List of shipwrecks in June 1941#5 June

The list of shipwrecks in June 1941 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during June 1941.

1 June

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|ship={{MV|Alfred Jones|1930|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|140|nmi|km}} west south west of Freetown, Sierra Leone (approximately {{coord|8|N|15|W}}) by {{GS|U-107|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of fourteen of her 76 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Marguerite|K54|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/962.html |title=Alfred Jones |publisher=Uboat |access-date=23 February 2012}}

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|ship={{HMS|Calcutta|D82|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|C|cruiser}} was bombed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea {{convert|100|nmi|km}} off Alexandria, Egypt by Junkers Ju 88 aircraft of the Luftwaffe.

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|ship=Exportador I

|flag={{flag|Portugal}}

|desc=World War II: The fishing trawler was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|137|nmi|km}} south west of Cape St. Vincent ({{coord|35|40|N|10|30|W}}) with the loss of two of her 22 crew.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Portuguese Trawler Sunk |date=6 June 1941 |page=3 |issue=48944 |column=D }}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|12|58|N|27|20|W}} by {{GS|U-105|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of one of her 45 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{MV|Alphard|1937|2}} ({{flag|Netherlands}}) and {{SS|Christine Marie|1919|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4106-33JUN01.htm |title=Naval Events, June 1941, Part 1 of 2, Sunday 1st – Saturday 14th |publisher=Naval History |access-date=13 December 2011}}{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/961.html |title=Scottish Monarch |publisher=Uboat |access-date=22 February 2012}}

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|ship={{SS|San Marco|1919|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea {{convert|5|nmi|km}} due east of Cabo Carbonara, Sardinia by {{HMS|Clyde|N12|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) with the loss of eight lives.{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2014/02/cronologia-delle-perdite_14.html |title=Italian losses |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=4 June 2019}}

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|ship={{SS|West Notus|1920|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was shelled in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|34|10|N|68|20|W}}) by {{GS|U-404||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of four of her 40 crew. West Notus was subsequently sunk by U-404 using explosives.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=587 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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2 June

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

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

|desc=World War II: the cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the North Sea off Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire by Junkers Ju 88 aircraft of 506 Küstenfliegergruppe, Luftwaffe. Her 30 crew survived.{{cite book |title=The world's merchant fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=456 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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|ship=John

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=World War II: The fishing trawler was bombed and sunk by Luftwaffe aircraft. There were no casualties.

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

|flag={{flag|Finland}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of one of her 38 crew.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=454 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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|ship={{HMT|Kos XXII}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The naval whaler was bombed and sunk in the eastern Mediterranean Sea south of Crete, Greece, by enemy aircraft.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/kos.html |title=Kos Whale Catchers |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=25 January 2012}}

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|ship={{HMS|LCT 16}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The landing craft tank was bombed and sunk by Luftwaffe aircraft off Cania, Crete.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/17594.html |title=HMS LCT 16 of the Royal Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=3 June 2013}}

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|ship={{SS|Michael E||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The CAM ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Atlantic by {{GS|U-108|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of four of her 51 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Alcinous|1925|2}} ({{flag|Netherlands}}). Michael E was on her maiden voyage.{{cite web |title=Michael E. |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/964.html |website=uboat.net |access-date=15 August 2021}}

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|ship={{SS|Prince Rupert City|1929|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|58|46|N|4|41|W}}) by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of four of her 49 crew.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=507 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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|ship={{GS|U-147|1940|2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type IID submarine was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Ireland ({{coord|56|38|N|10|24|W}}) by {{HMS|Periwinkle|K55|6}} and {{HMS|Wanderer|D74|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}) with the loss of all 26 crew.{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/boats/u147.htm |title=U-147 |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=2 June 2022}}

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3 June

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed in the port of Lampedusa by {{HMS|Unique|N95|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). Her eleven crew survived, but the ship was a total loss.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?123073 |title=SS Arsia (+1941) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=4 June 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3534.html |title=SS Arsia (+1941) |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=4 June 2019}}

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|ship={{MV|Belchen|1932|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was shelled and sunk in the Davis Strait (approximately {{coord|59|N|17|W}}) by {{HMS|Aurora|12|6}} and {{HMS|Kenya|14|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}) with the loss of five of the 54 people on board. Survivors were rescued by {{GS|U-93|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/homefleet/shipss2.html |title=Norwegian Homefleet - WW II, Ships starting with So through Sø |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=11 February 2012}}

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|48|02|N|25|06|W}}) by {{GS|U-75|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of four of her 39 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Cairo|D87|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).

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|ship={{ship||Iki Kardeshler|schooner|2}}

|flag={{flag|Turkey}}

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary schooner was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea ({{coord|35|36|N|32|52|E}}) by HM MTB 215 ({{naval|UK}}).

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

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed, shelled and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|48|28|N|28|20|W}}) by {{GS|U-48|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). She was later torpedoed and sunk by {{GS|U-75|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 45 crew were rescued by {{MV|Para|1921|2}} ({{flag|Norway}}), {{HMS|Wanderer|D74|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) and another ship.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/967.html |title=Inversuir |publisher=Uboat |access-date=14 February 2012}}

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|ship=HMS Mamari

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The decoy ship struck the wreck of {{SS|Ahamo|1926|2}} ({{flagcountry|British Hong Kong|red}}) in the North Sea ({{coord|53|22|N|0|59|E}}) and remained fast on the wreck. She was attacked the next day by Kriegsmarine schnellboots, but the torpedo struck Ahamo. Her crew were rescued by {{ship|ST|Sabine||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|government}}).{{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=393 }} The wreck was subsequently dispersed by explosives.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=503 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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|ship={{SS|Royal Fusilier|1924|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged in the North Sea ({{coord|55|22|N|1|21|W}}) by Luftwaffe aircraft. She sank {{convert|4|nmi|km}} south west of the Isle of May, Fife. Her crew were rescued.

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4 June

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|ship={{SS|Beatrice C.|1914|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea {{convert|20|nmi|km}} north east of the Kerkennah Islands, Tunisia by Martin Maryland aircraft of the Royal Air Force.

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|ship={{MV|Esso Hamburg|1939|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was intercepted in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|7|35|N|31|25|W}}) by {{HMS|Brilliant|H84|6}} and {{HMS|London|69|2}} (both {{naval|UK}}) and was scuttled by her crew. All 87 were rescued.

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The supply ship was intercepted in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|43|29|N|24|04|W}}) by {{HMS|Nelson|28|6}} and {{HMS|Neptune|20|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}) and was scuttled by her crew. Sixty-three survivors were rescued by HMS Neptune. Gonzenheim was shelled by {{HMS|Esperance Bay}} ({{naval|UK}}) and torpedoed by HMS Neptune.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=561 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea {{convert|20|nmi|km}} north east of the Kerkennah Islands ({{coord|35|25|N|11|57|E}}) by Martin Maryland aircraft of the Royal Air Force.{{Cite web|url=http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/41-06.htm |title=Seekrieg 1941, Juni |access-date=4 April 2015 |last=Rohwer |first=Jürgen |author-link=Jürgen Rohwer |author2=Gerhard Hümmelchen |work=Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart |language=de }}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=534 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy WN 36: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|56|47|30|N|2|09|00|W}}) by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of eleven of her 38 crew. She was scuttled by {{ship|HMT|Sturton}} ({{naval|UK}}){{cite book |title=The world's merchant fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=508 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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|ship={{SS|Robert Hughes|1932|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The dredger struck a mine and sank at the mouth of the Ogun River, Lagos, Nigeria with the loss of fourteen of her 31 crew.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/968.html |title=Robert Hughes |publisher=Uboat |date=16 February 2011}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|47|10|N|31|00|W}}) by {{GS|U-101|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of four of her 47 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Corner Brook|1925|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/969.html |title=Trecarrel |publisher=Uboat |access-date=21 February 2012}}

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|ship={{HMS|Van Meerlant}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Douwe Aukes|minelayer}} struck a mine and sank in the Thames Estuary off the Isle of Sheppey, Kent ({{coord|51|28|N|00|52|E}}) with the loss of 42 of her crew.{{cite web |url=https://www.netherlandsnavy.nl/index.html |title=Douwe Aukes-class |publisher=netherlandsnavy.nl |access-date=1 July 2020 }}

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5 June

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|ship={{ship|HMT|Ash}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler struck a mine and sank in the Thames Estuary with the loss of two of her crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?72658 |title=HMT Ash (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=18 October 2011}}

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|ship={{MV|Egerland||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was intercepted in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately {{coord|7|N|31|W}}) by {{HMS|Brilliant|H84|6}} and {{HMS|London|69|2}} (both {{naval|UK}}) and was scuttled by her crew. All 94 were rescued.

