List of shipwrecks in May 1945
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The list of shipwrecks in May 1945 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during May 1945.
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1 May
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|ship={{ship|Italian submarine|Argo|1936|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Argo|submarine}} was scuttled at Monfalcone, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy.{{Cite web|url=http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/45-05.htm |title=Seekrieg 1945, Mai |access-date=14 October 2015 |last=Rohwer |first=Jürgen |author-link=Jürgen Rohwer |author2=Gerhard Hümmelchen |work=Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart |language=de }}
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|ship={{ship|Japanese escort|CD-50||2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The Type D escort ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Pacific Ocean off Sasumi ({{coord|34|15|N|135|05|E}}) by {{USS|Sennet|SS-408|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}) and beached. Nine crewmen were killed. Refloated sometime in May and towed to Osaka. Repairs not finished at end of the war, scrapped May 1948.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/CD-50_t.htm |title=Japanese Escorts |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=1 May 2014}}
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|ship={{ship|Japanese auxiliary transport|Chowa Maru||2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The Chowa Maru-class transport (2,719 t) was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean {{convert|54|nmi|km}} south east of Hokkaido ({{coord|41|02|N|144|36|E}}) by {{USS|Bowfin|SS-287|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}). Forty-one crewmen were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Chowa_t.htm |title=Chowa Maru |publisher=combinedfleet.com |access-date=18 September 2024}}
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|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 193||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=The Type AM minelayer Marinefahrprahm was sunk by a mine near Kolberg with the loss of 11 lives.{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/landungsfahrzeuge/marinefaehrprahm/ausgabe.php?where_value=321 |title=F 193 |publisher=historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=2 May 2020}}
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|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 971||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=The Type D Marinefahrprahm was sunk on this date.
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|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 975||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=The Type D Marinefahrprahm was sunk on this date.
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|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 1042||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=The Type DM minelayer Marinefahrprahm was sunk on this date.
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|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 1047||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=The Type DM minelayer Marinefahrprahm was sunk on this date.
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|ship={{Ship|German minelayer|Kiebitz||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The minelayer was scuttled at Trieste, Italy. She was subsequently refloated, repaired and entered Yugoslav service in 1950 as Galeb.{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=535}}
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|ship={{SS|Neuralia|1912|2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The troopship struck a mine and sank in the Mediterranean Sea ({{coord|40|11|N|17|44|E}}) with the loss of four of the 277 people on board.{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=505}}
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|ship={{ship|German landing ship|Prinses Beatrix||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The Marinefährprahm was bombed and sunk off Bornholm, Denmark by Soviet aircraft.
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|ship={{ship|German torpedo boat|S 157||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The TM-class motor torpedo boat was sunk west of Trieste, Italy by Yugoslav Partisan mortar fire. Three crewmen were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=904&tridit=lodenice&zobraz=A |title=German motor torpedo boat Type S 151-166 |publisher=Warshipsww2 |access-date=22 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140911001947/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=904&tridit=lodenice&zobraz=A |archive-date=11 September 2014 |url-status=usurped }}{{sfn|Paterson|2015|p=232}}
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|ship={{ship|German torpedo boat|TA40||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Ariete|torpedo boat|2}} was scuttled at Trieste.{{cite web |url=http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=368 |title=Italian torpedo boats class Ariete |publisher=WarshipsWW2 |access-date=19 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141015125434/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=368 |archive-date=15 October 2014 |url-status=usurped }}
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|ship={{ship|German torpedo boat|TA41||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Ariete|torpedo boat|2}} was scuttled at Trieste.
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|ship={{ship|German torpedo boat|TA43||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The torpedo boat, a former {{sclass|Beograd|destroyer}}, was scuttled at Trieste.
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|ship={{ship|German minesweeper|TS 13||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The incomplete Type 1940 minesweeper was scuttled.{{cite web |url=http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=756 |title=German Escort minesweeper type M-1940 |publisher=Warshipsww2.Eu |access-date=16 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140513052207/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=756 |archive-date=13 May 2014 |url-status=usurped }}
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|ship={{GS|U-3006||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled at Wilhelmshaven, Lower Saxony. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u3006.htm |title=U-3006 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
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|ship={{GS|U-3009||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled at Wesermünde, Bremen. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u3009.htm |title=U-3009 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
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|ship={{ship|German landing ship|Westflandern||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The Marinefährprahm was bombed and sunk off Bornholm by Soviet aircraft.
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|ship={{USS|YC-961}}
|flag={{navy|United States|1912}}
|desc=The non-self-propelled open lighter was wrecked off Biorka Island near Sitka, Territory of Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-y/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (Y)] }}
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2 May
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|ship={{ship|German cruiser|Admiral Hipper||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The {{sclass|Admiral Hipper|cruiser}} was scuttled at Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein.
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|ship={{ship|German landing craft|AF 106||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=The Artilleriefährprahm (168/239 t, 1944) was sunk on this date.
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|ship={{HMT|Ebor Wyke|FY1601|6}}
|flag={{naval|United Kingdom}}
|desc=World War II: The naval trawler (348 GRT, 1929) was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|7|nmi|km}} off Skagi, Iceland ({{coord|64|10|N|23|12|W}}) by {{GS|U-979||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 23 of her 24 crew.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/3507.html |title=HMS Ebor Wyke (FY 1601) |publisher=Uboat |access-date=25 April 2012}}
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|ship={{SS|Edmund F. Dickens||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=World War II: The Liberty ship struck a mine and was severely damaged at Manila, Philippines. She was declared a constructive total loss.{{sfn|Sawyer|Mitchell|1985|p=129}}
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|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 944||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=The Type DM minelayer Marinefahrprahm (215/256 t, 1944) was sunk on this date.
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|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 1044||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=The Type DM minelayer Marinefahrprahm (215/256 t, 1944) was sunk on this date.
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|ship={{MV|Florida|1939|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk in the Bay of Lübeck by Hawker Typhoon aircraft of the Second Tactical Air Force, Royal Air Force.
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|ship={{ship|German submarine chaser|GD 95|KFK 263|2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The KSK-2-class naval drifter/submarine chaser (110 t, 1943) was scuttled on this date.
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|ship={{SS|Gertrud Fritzen|1906|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was damaged at Travemünde in an attack by Allied aircraft. Following a subsequent attack at Lübeck, she was declared a constructive total loss.{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=481}}
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|ship=Kieblitz
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Fasana|minelayer}} was scuttled in the Tagliemento Estuary.{{cite web |url=http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=1121 |title=Italian minelayers class Fasana |publisher=Warshipsww2.Eu |access-date=24 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006170242/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=1121 |archive-date=6 October 2014 |url-status=usurped }}
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|ship= {{HMS|LCT 1238}}
|flag={{naval|United Kingdom}}
|desc=The landing craft tank (350/586 t, 1944) was lost on this date.
