List of shipwrecks in May 1940

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|ship={{SS|Arlington||2}}

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

|desc=After departing Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada, on 30 April, the {{convert|244|ft|0|adj=on}} bulk carrier sank in {{convert|600|ft|0}} of water in Lake Superior {{convert|35|nmi|0}} north of the Keweenaw Peninsula near Superior Shoal in the Copper Harbor, Michigan, area during a storm after her captain first ordered her to continue her voyage into the open lake rather than seek sheltered waters near the coast, then gave no order to abandon ship after she began to take on water. The cargo ship Collingwood ({{Flagicon|Canada|1921}} Canada) rescued her entire crew except for her captain, who made no effort to abandon ship and was last seen waving to Collingwood as he went down with his ship. The wreck was located in 2023.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?144296 |title=SS Arlington (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=12 February 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/wwii-era-shipwreck-found-in-lake-superior/ar-BB1iaPHM?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=7f0e59d0a710415a9a1736ca7521ce36&ei=101 |title=WWII-era shipwreck found in Lake Superior |publisher=CBS News via MSN |access-date=12 February 2023}}{{cite news |last=Ables |first=Kelsey |date=13 February 2024 |title=A 1940 shipwreck was discovered in Lake Superior. Its mystery endures. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/02/13/lake-superior-shipwreck-arlington-michigan/ |work=The Washington Post |access-date=13 February 2024}}

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|ship={{SS|Bahia Castillo|1917|2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The troopship was torpedoed and damaged in the Skaggerak south east of Skagen, Denmark by {{HMS|Narwhal|N45|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). Ten men and twenty-six horses were lost and twenty-three men were wounded. The ship was towed into Frederikshavn, and it was scrapped at Kiel in September 1940.{{cite web |url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4005-14MAY01.htm |title=Naval Events, May 1940, Part 1 of 4, Wednesday 1st – Tuesday 7th |publisher=Naval History |access-date=20 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?135042 |title=SS Bhia Castillo (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=3 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3414.html |title=HMS Narwhal (N 45) |publisher=www.uboat.net |access-date=1 May 2020}}

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was bombed and damaged at Øye by Luftwaffe aircraft, then scuttled by her crew. There were no casualties. She was raised in September 1941, laid up, and repaired post-war.{{cite web |url=http://warsailors.com/singleships/beaufort.html |title=D/T Beaufort |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=1 May 2020}}

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|ship={{SS|Buenos Aires|1911|2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: Norwegian Campaign: The troopship was torpedoed and sunk in the Skaggerak east of Skagen by {{HMS|Narwhal|N45|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). Sixty men and two hundred and forty horses were lost and sixty-four men were wounded.{{cite web |url=http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/verluste/ausl%2Bdtsch-4012.htm |title=Verluste Deutscher Handelsschiffe 1939-1945 und unter deutscher Flagge fahrender ausländischer Schiffe: 1940 |last=Rohwer |first=Jürgen |author2=Gerhard Hümmelchen |work=Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart |access-date=8 February 2011 |language=de}}

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|ship={{SS|Dronning Maud|1925|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=File:SS Dronning Maud on fire.jpg

World War II: The troopship was bombed and sunk in Gratangen, off Foldvik by aircraft of Lehrgeschwader 1, Luftwaffe, with the loss of eighteen lives.

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

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Kattegat with the loss of four of her crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?143975 |title=SS Haga (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=8 November 2011}}Haga{{Circular reference|date=February 2021}}

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|ship=La Cancalaise

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=World War II: The fishing trawler struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off the Dyck Lightship ({{flag|France}}) with the loss of 23 of her 31 crew.{{cite web |url=http://alamer.fr/BIBLIOTHEQUE/7.PDF |title=La Cancalaise |publisher=alamer.fr |access-date=18 February 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://www.memorialgenweb.org/memorial3/html/fr/resultregi.php?nunit=9998&tunit=Cancalaise%20(1940) |title=La Cancalaise |publisher=www.memorialgenweb.org |access-date=12 May 2023}}

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

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

|desc=The refrigerated cargo ship ran aground in the Caribbean Sea off Mayaguana, Bahamas and was wrecked. Her 78 crew were rescued by {{SS|Panama|1939|2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?148181 |title=SS Matakana (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=10 November 2011}}

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|ship={{SS|Pioner I|1900|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster was bombed and sunk at Hjørungavåg, Norway by Luftwaffe aircraft.She was later raised, repaired and entered Kriegsmarine service as Raeter.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/homefleet/shipsp.html |title=Norwegian Homefleet - WW II, Ships starting with P |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=10 February 2012}}

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|ship={{HNoMS|Uller|1876|2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The minelayer, a former {{sclass|Vale|gunboat}} was bombed and damaged in Sognefjord, Norway by Heinkel He 115 aircraft of the Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service. She was beached and subsequently scuttled by {{HNoMS|Tyr|1887|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}).

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|ship={{HNoMS|Veslefrik}}

|flag={{navy|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The guard ship was run aground in Lønnefjord, Norway, to prevent capture by the Germans.{{Cite book|title=Felttoget 1940: avdelingenes påkjenninger og tap |last=Vold |first=Ottar |year=1995 |publisher=Rikstrygdeverket |location=Oslo |isbn=8255104135 |page=254 |url=http://www.nb.no/nbsok/nb/6b20cbc3ca848f863b515b0f8356184c?index=3 |language=no}}

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For the loss of RFA Boardale on this day, see the entry for 30 April 1940.

{{shipwreck list begin |date=2 May 1940 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Cläre Hugo Stinnes 1|1935|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was shelled off Skorpa, Norway by {{HMS|Trident|N52|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) and beached in Korsfjord. She was later salvaged, repaired and returned to service.{{cite web |url=http://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/weseruebung/ausgabe.php?where_value=213 |title=WBS 5/Adolf Vinnen |publisher=Historiches Marinearchiv |language=de |access-date=18 February 2015}}

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|ship={{SS|Gioannoulis Gounaris|1901|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was driven ashore near Foreland Point, Devon, United Kingdom and was wrecked. She was refloated on 8 July and consequently scrapped.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=523 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The WWI C-class standard cargo ship was scuttled as a blockship in Kirk Sound, Scapa Flow Orkney Islands ({{coord|58|54|35|N|2|53|50|W}}). She was salvaged in September 1948 and scrapped.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?61070 |title=SS Redstone (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=13 November 2011}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=517 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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For the loss of HMTs Aston Villa, Gaul and St Goran on this day, see the entry for 30 April 1940.

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|ship={{HMS|Afridi|F07|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|Tribal|destroyer|||1936}} was bombed and sunk in the Norwegian Sea off Namsos, Norway ({{coord|66|14|N|5|45|E}}) by Junkers Ju 87 aircraft of the Luftwaffe with the loss of 49 of her 219 crew, 30 survivors of {{ship|French destroyer|Bison|1928|2}} ({{navy|France}}) and thirteen other military passengers. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Griffin|H31|6}} and {{HMS|Imperial|D09|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}).

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|ship={{ship|French destroyer|Bison|1928|2}}

|flag={{navy|France}}

|desc=World War II: Namsos Campaign: The {{sclass|Guépard|destroyer|1}} was bombed and damaged off Trondheim, Norway ({{coord|65|42|N|7|17|E}}) by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was scuttled by {{HMS|Afridi|F07|6}}, which had rescued 69 survivors, more survivors rescued by {{HMS|Imperial|D09|6}} and {{HMS|Grenade|H86|6}} (all {{naval|UK}}). One hundred and two crew and a Royal Navy observer were killed.

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|ship={{ship|HNoMS|Djerv|1897|6}}

|flag={{navy|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|2.|torpedo boat}} was scuttled off Kvamsøya to prevent capture by German forces.

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|ship={{ship|HNoMS|Dristig|1898|6}}

|flag={{navy|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|2.|torpedo boat|1}} was scuttled off Kvamsøya to prevent capture by German forces.

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|ship={{ship||Magicienne|schooner|2}}

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The schooner ran aground west of St Abb's Head, Berwickshire, United Kingdom. All eight crew survived.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Three Trawlers Overdue |date=7 May 1940 |page=3 |issue=48609 |column=F }}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?64004 |title= Magicienne (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=24 October 2011}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the South Atlantic ({{coord|19|55|S|4|20|E}}) by {{ship|German auxiliary cruiser|Atlantis||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of two of her 50 crew. Survivors were taken aboard as prisoners of war; 27 crewmen and a passenger were put on {{MV|Tirranna|1937|2}} ({{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}). The passenger and one crewman were killed when Tiranna was sunk later off France. Fifteen other crewmen were put aboard {{SS|Durmitor|1913|2}} ({{flag|Kingdom of Yugoslavia}}): and interned in Italian Somaliland.

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For the loss of the Norwegian coastal tanker MV Rødskjæl, which may have occurred on this date, see the list for April 1940.

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster was bombed and sunk in Breiviken by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was later raised, repaired and returned to service.{{cite web |url= http://www.warsailors.com/homefleet/shipsa.html |title=Norwegian Homefleet - WW II, Ships starting with A |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=8 February 2012}}

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|ship=Almy

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=World War II: The fishing boat struck a mine in the Kattegat ({{coord|57|33|N|11|35|E}}) and sank with the loss of all four crew.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3417.html |title=HMS Seal (37 M) |publisher=Uboat |access-date=24 October 2011}}{{cite web |url=https://www.hembygd.se/styrso/artiklar/minsprangningen-av-almy-1940 |title=Almy |publisher=www.hembygd.se |access-date=5 January 2021}}

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|ship={{SS|Blaafjeld I|1918|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk near Kolvereid, Norway, by Luftwaffe aircraft. Her crew were rescued.{{cite web |last=Lawson |first=Siri Holm |url=http://warsailors.com/singleships/blaafjeld.html |title=D/S Blaafjeld I |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=20 November 2011}}

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|ship={{ORP|Grom|1936|6}}

|flag={{navy|Poland|name=Polish Navy}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Grom|destroyer}} was bombed and sunk in Ofotfjord off Narvik, Norway, by Heinkel He 111 aircraft of Kampfgruppe 100, Luftwaffe with the loss of 59 of her 192 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Aurora|12|6}}, {{HMS|Bedouin|F67|6}}, {{HMS|Enterprise|D52|6}} and {{HMS|Faulknor|H62|6}} (all {{naval|UK}}).

