List of shipwrecks in March 1942

The list of shipwrecks in March 1942 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during March 1942.

1 March

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|ship={{HNLMS|A|1929|6}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The {{sclass|A|minesweeper}} was scuttled at Soerabaja, Netherlands East Indies to avoid capture by Japanese forces. She was raised, repaired and put into Imperial Japanese Navy service as CHa-113.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/2843.html |title=HNLMS A of the Royal Dutch Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=1 March 2014}}

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|ship={{HNLMS|Arend|1929|6}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The seaplane tender was scuttled at Tandjong Priok, Netherlands East Indies to avoid capture by Japanese forces. She was raised by the Japanese and towed to Soerabaja in April 1943. Repaired 29 January–29 February 1944. Commissioned into the [Imperial Japanese Navy as PB-108 on 31 July 1944.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/PB-108_t.htm |title=Japanese Patrol Boats |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=28 March 2014}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was sunk by a mine off Grimsby, Lincolnshire. Eight of her crew and two DEMS gunners were killed. There were four survivors.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?68540 |title=Audacity |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=1 March 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://www.fold3.com/image/302123339 |title=British Admiralty War Diary, 1 March 1942 |publisher=www.fold3.com |access-date=1 March 2022}}

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was scuttled to prevent capture by {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Harukaze|1922|2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}). Harukaze machine gunned the survivors in their lifeboats killing 39. Three survivors were rescued by a Japanese destroyer on the night of 3–4 March and taken to Makassar, Netherlands East Indies.{{cite web | title=Augustina tanker 1927–1942 | url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59264 |publisher=Wrecksite.eu | access-date=1 March 2014}}

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|ship={{HNLMS|Bellatrix}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The patrol vessel was scuttled at Tandjong Priok. Later raised by the Japanese. The vessel was returned post-war.{{cite web |url=http://www.oocities.org/dutcheastindies/dutch_losses.html |title=Dutch Warship losses in the Dutch East Indies 1941–1942 |publisher=oocities.org |access-date=14 December 2014}}{{cite web | title=Netherlands Patrol Ships | url=http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=1100 | publisher=warshipsww2.eu | access-date=21 February 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220213011/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=1100 | archive-date=20 February 2015 | url-status=usurped | df=dmy-all }}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|520|nmi|km}} east of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada ({{coord|39|57|N|55|40|W}}) by {{GS|U-588||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 47 crew.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1390.html |title=Carperby |publisher=Uboat |access-date=9 April 2012}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet transport|Chapaev|1915|2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: The transport ship struck a Soviet mine and sank in the Black Sea near Sevastopol. Conflicting sources say there were between 88 and 120 dead.{{cite web |url=http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/guides/Soviet_Merchant_Marine_Losses_in_WW2_%28Black_Sea%29 |title=Soviet losses in Black Sea |publisher=shipsnostalgia |access-date=29 January 2019 |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={{USS|Edsall|DD-219|6}}

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

|desc=File:USS Edsall (DD-219) under fire and sinking on 1 March 1942 (80-G-178997).jpg

World War II: The {{sclass|Clemson|destroyer}} was bombed and damaged by Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft, then shelled and sunk in the Indian Ocean in {{convert|18000|ft}} of water some {{convert|200|mi}} east of Christmas Island by {{ship|Japanese battleship|Hiei||2}} and {{ship|Japanese battleship|Kirishima||2}} (both {{navy|Empire of Japan}}) with the loss of 146 of her 153 crew and 31 USAAF pilots. Five or six crewmen were rescued by the Japanese, five were later executed in a prisoner of war camp. The wreck located in mid 2023.{{cite web |url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4203-43MAR01.htm |title=Naval Events, March 1942, Part 1 of 2, Sunday 1st – Saturday 14th |publisher=Naval History |access-date=28 December 2011}}{{cite web |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/wwii-destroyer-fought-enemy-alone-then-flipped-the-bird/ar-AA1tWX90?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=83cf6b812dd24092b9e73029cf228fe9&ei=63 |title=WWII Destroyer Fought Enemy Alone, Then Flipped the Bird |publisher=Newser via MSN |access-date=12 November 2024}}

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|ship={{SS|Egitto||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary cruiser struck a mine and sank off Taranto with the loss of 77 of her 103.{{cite web|url=http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/42-03.htm |title=Seekrieg 1942, März |access-date=24 April 2015 |last=Rohwer |first=Jürgen |author-link=Jürgen Rohwer |author2=Gerhard Hümmelchen |work=Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart |language=de }}

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|ship={{HMS|Encounter|H10|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Second Battle of the Java Sea: The {{sclass2|E|destroyer|2}} was shelled and sunk off Bawean, Netherlands East Indies ({{coord|5|00|S|111|00|E}}) by {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Ashigara||2}} and {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Myōkō||2}} (both {{navy|Empire of Japan}}) with the loss of seven of her 158 crew. Encounter{{'}}s survivors spent the night in the water and were rescued on 2 March by {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Ikazuchi|1931|2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}).Sam Falle, p.39&40 in My Lucky Life{{cite web |url=https://www.naval-history.net/xDKCas1942-03MAR1.htm |title=Royal Navy casualties, March 1942, Part 1 of 2 |publisher=www.naval-history.net |access-date=23 August 2023}}

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|ship={{HNLMS|Evertsen|1926|6}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Sunda Strait: The {{sclass2|Admiralen|destroyer|2}} was shelled and damaged by {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Murakumo|1928|2}} and {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Shirakumo|1927|2}} (both {{Navy|Empire of Japan}}) and was beached on Sebuku Island in the Sunda Strait. Nine of her crew were killed.{{cite web | title=Netherlands destroyers Piet Hein | url=http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=300 | publisher=warshipsww2.eu | access-date=21 February 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150222223731/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=300 | archive-date=22 February 2015 | url-status=usurped | df=dmy-all }}

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|ship={{HMS|Exeter|68|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=File:Exeter sinking.jpg World War II: Second Battle of the Java Sea: The {{sclass|York|cruiser}} was torpedoed and sunk by {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Inazuma|1932|2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}). Some of Exeter{{'}}s survivors were then rescued by Inazuma during the afternoon following the battle,{{Cite web|url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/inazum_t.htm|title=Long Lancers|website=www.combinedfleet.com}} while the remainder were rescued on 2 March by {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Ikazuchi|1931|2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}).Capt. O Gordon, pp.148-149 in Fight It Out

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|ship={{HNLMS|Fazant|1929|6}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The seaplane tender was scuttled as a blockship by naval gunfire at Tandjong Priok. She was raised by the Japanese and towed to Soerabaja on 31 July 1944. Repaired and commissioned into the Imperial Japanese Navy as PB-109 on 15 October 1944.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/PB-109_t.htm |title=Japanese Patrol Boats |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=28 March 2014}}

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker as torpedoed, shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|38|40|N|58|38|W}}) by {{GS|U-158|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 39 crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/finnanger.html |title= M/T Finnanger |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=12 January 2012}}

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|ship={{HMS|HDML 1063}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The Harbour Defence Motor Launch was lost at Tanjung Priok.{{cite web |url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/14988.html |title=HDML 1063 of the Royal Navy |publisher=U Boat.net |access-date=1 March 2013}}

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|ship={{ship|Japanese hospital ship|Horai Maru||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Battle of Sunda Strait: The hospital ship was torpedoed and sunk by {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Mogami|1934|2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}). The torpedoes had missed {{USS|Houston|CA-30|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) and {{HMAS|Perth|D29|6}} ({{naval|Australia|1913}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Sakura_t.htm|title=Japanese Landing Craft Depot Ship |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=28 February 2013}} She was refloated on 12 December 1946 and beached at Siglap, Singapore. Horai Maru was refloated in 1948, towed to a Japanese port and scrapped.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=542 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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|ship={{USS|Houston|CA-30|6}}

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

|desc=World War II: Battle of Sunda Strait: The {{sclass|Northampton|cruiser|2}} was torpedoed and sunk with the loss of 693 of her 1,061 crew.

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean ({{coord|4|52|N|151|20|E}}) by {{USS|Grampus|SS-207|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}).

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|ship=RT-19 Komintern

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

|desc=World War II: The fishing trawler was torpedoed and sunk in the Barents Sea north of Cape Teriberski by {{GS|U-436||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 34 crew.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1441.html |title=RT-19 Komintern |publisher=Uboat |access-date=25 March 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://www.polarpost.ru/forum/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=4485 |title=RT-19 |publisher=www.polarpost.ru |access-date=17 January 2020}}

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|ship={{MV|Kota Radja|1927|2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The cargo ship was scuttled on the coast of Madura opposite Soerabaja, Netherlands East Indies to avoid capture by the Japanese, after being severely damaged by Japanese air attack on 24 February 1942.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59287 |title=MV Kota Radja (+1942) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=24 June 2020}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The United States Army-chartered cargo ship was shelled and damaged by Japanese artillery and scuttled at Luzon, Philippines.

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Cebu, Philippines.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/kuma_t.htm |title=Imperial Cruisers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=3 April 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cuH_CAAAQBAJ&q=USS+YA-52&pg=RA1-PA34 |title=WWII wrecks Philippines |date=4 May 2015 |publisher=Happy Fish/Googlebooks |access-date=3 April 2023}}

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|ship={{SS|Le Maire|1908|2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Indian Ocean {{convert|250|nmi|km}} west north west of the Cocos Islands by {{Jsub|I-2||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}).{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=551 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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|ship={{SS|Lepus||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk by {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Kuma||2}} and {{ship|Japanese torpedo boat|Kiji|1937|2}} (both {{navy|Empire of Japan}}) at Cebu.

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|ship={{HNLMS|Merel}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The patrol vessel was scuttled by naval gunfire as a blockship at Tandjong Priok.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/HoreiS_t.htm |title=Japanese Rescue and Salvage ships|publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=28 February 2023}}

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk in the Indian Ocean south of Christmas Island ({{coord|12|40|S|106|40|E}}) by {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Chikuma|1938|2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}). Forty-two of her crew were killed, and 25 of the survivors were later executed at a prisoner of war camp.{{cite web | title=Modjokerto cargo ship 1922–1942 | url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?132240 |publisher=Wrecksite.eu | access-date=1 March 2014}}{{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={{ship|Japanese salvage ship|Osei Maru||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The salvage ship struck a mine and was beached at Jizo Saki. She was refloated and scrapped, probably post war.{{cite web |url=https://www.netherlandsnavy.nl/index.html |title=Castor-class repair ship |publisher=netherlandsnavy.nl |access-date=28 June 2020 }}

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|ship={{SS|PLM 20||2}}

|flag={{flag|Vichy France}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Misrata, Libya by {{HMS|Unbeaten|N93|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) with the loss of nine of her 41 crew.{{cite web | title=HMS Unbeaten | url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3389.html |publisher=uboat.net | access-date=18 January 2019}}{{cite book |author=Service Historique de la Marine |title=Dossier TTY 823}}

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk by {{Jsub|I-2||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}). Eight survivors, including her captain, were rescued by {{HMAS|Yarra|U77|6}} ({{naval|Australia|1913}}), but seven of those died when HMAS Yarra was sunk on 4 March and the captain died in the lifeboat afterwards.{{cite web | title=Parigi cargo ship 1922–1942 | url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59311 |publisher=Wrecksite.eu | access-date=1 March 2014}}{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3WQuCwAAQBAJ&q=HMS+Sin+Aik+Lee&pg=PA287 |title=The Allied Defense of the Malay Barrier, 1941-1942 |date=December 2015 |publisher=Googlebooks |isbn=9781476662930 |access-date=24 June 2020}}

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|ship={{USS|Pecos|AO-6|6}}

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was bombed and sunk in the Indian Ocean off Christmas Island by Aichi D3A aircraft from {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Sōryū||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}). There were 232 survivors.

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|ship={{HMAS|Perth|D29|6}}

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

|desc=World War II: Battle of Sunda Strait: The {{sclass|Leander|cruiser|2||1931}} was torpedoed and sunk with the loss of 353 of her 681 crew.

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|ship={{SS|Polgarth||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk in the North Sea by a mine {{convert|2|mi|spell=in}} off the Aldeburgh Light Float. Her sixteen crew were rescued.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?69956 |title=Polgarth |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=1 March 2022}}

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|ship={{HNLMS|Poolster}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The patrol vessel/seaplane tender was scuttled by naval gunfire as a blockship at Tandjong Priok. She was raised on 1 September 1943, repaired and put into Japanese service on 22 November 1943 as Horei Maru.{{cite web |url=https://www.netherlandsnavy.nl/index.html |title=Poolster seaplanetender |publisher=netherlandsnavy.nl |access-date=28 June 2020 }}

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|ship={{USS|Pope|DD-225|6}}

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

|desc=World War II: Second Battle of the Java Sea: The {{sclass|Clemson|destroyer|2}} was bombed and sunk in the Java Sea ({{coord|4|00|S|111|30|E}}) by Japanese aircraft. Pope{{'}}s survivors were rescued late in the evening on 3 March by {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Inazuma|1932|2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}) after having spent almost two and a half days adrift in the water.J Michel, pp. 82-89 in Mr Michel's War

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|ship={{HMS|Rahman}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The auxiliary minesweeper was shelled, exploded and sunk by Japanese destroyers off Babi Island in the Sunda Strait.

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk by {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Kuma||2}} and {{ship|Japanese torpedo boat|Kiji|1937|2}} (both {{navy|Empire of Japan}}) Cebu.

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|ship={{HNLMS|Rigel}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The patrol vessel was scuttled by naval gunfire as a blockship at Tandjong Priok. (See entry 02/03/1942)

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|ship={{HNLMS|Roggeveen}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary depot ship was scuttled at Sourabaya to prevent capture. She was raised and scrapped in 1951.

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|ship={{SS|Rooseboom||2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Indian Ocean west of Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies by I-59 ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}) ({{coord|00|15|N|86|50|E}}). About 250 passengers and crew killed. Two survivors were rescued by {{SS|Palopo|1921|2}} ({{flag|Netherlands}}) on 11 March.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/I-159.htm |title=Imperial Submarines |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=29 June 2022 }}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Battle of Sunda Strait: The Sakito Maru-class anti-aircraft transport was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea ({{coord|5|56|S|106|12|E}}) by {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Mogami|1934|2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}). The torpedoes had missed {{USS|Houston|CA-30|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) and {{HMAS|Perth|D29|6}} ({{naval|Australia|1913}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Sakura_t.htm|title=Japanese Army Auxiliary anti-Aircraft Transports |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=28 February 2013}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=545 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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|ship={{HMS|Scott Harley}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper was sunk in the Indian Ocean by {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Arashi||2}} and {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Nowaki|1940|2}} (both {{navy|Empire of Japan}}) south of Tjilatjap, Netherlands East Indies. Lost with all hands.{{cite web | title=long Lancers | url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/nowaki_t.htm |publisher=Combiedfleet.com | access-date=19 March 2018}}

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|ship={{ship|Japanese amphibious assault ship|Shinshū Maru||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Battle of Sunda Strait: The Shinshū Maru-class landing craft depot ship was torpedoed and sunk by {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Mogami|1934|2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}). The torpedoes had missed {{USS|Houston|CA-30|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) and {{HMAS|Perth|D29|6}} ({{naval|Australia|1913}}). She was raised on 23 September 1942 and underwent temporary repairs at Tanjong Priok until 23 December. The vessel then sailed to Singapore to undergo permanent repairs and returned to service on 6 May 1943.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Shinshu_t.htm|title=Japanese Landing Craft Depot Ships |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=28 February 2013}}

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|ship={{SS|Siaoe||2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The cargo ship was sunk by Japanese warships in the Java Sea near Bojonegoro, Java.{{cite web | title=Siaoe cargo ship 1942 | url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59324 |publisher=Wrecksite.eu | access-date=1 March 2014}}

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|ship={{HMS|Sin Aik Lee||6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The auxiliary minesweeper was shelled and sunk in the Sunda Strait by Japanese destroyers off Babi Island. Her captain was killed.