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|ship={{ship|German minesweeper|M-293||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The Type 1940 minesweeper (543/775 t, 1944) was bombed and sunk in the Kattegat by de Havilland Mosquito aircraft of 143, 235, 248, 333 Squadrons, Royal Air Force and 404 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.{{csr |register=MSI |id=6119521 |shipname=M-293 |access-date=27 July 2012}}
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|ship={{ship|German minesweeper|M-387||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The Type 1940 minesweeper (543/775 t, 1944) was scuttled at Lübeck, or sunk by Soviet Ilyushin Il-2 and Douglas A-20 Havoc aircraft.{{cite web |url=http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=756 |title=German Escort minesweeper type M-1940 |publisher=Warshipsww2.Eu |access-date=16 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140513052207/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=756 |archive-date=13 May 2014 |url-status=usurped }}{{cite web |url=http://wio.ru/fleet/sunk/baltic.htm |title=ships sunk in the Baltic by soviet aircraft |publisher=Rufleet |access-date=3 May 2017}}
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|ship=Naomh Garbhan
|flag={{flag|Ireland|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The fishing vessel Naomh Garbhan, working nine miles off Dungarvan, picked up a mine in her nets. It exploded, sinking it and killing three of the crew.{{cite web |url=https://www.mariner.ie/wwii-losses/ |title=Irish WWII losses |date=27 December 2009 |publisher=mariner.ie |access-date=21 October 2019}}{{cite web |url=http://lugnad.ie/naomh-garbhan/ |title=Naomh Garbhan |publisher=lugnad.ie |access-date=21 October 2019}}
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|ship={{ship|Japanese escort|Ojika||2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Ukuru|escort ship|1}} (a.k.a. Oga) was torpedoed and sunk in the Yellow Sea by {{USS|Springer|SS-414|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}). Lost with all 226 hands.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Ojika_t.htm |title=Japanese Escorts |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=2 May 2013}}
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|ship={{ship|German minesweeper|R-8||2}}, {{ship|German minesweeper|R-10||2}} and {{ship|German minesweeper|R-16||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The Type R-2 minesweepers (63 t (R-8), 52.5 t (R-10, R-16), 1934) were scuttled in the Tagliamento Estuary.{{cite web |url=http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=759 |title=German coastal minesweeper Type R-2 |publisher=Warshipsww2.Eu |access-date=16 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007025553/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=759 |archive-date=7 October 2014 |url-status=usurped }}
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|ship={{ship|German minesweeper|RD 116||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The RD-class minesweeper (101/110 t, 1944) was scuttled.
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|ship={{SS|Rezikan Maru||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Yellow Sea by {{USS|Raton|SS-270|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}).{{cite DANFS | title = Raton | url = http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss270.htm | access-date = 4 January 2012 }}
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|ship= {{ship|Greek minesweeper|Sperchios||2}}
|flag={{navy|Greece|royalnavy}}
|desc=The minesweeper capsized due to weather and overloading north of Hydra island, Greece. 28 crew and between 60 and 90 passengers were lost. 9 crew and 26 passengers were rescued.{{cite web |url=https://alithinesgynaikes.gr/2016/01/18/οδός-θυμάτων-σπερχειού-η-άγνωστη-τραγ/ |title=Sperchios |publisher=sv.wikipedia.org |access-date=23 November 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://galanoleykoblog.wordpress.com/2015/05/02/%CF%84%CE%BF-%CE%BD%CE%B1%CF%85%CE%AC%CE%B3%CE%B9%CE%BF-%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85-%CF%83%CF%80%CE%B5%CF%81%CF%87%CE%B5%CE%B9%CF%8C%CF%82-%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B9%CF%82-2-5-1945/ |title=Sperchios |publisher=sv.wikipedia.org |access-date=23 November 2020}} Olympian Martin Nordenström was one of those who died.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/23439 |title=Martin Nordenström |work=Olympedia |access-date=21 May 2021}}
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|ship={{Ship|German minesweeper|Sperrbrecher 27 Heinrich||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The sperrbrecher was bombed and severely damaged in the Trave .{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=481}}
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|ship={{ship|German torpedo boat|TA22||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The damaged and disarmed Pilo-class torpedo boat was scuttled at Trieste, Italy.
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|ship={{USS|Thornton|DD-270|6}}
|flag={{navy|United States|1912}}
|desc=The seaplane tender, a former {{sclass|Clemson|destroyer}}, was beached and abandoned at Kerama Retto after suffering severe damage in a collision on 5 April 1945.
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|ship={{SS|Toryu Maru||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Yellow Sea by {{USS|Raton|SS-270|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}).
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|ship={{ship|German minesweeper|TS-2||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The minesweeper was scuttled at Lübeck.{{csr|register=MSI|id=6120346|shipname=TS-2 |access-date=4 August 2012}}
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|ship={{GS|U-8|1935|2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type IIB submarine was scuttled at Wilhelmshaven, Lower Saxony.
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|ship={{GS|U-14|1936|2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type IIB submarine was scuttled at Wilhelmshaven.
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|ship={{GS|U-60|1939|2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type IIC submarine was scuttled at Wilhelmshaven.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u60.html |title=U-60 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 February 2012}}
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|ship={{GS|U-61|1939|2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type IIC submarine was scuttled at Wilhelmshaven.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u61.html |title=U-61 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 February 2012}}
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|ship={{GS|U-62|1939|2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type IIC submarine was scuttled at Wilhelmshaven.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u62.htm |title=U-62 |publisher=Uboat |date=16 February 2011}}
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|ship={{GS|U-71|1940|2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled at Wilhelmshaven.
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|ship={{GS|U-72|1940|2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled at Wilhelmshaven.
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|ship={{GS|U-120|1940|2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type IIB submarine was scuttled at Bremerhaven. The wreck was raised in 1950 and scrapped.
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|ship={{GS|U-121|1940|2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type IIB submarine was scuttled at Bremerhaven. The wreck was raised in 1950 and scrapped.
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|ship={{GS|U-137|1940|2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type IID submarine was scuttled at Wilhelmshaven. The wreck was later scrapped.
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|ship={{GS|U-139|1940|2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type IID submarine was scuttled at Wilhelmshaven. The wreck was later scrapped.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u139.htm |title=U-139 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 February 2012}}
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|ship={{GS|U-140|1940|2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type IID submarine was scuttled at Wilhelmshaven. The wreck was later scrapped.
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|ship={{GS|U-141|1940|2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type IID submarine was scuttled at Wilhelmshaven. The wreck was later scrapped.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u141.htm |title=U-141 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 February 2012}}
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|ship={{GS|U-142|1940|2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type IID submarine was scuttled at Wilhelmshaven. The wreck was later scrapped.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u142.htm |title=U-142|publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 February 2012}}
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|ship={{GS|U-146|1940|2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type IID submarine was scuttled at Wilhelmshaven. The wreck was later scrapped.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u146.htm |title=U-146|publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 February 2012}}
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|ship={{GS|U-148|1940|2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type IID submarine was scuttled at Wilhelmshaven. The wreck was later scrapped.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u148.htm |title=U-148|publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 February 2012}}
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|ship={{GS|U-151|1940|2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type IID submarine was scuttled at Wilhelmshaven. The wreck was later scrapped.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u151.htm |title=U-151 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 February 2012}}
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|ship={{GS|U-152|1940|2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type IID submarine was scuttled at Wilhelmshaven. The wreck was later scrapped.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u152.htm |title=U-152 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 February 2012}}
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|ship={{GS|U-316||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled in the Baltic Sea off Travemünde, Lübeck ({{coord|53|58|N|10|53|E}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u316.htm |title=U-316 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=16 March 2012}}
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|ship={{GS|U-552||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled off Wilhelmshaven ({{coord|53|51|N|8|10|E}}).