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The captured Swedish cargo ship was intercepted in the North Sea off Stavanger, Norway, by {{HMS|Severn|N57|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). After the German prize crew were captured and the Norwegian crew members set ashore, she was torpedoed and sunk.

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Norwegian Sea off Namsos, Norway, by Luftwaffe aircraft. The wreck was raised in 1942, repaired and returned to service.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/pan.html |title=D/S Pan |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=6 February 2012}}

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|ship={{SS|San Tiburcio|1921|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker struck a mine in the Moray Firth off Balintore, Ross-shire, and sank. All 40 crew were rescued by {{HMS|Codrington|D65|6}} and {{HMT|Leicester City}} (both {{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?10342 |title=SS San Tiburcio (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=14 November 2011}}{{cite web |title=San Tiburcio |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/316.html |website=uboat.net |access-date=14 August 2021}}{{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={{SS|Sekstant|1919|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Norwegian Sea north of Namsos by Luftwaffe aircraft. Her crew were rescued.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=564 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=5 May 1940 |sort=}}

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The damaged cargo ship was scuttled at Narvik by German forces.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/homefleet/shipse.html |title=Norwegian Homefleet - WW II, Ships starting with E |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=9 February 2012}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 40: The cargo ship ran aground at Egg Island, Nova Scotia, Canada and broke in two.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/convoys/hx40.html |title=Convoy HX 40 |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=16 May 2012}} She was declared a total loss. Both parts were refloated and towed in to Halifax, Nova Scotia. They were scrapped.{{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={{ship|TSS|Maianbar||2}}

|flag={{flagicon|UK|civil}} Australia

|desc=The cargo shipran aground off Newcastle, New South Wales. She was declared a total loss.

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|ship={{SS|Richard With||2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo liner was attacked and damaged off Sørreisa by Luftwaffe aircraft and was beached. She was later refloated, repaired and returned to service.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/homefleet/shipsr.html |title=Norwegian Homefleet - WW II, Ships starting with R |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=10 February 2012}}

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|ship= {{HNoMS|Sild|1900|6}}

|flag={{navy|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|1.|torpedo boat}} was scuttled in the Norwegian Sea off Harøya to prevent capture by German forces.

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=6 May 1940 |sort=}}

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine in the North Sea off the Kiel Lightship ({{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}) and sank. Her crew were rescued.{{cite web |url=http://www.bubblewatcher.de/der-erzfrachter-brage/ |title=Brage |date=9 February 2016 |publisher=www.bubblewatcher.de |access-date=5 June 2019}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Dunkerque, Nord, France ({{coord|51|03|06|N|2|08|40|E}}). Her 34 crew were rescued.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?2599 |title=SS Brighton (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=24 October 2011}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=489 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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|ship={{HMT|Loch Naver|A41|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The naval trawler collided with another vessel off Hartlepool, Co Durham and sank. Survivors were rescued by the yacht Breda ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?31191 |title=HMT Loch Naver (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=10 November 2011}}

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|ship={{ship|German trawler|V 101 Schwan||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The vorpostenboot sank in the Kattegat.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?6429 |title=V-101 (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=15 November 2011}}

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|ship={{Ship|German trawler|V 811 Hugo Homann||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The vorpostenboot struck a mine in the Ems estuary and sank.{{Cite web|url=http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/40-04.htm |title=Seekrieg 1940, April |access-date=28 May 2012 |last=Rohwer |first=Jürgen |author2=Gerhard Hümmelchen |work=Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart |language=de }}

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Kattegat ({{coord|57|33|N|11|35|E}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Capture Of German Ships |date=15 May 1940 |page=6 |issue=48616 |column=G }}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?16499 |title= SS Vosegen (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=24 October 2011}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=7 May 1940 |sort=}}

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|ship=Saint Pierre

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=World War II: The fishing boat struck a mine in the North Sea and sank. }}

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|ship= {{ship|French submarine|Doris|Q135|2}}

|flag={{navy|France}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Circé|submarine|||1925}} was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea west of Petten, Netherlands ({{coord|53|40|N|4|00|E}}) by {{GS|U-9|1935|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 44 crew and three Royal Navy officers.

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

|flag={{Flag|Denmark}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine in the North Sea off Bergen, Norway and was damaged. She was subsequently repaired and returned to service.

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|ship={{MV|Oxelösund|1923|2}}

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship sank at Narvik, Norway due to damage received in an air attack on 10 April. She was refloated in 1947, repaired, and returned to service in 1950 as Laidaure.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=574 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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|ship= {{HNoMS|Skrei|1901|6}}

|flag={{navy|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|1.|torpedo boat}} was scuttled off Aspøya to prevent capture by German forces.

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|ship={{USS|Tutuila|PR-4|6}}

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

|desc=The {{sclass|Wake|gunboat}} ran aground in the Yangtze River at Chunking, China and was damaged. She was refloated on 13 May. Subsequently repaired and returned to service.{{cite web |url=http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/USN-Chron/USN-Chron-1940.html |title=Official Chronology of the US Navy in WWII |publisher=Ibiblio |access-date=13 May 2014}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=9 May 1940 |sort=}}

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was sabotaged and sunk at Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain by French divers. She was later refloated, repaired and returned to service.

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Hubertgat. She was later refloated, repaired and returned to service.

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|ship={{ship|German minesweeper|M-134||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type 1916 minesweeper was bombed and sunk at Bergen, Norway by Blackburn Skua aircraft of 806 Naval Air Squadron, Fleet Air Arm or Bristol Blenheim aircraft of 254 Squadron, Royal Air Force. She was later salvaged, repaired and returned to service as M534.

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=10 May 1940 |sort=}}

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled in the Caribbean Sea off Aruba, Curaçao and Dependencies to avoid capture by the Dutch. Cold water reached her boilers and they exploded blowing her in half.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?112944 |title=SS Antilla (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=18 August 2023}}

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

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

|desc=The cargo ship was driven ashore east of the Meshima Lighthouse, in the Gotō Islands, and sank.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=539 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Rotterdam, South Holland by Luftwaffe aircraft.

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|ship={{ship|ST|Calaisien||2}}

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=World War II: The tug was bombed and sunk at Calais by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The troopship struck a mine and sank in the Kattegat off Drogden, Denmark.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Merchant Ship Losses |date=22 May 1940 |page=6 |issue=48622 |column=F }}

}}

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|ship={{HNLMS|de Oceaan|B-4|6}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The tug was scuttled in the Wadden Sea between Ameland and Terschelling, Friesland.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?3481 |title=SS Oceaan (de) (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=11 November 2011}}

}}

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed, set afire and sunk at Rotterdam by either Allied or Luftwaffe aircraft. She was later refloated.{{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|Goslar|1929|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled in shallow water off Paramaribo, Suriname to avoid capture by Dutch forces, settling on its side partially above water.{{cite web |url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-3912-09DEC01.htm |title=Naval Events, December 1939, Part 1 of 2, Friday 1st - Thursday 14th |publisher=Naval History |access-date=5 December 2011}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=470 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}{{cite web |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/20-incredible-photos-of-wwi-and-wwii-shipwrecks/ss-AA1aJyee?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=e26216e64e344e78b47da80439d03b3a&ei=71#image=11 |title=20 incredible photos of WWI and WWII shipwrecks |publisher=MSN.com |access-date=4 May 2023}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Henry Woodall|1935|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The collier struck a mine and sank in the North Sea {{convert|3|nmi|spell=in}} off Withernsea, Yorkshire with the loss of seven of her 14 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Viiu|1917|2}} ({{flag|Estonia}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11611 |title=SS Henry Woodall (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=9 November 2011}}

}}

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

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster, used as a troopship, was shelled, torpedoed and sunk at Hemnesberget, Norway by {{HMS|Calcutta|D82|6}} and {{HMS|Zulu|F18|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}).

}}

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|ship={{SS|Sophie Rickmers|1925|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Sabang, Netherlands East Indies to avoid capture by Dutch forces. Although declared a total loss, she was raised, repaired and put in Dutch service as Toendjoek.{{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}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=478 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship= {{HNLMS|Van Galen|1928|6}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|Admiralen|destroyer}} was bombed and damaged in the Waalhaven, Rotterdam by Heinkel He 111 aircraft of Kampfgeschwader 4, Luftwaffe. She later sank in the Merwedehaven.{{cite web |url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4005-14MAY02.htm|title= Naval Events, May 1940, Part 2 of 4; Wednesday 8th – Tuesday 14th |publisher=Naval History |access-date=24 October 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

For the loss of the Swedish ship Stråssa on this date, see the entry for 10 April 1940

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|ship={{HNLMS|Braga}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The gunboat was scuttled in the Waal.

}}

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|ship={{SS|Sally|1896|2}}

|flag={{flag|Finland}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Kattegat.

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The ocean liner was sunk at Rotterdam, South Holland in a Luftwaffe air raid.