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

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

|desc=World War II: The coaster was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea ({{coord|31|39|N|15|39|E}}) by {{HMS|Triumph|N18|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) with the loss of one of her eight crew.

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

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

|desc=World War II: The coal hulk was bombed and sunk at Portland, Dorset by Luftwaffe aircraft.

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|ship={{HMT|Lavinia L.}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The barrage balloon drifter was bombed and sunk at Sheerness, Kent by Luftwaffe aircraft. A crew member was killed.

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

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

|desc=World War II: The coaster was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea ({{coord|31|39|N|15|39|E}}) by {{HMS|Triumph|N18|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). Her fifteen crew survived.

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|ship={{ship|Italian gunboat|Valoroso||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The gunboat was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea ({{coord|31|39|N|15|39|E}}) by {{HMS|Triumph|N18|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) with the loss of two of her 38 crew.

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

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|48|34|N|31|34|W}}) by {{GS|U-48|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of eight of her 42 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{MV|Heina|1925|2}} ({{flag|Norway}}){{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/970.html |title=Wellfield |publisher=Uboat |access-date=14 February 2012}}

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6 June

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

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was shelled and damaged in the Aegean Sea {{convert|8|nmi|km}} north east of Cape Hellas, Greece by {{HMS|Torbay|N79|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). An attempt by the tug {{ship|ST|Taxiarchis||2}} ({{flag|Turkey}}) to take the ship in tow was repelled by HMS Torbay. Alberta was sunk by HMS Torbay on 10 June.

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|ship={{SS|Baron Lovat|1926|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy OG 63: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|35|30|N|11|30|W}}) by {{ship|Italian submarine|Guglielmo Marconi|1939|2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}). Her 35 crew survived.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=487 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo liner was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|900|nmi|km}} north west of the Cape Verde Islands ({{coord|23|30|N|36|09|W}}) by five Fairey Swordfish aircraft of 824 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm based on {{HMS|Eagle|R05|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) with the loss of two of her 21 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Hilary|1940|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Attack On German Sea Raider |date=26 June 1941 |page=4 |issue=48962 |column=G }}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=469 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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|ship={{SS|Glen Head|1909|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south west of Cape St. Vincent, Portugal ({{coord|35|40|N|10|30|W}}) by Focke-Wulf Fw 200 aircraft of I Staffeln, Kampfgeschwader 40, Luftwaffe with the loss of 27 of her crew.{{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=30 September 2010 }}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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|ship={{SS|Sacramento Valley|1924|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|17|10|N|30|10|W}}) by {{GS|U-106|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of three of her 49 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{MV|Caithness|1935|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) and {{SS|Stanvac Calcutta||2}} ({{flag|Panama}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/971.html |title=Sacramento Valley |publisher=Uboat |access-date=22 February 2012}}

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

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy OG 63: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|35|36|N|11|12|W}}) by {{ship|Italian submarine|Guglielmo Marconi|1939|2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}) with the loss of fifteen of her crew.

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|ship={{MS|Taurus|1935|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the North Sea ({{coord|56|47|N|2|15|W}}) by Luftwaffe aircraft. Her 37 crew were rescued by {{HMT|Chrysolite}} ({{naval|UK}}) and the fishing vessel Elizabeth ({{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{cite web |last=Lawson |first =Siri Holm |url=http://warsailors.com/singleships/taurus.html |title=M/S Taurus |access-date=25 December 2011 |work=Warsailors.com }}{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/taurus.html |title=M/S Taurus |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=8 February 2012}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|46|17|N|36|20|W}}) by {{GS|U-48|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 45 crew.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/973.html |title=Tregarthen |publisher=Uboat |access-date=14 February 2012}}

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|49|25|N|40|54|W}}) by {{GS|U-43|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 24 of her 34 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Hammarland|1911|2}} ({{flag|Finland}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/972.html |title=Yselhaven |publisher=Uboat |access-date=13 February 2012}}

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7 June

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

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was attacked by Royal Air Force aircraft off the coast of South Holland, Netherlands and was damaged. She was subsequently repaired and returned to service.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=450 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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|ship={{SS|Kingston Hill|1940|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south west of the Cape Verde Islands ({{coord|9|35|N|29|00|W}}) by {{GS|U-38|1938|2}}) ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of fourteen of her 46 crew. Kingston Hill was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Alexandria, Egypt.{{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=73 }}{{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}}

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|ship=No. 10

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The examination vessel a former pilot boat, struck a mine and sank at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire.

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8 June

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

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

|desc=World War II: The ocean liner was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|82|nmi|km}} west of Freetown, Sierra Leone ({{coord|8|30|N|14|39|W}}) by {{GS|U-107|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of ten of the 425 people on board. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Cyclamen|K83|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?58463 |title=MV Adda (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=20 December 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/980.html |title=Adda |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=23 February 2012}}

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|ship={{SS|Baron Nairn|1925|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|47|35|N|39|02|W}}) by {{GS|U-108|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of one of her 40 crew. Eighteen survivors were rescued by {{HMCS|Chambly|K116|6}} ({{naval|Canada|1911}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/974.html |title=Baron Nairn |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=23 February 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{HMT|Cor Jesu}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler was bombed and sunk in the North Sea off Alnmouth, Northumberland ({{coord|55|29|N|1|27|W}}) by Luftwaffe aircraft. Her crew were rescued.

}}

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

|flag={{flagicon|Greece}} Greece

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|47|44|N|39|02|W}}) by {{GS|U-108|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of six of her 25 crew.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/975.html |title=Dirphys |publisher=Uboat |access-date=23 February 2012}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|200|nmi|km}} west south west of Freetown, Sierra Leone ({{coord|8|16|N|16|50|W}}) by {{GS|U-103|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 36 crew were rescued by {{SS|Carlton|1920|2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/976.html |title=Elmdene |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=22 February 2012}} Elmdene was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Alexandria, Egypt.{{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=67 }}

}}

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|ship=Hopton

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

|desc=World War II: The fishing trawler struck a mine and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Iceland ({{coord|62|56|N|12|30|W}}) with the loss of eleven of her crew.

}}

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|ship={{SS|Kingston Hill||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south west of the Cape Verde Islands, Portugal ({{coord|9|35|N|29|40|W}}) by {{GS|U-38|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of fourteen of her 62 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Achates|H12|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) and {{SS|Alabama|1901|2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/979.html |title=Kingston Hill |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=13 February 2012}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|45|18|N|36|40|W}}) by {{GS|U-48|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 36 crew were rescued by {{SS|Alresford|1922|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}), {{SS|Excalibur|1930|2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}) and {{HMS|Pandora|N42|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/981.html |title=Pendrecht |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=14 February 2012}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea {{convert|5|nmi|km}} off Policastro Bussentino by {{HMS|Clyde|N12|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) with the loss of ten of her fifteen crew.{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2017/02/sturla.html |title=Sturla|publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=8 June 2022}}

}}

9 June

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HG 53: The coaster was bombed and sunk off St Alban's Head, Dorset ({{coord|50|29|40|N|2|00|30|W}}) by Focke-Wulf Fw 200 aircraft of the Luftwaffe with the loss of three of her eighteen crew.{{cite book |title=The world's merchant fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=447 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}{{cite web |url=https://www.fold3.com/image/301331796 |title=Dagmar |publisher=www.fold3.com |access-date=8 March 2022}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The coaster was bombed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|62|04|N|13|40|W}}) by Focke-Wulf Fw 200 aircraft of I Staffeln, Kampfgeschwader 40, Luftwaffe with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by {{HMT|Cape Portland}} ({{naval|UK}}).

