/index.html?fn.php?convoy=0221!~fnmain |title=Convoy FN.221 = Convoy FN.21 / Phase 3 |publisher=Convoyweb |access-date=8 October 2010}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy FN 223: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the North Sea {{convert|10|nmi|km}} south of the Aldeburgh Lightship (22px Trinity House ). She was taken in tow by {{ship|ST|St Olaves||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) but sank. Her crew were rescued by {{ship|ST|Muria||2}} and the fishing trawler Vidonia (both {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?74359 |title=SS Zbaraz (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=15 November 2011}}

}}

16 July

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The transport ship struck a mine and sank in the Baltic Sea off Dragør, Denmark.

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|ship={{HMS|Imogen|D44|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The {{sclass2|I|destroyer}} was rammed and sunk in the North Sea off Duncansby Head, Caithness ({{coord|58|34|N|2|54|W}}) by {{HMS|Glasgow|C21|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) with the loss of nineteen of her 154 crew.

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|ship={{SS|Pei Fu|1902|2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at Tsunoshima, Honshū, Japan and was wrecked.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?150318 |title=SS Pei Fu (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=12 November 2011}}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|Phoenix|N96|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Parthian|submarine}} was torpedoed and sunk off Augusta, Sicily, Italy by {{ship|Italian submarine chaser|Albatros||2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}) with the loss of all 53 crew.

}}

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|ship={{MV|Scottish Minstrel|1922|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 55: The tanker was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean north west of County Donegal, Ireland ({{coord|56|10|N|10|20|W}}) by {{GS|U-61|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of nine of her 41 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Fiscus|1928|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}). Scottish Minstrel was on a voyage from New York, United States to London. She sank the next day.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11171 |title=MV Scottish Minstrel (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=14 November 2011}}{{cite book |first=Roger |last=Jordan |year= 1999 |title=The World's Merchant Ships 1939 |place=London |publisher=Chatham House |isbn=1 86176 023 X |page=190 }}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the South Atlantic ({{coord|23|08|S|34|49|W}}) by {{ship|German auxiliary cruiser|Thor||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of four of her 41 crew. Survivors were rescued by Thor and made prisoners of war.

}}

17 July

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|ship={{SS|Clan Macfarlane|1922|2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship collided with {{SS|Ganges|1930|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) and sank in the Indian Ocean off Socotra, Aden with the loss of 41 of her crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?58048 |title=SS Clan Macfarlane (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=4 November 2011}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy OA 184: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|135|nmi|km}} north west of Bloody Foreland, County Donegal, Ireland ({{coord|56|09|N|12|30|W}}) by {{GS|U-43|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of twelve of her 33 crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12926 |title=SS Fellside (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=8 November 2011}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Leola|1884|2}}

|flag={{flag|Estonia}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|60|nmi|km}} west of the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom ({{coord|49|00|N|7|30|W}}) by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of two of her crew. Survivors were rescued by the fishing trawler Roger Jeannine ({{flag|Belgium}}).

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 55A: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off Cape Wrath, Sutherland ({{coord|58|41|N|5|14|W}}) by {{GS|U-57|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of fourteen of her 79 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMCS|Skeena|D59|6}} ({{naval|Canada|1911}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11207 |title=SS Manipur (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=10 November 2011}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|O. A. Brodin|1921|2}}

|flag={{Flag|Sweden}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of the Orkney Islands ({{coord|59|22|N|3|40|W}}) by {{GS|U-57|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of three of her 24 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMT|Sicyon}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11206 |title=SS O. A. Brodin (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=11 November 2011}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|HMDYC|Steady}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Trinculo|mooring vessel}} struck a mine and sank in the English Channel off Newhaven, Sussex. There were thirteen survivors. The wreck was sold for scrapping. It was raised and removed in October 1942.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?80298 |title=Steady dy (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=14 November 2011}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Finland}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea {{convert|30|nmi|km}} off Malta by Regia Aeronautica aircraft. Her 26 crew were rescued.