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|ship={{HMIS|Sophie Marie}}

|flag={{flagicon|UK|naval}} Royal Indian Navy

|desc=World War II: The minesweeper/naval trawler struck a mine and sank in the MacPherson Strait off the Andaman Islands with the loss of two of her crew.{{cite book |title=Special Operations South-East Asia 1942–1945: Minerva, Baldhead & Longshank/Creek |first=David |last=Miller |publisher=Casemate Publishers |year=2015 |page=447 |isbn=978-1-86176-023-4}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/India/RIN/RIN-6.html |title=The Royal Indian Navy 1939-1945 |publisher=Inbiblio |access-date=16 August 2020}}

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|ship={{HNLMS|TAN 1 Paula|1927|6}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The auxiliary oiler was scuttled at Tandjong Priok to avoid capture by Japanese forces. She was raised by the Japanese on 24 December 1942 and repaired. Put into Imperial Japanese Army service as Arare Maru on 31 January 1943.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/ArareM_t.htm |title=Imperial Army Tankers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=30 March 2014}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Battle of Sunda Strait: The transport ship ran aground during the battle. She was refloated, converted into a tanker, and returned to service.{{cite web|url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Tatsuno_t.htm|title=Japanese Oilers|publisher=Combinedfleet.com|access-date=29 June 2022}}

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|ship={{HNLMS|Tjerimai}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The patrol boat, being converted into a minesweeper, was scuttled at Tandjong Priok. She was salvaged and put into Imperial Japanese Navy service as CHa-118.{{cite web |url=https://www.netherlandsnavy.nl/index.html |title=Smeroe-class auxiliary minesweepers |publisher=netherlandsnavy.nl |access-date=28 June 2020 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: Eastern Java Invasion Force: The Tokushima Maru-class auxiliary transport was bombed by Vickers Vildebeest aircraft and beached at Kragan Village, East Java ({{convert|100|mi|disp=comma}} west of Soerabaja) to prevent sinking. She was refloated, repaired and returned to service.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Konan_t.htm |title=Japanese Army Auxiliary Transports |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=17 September 2013}}{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Johore_t.htm |title=Japanese Army Auxiliary Transports |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=6 November 2022}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk in the Indian Ocean south of Tjilatjap by {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Arashi||2}} and {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Nowaki|1940|2}} (both {{navy|Empire of Japan}}) {{convert|230|mi}}. Thirty survivors were rescued by {{SS|Zaandam|1917|2}} ({{flag|Netherlands}}).{{cite web | title=Tomohon cargo ship 1930–1942 | url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59343 |publisher=Wrecksite.eu | access-date=1 March 2014}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The cargo liner was shelled and sunk in the Indian Ocean south of Tjilatjap by {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Arashi||2}} and {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Nowaki|1940|2}} (both {{navy|Empire of Japan}}) {{convert|250|mi|km}} with the loss of eleven of her crew.{{cite web | title=Toradja cargo ship 1930–1942 | url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59257 |publisher=Wrecksite.eu | access-date=1 March 2014}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{GS|U-656||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south of Cape Race, Dominion of Newfoundland ({{coord|46|15|N|53|15|W}}) by a Lockheed Hudson aircraft of the United States Navy with the loss of all 45 crew.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u656.htm |title=U-656 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=15 April 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese minesweeper|W-2||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Battle of Sunda Strait: The {{sclass|W-1|minesweeper|2}} was torpedoed and sunk by {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Mogami|1934|2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}). The torpedoes had missed {{USS|Houston|CA-30|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) and {{HMAS|Perth|D29|6}} ({{naval|Australia|1913}}). Raised, repaired and put in reserve status.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/W-2_t.htm|title=Japanese Minesweepers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=28 February 2013}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|War Sidar||2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground in the Sunda Strait. She was subsequently salvaged by the Japanese and entered service as Honan Maru.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=515 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

2 March

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|Albatros}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The patrol vessel was scuttled at Soerabaja, Netherlands East Indies. She was raised on 20 January 1943, repaired by November 1943 and put in Japanese service as Arabato Maru.{{cite web | title=Netherlands Patrol Ships | url=http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=1100 | publisher=warshipsww2.eu | access-date=20 February 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220213011/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=1100 | archive-date=20 February 2015 | url-status=usurped | df=dmy-all }}{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Arabato_t.htm |title=Japanese Rescue and Salvage ships|publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=1 March 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|Aldebaran}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The patrol vessel was scuttled at Soerabaja.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|Alor}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The minesweeper was scuttled at Soerabaja to avoid capture by Japanese forces.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Anastasia|190|2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The tanker was scuttled off Tandjong Priok, Java, Netherlands East Indies to prevent capture by the Japanese. She was raised on 30 October 1942, repaired and put into Imperial Japanese Army service as Bukun Maru in November 1942.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Bukun_t.htm |title=Japanese Oilers, Captured and Foreign Tankers in Imperial Army Service |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=4 December 2022}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The tanker was scuttled at Soerabaja to avoid capture by Japanese forces. She was raised, repaired and put into Imperial Japanese Navy service as Anjo Maru.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Anjo_t.htm |title=Japanese oilers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=28 September 2014}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Apostolos|MY-164|2}}

|flag={{flagicon|Greece}} Greece

|desc=World War II: The schooner was shelled and damaged by {{HMS|Turbulent|N98|6}} ({{naval|United Kingdom}}) in the Aegean Sea and was beached. She was a total loss. A German soldier and one Greek crew member were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?188800 |title=SV Apostolos (MY-164) (+1942) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=24 June 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|Ardjoeno}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The {{sclass|Ardjoeno|minesweeper}} was scuttled at Soerabaja to avoid capture by Japanese forces. She was raised, repaired and put into Imperial Japanese Navy service as the submarine chaser CHa-102.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|Aroe}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The minesweeper was scuttled at Soerabaja to avoid capture by Japanese forces.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|B}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The {{sclass|A|minesweeper|2}} was scuttled at Soerabaja to avoid capture by Japanese forces. She was raised, repaired and put into Imperial Japanese Navy service as the submarine chaser CHa-112.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/2844.html |title=HNMS B of the Royal Dutch Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=2 March 2013}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|B-1||2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The launched but incomplete B-1-class anti-submarine vessel was scuttled at Soerabaja to avoid capture by Japanese forces. She was later raised, repaired and put into Imperial Japanese Navy service on 31 August 1943 as the submarine chaser CHa-103.{{cite web |url=https://www.netherlandsnavy.nl/index.html |title=B-class Motor Launches |publisher=netherlandsnavy.nl |access-date=23 August 2020 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|B-2||2}},
{{HNLMS|B-3||2}},
{{HNLMS|B-4||2}},
{{HNLMS|B-5||2}},
{{HNLMS|B-6||2}},
{{HNLMS|B-7||2}},
{{HNLMS|B-8||2}},
{{HNLMS|B-9||2}},
{{HNLMS|B-10||2}},
{{HNLMS|B-11||2}}, and
{{HNLMS|B-12||2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The incomplete B-1-class anti-submarine vessels were reported burned or blown up at Soerabaja or Tandjong Priok to avoid capture by Japanese forces, or were captured intact at a later date. Seven were put into Imperial Japanese Navy service as the submarine chasers CHa-105, CHa-106, CHa-107, CHa-108, CHa-114, CHa-115.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|Banckert|1929|6}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The {{sclass2|Admiralen|destroyer|2}} was scuttled by being torpedoed by {{HNLMS|K XVIII}} ({{naval|Netherlands}}) at Soerabaja. She was raised by the Japanese, partially repaired, and put into service as PB-106.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/2862.html |title=HNMS Banckert of the Royal Dutch Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=2 March 2013}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|Bangkalen}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The {{sclass|Bangkalen|minelayer}} was scuttled at Soerabaja to avoid capture by Japanese forces.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/7802.html |title=HNMS Bangkalen of the Royal Dutch Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=2 March 2013}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|BEN 1 Minjak}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The transport ship was scuttled by shelling with a {{cvt|75|mm|in|0}} gun by {{HNLMS|Pieter de Bitter|1937|6}} ({{naval|Netherlands}}) at Soerabaja, Netherlands East Indies to avoid capture by Japanese forces.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|Bantam}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The minesweeper was scuttled at Soerabaja, Netherlands East Indies to avoid capture by Japanese forces. She was later salvaged by the Japanese and taken into Imperial Japanese Navy service as Cha-117.{{Cite web|first=Gengoro S. |last=Toda |title=第百十七號驅潜特務艇の艦歴 (No. 117 submarine chaser - Ship History) |website=Imperial Japanese Navy -Tokusetsu Kansen|url=http://www.tokusetsukansen.jpn.org/J/TT03/TT03_117.htm|language=ja}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Benkalis||2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The cargo ship was scuttled off Soerabaja to avoid capture by the Japanese.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59272 |title=SS Benkalis (+1942) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=24 June 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Belawan||2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The cargo ship (1,330 GRT, 1929) was scuttled off Soerabaja, Netherlands East Indies to avoid capture by the Japanese.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59270 |title=SS Belawan (+1942) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=24 June 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The cargo ship was scuttled in the Westvaarwater, near Soerabaja to avoid capture by the Japanese.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59271 |title=SS Bengalen (+1942) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=24 June 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|Biaro}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The auxiliary patrol vessel was scuttled.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|Boenakan}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The unarmed watch ship, a coaster, was scuttled at Tandjong Priok to avoid capture by Japanese forces.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|Boeroe}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The auxiliary minesweeper was scuttled at Tandjong Priok to avoid capture by Japanese forces.{{cite web |title=Netherlands minesweeper A-B-C class | url=http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=802 | publisher=warshipsww2.eu | access-date=19 February 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220010640/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=802 | archive-date=2015-02-20 | url-status=usurped }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|Bogor}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The minesweeper was scuttled at Soerabaja to avoid capture by Japanese forces.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|Castor}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The repair shipwas scuttled at Soerabaja. She was raised, repaired and put into Japanese service in 1943 as Osei Maru.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=HNLMS Ceram

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The minesweeper was scuttled at Tandjong Priok, Netherlands East Indies to avoid capture by Japanese forces.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Chariklia|VOL-181|2}}

|flag={{flagicon|Greece}} Greece

|desc=World War II: The schooner was shelled and sunk in the Aegean Sea by {{HMS|Turbulent|N98|6}} ({{naval|United Kingdom}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?188801 |title=SV Chariklia (VOL-181) (+1942) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=24 June 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|Cheribon}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The minesweeper was scuttled at Tandjong Priok to avoid capture by Japanese forces.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|D}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The {{sclass|A|minesweeper|2}} was scuttled at Soerabaja to avoid capture by Japanese forces.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/2846.html |title=HNMS D of the Royal Dutch Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=18 November 2018 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Dann||2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The tug was scuttled off Tandjong Priok to avoid capture by the Japanese. She was later raised, repaired and put into Japanese service.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59279 |title=SS Dann (+1942) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=24 June 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|De Klerk|1900|2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The cargo ship was scuttled at Tandjong Priok to prevent capture by Japanese forces. She was raised, repaired and put into Japanese service as Imaji Maru.{{cite web | title=Imaji Maru passenger ship 1900–1944 | url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59281 |publisher=Wrecksite.eu | access-date=17 December 2014}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|Digoel}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The {{Sclass|Djember|minesweeper}} was scuttled at Tandjong Priok to avoid capture by Japanese forces.{{cite web |url=https://www.netherlandsnavy.nl/index.html |title=DEFG-class auxiliary minesweepers |publisher=netherlandsnavy.nl |access-date=28 June 2020 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|Djampea}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The {{Sclass|Djember|minesweeper}} was scuttled at Tandjong Priok to avoid capture by Japanese forces. She was salvaged by the Japanese.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|Djember}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The {{Sclass|Djember|minesweeper}} was scuttled at Tandjong Priok to avoid capture by Japanese forces. She was raised, repaired and put into Imperial Japanese Navy service on 20 February 1943 as Wa-104.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|Djombang}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{USAT|Don Esteban}}

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

|desc=World War II: Philippines Campaign: The transport ship was sunk by Japanese forces off Mindoro, Philippines.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|Endeh}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The {{Sclass|Djember|minesweeper}} was shelled and sunk off the west coast of Java by {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Matsuke||2}} and {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Shiokaze||2}} (both {{navy|Empire of Japan}}). Seven of her crew were killed. Seventeen survivors reached the Duizend Eilanden on 13 March. Four of them were killed by the local inhabitants. On 23 March, the thirteen survivors reached Krawang, northeast of Batavia and were captured by the Japanese the next day.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?189081 |title=SS Endeh (+1942) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=24 June 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://mass.cultureelerfgoed.nl/endeh-hrms |title=Endeh |publisher=mass.cultureelerfgoed.nl |access-date=28 January 2021}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|Enggano}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|Eridanus}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The patrol vessel was scuttled at Soerabaja. She was raised, repaired and put in Japanese service as Enoshima Maru.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Evangelistria

|flag={{flagicon|Greece}} Greece

|desc=World War II: The schooner was shelled and sunk in the Aegean Sea by {{HMS|Turbulent|N98|6}} ({{naval|United Kingdom}}). Thirteen German troops were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?188799 |title=SV Evangelistria (CHA-13) (+1942) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=24 June 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: The transport ship was torpedoed and sunk, or was beached in shallow water, off Kamysh Burun ({{coord|44|51|N|35|08|E}}) by aircraft of VIII Fliegerkorps, Luftwaffe. She settled with most of the wreck above water. Five crew and several passengers were killed. The vessel was torpedoed by {{ship|Soviet submarine|A-3||2}} ({{navy|Soviet Union}}) on 12 May 1943. She was later refloated and broken up.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/5806.html |title=A-3 of the Soviet Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=7 August 2014}}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?140932 |title=SS Fabritsius (+1942) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=24 June 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|Fakfak||2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The incomplete {{Sclass|Djember|minesweeper}} was scuttled on the ways at Tandjong Priok to avoid capture by Japanese forces. She was repaired, launched on 17 October 1942, and put into Imperial Japanese Navy service 30 June 1943 as Wa-102.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|Flores|1942|2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The incomplete {{Sclass|Djember|minesweeper}} was scuttled on the ways at Tandjong Priok to avoid capture by Japanese forces. She was repaired, launched on 17 October 1942, completed on 25 June 1943 and put into Imperial Japanese Navy service as Wa-101.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|Fomalhaut}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The patrol vessel was scuttled at Soerabaja.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|Garoet||2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The incomplete {{Sclass|Djember|minesweeper}} was scuttled at Tandjong Priok to avoid capture by Japanese forces. She was raised, repaired, relaunched on 20 November 1942 and put into Imperial Japanese Navy service 7 May 1943 as Wa-103.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|Gedеh}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|Gemma}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The patrol vessel was scuttled at Soerabaja. She was raised 27 October 1942, repaired and put into Japanese service as Kita Maru.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Kita_t.htm |title=Captured Vessels in Japanese Service as Auxiliary Transports |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=9 December 2022}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Giang Seng|1899|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The cargo liner was scuttled at Soerabaja to avoid capture by Japanese forces.{{cite web | title=Giang Seng passenger/cargo ship 1899–1942 | url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?205590 |publisher=Wrecksite.eu | access-date=13 April 2014}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|Grissee||2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The incomplete {{Sclass|Djember|minesweeper}} was scuttled at Tandjong Priok to avoid capture by Japanese forces. She was refloated, repaired, relaunched on 15 February 1943 and put into Imperial Japanese Navy service on 31 August 1943 as Wa-105.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|27|09|N|66|22|W}}) by {{GS|U-126|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of fourteen of her 26 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{MV|Temmaren||2}} ({{flag|Sweden}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/gunny.html |title= D/S Gunny |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=13 January 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ha-13

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

|desc=The midget submarine sank during training at Aki Nada. The instructor and two trainees were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Yakaze_t.htm |title=Japanese Target Ships |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=18 July 2014}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|J. H. Menten|1914|2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The lightship was scuttled as a blockship at Makassar, Netherlands East Indies.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?194999 |title=SS J. H. Menten (+1942) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=23 June 2020}}{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=sWXTTtl6jiIC&dq=Ship:+HMS+Surprise,+1942&pg=PA171 |title=List of Admiralty records Vol. 6 |year=1964 |publisher=Kraus-Tomson/Googlebooks |access-date=23 June 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The tug was scuttled off Tandjong Priok to avoid capture by the Japanese. She was salvaged by the Japanese.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|K X}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The {{sclass|K VIII|submarine|2}} was scuttled at Soerabaja to avoid capture by Japanese forces.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|K XIII}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The {{sclass|K XI|submarine|2}} was scuttled at Soerabaja to avoid capture by Japanese forces.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/2884.html |title=HNMS K XIII of the Royal Dutch Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=2 March 2013}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|K XVIII}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The {{sclass|K XIV|submarine|2}} was scuttled at Soerabaja to avoid capture by Japanese forces. Her commanding officer and two crewmen were killed by a scuttling charge that detonated while they were inspecting the boat on 3 March.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/2881.html |title=HNMS K XVIII of the Royal Dutch Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=2 March 2013}}

}}

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|ship={{Ship|Japanese aircraft ferry|Kamogawa Maru||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary aircraft ferry was torpedoed and sunk north of the mouth of the Lombok Strait ({{coord|8|06|S|115|57|E}}) by {{USS|Sailfish|SS-192|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Her commanding officer, five crewmen, 273 troops and 48 other passengers were killed.{{cite DANFS |title=Sailfish |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss192.txt |access-date=30 December 2011}}

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The tanker was scuttled off Soerabaja to avoid capture by Japanese forces. Her crew were rescued by {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Inazuma|1932|2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}).{{cite web | title=Kasuaris tanker 1938–1942 | url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59285 |publisher=Wrecksite.eu | access-date=13 April 2014}}

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|ship={{HNLMS|Kawi||2}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

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|ship={{HNLMS|Koning der Nederlanden}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The accommodation ship was scuttled at Soerabaja to avoid capture by Japanese forces.

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The tug was scuttled at Tjilatjap, Netherlands East Indies to avoid capture by Japanese forces. She was salvaged by the Japanese.

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|ship={{SS|Kyo Maru No. 11 GO||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Battle of Luzon: The auxiliary submarine chaser/naval whaler was sunk in Subic Bay by Curtiss P-40 Warhawk aircraft of the United States Army Air Force.{{cite web |url=http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/USN-Chron/USN-Chron-1942.html |title=Official Chronology of the US Navy in WWII 1942 |publisher=Ibiblio |access-date=8 March 2014}}

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|ship={{ship|Dutch minesweeper|Lawoe||2}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The cargo ship was scuttled off Soerabaja to avoid capture by the Japanese.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59292 |title=SS Liran (+1942) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=24 June 2020}}

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|ship={{SS|Loa-Koeloe|1930|2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The cargo ship was scuttled off Soerabaja to avoid capture by the Japanese.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59293 |title=SS Benkalis (+1942) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=24 June 2020}}

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The cargo ship was scuttled as a blockship off Tandjong Priok to avoid capture by the Japanese.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59298 |title=SS Meroendoeng (+1942) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=24 June 2020}}

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|ship={{ship|Dutch minesweeper|Merapi||2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The incomplete {{Sclass|Smeroe|minesweeper}} was blown up on her slipway at Batavia, Netherlands East Indies to avoid capture by Japanese forces.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Mijer||2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The passenger ship was scuttled off Tandjong Priok to avoid capture by the Japanese. She was later salvaged by the Japanese.

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was scuttled off Tandjong Priok to avoid capture by Japanese forces.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OS0TDQAAQBAJ&dq=Ship:+HMS+Surprise,+1942&pg=PT365 |title=Shipping Company losses in WWII |date=July 2013 |publisher=Googlebooks |isbn=9780750953719 |access-date=20 June 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59308 |title=Milo (+1942) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=20 June 2020}}

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|ship={{HNLMS|No. 16}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The auxiliary minesweeper was scuttled.

}}

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|ship={{HNLMS|No. 17}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The auxiliary minesweeper was scuttled.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|OJR-1}},
{{HNLMS|OJR-4}},
{{HNLMS|OJR-5}}, and
{{HNLMS|OJR-6}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The OJR-1-class anti-submarine vessels were scuttled at Soerabaja, Netherlands East Indies to avoid capture by Japanese forces. OJR-1 or OJR-4 was raised, repaired and put into Imperial Japanese Navy service as the submarine chaser CHa-111.

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|ship={{SS|Paul||2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The tug was scuttled off Tandjong Priok to avoid capture by the Japanese. She was later salvaged by the Japanese.

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|ship={{SS|Pehe||2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The coaster was scuttled off Soerabaja to avoid capture by the Japanese.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59313 |title=SS Pehe (+1942) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=24 June 2020}}

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|ship={{USS|Pillsbury|DD-227|6}}

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

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The {{sclass|Clemson|destroyer|2}} was shelled and sunk in the Indian Ocean {{convert|200|nmi|km}} west of Christmas Island by {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Atago||2}} and {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Takao|1930|2}} (both {{navy|Empire of Japan}}) with the loss of all 116 crew.

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|ship={{HNLMS|Pollux}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The outer Westwater Channel lightship/auxiliary tender/patrol vessel was scuttled at the Genoa Pier, Soerabaja to avoid capture by Japanese forces. She was raised, repaired and put into Imperial Japanese Navy service February 1943 as Hourai.