}}

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

|flag={{Flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the North Sea off Vlissingen, Zeeland by Luftwaffe aircraft.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?1056 |title=SS Stella (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=14 November 2011}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium by {{GS|U-9|1935|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of seventeen of the 23 people aboard. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Malcolm|D19|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?1861 |title=SS Tringa (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=14 November 2011}}{{cite web |title=Tringa |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/319.html |website=uboat.net |access-date=14 August 2021}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The ocean liner was sunk at Rotterdam in a Luftwaffe air raid. She was subsequently salvaged and taken in to German service.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=556 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Estonia}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea ({{coord|51|21|N|2|25|E}}) by {{GS|U-9|1935|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Only five people aboard survived. They were rescued by {{HMT|Arctic Hunter}} ({{naval|UK}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

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|ship={{HNLMS|Bulgia}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The {{Sclass|Thor|gunboat}} was sunk in the port of Vlissingen, Zeeland by Luftwaffe aircraft. Thirteen crew were killed. She was raised on 31 July 1940 and scrapped by the Germans.{{cite web |url=http://www.waroverholland.nl/index.php?page=the-harbour-is-targeted-again |title=Vlissingen, 12 May 1940 |publisher=www.waroverholland.nl |access-date=12 May 2020}}{{cite web |url=http://www.waroverholland.nl/index.php?page=balance-2 |title=Casualties in Zeeland |publisher=www.waroverholland.nl |access-date=12 May 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://www.netherlandsnavy.nl/index.html |title=Thor-class river gunboats |publisher=netherlandsnavy.nl |access-date=1 July 2020 }}

}}

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|ship={{HNLMS|Friso|1915|6}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Gruno|gunboat}} was bombed and sunk in the IJsselmeer off Enkhuizen, North Holland by Luftwaffe aircraft. The capsized wreck was shelled and sunk by {{HNLMS|Pieter Florisz|1937|6}} ({{naval|Netherlands}}). Three crew were killed. She was raised on 15 March 1943 and scrapped by the Germans.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?188228 |title=Friso |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=12 May 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://www.tracesofwar.nl/articles/2556/Ondergang-van-het-IJsselmeerflottielje.htm |title=IJsselmeer flotilla |publisher=www.tracesofwar.nl |access-date=12 May 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://www.netherlandsnavy.nl/index.html |title=Gruno-class river gunboats |publisher=netherlandsnavy.nl |access-date=1 July 2020 }}

}}

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|ship=HMCS Gate Vessel No. 1

|flag={{naval|Canada|1911}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy TC 4A: The {{sclass2|Battle|trawler|1}} was rammed by {{HMS|Revenge|06|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) at Halifax, Nova Scotia and sank. Her eighteen crew were rescued.

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The coaster collided with another vessel and sank.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?13112 |title=MV Henrica (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=9 November 2011}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Switzerland}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Zeebrugge, West Flanders, Belgium with the loss of two lives.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?5033 |title=MV Jura (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=9 November 2011}}

}}

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|ship= {{ship||Käthe Jürgensen|schooner|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The schooner struck a mine and sank in the Bay of Lübeck.

}}

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|ship={{HNLMS|Luctor et Emergo}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: the hospital ship was sunk in the port of Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands by Luftwaffe aircraft. Seven crew and five civilians having taken shelter aboard were killed.{{cite web |url=https://www.psdnet.nl/2015/10/de-tragedie-op-de-luctor-et-emergo/ |title=Luctor et Emergo |date=8 October 2015 |publisher=www.psdnet.nl |access-date=12 May 2020}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Prinses Juliana|1920|2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The passenger ship was bombed and sunk in the North Sea off Hook of Holland, South Holland by Luftwaffe aircraft. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Havock|H43|6}} and {{HMS|Wild Swan|D62|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?988 |title=SS Prinses Juliana (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=13 November 2011}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster was shelled and sunk at Hemnesberget, Norway by {{HMS|Carlisle|D67|6}} and {{HMS|Zulu|F18|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}).

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The coaster struck a mine and sank in the Nieuwe Waterweg at Rotterdam, South Holland ({{coord|51|54|N|4|21|E}}). All 51 people aboard were rescued.{{cite web |url= http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?48057 |title=SS Roek (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=13 November 2011}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|St. Denis|1908|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Nieuwe Waterweg between Hook of Holland and Rotterdam. She was later salvaged by the Germans and became the accommodation ship Barbara.

}}

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|ship={{SS|Van Rensselaer|1920|2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The passenger shipstruck a mine at IJmuiden, North Holland and was beached.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?1104 |title=SS Van Rensselaer (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=15 November 2011}} 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=554 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The troopship struck a mine off the coast of Sweden and was beached.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Norwegian Front Taking Shape |date=14 May 1940 |page=5 |issue=48615 |column=D }} She was later repaired and returned to service.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?134742 |title= SS Anhalt (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=24 October 2011}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged in the North Sea off the Noord Hinder Lightship ({{flag|Netherlands}}). She was abandoned by her 29 crew, who were rescued by {{ship|French torpedo boat|Bouclier||2}} ({{navy|France}}). Bussum was towed to London, United Kingdom. She was subsequently repaired and returned to service.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/668.html |title=Bussum |publisher=Uboat |access-date=21 February 2012}}

}}

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|ship= {{HNLMS|Christiaan Cornelis}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|K|torpedo boat}} was scuttled at Rotterdam, South Holland following severe battle damage.

}}

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|ship={{ship|Belgian patrol boat|Georges-Eduard||2}}

|flag={{navy|Belgium}}

|desc=The patrol boat, a former fishing vessel, was lost on this date.

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine in the North Sea off Zeebrugge, West Flanders, Belgium ({{coord|51|22|12|N|3|12|59|E}}) and sank.

}}

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|ship={{SS|Kyle Firth|1905|2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on Holy Island, Anglesey and was wrecked.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11656 |title=SS Kyle Firth (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=9 November 2011}}

}}

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|ship= {{HNLMS|M 2}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|M|minesweeper|||Netherlands}} was sunk by a magnetic mine in the North Sea off IJmuiden, North Holland. Seven of her crew were killed. She was salvaged in July 1940 and put into service by the Germans as LAZ-47 ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}).{{cite web |url=https://www.netherlandsnavy.nl/index.html |title=M-class Minesweepers |publisher=netherlandsnavy.nl |access-date=1 July 2020 }}

}}

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|ship={{ship|French minesweeper|Ville du Bizerte||2}}

|flag={{navy|France}}

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper struck a mine and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Guardia, Algeria.

}}

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|ship= {{HNLMS|Abraham van der Hulst|1937|6}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: {{sclass|Jan van Amstel|minesweeper|1}} was scuttled at Enkhuizen, North Holland. She was subsequently salvaged by the Germans, repaired and entered Kriegsmarine service as M 553.{{cite web |url=https://www.netherlandsnavy.nl/index.html |title=Gruno-class river gunboats |publisher=netherlandsnavy.nl |access-date=1 July 2020 }}

}}

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|ship=Batterijschip IJmuiden

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The former coastal defence ship was scuttled at IJmuiden, North Holland to prevent capture by German forces. She was subsequently salvaged by the Germans, repaired and entered service as Undine.{{cite web |url=http://www.netherlandsnavy.nl/JVH.htm |first=Jan |last=Visser |title=Jacob van Heemskerck |publisher=netherlandsnavy.nl |access-date=27 December 2011}}

}}

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|ship={{HNLMS|Brinio}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Brinio|gunboat}} was bombed and damaged in the IJsselmeer by Luftwaffe aircraft and subsequently scuttled. She was raised on 12 October 1942 and scrapped by the Germans.{{cite web |url=https://www.netherlandsnavy.nl/index.html |title=Gruno-class river gunboats |publisher=netherlandsnavy.nl |access-date=1 July 2020 }}

}}

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|ship= {{MS|Chrobry||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The troopship was bombed and damaged in the Vestfjorden, off northern Norway ({{coord|67|40|N|13|50|E}}). Eleven crew members and an unknown number of troops were killed. She was scuttled on 16 May due to damage received.{{cite web |url=http://www.kresyfamily.com/9.-merchant-navy.html |title=Polish merchant ship losses |publisher=www.kresyfamily.com |access-date=9 February 2021}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=569 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{HNLMS|Freyr|1877|6}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Thor|gunboat}} was scuttled in the Binnen IJ at Nieuwendam, North Holland. She was later refloated.{{cite web |url=http://www.maritiemdigitaal.nl/index.cfm?event=search.getdetail&id=120030200 |title=Kanonneerboot Hr.Ms. Freyr (1877-1940) door de bemanning op 14 mei 1940 tot zinken gebracht op het Binnen-IJ bij Nieuwe... |publisher=Maritime digitaal |language=nl |access-date=20 October 2015}}{{cite web |url=https://www.netherlandsnavy.nl/index.html |title=Thor-class river gunboats |publisher=netherlandsnavy.nl |access-date=30 June 2020 }}

}}

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|ship={{HNLMS|Gerard Callenburgh|1939|6}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Gerard Callenburgh|destroyer}} was scuttled in the Nieuwe Waterweg at Rotterdam, South Holland to prevent capture by German forces.

}}

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|ship={{HNLMS|Hefring|1880|6}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Thor|gunboat}} was scuttled by her crew at Amsterdam North Holland. She was later salvaged by the Germans. She was raised on 23 September 1940. Conflicting information as to whether or not she was scrapped. It is possible that she was used as a "Küstenschutzboot" and was lost in service. Another report is that she was towed to the Coenhaven on 26 September, where she sank again, and was subsequently raised and scrapped.{{cite web |url=https://www.netherlandsnavy.nl/index.html |title=Thor-class river gunboats |publisher=netherlandsnavy.nl |access-date=1 July 2020 }}

}}

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|ship={{HNLMS|Jan Danielzoon van de Rijn|G 2|6}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The torpedo boat was scuttled at Rotterdam. She was later salvaged by the Germans and entered service as TFA 10.