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|ship={{GS|U-554||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled of Wilhelmshaven ({{coord|53|51|N|8|10|E}}).
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|ship={{GS|U-612||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled off Warnemünde, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania ({{coord|54|11|N|12|05|E}}). The wreck was scrapped in 1946.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u612.htm |title=U-612 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=13 April 2012}}
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|ship={{GS|U-717||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled in the Wasserlebenbucht ({{coord|54|49|N|9|27|E}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u717.htm |title=U-717 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=13 April 2012}}
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|ship={{GS|U-929||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type VIIC.41 submarine was scuttled at Warnemünde. The wreck was raised in 1956 and scrapped.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u929.htm |title=U-929 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=24 April 2012}}
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|ship={{GS|U-1007||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The Type VIIC/41 submarine was damaged in a rocket attack by Hawker Typhoon aircraft of 245 Squadron, Royal Air Force. She was consequently scuttled in the Trave River off Lübeck ({{coord|53|54|N|10|51|E}}) with the loss of two of her crew. The wreck was raised in May 1946 and scrapped.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u1007.htm |title=U-1007 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=26 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-1308||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type VIIC/41 submarine was scuttled off Warnemünde ({{coord|54|13|N|12|03|E}}). The wreck was raised in October 1952 and scrapped.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u1308.htm |title=U-1308 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=28 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-2327||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXIII submarine was scuttled at Hamburg. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u2327.htm |title=U-2327 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-2359||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The Type XXIII submarine was sunk in the Kattegat ({{coord|57|29|N|11|24|E}}) by a rocket attack by de Havilland Mosquito aircraft of 143, 235, 248 and 333 Squadrons, Royal Air Force and 404 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force with the loss of all twelve crew.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u2359.htm |title=U-2359 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-2510||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled at Travemünde. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u2510.htm |title=U-2510 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-2526||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled at Travemünde. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u2526.htm |title=U-2526 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-2527||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled at Travemünde. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u2527.htm |title=U-2527 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-2528||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled at Travemünde. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u2528.htm |title=U-2528 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-2531||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled at Travemünde. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u2531.htm |title=U-2531 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-3002||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled at Travemünde. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u3002.htm |title=U-3002 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-3016||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled at Travemünde. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u3016.htm |title=U-3016 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-3018||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled at Travemünde. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u3018.htm |title=U-3018 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-3019||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled at Travemünde. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u3019.htm |title=U-3019 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-3020||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled at Travemünde. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u3020.htm |title=U-3020 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-3021||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled at Travemünde. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u3021.htm |title=U-3021 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-3504||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled at Wilhelmshaven. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u3504.htm |title=U-3504|publisher=Uboat |access-date=30 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-3516||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled at Travemünde. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u3516.htm |title=U-3516|publisher=Uboat |access-date=30 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-3517||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled at Travemünde. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u3517.htm |title=U-3517|publisher=Uboat |access-date=30 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-3521||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled at Travemünde. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u3521.htm |title=U-3521|publisher=Uboat |access-date=30 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-3522||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled at Travemünde. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u3522.htm |title=U-3522|publisher=Uboat |access-date=30 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German trawler|V 2001 Uranus||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The Vorpostenboot was sunk in the Baltic Sea by Soviet Douglas A-20 Havoc and Ilyushin Il-2 aircraft.{{cite web |url=http://wio.ru/fleet/sunk/baltic.htm |title=ships sunk in the Baltic by soviet aircraft |publisher=Rufleet |access-date=4 May 2018}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German guard ship|Wachschiff 9 Jaan||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The guard ship (1,142 GRT, 1920) was scuttled on this date.
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}
3 May
{{shipwreck list begin |date=3 May 1945 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SMS|Arcona|1902|2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The floating anti-aircraft battery was scuttled at Wilhelmshaven, Lower Saxony. Salvaged and scrapped in 1948.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German torpedo boat|Bremse|T-156|2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The torpedo recovery vessel, a former V150-class torpedo boat, was scuttled at Kiel.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Cap Arcona|1927|2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=File:Cap Arcona burning.jpg World War II: The ocean liner was sunk in the Bay of Lübeck by Hawker Typhoon aircraft of the Second Tactical Air Force, Royal Air Force with the loss of 5,594 lives. The wreck was broken up in 1949.{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=467}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Japanese escort|CD-25||2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The Type C escort ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Yellow Sea ({{coord|33|56|N|122|49|E}}) by {{USS|Springer|SS-414|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}) with all 175 hands.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/CD-25_t.htm |title=CD-25 |publisher=combinedfleet.com |access-date=9 January 2021}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Der Deutsche|1924|2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The transport ship was bombed off the Fehmarn Lightship ({{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}) and was beached. She was declared a constructive total loss. She was salvaged in 1950, repaired and entered Soviet service as Asia.{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=468}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Deutschland|1923|2}}
|flag={{flag|Germany|Nazi}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo liner was bombed in the Bay of Lübeck off Neustadt ({{coord|54|03|N|10|48|E}} by Hawker Typhoon aircraft of the Second Tactical Air Force. She capsized and sank with loss of life. She was refloated in 1948 and scrapped.{{csr |register=MSI |id=5606039 |shipname=Deutschland |access-date=17 July 2012}}{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=468}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Dorpat|1920|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk south of the Great Belt by Hawker Typhoon aircraft of the Second Tactical Air Force. She was refloated later that year, repaired and entered Finnish service as Leila.{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=495}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Dwarsee||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The coaster was bombed and sunk in the Baltic Sea off Fehmarn by Hawker Typhoon aircraft of the Second Tactical Air Force.{{csr |register=MSI |id=5605970 |shipname=Dwarsee |access-date=27 October 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German cruiser|Emden||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The cruiser was scuttled off Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein. The wreck was broken up in 1949.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Energie||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk in the Bay of Kiel by Hawker Typhoon aircraft of the Second Tactical Air Force.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MS|Erna Gaulke|1919|2}}