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Indian Ocean south of Tjilatjap by Imperial Japanese Navy warships with the loss of 24 lives. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Tomohon|1929|2}} and {{SS|Zaandam|1917|2}} (both {{flag|Netherlands}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/prominent.html |title=D/S Prominent |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=6 February 2012 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59382 |title=SS Prominent (+1942) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=24 June 2020}} There were three survivors.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=563 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The cargo ship was scuttled at Batavia.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/proteus.html |title=D/S Proteus |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=6 February 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{HNLMS|Ram||2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The incomplete {{Sclass|Regulus|minelayer}} was scuttled at Tjilatjap to avoid capture by Japanese forces. She was salvaged by the Japanese and conversion to a gunboat was started, but never completed. Ram was scrapped post-war.

}}

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|ship={{HNLMS|Rigel}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The {{sclass|Rigel|minelayer|2}} was scuttled as a blockship in the north entrance to the harbour at Soerabaja to avoid capture by Japanese forces.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/5625.html |title=HNMS Rigel of the Royal Dutch Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=2 March 2013}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Dutch minesweeper|Salak||2}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The cargo ship was scuttled at Soerabaja.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?209757 |title=SS Shinyu (+1942) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=24 June 2020}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The cargo ship was scuttled at Tandjong Priok. She was salvaged by the Japanese.

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk off Tandjong Priok by Japanese ships.

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The cargo ship was scuttled off Soerabaja to avoid capture by the Japanese.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59328 |title=SS Silindoeng (+1942) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=24 June 2020}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The cargo ship was sunk by aircraft based on {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Ryūjō||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}) {{convert|150|nmi|km}} north east of Batavia.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59329 |title=SS Sina Bang (+1942) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=24 June 2020}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Sisunthon Nawa|1920|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The cargo ship was scuttled off Soerabaja to avoid capture by the Japanese.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?146473 |title=SS Sisunthon Nawa (+1942) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=24 June 2020}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Dutch minesweeper|Slamat||2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The {{Sclass|Smeroe|minesweeper}} was blown up incomplete on her slipway at Batavia to avoid capture by Japanese forces.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|Soemenep||2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The {{sclass|Soemenep|minelayer|2}} was scuttled at Soerabaja to avoid capture by Japanese forces.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/7803.html |title=HNMS Soemenep of the Royal Dutch Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=2 March 2013}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The passenger ship was scuttled at Soerabaja to prevent capture by Japanese forces. She was raised, repaired and put into Japanese service as Hakko Maru.{{cite web | title=Speelman passenger ship 1945-1945 | url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?142699 |publisher=Wrecksite.eu | access-date=11 December 2014}}

}}

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|ship={{USS|Stewart|DD-224|6}}

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

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The {{sclass|Clemson|destroyer|2}} was scuttled at the Soerabaja Naval Base. She was later salvaged by the Imperial Japanese Navy and entered service as Patrol Boat No. 102

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The {{sclass2|S|destroyer|1||1917}} was shelled and sunk south of Java ({{coord|12|20|S|112|00|E}}) by {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Arashi||2}}, {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Maya||2}} and {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Nowaki|1940|2}} (all {{navy|Empire of Japan}}) with the loss of her captain and 74 crew. About 50 survivors were taken as prisoners of war.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?37361 | title=HMS Stronghold (H50) (+1942) |publisher=Wrecksite | access-date=26 June 2020}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The cargo liner, contracted by the United States Army as a blockade runner, was scuttled at Soerabaja to avoid capture by the Japanese,{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59251 |title=SS Taiyuan (+1942) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=25 June 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xeYHAAAAMAAJ&q=ship%3A+Taiyuan+March%2C+1942&pg=PA580 |title=Settlements of claims by the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States and its predecessors from September 14, 1949 to March 31, 1955 |year=1955 |publisher=U S Government Printing Office/Googlebooks |access-date=25 June 2020}} or was attacked and sunk by Japanese ships ({{coord|7|11|38|S|112|45|21|E}}) with the loss of 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=512 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Talang Akar|1926|2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The tanker was scuttled at Soerabaja to prevent capture by Japanese forces. She was salvaged and put into Japanese service as Tango Maru.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/TangoO_t.htm |title=Japanese Oilers|publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=8 November 2013}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|TAN 2}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The auxiliary tanker was scuttled at Soerabaja to prevent capture by Japanese forces. She was salvaged and put into Japanese service as Yuno Maru.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|TAN 4}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The auxiliary tanker was scuttled at Soerabaja to prevent capture by Japanese forces. She was salvaged and put into Japanese service as Eiho Maru.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|TAN 5}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The auxiliary tanker was scuttled at Soerabaja to prevent capture by Japanese forces. She was salvaged in July 1942 and put into Japanese service on 5 August 1942 as Aiten Maru.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Strange.htm|title=Strange but true stories |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=29 June 2022 }}

}}

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|ship={{HNLMS|TAN 6}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The auxiliary tanker was scuttled at Soerabaja to prevent capture by Japanese forces. She was salvaged and put into Japanese service as Yusei Maru.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Yosei_t.htm |title=Japanese Oilers|publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=13 May 2014}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|TAN 8}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The auxiliary tanker was scuttled at Soerabaja to prevent capture by Japanese forces. She was salvaged and put into Japanese service as Teikai Maru.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Tamako||2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The coaster was scuttled off Soerabaja to avoid capture by the Japanese.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59335 |title=SS Tamako (+1942) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=24 June 2020}}

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|ship={{HMS|Tapah}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Singapore: The auxiliary minesweeper was sunk by Japanese aircraft at Singapore.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?259572 |title=HMS Tapah (+1942) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=24 June 2020}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The ocean-going tug was scuttled off Soerabaja to avoid capture by the Japanese.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59336 |title=SS Taroena (+1942) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=24 June 2020}}

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The tanker was scuttled off Soerabaja to prevent capture by Japanese forces.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59337 |title=Tembusu (+1942) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=24 October 2014}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Dutch minesweeper|Tjerimai||2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The {{sclass|Smeroe|minesweeper}} was scuttled incomplete at Batavia= to avoid capture by Japanese forces. She was raised, completed and put into Imperial Japanese Navy service in August 1942 as the submarine chaser CHa-101.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The cargo ship was scuttled as a blockship at Soerabaja ({{Coord|7|11|17|S|112|43|18|E}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59339 |title=SS Tjikandi (+1942) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=24 June 2020}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=553 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The cargo ship was scuttled as a blockship at Soerabaja ({{Coord|7|11|02|S|112|43|07|E}}). The wreck was removed post-war.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59340 |title=SS Tjikarang (+1942) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=23 June 2020}}

}}

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|ship={{HNLMS|TM-4}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The {{sclass|TM-4|motor torpedo boat}} was scuttled at Soerabaja to avoid capture by Japanese forces. She was later raised, repaired and put into Imperial Japanese Navy service as Gyoraitei No. 102.{{cite web |url=https://www.netherlandsnavy.nl/TM4class.htm |title=Class TM-4 |publisher=netherlandsnavy.nl |access-date=27 June 2020 }}

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|TM-6}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|TM-8}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|TM-9}},

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|TM-10}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|TM-11}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|TM-12}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|TM-13}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|TM-14}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|TM-15}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|TM-16||2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The incomplete {{sclass|TM-4|motor torpedo boat}} was scuttled at Soerabaja to avoid capture by Japanese forces. She was later raised, repaired and put into Imperial Japanese Navy service on 6 May 1943 as Gyoraitei No. 115.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|TM-17||2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|TM-18||2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|TM-19||2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The incomplete {{sclass|TM-4|motor torpedo boat}} was blown up on the stocks at Soerabaja to avoid capture by Japanese forces. She was later raised, repaired and put into Imperial Japanese Navy service on 6 May 1943 as Gyoraitei No. 118.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|TM-20||2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|TM-21||2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Toendjoek

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The cargo ship was scuttled at Tandjong Priok as a blockship. She was salvaged and put into Japanese service as Tango Maru.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Tango_t.htm |title=Ex-German merchants in Japanese service |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=28 March 2014}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The cargo ship was scuttled as a blockship in the north entrance to the Harbor at Soerabaja to prevent capture. She was salvaged and put in Japanese service as Sumatra Maru.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Sumatra_t.htm|title=Japanese Army Auxiliary Transports |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=12 May 2014}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The cargo ship was scuttled at Soerabaja.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/tunni.html |title=D/S Tunni |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=8 February 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Van Diemen|1926|2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The cargo ship was scuttled at Soerabaja.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?190946 |title=SS Van Diemen (+1942) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=23 June 2020}}

}}

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|ship={{ship||West|lightship|2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The Inner Westwater Channel lightship was scuttled by shelling by {{ship|Dutch minesweeper|Eland Dubois||2}} ({{naval|Netherlands}}) at Soerabaja to avoid capture by Japanese forces.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|Witte de With|1928|6}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The {{sclass2|Admiralen|destroyer|2}} was bombed and sunk at Soerabaja by Japanese aircraft.

}}

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|ship=Unnamed floating drydock

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The unnamed floating drydock was scuttled by being torpedoed by {{HNLMS|K XVIII}} ({{naval|Netherlands}}) at Soerabaja{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/PB-106_t.htm |title=Japanese Patrol Boats |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=28 March 2014}}

}}

3 March

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|ship=Agios Dionyssios

|flag={{flagicon|Greece}} Greece

|desc=World War II: The caïque was shelled and sunk in the Aegean Sea south of the Kassandra peninsula by {{HMS|Turbulent|N98|6}} ({{naval|United Kingdom}}). Sixteen German soldiers were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?188800 |title=SV Agios Dionyssios (KAL-199) (+1942) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=24 June 2020}}

}}

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|ship={{USS|Asheville|PG-21|6}}

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

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The {{sclass|Asheville|gunboat|||1917}} was shelled and sunk south of Java, Netherlands East Indies by {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Arashi||2}} and {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Nowaki|1940|2}} (both {{navy|Empire of Japan}}). Of her 159 crew, one officer was taken as a prisoner of war, other survivors were machine gunned in the water.

}}

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|ship={{ship|Dutch minesweeper|Bantam||2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The {{Sclass|Alor|minesweeper}} was scuttled incomplete at Tandjong Priok, Netherlands East Indies to avoid capture by Japanese forces. She was raised, completed and put into Imperial Japanese Navy service in August 1943 as the submarine chaser CHa-117.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was captured by {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Arashi||2}} and {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Nowaki||2}} (both {{navy|Empire of Japan}}) on 1 March. She was ordered to Bali, Netherlands East Indies by her captors as a prize, but they did not place a prize crew on board and she was scuttled by her crew. {{convert|70|mi}} south-east from Nusa Baroeng, Netherlands East Indies.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59274 |title=SS Bintoehan (+1942) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=24 June 2020}}{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/nowaki_t.htm |title=Long Lancers |publisher=Combinedfleet |access-date=24 June 2020}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The cargo ship was scuttled by her crew at Soerabaja, Java. She was salvaged by the Japanese and returned to service as Manryu Maru.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Manryu_t.htm |title=Captured Vessels in Japanese Service as Auxiliary Transports |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=9 December 2022}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The ammunition ship was bombed, and sunk at Palermo, Sicily by Vickers Wellington aircraft of the Royal Air Force. The wreck was scrapped 1946–48.{{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=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?139904 |title=SS Cuma (+1942) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=24 June 2020}}

}}

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|ship=Eastwater Channel Lightship

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The lightship was scuttled by {{HNLMS|Willebroard Snellius}} ({{navy|Netherlands}}) at Soerabaja to avoid capture by Japanese forces.

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|6|01|N|12|02|W}}) by {{GS|U-68|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of six of her 82 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Beaconsfield|1938|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1394.html |title=Helenus |publisher=Uboat |date=16 February 2011}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Jean et Jacques|1921|2}}

|flag={{Navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The transport ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel north of Cape Gris Nez, Pas-de-Calais, France by Royal Navy motor torpedo boats. There were seven dead and 38 survivors.{{cite web |url=http://www.atlasponant.fr/fiche/Navire/#fiche=/fiche/Navire/062JEJ001/ |title=Jean et Jacques |publisher=www.atlasponant.fr |date=29 May 2019 |access-date=29 May 2019 |archive-date=14 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114093913/http://www.atlasponant.fr/fiche/Navire/#fiche=/fiche/Navire/062JEJ001/ |url-status=dead }}{{cite book |title=War Diary German Naval Staff Operations Division, March 1942}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=459 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The ship was bombed and sunk at Wyndham, Western Australia. She was raised in 1948, taken out to sea and scuttled.{{cite web |url=http://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=1003 |title=Koolama|publisher=The Yard |access-date=26 February 2017}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|165|nmi|km}} off the coast of Brazil ({{coord|8|25|N|52|50|W}}) by {{GS|U-129|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of one of her 34 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Alcoa Scout|1919|2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1393.html |title=Mary |publisher=Uboat |access-date=28 February 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{USS|Perch|SS-176|6}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Porpoise-class submarine was depth charged and damaged northwest of Soerabaja by {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Amatsukaze|1939|2}} and {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Hatsukaze||2}} (both {{navy|Empire of Japan}}) on 1 March and attacked by {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Sazanami|1931|2}} and {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Ushio|1930|2}} (both {{navy|Empire of Japan}}) on 2 March, the crippled submarine was scuttled by her crew in the Java Sea when Sazanami and Ushio attacked her again. Ushio rescued her 59 crew, but five of them died in Japanese prison camps before the end of the war.

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was shelled, torpedoed and sunk in the Indian Ocean {{convert|250|mi}} north west of Shark Bay, Australia ({{coord|21|20|S|108|45|E}}) by {{Jsub|I-1||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}) with the loss of 21 of her 58 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Van Spilbergen|1908|2}} ({{flag|Netherlands}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/I-1.htm |title=Imperial Submarines |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=29 June 2022}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Van Neck|1913|2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The passenger ship was scuttled off Soerabaja to avoid capture by the Japanese.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59348 |title=SS Van Neck (+1942) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=24 June 2020}} She was refloated by the Japanese in June 1944. Subsequent fate unknown.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=554 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Van Waerwijck|1909|2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The cargo ship was scuttled at Tandjong Priok. She was raised, repaired, and put into Japanese service as Harugiku Maru.{{cite web |url=http://members.iinet.net.au/~gduncan/maritime-2a.html |title=More marine disasters of WWII |publisher=members.iinet.net.au |access-date=11 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110404095404/http://members.iinet.net.au/~gduncan/maritime-2a.html |archive-date=2011-04-04 |url-status=dead }}

}}

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|ship=Twelve unnamed ships

|flag=Flags unknown

|desc=World War II: Twelve ships were shelled and sunk in the Sulu Sea off Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines by {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Kuma||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}).

}}

4 March

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|ship={{HMS|Anking}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: HMAS Yarra Convoy: The depot ship was shelled and sunk in the Indian Ocean {{convert|300|nmi|km}} south of Java, Netherlands East Indies ({{coord|11|30|S|109|03|E}}) by {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Arashi||2}}, {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Atago||2}}, {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Maya||2}}, {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Nowaki|1940|2}}, {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Takao|1930|2}} (all {{navy|Empire of Japan}}) with the loss of 40 of her 97 crew. Some of the survivors were rescued by {{SS|Tawali|1931|2}} ({{flag|Netherlands}}), others reached Java and were taken as prisoners of war. HMAS Anking was on a voyage from Tjilatjap, Netherlands East Indies to Fremantle, Western Australia.{{cite book |first=Roger |last=Jordan |year= 1999 |title=The World's Merchant Ships 1939 |place=London |publisher=Chatham House |isbn=1-86176-023-X |pages=114, 485 }}

}}

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|ship={{HNLMS|BEN 1 Minjak}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The auxiliary tanker was scuttled at Soerabaja, Netherlands East Indies to prevent capture.

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and set on fire by a floatplane from {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Takao|1930|2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}) on 1 March and burned out {{convert|270|mi}} south of Java, Netherlands East Indies. The crew were rescued after midnight on 2 March by {{SS|Tawali|1931|2}} ({{flag|Netherlands}}). The burning and abandoned ship was scuttled by shelling by {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Chikuma|1938|2}} and {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Urakaze|1940|2}} (both {{navy|Empire of Japan}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Chikuma_t.htm |title=Imperial Cruisers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=10 April 2016}}{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59260 |title=Enggano (+1942) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=25 June 2020}}

}}

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|ship={{Ship|Japanese oiler|Erimo||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The fleet oiler was torpedoed in Sunda Strait off Bali, Netherlands East Indies ({{coord|04|19|S|108|25|E}}) by {{USS|S-39|SS-144|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Erimo was beached on Bali and declared a constructive total loss. Four of her crew were killed. Survivors were rescued by {{Ship|Japanese cruiser|Yura||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}). The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Erimo_t.htm |title=Japanese Oilers|publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=4 March 2013}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: HMAS Yarra Convoy: The tanker was shelled and sunk in the Indian Ocean {{convert|300|nmi|km}} south of Java ({{coord|11|30|S|109|03|E}}) by {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Arashi||2}}, {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Atago||2}}, {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Maya||2}}, {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Nowaki|1940|2}}, {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Takao|1930|2}} (all {{navy|Empire of Japan}}). The Japanese rescued 12 Chinese crewmen and one English officer from one lifeboat, but another lifeboat was never seen again.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?180475 |title=HMS MMS-51 (J 551) (+1942) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=26 June 2020}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=497 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank off Orfordness, Suffolk ({{coord|52|21|N|1|58|E}}). Her 38 crew survived. The wreck was subsequently dispersed.

}}

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|ship={{SS|Gypsum Prince|1927|2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship was sunk following a collision with the tanker {{SS|Voco|1925|2}} ({{flagcountry|British Hong Kong|1910}}) {{convert|4|nmi|km}} off Lewes, Delaware, United States. Her master and five crewmen were killed. Twenty survivors were rescued by the United States Coast Guard.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?20090 |title=Gypsum Prince (+1942) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=25 May 2020}}{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1942/03/05/archives/freighter-is-sunk-in-coast-collision-gypsum-prince-and-the-tanker.html |title=FREIGHTER IS SUNK IN COAST COLLISION; Gypsum Prince and the Tanker Voco, Both British, Crash Off Delaware -- Latter Damaged 6 MEN LOST, 20 RESCUED Master of Cargo Ship Drowned -- Both Vessels Running Dark Because of Submarines |work=The New York Times |date=5 March 1942 |access-date=25 May 2020}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=483 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean about {{convert|145|nmi|km}} south of Truk, Caroline Islands by {{USS|Grampus|SS-207|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Tjilatjap by Japanese aircraft.{{cite web |title=Haruno Maru (+1944) |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59286 |website=wrecksite.eu |access-date=2 October 2020}}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|LCP(L) 106}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The Landing Craft Personnel (Large) was wrecked at Tobruk, Libya.{{cite web |url= http://www.naval-history.net/WW2BritishLossesbyDate2.htm |title=Royal Navy vessels lost at sea Jan. '42-dec.'43|publisher=Navalhistory.net |access-date=6 March 2017}}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|MMS 51|J551|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: HMAS Yarra Convoy: The {{sclass2|MMS|minesweeper|2}} was shelled and sunk in the Indian Ocean {{convert|300|nmi|km}} south of Java by one of {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Arashi||2}}, {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Atago||2}}, {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Maya||2}}, {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Nowaki|1940|2}}, {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Takao|1930|2}} (all {{navy|Empire of Japan}}) after the ship was abandoned with seacocks open. Fourteen survivors were rescued by {{SS|Tjimanoek|1911|2}} ({{flag|Netherlands}}) on 7 March and made it to Fremantle, Australia, others reached Java and were taken as prisoners of war.