}}

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|ship={{SS|Jan Pieterszoon Coen||2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The passenger ship was scuttled as a blockship at IJmuiden.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?841 |title=SS J. P. Coen (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=9 November 2011}} The wreck was subsequently cleared.{{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={{HNLMS|Johan Maurits van Nassau|1932|6}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The sloop was bombed and sunk in the North Sea {{convert|10|nmi|km}} west of Callantsoog, North Holland, by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of seventeen of her crew.{{cite web |url=https://www.tracesofwar.nl/articles/1918/Kanonneerboot-Hr-Ms-Johan-Maurits-van-Nassau.htm |title=Johan Maurits van Nassau |publisher=www.tracesofwar.nl |access-date=14 May 2020}}

}}

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|ship={{HNLMS|G 16}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|G 13|torpedo boat}} was scuttled at Den Helder, North Holland. She was later salvaged by the Germans and entered service as TFA 9.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{HNLMS|M 1}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|M|minesweeper|||Netherlands}}was scuttled at IJmuiden.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/2839.html |title=HNMS M-1 of the Royal Dutch Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=13 May 2013}} She was later salvaged and put into service by the Germans as LAZ-46.{{cite web |url=https://www.netherlandsnavy.nl/index.html |title=M-class Minesweepers |publisher=netherlandsnavy.nl |access-date=1 July 2020 }}

}}

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|ship= {{HNLMS|M 3}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|M|minesweeper|||Netherlands}} was scuttled as a blockship at IJmuiden. The wreck was later dispersed by explosives.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/2841.html |title=HNMS M-3 of the Royal Dutch Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=13 May 2013}}{{cite web |url=https://www.netherlandsnavy.nl/index.html |title=M-class Minesweepers |publisher=netherlandsnavy.nl |access-date=1 July 2020 }}

}}

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|ship= {{HNLMS|M 4}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|M|minesweeper|||Netherlands}} was scuttled at IJmuiden.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/2842.html |title=HNMS M-3 of the Royal Dutch Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=13 May 2013}} She was later salvaged and put into service by the Germans as ZRD-57.{{cite web |url=https://www.netherlandsnavy.nl/index.html |title=M-class Minesweepers |publisher=netherlandsnavy.nl |access-date=1 July 2020 }}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at IJmuiden. She was subsequently salvaged by the Germans, repaired and entered service as Hans Christophersen.{{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={{HNLMS|Noordzee II|BV-34|6}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The naval tug struck a mine and sank in the Westerschelde with the loss of twenty of her 22 crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?961 |title=SS Noordzee II (BV-34) (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=14 May 2020}}{{cite web |url=http://www.waroverholland.nl/index.php?page=balance-2 |title=Noordzee II |publisher=www.waroverholland.nl |access-date=14 May 2020}}

}}

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|ship=HNLMS O 8

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|O 8|submarine}}was scuttled at Den Helder, North Holland to prevent capture by German forces. She was subsequently salvaged by the Germans, repaired and entered service as U-D1.

}}

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|ship={{HNLMS|O 11}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|O 9|submarine}}was scuttled at Den Helder to prevent capture by German forces. She was subsequently salvaged by the Germans, repaired and entered service as U-D2.

}}

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|ship= {{HNLMS|O 12}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|O 12|submarine}} was scuttled at Den Helder while undergoing maintenance at the Rijkswerf shipyard to prevent capture by German forces.

}}

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|ship={{HNLMS|O 25}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|O 21|submarine}} was scuttled at Schiedam, South Holland to prevent capture by German forces. She was subsequently salvaged by the Germans, repaired and entered service as UD-3.

}}

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|ship={{HNLMS|O 26}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|O 21|submarine}} was scuttled at Schiedam to prevent capture by German forces. She was subsequently salvaged by the Germans, repaired and entered service as UD-4.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|O 27}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|O 21|submarine}} was scuttled at Schiedam to prevent capture by German forces. She was subsequently salvaged by the Germans, repaired and entered service as UD-5.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|Pieter Florisz|1937|6}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Jan van Amstel|minesweeper}} was scuttled at Enkhuizen. She was subsequently salvaged by the Germans, repaired and entered service as M 551.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|Tjerk Hiddes|1939|6}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Gerard Callenburgh|destroyer}}was scuttled in the Nieuwe Waterweg at Rotterdam to prevent capture by German forces.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|Tyr}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The gunboat was scuttled. She was later salvaged by the Germans.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Ville de Bruges|1921|2}}

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=World War II: The ocean liner was severely damaged in a Luftwaffe air raid whilst in the Scheldt ({{Coord|51|18|36|N|4|16|24|E}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Belgian Liner Sunk |date=18 May 1940 |page=5 |issue=48619 |column=F }} She was beached and burnt out with the loss of four crew of the 117 people aboard. The wreck was removed in January 1952.{{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}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|HNLMS|Z 3}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Z 1|torpedo boat}} was scuttled by running onto a breakwater and then burned in the IJsselmeer off Enkhuizen. She was refloated in 1941 and scrapped by the Germans.{{cite web |url=https://www.netherlandsnavy.nl/index.html |title=Z 3-class torpedoboat |publisher=netherlandsnavy.nl |access-date=30 June 2020 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=15 May 1940 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|Braga|1879|6}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=The {{Sclass|Thor|gunboat}} was beached in the Waal. She was probably scrapped by the Germans.{{cite web |url=https://www.netherlandsnavy.nl/index.html |title=Thor-class river gunboats |publisher=netherlandsnavy.nl |access-date=30 June 2020 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|French minesweeper|Duquesne II||2}}

|flag={{navy|France}}

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper struck a mine at the mouth of the Scheldt and sank with the loss of 23 of her crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.memorialgenweb.org/memorial3/html/fr/resultregi.php?nunit=9998&tunit=Duquesne%20II%20(1936-1940) |title=Duquesne II |publisher=www.memorialgenweb.org |access-date=15 May 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and severely damaged in the Scheldt at Knokke, West Flanders, Belgium ({{coord|51|23|N|3|07|E}}) by Luftwaffe aircraft. There were no casualties. She was abandoned the next day and scuttled two days later in the Zeebrugge Roads.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?58033 |title=SS Evgenia (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=8 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/verluste_griechenland/ausgabe.php?lang=1&rubrik=%&where_value=161 |title=Evgenia |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=15 May 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged in the North Sea {{convert|6|nmi|km}} north east of Zeebrugge, West Flanders by Luftwaffe aircraft. All 43 men aboard survived. She capsized and sank on 18 May.{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2014/02/cronologia-delle-perdite_14.html |title=Italian losses |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=15 May 2020}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=532 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|French minesweeper|Henri Guegan||2}}

|flag={{navy|France}}

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper struck a mine at the mouth of the Scheldt and sank with the loss of seventeen of her crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.memorialgenweb.org/memorial3/html/fr/resultregi.php?nunit=9998&tunit=Henri-Gu%E9gan%20(1939-1940) |title=Henri Guegan |publisher=www.memorialgenweb.org |access-date=15 May 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|HNLMS|Hydra}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Hydra|minelayer}} was beached to prevent sinking on the coast of Zeeland, the Netherlands following damage by German anti-tank gunfire. She was subsequently scuttled. Later refloated and scrapped.{{cite web |url=https://www.netherlandsnavy.nl/index.html |title=Hydra-class minelayers |publisher=netherlandsnavy.nl |access-date=1 July 2020 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Loodsboot No.1||2}}

|flag={{Flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The pilot vessel struck a mine and sank in the Westerscheldt.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?899 |title=Mv Loodsboot No.1 (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=10 November 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Valentine|L69|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The V-class destroyer was bombed off Terneuzen, Zeeland by a Junkers Ju 88 aircraft of the Luftwaffe with the loss of 31 crew killed and 21 wounded. She was beached and abandoned. HMS Valentine was then scuttled by {{HMS|Whitley|L23|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4005-14MAY03.htm |title=Naval Events, May 1940, Part 3 of 4, Wednesday 15th – Tuesday 21st |publisher=Naval History |access-date=20 May 2019}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=17 May 1940 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|French minesweeper|Mardyck||2}}

|flag={{navy|France}}

|desc=The auxiliary minesweeper caught fire and was beached and abandoned at Breskens, Zeeland, Netherlands.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|Philips Van Almonde}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Gerard Callenburgh|destroyer}} was scuttled on her slipway at Vlissingen, Zeeland to prevent capture by German forces.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Belgian patrol boat|Police de la Rade III||2}}

|flag={{navy|Belgium}}

|desc=The patrol boat was lost on this date.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Saint Kearan|1929|2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship collided with {{SS|Explorateur Grandidier|1924|2}} ({{flag|France}}) in the Firth of Clyde and sank north west of Girvan, Ayrshire. All her 12 crew were rescued.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?58002 |title=SS Saint Kearan (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=25 June 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.scottishshipwrecks.com/saint-kearan/ |title=Saint Kearan |publisher=www.scottishshipwrecks.com |access-date=25 June 2024}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=18 May 1940 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Effingham|D98|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Norwegian Campaign: The {{sclass|Hawkins|cruiser}} ran aground on a reef in the Norwegian Sea near Bodø, Norway ({{coord|67|17|N|13|58|E}}) and abandoned. She was subsequently scuttled by gunfire and torpedoes from {{HMS|Matabele|F26|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) on May 21.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster was towing the luxury yacht Albatross III ({{flag|Netherlands}}) under its Commander, C L ter Meulen,Escape From Holland, Cape Times, Magazine Section, November 9, 1940. to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France when she struck a mine in the North Sea off Gravelines, Nord, France. The Pia's captain, A. Pekelder, his wife, four of the five crew and all four passengers were killed. Albatross III rescued the sole survivor,{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?5031 |title=MFV Pia (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=12 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=https://www.marhisdata.nl/schip?id=5141 |title=Pia |publisher=www.marhisdata.nl |access-date=18 May 2022}}

}} one of the mates, who survived because at the moment of the explosion he was in the front of the ship while all the others were aft.Escape From Holland, Cape Times, Magazine Section, November 9, 1940.