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Finland}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|61|56|N|12|14|W}}) by Focke-Wulf Fw 200 aircraft of I Staffeln, Kampfgeschwader 40, Luftwaffe with the loss of a crew member.

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Belgium|civil}}

|desc=After being stranded on the coast of Iceland in February 1941 and refloated in April 1941, the cargo ship broke her back when she was taken to the Kleppsvik Strand and was beached. She was later repaired and returned to service.

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy OB 330: The cargo ship was torpedoed, shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|48|25|N|26|12|W}}) by {{GS|U-46|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of eight of her 51 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Embassage|1935|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/982.html |title=Phidias |publisher=Uboat |access-date=14 February 2012}}

}}

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|ship=Remagio

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

|desc=World War II: The fishing trawler was bombed and damaged in the North Sea off Bamburgh, Northumberland ({{coord|48|46|N|29|14|W}}) by Luftwaffe aircraft and was abandoned, coming ashore north of Bamburgh. Her ten crew survived. She was refloated on 26 June and taken to Lindisfarne.{{cite web |url=https://www.fold3.com/image/301331802 |title=Remagio |publisher=www.fold3.com |access-date=8 March 2022}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Mediterranean Sea {{convert|40|nmi|km}} off Genoa, Italy ({{Coord|36|05|N|5|12|W}}). Her crew were rescued.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=570 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|46|45|N|38|00|W}}) by {{GS|U-101|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 45 crew.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/977.html |title=Trevarrack |publisher=Uboat |access-date=21 February 2012}}

}}

10 June

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|130|nmi|km}} west by north of Bloody Foreland, County Donegal, Ireland ({{coord|55|30|N|12|10|W}}) by {{GS|U-552||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of twelve of her 41 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Veteran|D72|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/985.html |title=Ainderby |publisher=Uboat |access-date=6 April 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Christian Krohg|1917|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy OB 328: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|45|00|N|36|30|W}}) by {{GS|U-108|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 23 crew.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/984.html |title=Christian Krohg |publisher=Uboat |access-date=23 February 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Giuseppina Ghirardi|1892|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker straggled behind her convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Aegean Sea {{convert|15|nmi|km}} east of Cape Helles, Turkey by {{HMS|Torbay|N79|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=More Axis Ships Sunk |date=19 June 1941 |page=4 |issue=48956 |column=F }}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?139475 |title=SS Giuseppina Ghirardi (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=18 October 2011}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Assab, Italian Eritrea. She was refloated in 1949 and scrapped.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=533 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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

|flag={{Flag|Belgium}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|48|30|N|41|30|W}}) by {{GS|U-204||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of seven of her 68 crew.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/986.html |title=Mercier |publisher=Uboat |access-date=9 March 2012}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Algeciras, Spain. She was refloated in 1944, fitted with a new bow section and entered Spanish service in 1945 as Zaragoza.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=539 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Assab. She was refloated in 1950 and scrapped in 1951.

}}

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|ship={{HMS|Pintail|K21|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy FN 477: The {{sclass|Kingfisher|sloop|2}} struck a mine in the Humber Estuary and sank with the loss of 53 of her 75 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Quantock|L58|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) and another vessel.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/6219.html |title=HMS Pintail (L 21 / K 21) |publisher=Uboat |access-date=18 October 2011}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Royal Scot|1930|2}}

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

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

}}

11 June

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|ship={{SS|Baron Carnegie|1925|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged in the North Sea ({{coord|51|55|N|5|34|W}}) by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was taken in tow by {{SS|Seine|1899|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) but sank at {{coord|52|04|N|5|01|W}} with the loss of 25 of her 39 crew.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=487 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Italian trawler|Cirene||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler was bombed and sunk at Benghazi, Libya by British aircraft.{{csr|register=MSI|id=4014483 |shipname=Cirene |accessdate=2 July 2015}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed, shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|63|35|N|28|05|W}}) by {{GS|U-79|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of six of her 20 crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/havtor.html |title= D/S Havtor |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=14 January 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Italian trawler|Mario Bianco||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler was sunk at Benghazi by British aircraft.{{cite web |url=http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=1510&tridit=lodenice&zobraz=A |title=Italian trawlers |publisher=Warshipsww2 |access-date=9 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006083326/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=1510&tridit=lodenice&zobraz=A |archive-date=2014-10-06 |url-status=usurped }}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off Hartlepool, County Durham by Luftwaffe aircraft. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Blyth, Northumberland.{{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=246 }}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Tilly L. M. Russ|1926|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk at Benghazi by {{HMS|Taku|N38|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).

}}

12 June

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|ship={{ship|Italian patrol vessel|Carloforte||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea {{convert|36|nmi|km}} west of Gorgara by explosive charges.

}}

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|ship={{MV|Chinese Prince|1926|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south of Rockall, Inverness-shire ({{coord|56|12|N|14|18|W}}) by {{GS|U-552||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 45 of her 63 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Arbutus|K86|6}} and {{HMS|Pimpernel|K71|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/991.html |title=Chinese Prince |publisher=Uboat |access-date=6 April 2012}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north of the Azores, Portugal ({{coord|51|09|N|30|16|W}} by {{GS|U-48|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 23 of her 42 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HNoMS|St. Albans|I15|6}} ({{navy|Norway}}).

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed, shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Vada ({{coord|43|08|N|10|30|E}}) by {{HNLMS|O-24}} ({{naval|Netherlands}}).

}}

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|ship={{MV|Friedrich Breme|1936|2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|49|48|N|24|00|W}}) by {{HMS|Sheffield|C24|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) with the loss of at least two of her crew. Eighty-six survivors were rescued.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=470 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{ship||Gesù e Maria|schooner|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The schooner was torpedoed and sunk in the Aegean Sea off Skiros, Greece ({{coord|39|10|N|25|20|E}}) by {{HMS|Torbay|N79|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).

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|ship={{SS|Iowan||2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on a reef a few hundred yards off Government Point, near Point Conception, California. Salvage operations took about two weeks, after which she was towed to Los Angeles, California, for repairs. She was later returned to service.

}}

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|ship={{MV|Ranella|1912|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy OG 64: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|43|39|N|28|00|W}}) by {{GS|U-553||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 29 crew survived.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/ranella.html |title=D/T Ranella |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=7 February 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Silvio Scaroni|1921|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea {{convert|70|nmi|km}} west of Benghazi, Libya ({{coord|32|27|N|18|42|E}}) by {{HMS|Taku|N38|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by {{GS|U-371||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 68 crew.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/983.html |title=Silverpalm |publisher=Uboat |access-date=18 March 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Susan Mærsk|1923|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|370|nmi|km}} north north east of the Azores ({{coord|44|45|N|25|15|W}}) by {{GS|U-553||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 24 crew.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/988.html |title=Susan Mærsk |publisher=Uboat |access-date=7 April 2012}}

}}

13 June

For the loss of the Norwegian coaster Ala on this day, see the entry for 17 May 1941

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

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

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|ship={{SS|Eirini Kyriakidou|1922|2}}

|flag={{flagicon|Greece}} Greece

|desc=World War II: Convoy SL 75: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|38|53|N|23|11|W}}) by {{ship|Italian submarine|Brin||2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}) with the loss of all three of her crew.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=525 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{HMT|King Henry}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler was bombed and sunk at Lowestoft, Suffolk by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The coaster was bombed and damaged in the Bristol Channel {{convert|9|nmi|km}} north west of the South Bishop Lighthouse by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was taken in tow by a fishing trawler but sank {{convert|6|nmi|km}} off St. Ann's Head, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued.