|flag={{flag|Germany|Nazi}}
|desc=World War II: The coaster was bombed and sunk in the Baltic Sea off Fehmarn by Hawker Typhoon aircraft of the Second Tactical Air Force.{{csr|register=MSI|id=5604711|shipname=Erna Gaulke |access-date=27 March 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German escort ship|Hai||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The tender, a former {{sclass2|F|escort ship|1}}, was sunk at Kiel by Hawker Typhoon aircraft of the Second Tactical Air Force. Raised and scrapped in 1948.{{cite web |url=http://german-navy.de/kriegsmarine/ships/escorts/flottenbegleiter/f3/history.html |title=Flottenbegleiter 3 - History |date=25 June 2003 |work=German Naval History |access-date=21 July 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Inster|1928|2}}
|flag={{flag|Germany|Nazi}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Bay of Kiel ({{coord|54|30.42|N|10|22.58|E}}) by Hawker Typhoon aircraft of the Second Tactical Air Force or by Bristol Beaufighter aircraft of 236 Squadron, Royal Air Force with the loss of 120 or 560 lives. The wreck was broken up in 1953.{{csr |register=MSI |id=1148360 |shipname=Inster |access-date=27 October 2012}}{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=513}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Insterburg|1919|2}}
|flag={{flag|Germany|Nazi}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Bay of Kiel by Hawker Typhoon aircraft of the Second Tactical Air Force.{{csr|register=MSI|id=3006198|shipname=Insterburg |access-date=9 December 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Irmtraud Cords||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Bay of Kiel by Hawker Typhoon aircraft of the Second Tactical Air Force.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German submarine chaser|KFK 390||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The KSK-2-class naval drifter/submarine chaser was scuttled on this date.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{USS|Lagarto|SS-371|6}}
|flag={{navy|United States|1912}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Gato|submarine}} was sunk in the Gulf of Siam ({{coord|07|55|N|102|00|E}}) by {{ship|Japanese minelayer|Hatsutaka||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3109.html |title=USS Lagarto (SS-371) of the US Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=3 May 2013}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Leda|1904|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The coastal tanker was sunk in the Bay of Kiel by Hawker Typhoon aircraft of the Second Tactical Air Force.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{USS|Little|DD-803|6}}
|flag={{navy|United States|1912}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Fletcher|destroyer}} was sunk in the Pacific Ocean west of Okinawa ({{coord|26|24|N|126|15|E}}) by a Japanese kamikaze attack.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{USS|LSM(R)-195}}
|flag={{navy|United States|1912}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|LSM(R)-188|landing ship medium}} was sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Okinawa by a Japanese kamikaze attack.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/13136.html |title=LSM(R)-195 of the US Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=3 May 2013}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German minesweeper|M-14|1939|2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|M|minesweeper|1||Germany}} struck a mine and sank off Swinemünde, Pomerania.{{csr|register=MSI|id=6110830|shipname=M-14 |access-date=21 July 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German minesweeper|M 301||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The minesweeper was sunk in the Kattegat by de Havilland Mosquito aircraft of the Royal Air Force.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SMS|Medusa||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The floating anti-aircraft battery was scuttled at Wilhelmshaven, Lower Saxony. Salvaged and scrapped in 1948–1950.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Musketier||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk in the Baltic Sea off Fehmarn by Hawker Typhoon aircraft of the Second Tactical Air Force. She had around 800 refugees aboard but there were no casualties.{{cite web |url=http://ribewiki.dk/da/Jylland/Musketier_1945_Kiel_Bugt |title=Musketier |publisher=ribewiki.dk |access-date=13 January 2021}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German training ship|Nordland||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The training ship was scuttled at Eckernförde, Schleswig-Holstein.{{cite web |url=http://www.milhist.dk/vaaben/vands/nordland/nordland.htm |title=To gange sænket af egen besætning - Art.skibet Niels Juel |author=Søren Nørby |editor=Gert Laursen |work=Danish Military History |access-date=12 February 2012 |language=da |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716102256/http://www.milhist.dk/vaaben/vands/nordland/nordland.htm |archive-date=16 July 2012 }}
}}
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|ship={{MS|Ostwind|1940|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The passenger/cargo ship was bombed by aircraft off Fehmarn, Germany. Sank on 7 May 1945, raised and scrapped at Gdańsk, Poland in 1949.{{csr|register=MSI|id=5614161|shipname=Ostwind |access-date=28 October 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Pallas|1904|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The coaster was bombed and sunk off Langesund, Norway by Bristol Beaufighter aircraft of 236 and 254 Squadrons, Royal Air Force.{{csr |register=MSI |id=5602295|shipname=Pallas |access-date=13 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German motor torpedo boat|S 201||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The Schnellboot was bombed and damaged at Kiel by de Havilland Mosquito aircraft of the Royal Air Force. she was scuttled due to damage sustained.{{cite web |url=http://german-navy.de/kriegsmarine/ships/fastattack/schnellboot1940/ships.html |title=Schnellboot 1939-1940 |publisher=german-navy.de |access-date=10 May 2014}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German battleship|Schlesien||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The training ship, a former {{sclass|Deutschland|battleship}}, struck a mine and was bombed by Soviet Douglas A-20 Havoc and Ilyushin Il-2 aircraft and was beached at Zinnowitz, Mecklnburg-Vorpommern. The wreck was broken up in 1949–1956.{{cite web |url=http://wio.ru/fleet/sunk/baltic.htm |title=ships sunk in the Baltic by soviet aircraft |publisher=Rufleet |access-date=4 May 2018}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Swakopmund||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The target ship was sunk off Fehmarn by Hawker Typhoon aircraft of the Second Tactical Air Force. The wreck was broken up in 1950.{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=574}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German torpedo boat|T8||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The Type 35 torpedo boat was scuttled at Kiel ({{coord|54|26|N|10|10|E}}).{{csr|register=MSI|id=6110974|shipname=T8 |access-date=20 July 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German torpedo boat|T9||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The Type 35 torpedo boat was scuttled at Kiel ({{coord|54|26|N|10|10|E}}) after being damaged by Soviet aircraft and then by Royal Air Force aircraft in a later air raid.{{csr|register=MSI|id=6111469|shipname=T9 |access-date=20 July 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://wio.ru/fleet/sunk/baltic.htm |title=ships sunk in the Baltic by soviet aircraft |publisher=Rufleet |access-date=4 May 2018}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=TA22
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The torpedo boat, a former {{sclass|Rosolino Pilo|destroyer}}, was scuttled while laid up at Muggia, Italy.[http://www.warshipsww2.eu/shipsplus.php?language=E&id=62675 Italian Giuseppe Missori (MS), German TA 22 - Warships 1900-1950] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206211406/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/shipsplus.php?language=E&id=62675 |date=6 December 2013 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.trentoincina.it/dbunita2.php?short_name{{=}}Missori |title=Torpediniera Giuseppe Missori |language=it}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German torpedo boat|TA46||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The incomplete {{sclass|Ariete|torpedo boat}} was scuttled at Fiume, Italy. Raised post war, completed and put in service as {{ship|Yugoslavian torpedo boat|Velebit||2}} ({{navy|Yugoslavia}}).
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German torpedo boat|TA47||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The incomplete {{sclass|Ariete|torpedo boat|2}} was scuttled at Fiume, Italy. Raised post war, completed and put in service as {{ship|Yugoslavian torpedo boat|Ucka||2}} ({{navy|Yugoslavia}}).