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Sirius|1885|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster was sunk in Solbergfjorden off Dyrøya by Luftwaffe aircraft. Seven crew members, including both the captain and the first mate, were killed in the sinking, whilst eleven survivors were rescued from the water by local people in rowing boats. The survivors, who had been strafed in the water by the German aircraft, were later retrieved by the submarine tender {{HNoMS|Lyngen||2}} ({{navy|Norway}}) and the steamship {{SS|Mosken|1924|2}} ({{flag|Norway}}).{{cite web |url= http://www.warsailors.com/homefleetsingles/sirius.html |title=D/S Sirius |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=10 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Torgtind|1881|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed in the Norwegian Sea off Bratland by Luftwaffe aircraft. She sank the next day. All six crew survived.{{cite web |url=https://torghatten.no/tidslinje/torgtind-bombet-article394-941.html |title=Torgtind |date=23 June 2015 |publisher=torghatten.no |access-date=4 April 2019}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Vlaanderen I||2}}

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=World War II: The dredger was bombed and sunk at Calais, France, by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=19 May 1940 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Albion

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The former fishing trawler was sunk near Brønnøysund, Norway by HNoMS Heilhorn and {{HNoMS|Honningsvåg}} (both {{navy|Norway}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|French minesweeper|Augustin Normand||2}}

|flag={{navy|France}}

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper was bombed in the evening in the port of Le Havre, Seine Inférieure by Luftwaffe aircraft. Thirteen crew were killed.{{cite book |title=Le Havre, 1940-1944 |first=Jean-Claude |last=Dubosq |publisher=Bertout |year=1995 |page=36 |isbn=2-86743-238-3}}{{cite web |url=https://www.memoiredeshommes.sga.defense.gouv.fr/fr/article.php?larub=48&titre=militaires-decedes-au-cours-de-la-seconde-guerre-mondiale |title=Augustin Normand |publisher=www.memoiredeshommes.sga.defense.gouv.fr |access-date=13 February 2021}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{ship|RV|Belgica|1884|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The depot ship was scuttled at Harstad, Norway by the Franco-British Expeditionary Force.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Erik Frisell|1926|2}}

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of the Hebrides, United Kingdom ({{coord|57|25|N|9|15|W}}) by {{GS|U-37|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). All 34 crew were rescued by {{HMT|Cobbers}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11289 |title=MV Erik Frisell (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=24 October 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Princess Victoria|M03|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minelayer struck a mine and sank off the mouth of the Humber with the loss of 36 of her 121 crew.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Minelayer Sunk By Enemy Mine |date=22 May 1940 |page=6 |issue=48622 |column=F }}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11851 |title= HMS Princess Victoria (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=24 October 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Vlaanderen IV|1904|2}}

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=World War II: The dredger was bombed and sunk in the North Sea off Dunkerque, Nord, France.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?1191 |title=SS Vlaanderen IV (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=15 November 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Whitley|L23|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The W-class destroyer was bombed and damaged off Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was beached and later scuttled by {{HMS|Keith|D06|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=20 May 1940 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=The cargo ship struck a rock on the north coast of Trinidad. She was a total loss.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=576 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and severely damaged in the English Channel off Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France, in a Luftwaffe air raid. She was beached on 21 May, but bombed again on 23 May and set on fire.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?134781 |title=SS Antverpia (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=2 November 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Deneb

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and set on fire at Harstad in a Luftwaffe air raid. She was scuttled the next day by a British destroyer. Two of her crew were killed; eleven survived.{{cite web |url=https://www.warsailors.com/singleships/deneb.html |title=Denebe |publisher=www.warsailors.com |access-date=20 May 2019}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{Ship|ST|Hercule|1933|2}}

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=World War II: The tugstruck a mine and sank at Calais. There was only one survivor.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?80907 |title=Hercule (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=9 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://dkepaves.free.fr/download/chronologie.pdf |title=Epaves Dunkerque |publisher=dkepaves.free.fr |access-date=20 May 2019}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The coaster was bombed and damaged in the English Channel off Calais by Luftwaffe aircraft. Three crew and one gunner were killed. She was later abandoned.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Ophélie|1922|2}}

|flag={{Flag|France}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was anchored off Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais and was bombed in the evening by the Luftwaffe. She was beached but burned for the next three days and was a total loss. There were six dead and 34 survivors.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?165093 |title=SS Ophélie (Ophelie aka Orphélie) (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=11 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.atlasponant.fr/fiche/Navire/062OPH001/#fiche=/fiche/Navire/062OPH001/ |title=Ophélie |publisher=www.atlasponant.fr |access-date=9 February 2019}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Orkney, and
Söstjernen

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=World War II: The fishing vessels were intercepted in the North Sea at {{coord|55|00|N|3|30|E}} by {{HMS|Spearfish|69S|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). The crews of both vessels (four and three men) were taken off and they were sunk by gunfire.{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3427.html |title=Spearfish |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=20 May 2019}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Pembroke Coast|1936|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and set on fire off Harstad, Norway by Luftwaffe aircraft. Two of her crew were killed. She was scuttled the next day.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?151341 |title=MV Pembroke Coast (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=20 May 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://www.ht.no/nyheter/2018/12/22/Dramatikken-bak-et-krigsminnesmerke-18124565.ece |title=Pembroke Coast |date=22 December 2018 |publisher=www.ht.no |access-date=20 May 2019}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMT|Rifsness}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper was bombed and sunk in the North Sea off Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium by Luftwaffe aircraft. Two of her four crew were killed, one was captured and the other was rescued by {{HMT|Lord Inchcape}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?31131 |title=HMT Rifsnes (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=13 November 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=21 May 1940 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|ST|Barfleur||2}}

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=World War II: The tug was scuttled at Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Bawtry|1898|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The coaster was bombed and sunk at Dunkerque, Nord France, by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was later salvaged by the Germans and entered service as Rival.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMT|Cape Passaro|FY 270|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler was bombed and sunk off Narvik, Norway by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of four of her crew.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Two Trawlers Lost |date=29 May 1940 |page=6 |issue=48628 |column=F }}{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/6328.html |title=HMS Cape Passaro (FY 270) |publisher=Uboat |access-date=24 October 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Panama}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was bombed and damaged in the English Channel off Boulogne by Luftwaffe aircraft. She sank the next day. Her crew were rescued.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?163915 |title=SS Clairy (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=4 November 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|French submarine chaser|CH-9||2}}

|flag={{navy|France}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|CH-5|submarine chaser}} was bombed and severely damaged in the North Sea off Dunkerque ({{coord|51|30|N|00|24|E}}). She was beached to prevent her sinking but was declared a total loss. Eleven of her 23 crew were wounded; one of them died of his wounds.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?10919 |title=Chasseur 9 (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=4 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://dkepaves.free.fr/html/chasseur9.htm |title=Chasseur 9 |publisher=dkepaves.free.fr |access-date=21 May 2019}}{{cite web |url=http://alamer.fr/index.php?NIUpage=31&Param1=40428 |title=Andre Lurier DOW |publisher=alamer.fr |access-date=21 May 2019}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|French minesweeper|Christiane Cecile||2}}

|flag={{navy|France}}

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper was scuttled at Boulogne.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Corburn}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel off Le Havre, Seine-Inférieure, France, by motor torpedo boat S-32 ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=De Normandie

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=World War II: The fishing boat struck a mine and sank off Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, with the loss of thirteen lives.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ernestine Gabrielle

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=World War II: The fishing boat was bombed and sunk at Dieppe by Luftwaffe aircraft.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?37192 |title=FV Ernestine-Gabriel (O-44) (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=8 November 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Firth Fisher|1919|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The coaster struck a mine in the English Channel off Boulogne and sank with the loss of seven of the eleven people aboard. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Sparta|1900|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/WWIStandardShipsA-K.htm#A |title=WWI Standard Built Ships A-K |publisher=Mariners |access-date=8 May 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Belgian trawler|Freddy|TR 33|2}}

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|Castle|trawler|1}} was sunk at Ostend by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was raised, repaired, and put in German service as M 3230 Freddy.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Georgette Simone

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=World War II: The fishing boat was bombed and sunk at Dieppe by Luftwaffe aircraft.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?37194 |title=Georgette-Simonne (O-31) (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=8 November 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The coasterwas bombed and sunk at Dieppe by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was later salvaged by the Germans, repaired and entered service as Jurgensby.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Independence

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

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

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|French minesweeper|Jacques Coeur||2}}

|flag={{navy|France}}

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper was bombed and sunk at Dunkerque by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|French destroyer|L'Adroit|1927|2}}

|flag={{navy|France}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|L'Adroit|destroyer}} was bombed and sunk in the North Sea off Dunkerque by a Heinkel He 111 aircraft of the Luftwaffe.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|French trawler|La Lorientaise||2}}

|flag={{navy|France}}

|desc=The naval trawler was sunk on this date.{{cite web|url=http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=1489|title=French trawlers type Ex-British|website=warshipsww2.eu|access-date=29 December 2014|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141229230420/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=1489|archive-date=29 December 2014}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|French minesweeper|Leopold Soubler||2}}

|flag={{navy|France}}

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper was scuttled at Boulogne.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMHS|Maid of Kent}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The hospital ship was bombed and sunk at Dieppe by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of 37 lives.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?58141 |title=HMHS Maid of Kent (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=24 October 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMT|Melbourne}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler was bombed and sunk off Narvik, Norway by Luftwaffe aircraft. There wre no casualties.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/6419.html |title=HMS Melbourne |publisher=Uboat |access-date=24 October 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Nelly Suzanne

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

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

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|French tanker|Niger||2}}

|flag={{navy|France}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was bombed and sunk off Gravelines, Nord, by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of three of her 114 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{ship|French destroyer|Cyclone|1925|2}} ({{navy|France}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=French Destroyer And Submarine Lost |date=24 May 1940 |page=5 |issue=48624 |column=D }}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?155 |title=Niger (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=20 May 2019}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|French minesweeper|Notre Dame de Lorette||2}}

|flag={{navy|France}}

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper was bombed and sunk at Dunkerque by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|French tugboat|Orme||2}}

|flag={{navy|France}}

|desc=World War II: The {{Sclass|Crabe|tug|1}} (340 GRT, 1918) was scuttled at Boulogne. She was raised, repaired and put into German service as FH 02.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the English Channel off Calais by Luftwaffe aircraft. Her crew were rescued by {{ship|French destroyer|Cyclone|1925|2}}, {{ship|French destroyer|Mistral||2}} and {{ship|French destroyer|Sirocco||2}} (all {{navy|France}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11402 |title=SS Pavon (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=12 November 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|French minesweeper|Rien Sans Peine||2}}

|flag={{navy|France}}

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper was bombed and sunk at Dunkerque by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|French minesweeper|Saint Benoit||2}}

|flag={{navy|France}}

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper was bombed and sunk at Dunkerque by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|French minesweeper|Saint Joachim||2}}

|flag={{navy|France}}

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper was bombed and sunk at Dunkerque by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was bombed and sunk at Calais by Luftwaffe aircraft. Her crew were rescued by {{ship|French destroyer|Cyclone|1925|2}}, {{ship|French destroyer|Mistral||2}} and {{ship|French destroyer|Sirocco||2}} (all {{navy|France}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Dunkerque by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was salvaged by the Germans on 4 July, repaired and entered German 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=467 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|ST|Tumulte||2}}

|flag={{navy|France}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Clameur|tug|1}} was bombed and sunk at Dunkerque by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=22 May 1940 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Belgian yacht|Aloha||2}}