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Tjilatjap by Japanese Mitsubishi G4M "Betty" aircraft. She was raised, repaired and put into Japanese service as Mainici Maru.{{cite web |url=http://francefightson.yuku.com/topic/1064/Allied-AsiaPacific-Shipping-Losses#.VJJFP2c5Dcs |title=Allied Aisia/Pacific shipping losses|date=16 January 2012 |publisher=Francefightson.yuku |access-date=17 December 2014}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Indian Ocean north east of Cocos Island ({{coord|08|40|S|94|30|E}}) by {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-7||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}). Survivors eventually made it to Sumatra, Netherland East Indies.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/I-7.htm |title=Imperial Submarines |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=29 June 2022}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The Army-requisitioned {{Sclass|Morioka Maru|cargo ship}} struck a Japanese mine and sank west of Nakadori Island ({{coord|32|55|N|129|26|E}}). There were no casualties. Her crew and a stowaway were rescued by {{ship|Japanese minelayer|Kinjo Maru||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}).{{cite ship register |register=MSI |id=4027691 | shipname=Morioka Maru |access-date=12 October 2013}}{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Strange.htm |title=Morioka Maru |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=2 October 2019}}

}}

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|ship={{HNLMS|Tydeman}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The survey ship was bombed and sunk at Tjilatjap by Japanese Mitsubishi G4M "Betty" aircraft. She was raised, repaired and put into Japanese service as Choyo.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/W-12_t.htm |title=Japanese Minesweepers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=28 December 2014}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Van der Hagen|1909|2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The cargo ship was destroyed by fire and sank at Tjilatjap. She was subsequently salvaged and entered Japanese service as Harusei Maru{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |pages=549, 553 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{HMAS|Yarra|U77|6}}

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

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: HMAS Yarra Convoy: The {{sclass|Grimsby|sloop|2}} was shelled and sunk in Indian Ocean {{convert|300|nmi|km}} south of Java by {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Arashi||2}}, {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Atago||2}}, {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Maya||2}}, {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Nowaki|1940|2}}, {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Takao|1930|2}} (all {{navy|Empire of Japan}}). She was also bombed while sinking by an observation aircraft. Her captain was killed, 34 of her 151 crew, plus the captain of {{SS|Parigi|1922|2}} ({{flag|Netherlands}}) abandoned ship. Only thirteen survivors were still alive when rescued by {{HNLMS|K XI}} ({{navy|Netherlands}}) on 9 March, Parigi{{'}}s captain died in the lifeboat.

}}

5 March

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

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

|desc=World War II: The coaster was bombed and damaged {{convert|7|nmi|km}} north west of the Bishop Rock, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland to Newport, Monmouthshire. 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=258 }}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Argus||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The cargo ship (3,143 GRT) was destroyed when her cargo of munitions exploded at Hambukt, Norway.

}}

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|ship=Atjeh

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The oil lighter was bombed, burned and capsized at Tjilatjap, Netherlands East Indies. The wreck was later salvaged by the Japanese.

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The cargo ship was scuttled at Batavia.{{csr|register=MSI|id=5603173 |shipname=Auby |access-date=23 November 2013}}

}}

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|ship={{HNLMS|Barentz}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The {{sclass|Barentsz|repair ship|1}} was bombed, burned out, and sunk at Tjilatjap. The wreck removed post-war.{{cite web |url=https://www.netherlandsnavy.nl/index.html |title=Barentsz-class repair ship |publisher=netherlandsnavy.nl |access-date=1 July 2020 }}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|210|nmi|km}} south south west of Freetown, Sierra Leone ({{coord|6|05|N|14|15|W}}) by {{GS|U-505||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 56 crew were rescued by a Short Sunderland aircraft of 95 Squadron, Royal Air Force.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1397.html |title=Benmohr |publisher=Uboat |access-date=27 March 2012}}

}}

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The cargo ship was wrecked off Kristiansand, Norway.{{csr|register=MSI|id=5605557|shipname=Bussard |access-date=24 March 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{HNLMS|Canopus}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The patrol vessel was scuttled at Tjilatjap. She was raised, repaired and put into Japanese service as Ariake Maru.

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 178: The Design 1022 ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|44|19|N|63|09|W}}) by {{GS|U-404||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of seven of her 38 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Empire Woodcock||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1396.html |title=Collamer |publisher=Uboat |access-date=21 March 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{HNLMS|Hoofdinspector Zeeman}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The tender/patrol vessel was bombed and sunk, or shelled and sunk by {{ship|Japanese battleship|Hiei||2}} and {{ship|Japanese battleship|Kirishima||2}} (both {{navy|Empire of Japan}}) at Tjilatjap.

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The cargo liner was scuttled at Batavia.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?286280 |title=Ipoh (+1942) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=24 June 2020}}

}}

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|ship={{Ship|Japanese oiler|Kaijo Maru No. 2 GO||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The oiler was torpedoed and sunk {{convert|130|mi}} south of Truk, Caroline Islands ({{coord|04|52|N|151|20|E}}) by {{USS|Grampus|SS-207|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Her commanding officer and 89 passengers and crew were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Kaijo2_t.htm |title=Japanese Oilers|publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=10 March 2013}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Maddalena G.|1919|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and severely damaged at Corfu, Greece by {{HMS|Torbay|N79|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). The wreck was partly stripped by the Germans in March 1944.{{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|Mariana|1915|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the Turks Islands ({{coord|22|14|N|71|23|W}}) by {{GS|U-126|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 36 crew.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1395.html |title=Mariana |publisher=Uboat |access-date=27 February 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Marin Sanudo|1926|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea {{convert|10.5|nmi|km}} southwest of Lampedusa ({{coord|35|18|N|12|35|E}}) by {{HMS|Uproar|P31|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) with the loss of 57 of the 220 men aboard.{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2019/05/marin-sanudo.html |title=Marin Sanudo |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=29 March 2020}}{{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}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|O. A. Knudsen|1938|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed, shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|26|17|N|75|50|W}}) by {{GS|U-128|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of two of her 40 crew.{{cite web|url= http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/oaknudsen.html |title= M/T O. A. Knudsen |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=1 February 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{Ship|Italian submarine chaser|AS 91 Ottavia||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary submarine chaser was shelled and sunk off Capo Ortholiti ({{coord|38|16|N|20|20|E}}) by {{HMS|Thorn|N11|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). Seventeen crew members were killed and all five survivors were wounded.{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2016/06/as-91-ottavia.html |title=Ottavia |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=28 March 2020}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The cargo ship was sunk by Japanese aircraft off Tjilatjap. She was salvaged by the Japanese.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Rüstringen

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The pilot boat as wrecked in the Wadden Sea. Four of her crew survived.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?88915 |title=Rüstringen [+1942] |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=18 October 2015}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Takao Maru|1927|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Takao Maru|transport ship}} beached at Santa, Philippines ({{coord|17|29|N|120|26|E}}) due to bomb damage suffered in an attack by United States Army Air Forces aircraft on 10 December 1941, was destroyed by Philippine guerrillas. Her wreck later was stripped for usable parts.{{cite ship register |register=MSI |id=4032733 | shipname=Takao Maru |access-date=12 October 2013}}{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/TakaoM_t.htm |title=Japanese Army Auxiliary Transports |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=30 November 2022}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The cargo liner was bombed, burned and sunk in the Donan River at Tjilatjap. She was raised by the Japanese, but was not repaired. Tohiti was scrapped in late 1945.{{cite web | title=Tohiti passenger/cargo ship 1930–1942 | url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?107411 |publisher=Wrecksite.eu | access-date=11 December 2014}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German trawler|V 2001 Pastor Pype||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The Vorpostenboot was wrecked in the Wadden Sea whilst going to the assistance of Rüstringen ({{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}). Her 28 crew survived.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?16541 |title=V-2001 (Paster Pype) [+1942] |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=18 October 2015}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed drydock

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The drydock was bombed and sunk at Tjilatjap.

}}

6 March

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|ship={{HNLMS|BEN 3 Asahan}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The auxiliary gasoline tanker was scuttled at Tjilatjap, Netherlands East Indies to prevent capture by Japanese forces. She was salvaged by the Japanese.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|BEN 4 Mampawa}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The auxiliary gasoline tankerwas scuttled at Tjilatjap to prevent capture by Japanese Forces. She was salvaged and put into Japanese service as Harufuji Maru.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|C}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The {{sclass|A|minesweeper|2}} was scuttled at Soerabaja, Netherlands East Indies to avoid capture by Japanese forces. She was raised, repaired and put into Imperial Japanese Navy service as the submarine chaser CHa-116.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/2845.html |title=HNMS C of the Royal Dutch Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=6 March 2013}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The cargo ship was sunk by Japanese aircraft off Tjilatjap, or burned, broke in two, and sank at Tjilatjap.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59280 |title=Dayak (+1942) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=24 June 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The United States Army-requisitioned cargo ship was strafed by Japanese aircraft setting her deck cargo of drums of gasoline on fire. She burned and sank {{convert|1/4|nmi|m}} off Culion Island, Calamian Islands, Philippines.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?258447 |title=Fortuna (+1942) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=18 June 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Hans Egede|1905|2}}

|flag={{flagicon|Denmark}} Greenland

|desc=World War II: The coaster was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|46|00|N|55|30|W}}) by {{GS|U-587||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 23 crew.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1399.html |title=Hans Egede |publisher=Uboat |access-date=9 April 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Kampar||2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The cargo ship was burned and scuttled in the Donan River at Tjilatjap to avoid capture by Japanese forces.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The cargo ship collided with {{SS|Treuenfels|1928|2}} ({{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}) and sank off Oksøy, Norway ({{coord|58|04|04|N|8|04|04|E}}). She was refloated in 1946 and scrapped.{{csr|register=MSI|id=5606026|shipname=Lahneck |access-date=31 March 2012}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |pages=464–65 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The cargo ship was bombed, burned and sank at Tjilatjap.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The cargo ship was scuttled at Tjilatjap to prevent capture by Japanese forces. She was salvaged and put into Japanese service as Hiyoshi Maru.{{cite web | title=Hiyoshi Maru Cargo Ship 1929–1944 | url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59296 |publisher=Wrecksite.eu | access-date=14 June 2013 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The ocean-going tug was scuttled at Tjilatjap.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Melpomène|1923|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|23|35|N|62|39|W}} by {{ship|Italian submarine|Giuseppe Finzi||2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}). All 49 people on board survived.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=460 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|Moera Boelian}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The miscellaneous depot ship/motor torpedo boat tender was scuttled at the Madoera Pier, Soerabaja to prevent capture by Japanese forces.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?207216 |title=Moera Boelian (+1942) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=24 June 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The tug was scuttled in the Netherlands East Indies to prevent capture by the Japanese.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59310 |title=Overijssel (+1942) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=24 June 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|P-4}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The patrol boat was scuttled off Java, Netherlands East Indies.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Dutch cargo ship|Pasir||2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The cargo ship was scuttled at Tjilatjap to prevent capture by Japanese forces. She was raised and scrapped in 1946.{{cite web | title=Pasir Cargo Ship 1922–1942 | url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59312 |publisher=Wrecksite.eu | access-date=20 December 2014}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|Peta}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary depot ship/motor torpedo boat tender was scuttled at the Madoera Pier, Soerabaja to prevent capture by Japanese forces.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|Pieter de Bitter|1937|6}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Dutch East Indies campaign: The {{sclass|Jan van Amstel|minesweeper|2}}was scuttled at Soerabaja to avoid capture by Japanese forces.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Poseidon|1914|2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The tanker was hit, burned, at scuttled off Tjilatjap to prevent capture by the Japanese. She was raised, repaired and put into Japanese service as Hosei Maru in 1942.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Hosei_t.htm |title=Japanese Oilers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=10 April 2014}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The cargo ship was burned and scuttled at Tjilatjap. She was salvaged by the Japanese.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The cargo ship was scuttled at Tjilatjap to avoid capture by the Japanese.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59317 |title=SS Reteh (+1942) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=25 June 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Rononia

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

|desc=World War II: The fishing trawler was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south of Iceland by {{GS|U-701||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all eleven crew.{{cite web|url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1400.html |title=Rononia |publisher=Uboat |access-date=16 April 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|Serdang}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The {{sclass|Serdang|auxiliary|2}} motor torpedo boat tender/torpedo repair ship (680/820 t, 1897) was scuttled near Soerabaya. A crew member was killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.netherlandsnavy.nl/Serdang.htm |title=Serdang class-auxiliary |publisher=Netherlandsnavy.nl |access-date=15 December 2014}}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59332 |title=Serdang (+1942) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=24 June 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The cargo ship was scuttled at Tjilatjap to prevent capture by Japanese forces.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?283836 |title=Sipirok (+1942) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=24 June 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The cargo ship (1,594 GRT, ) was scuttled at Tjilatjap to prevent capture by Japanese forces.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59332 |title=Sipora (+1942) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=24 June 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Soviet destroyer|Smyshlyony|1940|2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: The Project 7U {{sclass|Storozhevoy|destroyer}} struck a mine in the Black Sea off Kerch. She sank in a storm the next day off Yuzhnaya Ozereyka near Novorossiysk.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|4|47|N|14|57|W}}) by {{GS|U-505||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of twelve of her 36 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMT|Kelt}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/sydhav.html |title=M/T Sydhav |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=8 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the East China Sea by {{USS|Narwhal|SS-167|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}.{{cite DANFS |title=Narwhal (SS-167) |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss167.htm |access-date=29 December 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The transport ship was bombed and damaged at Nouméa by United States Navy aircraft based on {{USS|Yorktown|CV-5|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). She was consequently beached.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=546 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy UGS 6: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|41|23|N|42|59|W}}) by {{GS|U-172||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of four of her 47 crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|TM-5}},
{{HNLMS|TM-7}}, and
{{HNLMS|TM-9}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The {{sclass|TM-4|motor torpedo boat}}s were scuttled at Soerabaja to avoid capture by Japanese forces. They were later raised, repaired and entered Imperial Japanese Navy service in 1942–43.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Tønsbergfjord|1930|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|200|nmi|km}} west of Bermuda ({{coord|31|22|N|68|05|W}}) by {{ship|Italian submarine|Enrico Tazzoli|1935|2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}). Her 33 crew were rescued by {{SS|Arthur W. Sewall|1926|2}} ({{flag|Norway}}), {{SS|Telamon|1928|2}} ({{flag|Netherlands}}) and {{MV|Velma|1930|2}} ({{flag|Norway}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/tonsbergfjord.html |title=D/S Tønsbergfjord |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=8 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|Willebrord Snellius}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The survey vessel/patrol ship was scuttled at Soerabaja to avoid capture by Japanese forces.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=X 127

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker lighter, a former {{sclass2|X|landing craft}}, was sunk by German or Italian aircraft off Manoel Island, Malta.{{cite web|title=X- 127 Lighter Wreck (Manoel Island) K/A CAROLITA|url=http://www.divesubway.com/x-lighter.html|website=Subway Dive Centre|access-date=4 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141215063427/http://www.divesubway.com/x-lighter.html|archive-date=15 December 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed landing craft

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

|desc=World War II: Japanese invasion of Burma: The landing craft was shelled and sunk at the mouth of the Rangoon River by {{HMIS|Hindustan}} ({{flagicon|UK|naval}} Royal Indian Navy).

}})

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed boat

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

|desc=World War II: Japanese invasion of Burma: A boat was shelled and sunk at the mouth of the Rangoon River by {{HMIS|Hindustan}} ({{flagicon|UK|naval}} Royal Indian Navy) with the loss of all hands.

