List of shipwrecks in May 1941#13 May

{{shipwreck list begin |date=1 May 1941 |sort=}}

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

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The transport ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea {{convert|2|nmi|km}} south of the Kerkennah Islands, Tunisia ({{coord|34|38|N|11|29|E}}) by {{HMS|Upholder|P37|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4104-31APR02.htm |title=Naval Events, April 1941, Part 2 of 2, Tuesday 15th – Wednesday 30th |publisher=Naval History |access-date=11 December 2011}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=466 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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|ship={{HNLMS|Jean Frederic|1919|6}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler was bombed by Luftwaffe aircraft and damaged by near misses that caused her to sink in the English Channel off Start Point, Devon, United Kingdom with the loss of her captain and 24 of her crew. Fourteen survivors were rescued on 2 May by {{HMS|ML-157||6}} ({{naval|United Kingdom}}).{{cite web |url=https://www.netherlandsnavy.nl/index.html |title=anti-submarine trawler Jean Frederic |publisher=netherlandsnavy.nl |access-date=1 July 2020 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?77833 |title=HNLMS Jean Frederic [+1941] |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=1 July 2020 }}{{cite web |url=https://mass.cultureelerfgoed.nl/jean-frederic-hr-ms |title=Jean Frederic |publisher=mass.cultureelerfgoed.nl |access-date=28 January 2021}}

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

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The transport ship struck a mine and sank in the Gulf of Volos.{{cite web |url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4105-32MAY01.htm |title=Naval Events, May 1941, Part 1 of 2, Thursday 1st – Wednesday 14th |publisher=Naval History |access-date=10 December 2011}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=473 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea {{convert|4|nmi|km}} south of the Kerkennah Islands ({{coord|34|38|N|11|39|E}} by {{HMS|Upholder|P37|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) with some loss of life.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=473 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 121: The passenger ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|57|57|N|10|08|W}}) by {{GS|U-552||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 207 of the 290 people on board. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Veteran|D72|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/895.html |title=Nerissa |publisher=Uboat |access-date=6 April 2012}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Malta by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was later salvaged.

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|ship={{SS|Samsø|1930|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|8|35|N|16|17|W}}) by {{GS|U-103|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of one of her twenty crew.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/894.html |title=Samsø |publisher=Uboat |access-date=22 February 2012}}

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|ship={{ship||Santa Quitéra|schooner|2}}

|flag={{flag|Portugal}}

|desc=The schooner foundered in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. Her 40 crew were rescued.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?166940 |title=FV Santa Quitéra (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=23 December 2011}}

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

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The barrage balloon vessel was damaged by enemy action and was declared a constructive total loss.

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|ship={{SS|Sea Fisher|1940|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine in the North Sea ({{coord|55|34|N|1|28|W}}) and was beached. She was later refloated and taken to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.

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|ship={{SS|Serdica||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Benghazi, Libya by Royal Air Force aircraft. There were no casualties.{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2014/02/cronologia-delle-perdite_14.html |title=Chronicle of Italian losses |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.co|access-date=20 May 2019}}

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For the loss of the British tanker Capulet on this day see the entry for 28 April 1941.

{{shipwreck list begin |date=2 May 1941 |sort=}}

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|ship={{HMT|Alberic}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The naval trawler collided with {{HNoMS|St. Albans|I15|6}} ({{navy|Norway}}) and sank in the Pentland Firth with the loss of thirteen of her crew.

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|ship={{HMS|Jersey|F72|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|J|destroyer}} struck a mine and sank in the Grand Harbour, Malta with the loss of 35 of her crew.

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|ship={{ship|HMY|Nyula}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The naval yacht collided with another vessel and sank in the North Sea off the mouth of the River Tyne.

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea, {{convert|9.5|nmi|km}} off Cape Bon, Tunisia by Italian mines laid down by the cruisers Duca d'Aosta, Eugenio di Savoia, Muzzio Attendolo and Raimondo Montecuccoli (all {{navy|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}). The freighter was making a solo run from Gibraltar to Malta disguised as a Spanish ship. Thirty of her 48 crew were killed. Survivors were interned by the French at Bizerte, Tunisia.Woodman, Richard (2003) Malta Convoys (1940-1943) London: Murray. pp. 165-67. ISBN 978-0-7195-6408-6{{Cite book |last=Lupinacci |first=Pier Filippo |title=La guerra di mine |publisher=Ufficio Storico della Marina Militare |year=1988 |edition=2nd |location=Roma |pages=187–192 |language=it}}{{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}}{{cite book |title=Merchant Ships of the World in Color 1910–1929 |first=Laurence |last=Dunn |publisher=Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc |location=New York |year=1975 |pages=140–41 }}

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the North Sea ({{coord|53|10|N|1|13|E}}) by Luftwaffe aircraft. All 21 crew were rescued by a Royal Navy destroyer.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/trajan.html |title=D/S Trajan |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=8 February 2012}}

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|ship={{Ship|German trawler|V 808 Reichspräsident von Hindenburg||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The vorpostenboot was bombed and sunk in the North Sea north west of Borkum by Royal Air Force aircraft with the loss of four lives.{{Cite web|url=http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/41-05.htm |title=Seekrieg 1941, Mai |access-date=2 April 2015 |last=Rohwer |first=Jürgen |author-link=Jürgen Rohwer |author2=Gerhard Hümmelchen |work=Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart |language=de }}{{cite book |title=Die deutschen Kriegsschiffe, 1815-1945, Band 8 |first=Erich |last=Gröner |year=1993 |page=187 |isbn=3-7637-4807-5}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=3 May 1941 |sort=}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged at Suda Bay by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was again bombed on 16 May and was declared a total loss. Araybank was refloated and taken to Trieste, Italy for repairs in 1947. She entered Italian service in 948 as Napoli.{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=sWXTTtl6jiIC&dq=Ship:+HMS+Surprise,+1942&pg=PA171 |title=List of Admiralty records Vol. 6 |year=1964 |publisher=Kraus-Tomson/Googlebooks |access-date=23 June 2020}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |pages=485–86 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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|ship={{ship||Barnacle|barge|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The sailing barge was bombed and sunk at Waterloo Dock, Liverpool, Lancashire by Luftwaffe aircraft.

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship exploded and sank at Tripoli, Libya due to the detonation of cluster bombs improperly crated for shipment. The explosion in the forward hold flung the stern of the ship up onto the quay. The armed merchant cruiser {{ship|Italian auxiliary cruiser|Città di Bari||2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}) was destroyed by the explosion also. The two ships suffered 28 killed and 38 wounded Germans, 42 killed and 50 wounded Italians, and 150 Arabs killed and many wounded.{{cite book|last=Carell|first=Paul| title=The foxes of the desert |publisher=Bantam books |location=NY, NY |year=1960 |pages=101–102}}

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|ship={{ship|ST|Bonita||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The tug was bombed and sunk at Waterloo Dock, Liverpool by Luftwaffe aircraft.

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|ship={{MV|Bra-Kar|1928|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed, exploded, and sank at Liverpool by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was refloated in June and beached at Tranmere, Cheshire. She was declared a constructive total loss and subsequently scrapped.{{cite web|url= http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/brakar.html |title= M/S Bra-Kar |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=9 January 2012}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=558 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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|ship=Brill

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

|desc=World War II: The Mersey flat was bombed and sunk at Canada Dock, Liverpool by Luftwaffe aircraft.

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|ship={{ship|Italian torpedo boat|Canopo|1936|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Spica|torpedo boat|2}} was bombed and sunk at Tripoli by Royal Air Force aircraft with the loss of 24 of her crew and twenty wounded.{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2016/05/canopo.html |title=Canopo | publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=3 May 2019}}

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|ship={{ship|Italian auxiliary cruiser|Città di Bari||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary cruiser as sunk at Tripoli by the explosion of {{MV|Birmania|1930|2}} ({{Flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}) detonating her cargo of gasoline. The two ships suffered 28 killed and 38 wounded Germans, 42 killed and 50 wounded Italians, and 150 Arabs killed and many wounded.{{cite book |last=Carell|first=Paul| title=The Foxes of the Desert |publisher=Bantam books |location=NY, NY |year=1960 |page=101}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The coaster struck a mine and sank 2 cables ({{convert|1/5|nmi|m}} off the entrance to Herculaneum Dock, Liverpool with the loss of eight of her nine crew.

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|ship=Dace

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

|desc=World War II: The Mersey flat was bombed and sunk at Canada Dock, Liverpool by Luftwaffe aircraft.

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|ship=Emily Burton

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

|desc=World War II: The motor barge was bombed and sunk at Huskisson Branch No. 3 Dock, Liverpool by Luftwaffe aircraft.

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|ship={{SS|Giuseppe Orlando|1936|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The rescue ship struck a mine and sank off Tripoli with the loss of eight of the 39 people on board.

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|ship=Grosvenor

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

|desc=World War II: The Mersey flat was bombed and sunk at Canada Dock, Liverpool by Luftwaffe aircraft.