|flag={{Navy|Belgium}}

|desc=World War II: The motor yacht struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Ostend, West Flanders with the loss of all sixteen crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?205 |title=TSMY Aloha (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=22 May 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Bjarkøy|1907|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster was bombed and sunk by German aircraft at Gratangsbotn. Her crew were then ashore and there were no casualties. She was raised in 1944, repaired and returned to service as Bogøy.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/homefleet/shipsb1.html |title=Norwegian Homefleet - WW II, Ships starting with Ba through Bl |publisher=www.warsailors.com |access-date=22 May 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/bardufoss1940/posts/843624682512236/# |title=Bjarkøy |publisher=www.facebook.com |access-date=22 May 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=The coaster (393 GRT) collided with {{SS|Tlemcen|1912|2}} ({{flag|France}}) in the North Sea off Gravelines, Nord France, and sank.{{cite web |url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4005-14MAY04.htm |title=Naval Events, May 1940, Part 4 of 4, Wednesday 22nd – Friday 31st |publisher=Naval History |access-date=20 November 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Helene|1898|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Wadden Sea between Schiermonnikoog, Friesland and Simonszand, Groningen, Netherlands.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?88640 |title=SS Helene (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=9 November 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Palena|1896|2}}

|flag={{flag|Chile}}

|desc=The cargo liner came ashore in a storm at Valparaíso and was wrecked.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?166416 |title=SS Palena (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=12 November 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the North Sea off Gravelines by Luftwaffe aircraft. Eight crew were killed and nineteen survived.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?2855 |title=SS Portrieux (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=22 May 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://memorial-national-des-marins.fr/a/3566-portrieux |title=Portrieux |publisher=memorial-national-des-marins.fr |access-date=22 May 2020}} The wreck was later scrapped.{{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=Teaser

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

|desc=World War II: The fishing smack struck a mine and sank in the River Blackwater off Tollesbury, Essex. Both crew were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=23 May 1940 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Franz Haniel|1911|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

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

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the English Channel off Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France, by Luftwaffe aircraft. Her crew were rescued.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?166082 |title=SS Galaxias (ΓΑΛΑΞΙΑΣ) (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=8 November 2011}} She was refloated in 1949 or 1950 and scrapped.{{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}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{navy|France}}

|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The {{sclass|Chacal|destroyer}} was torpedoed and damaged in the North Sea off Dunkerque, Nord, by motor torpedo boats S-21 and S-23 (both {{navy|Nazi Germany}}) and beached ({{coord|51|03|N|02|22|E}}). She was then destroyed by bombing with the loss of thirteen of her crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=253&tridit=lodenice&zobraz=A |title=French destroyer leader class Jaguar |website=warshipsww2.eu |access-date=18 June 2015 |url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150619005000/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=253&tridit=lodenice&zobraz=A |archive-date=19 June 2015 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{navy|France}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Bourrasque|destroyer}} was bombed and sunk off Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, by Luftwaffe aircraft. Twenty-eight crew were killed.Orage{{Circular reference|date=July 2019}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Sigurds Faulbaums|1913|2}}

|flag={{navy|Belgium}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off the Noord Hinder Lightship ({{flag|Netherlands}}) ({{Coord|51|29|N|2|38|E}}) by {{GS|U-9|1935|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her crew were rescued by {{ship|ST|Graaf Visart|1931|2}} ({{flag|Belgium}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/322.html |title=Sigurt Faulbaum |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=23 May 2019}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Terieven

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=World War II: The fishing vessel was intercepted in the North Sea ({{coord|56|55|N|6|50|E}}) by {{HMS|Tetrarch|N77|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) and was scuttled by her.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=24 May 1940 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The hospital ship was bombed and sunk in the North Sea off Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France, by Luftwaffe aircraft. She had been bombed and severely damaged on 21 May. There were no crew aboard her.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?135687 |title=SS Brighton (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=24 May 2019}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{navy|France}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Chacal|destroyer}} was bombed and sunk off Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, by Junkers Ju 87 aircraft of I and II Staffeln, Sturzkampfgeschwader 2, Luftwaffe. Thirty-one crew were killed. Survivors were rescued by {{ship|French submarine chaser|CH-5||2}} and {{ship|French submarine chaser|CH-42||2}} (both {{navy|France}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{Ship|French minesweeper|Etoile du Nord||2}}

|flag={{navy|France}}

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Dunkerque, Nord, with the loss of 27 of her 30 crew.{{cite web |url=http://dkepaves.free.fr/html/etoile_du_nord.htm |title=Etoile du Nord |publisher=dkepaves.free.fr |access-date=24 May 2019}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNoMS|Ingrid}}

|flag={{navy|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: Norwegian Campaign: The patrol boat was sunk by Luftwaffe bombers at Bodø with the loss of a crew member.{{Cite web|url=http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/40-05.htm |title=Seekrieg 1940, Mai |access-date=6 January 2012 |last=Rohwer |first=Jürgen |author2=Gerhard Hümmelchen |work=Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart |language=de }}{{cite web |url=https://www.krigsseilerregisteret.no/no/skip/834183/ |title=Ingrid |publisher=www.krigsseilerregisteret.no |access-date=24 May 2019}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south west of Land's End, Cornwall, United Kingdom ({{coord|48|30|N|9|30|W}}) by {{GS|U-37|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of seven of her 30 crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11290 |title=SS Kyma (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=9 November 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{Ship|French minesweeper|Matelot||2}}

|flag={{navy|France}}

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper was bombed and sunk in the North Sea off Dunkerque by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The troopship was bombed and sunk in Langsetfjorden, Norway by Junkers Ju 87 aircraft of the Luftwaffe. There were no casualties. She was declared beyond economic repair in mid-1940.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/homefleetsingles/skjerstad1.html |title=D/S Skjerstad |publisher=www.warsailors.com |access-date=24 May 2019}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Wessex|D43|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The W-class destroyer was bombed and sunk off Calais, France, by Junkers Ju 87 aircraft of I and II staffel, Sturzkampfgeschwader 2, Luftwaffe while conducting a naval gunfire support mission. Five crew were killed and one died of wounds. Six survivors were rescued by {{HMS|John Cattling}}, the rest of the survivors by {{HMS|Vimiera|1917|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=25 May 1940 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMT|Charles Boyes}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler struck a mine in the North Sea off Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk and sank with the loss of at least fifteen crew.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=H.M.S. Wessex Lost |date=27 May 1940 |page=6 |issue=48626 |column=F }}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?129334 |title=HMT Charles Boyes (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=24 October 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{Ship|French lightship|Dyck||2}}

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=World War II: The lightship was sunk off Calais, France by Luftwaffe aircraft. Her crew were rescued.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?2647 |title=Dyck |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=25 May 2022}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk as a blockship at Zeebrugge, West Flanders, Belgium.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?766 |title=Florentino (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=8 November 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Joseph Seep|1920|2}}

|flag={{flag|Panama}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker struck a mine and sank while at anchor in Le Havre Roads, Seine-Inférieure, France. All 37 crew survived.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?2707 |title=SS Joseph Seep (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=9 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.aukevisser.nl/inter/id520.htm |title=Joseph Seep |publisher=www.aukevisser.nl |access-date=25 May 2022}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|French minesweeper|La Jeannine||2}}

|flag={{navy|France}}

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper was bombed and sunk at Dunkerque, Nord, by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Mashobra}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Operation Alphabet: The Fleet Air Arm depot ship was bombed off Harstad, Norway by Luftwaffe aircraft and was beached. She was scuttled on 8 June to prevent her being captured by German forces.{{cite web |url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4006-19JUN02.htm |title=Naval Events, June 1940, Part 2 of 4, Saturday 8th – Friday 14th |publisher=Naval History |access-date=22 November 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German minesweeper|Montan 25||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The river Sperrbrecher was sunk on this date.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{ORP|Orzeł|1938|6}}

|flag={{navy|Poland|name=Polish Navy}}

|desc=World War II: Norwegian Campaign: The {{sclass|Orzeł|submarine}} struck a mine and sank in the North Sea ({{coord|57|00|N|3|40|E}}) with the loss of all 60 crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?132393 |title=ORP Orzel (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=11 November 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The coaster was bombed and sunk at Dunkerque by Luftwaffe bombing. All nine crew were rescued. She was salvaged by the Germans on 4 July and taken as a prize of war.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{Flag|Norway}}

|desc=The cargo ship was in collision with {{SS|Baron Fairlie|1925|2}} in the North Sea and was beached north west of Copinsay, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom. Salvage attempts were abandoned and she was declared a total loss.{{csr|register=MSI|id=5605886|shipname=Tennessee |access-date=16 November 2018}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk as a blockship at Zeebrugge.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|French minesweeper|Trombe II||2}}

|flag={{navy|France}}

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper was bombed and sunk at Dunkerque by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=26 May 1940 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the English Channel by Luftwaffe aircraft whilst on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure to Dunkerque, Nord.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Curlew|D42|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Norwegian Campaign: The {{sclass2|C|cruiser}} was bombed and sunk in Ofotfjord off Narvik, Norway by Junkers Ju 88 aircraft of the Luftwaffe.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|French minesweeper|Dijonnais||2}}

|flag={{navy|France}}

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper was bombed and sunk at Dunkerque by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Florabell

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: Norwegian Campaign: The fishing vessel was torched and burnt at the shipyard in Rognan by retreating Norwegian and British forces.{{cite book|last=Nordanger |first=Trygve |title=Lang kyst! - en fortelling om fartøyer og folk på norskekysten under krigen |publisher=Nordanger |location=Bergen | year=1975 |page=420 |isbn=82-7051-041-6 |url=http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2007061100044 |language=no}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Loch Shin|1930|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Norwegian Campaign: The boom defence vessel was bombed and sunk at Harstad, Norway.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|RFA|Oleander}}

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was bombed off Harstad by Luftwaffe aircraft and beached. She was scuttled on 8 June to prevent her capture by German forces. Her 39 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={{SS|Saint Camille|1920|2}}

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Dunkerque.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?159 |title=SS Saint Camille (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=14 November 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Vansø

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster struck a mine laid by {{ship|French submarine|Rubis|1931|2}} ({{navy|France}}) and sank near Stavanger. One or two crew members were killed.{{cite web |last=Lawson |first=Siri Holm |url=http://warsailors.com/homefleet/shipsv.html#vanse |title=M/S Vansø |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=20 November 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Volkgracht IV||2}}