}}

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

|flag={{flagicon|Greece}} Greece

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|7|49|N|23|38|W}}) by {{GS|U-107|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of eleven of her 34 crew.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/993.html |title=Pandias |publisher=Uboat |access-date=23 February 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|St. Patrick|1930|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The ferry was bombed and sunk in the Irish Sea ({{coord|52|04|N|5|25|W}}) with the loss of 31 of the 89 people on board.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Channel Steamer Sunk By Bombs |date=17 June 1941 |page=4 |issue=48954 |column=E }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Railway Steamers Help In The War |date=7 July 1944 |page=8 |issue=49902 |column=G }}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|44|40|N|45|30|W}}) by {{GS|U-77|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 46 crew were rescued by {{USCGC|Duane|WPG-33|6}} (22px United States Coast Guard).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/992.html |title=Tresillian |publisher=Uboat |access-date=17 February 2012}}

}}

14 June

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|ship={{SS|Giovanni Bottigliere|1905|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The coaster was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea south of Sardinia by {{HMS|Clyde|N12|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).

}}

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|ship={{SS|St. Lindsay|1921|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy OG 64: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately {{coord|51|N|30|W}}) by {{GS|U-751||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 43 crew.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/994.html |title=St. Lindsay |publisher=Uboat |access-date=18 April 2012}}

}}

15 June

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|ship=Audacious

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

|desc=World War II: The fishing boatstruck a mine and sank in the North Sea ({{coord|51|28|N|0|51|E}}) with the loss of all but one of her crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4106-33JUN02.htm |title=Naval Events, June 1941, Part 2 of 2, Sunday 15th – Monday 30th |publisher=Naval History |access-date=13 December 2011}}

}}

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|ship=G R F

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

|desc=With no one on board, the scow was wrecked on the beach at Karluk, Territory of Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-g/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (G)]

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|ship={{SS|Hans Broge|1922|2}}

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the North Sea {{convert|15|nmi|km}} west south west of Texel, North Holland, Netherlands by Royal Air Force aircraft. The wreck was subsequently raised and employed as a target ship.{{csr |register=MSI |id=5605941 |shipname=Hans Broge |accessdate=26 April 2015}}{{cite book |title=The world's merchant fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=448 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

16 June

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|ship={{ship|French destroyer|Chevalier Paul|1932|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Vauquelin|destroyer}} was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Latakia, Syria by Fairey Swordfish aircraft of 815 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm with the loss of six of her crew. Survivors were rescued by {{ship|French destroyer|Valmy||2}} and {{ship|French destroyer|Guépard||2}} (both {{flagicon|France}} Vichy French Navy).

}}

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|ship={{ship|German trawler|V 5706 Ostmark||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The vorpostenboot ran aground and sank off Vågsøy, Norway.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?16490 |title=V-5706 (Ostmark) (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=27 December 2011}}

}}

17 June

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy SL 76: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|49|30|N|16|00|W}}) by {{GS|U-43|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 24 of her 27 crew. Survivors were rescued by the trawler Boreas ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/995.html |title=Cathrine |publisher=Uboat |access-date=13 February 2012}}

}}

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

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

|desc=The ferry ran aground off Port Mouton, Nova Scotia. She sank the next day at {{coord|43|51|N|64|45|W}}.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?33153 |title=SS Charlottetown (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=21 December 2011}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|7|38|S|19|12|W}}) by {{ship|German auxiliary cruiser|Atlantis||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 43 crew survived, but 26 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=513 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}} Tottenham was on a voyage from the River Tyne to the Middle East.{{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=38 }}

}}

18 June

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|ship=Doris II

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

|desc=World War II: The fishing vessel struck a mine and sank in the Thames Estuary off Sheerness, Kent with the loss of both crew.

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|150|nmi|km}} north west of Malin Head, County Donegal, Ireland ({{coord|57|17|N|11|14|W}}) by {{GS|U-552||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of one of her 71 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Skate|1917|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/996.html |title=Norfolk |publisher=Uboat |access-date=6 April 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{GS|U-138|1940|2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type IID submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Trafalgar, Spain ({{coord|36|04|N|7|29|W}}) by {{HMS|Faulknor|H62|6}}, {{HMS|Fearless|H67|2}}, {{HMS|Forester|H74|2}}, {{HMS|Foresight|H68|2}} and {{HMS|Foxhound|H69|2}} (all {{naval|UK}}). Her 27 crew were rescued by HMS Fearless and taken as prisoners of war.

}}

19 June

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal ({{coord|37|06|N|7|24|W}}) by Regia Aeronautica aircraft and Focke-Wulf Fw 200 aircraft of I Staffeln, Kampfgeschwader 40, Luftwaffe. Her 25 crew were rescued by an Armada Portuguesa destroyer.{{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=443 }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=British Steamer Sunk By Aircraft |date=20 June 1941 |page=3 |issue=48957 |column=E }}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|37|36|N|9|53|W}}) by Focke-Wulf Fw 200 aircraft of I Staffeln, Kampfgeschwader 40, Luftwaffe. Her 21 crew were rescued by {{HMT|Imperialist}} ({{naval|UK}}) and {{SS|Peterel||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=572 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

20 June

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

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

|desc=The cargo ship struck a mine and sank off Taranto.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=531 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Enossis||2}}

|flag={{flagicon|Greece}} Greece

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in Suda Bay, Crete by Luftwaffe aircraft.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?58591 |title=SS Enossis (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=21 December 2011}}The date may more likely be 20 May, a month before, when Germans attacked Crete; by 20 June the island was firmly under German control and there was no fighting to speak of.

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Portugal}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo liner was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Casablanca, Morocco ({{coord|34|10|N|11|40|W}}) by {{GS|U-123|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of five of the 66 people on board.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?16235 |title=SS Ganda (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=18 October 2011}}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Portuguese Steamer Torpedoed |date=23 June 1941 |page=4 |issue=48959 |column=E }}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and was damaged in the North Sea off Hartlepool, County Durham. Her back was broken, and the bow section was beyond salvage. She was repaired at Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, where a new bow section was constructed.

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was bombed and damaged in the English Channel off the Isle of Wight by Luftwaffe aircraft and was beached in the Solent. She was later refloated, repaired and returned to service.

}}

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|ship= {{USS|O-9|SS-70|6}}

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

|desc=File:USS O-9.jpgThe O-class submarine sank in {{convert|430|ft}} of water in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|15|nmi}} off Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and {{convert|17|nmi}} east of the Isles of Shoals at either {{coord|42|59|N|70|27|W|name=USS O-9}} or {{coord|42|59|N|70|27|W|name=USS O-9}} (according to different sources) with the loss of her 33 crew when her hull was crushed during a test dive.{{Cite web| url=http://wreckhunter.net/DataPages/o-9-dat.htm |title=USS O-9 (SS 70) | publisher=Hunting New England Shipwrecks |accessdate=19 February 2021 }}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Turkey}}

|desc=World War II: Refah tragedy: The cargo liner was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea {{convert|40|nmi|km}} south of Mersin by {{ship|Italian submarine|Ondina||2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}) with the loss of 168 lives.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Turkish Ship Sunk By Submarine |date=27 June 1941 |page=4 |issue=48963 |column=G }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Torpedoed Turkish Ship |date=28 June 1941 |page=3 |issue=48964 |column=C }}