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|ship={{MV|Ivy P.|1893|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The coaster was bombed and sunk at Langton Branch Dock, Liverpool by Luftwaffe aircraft.

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|ship={{ship||Ling|barge|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The sailing barge was bombed and sunk at Huskisson Branch No. 3 Dock, Liverpool by Luftwaffe aircraft.

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|ship={{ship||Longendale|barge|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The barge was bombed and sunk at Alexandria Dock No. 3, Liverpool by Luftwaffe aircraft.

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|ship={{ship||Luce|barge|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Mersey flat was burned out and sunk by the exploding vessels {{MV|Bra-Kar|1928|2}} ({{flag|Norway}}) and {{ship||Oyster|barge|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) at Liverpool by Luftwaffe aircraft.

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|ship=Mus

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

|desc=World War II: The Mersey flat was bombed and sunk at Alexandria Dock No. 3, Liverpool by Luftwaffe aircraft.

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|ship=Orrell

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

|desc=World War II: The barge was bombed and sunk at Alexandria Dock No. 3, Liverpool by Luftwaffe aircraft.

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|ship={{ship||Oyster|barge|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The sailing barge exploded and sank due to the explosion of {{MV|Bra-Kar|1928|2}} ({{flag|Norway}}) at Liverpool.

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|ship={{ship||Pike|barge|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The sailing barge was bombed and sunk at Huskisson Branch No. 3 Dock, Liverpool by Luftwaffe aircraft.

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|ship=Ray

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

|desc=World War II: The Mersey flat was bombed and sunk at Alexandria Dock No. 3, Liverpool by Luftwaffe aircraft.

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

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was intercepted in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|350|nmi|km}} north of the Azores ({{coord|44|37|N|24|27|W}}) by {{HMS|Hilary|1940|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) and was scuttled by her crew. All 30 were rescued by HMS Hilary.{{cite web |url=https://www.forum-marinearchiv.de/smf/index.php?topic=20563.0 |title=Recco | publisher=www.forum-marinearchiv.de |access-date=3 May 2019}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=535 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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|ship=Roach

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

|desc=World War II: The Mersey flat was bombed and sunk at Alexandria Dock No. 3, Liverpool by Luftwaffe aircraft.

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|ship=Rover

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

|desc=World War II: The Mersey flat was bombed and sunk at Canada Dock, Liverpool by Luftwaffe aircraft.

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged in the North Sea by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was taken in tow but sank the next day at {{coord|53|37|N|0|39|E}}.

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|ship={{ship||Silverdale|barge|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The sailing barge was bombed and sunk at Canada Dock, Liverpool by Luftwaffe aircraft.

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|ship={{ship||Sirius|lightship|2}}

|flag=22px Trinity House

|desc=World War II: The lightship struck a mine and sank at Liverpool, Lancashire.

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy FS 479: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged in the North Sea ({{coord|53|12|N|1|11|E}}) by Luftwaffe aircraft. Her crew were rescued. She sank the next day.

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|ship=Surveyor No.3

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

|desc=World War II: The motor launch was bombed and sunk at Alexandria Dock No. 3, Liverpool by Luftwaffe aircraft.

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|61|07|N|25|20|W}}) by {{GS|U-95|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of one of her 33 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Begonia|K66|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) and the fishing vessel Sigurfari (22px Iceland).{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/taranger.html |title=M/S Taranger |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=8 February 2012}}

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|ship={{SS|Tugnin F.|1919|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The coaster was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea {{convert|11|nmi|km}} north west of Mersa Brega, Libya by {{HMS|Triumph|N18|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).

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|ship=Walton

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

|desc=World War II: The steam barge was bombed and sunk at Huskisson Branch No. 3 Dock, Liverpool by Luftwaffe aircraft.

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|ship={{SS|Wray Castle|1938|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|6|48|N|13|55|W}}) by {{GS|U-103|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of one of her 57 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Angola|1912|2}} ({{flag|Portugal}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/897.html |title=Wray Castle |publisher=Uboat |access-date=22 February 2012}}

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{{For|the sinking of HMS Fermoy on this date|List of shipwrecks in April 1941#30 April}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=4 May 1941 |sort=}}

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|ship={{ship|HMT|Ben Gairn}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Lowestoft, Suffolk.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/6788.html |title=HMS Ben Gairn |publisher=U boat |access-date=18 October 2011}}

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|ship={{SS|Baron Inchcape|1917|2}}

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

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

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk at Liverpool by the explosion of {{SS|Malakand|1919|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).

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|ship={{SS|Elstree Grange|1916|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk at Liverpool by the explosion of {{SS|Malakand|1919|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}). She was beached in the River Mersey in July 1941 and was consequently scrapped.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=496 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was set afire and burnt out at Liverpool by the explosion of {{SS|Malakand|1919|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}). Declared a constructive total loss, she was scrapped at New Ferry, Cheshire in 1946.

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|ship={{ship|Italian torpedo boat|Giuseppe La Farina||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|La Masa|torpedo boat}} struck a mine and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off the Kerkennah Islands, Tunisia at {{coord|34|35|N|011|50|E|name=Giuseppe La Farina}} with the loss of 61 of her 128 crew.{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2014/01/giuseppe-la-farina.html |title=Giuseppe la Farina |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.co|access-date=20 May 2019}}

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

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy OB 310: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|249|nmi|km}} north west of Freetown, Sierra Leone ({{coord|10|15|N|16|33|W}}) by {{GS|U-38|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). All 54 people on board were taken as prisoners of war when the landed in French Guinea. The 27 Swedes were later released.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/899.html |title=Japan |publisher=Uboat |access-date=13 February 2012}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=572 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: During an air raid at Liverpool, a barrage balloon crashed onto the cargo ship (7,649 GRT, 1919) and she caught fire. The fire, or a fire on the dock, spread eventually reaching her cargo of ammunition causing her to explode and sink early on 4 May. One of her 76 crew was killed.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=503 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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|ship=Pneumatic Elevator No.11

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

|desc=World War II: The floating elevator was sunk at Liverpool by the explosion of {{SS|Malakand|1919|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk by the explosion of {{SS|Malakand|1919|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) at Liverpool. She was later salvaged.

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

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

|desc=World War II: The coaster was bombed and sunk in the Bristol Channel {{convert|6|nmi|km}} off Trevose Head, Cornwall by Luftwaffe aircraft. Her six crew were rescued.

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|ship={{SS|Cape Breton|1940|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Belfast, County Antrim by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was later refloated, repaired and returned to service.

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|ship={{SS|Fair Head|1906|2}}

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

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

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|ship={{HMT|Fidelia}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

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

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged at Liverpool, Lancashire by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was subsequently repaired and returned to service.{{cite book |last2=Sawyer |first2=LA |last1=Mitchell |first1=WH |year= 1990 |title=The Empire Ships |place=London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong |publisher=Lloyd's of London Press Ltd |isbn=1-85044-275-4 |edition=Second |page=68 }}

}}

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|ship={{MV|Queen Maud|1936|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|7|54|N|16|41|W}}) by {{GS|U-38|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of one of her 39 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Mirandella|1906|2}} ({{flag|Portugal}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/900.html |title=Queen Maud |publisher=Uboat |access-date=13 February 2012}}{{cite book |title=The world's merchant fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=508 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The whaler was bombed and damaged in the Bristol Channel by Luftwaffe aircraft and was beached off Barry, Glamorgan. She was later repaired and returned to service.

}}

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|ship={{SS|Traffic|1873|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The steam barge was bombed and sunk at Liverpool by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=6 May 1941 |sort=}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea {{convert|3|nmi|km}} off Cavoli by {{HMS|Truant|N68|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea {{convert|3|nmi|km}} off Fuscaldo ({{coord|39|11|N|15|58|E}}) by {{HMS|Taku|N38|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).

}}

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|ship={{HMS|Camito|F77|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The ocean boarding vessel was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south west of Ireland ({{coord|50|42|N|21|20|W}}) by {{GS|U-97|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 28 of her crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Orchis|K76|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?32084 |title=HMS Camito (F77) (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=18 October 2011}}{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/906.html |title=HMS Camito (F77) |publisher=Uboat |access-date=21 February 2012}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|8|43|N|17|13|W}}) by {{GS|U-103|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of eight of her 47 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Polydorus|1924|2}} ({{flag|Netherlands}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/903.html |title=Dunkwa |publisher=Uboat |access-date=22 February 2012}}

}}

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|ship=Emanuel

|flag={{flag|Faroe Islands}}

|desc=World War II: The fishing trawler was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|62|06|N|8|10|W}}) by {{GS|U-556||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of three of her crew.