}}

7 March

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Alfoer

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The damaged oil lighter was burned and scuttled at Tjilatjap, Netherlands East Indies to avoid capture by Japanese forces. She was salvaged by the Japanese.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Arabutan||2}}

|flag={{flagicon|Brazil|1889}} Brazil

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|81|nmi|km}} off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, United States ({{coord|35|15|N|73|55|W}}) by {{GS|U-155|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of one of the 55 people aboard. Survivors were rescued by {{USCGC|Calypso|WPC-104|6}} (22px United States Coast Guard).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1406.html |title=Arabutan |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Asahisan Maru|1935|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean south of Shioyasaki by {{USS|Grenadier|SS-210|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|20|10|N|73|05|W}}) by {{GS|U-126|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 26 of her 85 crew.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1402.html |title=Barbara |publisher=Uboat |access-date=27 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|19|53|N|73|27|W}}) by {{GS|U-126|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of one of her 38 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{USS|Mulberry|AN-27|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) or reached land in their lifeboats.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1403.html |title=Cardonia |publisher=Uboat |access-date=27 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|Eland Dubois|1937|6}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The {{sclass|Jan van Amstel|minesweeper|2}} was scuttled in the Madura Strait off Java Netherlands East Indies, after suffering a boiler failure during her escape from advancing Japanese forces.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?180401 |title=HNLMS Eland Dubois (D) (+1942) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=25 June 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|Gouden Leeuw}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The {{sclass|Prins van Oranje|minelayer|2}} was scuttled at Soerabaja, Netherlands East Indies, to avoid capture by Japanese forces.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/2835.html |title=HNMS Golden Leeuw of the Royal Dutch Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=7 March 2013}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Independence Hall|1920|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy SC 73: The cargo ship ran aground off Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada ({{coord|43|55|N|59|55|W}}). She broke in two and sank the next day. Ten of her crew were killed. Survivors were rescued by {{HMCS|Niagara|I57|6}} ({{naval|Canada|1911}}).{{cite DANFS |title=DD-152 |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/destroy/dd162txt.htm |access-date=16 January 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/convoys/sc73.html |title=Convoy SC.73 |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=24 May 2012}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=577 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy QP 8: The cargo ship was shelled and damaged in the northern part of the Norwegian Sea by German surface ships including {{ship|German battleship|Tirpitz||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). She was finished off by {{ship|German destroyer|Z14 Friedrich Ihn||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with depth charges dropped alongside after falling out of the convoy with engine problems. Thirty-three of her crew were killed, the only survivor was captured and later died as a prisoner of war.{{cite web |url=http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/guides/Soviet_Merchant_Marine_Losses_in_WW2 |title=Soviet Marine Losses in WWII |publisher=Shipnostalgia.com |access-date=11 March 2016}}{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=53532 |title=Soviet Naval Battles-Arctic in WWII (redone) |publisher=sovietempire |access-date=1 March 2019 |archive-date=29 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329195117/http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=53532 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.polarpost.ru/forum/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=4423&sid=4fc8ccb1e66043405ac899f77fe09979 |title=Izhora |publisher=www.polarpost.ru |access-date=23 August 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://tsushima.su/forums/viewtopic.php?id=4615&p=3 |title=Arctic convoys |publisher=tsushima.su |access-date=23 August 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|FV|Nyggjaberg|1916|2}}

|flag={{flag|Faroe Islands}}

|desc=World War II: The fishing trawler (349 t) was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south of Iceland by the {{GS|U-701||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 21 crew.{{cite web|url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1401.html |title=Nyggjaberg |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=24 October 2024}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Rangoon, Burma to prevent capture by the Japanese.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?215526 |title=Nyounghla (+1942) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=25 June 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The cargo liner was sunk north west of Christmas Island by dive bombers from {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Hiryu||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}). Thirty-three people were killed in the sinking, including her captain and first mate, plus many drowned afterwards for an estimated 240 killed. One hundred and thirteen survivors made it to Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies in 3 lifeboats and were taken as prisoners of war.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59261 |title=SS Poelau Bras (+1942) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=25 June 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Skåne|1921|2}}

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the Bahamas by {{ship|Italian submarine|Giuseppe Finzi||2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}). Her 34 crew were rescued.{{cite web |url=https://www.konditori100.se/SiWW2/sww2lscs.htm |title=Swedish WWII losses |publisher=www.konditori100.se |access-date=21 October 2019}}{{cite web |url=http://ericwiberg.com/2014/04/ss-skane-sunk-by-r-smg-giuseppe-finzigiudice-6-march-1942-off-bahamas |title=Skane |date=26 April 2014 |publisher=ericwiberg.com |access-date=21 October 2019}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Steel Age|1920|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|130|nmi|km}} north of Paramaribo, Surinam ({{coord|6|45|N|53|15|W}}) by {{GS|U-129|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 33 of her 34 crew. The survivor was taken aboard U-129 as a prisoner of war.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1404.html |title=Steel Age |publisher=Uboat |access-date=28 February 2012}}

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

|flag={{flag|Union of South Africa|1912}}

|desc=World War II: The whale factory ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Caribbean Sea {{convert|45|nmi|km}} west of the Saint Vincent Passage ({{Coord|13|23|N|62|04|W}}) by {{GS|U-161|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of eighteen of her 51 crew.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1407.html |title=Uniwaleco |publisher=Uboat |access-date=6 March 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{HNLMS|Valk|1929|6}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The seaplane tender was run aground near the mouth of the harbour at Tjilatjap in a failed attempt to scuttle her as a blockship and to avoid capture by Japanese forces. She was raised by the Japanese and towed to Surabaya on 21 April 1943. Valk was repaired and commissioned into the Imperial Japanese Navy as PB-104 on 31 January 1944.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/PB-104_t.htm |title=Japanese Patrol Boats |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=28 March 2014}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Indian Ocean {{convert|150|nmi|km}} south west of Tjilatjap by Japanese aircraft. Two British gunners died when they stayed onboard too long defending the ship and the ship sank. Some Chinese crew members were killed when the aircraft strafed the lifeboats. One lifeboat arrived at Port Blair, Andaman Islands 88 days later and those aboard were made prisoners of war.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/woolgar.html |title=D/S Woolgar |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=8 February 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59387 |title=SS Woolgar (+1942) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=25 June 2020}} Total crew casualties were 38 dead, 1 prisoner of war and five other survivors.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=566 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

8 March

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed, shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|4|13|N|8|32|W}}) by {{GS|U-68|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of three of the 71 people aboard.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1411.html |title=Baluchistan |publisher=Uboat |date=16 February 2011}}

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

|flag={{Flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground in Strathbeg Bay. She was declared a total loss.{{cite book |title=The world's merchant fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=446 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Esso Bolivar|1937|2}}

|flag={{flag|Panama}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed, shelled and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|30|nmi|km}} south east of Guantánamo Bay, Cuba ({{coord|19|38|N|74|38|W}}) by {{GS|U-126|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of eight of her 50 crew. The survivors abandoned her and were rescued by {{USS|Endurance|AMc-77|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Esso Bolivar was towed to Guantanamo Bay. She was subsequently repaired, and returned to service in August 1942.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1412.html |title=Esso Bolivar |publisher=Uboat |access-date=27 February 2012}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The coaster was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north west of Cape Wrath, Sutherland ({{coord|59|31|N|10|15|W}}) by {{GS|U-569||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of three of her 32 crew. Survivors were rescued by the fishing trawler Groenland ({{flag|France}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1410.html |title=Hengist |publisher=Uboat |access-date=9 April 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{HNLMS|Jan van Amstel|1937|6}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The {{sclass|Jan van Amstel|minesweeper|2}} was sunk in the Madura Strait off Java, Netherlands East Indies by {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Arashio||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}). Twenty-three of her crew were killed; survivors were made prisoners of war.

}}

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|ship={{HNLMS|Krakatau|1924|6}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The {{sclass|Krakatau|minelayer|2}} was scuttled off Madura, Netherlands East Indies to avoid capture by Japanese forces.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/2829.html |title=HNMS Krakatau of the Royal Dutch Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=8 March 2013}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet guard ship|Mgla|DK-38|2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=The auxiliary guard ship ran aground at Cape Tsyp-Navolok and sank.

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Uruguay}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|29|13|N|69|35|W}}) by {{ship|Italian submarine|Enrico Tazzoli||2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}) with the loss of fourteen 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=537 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{HMT|Northern Princess}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler/ocean boarding vessel was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of the Dominion of Newfoundland ({{coord|45|22|N|55|59|W}}) by {{GS|U-587||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 38 crew.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1409.html |title=HMS Northern Princess |publisher=Uboat |access-date=9 April 2012}}

}}

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

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

|desc=The cargo ship collided with a United States Navy tanker and sank in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|10|34|N|59|10|W}}) with the loss of eighteen of her 25 crew.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=597 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Soviet Union}}

|desc=The icebreaker was lost in the Black Sea between Taman and Kerch.{{cite web|url=http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/guides/Soviet_Merchant_Marine_Losses_in_WW2_%28Black_Sea%29|title=Soviet Marine Losses in WWII|publisher=Shipnostalgia.com|access-date=15 March 2016|archive-date=13 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313123615/http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/guides/Soviet_merchant_marine_losses_in_ww2_%28black_sea%29|url-status=dead}}

}}

9 March

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|ship=Unknown partizan motorboat

|flag={{Flagcountry|Yugoslavia}}

|desc=The large Yugoslav partizan motorboat was sunk by Vigilante ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}) in Lake Shkodër after an intense exchange of fire.{{Cite book |last=Cernuschi |first=Enrico |url=https://www.marina.difesa.it/media-cultura/editoria/marivista/Documents/supplementi/Supplemento_Novembre_Tomo_II_2022.pdf |title=A colpi di cannone - Tomo II: Il Mediterraneo centro del mondo, Luglio 1941 - Maggio 1945 |date=1 November 2022 |publisher=Rivista Marittima |pages=36 |language=it}}

}}

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|ship={{MV|Charles Racine|1937|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|23|33|N|60|10|W}}) by {{ship|Italian submarine|Giuseppe Finzi||2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}). All 48 crew were rescued, seven by an Argentinian merchant ship and 41 by {{USS|Moffett|DD-362|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/charlesracine.html |title= M/T Charles Racine |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=12 January 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Cayrú|1919|2}}

|flag={{flagicon|Brazil|1889}} Brazil

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|130|nmi|km}} south of New York, United States ({{coord|39|10|N|72|02|W}}) by {{GS|U-94|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 53 of her 89 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{USS|AMc-202}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) and {{MV|Titania|1937|2}} ({{flag|Norway}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1414.html |title=Cayrú |publisher=Uboat |access-date=20 February 2012}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Panama}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|10|nmi|km}} northwest of Cape Maysi, Cuba (at {{coord|20|25|N|74|07|W}}), by {{GS|U-126|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 39 crew survived.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1416.html |title=Hanseat |publisher=Uboat |access-date=27 February 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Lily|Uchida, 1920|2}}

|flag={{flagicon|Greece}} Greece

|desc=World War II: Convoy ON 68: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|470|nmi|km}} east of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada ({{coord|43|32|N|54|14|W}}), by {{GS|U-587||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of three of her 32 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMCS|Sackville|K181|6}} ({{naval|Canada|1911}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1415.html |title=Lily |publisher=Uboat |access-date=9 April 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{HMT|Notts County|FY250|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south of Iceland ({{coord|61|10|N|13|16|W}}) by {{GS|U-701||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 41 crew.{{cite web|url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/1408.html |title=HMS Notts County (FY 250) |publisher=Uboat |access-date=16 April 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{HMT|Shera|FY1724|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The naval whaler iced up, capsized and sank in the Barents Sea with the loss of twenty crew while being delivered to the Soviets by the Royal Navy. There were 3 survivors.{{cite web|url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/12559.html |title=HMS Whaler Shera(|publisher=uboat.net |access-date=9 March 2014}}{{cite web |url=https://suzysu.wordpress.com/2013/10/27/the-fate-of-hmt-shera-closed-until-1972/ |title=HMT Shera |publisher=suzysu.wordpress.com |access-date=23 August 2023}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy ON 68: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|43|12|N|61|15|W}}) by {{GS|U-96|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of thirteen of her 31 crew. Survivors were rescued by two Canadian warships, one of which was {{HMCS|Georgian|J144|6}} ({{naval|Canada|1911}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/tyr.html |title=M/S Tyr |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=8 February 2012}}

}}

10 March

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|ship=Aafje

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The fishing vessel was sunk by a mine near IJmuiden, North Holland.{{cite web|url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?17184 |title=Aafje (+1942) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=12 July 2023}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|3|nmi|km}} off the Barnegat Lighthouse, New Jersey ({{coord|39|50|N|73|52|W}}) with the loss of eighteen of her 34 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{USCGC|Antietam|WPC-128|6}} (22px United States Coast Guard) and {{USS|Larch|AN-21|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1417.html |title=Gulftrade |publisher=Uboat |access-date=9 April 2012}}

}}

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|ship= {{ship||Kongō Maru|1935|2}}

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

|desc=File:Kongo Maru sinks at Lae.jpg World War II: Invasion of Lae-Salamaua: The Kiyosumi Maru-class armed merchant cruiser was bombed and sunk in Huon Bay off Lae, New Guinea ({{coord|06|49|S|147|02|E}}) by United States Navy aircraft.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/KongoM_t.htm |title=Japanese Auxiliary Cruisers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=10 March 2013}}

}}

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|ship={{MS|Kosei Maru|1933|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Kumagawa Maru-class auxiliary collier/oiler struck a Japanese mine and sank in Cam Ranh Bay, French Indochina ({{Coord|16|05|N|120|20|E}}). Nine passengers, two gunners, and two of her crew were killed.{{cite ship register |register=MSI |id=4038063 | shipname=Kosei Maru |access-date=12 October 2013}}{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Kosei6667_t.htm |title=IJN Auxiliary colliers/oilers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=20 October 2022}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=543 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{RMS|Lady Nelson}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|Lady|ocean liner}} was torpedoed and sunk at Port Castries, Saint Lucia by {{GS|U-161|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 25 of the 235 people aboard. She was later salvaged, repaired and returned to service in April 1943 as a Royal Canadian Navy hospital ship.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1418.html |title=Lady Nelson |publisher=Uboat |access-date=6 March 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{ship||Lakshmi Govinda|1917 ship|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The sailing ship was shelled and sunk in the Indian Ocean ({{coord|13|22|N|87|27|E}}) by {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-62||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}).{{cite web|url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/I-162.htm|title=Imperial Submarines|publisher=Combinedfleet.com|access-date=29 June 2022}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minelayer was bombed in Huon Bay ({{coord|06|49|S|147|02|E}}) by United States Navy aircraft. She broke in two and sank. Nine of her crew were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Tenyo_t.htm |title=Japanese Minelayers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=10 March 2013}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo liner was torpedoed and sunk at Port Castries by {{GS|U-161|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of four of the 177 people aboard. She was later salvaged, and temporarily repaired, but was torpedoed and sunk on 7 July 1942 whilst under tow to the United States for permanent repairs.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1419.html |title=Umtata |publisher=Uboat |access-date=6 March 2012}}

}}

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|ship= {{ship||Yokohama Maru|1912|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Invasion of Lae-Salamaua: The Yokohama Maru-class auxiliary transport was torpedoed and sunk in Huon Bay off Lae ({{coord|06|49|S|147|02|E}}) by United States Navy aircraft. A crew member was killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Yokohama_t.htm |title=Japanese Army Auxiliary Transports |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=29 November 2022}}

}}

11 March

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|ship={{TSS|Baikal Maru|1921|2}}

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

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

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|ship={{SS|Caribsea||2}}

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=World War II: The Design 1099 cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|14|nmi|km}} off the Cape Lookout Lighthouse, North Carolina ({{coord|34|36|N|76|18|W}}) by {{GS|U-158|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 21 of her 28 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Norlindo|1920|2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1422.html |title=Caribsea |publisher=Uboat |access-date=27 February 2012}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Indian Ocean {{convert|60|mi|km}} south of Padang, Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies ({{coord|00|30|S|95|50|E}}) by {{Jsub|I-2||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}). Three officers, three laskars and a gunner were killed. Survivors sailed in lifeboats to an island in the Netherlands East Indies. Her captain and six volunteers sailed for Ceylon and were rescued by a Greek ship off Madras, India.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/I-2.htm |title=Imperial Submarines |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=29 June 2022 }}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Fukushu Maru|1903|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the East China Sea {{convert|270|mi}} east of Shanghai, China ({{coord|30|53|N|126|20|E}}) by {{USS|Pollack|SS-180|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).{{cite DANFS |title=Pollack |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss180.txt |access-date=30 December 2011}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Horseferry||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The coaster was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea by {{ship|German torpedo boat|S 70||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}).

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Fenwick Island, Delaware, United States ({{coord|38|27|N|74|54|W}}) by {{GS|U-94|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of six of her 20 crew.{{cite web|url= http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/hvoslef.html |title= D/S Hvoslef |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=15 January 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Mount McKinley|1918|2}}

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The cargo liner ran aground without loss of life on the beach at Scotch Cap on the coast of Unimak Island in the Aleutian Islands, Territory of Alaska whilst running a zigzag course during a submarine alert. She broke up on the beach during storms in the spring of 1942.{{Cite web|url=https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-m/|title=Alaska Shipwrecks (M) – Alaska Shipwrecks|website=alaskashipwreck.com}}{{cite web | title=Mount McKinley passenger/cargo ship 1918–1942 | url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?132401|publisher=Wrecksite.eu | access-date=1 March 2014}}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|Naiad|93|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Dido|cruiser|2}} was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea ({{coord|32|01|N|26|20|E}}) by {{GS|U-565||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 82 of her 664 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Jervis|F00|6}}, {{HMS|Kipling|F91|6}} and {{HMS|Lively|G40|6}} (all {{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |title=HMS Naiad (93) |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1423.html |website=uboat.net |access-date=30 July 2021}}

}}

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|ship={{HMT|Stella Capella|FY107|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Iceland ({{coord|64|48|N|13|20|W}}) by {{GS|U-701||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 33 crew.{{cite web|url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1420.html |title=HMS Stella Capella (FY 107)|publisher=Uboat |access-date=16 April 2012}}

}}

12 March

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|ship={{SV|Agia Paraskevi||2}}

|flag={{flagicon|Greece}} Greece

|desc=World War II: The sloop was shelled and sunk north of the Zea Channel by {{HMS|Turbulent|N98|6}} ({{naval|United Kingdom}}). Two of her crew were wounded.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?188803 |title=Agia Paraskevi (+1942) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=12 July 2023}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship (5,518 t) was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|10|nmi|km}} off Cape Guajaba, Cuba ({{coord|22|10|N|77|30|W}}) by {{GS|U-126|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). The explosion killed the master and two crew. The survivors abandoned ship in panic and 21 more were lost. There were only 14 survivors. The engines of Colabee had not been stopped and she ran agroundon a small Island off Key Verde, Cuba. She was later refloated, repaired, and returned to service in September 1942.{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/1432.html |title=Colabee |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=2 October 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.fold3.com/image/267695105/enemy-submarine-attacks-on-allied-nations-shipping-during-period-feb-28-mar-12-1942-caribbean-area-p |title=US report on attacks off Cuba |publisher=www.fold3.com |access-date=2 October 2024}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Panama}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|24|05|N|74|20|W}}) by {{ship|Italian submarine|Enrico Tazzoli||2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}). There were 30 survivors.{{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={{SS|Ingerto|1920|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy ON 70: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|41|30|N|51|00|W}}) by {{GS|U-578||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 32 crew.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1426.html |title=Ingerto |publisher=Uboat |access-date=9 April 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|John D. Gill||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker (11,641 t) was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|25|nmi|km}} east of Cape Fear, North Carolina ({{coord|33|55|N|77|39|W}}) by {{GS|U-158|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 23 of her 49 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{USCGC|CG-4405}} (22px United States Coast Guard) and {{SS|Robert H. Colley|1938|2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}).{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/1433.html |title=John D. Gill |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=3 October 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.uboatarchive.net/ESF/ESFWarDiaryMar42APP4.htm |title=East Sea Frontier War Diary |publisher=www.uboatarchive.net |access-date=3 October 2024}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship (2,496 t) was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|20|nmi|km}} north of the Nuevitas Lighthouse, Cuba ({{coord|21|32|N|76|24|W}}) by {{GS|U-126|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of one of her 33 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{USS|Hambleton|DD-455|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) and a floatplane.{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1425.html |title=Olga |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=2 October 2024}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Staffa||2}}

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

|desc= The coaster broke loose from her moorings in Bray Harbour, Alderney, Channel Islands and was wrecked.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?215857 |title=Staffa (+1942) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=12 July 2023}}

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|ship={{HMS|St. Briac}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The air target vessel, formerly a ferry, struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Aberdeen with the loss of five of her nine crew.