}}

18 July

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|55|50|N|9|00|W}}) by {{GS|U-58|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of eleven of her twenty crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Ville d'Arlon|1920|2}} ({{flag|Belgium}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/gyda.html |title= D/S Gyda |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=13 January 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Sigurd Hund|1925|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=The coaster ran aground on Jæren. Cargo was offloaded and she was refloated the next day. She was taken in tow, but capsized and sank.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/homefleet/shipss1.html |title=Norwegian Homefleet - WW II, Ships starting with Sa through SN |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=10 February 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{Ship|German submarine chaser|UJ-126 Steiermark||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The submarine chaser was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea north of Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands ({{coord|53|29|N|5|03|E}}) by {{HMS|H31}} ({{naval|UK}}). Nine of her 46 crew were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?17702 |title=UJ-126 (Steiermark) (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=14 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=https://www.forum-marinearchiv.de/smf/index.php?topic=28107.0 |title=UJ-126 |publisher=www.forum-marinearchiv.de |access-date=17 October 2019}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|50|46|N|13|56|W}}) by {{GS|U-99|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 35 crew survived.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?115673 |title=SS Woodbury (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=15 November 2011}}

}}

19 July

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|ship={{ship|Italian cruiser|Bartolomeo Colleoni||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Battle of Cape Spada: The {{sclass2|Condottieri|cruiser}} was shelled and immobilized in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Spada, Crete, Greece by {{HMAS|Sydney|1934|6}} ({{naval|Australia|1913}}). She was then torpedoed and sunk by {{HMS|Hyperion|H97|6}} and {{HMS|Ilex|D61|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}) with the loss of 121 crew. Five hundred and fifty-five crew were rescued by HMS Hyperion and HMS Ilex and made prisoners of war.

}}

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|ship={{HMT|Crestflower|FY367|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler was bombed and sunk in the English Channel south of the Isle of Wight ({{coord|50|29|06|N|1|17|08|W}}) by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of two of her crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?1257 |title=HMT Crestflower (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=4 November 2011}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Pearlmoor||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy SL 38: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of County Donegal, Ireland ({{coord|55|23|N|9|18|W}}) by {{GS|U-62|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of thirteen of her 39 crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?63091 |title=SS Pearlmoor (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=12 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/432.html |title=Pearlmoor |publisher=Uboat |access-date=15 February 2012}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the South Atlantic ({{coord|14|S|33|W}}) by {{ship|German auxiliary cruiser|Thor||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 33 crew were rescued and made prisoners of war.

}}

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|ship={{Ship|RFA|War Sepoy|X83|6}}

|flag={{naval|United Kingdom|RFA}}

|desc=World War II: The fleet oiler was bombed and severely damaged at Dover, Kent by Luftwaffe aircraft. She broke in two, and was subsequently used as a blockship.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12170 |title=HMAV War Sepoy (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=15 November 2011}}

}}

20 July

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|ship={{ship|Italian destroyer|Nembo|1927|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Turbine|destroyer}} was torpedoed and sunk in the Gulf of Bomba, off Tobruk, Libya by Fairey Swordfish aircraft of 813 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm, based on {{HMS|Eagle|1918|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).

}}

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|ship={{ship|Italian destroyer|Ostro|1928|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Turbine|destroyer}} was torpedoed and sunk in the Gulf of Bomba, off Tobruk by Fairey Swordfish aircraft of 813 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm, based on {{HMS|Eagle|1918|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was shelled and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean south west of Iceland ({{coord|50|14|N|17|53|W}}) by {{GS|U-95|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). 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=77 }}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Gulf of Bomba, off Tobruk by Fairey Swordfish aircraft of 813 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm, based on {{HMS|Eagle|1918|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).