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|6|19|N|27|55|W}}) by {{GS|U-105|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 35 crew were rescued by {{HMS|Dorsetshire|40|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/902.html |title=Oakdene |publisher=Uboat |access-date=22 February 2012}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The captured Italian tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south west of Ireland ({{coord|50|42|N|21|20|W}}) by {{GS|U-97|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Orchis|K76|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|8|23|N|15|13|W}}) by {{GS|U-103|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of four of her 65 crew. Survivors were rescued by the hopper barge Foremost 102 ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/904.html |title=Surat|publisher=Uboat |access-date=22 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=7 May 1941 |sort=}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The coaster was bombed and sunk at Greenock, Renfrewshire by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|British Emperor|1916|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was shelled and sunk in the Indian Ocean ({{coord|8|30|N|56|25|E}}) by {{ship|German auxiliary cruiser|Pinguin||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 45 crew between the sinking of their ship, and survivors rescued by Pinguin who were lost when the German ship was sunk the next day.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Eastern Star|1919|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy OB 318: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|61|29|N|22|40|W}}) by {{GS|U-94|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 46 crew were rescued by {{HMT|Daneman}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/easternstar.html |title= D/S Eastern Star |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=12 January 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ellesbank

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

|desc=World War II: The Mersey flat was bombed and sunk at Liverpool, Lancashire by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|10|02|N|20|17|W}}) by {{ship|Italian submarine|Enrico Tazzoli|1935|2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}). Her 35 crew were rescued.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=559 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMT|Gowan Hill}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

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

}}

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|ship={{ship|ST|Hornby||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The tug was bombed and sunk at Liverpool by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was raised, repaired, returned to service.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Hurricane|H06|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|H|destroyer}} was bombed and sunk at Liverpool by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was later refloated, repaired and returned to service.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship||Ida Burton|barge|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The sailing barge was bombed and sunk at Liverpool by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy OB 318: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|61|29|N|22|40|W}}) by {{GS|U-94|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 105 crew were rescued by {{HMS|Marigold|K87|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) and {{MV|Nailsea Moor|1937|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/908.html |title=Ixion |publisher=Uboat |access-date=20 February 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Katina P.|1900|2}}

|flag={{flagicon|Greece}} Greece

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

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Kineenan

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

|desc=World War II: The steam barge struck a mine and sank at Liverpool with the loss of all five crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German weather ship|München|WBS 6|2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The weather ship was captured south east of Iceland by {{HMS|Somali|F33|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.warcovers.dk/greenland/wbs6_1.htm |title=München WBS 6 |publisher=Warcovers |access-date=18 October 2011}} She was reported to have been scuttled by her crew,{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=German Armed Trawler Scuttled |date=10 May 1941 |page=4 |issue=48922 |column=F}} to prevent the Germans from learning that Enigma machine codes had been captured. The former fishing trawler was sold to the Faroe Islands in 1943 and renamed Froyen.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Adriatic Sea off Sazan Island, Albania.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ril Ida

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

|desc=World War II: The coaster was bombed and sunk at Hull, Yorkshire by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Safiyeh||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker barge was bombed and sunk at "Qurnan" by Regia Aeronautica aircraft. She was later refloated, repaired and returned to service.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Stoke}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|Hunt|minesweeper|||1916}} was bombed and sunk at Tobruk, Libya by Junkers Ju 87 aircraft of II Staffeln, Sturzkampfgeschwader 2, Luftwaffe with the loss of 21 of her crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Ladybird|1916|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMT|Susarion}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler was bombed and sunk off the mouth of the Humber by Luftwaffe aircraft.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?68472 |title=HMT Susarion (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=18 October 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flagicon|Greece}} Greece

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Suda Bay by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was later salvaged, repaired and entered German service.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Waterlily

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

|desc=World War II: The fishing vessel was bombed and sunk at West Mersea, Essex by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=8 May 1941 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Burmah

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

|desc=World War II: The steam barge was bombed and sunk at Liverpool, Lancashire by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

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|ship={{MV|Capitano A. Cecchi|1934|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk off Benghazi, Libya ({{coord|31|51|15|N|19|53|20|E}}) by {{HMS|Ajax|22|6}}, {{HMS|Havock|H43|6}}, {{HMS|Hotspur|H01|6}} and {{HMS|Imperial|D09|6}} (all {{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?135773 |title=MV Capitano A. Cecci (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=21 December 2011}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=531 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship||Delite|barge|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The sailing barge was bombed and sunk at Hull, Yorkshire by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|F. W. No.20||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The dredger was sunk by an explosion in Langstone Harbour, Hampshire with the loss of three crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The floating crane was bombed and sunk at Liverpool by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was later salvaged, repaired and returned to service.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|ST|Irishman||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The tug was sunk by an explosion in Langstone Harbour with the loss of five crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship||Ladore|barge|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The sailing barge was bombed and sunk at Hull by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Liverpool by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was declared a constructive total loss. She was beached at Tranmere, Cheshire on 27 July. Subsequently scrapped.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=504 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|German auxiliary cruiser|Pinguin||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary cruiser was shelled and sunk in the Indian Ocean north of the Seychelles by {{HMS|Cornwall|56|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) with the loss of 341 crew and 200 prisoners of war. Sixty crew were rescued, as were 22 prisoners of war, survivors from {{SS|British Emperor|1916|2}}, {{SS|Clan Buchanan|1937|2}} and {{SS|Empire Light||2}} (all {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|48|05|N|32|26|W}}) by {{GS|U-97|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 29 of her 41 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Geddington Court|1928|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/910.html |title=Ramillies |publisher=Uboat |access-date=21 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Rose

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

|desc=World War II: The steam barge was bombed and sunk at Liverpool by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMT|Silicia}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler struck a mine and sank at Hull with the loss of seven of her crew. Survivors were rescued by HMML 211 ({{naval|UK}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Liverpool by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was refloated on 14 April 1942 and beached at Tranmere, but was declared a total loss and subsequently scrapped.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/stromboli.html |title=D/S Stromboli |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=7 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk at Benghazi by {{HMS|Ajax|22|6}}, {{HMS|Havock|H43|6}}, {{HMS|Hotspur|H01|6}} and {{HMS|Imperial|D09|6}} (all {{naval|UK}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Thistle

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

|desc=World War II: The fishing smack struck a mine and sank in the North Sea ({{coord|51|45|N|1|09|E}}). Her crew were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|HMT|Thistle V}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Lowestoft, Suffolk ({{coord|52|28|N|1|47|E}}) with the loss of ten of her eleven crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.worldnavalships.com/naval_trawlers.htm |title=Naval Trawlers |publisher=World Naval Ships |access-date=18 October 2011}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Liverpool by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was refloated on 30 May but was consequently scrapped.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|HMT|Uberty}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler was bombed and sunk at Lowestoft by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of thirteen of her crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?70164 |title=FV Uberty (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=18 October 2011}}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Trawler And Drifter Lost |date=19 May 1941 |page=4 |issue=48929 |column=G}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|German submarine chaser|UJ 173 Mob-Fd 32||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The submarine chaser was bombed and sunk off Feiestein, Norway ({{coord|58|49|N|5|27|E}}) by British aircraft with the loss of six lives.{{cite book |title=Die deutschen Kriegsschiffe, 1815-1945, Band 8 |first=Erich |last=Gröner |year=1993 |page=164 |isbn=3-7637-4807-5}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|German submarine chaser|UJ 179 Carl Kämpf||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The submarine chaser was bombed and severely damaged off Feiestein by British aircraft. She was later repaired and returned to service.

}}

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|ship={{ship|HMY|Viva II}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The naval yacht was bombed and sunk in the Bristol Channel {{convert|13|nmi|km}} west of Trevose Head, Cornwall by Heinkel He 111 aircraft of 406 Küstenfliegergruppe, Luftwaffe with the loss of 22 of her 32 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Cleveland|L46|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?76400 |title=SS Viva II (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=18 October 2011}}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval Yacht Lost |date=26 May 1941 |page=4 |issue=48935 |column=D}}