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|ship={{USS|Texan|ID-1354|2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed, shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|40|nmi|km}} east of Nuevitas, Cuba ({{coord|21|34|N|76|28|W}}) by {{GS|U-126|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of nine of her 47 crew. Survivors were rescued by the fishing vessel Yoyo ({{flag|Cuba}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1427.html |title=Texan |publisher=Uboat |access-date=27 February 2012}}

}}

13 March

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|ship={{ship||Albert F. Paul|schooner|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The schooner was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|160|nmi|km}} north east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina ({{coord|36|00|N|72|00|W}}) by {{GS|U-332||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all eight crew.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1429.html |title=Albert F. Paul |publisher=Uboat |access-date=16 March 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{SV|Anastassis|KAL-155|2}}

|flag={{flagicon|Greece}} Greece

|desc=World War II: The schooner was shelled and sunk west of Serifos by {{HMS|Turbulent|N98|6}} ({{naval|United Kingdom}})].{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?188804 |title=Agia Paraskevi (+1942) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=12 July 2023}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Chichibu Maru|1923|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Manko Maru-class auxiliary storeship was torpedoed and damaged in the Pacific Ocean {{convert|30|mi}} south west of Mikurajima by {{USS|Gar|SS-206|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Four of her crew and 22 passengers were killed. Fifty-nine passengers and crew were rescued by {{ship|Japanese gunboat|Hiyoshi Maru No. 2 Go||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}). chichibu Maru sank the next day at {{coord|33|50|N|139|32|E}}.{{cite DANFS |title=Gar |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss206.txt |access-date=31 December 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Chichibu_t.htm|title=Imperial Transports |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=29 June 2022 }}

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|ship={{SS|Daytonian|191922|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed, shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|26|33|N|74|43|W}}) by {{ship|Italian submarine|Enrico Tazzoli||2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}) with the loss of one of her 59 crew.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=494 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed, shelled and sunk in the Indian Ocean off the Coromandel Coast, India ({{coord|14|00|N|81|47|E}}) by {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-164||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}) with the loss of at least nine of her crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Tanfield|1916|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{cite web|url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/mabella.html |title=D/S Mabella |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=28 January 2012}}

}}

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|ship=Maria Immacolata

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

|desc=World War II: The fishing lugger was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off "Mehedia", Tunisia by {{HMS|Una|N87|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.rnsubs.co.uk/Boats/BoatDB2/index.php?BoatID=460 |title=Barrow Submarine Association |publisher=MSubs |access-date=13 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402205355/http://www.rnsubs.co.uk/Boats/BoatDB2/index.php?BoatID=460 |archive-date=2 April 2015 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}

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|ship={{USS|PT-32}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|ELCO 77 foot|PT boat}} was scuttled off Taguayan Island, Philippines by {{USS|Permit|SS-178|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) after becoming disabled.{{cite web |url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/10120.html |title=PT-32 of the US Navy |publisher=U Boat.net |access-date=13 March 2013}}

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|ship={{ship|Japanese minesweeper|Tama Maru No. 2||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Invasion of Lae-Salamaua: The minesweeper sank off New Guinea due to damage inflicted on her on 10 March by Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers based on the aircraft carriers {{USS|Lexington|CV-2|6}} and {{USS|Yorktown|CV-5|6}} (both {{navy|United States|1912}}).

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|ship={{SS|Tolten||2}}

|flag={{flag|Chile}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|32|nmi}} off Barnegat, New Jersey, United States ({{coord|40|10|N|73|50|W}}) by {{GS|U-404||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 26 of her 27 crew. The survivor was rescued by {{USS|Larch|AN-21|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1430.html |title=Tolten |publisher=Uboat |access-date=21 March 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?16993 |title=SS Tolten (+1942) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=14 October 2011}}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Chilean Merchantman Torpedoed |date=17 March 1942 |page=4 |issue=49186 |column=F }}{{cite book |title=The world's merchant fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=448 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|37|00|N|73|25|W}}) by {{GS|U-332||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of four of her 37 crew. Survivors were rescued by a Swedish merchant ship.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1431.html |title=Trepcqa |publisher=Uboat |access-date=16 March 2012}}

}}

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|ship=Number Two

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

|desc=World War II: The scow was sunk by Japanese forces near Dutch Harbor, Territory of Alaska.{{Cite web|url=https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-n/|title=Alaska Shipwrecks (N) – Alaska Shipwrecks|website=alaskashipwreck.com}}

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|ship=Number Four

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

|desc=World War II: The scow was sunk by Japanese forces near Dutch Harbor.

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14 March

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|ship={{ship|Italian submarine|Ammiraglio Millo||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The submarine was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Calabria ({{coord|38|27|N|16|37|E}}) by {{HMS|Ultimatum|P34|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) with the loss 55 of her crew, there were fifteen survivors, fourteen of whom were rescued and captured by HMS Ultimatum.{{cite web |url=http://ww2db.com/event/today/ |title=Today in history |publisher=World War 2 data base |access-date=14 March 2013}}{{cite web |url=http://www.regiamarina.net/detail_text_with_list.asp?nid=84&lid=1&cid=30 |title=Ammiraglio Enrico Millo |publisher=www.regiamarina.net |access-date=29 March 2020}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Brabo|1899|2}}

|flag={{Flag|Belgium}}

|desc=The cargo ship collided with {{SS|Poznan|1926|2}} ({{flag|Poland|State}}) and was beached off South Shields, Northumberland United Kingdom. She was declared a total loss. The wreck was salvaged and broken up 1949–50.{{cite book |title=The world's merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=443 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{MV|British Resource|1931|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|230|nmi|km}} north of Bermuda ({{coord|36|04|N|65|38|W}}) by {{GS|U-124|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 46 of her 51 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Clarkia|K88|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1435.html |title=British Resource |publisher=Uboat |access-date=25 February 2012}}

}}

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

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

|desc=The cargo ship collided with {{SS|Empire Hawksbill||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) and sank off the Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=482 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Helgoland.

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|ship={{SS|Lemuel Burrows|1917|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The collier was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Atlantic City, New Jersey ({{coord|39|21|N|74|13|W}}) by {{GS|U-404||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 20 of her 34 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|James Ellwood Jones|1918|2}} and {{SS|Sewall's Point|1918|2}} (both {{flag|United States|1912}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1436.html |title=Lemuel Burrows |publisher=Uboat |access-date=21 March 2012}}{{cite book |title=The world's merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=406 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Panama}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Caribbean Sea ({{coord|15|00|N|64|20|W}}) by {{GS|U-67|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of two of her 49 crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1437.html |title=Penelope |publisher=Uboat.net |access-date=17 August 2012}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=584 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Caribbean Sea {{convert|200|nmi|km}} west of Guadeloupe by {{GS|U-161|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 21 crew.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1434.html |title=Sarniadoc |publisher=Uboat |access-date=6 March 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Ste. Marcelle|1935|2}}

|flag={{Flagicon|France}} Vichy France

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by {{ship|Italian submarine|Mocenigo||2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/vigor.html |title=D/S Vigør |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=8 February 2012}} She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Tunis, Tunisia.

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|ship={{GS|U-133|1941|2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type VIIC submarine struck a mine and sank in the Saronic Gulf ({{coord|37|50|N|23|35|E}}) with the loss of all 45 crew.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u133.htm |title=U-133 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 February 2012}}

}}

15 March

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|ship={{USCGC|Acacia|WAGL-200|6}}

|flag=22px United States Coast Guard

|desc=World War II: The buoy tender was shelled and sunk in the Caribbean Sea about {{convert|80|nmi|km}} southwest of Saint Kitts and Nevis by {{GS|U-161|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 35 crew were rescued by a Consolidated PBY Catalina aircraft of the United States Navy.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1438.html |title=Acacia |publisher=Uboat.net |access-date=6 March 2012}}{{cite web |url=https://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/Acacia1927.pdf |title=Acacia, 1927 |publisher=U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office |access-date=6 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110822145254/https://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/Acacia1927.pdf |archive-date=22 August 2011}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed, shelled and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|11|nmi|km}} south of Cape Lookout, North Carolina ({{coord|34|37|N|76|20|W}}) by {{GS|U-158|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of eight of her 34 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{USS|Du Pont|DD-152|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Ario sank {{convert|10|nmi|km}} east of Cape Lookout ({{coord|34|14|N|76|27|W}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1439.html |title=Ario |publisher=Uboat |access-date=1 March 2012}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed, shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|26|50|N|75|40|W}}) by {{ship|Italian submarine|Enrico Tazzoli|1935|2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}) with the loss of three 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=486 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Nicole Schiaffino|1920|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk off the coast of Norway.{{cite web |url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4203-43MAR02.htm |title=Naval Events, March 1942, Part 2 of 2, Sunday 15th – Monday 30th |publisher=Naval History |access-date=28 December 2011}} Also reported as running aground and sinking at Finsnes.

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Cádiz, Spain by a Focke-Wulf Fw 200 aircraft of the Luftwaffe. All aboard survived, there were only four wounded.{{cite web |url=https://mass.cultureelerfgoed.nl/ss-dago |title=Dago |publisher=mass.cultureelerfgoed.nl |access-date=28 January 2021}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|17|15|N|61|00|W}}) by {{GS|U-504||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 41 crew.{{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|Olean|1919|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Design 1128 tanker was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|15|nmi|km}} south of Cape Lookout ({{coord|34|22|N|76|29|W}}) by {{GS|U-158|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of six of her 42 crew. Survivors were rescued by lifeboats from Cape Lookout and Fort Macon. Olean was towed to the Hampton Roads and later dry docked. Although she was declared a constructive total loss, she was requisitioned by the War Shipping Administration, repaired and returned to service as Sweep.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1440.html |title=Olean |publisher=Uboat |access-date=1 March 2012}}

}}

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

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

|desc=The coaster collided with {{USS|Barnett|AP-11|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) and sank {{convert|5|nmi|km}} south of the Mull of Kintyre, Argyllshire.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10396&ref=204067&vessel=STAINBURN |title=Stainburn |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=23 September 2024 }}

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|ship={{ship|German motor torpedo boat|S-111||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type 1939/40 Schnellboot capsized and sank after a battle with motor gun boats HMMGB 87, HMMGB 88 and HMMGB 91 (all {{naval|UK}}). Seven of her crew were killed.{{cite web |url=http://german-navy.de/kriegsmarine/ships/fastattack/schnellboot1940/ships.html |title=Schnellboot 1939/1940 Ships |website=german-navy.de |access-date=29 March 2014}}{{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={{GS|U-503||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type IXC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south east of the Dominion of Newfoundland ({{coord|45|50|N|48|50|W}}) by a Lockheed Hudson aircraft of the United States Navy with the loss of all 51 crew.

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|ship={{HMS|Vortigern|D37|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The V-class destroyer was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off Cromer, Norfolk by the E-boat {{ship|German torpedo boat|S-104||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 96 of her 110 crew.

}}

16 March

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine laid by {{ship|German ship|Doggerbank||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) and sank off the coast of the Union of South Africa ({{coord|33|59|S|18|03|E}}). Her 62 crew survived.{{cite web |url=http://www.sixtant.net/2011/artigos.php?cat=ships-netherlands-&sub=dutch-ships-lost-damaged-captured&tag=2)alcyone-(sunk-by-mines) |title=Alcyone |publisher=www.sixtant.net |access-date=31 March 2020}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|35|07|N|75|22|W}}) by {{GS|U-332||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of four of her 40 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|William J. Salman|1919|2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1444.html |title=Australia |publisher=Uboat |access-date=16 March 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Baron Newlands|1928|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|4|35|N|8|32|W}}) by {{GS|U-68|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of seventeen of her 38 crew.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1443.html |title=Baron Newlands |publisher=Uboat |date=16 February 2011}}

}}

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

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The accommodation ship was burnt out in an arson attack at Bremerhaven and was declared a total loss. She was subsequently stripped to the waterline. The remains were scrapped in 1952–53.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=467 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine in the North Sea ({{coord|52|08|N|1|52|E}}). She was taken in tow but sank the next day {{convert|2.3|nmi|km}} off the Sunk Lightship (22px Trinity House). Her 40 crew survived. The wreck was subsequently dispersed by explosives.

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|100|mi}} north of Bermuda ({{coord|19|00|N|60|00|W}}) by {{ship|Italian submarine|Morosini||2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}) with the loss of four of her 45 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{TSS|Explorer|1939|2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}). Two surviving officers were later killed while being transported by {{SS|Leto|1929|2}} ({{flag|Netherlands}}) when she was sunk.{{cite web |url=http://warsailors.com/forum/archive/forum/read.php-1,49226,49247.html#msg-49247 |title=Oscilla |publisher=warsailors.com |access-date=10 October 2019}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship, on her maiden voyage, was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|22|40|N|65|20|W}}) by {{GS|U-504||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 46 crew.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1442.html |title=Stangarth |publisher=Uboat |access-date=27 March 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Utlandshörn||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank off Petsamo, Finland with the loss of seventeen of the 53 people on board.{{csr|register=MSI|id=5606736|shipname=Utlandshorn |access-date=16 April 2012}}{{cite book |title=La marine soviétique en guerre |first=Claude |last=Huan |publisher=Economica |year=1991 |isbn=978-2717819205}}

}}

17 March

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

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The transport ship was bombed by British carrier-based aircraft. In taking evasive action, she struck a mine and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off Tripoli, Libya.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=465 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|Adept|W107|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The rescue tug ran aground in the Hebrides Islands and was wrecked.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/7375.html |title=HMS Adept (W107) of the Royal Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=17 March 2013}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|4|00|N|7|44|W}}) by {{GS|U-68|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of six of her 39 crew.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1448.html |title=Allende |publisher=Uboat |date=16 February 2011}} Survivors were taken as prisoners of war.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=485 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Honduras|1866}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|35|43|N|73|49|W}}) by {{GS|U-124|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 44 of the 50 people aboard. Survivors were rescued by {{USS|Hambleton|DD-455|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1445.html |title=Ceiba |publisher=Uboat |access-date=25 February 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Clare Lilley|1917|2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship was driven ashore near Portuguese Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada. She broke in two and was a total loss.

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy AT 34: The tanker was torpedoed and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea ({{coord|32|21|N|25|00|E}}) by {{GS|U-83|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of seven of her 39 crew. Survivors abandoned ship and were rescued by {{ship|HMSAS|Boksburg}} ({{naval|South Africa|1922}}). Crista was anchored off Bardia, Libya where the fire was extinguished. She was later repaired, and returned to service in August 1943.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1453.html |title=Crista |publisher=Uboat |access-date=19 February 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Italian submarine|Guglielmotti|1938|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Brin|submarine|2}} was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Calabria ({{coord|37|42|N|15|58|E}}) by {{HMS|Unbeaten|N93|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) with the loss of all 61 crew.{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2015/11/guglielmotti.html |title=Guglielmotti |date=8 November 2015 |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=29 March 2020}}

}}

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|ship=Île de Batz

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|4|04|N|8|04|W}}) by {{GS|U-68|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of four of her 43 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMCS|Weyburn|K173|6}} ({{naval|Canada|1911}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1449.html |title=Ile de Batz |publisher=Uboat |date=16 February 2011}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The Ishikari Maru-class auxiliary collier was torpedoed and sunk {{convert|8|nmi|spell=in}} west of Port Lloyd, Chichijima, Bonin Islands ({{coord|27|05|N|142|05|E}}) by {{USS|Grayback|SS-208|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) with the loss of eleven of her crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Ishikari_t.htm |title=Ishikari Maru |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=15 May 2019}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Mount Lycabettus|1917|2}}

|flag={{flagicon|Greece}} Greece

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|40|51|N|59|18|W}}) by {{GS|U-373||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 30 crew.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1446.html |title=Mount Lycabettys |publisher=Uboat |access-date=18 March 2012}} She was chartered by Switzerland and was sailing with neutrality mark: Switzerland cross painting with "Switzerland" written on the hull.{{cite web |url= https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?16845 |title=Mount Lycabettys |publisher=wrecksite.eu |access-date=December 10, 2017}}{{cite web |title=Mount Lycabettus |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1446.html |website=uboat.net |access-date=22 July 2021}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|38|00|N|65|20|W}}) by {{GS|U-71|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 30 crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/ranja.html |title=M/T Ranja |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=7 February 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1450.html |title=Ranja |publisher=Uboat |date=16 February 2011}}

}}

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|ship={{MV|San Demetrio||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north west of Cape Charles, Virginia, United States ({{coord|37|03|N|73|50|W}}) by {{GS|U-404||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of nineteen of her 53 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Beta|1891|2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1452.html |title=San Demetrio |publisher=Uboat |date=21 March 2011}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=510 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{MV|Scottish Prince|1938|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|4|10|N|8|00|W}}) by {{GS|U-68|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of one of her 39 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMCS|Weyburn|K173|6}} ({{naval|Canada|1911}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1447.html |title=Scottish Prince |publisher=Uboat |date=16 February 2011}}

}}

18 March

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|ship={{SS|E.M. Clark||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|22|nmi|km}} south west of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina ({{coord|34|50|N|75|35|W}}) by {{GS|U-124|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of one of her 41 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{USS|Dickerson|DD-157|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) and {{SS|Catatumbo|1928|2}} ({{flag|Venezuela}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1455.html |title=E.M. Clark |publisher=Uboat |access-date=25 February 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Kassandra Louloudis|1919|2}}

|flag={{flagicon|Greece}} Greece

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras ({{coord|35|05|N|75|25|W}}) by {{GS|U-124|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 35 crew were rescued by {{USCGC|Dione|WPC-108|6}} (22px United States Coast Guard).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1454.html |title=Kassandra Louloudis |publisher=Uboat |access-date=25 February 2012}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Squalo|submarine|2}} was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Brindisi ({{coord|40|45|N|17|56|E}}) by {{HMS|Upholder|P37|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) with the loss of 38 of her 40 crew.{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2017/02/tricheco.html |title=Tricheco |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=30 March 2020}}

}}

19 March

One more ship may have been lost on this day, see below.

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|35|05|N|75|30|W}}) by {{GS|U-332||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of five of her 35 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{USS|Umpqua|AT-25|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1458.html |title=Liberator |publisher=Uboat |access-date=16 March 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|German trawler|M 3408 Teunisje||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The naval drifter/minesweeper was lost after running aground at Maassluis, South Holland, Netherlands.{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/minensucher/ausgabe.php?where_value=2349 |title=M 3408 |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=19 March 2022}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Italian guard boat|Maria|B-14|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The guard ship was torpedoed, shelled and sunk off Brindisi by {{HMS|Upholder|P37|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).