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=World War II: The dredger struck a mine and sank in the Zeebrugge Canal.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=27 May 1940 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Dunkerque, Nord France, in a Luftwaffe air raid.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?134436 |title=SS Aden (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=2 November 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Atlantic Guide||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk as a blockship at Zeebrugge, West Flanders Belgium.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The refrigerated cargo liner was sunk as a blockship at Zeebrugge.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11103 |title=SS Bordolino (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=3 November 2011}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=488 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Cap Tafelneh|1920|2}}

|flag={{Flag|France}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship (2,266 t) was bombed and sunk at Dunkerque in a Luftwaffe air raid. She was refloated on 13 May 1941, repaired and entered German service as Carl Arp.{{cite web |url=http://dkepaves.free.fr/html/pas_coulees_a_dk.htm#cap_tafelneh |title=Cap Tafelneh |publisher=dkepaves.free.fr |access-date=31 March 2025}}{{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=444 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|French minesweeper|La Majo||2}}

|flag={{navy|France}}

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper was bombed and sunk in the North Sea off Dunkerque by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{HMS|LCM 10}},
{{HMS|LCM 11}},
{{HMS|LCM 14}},
{{HMS|LCM 15}},
{{HMS|LCM 18}},
{{HMS|LCM 19}}, and
{{HMS|LCM 20}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The Landing Craft Mechanized were lost on this date.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMT|Ocean Reward||2}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The naval trawler collided with {{SS|Isle of Thanet|1925|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) in the English Channel off Dover, Kent, and sank with the loss of all hands.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The coaster was shelled and sunk in the English Channel off Calais, France, ({{coord|52|04|20|N|1|38|36|E}}) by German shore batteries. All thirteen crew were rescued by {{SS|Yewdale|1929|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Sheaf Mead|1924|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy OG 31F: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay ({{coord|43|48|N|12|38|W}}) by {{GS|U-37|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 31 of her 38 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Frangoula B. Goulandri|1918|2}} ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?14936 |title=SS Sheaf Mead (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=14 November 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Argentina}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|100|nmi|km}} west of Cape Finisterre, Spain ({{coord|43|40|N|12|16|W}}) by an explosive charge placed by {{GS|U-37|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of fifteen of her 28 crew. Survivors were rescued by the fishing trawler Ramoncin ({{flag|Spain|1938}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Argentine Steamer Sunk |date=31 May 1940 |page=5 |issue=48630 |column=B }}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?14937 |title=SS Uruguay (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=24 October 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/324.html |title=Uruguay |publisher=Uboat |access-date=12 February 2012}}{{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=443 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The coaster was bombed and sunk in the North Sea off Dunkerque by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was later salvaged by the Germans, repaired and entered service as Ilse Schulte.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=28 May 1940 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Abukir||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The coaster was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea ({{coord|51|29|N|2|16|E}}) by motor torpedo boat S-34 ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 205 of the 231 people aboard. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Codrington|D65|6}}, {{HMS|Jaguar|F34|6}} and {{HMS|Javelin|F61|6}} (all {{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?1174 |title=SS Abukir (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=2 November 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Blaamannen||2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank off Haugesund, Norway with the loss of six of her crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Boy Roy

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

|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The drifter was bombed and damaged at Dunkerque, Nord, France, by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was beached and abandoned.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Brazza|1923|2}}

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=World War II: The passenger ship was torpedoed and sunk off in the Atlantic Ocean ({{convert|100|nmi|km}}) off Porto, Portugal ({{coord|42|43|N|11|00|W}}) by {{GS|U-37|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 378 of the 575 people aboard. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Cheshire}} ({{naval|UK}}) and {{ship|French gunboat|Enseigne Henry||2}} ({{navy|France}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/327.html |title=Brazza |publisher=Uboat |access-date=12 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Brighton Belle|NF17|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The paddle minesweeper struck a submerged wreck off Dunkerque and sank. All aboard were rescued by {{HMS|Medway Queen}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?136 |title= SS Brighton Belle (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=24 October 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo liner struck a mine and sank in the English Channel north of Foreland Point ({{coord|51|17|30|N|3|44|00|W}}) with the loss of ten of the 126 people aboard. Survivors were rescued by {{HMT|Cambridgeshire}} and {{ship|HMY|Rhodora}} (both {{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?526 |title=SS Carare (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=4 November 2011}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=491 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Girl Pamela

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

|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The drifter collided with another vessel at Dunkerque and sank.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Julien

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=World War II: The fishing trawler was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Finisterre, Spain ({{coord|42|50|N|10|40|W}}) by {{GS|U-37|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). All ten crew were rescued.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?14939 |title=SS Julien (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=9 November 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|French minesweeper|Marguerite Rose||2}}

|flag={{navy|France}}

|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The auxiliary minesweeper was bombed and sunk in the North Sea off Dunkerque by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMT|Ocean Reward||6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The naval trawler collided with {{SS|Isle of Thanet|1925|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) in the English Channel off Dover, Kent and sank with the loss of a crew member.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?167112 |title=HMT Ocean Reward (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=11 November 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Paxton

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

|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The drifter was bombed and damaged at Dunkerque by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was beached and abandoned.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Queen of the Channel|1935|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The passenger ship was bombed and sunk in the North Sea off Dunkerque ({{coord|51|15|N|2|40|E}}) by Luftwaffe aircraft. All 920-plus people aboard were rescued by {{SS|Dorrien Rose|1922|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?82 |title=MV Queen of the Channel (+1940) |language=nl, en, fr |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=13 November 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMT|Thomas Bartlett|FY 533|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The naval trawler struck a mine in the English Channel off Calais, France, and sank with the loss of eight crew.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/7225.html |title=HMS Thomas Bartlett (FY 533) |publisher=Uboat |access-date=24 October 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMT|Thuringia|FY 106|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The naval trawler struck a mine in the North Sea off the Belgian coast and sank. Only four crew survived.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?2924 |title=HMT Thuringia (FY 106) (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=24 October 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Torsten|1880|2}}

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo shipvstruck a mine and sank in the Kattegat ({{coord|57|33|N|11|35|E}}). All sixteen crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Telegrams in Brief |date=30 May 1940 |page=5 |issue=48629}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=29 May 1940 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Bideford|L43|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The {{sclass|Shoreham|sloop|0}} sloop was bombed and severely damaged at Dunkerque, Nord, France. She was beached to prevent her sinking. Seventee crew were lost. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Kellet}} ({{naval|UK}}). She was later refloated and towed by {{HMS|Locust|T28|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) which was later relieved by {{ship|ST|Gondia||2}} and {{ship|ST|Simla||2}} (both {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}), arriving at Dover, Kent on 31 May. HMS Bideford was subsequently repaired and returned to service.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMT|Calvi|FY 715|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The naval trawler (363 GRT, 1930) was bombed and sunk at Dunkerque with the loss of three of her crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMT|John Cattling}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?154647 |title=HMT Calvi (FY715) (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=24 October 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Clan Macalister|1930|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk {{convert|2|nmi|km}} off De Panne, West Flanders, Belgium, by Junkers Ju 87 aircraft of the Luftwaffe with the loss of eighteen of the 79 people on board. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Malcolm|D19|6}} and {{HMS|Pangbourne}} (both {{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?138 |title=SS Clan MacAlister (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=4 November 2011}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=493 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMT|Comfort}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The naval drifter was fired on by {{HMS|Grafton|H89|6}} and {{HMS|Lydd}} (both {{naval|UK}}), then rammed and sunk by HMS Lydd which mistook her for an E-boat. Six of her eleven crew were killed.{{cite web|last=Helgason|first=Guðmundur |url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/4395.html |title=HMS Grafton |publisher=Uboat.net |access-date=4 July 2015}}{{cite web|last=Kindell|first=Don|title=1st - 31st May 1940- in date, ship/unit & name order|work= Casualty Lists of the Royal Navy and Dominion Navies, World War 2|publisher=Naval-History.net|url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKCas1940-05MAY.htm|access-date=4 July 2015}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Crested Eagle||6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=File:Zuydcoote Beach 40.jpg World War II: Operation Dynamo: The auxiliary anti-aircraft ship was bombed and sunk off Dunkerque by Luftwaffe aircraft. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Pangbourne}} ({{naval|UK}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The cargo ship was bombed and severely damaged in the North Sea off Dunkerque. She was subsequently bombed and sunk on 1 June. Also reported to have struck a mine and sunk with the loss of 3 lives, with approximately 1,250 survivors.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=458 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Gracie Fields}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The paddle minesweeper was bombed and sunk in the North Sea off Dunkerque by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Pangbourne}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?16 |title=PSS Gracie Fields (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=24 October 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Grafton|H89|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The G-class destroyer was torpedoed and damaged in the North Sea off Nieuwpoort, West Flanders ({{coord|51|22|N|2|45|E}}) by {{GS|U-62|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of four of her 146 crew. She was subsequently scuttled by {{HMS|Ivanhoe|D16|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Grenade|H86|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The G-class destroyer was bombed and sunk at Dunkerque by Junkers Ju 87 aircraft of the Luftwaffe with the loss of eighteen of her 146 crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{Ship|French minesweeper|Joseph Marie||2}}

|flag={{navy|France}}

|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The auxiliary minesweeper was bombed and sunk at Dunkerque by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=HMS LCA 4,
HMS LCA 16, and
HMS LCA 18

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The Landing Craft Assaults were lost when {{SS|Clan Macalister|1930|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) was sunk.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The passenger ship was bombed and sunk off Dunkerque by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of eight of her crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?152 |title=SS Lorina (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=10 November 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Marie José|1925|2}}

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed, shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|40|nmi|km}} north west of Vigo, Spain by {{GS|U-37|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}).{{csr|register=MSI|id=5606275|shipname=Marie José |access-date=16 November 2018}}{{cite web |title=Marie José |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/329.html |website=uboat.net |access-date=14 August 2021}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The coaster was bombed and sunk at Dunkerque by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|ST|Max|1911|2}}

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The tug was bombed and sunk at Dunkerque by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|TSS|Mona's Queen|1934|2}}