}}

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|ship=Welcome Home

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

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

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Whitakers No. 1

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

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

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=9 May 1941 |sort=}}

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|ship={{MV|Alfred Olsen|1925|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|2|59|N|20|26|W}}) by {{ship|Italian submarine|Enrico Tazzoli|1935|2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}). She sank the next day ({{coord|3|00|N|20|10|W}}). Her 34 crew were rescued.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=557 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Bengore Head|1922|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy OB 318: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|60|45|N|33|02|W}}) by {{GS|U-110|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of one of her 41 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMT|Apollo}} ({{naval|UK}} and {{SS|Borgfred|1920|2}} {{flag|Norway}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/911.html |title=Bengore Head |publisher=Uboat |access-date=23 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|City of Winchester|1917|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|400|nmi|km}} south south west of the Cape Verde Islands, Portugal ({{coord|8|20|N|26|14|W}}) by {{GS|U-103|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of six of her 98 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{MV|Herma|1924|2}} ({{flag|Norway}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/915.html |title=City of Winchester |publisher=Uboat |access-date=22 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship straggled behind a convoy. She was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by a Vichy French Navy cruiser with the loss of ten of her 34 crew.{{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}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Dan-Y-Bryn|1939|2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship was bombed and damaged at Hull, Yorkshire. She was subsequently repaired and returned to service.{{cite book |last2=Sawyer |first2=LA |last1=Mitchell |first1=WH |year= 1990 |title=The Empire Ships |place=London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong |publisher=Lloyd's of London Press Ltd |isbn=1-85044-275-4 |edition=Second |page=31 }}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy OB 318: The cargo ship , on her maiden voyage, was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean east north east of Cape Farewell, Greenland ({{coord|61|00|N|32|30|W}}) by {{GS|U-201||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of five of her 54 crew. The ship was abandoned, with {{HMS|Nigella|K19|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) rescuing the survivors. Empire Cloud was taken in tow by the tug {{MV|Thames|1938|2}} ({{flag|Netherlands}}) reaching the Clyde on 20 May, she was subsequently repaired and returned to service.{{cite web |title=Empire Cloud |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2073.html |website=uboat.net |access-date=21 July 2021}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Operation Tiger / Convoy WS 58: The cargo liner struck a mine laid down by the cruisers Duca d'Aosta, Eugenio di Savoia, Muzzio Attendolo and Raimondo Montecuccoli (all {{navy|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}) and sank in the Strait of Sicily ({{coord|37|09|12|N|11|01|24|E}}) with the loss of eighteen of the 146 people on board. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Foresight|H68|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite book |last2=Sawyer |first2=LA |last1=Mitchell |first1=WH |year= 1990 |title=The Empire Ships |place=London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong |publisher=Lloyd's of London Press Ltd |isbn=1-85044-275-4 |edition=Second |pages=179, 182 }}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=496 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy OB 318: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|60|24|N|32|27|W}}) by {{GS|U-110|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 50 crew were rescued by {{SS|Aelybryn|1938|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}), {{HMS|Aubrietia|K96|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) and {{SS|Borgfred|1920|2}} ({{flag|Norway}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/912.html |title=Esmond |publisher=Uboat |access-date=23 February 2012}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy OB 318: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|60|24|N|32|37|W}}) by {{GS|U-201||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 66 crew were rescued by {{HMT|Daneman|FY123|6}} ({{naval|UK}}.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/913.html |title=Gregalia |publisher=Uboat |access-date=9 March 2012}}

}}

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|ship=Luis Puebla

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

|desc=World War II: The fishing trawler struck a mine and sank in the Bay of Biscay {{convert|160|nmi|km}} north of Gijón with the loss of nine of her twelve crew.

}}

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|ship={{SS|New Zealand Star|1935|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Operation Tiger / Convoy WS 8: The cargo ship struck a mine and was damaged in the Mediterranean Sea.{{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=179 }}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|Queenworth}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The minesweeper was bombed and sunk off the mouth of the Humber by Luftwaffe aircraft.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?69111 |title=HMS Queenworth (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=18 October 2011}}

}}

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|ship=Tankerton Towers

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

|desc=World War II: The fishing trawler was bombed and sunk off St Govan's Lightship (22px Trinity House) by Luftwaffe aircraft. Her eight crew were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{GS|U-110|1940|2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: Operation Primrose: The Type IXB submarine was captured in the Atlantic Ocean by {{HMS|Aubrietia|K96|6}}, {{HMS|Broadway|H90|6}} and {{HMS|Bulldog|H91|6}} (all {{naval|UK}}) with the loss of fifteen of her 47 crew. An Enigma machine was captured intact. U-110 was taken in tow by HMS Bulldog but sank the next day in a storm.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=10 May 1941 |sort=}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy OB 318: The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean south east of Cape Farewell, Greenland ({{coord|59|23|N|35|25|W}}) by {{GS|U-556||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of one of her 45 crew. Survivors abandoned ship and were rescued by {{HMT|Daneman|FY123|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). Aelybryn was towed to Reykjavík, Iceland by {{HMS|Hollyhock|K64|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). She was later repaired and returned to service.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2765.html |title=Aelybryn |publisher=Uboat |access-date=8 April 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Altais}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

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

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Comet I}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

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

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy OB 318: The Design 1016 ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south east of Greenland ({{coord|59|28|N|35|44|W}}) by {{GS|U-556||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}),{{cite book |last2=Sawyer |first2=LA |last1=Mitchell |first1=WH |year= 1990 |title=The Empire Ships |place=London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong |publisher=Lloyd's of London Press Ltd |isbn=1-85044-275-4 |edition=Second |page=412 }} with the loss of 29 of her 40 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Malcolm|D19|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Faislane}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

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

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy OB 318: The cargo ship was torpedoed, shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|57|45|N|37|34|W}}) by {{GS|U-552||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of one of her 43 crew.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/918.html |title=Gand |publisher=Uboat |access-date=8 April 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={{HMS|Igloo}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

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

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Jake II}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

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

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship||Martin Pecheur|schooner|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The captured French schooner caught fire and sank in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|37|07|N|8|34|W}}). The prize crew took to the lifeboats and reached Gibraltar.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=HMS HDML 1011

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The harbour defence motor launch was bombed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea south of Crete, Greece by Luftwaffe aircraft.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/14934.html |title=HMS HDML 1011 of the Royal Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=10 May 2014}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Miss England}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

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

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Nomad III}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

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

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Italian ship|Ramb III||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary cruiser was sunk at Benghazi Harbor, Libya by {{HMS|Triumph|N18|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). She was raised, repaired, and returned to service.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Safari}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

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

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Tower Field|1935|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged in the Thames Estuary by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was repaired and returned to service.{{cite book |last2=Sawyer |first2=LA |last1=Mitchell |first1=WH |year= 1990 |title=The Empire Ships |place=London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong |publisher=Lloyd's of London Press Ltd |isbn=1-85044-275-4 |edition=Second |page=397 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=11 May 1941 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|City of Shanghai|1917|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|6|40|N|27|50|W}}) by {{GS|U-103|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of six of her 73 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Josefina S|1907|2}} ({{flag|Argentina}}), {{MV|Richmond Castle|1939|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} and {{SS|Stad Arnhem|1920|2}} ({{flag|Netherlands}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/919.html |title=City of Shanghai |publisher=Uboat |access-date=22 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Gypsy

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary base ship was bombed and sunk at London by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|54|54|N|16|20|W}}) by Focke-Wulf Fw 200 aircraft of I Staffeln, Kampfgeschwader 40, Luftwaffe. She broke in two, the stern section sank. Her crew were rescued. The bow section was scuttled by {{HMS|Alisma|K185|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=12 May 1941 |sort=}}

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|ship=Aghios Paraskavi

|flag={{flagicon|Greece}} Greece

|desc=World War II: The coaster was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Lemnos by {{HMS|Rorqual|N74|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). One German officer and three other ranks were killed.{{cite web |url= https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3415.html |title=HMS Rorqual |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=22 October 2019}}{{cite book |title=Panzergrenadier Aces: German Mechanized Infantrymen in World War II |first=Franz |last=Kurowski |publisher=Stackpole Books |year=2010 |page=26 |isbn=978-0-8117-0656-8}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Fowberry Tower|1929|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the North Sea {{convert|1|nmi|km}} south west by west of the Humber Lightship (22px Trinity House) by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of six of her 45 crew.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=497 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Ladybird|1916|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|Insect|gunboat|2}} was bombed and sunk at Tobruk, Libya by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of four of her crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Ierapetra Bay ({{Coord|34|59|00|N|25|46|26|E}}) by Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 aircraft of 281 Squadriglia, Regia Aeronautica.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged in the North Sea off the mouth of the River Tyne by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was beached on the Herd Sand with a broken back and was declared a total loss. Her 43 crew survived.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=13 May 1941 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Benvrackie||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|0|49|N|20|15|W}}) by {{GS|U-105|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of thirteen of her crew; fifteen crew of {{MV|Lassell|1922|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) were also killed. Fifty-eight survivors were rescued by {{HMHS|Oxfordshire}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/921.html |title=Benvrackie |publisher=Uboat |access-date=22 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|ST|Cornflower||2}}

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

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

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=F

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

|desc=World War II: The hopper barge struck a mine and sank off Dingle, County Kerry, Ireland with the loss of five of her eleven crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Fort Rona

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

|desc=World War II: The fishing trawler was bombed and sunk in the Bristol Channel {{convert|15|nmi|km}} west south west of Bardsey Island, Pembrokeshire by Luftwaffe aircraft. Her crew were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Nueva Elisa

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

|desc=World War II: The fishing trawler struck a mine and sank in the Bay of Biscay.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Salopian|F94|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy SC 30: The armed merchant cruiser was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|59|04|N|38|15|W}}) by {{GS|U-98|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of three of her 281 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Intrepid|D10|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?15414 |title=HMS Salopian (F94) (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=18 October 2011}}{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/922.html |title=HMS Salopian (F 94) |publisher=Uboat |access-date=21 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Somersby||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy SC 30: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|60|39|N|26|13|W}}) by {{GS|U-111|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 43 crew were rescued by {{SS|Marika Protopapa||2}} ({{flagicon|Greece}} Greece).