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German tanker|Taifun||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The tanker was bombed and sunk off Kjelnør, Norway by Bristol Beaufighter aircraft of 236 and 254 Squadrons, Royal Air Force.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/polykarp.html |title=D/S Polykarp |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=6 February 2012}} She was salvaged in 1945, returned to her pre-war Norwegian owners and reverted to her previous name of Polykarp. She was repaired, and returned to service in 1947 as Wilstar.{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=568}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German torpedo recovery vessel|TFA9||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The torpedo recovery Vessel, a former Dutch {{sclass|G-13|torpedo boat|2}} was scuttled at Kiel. Raised post war and towed to Den Helder. Expended as a target in 1948.{{cite web |url=https://www.netherlandsnavy.nl/index.html |title=G 13 -class torpedoboats |publisher=netherlandsnavy.nl |access-date=29 June 2020 }}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Thielbek|1940|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The prisoner ship was sunk in the Bay of Lübeck off Neustadt by Hawker Typhoon aircraft of the Second Tactical Air Force. 2,750 prisoners lost their lives, with 50 surviving the sinking. Raised and repaired in 1949.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-48|1939|2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type VIIB submarine was scuttled in the Bay of Lübeck.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-52|1939|2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type VIIB submarine was scuttled at Kiel. The wreck was scrapped in 1946–47.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u52.htm |title=U-52 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=14 February 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-57|1938|2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type IIC submarine was scuttled at Kiel.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-58|1939|2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type IIC submarine was scuttled at Kiel.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-59|1939|2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type IIC submarine was scuttled at Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u59.htm |title=U-59 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=15 February 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-101|1940|2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The decommissioned Type VIIB submarine was scuttled at Neustadt. The wreck was later scrapped.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-323||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type VIIC/41 submarine was scuttled off Nordenham, Lower Saxony ({{coord|53|30|N|8|30|E}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u323.htm |title=U-323 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=16 March 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-339||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled off Wilhelmshaven, Lower Saxony ({{coord|53|31|N|8|10|E}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u339.htm |title=U-339 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=16 March 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-428||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled in the Nord-Ostsee Kanal at Audorf, Schleswig-Holstein ({{coord|54|19|N|9|40|E}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u428.htm |title=U-428 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=23 March 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-446||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled off Kiel ({{coord|59|19|N|10|10|E}}) with the loss of 23 of her 41 crew. The wreck was raised in 1947 and scrapped.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u446.htm |title=U-446 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=26 March 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-475||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled off Kiel ({{coord|59|19|N|10|10|E}}). The wreck was raised in 1947 and scrapped.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u475.htm |title=U-475 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=26 March 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-560||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled off Kiel. The wreck was scrapped in 1946.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u560.htm |title=U-560 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=8 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-704||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled at Vegesack, Bremen. The wreck was scrapped in 1947.{{cite web|url=http://uboat.net/boats/u704.htm |title=U-704 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=16 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-708||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled at Wilhelmshaven. The wreck was scrapped in 1947.{{cite web|url=http://uboat.net/boats/u708.htm |title=U-708 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=16 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-747||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled after suffering heavy damage in an American air raid at Hamburg on 9 April 1945.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u747.htm |title=U-747 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=15 May 2016}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-748||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled at Rendsburg, Schleswig-Holstein.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u748.htm |title=U-748 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=18 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-795||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XVIIA submarine was scuttled in dry dock at Kiel.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-822||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled at Wesermünde ({{coord|53|32|N|8|35|E}}). The wreck was scrapped in 1948.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u822.htm |title=U-822 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=20 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-828||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type VIIC/41 submarine was scuttled at Wesermünde ({{coord|53|32|N|8|35|E}}). The wreck was scrapped in 1948.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u828.htm |title=U-828 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=22 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-876||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type IXD2 submarine was scuttled at Eckernförde. The wreck was scrapped in 1947.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u876.htm |title=U-876 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=23 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-903||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled at Kiel. The wreck was scrapped in 1947.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u903.htm |title=U-903 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=20 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-922||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled at Kiel. The wreck was scrapped in 1947.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u922.htm |title=U-922 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=24 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-924||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled at Kiel. The wreck was scrapped in 1947.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u924.htm |title=U-924 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=24 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-958||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled at Kiel. The wreck was scrapped in 1947.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-1170||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type VIIC/41 submarine was scuttled at Travemünde, Schleswig-Holstein. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u1170.htm |title=U-1170 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=27 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-1192||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled at Kiel. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u1192.htm |title=U-1192 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=27 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-1196||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled at Travemünde. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u1196.htm |title=U-1196 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=27 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-1201||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled at Hamburg.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u1201.htm |title=U-1201 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=27 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-1205||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled at Kiel. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u1205.htm |title=U-1205 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=27 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-1210||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was bombed and sunk in the Baltic Sea off Eckernförde ({{coord|54|28|N|9|54|E}}) in an American air raid.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u1210.htm |title=U-1210 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=27 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-1227||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=The Type IXC/40 submarine was scuttled at Kiel. The wreck was scrapped post-war.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-1275||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type VIIC/41 submarine was scuttled at Kiel. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u1275.htm |title=U-1275 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=28 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-2330||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXIII submarine was scuttled at Kiel. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u2330.htm |title=U-2330 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-2332||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXIII submarine was scuttled at Hamburg. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u2332.htm |title=U-2332 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-2355||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXIII submarine was scuttled in the Baltic Sea north west of Laboe, Schleswig-Holstein ({{coord|54|24|N|10|12|E}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u2355.htm |title=U-2355 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-2371||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXIII submarine was scuttled at Hamburg. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u2371.htm |title=U-2371 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-2501||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled at Hamburg. The wreck was scrapped post-war.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-2503||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The Type XXI submarine was damaged in the Little Belt in a rocket attack by two Bristol Beaufighter aircraft of 236 and 254 Squadrons, Royal Air Force with the loss of thirteen crew. She was consequently scuttled the next day at {{Coord|55|37|N|10|00|E}}.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u2503.htm |title=U-2503 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-2504||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled near Hamburg. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u2504.htm |title=U-2504 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-2508||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled near Keil. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u2508.htm |title=U-2508 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-2512||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled at Eckernförde. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u2512.htm |title=U-2512 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-2519||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled at Kiel. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u2519.htm |title=U-2519 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-2520||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled at Kiel. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u2520.htm |title=U-2520 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-2521||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The Type XXI submarine was sunk in the Flensburg Fjord ({{coord|54|49|N|9|50|E}}) by a rocket attack by Hawker Typhoon aircraft of 184 Squadron, Royal Air Force with the loss of all 44 crew.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u2521.htm |title=U-2521 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-2524||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The Type XXI submarine was damaged in the Kattegat by a rocket attack by Bristol Beaufighter aircraft of 236 and 254 Squadrons, Royal Air Force. She was consequently scuttled off Fehmarn ({{coord|54|26|N|11|39|E}}) with the loss of one crew member.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u2524.htm |title=U-2524 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-2533||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled at Travemünde. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u2533.htm |title=U-2533 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-2534||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled east of Fehmarn ({{coord|54|26|N|11|34|E}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u2534.htm |title=U-2534 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-2535||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled at Travemünde. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u2535.htm |title=U-2535 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-2536||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled at Travemünde. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u2536.htm |title=U-2536 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-2539||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled at Kiel. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u2539.htm |title=U-2539 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-2543||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled at Kiel. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u2543.htm |title=U-2543 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-2545||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled at Kiel. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u2545.htm |title=U-2545 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-2546||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled at Kiel. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u2546.htm |title=U-2546 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-2548||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled at Kiel. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u2548.htm |title=U-2548 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-2552||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled at Kiel ({{coord|54|21|01|N|10|09|06|E}}). The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u2552.htm |title=U-2552 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-3001||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled in the North Sea north west of Wesermünde. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u3001.htm |title=U-3001 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-3005||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled at Kiel. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u3005.htm |title=U-3005 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-3010||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled at Kiel. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u3010.htm |title=U-3010 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-3011||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled at Travemünde. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u3011.htm |title=U-3011 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-3012||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled at Travemünde. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u3012.htm |title=U-3012 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-3013||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled at Travemünde. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u3013.htm |title=U-3013 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-3014||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled at Neustadt, Hamburg. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u3014.htm |title=U-3014 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-3023||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled at Travemünde. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u3023.htm |title=U-3023 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-3024||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled at Neustadt. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u3024.htm |title=U-3024 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-3025||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled at Travemünde. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u3025.htm |title=U-3025 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-3026||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled at Travemünde. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u3026.htm |title=U-3026 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-3027||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled at Travemünde. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u3027.htm |title=U-3027 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-3028||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled at Kiel. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u3028.htm |title=U-3028 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-3029||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled in the Aussenförde, Kiel.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u3029.htm |title=U-3029 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-3031||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled at Kiel.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u3031.htm |title=U-3031 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-3032||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The Type XXI submarine was sunk in the Baltic Sea east of Fehmarn ({{coord|54|26|30|N|11|32|12|E}}) by a rocket attack by Hawker Typhoon aircraft of 184 Squadron, Royal Air Force with the loss of 36 of her 60 crew.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u3032.htm |title=U-3032 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-3037||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled at Travemünde. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u3037.htm |title=U-3037 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-3038||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled at Kiel. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u3038.htm |title=U-3038 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-3039||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled at Kiel. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u3039.htm |title=U-3039 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-3040||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled at Kiel. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u3040.htm |title=U-3040 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-3507||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled at Travemünde. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u3507.htm |title=U-3507 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-3509||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled in the Weser Estuary.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u3509.htm |title=U-3509 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-3511||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled at Travemünde.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u3511.htm |title=U-3511 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-3513||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled at Travemünde.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u3513.htm |title=U-3513 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-3518||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled at Kiel. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u3518.htm |title=U-3518 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=30 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-3525||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled at Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u3525.htm |title=U-3525 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=30 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-3530||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled at Kiel. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u3530.htm |title=U-3530 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=30 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-4705||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXIII submarine was scuttled at Kiel. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u4705.htm |title=U-4705|publisher=Uboat |access-date=30 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-4712||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXIII submarine was scuttled at Kiel. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u4712.htm |title=U-4712 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=30 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|UA|1939|2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: This submarine was scuttled at Kiel. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/ua.htm |title=U-A |publisher=Uboat |access-date=30 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|UB||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The {{sclass|Grampus|submarine}} was scuttled in Heikendorf Bay, Kiel ({{coord|54|22|N|10|11|E}}). The wreck was salvaged and scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/ub.htm |title=U-B |publisher=Uboat |access-date=30 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|UC-2|1940|2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The B-class submarine was scuttled at Kiel, Germany. The wreck was raised and scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/uc2.htm |title=U-C2 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=30 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|UD-1||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The H-class submarine was scuttled at Kiel. The wreck was scrapped post-war.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|UD-2||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The {{sclass|O 12|submarine}} was scuttled at Kiel. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/ud2.htm |title=U-D2 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=30 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|UD-3||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The {{sclass|O 21|submarine}} was scuttled at Kiel. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/ud3.htm |title=U-D3 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=30 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|UD-4||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The {{sclass|O 21|submarine}} was scuttled at Kiel. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/ud4.htm |title=U-D4 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=30 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MV|Vega|1938|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk in the Baltic Sea off Fehmarn by Hawker Typhoon aircraft of the Second Tactical Air Force.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Wolgast||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The coaster was sunk in the Bay of Kiel by Hawker Typhoon aircraft of the Second Tactical Air Force.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{USS|YMS-481}}
|flag={{navy|United States|1912}}
|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper was shelled and sunk off Cape Djoeta, Borneo by Japanese shore-based artillery. Nineteen survivors were rescued by {{USS|Cofer|DE-208|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}).{{cite DANFS | title = Cofer | url = http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/escorts/de208.htm | access-date = 30 January 2012 }}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German destroyer|Z43||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The incomplete Type 1936B destroyer was scuttled in the Geltinger Bucht.