}}

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|ship={{SS|Pulborough|1933|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy CW 7: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the English Channel off Dover, Kent by Luftwaffe aircraft. Seventeen survivors were rescued by the fishing trawler Lady Pulborough {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?10121 |title=SS Pulborough (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=13 November 2011}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in Belfast Lough ({{coord|54|40|N|5|40|W}}) with the loss of eleven of her 32 crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11780 |title=SS Troutpool (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=14 November 2011}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=514 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

21 July

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|ship={{HMS|Brazen|H80|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy CW 7: After being bombed and damaged in the English Channel off Dover, Kent, England, by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of one of her 138 crew the previous day, the {{sclass2|B|destroyer}} broke in two and sank at {{coord|51|01|05|N|1|17|15|E}} while under tow by {{ship|ST|Lady Brassey||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|42|30|N|12|36|W}} by {{GS|U-30|1936|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). All sixteen crew were rescued by the fishing trawler Felix Montenegro ({{flag|Spain|1938}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/433.html |title=Ellaroy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=5 February 2012}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the English Channel {{convert|10|nmi|km}} south west of St Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight by Dornier Do 17 and Messerschmitt Bf 110 aircraft of the Luftwaffe with the loss of ten crew of her 28 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Scimitar|H21|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?1279 |title=SS Terlings (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=14 November 2011}}

}}

22 July

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|ship={{HMT|Campina}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler struck a mine in the Irish Sea off Holyhead, Anglesey, and sank with the loss of all eleven crew.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Admiralty Trawler Sunk By Mine |date=24 July 1940 |page=6 |issue=48676 |column=E }}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?67035 |title=HMT Campina (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=24 October 2011}}

}}

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|ship=Silver Wave

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

|desc=The {{GRT|20}}, {{convert|41.4|ft|m|adj=on}} fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at the cannery dock at Wrangell, Territory of Alaska. Her six crew survived.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-s/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (S)]

}}

23 July

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|ship={{HMS|Narwhal|N45|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Grampus|submarine}} was bombed and sunk in the Norwegian Sea ({{coord|63|16|N|7|13|E}}) by a Dornier Do 17 aircraft of Küstenfliegergruppe 606, Luftwaffe with the loss of all 59 crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?16252 |title=HMS Narwhal (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=11 November 2011}}

}}

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|ship={{MV|The Lady Mostyn|1938|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The coaster struck a mine and sank in Liverpool Bay off the Formby Lightship (22px Trinity House ) with the loss of all hands.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?67595 |title=MV The Lady Mostyn (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=14 November 2011}}

}}

24 July

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

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

|desc=World War II: The passenger ship struck a mine and sank in the Mediterranean Sea east of Tolmeita, Libya ({{coord|32|39|N|21|03|E}}).{{cite web |url= http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/verluste/italien-1940-verluste.htm |title=Kriegsverluste Italienischer Handelsschiffe 1940-1943: Verluste Italienischer Handelsschiffe 1940 |last1=Rohwer |first1=Jürgen |first2=Gerhard |last2=Hümmelchen |work=Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart |access-date=8 May 2011 |language=de}}

}}

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|ship={{HMT|Fleming|H3|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler was bombed and sunk in the Thames Estuary east of Essex by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of nineteen of her 22 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMT|Corena}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Trawler Lost In Air Attack |date=27 July 1940 |page=4 |issue=48679 |column=E }}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?74227 |title=HMT Fleming (H-3) (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=24 October 2011}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Norwegian Sea north of Svåholmen ({{coord|58|21|N|6|01|E}}). There were no casualties.{{cite web |url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4005-14MAY02.htm|title= Naval Events, May 1940, Part 2 of 4; Wednesday 8th – Tuesday 14th |publisher=Naval History |access-date=24 October 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/homefleet/shipsk.html |title=Norwegian Homefleet - WW II, Ships starting with K |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=9 February 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{HMT|Kingston Galena}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler was bombed and sunk in the English Channel off Dover, Kent with the loss of eighteen of her crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?93401 |title=HMT Kingston Galena (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=9 November 2011}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Meknés|1913|2}}

|flag={{navy|France}}

|desc=World War II: The troopship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel ({{coord|50|04|10|N|2|14|30|W}}) by {{ship|German torpedo boat|S-27||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 416 of the 1,381 people on board. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Sabre|1918|6}}, {{HMS|Shikari|1919|6}}, {{HMS|Viscount|1917|6}} and {{HMS|Wolverine|D78|6}} (all {{naval|UK}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Germans Sink A French Ship |date=26 July 1940 |page=4 |issue=48678 |column=E }}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?78230 |title=SS Meknes (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=24 October 2011}}{{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={{HMT|Rodino}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The naval trawler sank in the English Channel off Dover with the loss of three of her crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?73393 |title=HMT Rodino (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=13 November 2011}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Trio|1884|2}}

|flag={{Flag|Finland}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Wadden Sea off Borkum, Lower Saxony, Germany. Her crew were rescued.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?4523 |title=SS Trio (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=14 November 2011}}