}}

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|ship={{SS|Papoose||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|15|nmi|km}} south east of Cape Lookout, North Carolina ({{coord|34|17|N|76|39|W}}) by {{GS|U-124|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of two of her 34 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{USS|Stringham|DD-83|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1456.html |title=Papose |publisher=Uboat |access-date=25 February 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|W. E. Hutton|1920|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|20|nmi|km}} south east of Cape Lookout ({{coord|34|25|N|76|50|W}}) by {{GS|U-124|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss thirteen of her 23 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{MV|Port Halifax|1937|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1457.html |title=W.E. Hutton |publisher=Uboat |access-date=25 February 2012}}

}}

20 March

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|ship={{HMS|Heythrop|L85|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|Hunt|destroyer|2}} was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea {{convert|40|mi|km}} north east of Bardia, Libya ({{coord|32|22|N|25|28|E}}), by {{GS|U-652||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of sixteen of her crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?15998 |title=HMS Heythrop (L85) (+1942) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=14 October 2011}}{{cite web |title=HMS Heythrop (L 85) |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1460.html |website=uboat.net |access-date=30 July 2021}}

}}

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|ship={{TSS|Mariso|1930|2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk by {{GS|U-518||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Mariso was on a voyage from New York, United States to Alexandria, Egypt.{{cite book |first=Roger |last=Jordan |year= 1999 |title=The World's Merchant Ships 1939 |place=London |publisher=Chatham House |isbn=1-86176-023-X |page=62 }}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|ML310}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The Fairmile B motor launch was shelled and sunk by Imperial Japanese Army artillery. She was raised, repaired and put into Imperial Japanese Navy service as Suikei 12.

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed, shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|36|22|N|68|50|W}}) by {{GS|U-71|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of six of her 36 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Stavros|1925|2}} ({{flagicon|Greece}} Greece ).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1459.html |title=Oakmar |publisher=Uboat |date=16 February 2011}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=583 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Risøy|1918|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy PW 128: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk off Trevose Head, Cornwall, United Kingdom, by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of one of her eighteen crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMT|Ruby|T24|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/risoy.html |title=D/S Risøy |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=7 February 2012}}

}}

21 March

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

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|36|46|N|55|44|W}}) by {{GS|U-202||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Athelviscount was towed in to Saint John's, Dominion of Newfoundland. She was subsequently repaired and returned to service as Empire Viscount.{{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=398 }}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Esso Nashville|1940|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|33|35|N|77|22|W}}) by {{GS|U-124|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 37 crew were rescued by {{USS|McKean|APD-5|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}), {{USCGC|Agassiz|WPC-126|6}} and {{USCGC|Tallapoosa|WPG-52|6}} (both 22px United States Coast Guard). Esso Nashville later broke in two, with the bow section sinking. The stern section was taken in tow by {{USS|Umpqua|ATO-25|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). It was later repaired with a new bow and the ship returned to service in March 1943.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1461.html |title=Esso Nashville |publisher=Uboat |access-date=25 February 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet transport ship|Georgy Dimitrov||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: The transport ship was bombed and sunk at Sebastopol by Luftwaffe aircraft. There were no casualties.{{cite web|url=http://mil.sevhome.ru/voenistor/crimwow/woynamore/a-nemenko-sevastopol-chernomorskij-flot-1941-44-kto-vyigral-vojnu-na-more-chast-3/ |title=Georgy Dimitrov |publisher=mil.sevhome.ru |access-date=10 December 2019}}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|ML 129}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The Fairmile B motor launch was bombed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Algeria by Italian aircraft with the loss of seven of her crew. Survivors were rescued by the damaged HMS ML 132 ({{naval|UK}}) that was then interned in French Algeria.{{cite web |url=http://cfv.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=426 |title=ML 129 |publisher=cfv.org.uk |access-date=24 May 2019}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|ST|Talyn||2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The tug struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Helgoland, Germany.

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

|flag={{flag|Panama}}

|desc=Vamar Shipwreck Site: Overloaded with lumber, the cargo ship ran aground, capsized and sank in heavy seas in {{convert|25|ft}} of water in the Gulf of Mexico off Mexico Beach, Florida, United States ({{coord|29|54|N|85|27|W}}).{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?26173 |title=Vamar (Lumberboat Wreck) (+1942) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=25 May 2020}}

}}

22 March

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|ship={{HMS|Kingston|F64|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Second Battle of Sirte: The K-class destroyer was hit and crippled by a {{convert|15|in|mm|adj=on|0}} round fired by the battleship {{ship|Italian battleship|Littorio||2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}) and limped into Malta at {{convert|16|kn|mph}}.{{Cite book|title = The Littorio Class: Italy's Last and Largest Battleships|last = Bagnasco|first = Ermingo|publisher = Seaforth Publishing|year = 2011|isbn = 978-1848321052|page = 218}} Fifteen of her crew were killed in action. Kingston entered in dry dock after arrival, but she was declared a constructive total loss on 11 April, when she received further damage from German air strikes.[http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-10DD-39K-HMS_Kingston.htm HMS Kingston (G 64) – K-class Destroyer] Naval History website. Retrieved on 28 February 2016

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|450|nmi|km}} south east of Bermuda (approximately {{coord|37|N|62|W}}) by {{GS|U-123|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 34 crew.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1464.html |title=Muskogee |publisher=Uboat |access-date=24 February 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{MV|Nueva Andalucia|1939|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=The tanker ran aground at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. She broke in two the next day, with the bow section catching fire. Her 39 crew were rescued. The stern section was refloated on 21 April. It was later towed to New York, United States for repairs. She returned to service with a new bow section in 1947.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/nuevaandalucia.html |title=M/T Nueva Andalucia |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=1 February 2012}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|38|05|N|68|30|W}}) by {{GS|U-373||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 30 of her 64 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{MV|Havsten|1930|2}} ({{flag|Norway}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1463.html |title=Thursobank |publisher=Uboat |access-date=18 March 2012}}{{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=103 }}

}}

23 March

For the loss of the British tanker Diala on this day, see the entry for 15 January 1942.

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|ship={{HMS|Breconshire}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The stores ship was bombed and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea off Malta by aircraft of II Fliegerkorps, Luftwaffe. She was beached in Marsaxlokk Bay, Malta but capsized and sank on 27 March. She was refloated in 1950 and scrapped in 1954.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=489 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{MV|British Prudence||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 181: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|45|28|N|56|13|W}}) by {{GS|U-754||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of three of her 50 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Witherington|D76|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).

}}

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|ship={{SS|Clan Campbell|1937|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|UK|civil}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy MW 9A: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea {{convert|8|nmi|km}} off Filfla Island, near Malta by aircraft of II Fliegerkorps, Luftwaffe with the loss of seven lives.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?31424 |title=SS Clan Campbell (+1942)}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=492 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Italian destroyer|Lanciere|1939|2}}

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

|desc=The {{sclass2|Soldati|destroyer|2}} foundered in a severe storm east of Malta ({{coord|35|35|N|17|15|E}}). Of her 241 or 242 crew members, only fifteen survived; all but one of the survivors were injured.{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2018/02/lanciere.html |title=Lanciere |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=30 March 2020}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|33|59|N|76|40|W}}) by {{GS|U-124|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 24 of her 38 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{USCGC|Dione|WPC-107|6}} (22px United States Coast Guard), {{USS|Osprey|AM-56|6}} and {{USS|Umpqua|ATO-25|6}} (both {{navy|USA|1912}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1466.html |title=Naeco |publisher=Uboat |access-date=25 February 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet minelayer|Ostrovsky||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minelayer was under repairs at Tuapse when she was bombed and wrecked by Luftwaffe aircraft. Around 100 people (crewmen, workers and firemen) were killed.{{cite web |url=https://www.kchf.ru/ship/tral/ostrovskiy.htm |title=Ostrovsky |publisher=www.kchf.ru |access-date=8 October 2019}}

}}

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

|flag={{flagicon|Greece}} Greece

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk in the South Atlantic by {{ship|German auxiliary cruiser|Thor||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her crew survived.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=527 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Peder Bogen|1925|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed, shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{Coord|24|41|N|57|44|W}}) by {{ship|Italian submarine|Morosini||2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}). Her 53 crew survived.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=507 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Italian destroyer|Scirocco|1934|2}}

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

|desc=The {{sclass|Maestrale|destroyer|2}} foundered in a severe storm east of Malta ({{coord|35|50|N|17|35|E}}). Only two of her 236 crew were rescued.{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2015/07/scirocco.html |title=Scirocco |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=30 March 2020}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet transport|Vasily Chapaev||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: The transport ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Black Sea near the Kherson Lighthouse by Luftwaffe aircraft. One hundred and two passengers and crew were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/guides/Soviet_Merchant_Marine_Losses_in_WW2_%28Black_Sea%29 |title=Soviet_Merchant_Marine_Losses_in_WW2 |publisher=shipsnostalgia |access-date=29 January 2019 |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 }}

}}

24 March

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed, shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|330|nmi|km}} north of Bermuda ({{coord|37|45|N|63|17|W}}) by {{GS|U-123|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 39 of her 47 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{ship|ST|Edmund J. Moran||2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}).{{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=138 }}{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1469.html |title=Empire Steel |publisher=Uboat |access-date=24 February 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|German minesweeper|M 3615|Minosea|2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Gravelines, Nord France, with the loss of fifteen lives.{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/minensucher/ausgabe.php?where_value=2601 |title=M 3615 |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=24 March 2022}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|German schellboot|SA 3||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The {{sclass|SA 1|motor torpedo boat}} ran aground at Börsmose, Denmark, and was wrecked.{{cite web |url=http://www.s-boot.net/englisch/sboats-kriegsmarine-types.html |title=SA 3 |publisher=www.s-boot.net |access-date=24 March 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=170603 |title=SA 3 |publisher=forum.axishistory.com |access-date=24 March 2022}}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|Southwold|L10|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|Hunt|destroyer|2}} struck a mine and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off Valletta, Malta ({{coord|35|53|N|14|35|E}}) with the loss of five of her 164 crew.

}}

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|ship={{GS|U-655||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was rammed and sunk in the Barents Sea (approximately {{coord|73|00|N|21|00|E}}) by {{HMS|Sharpshooter|J68|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) with the loss of all 45 of her crew.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u655.htm |title=U-655 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=15 April 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{MV|Yalta|1916|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was sunk by Luftwaffe aircraft at Tuapse. She was later raised, and was repaired in 1945.{{cite web |url=https://www.kchf.ru/ship/vspomog/yalta.htm |title=Yalta |publisher=www.kchf.ru |access-date=24 March 2022}}

}}

25 March

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|ship={{SS|Imperial Transport|1931|2}}

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

|desc=World War II:The tanker was torpedoed and damaged east of Cape Race, Dominion of Newfoundland by {{GS|U-94|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Imperial Transport was abandoned by her crew. She was later reboarded and towed in to a port. She was subsequently repaired and returned to service.{{cite book |first=Roger |last=Jordan |year= 1999 |title=The World's Merchant Ships 1939 |place=London |publisher=Chatham House |isbn=1-86176-023-X |page=153 }}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|34|46|N|67|40|W}}) by {{GS|U-105|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 49 crew.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1472.html |title=Narragansett |publisher=Uboat |access-date=22 February 2012}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|42|36|N|65|30|W}}) by {{GS|U-552||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 53 of her 57 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{USS|Mayo|DD-422|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Ocana was scuttled on 15 April at {{coord|43|24|N|64|45|W}} by {{HMCS|Burlington|J250|6}} ({{naval|Canada|1911}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1470.html |title=Ocana |publisher=Uboat |access-date=6 April 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet minesweeper|SKA 0121||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: The MO-4 Type minesweeper was sunk by enemy coastal artillery fire in Streletskaya Bay near Sevastopol. Two of her crew were killed.{{cite web |url=http://russ-flot.narod.ru/x-0014_MO-IV.htm |title=MO-4 type |publisher=russ-flot.narod.ru |access-date=25 March 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://obd-memorial.ru/html/advanced-search.htm |title=OBD Memorial |publisher=obd-memorial.ru |access-date=25 March 2019}}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|Sulla|FY1874|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy PQ 13: The auxiliary minesweeper foundered in a gale in the Norwegian Sea off Bear Island, Norway ({{coord|70|15|N|02|10|E}}) while being delivered to the Soviet Navy. She was lost with all 21 hands.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/freefleet/norfleets6.html |title=Norwegian Merchant Ships 1939 – 1945, Ships beginning with Su through Sø |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=8 February 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/12570.html |title=MS Whaler HMS SULLA of the Royal Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=25 March 2013}}

}}

26 March

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|ship={{SS|Dixie Arrow||2}}

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

|desc=File:Allied tanker torpedoed.jpg

World War II: Operation Drumbeat: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina ({{coord|34|55|30|N|75|44|42|W}}) by {{GS|U-71|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of eleven of her 33 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{USS|Tarbell|DD-142|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1475.html |title=Dixie Arrow |publisher=Uboat |date=16 February 2011}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=580 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|Jaguar|F34|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The J-class destroyer was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Sidi Barrani, Egypt ({{coord|31|53|N|26|18|E}}) by {{GS|U-652||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of three officers and 190 crew. Survivors, eight officers and 45 crew, were rescued by naval whaler {{HMS|Klo}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/4205.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130413215612/http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/4205.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 April 2013 |title=HMS Jaguar (F 43) of the Royal Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=26 March 2013 }}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|Legion|G74|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The L-class destroyer was bombed and sunk in the Grand Harbor, Valletta, Malta. She was eventually refloated and resunk in deep water.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/4465.html |title=HMS Legion (G 74) of the Royal Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=26 March 2013}}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|P39}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The U-class submarine was bombed and sunk in the Grand Harbor, Valletta. She was raised and beached unrepaired in 1943 and her wreck was bombed again.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3549.html |title=HMS P 39 (P39) of the Royal Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=26 March 2013}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The troopship was bombed and sunk at Malta by Luftwaffe aircraft. Her 60 crew survived.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=506 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{Ship|RFA|Slavol}}

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Sidi Barrani ({{coord|32|01|N|25|55|E}}) by {{GS|U-652||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 36 of her 56 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{ship|Greek destroyer|Vasilissa Olga|D15|2}} ({{navy|Greece}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1474.html |title=Slavol |publisher=Uboat |access-date=9 March 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Sovietskaya Neft||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was bombed and sunk at Tuapse by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Valletta, Malta by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was refloated and scuttled in deep water in 1946, with final removal of the bottom of her hull in July 1985.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/talabot.html |title=M/S Talabot |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=8 February 2012}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=565 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

27 March

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|ship={{USS|Atik|AK-101|6}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Q-ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Norfolk, Virginia ({{coord|35|38|N|70|14|W}}) by {{GS|U-123|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 141 crew.

}}

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|ship={{SS|Equipoise||2}}

|flag={{flag|Panama}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|60|nmi|km}} south east of Cape Henry, Virginia, United States ({{coord|36|36|N|74|45|W}}) by {{GS|U-160|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 41 of her 54 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{USS|Greer|DD-145|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1477.html |title=Equipoise |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=2 March 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Kitano Maru|1909|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Lingayen Gulf, {{convert|5|mi|km|spell=in}} south of Damortis, Luzon, Philippines ({{coord|16|11|N|120|19|E}}). Three of the 650 troops aboard were killed.{{cite ship register |register=MSI |id=4011609 | shipname=Kitano Maru |access-date=12 October 2013}}{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Africa_t.htm |title=Kitano Maru |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=28 March 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the East China Sea south east of Kumun Island ({{coord|33|50|N|127|33|E}}) by {{USS|Gudgeon|SS-211|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Oreste|1896|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Mediterranean Sea {{convert|13|nmi|km}} south east of Cattaro. There were no casualties.{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2014/02/cronologia-delle-perdite_14.html |title=Italian losses |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=30 March 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German sperrbrecher|Sperrbrecher 147 Koert||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Sperrbrecher struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The coaster, now used as a blockship, was bombed and sunk in the English Channel at Torquay, Devon by Luftwaffe aircraft. There were no casualies. The wreck was later raised for use as one of two bombing targets by the military air gunnery range and weapons test site on St Thomas's Head.{{PastScape |mnumber=1001810 |mname=Staghound |access-date=31 March 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://www.fold3.com/image/302119347 |title=British Admiralty War Diary, 27 March 1942 |publisher=www.fold3.com |access-date=31 March 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|RFA|Svenør}}

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|300|nmi|km}} east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, United States by {{GS|U-105|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of eight of her 37 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Cunene|1911|2}} ({{flag|Portugal}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1478.html |title=Svenør |publisher=Uboat |access-date=22 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{GS|U-587||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type VII submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|47|21|N|21|39|W}}) by {{HMS|Aldenham|L22|6}}, {{HMS|Grove|L77|6}}, {{HMS|Leamington|G19|6}} and {{HMS|Volunteer|D71|6}} (all {{naval|UK}}) with the loss of all 42 crew.{{cite DANFS |title=DD-127 |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/destroy/dd127txt.htm |access-date=15 January 2012}}{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u587.htm |title=U-587 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=9 April 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The Yubari Maru-class auxiliary collier was bombed and sunk off Koepang, Dutch Timor by Lockheed Hudson aircraft of 2 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force. A crew member was killed. {{ship|Japanese hospital ship|Asahi Maru||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}) helps rescue survivors{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/YubariM_t.htm |title=Yubari Maru |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=15 May 2019}}{{cite book |title=Soleil Levant sur l'Australie |first=Bernard |last=Baeza |publisher=Lela Presse |year=2008 |page=85 |isbn=978-2-914017-43-5}}

}}

28 March

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|ship={{HMS|Campbelltown|I42|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=File:Bundesarchiv Bild 101II-MW-3724-03, St. Nazaire, Zerstörer 'HMS Campbeltown'.jpg