}}

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|ship={{ship|HMT|Resmilo}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler was bombed and sunk in the North Sea off Peterhead, Aberdeenshire by Luftwaffe aircraft. Her 24 crew were rescued.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/7133.html |title=HMS Resmilo |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=21 October 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://online.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/smrpub/master/detail.aspx?tab=main&refno=NK14NW0379 |title=Resmilo |publisher=online.aberdeenshire.gov.uk |access-date=21 October 2019}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy FS 520: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the North Sea ({{coord|53|18|N|1|01|E}}) by Luftwaffe aircraft. Eight survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Mendip|L60|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{csr|register=MSI|id=1142390|shipname=Schieland |accessdate=25 December 2011}}

}}

21 June

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

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The supply ship was intercepted in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|2|05|N|27|42|W}} or {{coord|2|05|S|27|42|W}}) by {{HMS|London|69|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) and was scuttled by her crew.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=466 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy SL 78: The captured French cargo ship left the convoy to return to Freetown, Sierra Leone. She was intercepted in the Atlantic Ocean by {{ship|French patrol boat|Air France IV||2}} ({{flagicon|France}} Vichy French Navy) which ordered her to divert to Conakry, French Guinea. She was shelled and sunk when she reported this by radio; with the loss of ten of her 34 crew. Survivors were rescued and made prisoners of war.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/74/a8021774.shtml|title=WW2 - People's War - A Fateful Voyage: Convoy under Attack in the Atlantic (Part 2) - Tale of Unexploded Bombs and Heroism|publisher=BBC|access-date=31 October 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://www.sixtant.net/2011/artigos.php?cat=british-ships-sunk-&sub=ships-(193-pages--423-images)&tag=57)criton|title=WW2 in the South Atlantic|publisher=Sixtant|access-date=31 October 2013}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Gasfire||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea {{convert|10|nmi|km}} east of Southwold, Suffolk ({{coord|52|19|N|1|59|E}}).

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|ship={{SS|Kenneth Hawksfield|1924|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea {{convert|10|nmi|km}} east of Southwold ({{coord|52|18|N|1|59|E}}) with the loss of a crew member. }}

22 June

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

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

|desc=World War II: The weather ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|47|00|N|41|40|W}}) by {{GS|U-77|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 40 crew.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/999.html |title=Arakaka |publisher=Uboat |access-date=17 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|15|16|S|27|43|W}}) by {{Ship|German auxiliary cruiser|Atlantis||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of three of her 48 crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/WWIStandardShipsA-K.htm#A |title=WWI Standard Built Ships A-K |publisher=Mariners |access-date=8 May 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMT|Beech}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler was bombed and sunk at Scrabster, Caithness by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of eleven of her crew.

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy SL 76: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|100|nmi|km}} west of Inishtrahull Island, County Donegal, Ireland by {{GS|U-141|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of three of her 24 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Sikh|F82|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/998.html |title=Calabria |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 February 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Claus Rickmers||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk at Ventspils, Latvia. She was later refloated and repaired.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=468 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Estonia}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Baltic Sea north west of Gotland, Sweden by {{ship|German motor torpedo boat|S-28||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}).

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Latvia}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed in the Baltic Sea off Liepāja by {{ship|German motor torpedo boat|S-59||2}} and {{ship|German motor torpedo boat|S-60||2}} (both {{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Of her crew of 32, two were taken prisoner, six more were killed by machine gun fire, and the remaining 24 reached the Latvian shore in a lifeboat. The mortally wounded captain was buried there. Gaisma stayed afloat, with her decks partly awash, and begun drifting towards south-west. Days later, in mid July 1941, she ran aground in shallow water on the east coast of Gotland. She was found by Swedish military on 20 July 1941 and was declared a total loss.{{cite web |url=https://www.shipsnostalgia.com/media/ss-gaisma-sinking.392350/ |title=Gaisma |publisher=www.shipsnostalgia.com |access-date=21 March 2022}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=548 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Estonia}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Baltic Sea off Hanko, Finland by {{ship|German motor torpedo boat|S-31||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}).

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk in the Baltic Sea off Kronstadt by Junkers Ju 88 aircraft of 806 Küstenfliegergruppe, Luftwaffe.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Soviet patrol boat|MO-238||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: The MO-4-class patrol boat was torpedoed and sunk in the Baltic Sea off Hanko by {{ship|German motor torpedo boat|S-44||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?164069 |title=MO-238 (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |language=en, ru |access-date=23 December 2011}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet tugboat|Perkunas||2}}

|flag={{flag|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|Ice|tug|1}} was sunk by Luftwaffe aircraft.{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=53730 |title=Soviet Naval Battles-Baltic sea |publisher=Sovietempire.com |access-date=19 June 2015 |archive-date=6 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006081150/http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=53730 |url-status=dead }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Pietro Querini|1906|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea south of Pantelleria ({{coord|36|11|N|12|00|E}}) by {{HMS|Union|N56|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).

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|ship={{SS|Ruhno|18862}}

|flag={{flag|Estonia}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Baltic Sea off Kronstadt with the loss of three lives. She was later raised, but was not repaired.{{cite web |url=http://www.navy.su/other/lost/02.htm |title=Soviet Losses |publisher=www.navy.su |access-date=21 March 2022}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Shuka

|flag={{flag|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: The fishing trawler was torpedoed and sunk in the Baltic Sea off Liepāja by {{ship|German motor torpedo boat|S-31||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?164068 |title=Shuka (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=23 December 2011}}

}}

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|ship=SP-12

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: The tug struck a mine laid by the Luftwaffe and sank at Sevastopol with the loss of 26 of her 31 crew.{{cite web |url=http://mil.ru/ec/info/more.htm?id=12169523@egNews |title=SP-12 |publisher=mil.ru |access-date=9 December 2019}}

}}

23 June

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk off Tallinn, Estonia by {{ship|German motor torpedo boat|S-44||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=53730 |title=Soviet Naval Battles-Baltic sea |publisher=Sovietempire.com |access-date=6 June 2015 |archive-date=6 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006081150/http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=53730 |url-status=dead }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The supply and prison ship was intercepted in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|41|12|N|13|10|W}}) by the 8th Destroyer Flotilla{{ref|a|[Note 1]}} and was scuttled by her crew. Over 200 British, Chinese, Indian and Malayan prisoners of war were rescued. These were the crews of {{SS|Rabaul|1916|2}} and {{SS|Trafalgar|1924|2}} (both {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=German Supply Ship Scuttled |date=30 June 1941 |page=3 |issue=48965 |column=D }}{{csr|register=MSI|id=5614998 |shipname=Alstertor |accessdate=19 September 2015}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet destroyer|Bystry||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Gnevny|destroyer}} was bombed and sunk at Sevastopol by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was later salvaged.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Soviet ship|Dnepr||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: The ship struck a mine and sank at Sevastopol.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Soviet destroyer|Gnevnyi||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Gnevny|destroyer}} struck a mine and sank in the Baltic Sea north of Hiiumaa, Estonia. There were 20 dead and 23 wounded.{{cite book |last= Krivosheev |first= G.F.|title = Soviet Casualties and Combat Losses in the Twentieth Century |publisher=Greenhill Books |location=London |year=1997 |isbn=1-85367-280-7 |pages=265–271}}{{cite web |url=https://coollib.com/b/137361-aleksandr-alekseevich-chernyishev-1941-god-na-baltike-podvig-i-tragediya/readp?p=14&cnt=9000 |title=Gnevnyi |publisher=coollib.com |access-date=12 September 2023}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Hull Trader|1917|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The coaster struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Cromer, Norfolk with the loss of eleven of her crew.

}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet lightship|Khiumadal||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The lightship was sunk in the Baltic Sea by {{ship|German motor torpedo boat|S-43||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}).