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}
4 May
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German tanker|Altengamme||2}}
|flag={{Navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The tanker was bombed and sunk by Soviet aircraft off Neu Mukran, Rügen. The wreck was refloated in 1950 and scrapped.{{csr|register=MSI|id=1139172|shipname=Altengamme |access-date=8 July 2012}}{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=505}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MS|Black Watch|1938|2}}
|flag={{Navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: Operation Judgement: The accommodation ship was bombed and sunk at Kilbotn, Norway by Grumman TBF Avenger and Grumman F4F Wildcat aircraft of 846, 853 and 882 Squadrons, Fleet Air Arm; based on {{HMS|Trumpeter|D09|6}}, {{HMS|Queen|D19|6}} and {{HMS|Searcher|D40|6}} (all {{naval|United Kingdom}}) respectively.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/homefleetsingles/blackwatch.html |title=M/S Black Watch |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=8 February 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MS|Bolkoburg||2}}
|flag={{flag|Germany|Nazi}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged in the Baltic Sea off Fehmarn, Schleswig-Holstein by Hawker Typhoon aircraft of 193 Squadron, Royal Air Force. She was beached and burnt out.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{USS|Carina}}
|flag={{navy|United States|1912}}
|desc=The {{sclass|Crater|cargo ship}} was severely damaged at Okinawa, Japan by a Japanese PT boat suicide attack.{{sfn|Sawyer|Mitchell|1985|pp=133-34}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MV|Else Hugo Stinnes 15|1928|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The salvage ship was torpedoed sunk in the Kattegat off Årø, Denmark by Allied aircraft. She was later refloated, repaired and entered American service.{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=469}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MV|Ernst Hugo Stinnes 11|1928|2}}
|flag={{flag|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The salvage ship was torpedoed sunk in the Kattegat off Årø by de Havilland Mosquito aircraft of Coastal Command, Royal Air Force. She was subsequently refloated, repaired and entered West German service in 1947 as Rhein.{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=469}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MV|Empire Unity||2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed by {{GS|U-979||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) south west of Iceland ({{coord|64|23|N|22|37|W}}) and was abandoned by her crew. Empire Unity was on a voyage from Hvalfjörður, Iceland to a British port. She was subsequently reboarded and towed in to Hvitanes, Iceland. Subsequently repaired and returned to service.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=442}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Freiburg|1923|2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The school ship was bombed in the Bay of Kiel by Hawker Typhoon aircraft of the Second Tactical Air Force. She was set afire and beached at Eckernförde, where she burnt out.{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=481}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Grudziadz||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The coaster was sunk in the Bay of Kiel by Hawker Typhoon aircraft of the Second Tactical Air Force, Royal Air Force.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German ship|Hektor||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The training ship was bombed and severely damaged by Soviet aircraft off Swinemünde ({{coord|53|57|N|14|17|E}}). She was beached with the loss of more than 150 lives. She was refloated in 1952 and scrapped.{{cite web |title= Hilfskreuzer (Auxiliary Cruiser) Orion |url= http://www.bismarck-class.dk/hilfskreuzer/orion.html |access-date= 5 December 2013 |archive-date= 10 August 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140810224100/http://www.bismarck-class.dk/hilfskreuzer/orion.html |url-status= dead }}{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=472}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Helga Schröder||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk in Fehmarnsund by Hawker Typhoon aircraft of the Second Tactical Air Force.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SMS|Hummel||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The anti-aircraft vessel was bombed and sunk by Soviet aircraft at Swinemünde, Germany.{{csr|register=MSI|id=6101507|shipname=Hummel |access-date=25 November 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Iyasaka Maru No. 2||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The tanker struck a mine and sank off Singapore.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German gunboat|K 1||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The gunboat was sunk in the Kattegat off Årø by de Havilland Mosquito aircraft of Coastal Command.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Soviet minesweeper|KT-140||2}}
|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}
|desc=The K-15/M-17-class river minesweeping launch was sunk on this date.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{USS|LCT-1358}}
|flag={{navy|United States|1912}}
|desc=The landing craft tank ran aground and sank off California.{{cite web |url=http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/USN-Chron/USN-Chron-1945.html |title=Official Chronology of the US Navy in WWII |publisher=Ibiblio |access-date=4 May 2013}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{USS|LSM(R)-190}}
|flag={{navy|United States|1912}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|LSM(R)-188|landing ship medium}} was sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Okinawa, Japan by a kamikaze aircraft attack.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{USS|LSM(R)-194}}
|flag={{navy|United States|1912}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|LSM(R)-188|landing ship medium}} was sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Okinawa, Japan by a kamikaze aircraft attack.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/13135.html |title=LSM(R)-194 of the US Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=4 May 2013}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{USS|Luce|DD-522|6}}
|flag={{navy|United States|1912}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Fletcher|destroyer}} was sunk in the Pacific Ocean off the Kerama Islands by a kamikaze aircraft attack with the loss of 126 of her 312 crew.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German minesweeper|M-36|1940|2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The M 1935 minesweeper was bombed and sunk in the Great Belt by Bristol Beaufighter aircraft of 236 and 254 Squadrons, Royal Air Force.{{csr |register=MSI |id=6113644 |shipname=M-36 |access-date=22 July 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German minesweeper|M-301||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The Type 1940 minesweeper was bombed and sunk by aircraft south of Skjernøy, Norway.{{csr|register=MSI|id=6112032|shipname=M-301 |access-date=27 July 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{USS|Morrison|DD-560|6}}
|flag={{navy|United States|1912}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Fletcher|destroyer}} was sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Oshima, Japan ({{coord|27|10|N|127|58|E}}) by a kamikaze aircraft attack with the loss of 152 of her 273 crew.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German auxiliary cruiser|Orion||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The refugee transport was bombed and sunk by Soviet Douglas A-20 Havoc aircraft off Swinemünde, Pomerania.{{cite web |url=http://wio.ru/fleet/sunk/baltic.htm |title=ships sunk in the Baltic by soviet aircraft |publisher=Rufleet |access-date=4 May 2018}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Ostwind||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk in the Baltic Sea by Hawker Typhoon aircraft of the Second Tactical Air Force.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{USS|PGM-17}}
|flag={{navy|United States|1912}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|PGM-9|gunboat}} ran aground off Okinawa, refloated later and scuttled.{{sfn|Silverstone|1965|p=408}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German minesweeper|R-104||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The Type R-41 minesweeper was scuttled at Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein.{{cite web |url=http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=762 |title=German coastal minesweeper Type R-41 |publisher=Warshipsww2.Eu |access-date=16 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007024640/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=762 |archive-date=7 October 2014 |url-status=usurped }}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German minesweeper|R-247||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The Type R-218 minesweeper was scuttled at Kiel.{{cite web |url=http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=765 |title=German coastal minesweeper Type R-218 |publisher=Warshipsww2.Eu |access-date=16 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140513052207/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=756 |archive-date=13 May 2014 |url-status=usurped }}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German torpedo boat|S-103||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The Type 1939/40 Schnellboot was sunk in the Little Belt ({{coord|54|56|N|10|02|E}}) by Hawker Typhoon aircraft of the Second Tactical Air Force with the loss of 18 lives.{{cite web |url=http://german-navy.de/kriegsmarine/ships/fastattack/schnellboot1940/ships.html |title=Schnellboot 1939-1940 |publisher=german-navy.de |access-date=10 May 2014}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MV|Senja|1938|2}}
|flag={{flag|Germany|Nazi}}
|desc=World War II: Operation Judgement The coaster was bombed and sunk at Kilbotn by Grumman TBF Avenger and Grumman F4F Wildcat of 846, 853 and 882 Squadrons, Fleet Air Arm, based on {{HMS|Trumpeter|D09|6}}, {{HMS|Queen|D19|6}} and {{HMS|Searcher|D40|6}} (all {{naval|United Kingdom}}) respectively. Raised in 1947, repaired and returned to service in April 1948.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/homefleet/shipss1.html |title=Norwegian Homefleet - WW II, Ships starting with Sa through SN |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=10 February 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Shinpen Maru||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The coaster was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Yamada Bay, Honshu ({{coord|39|28|N|142|04|E}}) by {{USS|Cero|SS-225|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}).{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/2971.html |title=Cero |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=22 May 2019}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Two Shin'yō suicide motorboats
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The Maru-Ni suicide boats were shelled and sunk by {{USS|PC-469}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}) in Nagagusuku Bay, Okinawa.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/OkinawaEMB.htm |title=Explosive Motorboats based at Okinawa 1944-1945 |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=22 March 2023}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Swakopmund||2}}
|flag={{flag|Germany|Nazi}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk off Fehmarn by Hawker Typhoon aircraft of 183 Squadron, RAF.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German torpedo boat|T-155||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The torpedo recovery vessel, a former V150-class torpedo boat, was bombed and sunk by Soviet aircraft at Swinemunde.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-30|1936|2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: Operation Regenbogen: The Type VIIA submarine was scuttled at Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein. The wreck was raised and scrapped in 1948.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-46|1938|2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type VIIB submarine was scuttled in Kupfermühlen Bay ({{coord|54|50|N|9|29|E}}).