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=14 May 1941 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged in Suda Bay by Luftwaffe aircraft and was beached. She was later salvaged, repaired and entered German service as Pluto.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy OB 321: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|55|38|N|13|38|W}}) by Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor aircraft of I Staffeln, Kampgeschwader 40, Luftwaffe. She was later scuttled at {{coord|55|36|N|13|24|W}} by {{HMS|Campanula|K18|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). Her 26 crew were rescued by {{SS|Zaafaran|1921|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/karlander.html |title=D/S Karlander |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=25 January 2012}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=561 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMT|M. A. West}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

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

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMT|Minicoy}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The patrol vessel struck a mine and sank in the Bristol Channel east of St Ann's Head, Pembrokeshire with the loss of at least three of her crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMNZS|Puriri|T02|6}}

|flag={{naval|New Zealand|1941}}

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper struck a German mine and sank in the Hauraki Gulf 8 miles north east of Bream Head, off Auckland {{coord|35|46|S|174|43|E}}. Her commanding officer and four crewmen were killed. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Achilles|70|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) and/or {{HMNZS|Gale}} ({{naval|New Zealand|1941}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?58983 |title=Puriri minesweeper 1938-1941 |publisher=wrecksite.eu |access-date=27 Dec 2014}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|19|30|S|4|30|E}}) by {{ship|German auxiliary cruiser|Atlantis||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of nine of her 55 crew. One of the survivors was taken as a prisoner of war.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flagicon|Greece}} Greece

|desc=The cargo ship caught fire, exploded, and sank in the Red Sea {{convert|2+1/2|nmi|km}} off the Zafarana Lighthouse, Suez, Egypt.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?102836 |title=SS Turkia (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=20 October 2015}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=524 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=15 May 1941 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|4|27|N|18|25|W}}) by {{GS|U-105|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of two of her 58 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|English Trader||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) and a Royal Navy destroyer.{{ref|a|[Note 1]}}{{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={{ship|Greek destroyer|Leon|1912|2}}

|flag={{navy|Greece}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Aetos|destroyer|2}} was bombed and sunk in Souda Bay, Crete by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship||Notre Dame du Châtelet|schooner|2}}

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=World War II: The schooner was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately {{coord|48|N|14|W}}) by {{GS|U-43|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 28 of her 38 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{ship|Italian submarine|Otaria|1935|2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}) eight days later.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/923.html |title=Notre Dame du Châtelet |publisher=Uboat |access-date=13 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Ossian|1892|2}}

|flag={{Flag|Sweden}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the North Sea ({{coord|54|00|N|7|16|E}}) by Royal Air Force aircraft with the loss of three lives.{{cite web |url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4105-32MAY02.htm |title=Naval Events, May 1941, Part 2 of 2, Thursday 15th – Saturday 31st |publisher=Naval History |access-date=12 December 2011}}{{cite web |url=https://www.konditori100.se/SiWW2/sww2lscs.htm |title=Swedish WWII losses |publisher=www.konditori100.se |access-date=21 October 2019}}{{cite web |url=http://www.tornsvala.se/2016/05/10/ss-ossian-sankning-1941/ |title=Ossian |publisher=www.tornsvala.se |access-date=23 November 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|San Giusto|1929|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The rescue ship struck a mine and sank in the Mediterranean Sea {{convert|25|nmi|km}} north north east of Tripoli, Libya. Sixteen of her crew were killed and seven were wounded.{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2015/07/san-giusto.html |title=San Giusto |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=15 May 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=16 May 1941 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in Suda Bay, Crete, Greece. She was salvaged in 1947, repaired, and entered Italian service as Napoli.{{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 |pages=77–78 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Archangel||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The troopship was bombed and damaged in the North Sea {{convert|10|nmi|km}} north east of Aberdeen ({{coord|57|55|N|2|03|W}}) by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of 52 of the 475 people on board. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Blankney|L30|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). Archangel was beached {{convert|5|nmi|km}} south of Newburgh, Aberdeenshire and broke into four sections.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Joffre Rose|1915|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The coaster was bombed and damaged in the Bristol Channel by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was beached at Dale, Pembrokeshire. She was later refloated, repaired and returned to service.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flagicon|Greece}} Greece

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in Suda Bay by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The ship was bombed and damaged in Suda Bay by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was bombed again on 25 May and sank with the loss of 31 lives.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Nikolaou Ourania|1922|2}}

|flag={{flagicon|Greece}} Greece

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged at Suda Bay by Luftwaffe aircraft and was beached. She was later refloated, repaired and entered German service as Nikolaus.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Rodney Star|1927|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|5|03|N|19|02|W}}) by {{GS|U-105|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}): Her 83 crew were rescued by {{SS|Batna|1928|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) and {{HMS|Boreas|H77|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/925.html |title=Rodney Star |publisher=Uboat |access-date=22 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=17 May 1941 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster was bombed and damaged in the English Channel {{convert|5|nmi|km}} south of Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. She was beached at Shoreham-by-Sea, but was later refloated and taken under tow by {{ship|ST|Security||2}} ({{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}). She was bombed and sunk on 13 June in the English Channel ({{coord|50|42|N|0|52|W}}) by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of a crew member.{{cite web |url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4106-33JUN01.htm |title=Naval Events, June 1941, Part 1 of 2, Sunday 1st – Saturday 14th |publisher=Naval History |access-date=13 December 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Eleonora Maersk|1936|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was bombed and sunk at Suda Bay, Crete, Greece by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of twenty of her 44 crew. Seven survivors were taken as prisoners of war. She was salvaged post-war. Under repair from 1948–1951 then sold to West Germany.{{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={{MV|Marisa|1937|2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|6|10|N|18|09|W}}) by {{GS|U-107|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of two of her 49 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Columbin|K94|6}} and {{HMS|Surprise|1896|6}} (both ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/926.html |title=Marisa |publisher=Uboat |access-date=23 February 2012}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|56|44|N|13|45|W}}) by Focke-Wulf Fw 200 aircraft of I Staffeln, Kampfgeschwader 40, Luftwaffe with the loss of one of her 51 crew.

}}

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

|flag={{flagicon|Greece}} Greece

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

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=18 May 1941 |sort=}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The coaster was bombed and sunk in the Bristol Channel {{convert|17|nmi|km}} west north west of the South Bishop Lighthouse by Luftwaffe aircraft. Her crew were rescued.

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Benghazi, Libya ({{coord|31|55|N|19|54|E}}) by {{HMS|Tetrarch|N77|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) with the loss of three of her 45 crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|HMT|Jewel}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler struck a mine and sank in the Belfast Lough with the loss of fourteen of her crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?64905 |title=HMS Jewel (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=18 October 2011}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|RFA|Olna|X47|6}}

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was bombed and damaged at Suda Bay by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was beached and burnt out. Although the wreck was seized by the Germans, it was scrapped in May 1945.{{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|Piako|1920|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|130|nmi|km}} south west of Freetown, Sierral Leone ({{coord|7|52|N|14|57|W}}) by {{GS|U-107|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of ten of her 75 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Bridgewater|L01|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/927.html |title=Piako |publisher=Uboat |access-date=23 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled as a blockship in Scapa Flow ({{coord|58|53|20|N|2|53|50|W}}). She had been refloated by 27 July 1944.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |pages=462 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=19 May 1941 |sort=}}

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|ship={{HMS|City of Rochester||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The decommissioned former paddle minesweeper was sunk at Acorn Yard, Rochester, Kent by a parachute mine whilst awaiting scrapping.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HG 61: The ore carrier was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|90|nmi|km}} west of Bloody Foreland, County Donegal, Ireland ({{coord|55|08|N|10|40|W}}) by {{GS|U-96|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of three gunners and 28 of her crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Vanquisher|D54|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite book |last2=Sawyer |first2=LA |last1=Mitchell |first1=WH |year= 1990 |title=The Empire Ships |place=London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong |publisher=Lloyd's of London Press Ltd |isbn=1-85044-275-4 |edition=Second |page=367 }}{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/928.html |title=Empire Ridge |publisher=Uboat |access-date=21 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|HMY|Sea Angler}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The armed yacht was destroyed by fire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Thames Estuary {{convert|1|mi|spell=in}} south west of Buoy B4 ({{coord|51|34|42|N|1|09|56|E}}) with the loss of ten of her crew. The wreck was subsequently dispersed by explosives.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=516 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=20 May 1941 |sort=}}

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|ship={{MV|British Security|1937|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 126: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south of Cape Farewell, Greenland ({{coord|57|28|N|41|07|W}}) by {{GS|U-556||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 53 crew.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/936.html |title=British Security |publisher=Uboat |access-date=8 April 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Cockaponset||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south south east of Cape Farewell ({{coord|57|28|N|41|07|W}}) by {{GS|U-556||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 41 crew were rescued by {{SS|Hontestroom|1921|2}} ({{flag|Netherlands}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/934.html |title=Cockaponset |publisher=Uboat |access-date=8 April 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Curtatone|destroyer|2}} struck a mine and sank in the Gulf of Athens. Ninety-four of her crew were killed, and two more died of wounds later. There were 29 or 34 survivors depending on sources.{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2016/02/curtatone.html |title=Curtatone |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.co|access-date=20 May 2019}}