}}

25 July

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|ship={{SS|Corhaven|1933|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy CW 8: The coaster was bombed and sunk in the English Channel off Dover, Kent by Junkers Ju 87 aircraft of I Gruppe, Sturzkampfgeschwader 1 and IV Gruppe, Lehrgeschwader 1, Luftwaffe. Her crew were rescued.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?73329 |title=SS Corhaven (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=4 November 2011}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Henry Moon||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy CW 8: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the English Channel off Folkestone, Kent by Junkers Ju 87 aircraft of I Gruppe, Sturzkampfgeschwader 1 and IV Gruppe, Lehrgeschwader 1, Luftwaffe with the loss of one of her crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?110 |title=SS Henry Moon (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=9 November 2011}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy CW 8: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the English Channel off Dover by Junkers Ju 87 aircraft of I Gruppe, Sturzkampfgeschwader 1 and IV Gruppe, Lehrgeschwader 1, Luftwaffe with the loss of six of her crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?73318 |title=SS Leo (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=10 November 2011}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy CW 8: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the English Channel off Dover by Junkers Ju 87 aircraft of I Gruppe, Sturzkampfgeschwader 1 and IV Gruppe, Lehrgeschwader 1, Luftwaffe with the loss of two of her crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12125 |title=SS Polgrange (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=12 November 2011}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy CW 8: The collier was bombed and sunk in the English Channel off New Romney, Kent by Junkers Ju 87 aircraft of I Gruppe, Sturzkampfgeschwader 1 and IV Gruppe, Lehrgeschwader 1, Luftwaffe. Her crew were rescued.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?123 |title=SS Portslade (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=13 November 2011}}

}}

26 July

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy OB 188: The ocean liner was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|320|nmi|km}} west of Bloody Foreland, County Donegal, Ireland ({{coord|55|40|N|16|28|W}}) by {{GS|U-34|1936|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 24 of the 489 people on board. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Clarkia|K88|6}}, {{HMS|Enchantress|L66|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}), {{SS|Hollinside|1930|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) and {{SS|Loke|1915|2}} ({{flag|Norway}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Liner Sunk In Convoy |date=8 August 1940 |page=4 |issue=48689 |column=F }}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12894 |title=MV Accra II (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=24 October 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/435.html |title=Accra |publisher=Uboat |access-date=7 February 2012}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom ({{coord|54|54|N|1|19|W}}) with the loss of nine of her twenty crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?65471 |title=MV Balzac (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=3 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/balzac.html |title= M/S Balzac |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=8 January 2012}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy CW 8: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel off Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex by {{ship|German torpedo boat|S-20||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of four of her crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?79704 |title=SS Broadhurst (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=3 November 2011}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea east of Frinton-on-Sea, Essex.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?9530 |title=SS Haytor (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=9 November 2011}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|London Trader|1934|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy CW 8: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel south of Worthing, Sussex by {{ship|German torpedo boat|S-19||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?79717 |title=SS London Trader (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=10 November 2011}}

}}

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

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Raubtier-class torpedo boat was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off Utsira, Norway ({{coord|58|30|N|4|30|E}}) by {{HMS|Thames|N71|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). Thirty-four of her crew were killed.{{cite book |title=Die deutschen Kriegsschiffe 1815-1945, Band 1 |first=Erich |last=Gröner |publisher=J.F. Lehmanns Verlag |year=1966}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel, {{convert|10|nmi|km}} south of Shoreham-by-Sea by {{ship|German torpedo boat|S-27||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}).

}}

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|ship={{Ship|German minesweeper|M-61||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type 1916 minesweeper struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Hook of Holland, South Holland, Netherlands.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?917 |title=M-61 (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=10 November 2011}}

}}

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|ship={{Ship|German minesweeper|M-89||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type 1916 minesweeper struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Hook of Holland.