World War II: St Nazaire Raid: The {{sclass2|Town|destroyer|2}} was expended as a floating bomb at Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Inférieure, France. She rammed the Normandie Dock drydock gates and later exploded killing about 350 people, mostly German military and some civilians. The forward section was destroyed by the explosion, the aft section was washed into the Dock, where it was scrapped by the Germans. The drydock was put out of action and not repaired until 1947. Surviving crew rescued by {{HMS|ML 177}} and {{HMS|MTB 74}} (both {{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.operation-chariot.org/attackformation.html |title=Attack formation |publisher=operation-chariot.org |access-date=14 March 2020}}{{cite book |first=John |last=Wingate | title=Warships in profile 1 |publisher=Doubleday |location=Garden City, NY |year=1972 |pages=97–120}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Cape Horn|1929|2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship caught fire, exploded and sank in the Atlantic Ocean east of Ascension Island with the loss of four of her crew. The explosion may have been caused by a time bomb in her cargo.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |pages=482, 491 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The Admiralty-requisitioned cargo ship was scuttled in Water Sound, Scapa Flow as a blockship.{{cite web |url=http://www.scapaflowwrecks.com/wrecks/blockships/ |title=Collingdoc: Block Ship |publisher=Scapa Flow Wrecks |access-date=6 February 2015}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy PQ 13: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Barents Sea ({{coord|72|10|N|30|00|E}}) by Junkers Ju 88 aircraft of the Luftwaffe. All sixty-one crew were rescued by {{ship|German destroyer|Z24||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Two died later in captivity.{{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=87 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.shipsnostalgia.com/threads/empire-ranger-sunk-1941.35948/ |title=Empire Ranger |publisher=www.shipsnostalgia.com |access-date=23 August 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/12571.html |title=Convoy PQ 13 |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=23 August 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|MGB 314}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: St Nazaire Raid: The Fairmile C motor gun boat was scuttled off Saint-Nazaire due to battle damage and bad weather. Two of her crew were killed.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/17550.html |title=HMS MGB 314 of the Royal Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=28 March 2013}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|ML 156}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: St Nazaire Raid: The Fairmile B motor launch) was scuttled off Saint-Nazaire due to battle damage and bad weather. Her crew were rescued by {{HMS|Atherstone|L05|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/14430.html |title=HMS ML 156 of the Royal Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=28 March 2013}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|ML 177}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: St Nazaire Raid: The Fairmile B motor launch was damaged at Saint-Nazaire by German shore batteries. She caught fire, burned out and was abandoned.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/14354.html |title=HMS ML 177 of the Royal Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=28 March 2013}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|ML 192}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: St Nazaire Raid: The Fairmile B motor launch was shelled at Saint-Nazaire by German shore batteries, set on fire, struck the Old Mole and burned out. Four of her crew were killed.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/14372.html |title=HMS ML 192 of the Royal Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=28 March 2013}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|ML 262}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: St Nazaire Raid: The Fairmile B motor launch was sunk at Saint-Nazaire by German shore batteries. She exploded after being abandoned. Seven of her sixteen crew were killed.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/14447.html |title=HMS ML 262 of the Royal Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=28 March 2013}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|ML 267}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: St Nazaire Raid: The Fairmile B motor launch was sunk at Saint-Nazaire by German shore batteries.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/14454.html |title=HMS ML 267 of the Royal Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=28 March 2013}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|ML 268}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: St Nazaire Raid: The Fairmile B motor launch was shelled by German shore batteries and exploded at Saint-Nazaire.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/14456.html |title=HMS ML 268 of the Royal Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=28 March 2013}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|ML 270}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: St Nazaire Raid: The Fairmile B motor launch was scuttled off Saint-Nazaire due to battle damage and bad weather. Her crew were rescued by {{HMS|Brocklesby|L42|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/14458.html |title=HMS ML 270 of the Royal Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=28 March 2013}}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|ML 298}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: St Nazaire Raid: The Fairmile B motor launch caught fire going through burning gasoline and was sunk at Saint-Nazaire by German shore batteries.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/14488.html |title=HMS ML 298 of the Royal Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=28 March 2013}}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|ML 306}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: St Nazaire Raid: The Fairmile B motor launch was shelled and damaged at Saint-Nazaire by German shore batteries, and then was captured by {{ship|German torpedo boat |Jaguar||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}), but sank due to battle damage before it could be brought into dock. She was later salvaged by the Germans, repaired and put into Kriegsmarine service as RA 9.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/14498.html |title=HMS ML 306 of the Royal Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=10 March 2014}}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|ML 446}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: St Nazaire Raid: The Fairmile B motor launch was scuttled off Saint-Nazaire due to battle damage and bad weather. Her crew were rescued by {{HMS|Atherstone|L05|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/14618.html |title=HMS ML 446 of the Royal Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=28 March 2013}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|ML 447}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: St Nazaire Raid: The Fairmile B motor launch was sunk at Saint-Nazaire by German shore batteries. Her crew were rescued by {{HMS|ML 160}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/14619.html |title=HMS ML 447 of the Royal Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=28 March 2013}}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|ML 457}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: St Nazaire Raid: The Fairmile B motor launch was sunk at Saint-Nazaire by German shore batteries.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/14629.html |title=HMS ML 457 of the Royal Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=28 March 2013}}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|MTB 74}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: St Nazaire Raid: The {{sclass2|Vosper 70 foot|motor torpedo boat}} was sunk at Saint-Nazaireby German shore batteries.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/16834.html |title=HMS MTB 74 of the Royal Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=28 March 2013}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Raceland||2}}

|flag={{flag|Panama}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy PQ 13: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Barents Sea {{convert|110|mi}} northeast of North Cape, Norway ({{Coord|72|40|N|20|20|E}}) by Junkers Ju 88 aircraft of III Staffeln, Kampfgeschwader 30, Luftwaffe. All 45 crew survived the sinking but only 13 were still alive when two of the lifeboats reached Norway days later. The two other lifeboats disappeared the first night. Survivors were made prisoners of war.{{cite web | title=Raceland cargo ship 1910–1942 | url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?31619 |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu | access-date=23 August 2023}}{{cite web | title=Raceland | url=http://www.ss-raceland.com/Raceland_English.html |publisher=www.ss-raceland.com | access-date=23 August 2023}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|German sperrbrecher|Sperrbrecher 137||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: St Nazaire Raid: The Sperrbrecher, acting as a guard ship, was shelled and damaged at Saint-Nazaire by Royal Navy vessels and German shore batteries. She was scuttled by her crew to prevent capture. She was raised, repaired and returned to service.{{cite book |first=John |last=Wingate | title=Warships in profile 1 |publisher=Doubleday |location=Garden City, NY |year=1972 |page=115}}

}}

29 March

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

|flag={{flag|Panama}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy PQ 13: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy. She was shelled sunk in the Barents Sea ({{coord|72|30|N|27|00|E}}) by {{ship|German destroyer|Z26||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 40 of her 46 crew. Survivors were taken as prisoners of war.{{csr|register=MSI|id=5606439|shipname=Bateau |access-date=19 July 2012}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=532 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|City of New York|1930|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo liner was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|40|nmi|km}} east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina ({{coord|35|16|N|74|25|W}}) by {{GS|U-160|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 24 of the 133 people aboard. Survivors were rescued by {{USS|Acushnet|AT-63|6}}, {{USS|Roper|DD-147|6}} (both {{navy|USA|1912}}) and {{USCGC|CG-455}} (22px United States Coast Guard).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1479.html |title=City of New York |publisher=Uboat |access-date=2 March 2012}} City of New York was on a voyage from Cape Town, Union of South Africa to New York.{{cite book |first=Roger |last=Jordan |year= 1999 |title=The World's Merchant Ships 1939 |place=London |publisher=Chatham House |isbn=1-86176-023-X |page=385 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The troopship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea ({{coord|39|04|N|20|05|E}}) by {{HMS|Proteus|N29|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) with the loss of 768 lives.{{csr|register=MSI|id=5604433|shipname=Galilea |access-date=2 December 2012}}

}}

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|ship= {{ship||Hertford|1920|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}} south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada ({{coord|40|50|N|63|31|W}}) by {{GS|U-571||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of four of her 62 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Glenstrae|1922|2}} and {{SS|Fort Townsend|1936|2}} (both {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1480.html |title=Hertford |publisher=Uboat |access-date=9 April 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German trawler|M 5608 Pinguin||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The naval drifter/minesweeper was sunk by a mine off Petsamo, Finland with the loss of eight lives.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: St Nazaire Raid: The tanker was severely damaged by the explosion of {{HMS|Campbeltown|I42|6}} ({{naval|UK}} at Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Inférieure, France.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German siebel ferry|SF 150||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The Siebel ferry was lost in a collision.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Schlettstadt||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: St Nazaire Raid: The tanker was severely damaged by the explosion of {{HMS|Campbeltown|I42|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) at Saint-Nazaire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Tredinnick1921||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the South Atlantic off the coast of Brazil by {{ship|Italian submarine|Pietro Calvi||2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}) with the loss of all 46 crew.{{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}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: The transport ship was torpedoed and sunk at Ozeraja by Heinkel He 111 aircraft of the Luftwaffe. She was later refloated but was not repaired.{{cite web |url=https://www.kchf.ru/ship/vspomog/voroshilov.htm |title=Voroshilov |publisher=www.kchf.ru |access-date=31 March 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German destroyer|Z26||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy PQ 13: The {{sclass2|Type 1936A|destroyer}} was shelled and sunk in the Barents Sea by {{HMS|Trinidad|46|6}} and {{HMS|Eclipse|H08|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}) with the loss of 240 of her 336 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{ship|German destroyer|Z24||2}} and {{ship|German destroyer|Z25||2}} (both {{navy|Nazi Germany}}).{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a7feXTWsPucC&q=KM+Destroyer+Z-26&pg=PA24|title=Battle of the Atlantic From 1939–45|isbn=9781448892372|access-date=29 March 2013|last1=Darman|first1=Peter|date=15 December 2012}}

}}

30 March

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed west of Sapienza ({{coord|36|38|N|21|18|E}}) by {{HMS|Proteus|N29|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) and sank on the morning of 31 March. There were thirteen dead and 90 survivors.{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2015/05/bosforo.html |title=Bosforo |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=30 March 2022}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Choko Maru

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Makassar Strait by {{USS|Sturgeon|SS-187|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).{{cite DANFS |title=Sturgeon |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss187.htm |access-date=30 December 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy PQ 13: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and damaged in the Barents Sea by {{GS|U-456||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of twelve of her 43 crew. She was later torpedoed and sunk at {{coord|70|28|N|35|44|E}} by {{GS|U-435||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Harrier|J71|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) and a Soviet Navy patrol vessel.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1485.html |title=Effingham |publisher=Uboat |access-date=25 March 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy PQ 13: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Barents Sea ({{coord|70|55|N|37|18|E}}) by {{GS|U-376||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Aboard were 40 crew, 10 gunners and 16 crew of Ballot who had left their ship when she was hit on the 29th. 25 men died in the sinking. The 41 survivors abandoned ship in two lifeboats but only 30 were still alive when they were rescued by the Soviet Navy minesweeper T-882 on 2 April, and two more died of exposure after their rescue, bringing the total to 38 dead.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1483.html |title=Induna |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=23 August 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Muncaster Castle|1928|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|2|02|N|12|02|W}}) by {{GS|U-68|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 24 of the 329 people aboard. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Ann Stathatos|1918|2}} ({{flagicon|Greece}} Greece ) and {{HMS|Aubrietia|K96|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1484.html |title=Muncaster Castle |publisher=Uboat |date=16 February 2011}} Muncaster Castle was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Freetown, Sierra Leone.{{cite book |first=Roger |last=Jordan |year= 1999 |title=The World's Merchant Ships 1939 |place=London |publisher=Chatham House |isbn=1-86176-023-X |page=111 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{GS|U-585||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type VIIC submarine struck a mine and sank in the Barents Sea ({{coord|70|00|N|34|00|E}}) with the loss of all 44 crew.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u585.htm |title=U-585 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=9 April 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Wellpark||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the South Atlantic by {{ship|German auxiliary cruiser|Thor||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Seven of her 48 crew were killed. Survivors were captured.{{cite web |url=https://www.shipsnostalgia.com/threads/cardiff-java.28576/ |title=Wellpark |date=14 August 2009 |publisher=www.shipsnostalgia.com |access-date=30 March 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://www.sixtant.net/2011/artigos.php?cat=ships-that-went-down-with-planes-as-deck-cargo-&sub=precious-cargo-lost&tag=15)wellpark-(raider-thor) |title=Wellpark |publisher=www.sixtant.net |access-date=30 March 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/70/a2822870.shtml |title=Wellpark |publisher=www.bbc.co.uk |access-date=30 March 2022}}

}}

31 March

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Allegheny

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

|desc=World War II: The barge was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|9.5|nmi|km}} east-southeast of the Metopkin Inlet, Virginia ({{coord|37|34|N|75|25|W}}) by {{GS|U-754||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her three crew were rescued by {{USCGC|CG-4345}} (22px United States Coast Guard).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1489.html |title=Allegheny |publisher=Uboat |access-date=19 April 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Barnegat

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

|desc=World War II: The barge was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|9.5|nmi|km}} east-southeast of the Metopkin Inlet ({{coord|37|34|N|75|25|W}}) by {{GS|U-754||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her three crew were rescued by {{USCGC|CG-4345}} (22px United States Coast Guard).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1488.html |title=Barnegat |publisher=Uboat |access-date=19 April 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|London City|1891|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The coal hulk was bombed and sunk at Torquay, Devon by Luftwaffe aircraft. There were no casualties.{{cite web |url=https://www.fold3.com/image/302119725 |title=British Admiralty War Diary, 31 March 1942 |publisher=www.fold3.com |access-date=31 March 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|ST|Menominee||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The tug was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|9.5|nmi|km}} east-southeast of the Metopkin Inlet ({{Coord|37|34|N|75|25|W}}) by {{GS|U-754||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of sixteen of her eighteen crew. Survivors were rescued by {{MV|Northern Sun|1931|2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1486.html |title=Menominee |publisher=Uboat |access-date=19 April 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|San Gerardo|1922|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|37|33|N|68|22|W}}) by {{GS|U-71|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 51 of her 57 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{MV|Regent Panther|1937|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1490.html |title=San Gerardo |publisher=Uboat |date=16 February 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|T. C. McCobb|1936|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the South Atlantic off the coast of Brazil by {{ship|Italian submarine|Pietro Calvi||2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}). Two of her crew were killed and two more died of exposure before being rescued.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?132133 |title=T. C. McCobb |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=31 March 2020}}{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2014/02/pietro-calvi.html |title=Pietro Calvi |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=31 March 2020}}

}}

Unknown date

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

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

|desc=The cargo ship was sunk by gunfire from an Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer at the port of Bugo in Macajalar Bay while taking on a stock of locally produced food for the relief of Bataan.{{cite book|url=|first1=Charles Dana|last1=Gibson|first2=E. Kay|last2=Gibson|title=Overseas - U.S. Army Maritime Operations, 1898 Through the Fall of the Philippines|pages= 248–249|publisher=Ensign Press|date=2002|isbn=978-0960899661}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Bay Innaung

|flag={{flagcountry|British Burma}}

|desc=World War II: The incomplete {{sclass|Basset|trawler|3|naval}} was destroyed to prevent capture at the Irrawaddy Flotilla co. shipyard, Rangoon, sometime in March.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Cegostina

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

|desc=The cargo ship was sunk by gunfire from an Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer at the port of Bugo in Macajalar Bay while taking on a stock of locally produced food for the relief of Bataan.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Cochrane

|flag={{flagcountry|British Burma}}

|desc=World War II: The incomplete {{sclass|Basset|trawler|3|naval}} was destroyed to prevent capture at the Irrawaddy Flotilla co. shipyard, Rangoon sometime in March.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Elara

|flag={{flagcountry|British Ceylon}}

|desc=World War II: The incomplete {{sclass|Basset|trawler|3|naval}} was destroyed to prevent capture at the Irrawaddy Flotilla co. shipyard, Rangoon sometime in March.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo liner was sunk by gunfire from an Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer at the port of Bugo in Macajalar Bay while taking on a stock of locally produced food for the relief of Bataan.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The tug was scuttled at Tjilatjap, Netherlands East Indies to avoid capture by Japanese forces in early March. She was salvaged by the Japanese.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Gemunu

|flag={{flagcountry|British Ceylon}}

|desc=World War II: The incomplete {{sclass|Basset|trawler|3|naval}} was destroyed to prevent capture at the Irrawaddy Flotilla co. shipyard, Rangoon sometime in March.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Hector

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The tug was scuttled at Tjilatjaps to avoid capture by Japanese forces in early March. She was salvaged by the Japanese.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|LCM 51}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The Landing Craft, Mechanized was lost in the Middle East sometime in March.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|LCM 53}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The Landing Craft, Mechanized was lost sometime in March.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|LCP(L) 57}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The Landing Craft Personnel (Large) was bombed and sunk at Tobruk, Libya.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|LCP(L) 117}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The Landing Craft Personnel (Large) was lost in Home Waters.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|LCP(L) 276}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The Landing Craft Personnel (Large) was lost sometime in March.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|LCP(L) 277}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The Landing Craft Personnel (Large) was lost sometime in March.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|LCT 155}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The Landing Craft, Tank was lost en route from the United Kingdom to Gibraltar sometime in March.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/17663.html |title=HMS LCT 155 of the Royal Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=1 March 2014}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Myojin Maru No. 5||2}}

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

|desc=The auxiliary patrol craft went missing on 14 March.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Ikuta_t.htm |title=Ikuta Maru |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=30 September 2022}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Panay||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The United States Army-chartered cargo ship was bombed and/or torpedoed by Japanese aircraft and sank in {{convert|130|ft|m}} of water in Campomanes Bay Sipalay, Negros Island ({{coord|09|49|N|122|21|E}}), in late March.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?258445 |title=Panay (+1942) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=18 June 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|Pelikaan|1921|6}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary depot/patrol vessel was scuttled in early March.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged at Malta by Axis aircraft. She was subsequently repaired and returned to service.{{cite book |first=Roger |last=Jordan |year= 1999 |title=The World's Merchant Ships 1939 |place=London |publisher=Chatham House |isbn=1-86176-023-X |page=190 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Soviet submarine|Shch-210||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Shchuka|submarine}} was sunk near Cape Shabla, Romania sometime after 12 March, probably in Romanian minefield S-15.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/5041.html |title=Shch 210 of the Soviet Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=1 March 2014}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|TM-3}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The {{sclass|TM-3|motor torpedo boat}} was scuttled between 2 and 8 March at Surabaya, Netherlands East Indies to avoid capture by Japanese forces. She was later raised, repaired and put into Imperial Japanese Navy service without armament.{{cite web |url=http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=909 |title=The Netherlands motor torpedo boat class TM-3 |publisher=Warshipsww2.Eu |access-date=24 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141201224529/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=909 |archive-date=1 December 2014 |url-status=usurped |df=dmy-all }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Java: The unnamed minelayer of a new design had been laid down at Soerabaja, Netherlands East Indies, but was destroyed on the stocks in early March in the early stages of construction to avoid capture by Japanese forces.{{cite web |url=https://www.netherlandsnavy.nl/index.html |title=unnamed Minelayer |publisher=netherlandsnavy.nl |access-date=3 July 2020 }}

}}

References

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