}}

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|ship={{MV|Darlington Court||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 126: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south of Cape Farewell ({{coord|57|28|N|41|07|W}}) by {{GS|U-556||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 25 of her 37 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Hontestroom|1921|2}} ({{flag|Netherlands}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/931.html |title=Darlington Court |publisher=Uboat |access-date=8 April 2012}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 126: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|56|47|N|40|55|W}}) by {{GS|U-109|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 58 of the 90 people on board, including 26 of the 48 survivors from {{SS|Norman Monarch|1937|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}). Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Burnham|H82|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/932.html |title=Harpagus |publisher=Uboat |access-date=23 February 2012}}{{cite book |last2=Sawyer |first2=LA |last1=Mitchell |first1=WH |year= 1990 |title=The Empire Ships |place=London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong |publisher=Lloyd's of London Press Ltd |isbn=1-85044-275-4 |edition=Second |page=27 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|155|nmi|km}} north west of the Butt of Lewis, Outer Hebrides ({{coord|59|46|N|10|45|W}}) by {{GS|U-138|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of one of her 59 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Assurance|W59|6}}, {{HMS|Faulknor|H62|6}} and {{HMS|Lincoln|G42|6}} (all {{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/967.html |title=Javanese Prince |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 February 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|RFA|John P. Pedersen}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 126: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|150|nmi|km}} south of Greenland (approximately {{coord|57|N|41|W}}) by {{GS|U-94|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 22 of her 38 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Hontestroom|1921|2}} ({{flag|Netherlands}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/johnppedersen.html |title=M/T John P. Pedersen |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=24 January 2011}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=561 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Norman Monarch|1937|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 126: The cargo ship was torpoedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|56|47|N|40|55|W}}) by {{GS|U-94|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 48 crew were rescued by {{SS|Harpagus|1940|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Monrovia, Liberia (approximately {{coord|6|N|12|W}}) by {{GS|U-103|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of a crew member.{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/929.html|title=Radames |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=7 February 2020 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 126: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|57|48|N|41|36|W}}) by {{GS|U-98|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 22 of her 56 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Bruarfoss|1927|2}} (22px Iceland).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/933.html |title=Rothermere |publisher=Uboat |access-date=21 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy SL 73: The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|51|45|N|20|45|W}}) by {{ship|Italian submarine|Otaria|1935|2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}). All 40 crew were rescued by {{HMCS|St. Francis|I93|6}} ({{naval|Canada|1911}}).{{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={{HMS|Widnes|N55|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|Hunt|minesweeper|2||1916}} was bombed and damaged at Suda Bay by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was beached, but declared a total loss. Subsequently raised, repaired and put into Kriegsmarine service as UJ-2109.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank {{convert|5.8|nmi|km}} south east of Cape Bon, Tunisia. There were no casualties.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=21 May 1941 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Aghios Georgios|1899|2}}

|flag={{flagicon|Greece}} Greece

|desc=World War II: The coaster was shelled and sunk in the Aegean Sea off Crete by Royal Navy warships of Force D.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Italian destroyer|Carlo Mirabello||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Mirabello|destroyer|2}} struck a mine and sank in the Ionian Sea off Cephalonia, Greece.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 126: The tanker was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|59|00|N|38|05|W}}) by {{GS|U-93|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of five of her 54 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Burnham}} ({{naval|UK}}). Elusa later sank at {{coord|58|30|N|38|10|W}}.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/941.html |title=Elusa |publisher=Uboat |access-date=20 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The coaster struck a mine and sank at Šibenik, Yugoslavia.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|HMY|Hanyards}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The armed yacht sank.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Juno|F46|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Crete: The {{sclass2|J|destroyer|2}} was bombed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea south east of Crete, Greece by CANT Z.1007 aircraft of 50 Squadriglia, Regia Aeronautica with the loss of 128 of her 210 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Kandahar|F28|6}}, {{HMS|Kingston|F64|6}} and {{HMS|Nubian|F36|6}} (all {{naval|UK}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

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

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

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

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 126: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|270|nmi|km}} south south east of Cape Farewell, Greenland (approximately {{coord|58|N|41|W}}) by {{GS|U-98|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 22 of her 74 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{USCGC|General Greene|WPC-140|6}} (22px United States Coast Guard) and {{HMS|Kenya|14|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/942.html |title=Marconi |publisher=Uboat |access-date=21 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Padre Eterno

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Aegean Sea off Chania, Crete by Royal Navy warships of Force D.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Italian trawler|Pelegrino Matteucci||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{Sclass|Giovanni Berta|naval trawler}} was sunk north west of Lefkos, Greece by mines.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?258609 |title=Pelegrino Matteucci |publisher=wrecksite.eu|access-date=7 February 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Robin Moor}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was intercepted in the South Atlantic off the coast of Brazil ({{coord|6|10|N|25|40|W}}) by {{GS|U-69|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her crew were told that the ship would be sunk under prize rules and were given 30 minutes to abandon ship. She was then torpedoed, shelled and sunk. Twenty-six of the 37 people on board were rescued by {{SS|Examelia|1920|2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}) and landed at Cape Town, Union of South Africa. The remaining eleven people were rescued by {{SS|Ozório|1919|2}} ({{flagicon|Brazil|1889}} Brazil) and landed at Recifem Brazil. Robin Moor was the first American merchant ship lost during the war by belligerent action.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?58166 |title=SS Robin Moof (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=18 October 2011}}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Loss of U.S. Cargo Steamer |date=10 June 1941 |page=4 |issue=48948 |column=F}}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=U.S. Ship Sunk By U-boat |date=13 June 1941 |page=4 |issue=48951 |column=D}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the South Atlantic ({{coord|5|49|N|24|09|W}}) by {{GS|U-69|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 42 crew were rescued by {{SS|Exhibitor|1919|2}} and {{SS|Knoxville City|1921|2}} (both {{flag|United States|1912}}){{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/939.html |title=Tewkesbury |publisher=Uboat |date=16 February 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=22 May 1941 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 126: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|60|30|N|34|12|W}}) by {{GS|U-111|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of one of her 45 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Aurora|12|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/943.html |title=Barnby |publisher=Uboat |access-date=23 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Ben Veg|1914|2}}

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

|desc=The coaster collided with {{SS|Brittany|1928|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) and sank in the Irish Sea {{convert|8|nmi|km}} north of Point of Ayre, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12778 |title=SS Ben Veg (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=20 December 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|British Grenadier|1922|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|6|15|N|12|59|W}}) by {{GS|U-103|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 49 crew were rescued by {{SS|Ganda|1907|2}} ({{Flag|Portugal}}) and {{SS|Jose Calvo Sotelo|1941|2}} ({{flag|Spain|1938}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/944.html |title=British Grenadier |publisher=Uboat |access-date=22 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Carmen Sylva|1903|2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship was shelled and sunk by Royal Navy warships of Force D.{{ref|b|[Note 2]}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged in the English Channel {{convert|3|nmi|km}} south west of The Needles, Isle of Wight with the loss of four crew. She was beached in Totland Bay the next day. Empire Progress was later refloated, repaired and returned to service.{{cite book |last2=Sawyer |first2=LA |last1=Mitchell |first1=WH |year= 1990 |title=The Empire Ships |place=London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong |publisher=Lloyd's of London Press Ltd |isbn=1-85044-275-4 |edition=Second |page=439 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Fiji|58|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Crete: The {{sclass2|Crown Colony|cruiser|2}} was bombed and sunk off Crete, Greece, by Messerschmitt Bf 109 aircraft of Jagdgeschwader 77 and Junkers Ju 88 aircraft of Lehrgeschwader 1, Luftwaffe with the loss of 241 of her 764 crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Gloucester|62|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=File:HMS Gloucester sinking.jpg

World War II: Battle of Crete: The {{sclass2|Town|cruiser|2||1936}} was bombed and sunk {{convert|12|nmi|km}} north of Crete by Junkers Ju 87 aircraft of the Luftwaffe with the loss of 722 of her 807 crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Greyhound|H05|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Crete: The G-class destroyer was bombed and sunk west of Crete by Junkers Ju 87 aircraft of Sturzkampfgeschwader 2, Luftwaffe with the loss of 80 of her 146 crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Käte Grammerstorf|1915|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Wadden Sea off Juist and {{convert|12|nmi|km}} south of Heligoland.{{csr|register=MSI|id=1143100|shipname=Kate Grammerstorf |access-date=29 March 2012}}{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?150483 |title=Käte Grammerstorf |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=22 May 2020}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=472 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=The minelayer collided with {{SS|Murrayfield|1908|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) and sank in the North Sea off Saltfleet, Yorkshire ({{coord|56|36|N|0|25|E}}) without loss of life.{{cite web |url=http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andrew.etherington/1941/05/22.htm |title=May 22nd, 1941 |publisher=Andrew Etherington |access-date=18 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084944/http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andrew.etherington/1941/05/22.htm# |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|York|90|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=File:HMS York May 1941.jpg

World War II: The {{sclass|York|cruiser|2}}, aground at Suda Bay, Crete, since 26 March 1941, was scuttled by Allied forces to prevent her capture by Axis forces. She was salvaged in February 1952 and scrapped at Bari, Italy.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=23 May 1941 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy OB 318: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Freetown, Sierra Leone ({{coord|9|50|N|17|50|W}}) by {{GS|U-38|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of three of her 62 crew. Survivors were rescued by a Royal Navy warship.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/945.html |title=Berhala |publisher=Uboat |access-date=13 February 2012}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=476 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Kashmir|F12|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Crete: The {{sclass2|K|destroyer|2}} was bombed and sunk off Crete, Greece ({{coord|34|40|N|24|10|E}}) by Junkers Ju 87 aircraft of the Luftwaffe.