}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet submarine|M-78||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: The M-class submarine was torpedoed and sunk in the Baltic Sea west of Ventspils, Latvia ({{coord|57|28|N|21|17|E}}) by {{GS|U-144|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all fifteen crew.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/4943.html |title=M-78 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|HMT|Nogi}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler was bombed and damaged in the North Sea off Cromer ({{coord|52|57|N|1|28|E}}) by Luftwaffe aircraft.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?70387 |title=HMT Nogi (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=18 October 2011}} She was taken in tow by {{ship|HMT|Contender}} and {{ship|HMT|Solon}} (both {{naval|UK}}) but subsequently sank.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Minesweepern Destroys A Bomber |date=25 June 1941 |page=4 |issue=48961 |column=F }}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet submarine|S-3||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: The S-class submarine was sunk in the Baltic Sea off Liepāja, Latvia by {{ship|German motor torpedo boat|S-60||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with a depth charge following a surface gun battle. Of the 100 people on board only three, nine, or twenty were rescued and made prisoners of war.

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the North Sea off Cromer ({{coord|53|07|01|N|1|24|09|E}}) by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of two of her 42 crew. The wreck was subsequently dispersed by explosives.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=514 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

24 June

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|ship={{HMS|Auckland|L61|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Egret|sloop|2}} was bombed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea {{convert|20|nmi|km}} north east of Tobruk, Libya ({{coord|32|15|N|24|30|E}}) by Junkers Ju 87 aircraft of II Staffeln, Sturzkampfgeschwader 2, Luftwaffe with the loss of 36 of her 198 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMAS|Parramatta|U44|6}}, {{HMAS|Vendetta|D69|6}} and {{HMAS|Waterhen|D22|6}} (all {{naval|Australia|1913}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?14904 |title=HMS Auckland (L-61) (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=18 October 2011}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Brockley Hill|1918|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 133: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|58|30|N|38|20|W}}) by {{GS|U-651||2}} ({{Navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 42 crew were rescued by {{SS|Saugor|1928|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1005.html |title=Brockley Hill |publisher=Uboat |access-date=14 April 2012}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=490 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy OB 336: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south east of Cape Farewell, Greenland ({{coord|55|23|N|38|49|W}}) by {{GS|U-203||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 37 crew were rescued by {{HMCS|Orillia|K119|6}} ({{naval|Canada|1911}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1004.html |title=Kinross |publisher=Uboat |access-date=9 March 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet destroyer|Lenin||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Orfey|destroyer}} was scuttled at Liepāja, Latvia.

}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet submarine|M-71||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: The M-class submarine was scuttled at Liepāja.

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|ship={{ship|Soviet submarine|M-80||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: The M-class submarine was scuttled at Liepāja.

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|ship={{SS|Pass of Balmaha|1933|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was bombed and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea by Junkers Ju 87 aircraft of II Staffeln, Sturzkampfgeschwader 2, Luftwaffe and was abandoned. She was towed to Tobruk, Libya by {{HMAS|Waterhen|D22|6}} ({{naval|Australia|1913}}).

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|ship={{ship|Soviet submarine|Ronis||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Ronis|submarine}} was scuttled at Liepāja.

}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet submarine|S-1||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: The S-class submarine was scuttled at Liepāja. She was salvaged by the Germans in October.{{Cite web|url=http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/41-10.htm |title=Seekrieg 1941, Oktober |access-date=12 April 2015 |last=Rohwer |first=Jürgen |author-link=Jürgen Rohwer |author2=Gerhard Hümmelchen |work=Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart |language=de }}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet minesweeper|T-208 Shkiv||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: The Project 53 Type minesweeper was sunk by mines at the Glotova Bank in the Black Sea.

}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet icebreaker|Silach||2}}

|flag={{flag|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: The icebreaker (541 GRT) was scuttled at Liepāja by the Red Army.

}}

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|ship={{MV|Soløy|1929|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 133: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|54|39|N|39|43|W}}) by {{GS|U-203||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 32 crew were rescued by {{SS|Traveller|1912|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/soloy.html |title=M/S Soløy |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=7 February 2012}}{{cite web |title=Soløy |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/1002.html |website=uboat.net |access-date=15 July 2021}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet submarine|Spidola||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Ronis|submarine}} was scuttled at Liepāja.

}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet torpedo boat|TKA-27||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: The torpedo boat was lost by enemy action at Liepāja.

}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet gunboat|Tunguska||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary gunboat was scuttled at Liepāja.

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 133: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately {{coord|55|N|41|W}}) by {{GS|U-371||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 28 of the 49 people on board. Survivors were rescued by {{USS|Charles F. Hughes|DD-428|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) and {{HMS|Keppel|D84|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web|first=Siri Holm |last=Lawson |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/vigrid.html |title=M/S Vigrid |date=25 December 2011 |publisher=Warsailors.com |access-date=3 June 2011}}{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1003.html |title=Vigrid |publisher=Uboat |access-date=18 March 2012}}

}}

25 June

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|ship={{SS|Anna Bulgaris|1912|2}}

|flag={{flagicon|Greece}} Greece

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|49|30|N|44|00|W}}) by {{GS|U-77|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all hands.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1008.html |title=Anna Bulgaris |publisher=Uboat |access-date=17 February 2012}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the North Sea ({{coord|52|59|N|1|52|E}}) by Luftwaffe aircraft. Her crew were rescued.

}}

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

|flag={{flagicon|Greece}} Greece

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately {{coord|55|N|38|W}}) by {{GS|U-108|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all hands.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1006.html |title=Ellinico |publisher=Uboat |access-date=23 February 2012}}

}}

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|ship=Isle of Wight

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

|desc=World War II: The fishing trawler was bombed and sunk in the North Sea off Scarborough, Yorkshire by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

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|ship={{SS|Nicolas Pateras|1910|2}}

|flag={{flagicon|Greece}} Greece

|desc=World War II: Convoy OB 336: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately {{coord|55|N|38|W}}) by {{GS|U-108|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all hands.

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy OB 336: The cargo ship (1,967 GRT, 1922) straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|53|02|N|42|10|W}}) by {{GS|U-75|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 29 crew.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1001.html |title=Schie |publisher=Uboat |access-date=17 February 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|French submarine|Souffleur|1924|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The submarine was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Beirut, Lebanon ({{coord|33|49|N|35|26|E}}) by {{HMS|Parthian|N75|6}} ({{naval|UK}})

}}

26 June

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|ship={{SS|Enrico Costa|1928|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea {{convert|4|nmi|km}} off Cape Torado ({{coord|38|07|N|14|37|E}}) by {{HMS|Utmost|N19|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).

}}

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|ship={{MV|Ivan Papanin|1933|2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship departed from Leningrad for Stettin, Germany. She was subsequently severely damaged and was beached near Suursaari.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=575 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet submarine|M-83||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: The M-class submarine was scuttled at Liepāja, Latvia.

}}

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|ship={{SS|Mareeba||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Indian Ocean ({{coord|8|15|N|88|06|E}}) by {{ship|German auxiliary cruiser|Kormoran||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 26 of her 51 crew. Survivors were taken as prisoners of war.