}}

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|ship={{Ship|German minesweeper|M-136||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type 1916 minesweeper struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Hook of Holland.

}}

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Wadden Sea off Spiekeroog.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?940 |title=MV Montan (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=11 November 2011}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of the Outer Hebrides ({{coord|55|43|N|16|25|W}}) by {{GS|U-34|1936|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). All 32 crew were rescued by {{HMS|Clarkia|K88|6}}, {{HMS|Enchantress|L66|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}), {{SS|Hollinside|1930|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) and {{SS|Loke|1915|2}} ({{flag|Norway}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12893 |title=MV Vinemoor (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=15 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/434.html |title=Vinemoor |publisher=Uboat |access-date=7 February 2012}}

}}

27 July

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|ship=Charles-Madeleine

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=World War II: The fishing vessel struck a mine and sank.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?37191 |title=MFV Charles-Madeleine (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=4 November 2011}}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|Codrington|D65|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The A-class destroyer was bombed and severely damaged at Dover, Kent by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was beached with a broken back and declared a total loss.

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The dredger struck a mine and sank in the Bristol Channel off Cardiff, Glamorgan ({{coord|51|23|18|N|3|08|48|W}}) with the loss of eight of her crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?72229 |title=SS Durdham (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=8 November 2011}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 57: The whale factory ship struck an acoustic mine in the Firth of Forth and sank north east of Inchkeith, Fife ({{Coord|56|04|06|N|3|04|48|W}}) with the loss of ten of her 57 crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?62624 |title=SS Salvestria (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=14 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/convoys/hx57.html |title=Convoy HX 57 |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=17 May 2012}}{{cite book |title=The world's merchant fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=509 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy OB 188: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|400|nmi|km}} west north west of Ireland ({{coord|56|37|N|17|53|W}}) by {{GS|U-34|1936|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 48 crew were rescued by {{HMS|Winchelsea|D46|6}} ({{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=162 }}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy OB 188: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of the Outer Hebrides ({{coord|56|37|N|17|56|W}}) by {{GS|U-34|1936|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 25 of the 61 people on board. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Winchelsea|D46|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12891 |title=MV Thiara (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=14 November 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Wren|1919|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The W-class destroyer was bombed and sunk in the North Sea off Aldeburgh, Suffolk ({{coord|52|10|N|2|06|E}}) by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of 37 of her crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Halcyon|J42|6}} and {{HMS|Montrose|D01|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}).

}}

28 July

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|ship={{SS|Argo|Falck, 1898|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster struck a mine and sank off Egersund.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?16718 |title=SS Argo (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=2 November 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Auckland Star|1939|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of Cape Clear Island, County Donegal, Ireland ({{coord|52|17|N|12|32|W}}) by {{GS|U-99|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 74 crew survived.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?13705 |title=MV Auckland Star (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=2 November 2011}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was intercepted by {{HMS|Neptune|20|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) and {{HMAS|Sydney|D48|6}} ({{naval|Australia|1913}}) in the Aegean Sea off Kea Island, while taking military supplies to Italy, and was scuttled.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?155409 |title=SS Ermioni (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=24 October 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Maski

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The yacht was scuttled in the North Sea by {{HMS|Swordfish|61S|6}} ({{naval|UK}}), which rescued her four crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the North Sea ({{coord|58|44|N|4|21|W}}) by Luftwaffe aircraft.{{cite web |url= http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/WWIStandardShipsL-W.htm#L-M-N |title=WWI Standard Built Ships L - W |publisher=Mariners |access-date=8 May 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMT|Staunton}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler struck a mine and sank in the Thames Estuary east of Bradwell-on-Sea, Essex with the loss of all thirteen crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?74158 |title=HMT Staunton (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=14 November 2011}}

}}

29 July

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|ship={{SS|Clan Menzies|1938|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of Ireland ({{coord|54|10|N|12|00|W}}) by {{GS|U-99|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of six of her 94 crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?31428 |title=SS Clan Menzies (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=4 November 2011}}{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/439.html |title=Clan Menzies |publisher=Uboat |access-date=21 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Clan Monroe|1918|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine off Harwich, Essex ({{coord|51|52|N|1|48|E}}) and was damaged. She was towed to Hollesley Bay, Suffolk and beached. Thirteen of her 79 crew were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?31585 |title=SS Clan Monroe (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=4 November 2011}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=493 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Grønland|1922|2}}