}}

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|ship={{HMS|Kelly|F01|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Crete: The {{sclass2|K|destroyer|2}} was bombed and sunk off Crete by Junkers Ju 87 aircraft of the Luftwaffe.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMT|Kos XXIII}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler was bombed and damaged in Suda Bay, Crete by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was later declared a total loss. Two of her crew were taken as prisoners of war. She was later salvaged by the Germans and entered Kriegsmarine service as UJ-2104.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/kos.html |title=Kos Whale Catchers |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=25 January 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=MTB 67,
MTB 213,
MTB 214,
MTB 216, and
MTB 217

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Crete: The Thornycroft {{sclass|55-foot|motor torpedo boat}}s were bombed and sunk at Suda Bay by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|French gunboat|Meuliere||2}}

|flag={{navy|France}}

|desc=The {{sclass2|Albatre|gunboat|2}} was wrecked off Ajaccio, Corsica.{{cite web |url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3176.html |title=Fr Meuliere of the French Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=23 May 2013}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=24 May 1941 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMT|Aurora II}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler was bombed and sunk at Tobruk, Libya by Junkers Ju 87 aircraft of the Luftwaffe.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Hood}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=File:Sinking of HMS Hood.jpg

World War II: Battle of the Denmark Strait: The {{sclass2|Admiral|battlecruiser|2}} was shelled and sunk in the Denmark Strait by {{ship|German battleship|Bismarck||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 1,415 of her 1,418 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Electra|H27|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flagicon|Greece}} Greece

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|5|42|N|10|29|W}}) by {{GS|U-103|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 26 of her 29 crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flagicon|Greece}} Greece

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Bristol Channel off Dale, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom by Luftwaffe aircraft. Her 28 crew were rescued. The wreck was subsequently dispersed by explosives.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=526 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker struck a mine and was damaged in the English Channel and was beached at Antony, Cornwall. Three of her crew were killed. She was later refloated, repaired and returned to service.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the South Atlantic (approximately {{coord|25|S|1|E}}) by {{ship|German auxiliary cruiser|Atlantis||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of twelve of her 44 crew.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=514 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|9|20|N|15|35|W}}) by {{GS|U-38|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of seven of her 41 crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=25 May 1941 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Arima Maru|1936|2}}

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

|desc= The cargo ship ran aground {{convert|4|mi|spell=in}} south of Mollendo, Peru. She was refloated on 24 September and towed to Callao, Peru for temporary repairs. Arima Maru departed on 9 October for Yokohama, arriving on 20 November for permanent repairs. Subsequently repaired and returned to service.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/SakitoM_t.htm |title=Japanese Army Auxiliary transports |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=11 November 2022}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=The cargo ship foundered in the South Atlantic ({{coord|39|07|N|01|10|W}}) with the loss of all 66 crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?17298 |title=SS Atalaia (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=20 December 2011}}{{cite book |title=The world's merchant fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=445 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Conte Rosso||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The troopship was shelled and sunk in the Strait of Messina ({{coord|36|41|N|14|42|E}}) by {{HMS|Upholder|P37|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) with the loss of 1,297 of the 2,729 people on board. Survivors were rescued by {{ship|Italian torpedo boat|Cigno|1936|2}}, {{ship|Italian torpedo boat|Clio|1938|2}} and {{ship|Italian torpedo boat|Pallade|1937|2}} (all {{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?58208 |title=SS Conte Rosso (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=18 October 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Grimsby|U16|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Grimsby|sloop|2}} was bombed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea north of Tobruk, Libya ({{coord|32|30|N|24|30|E}}) by Junkers Ju 87 aircraft of 239 Squadriglia, Regia Aeronautica with the loss of eleven of her crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMSAS|Southern Maid}} ({{naval|South Africa|1922}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-18SL-Grimsby.htm |title=HMS GRIMSBY (L 16) - Grimsby-class Sloop |publisher=Naval History |access-date=18 October 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Harry

|flag={{flag|Faroe Islands}}

|desc=World War II: The fishing trawler was bombed and damaged in the North Sea {{convert|30|nmi|km}} north of Rattray Head, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was taken in tow but sank {{convert|17|nmi|km}} north by west of Kinnaird Head, Aberdeenshire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was bombed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Tobruk by Junkers Ju 87 aircraft of 239 Squadriglia, Regia Aeronautica with the loss of two of her 46 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMSAS|Southern Maid}} ({{naval|South Africa|1922}}).{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=499 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|H. P. Hanssen|1899|2}}

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the North Sea {{convert|6|nmi|km}} north west of the Schiermonnikoog Lighthouse, Friesland, Netherlands by Luftwaffe aircraft.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?155944 |title=SS (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=22 December 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flagicon|Greece}} Greece

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

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{navy|France}}

|desc=The sloop-of-war ran aground off Corsica and was wrecked.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The sperrbrecher was sunk at Den Helder, North Holland, Netherlands by a crashing Royal Air Force aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship||Silvina|schooner|2}}

|flag={{flag|Portugal}}

|desc=The schooner caught fire and sank in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?169530 |title=FV Silvina (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |language=en, pt |access-date=23 December 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|5|24|N|12|00|W}}) by {{GS|U-103|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of one of the 93 people on board.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/948.html |title=Wangi Wangi |publisher=Uboat |access-date=22 February 2012}} }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=26 May 1941 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Emmanuel Pteris||2}}

|flag={{flagicon|Greece}} Greece

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

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Gros Pierre|1921|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The coaster was bombed and damaged in the North Sea off Sunderland, County Durham by Luftwaffe aircraft and was beached. She was later refloated, repaired and returned to service.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flagicon|Greece}} Greece

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

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=27 May 1941 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Antonios|1887|2}}

|flag={{flagicon|Greece}} Greece

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in Suda Bay by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German battleship|Bismarck||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Bismarck|battleship|2}} was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean by Fairey Swordfish aircraft based on {{HMS|Ark Royal|91|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). She was then shelled by {{HMS|King George V|}} and {{HMS|Rodney|29|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}) and torpedoed and sunk ({{coord|48|10|N|16|12|W}}) by {{HMS|Dorsetshire|40|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) with the loss of 2,179 of her 2,293 crew. Eighty-five survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Dorsetshire|40|6}}, 25 by {{HMS|Maori|F24|6}}, (both ({{naval|UK}})) and approximately 100 by the weather ship {{ship|German weather ship|Sachsenwald||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|200|nmi|km}} west north west of Freetown, Sierra Leone ({{coord|9|13|N|15|09|W}}) by {{GS|U-107|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). All 100 people on board were rescued by {{HMS|Centurion|1911|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/949.html |title=Colonial |publisher=Uboat |access-date=23 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Eleni Canavarioti|1886|2}}

|flag={{flagicon|Greece}} Greece

|desc=World War II: the coaster struck a mine and sank off Thessaloniki with the loss of 196 lives (Serbian prisoners of war). She was scrapped after the war.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|HMT|Evesham}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

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

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Julia|Richardson, 1914|2}}

|flag={{flagicon|Greece}} Greece

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in Suda Bay by Luftwaffe aircraft. 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=525 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MS|Marco Foscarini|1939|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea off Tripoli, Libya by British aircraft and was beached on 30 May. She was later refloated, and was scrapped in Barrow, United Kingdom, from October 1948.{{csr|register=MSI|id=5614104|shipname=Marco Foscarini |access-date=7 December 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Registan}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The ocean boarding vessel was bombed and damaged in the Bristol Channel off Cape Cornwall by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of 70 of her crew. She was beached at Falmouth, Cornwall. Later refloated, repaired and returned to service.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Røyksund|1919|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster was bombed and sunk in the Bristol Channel ({{coord|50|46|N|5|18|W}}) by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of seven of her eighteen crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Cleveland|L46|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/royksund.html |title=D/S Røyksund |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=7 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMT|Syvern}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler was bombed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMT|Thorbryn}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler was bombed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Tobruk, Libya by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy OB 325: The cargo ship collided with {{HMS|Leamington|G19|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|52|25|N|19|22|W}}) and sank with the loss of five of the 24 people on board. Survivors were rescued by HMS Leamington.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/thyra.html |title=D/S Thyra |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=8 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=28 May 1941 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Aghia Kyriaki|1918|2}}

|flag={{flagicon|Greece}} Greece

|desc=World War II: The coaster was bombed and sunk off Cape Kephola, Crete by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flagicon|Greece}} Greece

|desc=World War II: The coaster was bombed and sunk at Heraklion, Crete by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=HM HDML 1030