}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet destroyer|Moskva||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: Raid on Constanța: The {{sclass|Leningrad|destroyer}} was sunk by a Romanian minefield during a failed Soviet attack against the Romanian port of Constanța, which was defended by the destroyers {{NMS|Mărăști}}, {{NMS|Regina Maria}}, and the minelayer {{ship|NMS|Amiral Murgescu||2}} (all {{navy|Kingdom of Romania}}).Robert Forczyk, Where the Iron Crosses Grow: The Crimea 1941–44, p. 39David T. Zabecki, World War Two in Europe, p. 1468R. L. DiNardo, Germany and the Axis Powers from Coalition to Collapse, p. 109

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Tyrrhenian Sea south east of Ischia ({{coord|40|05|N|12|08|E}}) by {{HMS|Severn|N57|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Italy Loses A Cruiser |date=7 July 1941 |page=4 |issue=48971 |column=D }}

}}

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|ship={{ship|HMT|Tranio}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler was bombed and sunk in the North Sea off Happisburgh, Norfolk by Luftwaffe aircraft. There were no casualties.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?70390 |title=HMT Tranio (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=18 October 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.llangibby.eclipse.co.uk/milfordtrawlers/accidents%20&%20incidents/tranio_m_104.htm |title=Tranio |publisher=www.llangibby.eclipse.co.uk |access-date=12 January 2021}}

}}

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

|flag={{Flagcountry|Kingdom of Yugoslavia}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was shelled and damaged in the Bay of Bengal by {{ship|German auxiliary cruiser|Kormoran||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of sixteen of her 28 crew. She came ashore {{convert|2|nmi|km}} south west of North Reef Island, Andaman Islands and broke her back. She was a constructive total loss.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=598 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

27 June

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy SL 78: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|23|50|N|21|10|W}}) by {{GS|U-69|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}),{{cite book |last2=Sawyer |first2=LA |last1=Mitchell |first1=WH |year= 1990 |title=The Empire Ships |place=London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong |publisher=Lloyd's of London Press Ltd |isbn=1-85044-275-4 |edition=Second |page=431 }} with the loss of two of the 107 people on board.

}}

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|ship={{HMT|Force}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler was bombed and sunk in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Italian submarine|Glauco|1935|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Glauco|submarine}} was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of Gibraltar ({{coord|35|06|N|12|41|W}}) by {{HMS|Wishart|D67|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). All 51 crew were rescued and taken as prisoners of war.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Knud Villemoes|1905|2}}

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea {{convert|3|nmi|km}} north north east of Steingrun Prik, Heligoland, Germany.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?136317 |title=SS Knud Villemoes (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=22 December 2011}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 133: The tanker was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|60|00|N|30|42|W}}) by {{GS|U-564||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) and was abandoned by her crew. She was later reboarded, the fire extinguished and arrived at Belfast, County Antrim, United Kingdom on 2 July. She was later repaired and returned to service.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1015.html |title=Kongsgaard |publisher=Uboat |access-date=8 April 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet submarine|M-99||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: The M-class submarine was torpedoed and sunk in the Baltic Sea ({{coord|59|20|N|21|12|E}}) by {{GS|U-149|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all twenty crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?147211 |title=M-99 (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=22 December 2011}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 133: The cargo liner was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Greenland ({{coord|60|00|N|30|35|W}}) by {{GS|U-564||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of two of the 80 people on board. Survivors were rescued by {{MV|Havprins|1935|2}} and another ship (both {{flag|Norway}}){{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1014.html |title=Maasdam |publisher=Uboat |access-date=8 April 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{MV|Malaya II|1921|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 133: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast ofGreenland ({{coord|59|56|N|30|35|W}}) by {{GS|U-564||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}): with the loss of 41 of her 49 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMCS|Collingwood|K180|6}} ({{naval|Canada|1911}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1013.html |title=Malaya II |publisher=Uboat |access-date=8 April 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet cargo ship|Mariampol||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Riga, Latvia by the Red Army.

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged in the North Sea ({{coord|52|47|N|1|50|E}}) by Luftwaffe aircraft. She sank the next day ({{coord|52|37|15|N|1|50|30|E}}). Her 43 crew were rescued. The wreck was subsequently dispersed by explosives.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=552 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy SL 78: The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|25|43|N|22|47|W}}) by {{GS|U-123|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). She sank the next day with the loss of six of her 34 crew. Survivors were rescued by a Royal Navy corvette.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/109.html |title=Oberon |publisher=Uboat |access-date=24 February 2012}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=552 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|P.L.M. 22|1921|2}}

|flag={{Navy|Free French}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy SL 78: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|25|43|N|22|47|W}}) by {{GS|U-123|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 33 of her 44 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Armeria|K187|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/1011.html |title=P.L.M. 22 |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=17 January 2019}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|River Lugar|1937|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy SL 78: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately {{coord|24|N|21|W}}) by {{GS|U-69|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 41 of her 47 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Armeria|K187|6}} and {{HMS|Burdock|K126|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |title=River Lugar |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1010.html |website=uboat.net |access-date=17 July 2021}}{{cite book |title=The world's merchant fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=508 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet submarine|S-10||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: The S-class submarine was torpedoed and sunk in the Irben Strait by {{ship|German torpedo boat|S-59||2}} and {{ship|German torpedo boat|S-60||2}} (both {{navy|Nazi Germany}}.

}}

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|ship={{ship|German torpedo boat|S-43||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type 1939/40 schnellboot struck a mine and sank in the Baltic Sea north of Hiiumaa, Estonia.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?163698 |title=S-43 (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=23 December 2011}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|German torpedo boat|S-106||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type 1939/40 schnellboot struck a mine and sank in the Baltic Sea north of Hiiumaa ({{coord|59|02|N|22|40|e}}) with the loss of six lives.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?163722 |title=S-106 (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=23 December 2011}}{{cite book |title=Die deutschen Kriegsschiffe, 1815-1945, Band 2 |first=Erich |last=Gröner |year=1994 |page=136 |isbn=3-7637-4801-6}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Italian submarine|Salpa|1932|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The submarine was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Mersa Matruh, Egypt ({{coord|32|05|N|26|47|E}}) by {{HMS|Triumph|N18|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).

}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet motor torpedo boat|No. 27||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|G-5|motor torpedo boat}} was sunk in the Baltic Sea by Luftwaffe aircraft.{{cite web |url=http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/guides/Soviet_Merchant_Marine_Losses_in_WW2|title=soviet Merchant Marine losses in WWII |publisher=Ship Nostalgia |date=20 July 2017}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet motor torpedo boat|No. 47||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

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

}}

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|ship={{GS|U-556||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean southwest of Iceland ({{coord|50|18|N|29|20|W}}) by {{HMS|Celandine|K75|6}}, {{HMS|Gladiolus|K34|6}} and {{HMS|Nasturtium|K107|6}} (all {{naval|UK}}) with the loss of five of her 46 crew.

}}

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

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo liner/hospital ship was sunk in the Baltic Sea by Luftwaffe aircraft. Approximately 800 crew and passengers were killed. Eight of her made it to shore and five were rescued.{{cite web |url=http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/guides/Soviet_Merchant_Marine_Losses_in_WW2|title=soviet Merchant Marine losses in WWII |publisher=Ship Nostalgia |date=9 June 2016}}

}}

28 June

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

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|34|27|N|11|57|W}}) by {{ship|Italian submarine|Leonardo da Vinci|1939|2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}) with the loss of 32 of her 59 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Farndale|L70|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy SC 33: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the North Sea ({{coord|52|50|N|1|46|E}}) by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of five of her 40 crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/convoys/sc33.html |title=Convoy SC 33 |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=22 May 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|German weather ship|Lauenburg||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=File:Lauenburg torpedoed.JPGWorld War II: North Atlantic weather war: The weather ship was captured and sunk off Jan Mayen, Norway by {{HMS|Tartar|F43|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).

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|ship={{ship|Soviet motor gun boat|No. 204||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|Project 1125|gunboat}} was severely damaged by Romanian artillery on the Danube and ran aground. She was salvaged by the Romanians and put into service as NMB V12.

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Finland}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|100|nmi|km}} north north west of the Butt of Lewis, Hebrides, United Kingdom ({{coord|59|39|N|8|20|W}}) by {{GS|U-146|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of twelve of her 30 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMT|Northern Duke}} ({{naval|UK}}).