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

|desc=File:Dunkirk 1940 HU1145.jpg

World War II: Operation Dynamo: The ferry was bombed and sunk off Dunkerque with the loss of 26 lives. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Vanquisher|1917|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?153 |title=SS Mona's Queen (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=24 October 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Monique Schiaffino|1929|2}}

|flag={{Flag|France}}

|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Dunkerque by Luftwaffe aircraft.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?135895 |title=SS Monique Schiaffino (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=11 November 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Montrose|1918|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The {{sclass|Scott|destroyer}} collided with {{ship|ST|Sun V||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) in the English Channel off Cap Griz Nez, Pas-de-Calais, France, and was severely damaged. She was beached to prevent her sinking. Later refloated and towed back to Dover by {{ship|ST|Lady Brassey||2}} and {{ship|ST|Simla||2}} (both {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Nautilus

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

|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The drifter was sunk in the North Sea off Dunkerque due to enemy action.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Perrakis L. Cambansis|1910|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was refloated, repaired and enteredGerman service as Herta Engeline Fritzen.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=528 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMT|Polly Johnson}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The naval trawler was bombed and severely damaged in the North Sea off Dunkerque by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of a crew member. She was later scuttled.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?81 |title=HMT Polly Johnson (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=24 October 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{Ship|French tug|Samson|1901|2}}

|flag={{navy|France}}

|desc=World War II: The tug struck a mine in the Mediterranean Sea and sank off the coast of Gard.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?31753 |title=SS Samson (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=14 November 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Saint-Clair|1929|2}}

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in Tjeldsundet, Norway by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Saint Octave|1922|2}}

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=File:Bundesarchiv Bild 121-0465, Belgien, Zerstörung.jpg World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Dunkerque. She was refloated on 18 August, repaired and entered German service as Ilse Fritzen.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=461 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was shelled and set on fire in the Atlantic Ocean off Muros, Spain ({{coord|42|25|N|9|08|W}}) by {{GS|U-37|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). She was beached and abandoned by her crew. Her master and seventeen of her 36 crew were killed, the survivors were rescued by the fishing trawlers Buena Esperanza and Jose Ignacio de C. (both {{flag|Spain|1938}}). She was later seized by Spain and towed to Vigo, where her cargo was salvaged and then towed to Bilbao for repairs. She entered Spanish service in 1941 as Gerona.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Shelled British Tanker Reaches Vigo |date=1 June 1940 |page=5 |issue=48631 |column=C }}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?58297 |title=SS Telena (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=24 October 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/330.html |title=Telena |publisher=Uboat |access-date=12 February 2012}}{{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}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|ST|Vulcain||2}}

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The tug was bombed and sunk at Dunkerque by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Wakeful|H88|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The W-class destroyer was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea ({{coord|51|20|N|2|45|E}}) by E-boat S-30 ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 724 of the 750 people aboard. Survivors were rescued by the drifters Comfort and Nautilus (both {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}), {{HMS|Grafton|H89|6}} and {{HMT|Gossamer}} (both {{naval|UK}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Waverley}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The paddle minesweeper was bombed and sunk at Dunkerque by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of about 360 people. Survivors were rescued by {{ship|French destroyer|Cyclone|1925|2}} ({{navy|France}}), {{HMS|Golden Eagle}} ({{naval|UK}}), two drifters and a tug.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?161 |title=HMS Waverley (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=24 October 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=30 May 1940 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ambleve

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

|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The canal boat ran aground at Dunkerque, Nord, France, and was abandoned.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{navy|France}}

|desc=File:Dunkirk 1940 HU2280.jpg World War II: Operation Dynamo: The {{sclass|Bourrasque|destroyer}} struck a mine off Nieuwpoort, West Flanders Belgium and was severely damaged. She was then sunk by German artillery fire. She was carrying 1000-1100 troops and about 500 lives were lost.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMT|Cambrian}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The boom defence vessel struck a mine in the Solent off Spithead, Hampshire, and sank with the loss of 24 of her 26 crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?78888 |title=FV Cambrian (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=30 May 2022}}{{cite web |url=http://sussexhistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=11046.0 |title=Cambrian |publisher=sussexhistoryforum.co.uk |access-date=30 May 2022}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Correnie

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

|desc=The fishing trawler was lost in the North Sea.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Edv. Nissen|1921|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk as a blockship at Dunkerque.{{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}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The passenger ship sank due to bomb damage she suffered in an attack the previous day off Dunkerque, by Luftwaffe aircraft. Fifteen of her crew had been killed in the attack.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?143 |title=SS Fenella (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=8 November 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Finkenau|1923|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank off Drogden, Denmark.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=HMS King Orry

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The armed boarding vessel was shelled and sunk off Dunkerque. Survivors were rescued by {{HMT|Lord Grey}}, {{HMT|Vivacious}} (both {{naval|UK}}) and other small boats.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?150 |title=MV King Orry (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=24 October 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mode

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=World War II: The fishing boat was sunk by a mine off Hönö with the loss of two lives.{{cite web |url=https://redviking.se/wp3/?page_id=5707 |title=Mode |publisher=redviking.se |access-date=5 January 2021 |archive-date=8 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210108022446/https://redviking.se/wp3/?page_id=5707 |url-status=dead }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The passenger ship was bombed and severely damaged in the North Sea {{convert|4|nmi|km}} off Dunkerque by Heinkel aircraft of the Luftwaffe. She was beached and abandoned.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?31 |title=SS Normannia (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=11 November 2011}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel south of The Lizard, Cornwall ({{coord|48|59|N|5|17|W}}) by {{GS|U-101|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of one of her 37 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Temple Moat|1928|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?31983 |title=SS Stanhall (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=14 November 2011}}

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|ship={{ship|ST|Thames|1904|2}}

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The tug was bombed and sunk at Dunkerque by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was subsequently salvaged by the Germans and repaired.{{cite web |url=http://thamestugs.co.uk/DUNKIRK.php |title=Dunkirk |publisher=Thames Tugs |access-date=18 October 2015}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|German patrol boat|V 1109 Antares|1929|2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The vorpostenboot (291 t) struck a mine laid by {{HMS|Narwhal|N45|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) and sank in the North Sea off Haugesund, Norway ({{coord|62|58|N|6|48|E}}). Eighteen men were rescued (including five wounded) but seventeen were reported missing, including the Norwegian pilot.{{cite web |url=http://warsailors.com/forum/archive/forum/read.php-1,17921,17928.html#msg-17928 |title=VP 1109 |publisher=warsailors.com |access-date=21 October 2024}}

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|ship=Yser

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

|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The canal boat ran aground at Dunkerque and was abandoned.

}}

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|ship=Adjader

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The fishing trawler was bombed and sunk at Dunkerque, Nord, by Luftwaffe aircraft.

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|ship={{SS|Aïn el Turk||2}}

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The cargo ship was sunk at Dunkerque by German artillery.{{csr|register=MSI|id=5606277|shipname=Aïn el Turk |access-date=21 January 2020}}

}}

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|ship=Costaud

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The fishing trawler was bombed and sunk at Dunkerque by Luftwaffe aircraft.

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|ship={{SS|Côte d'Azur|1930|2}}

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Dunkerque by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was later salvaged by the Germans, repaired and entered service as Elsass.

}}

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|ship={{HMS|Devonia}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=File:Zuydcoote Beach 17.jpg World War II: Operation Dynamo: The minesweeper was bombed and severely damaged off Dunkerque. She was beached and abandoned at La Panne, West Flanders, Belgium.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?4848 |title=PSS Devonia (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=8 November 2011}}

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|ship={{HMS|Grive}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The armed yacht was bombed and damaged at Dunkerque by Luftwaffe aircraft. She then struck a mine and sank with the loss of all hands.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Navy's Task At Dunkirk |date=4 June 1940 |page=6 |issue=48633 |column=C }}{{cite web |url=http://www.willkemp.com/HMSNarcissus.htm |title=HMS Narcissus |publisher=Will Kemp |access-date=24 October 2011}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo liner struck a mine and sank off Slettå, Norway. with the loss of nineteen lives.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?16715 |title=SS Jadarland (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=9 November 2011}}

}}

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|ship=HMS LCA 8, and
LCA 15

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The Landing Craft Assaults were lost when {{HMS|Devonia}} ({{naval|UK}}) was sunk.

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HGF 31: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel south of Start Point, Devon ({{coord|49|53|N|3|23|W}}) by {{GS|U-101|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of eighteen of her 40 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Brandenburg|1910|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?82760 |title=SS Orangemoor (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=11 November 2011}}{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/332.html |title=Orangemoor |publisher=Uboat |access-date=21 February 2012}}

}}

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|ship=Puissant

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The fishing trawler was bombed and sunk at Dunkerque by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

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

|flag={{navy|France}}

|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The {{sclass|Bourrasque|destroyer}} was torpedoed and severely damaged in the North Sea off the West Hinder sandbank ({{coord|51|18|N|2|15|E}}) by S-23 and S-26 (both {{navy|Nazi Germany}}). She was then bombed and sunk by Junkers Ju 88 aircraft of the Luftwaffe with the loss of over 600 troops and 59 crewmen. Fifteen survivors were rescued by {{ORP|Błyskawica}} ({{Navy|Poland}}), 21 by {{HMT|Stella Dorado}}, 50 by {{HMS|Wolves}}, and 166 by {{HMS|Widgeon|L62|6}} (all {{naval|UK}}).

}}

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|ship={{HMT|St. Achilleus}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The naval trawler struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Dunkerque with the loss of a crew member.(Look 01/06/1940)

}}

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|ship={{GS|U-13|1935|2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type IIB submarine as depth charged and sunk in the North Sea {{convert|14|nmi|km}} south-east of Lowestoft, Suffolk, United Kingdom ({{coord|52|27|N|2|02|E}}) by {{HMS|Weston|L72|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). Her crew were rescued and made prisoners of war.

}}

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|ship= {{HMS|X 213||2}}, and
{{HMS|X 149||2}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The X-class lighters were lost on this date.

}}

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|ship=Ruytingen Lightship

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=World War II: The lightship was bombed and sunk in the North Sea off Dunkerque.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?1187 |title=Ruytingen Lichtschip (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=13 November 2011}}

}}

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