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Crete: The Harbour Defence Motor Launch was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea {{convert|15|mi}} west of "Gavolopula" by German bombers after departing from Suda Bay for Alexandria. Her ten crew survived and reached Crete where most were captured some days later.{{cite web |url=http://www.hmsmedusa.org.uk/HDML_Boats_1001-1050.html |title=HDML 1030 |publisher=www.hmsmedusa.org.uk |access-date=8 October 2019}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was intercepted in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|400|nmi|km}} north of the Azores, Portugal ({{coord|45|33|N|23|25|W}}) by {{HMS|Edinburgh|16|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) and was scuttled by her crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Mashona|F59|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|Tribal|destroyer|2||1936}} destroyer was bombed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of County Galway, Ireland by Junkers Ju 88 aircraft of I Staffeln, Kampfgeschwader 77, Luftwaffe with the loss of 48 of her 219 crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flagicon|Greece}} Greece

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed, shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|8|06|N|16|18|W}}) by {{GS|U-107|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of two of her 29 crew.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/950.html |title=Papalemos |publisher=Uboat |access-date=23 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=29 May 1941 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 128S: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|55|00|N|39|50|W}}) by {{GS|U-557||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of three of her 43 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Marita|1919|2}} ({{flag|Norway}}).{{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=98 }}{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/951.html |title=Empire Storm |publisher=Uboat |access-date=8 April 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Hereward|H93|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Crete: The {{sclass2|H|destroyer|2}} was bombed and sunk in the Kaso Strait to the east of Crete, Greece by Junkers Ju 87 aircraft of the Luftwaffe with the loss of 76 of her 165 crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Imperial|D09|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Crete: The {{sclass2|I|destroyer|2}} was bombed and severely damaged by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea ({{coord|32|23|N|25|40|E}}) by {{HMS|Hotspur|H01|6}}.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMT|Sindonis}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler was bombed and sunk at Tobruk, Libya by Junkers Ju 87 aircraft of II Staffeln, Sturzkampfgeschwader 2, Luftwaffe.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|6|32|N|15|23|W}}) by {{GS|U-38|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Twenty-one crew members were lost, while the master, 35 crew members and three gunners were rescued by {{HMT|Bengali|FY165|6}} and {{HMT|Turcoman|FY130|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}). They were landed at Freetown, Sierra Leone.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/953.html |title=Tabaristan |publisher=Uboat |access-date=13 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=30 May 1941 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Aghios Panteleimon|1920|2}}

|flag={{flag|Greece}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster was bombed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Tobruk, Libya by Luftwaffe aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Alicante|1934|2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The transport ship was set on fire at Piraeus, Greece by the explosion of {{SS|Knyaguinya Maria Luisa|1919|2}} ({{flag|Bulgaria|1878}}). She exploded and sank.{{cite web|url=http://www.matsas.gr/frameset.htm |title=Company's History |publisher=Loucas G Matsas |access-date=26 September 2010}}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?136319 |title=SS Knyaguinya Maria Luisa (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=16 October 2011}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=465 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|RFA|Cairndale|X36|6}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|Dale|oiler|2}} was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|170|nmi|km}} west north west of Cape Trafalgar, Spain ({{coord|35|19|N|8|33|W}}) by {{ship|Italian submarine|Guglielmo Marconi|1939|2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}) with the loss of five of her crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Empire Protector|1921|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|6|00|N|14|25|W}}) by {{GS|U-38|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of five of her 38 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Arundo|1930|2}} ({{flag|Netherlands}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/952.html |title=Empire Protector |publisher=Uboat |access-date=13 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was set on fire by the explosion of {{SS|Fürstin Maria Luisa||2}} ({{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}) at Piraeus and subsequently sank.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=570 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Knyaguinya Maria Luisa|1919|2}}

|flag={{flag|Bulgaria|1888}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship (3,821 GRT, 1919) was bombed by British aircraft and set afire Piraeus. Her master realized that the fire could not be extinguished and ordered most of the crew to evacuate, remaining aboard with only six men. The tugs {{ship|ST|Mara||2}}, {{ship|ST|Zoodohos Pigi||2}}, {{ship|ST|Aghios Dimitrios||2}} and {{ship|ST|Aghios Nikolaos||2}} (all {{flagicon|Greece}} Greece) were towing the ship out of harbour when she exploded. The explosion set {{SS|Adis Abeba||2}} ({{Flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}), {{SS|Alicante|1934|2}} ({{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}) and {{SS|Jiul|1913|2}} ({{flag|Romania}}) on fire. All seven men aboard Knyaguinya Maria Luisa were killed, total casualties in the port being around 200.{{cite web |url=https://shipstamps.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=16735 |title=Knyaguinya Maria Luisa |publisher=shipstamps.co.uk |access-date=22 May 2022}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Liberia ({{coord|6|52|N|15|14|W}}) by {{GS|U-38|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of thirteen of her 31 crew. Survivors, including the ship's cat, were rescued by {{HMT|Pict|FY132|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). The cat remained on board HMT Pict.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/rinda.html |title=D/S Rinda |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=7 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|16|42|N|25|29|W}}) by {{GS|U-106|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of three of her 60 crew.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/954.html |title=Silveryew |publisher=Uboat |access-date=22 February 2012}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=511 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea ({{coord|51|36|N|1|11|E}}). Her crew were rescued.

}}

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|ship={{MV|Clan Macdougall|1929|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north of the Cape Verde Islands, Portugal ({{coord|16|50|N|25|10|W}}) by {{GS|U-106|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of two of her 85 crew.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/960.html |title=Clan Macdougall |publisher=Uboat |access-date=22 February 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Florida II|1905|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk by British aircraft at Sfax, Tunisia. She was later refloated, repaired and returned to service.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=532 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 127: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy She was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean off Bloody Foreland, County Donegal, Ireland ({{coord|56|00|N|11|13|W}}) by {{GS|U-147|1940|2}} ({{Navy|Nazi Germany}}). Eleven crew were killed, 25 crew were rescued by {{HMS|Deptford|U53|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). The ship broke in two; the stern section sank but the bow section was towed to the Clyde and beached. The ship was declared a constructive total loss and scrapped in 1942.{{cite web |title=Gravelines |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/956.html |website=uboat.net |access-date=7 February 2020}}

}}

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|ship=Holmsteinn

|flag=22px Iceland

|desc=World War II: The fishing trawler was shelled and sunk north of Dyrafjord by {{GS|U-204||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all four crew.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/955.html |title=Holmsteinn |publisher=Uboat |access-date=9 March 2012}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk at Accra, Gold Coast ({{coord|5|33|N|0|13|W}}) by {{GS|U-69|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of a crew member. Although declared a total loss, she was refloated in April 1943, repaired post-war and returned to service in 1947.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/957.html |title=Sangara |publisher=Uboat |date=16 February 2011}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west south west of Freetown, Sierra Leone ({{coord|8|50|N|15|30|W}}) by {{GS|U-107|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of three of her 49 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Marguerite|K54|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/958.html |title=Sire |publisher=Uboat |access-date=23 February 2012}}

}}

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|ship=Ellesport

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

|desc=World War II: The barge was sunk by either bombing on 3 May, or by the explosion of {{SS|Malakand|1919|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) on 4 May at Alexandria Dock No. 3, Liverpool, Lancashire.

}}

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|ship=Ines

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster was rammed and sunk by a Royal Australian Navy ship off Crete, Greece .

}}

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|ship={{SS|Iron Duke|1857|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The steamship struck a mine and sank in the Bristol Channel off the Breaksea Lightship (22px Trinity House ).{{Cite web |url=http://clydeships.co.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=&ref=22723&vessel=IRON+DUKE |title=Iron Duke |publisher=Caledonian Maritime Heritage Trust |access-date=24 April 2020}}

}}

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|ship= {{HMS|LCA 28}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

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

}}

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|ship= {{HMS|LCP(L) 107}},
{{HMS|LCP(L) 108}}, and
{{HMS|LCP(L) 109}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The Landing Craft Personnel (Large) were lost sometime in May.

}}

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|ship={{HMS|Undaunted|N55|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The U-class submarine was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea on or about 11 May due to enemy action with the loss of all 31 crew.

}}

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1. {{note|a}} The destroyer was one of {{HMS|Boreas|H77|6}}, {{HMS|Duncan|D99|6}}, {{HMS|Highlander|H44|6}} or {{HMS|Velox|D34|6}}.
2. {{note|b}} Force D comprised {{HMS|Ajax|22|6}}, {{HMS|Dido|37|6}}, {{HMS|Hasty|H24|6}}, {{HMS|Hereward|H93|6}}, {{HMS|Janus|F53|6}}, {{HMS|Kimberley|F50|6}} and {{HMS|Orion|85|6}}.

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