}}

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|ship={{SS|Sleipner II|1909|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship, disguised as {{SS|Enggano|1920|2}} ({{flag|Netherlands}}) was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|27|52|N|26|17|W}}) by {{GS|U-103|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}).{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=532 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Ugo Вassi|1902|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Gulf of Orosei {{convert|5|nmi|km}} north east of Capo Monte Santi ({{Coord|40|07|N|9|50|E}}) by {{HMS|Severn|N57|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{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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29 June

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the North Sea ({{coord|56|57|N|2|03|W}}) by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of two of her crew.

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|ship={{SS|Don||2}}

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

|desc=The excursion boat disappeared in fog in the Gulf of Maine during a day trip to Monhegan Island, Maine. She probably suffered an explosion and sank. All 34 people aboard perished.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=KFIQUvoPKFAC&dat=19410701&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Nashua N.H. Telegraph July 1, 1941 page 1][https://www.findagrave.com/virtual-cemetery/1560673?page=2#sr-78329557 Virtual Cemetery for victiums of the "Don" disaster] Her bow section was found in Casco Bay off Ragged Island.{{Cite web| url=http://wreckhunter.net/DataPages/don-dat.htm |title=Don | publisher=Hunting New England Shipwrecks |accessdate=1 February 2021 }}[http://www.cundysharbor.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Tragedy-in-Casco-Bay-Continued-Search-and-Recovery.pdf Tragedy in Casco Bay PDf file]

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged in the North Sea ({{coord|53|05|N|1|30|E}}) by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was towed in to the Humber. 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=118 }}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The blockade-running cargo ship, disguised as {{SS|Enggano|1920|2}} ({{flag|Netherlands}}) was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|450|nmi|km}} west of Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain ({{coord|27|52|N|26|17|W}}) by {{GS|U-103|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1025.html |title=Ernani |publisher=Uboat |access-date=22 February 2012}}

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|ship={{SS|George J. Goulandris|1913|2}}

|flag={{flagicon|Greece}} Greece

|desc=World War II: Convoy SL 78: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|29|05|N|25|10|W}}) by {{GS|U-66|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 28 crew survived.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1022.html |title=George J. Goulandris |publisher=Uboat |date=16 February 2011}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 133: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|59|30|N|18|07|W}}) by {{GS|U-651||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 35 of her 53 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Arabis|K73|6}}, {{HMT|Northern Wave|FY153|6}} and {{HMS|Violet|K35|6}} (all {{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1024.html |title=Grayburn |publisher=Uboat |access-date=14 April 2012}}

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

|flag=22px Iceland

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|58|20|N|43|00|W}}) by {{GS|U-564||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of fourteen of her 20 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Candytuft|K09|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1020.html |title=Hekla |publisher=Uboat |access-date=8 April 2012}}

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|ship={{SS|Kalypso Vergotti|1918|2}}

|flag={{flagicon|Greece}} Greece

|desc=World War II: Convoy SL 78: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|29|00|N|25|00|W}}) by {{GS|U-66|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 36 crew.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1023.html |title=Kalypso Vergotti |publisher=Uboat |date=16 February 2011}}

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|ship={{SS|Märta|1900|2}}

|flag={{flag|Estonia}}

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

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|ship={{SS|Rio Azul|1921|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy SL 78: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately {{coord|29|N|25|W}}) by {{GS|U-123|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 33 of her 48 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Esperance Bay|F67|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1021.html |title=Rio Azul |publisher=Uboat |access-date=24 February 2012}}

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|ship={{GS|U-651||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|59|52|N|18|36|W}}) by {{HMS|Arabis|K73|6}}, {{HMS|Malcolm|D19|6}}, {{HMS|Scimitar|H21|6}}, {{HMS|Speedwell|J87|6}} and {{HMS|Violet|K35|6}} (all {{naval|UK}}). Her 45 crew were rescued.

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30 June

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea {{convert|7|nmi|km}} off San Vincenzo by {{HNLMS|O 23}} ({{naval|Netherlands}}).

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

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|Insect|gunboat}} was bombed and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Egypt by Junkers Ju 87 aircraft of I Staffeln, Sturzkampfgeschwader 2, Luftwaffe. She was towed to Alexandria, where she was declared a constructive total loss.

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|ship={{Ship|ST|Empire Larch||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|Larch|tug|1}} was bombed and damaged in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was 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=301 }}

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|ship={{SS|Krimulda||2}}

|flag={{flag|Soviet Union|936}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk by mines. Five of her crew were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/guides/Soviet_Merchant_Marine_Losses_in_WW2|title=soviet Merchant Marine losses in WWII |publisher=Ship Nostalgia |date=16 June 2015}}

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|ship=MO-143

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: The MO-4-class patrol boat struck a mine and sank in the Baltic Sea off Mhni.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?162255 |title=MO-143 (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |language=en, ru |access-date=23 December 2011}}

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|ship={{SS|Orel||2}}

|flag={{flag|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: Soviet evacuation of Odessa: The cargo ship was scuttled at Odessa by the Red Army.{{cite web |url=http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/guides/Soviet_Merchant_Marine_Losses_in_WW2_%28Black_Sea%29 |title=soviet Merchant Marine losses in WWII |publisher=Ship Nostalgia |date=19 June 2015 |access-date=19 June 2015 |archive-date=13 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190213030423/http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/guides/Soviet_Merchant_Marine_Losses_in_WW2_(Black_Sea) |url-status=dead }}

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|ship={{SS|Peter the Great||2}}

|flag={{flag|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: Soviet evacuation of Odessa: The cargo ship was scuttled at Odessa by the Red Army.

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

|flag={{flag|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: Soviet evacuation of Odessa: The cargo ship was scuttled at Odessa by the Red Army.

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|ship={{SS|Pskov||2}}

|flag={{flag|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: Soviet evacuation of Odessa: The cargo ship was scuttled at Odessa by the Red Army.

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|ship={{SS|Saint Anselm|1919|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy SL 78: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately {{coord|31|N|26|W}}) by {{GS|U-66|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 34 of her 67 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Moreton Bay|F11|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) and {{SS|Tom|Blumer, 1919|2}} ({{flag|Spain|1938}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1026.html |title=Saint Anselm |publisher=Uboat |date=16 February 2011}}

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|ship={{SS|Voikov||2}}

|flag={{flag|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: Soviet evacuation of Odessa: The cargo ship was scuttled at Odessa by the Red Army.

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|ship={{HMAS|Waterhen|D22|6}}

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

|desc=World War II: While under tow by the destroyer {{HMS|Defender|H07|6}} ({{naval|UK}}), the W-class destroyer capsized and sank in the Mediterranean Sea ({{coord|32|15|N|25|20|E}}) due to bomb damage suffered the previous day during an attack by Junkers Ju 87 dive bombers of the Regia Aeronautica and Luftwaffe. She was the first Royal Australian Navy ship lost due to enemy action during World War II.

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|ship=Ardena

|flag={{flagicon|Greece}} Greece

|desc=World War II: The passenger ferry, a former {{sclass|Azalea|sloop|2}}, was sunk by the Germans some time in June. She was raised, repaired and put into German service.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?134818 |title=Ardena cargo ship 1915-1943 |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=20 October 2014}} }}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk as a blockship at Pärnu, Estonia. She was subsequently salvaged by the Germans.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=548 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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|ship=Unnamed patrol boat

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: The patrol boat, one of the six patrol boats of the Soviet Danube Flotilla, was shelled and sunk by the monitors {{NMS|Basarabia}} and {{NMS|Mihail Kogălniceanu}} (both {{navy|Kingdom of Romania}}) on 22 or 23 June.Jonathan Trigg, Death on the Don: The Destruction of Germany's Allies on the Eastern Front, Chapter 3

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Notes

{{note|a}} The 8th Destroyer Flotilla comprised {{HMS|Faulknor|H62|6}}, {{HMS|Foresight|H68|6}}, {{HMS|Forester|H74|6}}, {{HMS|Foxhound|H69|6}} and {{HMS|Fury|H76|6}}.

References

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