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in Dover Harbour, Kent, United Kingdom with the loss of nineteen of her crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?73394 |title=SS Gronland (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=8 November 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|HMY|Gulzar}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The naval yacht was bombed and sunk at Dover, Kent by Luftwaffe aircraft. Her crew were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Leach's Romance

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

|desc=World War II: The fishing vessel struck a mine and sank in the English Channel {{convert|10.5|nmi|km}} south of Kemp Town, Sussex with the loss of all four crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?79766 |title=FV Leachs Romance (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=10 November 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Felixtowe, Suffolk ({{coord|51|59|N|1|49|E}}) with the loss of eleven of her crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?58989 |title=SS Moidart (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=11 November 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the River Mersey off Southport, Lancashire with the loss of two of her crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?67580 |title=SS Ousebridge (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=11 November 2011}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled as a blockship at Dover.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?118524 |title=SS Umvoti (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=15 November 2011}} She was refloated in 1943 and scrapped.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=517 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

30 July

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|ship={{HMS|Delight|H38|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The D-class destroyer sank in Portland Harbour after being bombed and damaged off Portland, Dorset, in a Luftwaffe'air raid with fourteen killed, four missing, and 56 of her 145 crew wounded.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Lady Slater}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The auxiliary patrol/examination ship caught fire and sank in the Caribbean Sea off Plumb Point Lighthouse, Jamaica.{{cite web |url= http://www.shipstamps.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=7510 |title=Lady Slater and Kirk Pride |publisher=Shipstamps.co.uk |access-date=21 July 2016}}

}}

31 July

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|ship={{SS|Domingo de Larrinaga|1929|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the South Atlantic ({{coord|5|27|S|18|21|W}}) by {{ship|German auxiliary cruiser|Pinguin||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of eight of her 38 crew. Survivors were taken as prisoners of war.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?58957 |title=SS Domingo de Larrinaga (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=8 November 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Jamaica Progress|1932|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south west of Barra, Outer Hebrides ({{coord|56|26|N|8|30|W}}) by {{GS|U-99|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of seven of her 47 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Gloucester City||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?62371 |title=SS Jamaica Progress (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=9 November 2011}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy OB 191: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north west of County Donegal, Ireland ({{coord|55|47|N|9|18|W}}) by {{GS|U-99|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of two of her 45 crew. Survivors were rescued by the fishing trawler Newland ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?63103 |title=SS Jersey City (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=9 November 2011}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=500 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea south of Crete by an Italian submarine. At least eleven of her eighteen crew survived.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Greek Ship Sunk By Italian Submarine |date=7 August 1940 |page=3 |issue=48688 |column=E }}{{cite web |url= http://ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/UK/UK-Med-I/UK-Med-I-8.html |title=History of the Second World War: The Mediterranean and the Middle East: I: The Early Successes against Italy (to May 1941): CHAPTER VIII, ENCOURAGING START OF THE STRUGGLE AT SEA. |first=I.S.O. |last=Playfair |publisher=Ibiblio |access-date=24 October 2011}}

}}

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

|flag={{Flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Bristol Channel off Port Talbot, Glamorgan, United Kingdom ({{coord|51|34|37|N|3|49|50|W}}) with the loss of five of the 21 people on board. Survivors were rescued by a RAF Rescue Launch.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?72272 |title=SS Stalheim (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=14 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/stalheim.html |title=D/S Stalheim |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=7 February 2012}}

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|ship={{SS|De Grasse|1924|2}}

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Bordeaux, Gironde. She was refloated in August and put into German service as a depot ship.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |pages=462 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster was shelled and sunk by shore batteries at Ningpo, China.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Telegrams in Brief |date=24 July 1940 |page=4 |issue=48676 |column=F-G }}

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|ship={{HMS|LCA 6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The Landing Craft Assault was lost sometime in July.

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References

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