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-267||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled in the Geltinger Bucht. The wreck was later scrapped.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u267.htm |title=U-267 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=14 March 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-393||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was attacked in the Geltinger Bucht ({{coord|54|53|N|9|37|E}}) by United States Navy aircraft with the loss of two crew. She was scuttled the next day in Flensburger Förde ({{coord|55|34|N|9|49|E}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u393.htm |title=U-393 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=20 March 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-711||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: Operation Judgement: The Type VIIC submarine was bombed and sunk at Kilbotn by Grumman TBF Avenger and Grumman F4F Wildcat aircraft of 846, 853 and 882 Squadrons, Fleet Air Arm, based on {{HMS|Trumpeter|D09|6}}, {{HMS|Queen|D19|6}} and {{HMS|Searcher|D40|6}} (all {{naval|United Kingdom}}) respectively with, the loss of 40 of her 52 crew.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u711.htm |title=U-711 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=17 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-721||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled in the Geltinger Bucht. The wreck was later scrapped.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u721.htm |title=U-721 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=17 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-792||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The Type XVIIA submarine was scuttled off Rendsborg, Schleswig-Holstein ({{coord|54|19|N|9|43|E}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u792.htm |title=U-792 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=21 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-793||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XVIIA submarine was scuttled off Rendsborg ({{coord|54|19|N|9|43|E}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u793.htm |title=U-793 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=21 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-904||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled at Eckernförde ({{coord|54|28|N|9|51|E}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u904.htm |title=U-904 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=20 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-1132||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled in Küpfermühlen Bay. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u1132.htm |title=U-1132 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=27 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-1161||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled in Küpfermühlen Bay. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u1161.htm |title=U-1161 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=27 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-1168||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type VIIC/41 submarine ran aground in the Geltinger Bucht ({{coord|54|48|N|9|48|E}}) and was scuttled.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u1168.htm |title=U-1168 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=27 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-1303||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled in Küpfermühlen Bay. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u1303.htm |title=U-1303 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=28 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-1304||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled in Küpfermühlen Bay. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u1304.htm |title=U-1304 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=28 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-2338||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The Type XXIII submarine was sunk in the Øresund off Copenhagen ({{coord|55|34|N|9|49|E}} by Bristol Beaufighter aircraft of 236 and 254 Squadrons, Royal Air Force with the loss of twelve of her thirteen crew.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u2338.htm |title=U-2338 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-2540||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled in the Baltic Sea off the Flensburg Lightship ({{flag|Germany|Nazi}}). She was raised in 1957, repaired and entered Bundesmarine service in September 1960 as Wilhelm Bauer.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-3033||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=Endo of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled in Wasserleben Bay. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u3033.htm |title=U-3033 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-3034||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=Endo of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled in Wasserleben Bay. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u3034.htm |title=U-3034 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
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|ship={{GS|U-4709||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXIII submarine was scuttled at Kiel. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u4709.htm |title=U-4709 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=30 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-4711||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXIII submarine was scuttled at Kiel. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u4711.htm |title=U-4711 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=30 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German patrol ship|Vs 923|KFK 398|2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The KSK-2-class naval drifter/patrol ship was scuttled on this date.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German patrol boat|Vs 245 Kriemhild||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=The Vorpostenboot was lost on this date.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MV|Wega|1938|2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: Evacuation of East Prussia: The ocean liner was bombed and damaged in the Baltic Sea off Fehmarn by Hawker Typhoon aircraft of 183 Squadron, Royal Air Force. She was set on fire and was beached at the Staberhuk Lighthouse, Fehmarn with the loss of one crew member. The wreck was scrapped in 1948, with the engines being reused in {{SS|Haukefjell|1941|2}} and {{SS|Kollgrim||2}} (both {{flag|Norway}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/homefleetsingles/vega.html |title=M/S Vega |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=11 February 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MS|Wolfgang L.M. Russ||2}}
|flag={{flag|Germany|Nazi}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank off Aarhus, Denmark;{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=480}} or was sunk at Aarhus by de Havilland Mosquito aircraft of 143, 235, 248, 333 and 404 Squadrons, Royal Air Force. Raised and broken up in May 1955.{{csr|register=MSI|id=5614054|shipname=Wolfgang L.M.Russ |access-date=16 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Yaei Maru No. 2||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The tanker struck a mine and sank off Singapore.
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}
5 May
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|ship={{SS|Black Point||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=World War II: The collier was torpedoed and sunk in {{convert|85|ft|m|0}} of water in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|5|nmi}} east of Point Judith, Rhode Island ({{coord|41|19|N|71|23|W}}) by the submarine {{GS|U-853||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 12 of her 46 crew. Survivors were rescued by the steamship {{SS|Karmen|1896|2}} ({{flagcountry|Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia}}), the motor vessel {{MV|Scandinavia|1937|2}} ({{flag|Sweden}}) and United States Navy crash boats. Black Point was the last American ship sunk by a Kriegsmarine U-boat.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/3509.html |title=Black Point |publisher=Uboat |access-date=22 April 2012}}[https://njscuba.net/sites/site_u853.php#BlackPoint njscuba.net Black Point]
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMT|Coriolanus}}
|flag={{naval|United Kingdom}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|Shakespearian|trawler|0}} naval trawler (545/770 t, 1941) was mined and sunk in the Adriatic Sea .{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/6604.html |title=ML 558 of the Royal Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=5 May 2013}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German tug|Hector||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The fast tug, (a former Type 1937 Schnellboot), was bombed and sunk off "Laland" by Allied aircraft.[http://german-navy.de/kriegsmarine/ships/fastattack/schnellboot1937/ships.html Schnellboot 1937] german-navy.de accessed 22 November 2013
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German gunboat|K-1||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The gunboat was bombed and sunk by Allied aircraft off Aarhus, Denmark. 63 crew were killed.{{cite web |url=http://german-navy.de/kriegsmarine/captured/gunboats/k1/index.html |title=K1 |author=Michael Emmerich |date=2 September 2012 |work=German Naval History |access-date=17 October 2012}}{{cite web |url=https://www.tracesofwar.nl/articles/2120/Nederlandse-kanonneerboten.htm |title=K-1 |publisher=tracesofwar.nl |access-date=13 May 2020}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|ML 558}}
|flag={{naval|United Kingdom}}
|desc=World War II: The Fairmile B motor launch (76/86 t, 1943) was mined and sunk in the Adriatic Sea off Novigrad, Yugoslavia .{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/14720.html |title=ML 558 of the Royal Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=5 May 2013}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German motor torpedo boat|S-170||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The Type 1939/40 Schnellboot was blown up at Lübeck.{{cite web |url=http://german-navy.de/kriegsmarine/ships/fastattack/schnellboot1940/ships.html |title=Schnellboot 1939-1940 |publisher=german-navy.de |access-date=10 May 2014}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Japanese landing ship|SS-17||2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The SS-class landing ship was sunk by US aircraft near Talien.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German torpedo boat|T36||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|Elbing|torpedo boat|2}}, having been damaged by a mine the previous day, was bombed and sunk by Soviet aircraft off Swinemünde, Pomerania. 63 killed.{{csr|register=MSI|id=6120264|shipname=T36 |access-date=21 July 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://wio.ru/fleet/sunk/baltic.htm |title=ships sunk in the Baltic by soviet aircraft |publisher=Rufleet |access-date=3 May 2017}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=T110
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The training ship, a former G-7-class torpedo boat, was scuttled, at Travemunde.{{harvnb|Gröner|Jung|Maass|1983|p=52}}{{harvnb|Dodson|2019|p=143}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-17|1935|2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type IIB submarine was scuttled at Wilhelmshaven, Lower Saxony.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-38|1938|2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type IXA submarine was scuttled west of Wesermünde, Bremen ({{coord|53|34|N|8|32|E}}). The wreck was scrapped in 1948.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-236||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled off Schleimünde, Schleswig-Holstein.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u236.htm |title=U-236 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=10 March 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-290||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled in Kupfermühlen Bay.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u290.htm |title=U-290 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=14 March 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-349||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled in the Geltinger Bucht with the loss of a crew member.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u349.htm |title=U-349 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=17 March 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-351||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled at Horup Haff ({{coord|54|53|N|9|50|E}}). The wreck was raised and scrapped in 1948.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u351.htm |title=U-351 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=17 March 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-370||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled in the Geltinger Bucht.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u370.htm |title=U-370 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=17 March 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-397||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled in the Geltinger Bucht.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u397.html |title=U-397 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=20 March 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-534||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The Type IXC/40 submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Kattegat ({{coord|56|39|N|11|48|E}}) by Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft of 86 Squadron, Royal Air Force with the loss of three of her 42 crew.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-579||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Kattegat east of Aarhus, Denmark ({{coord|56|10|N|11|04|E}}) by Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft of 547 Squadron Royal Air Force with the loss of 24 crew.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u579.htm |title=U-579 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=9 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-733||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled in Flensburg Fjord ({{coord|54|48|N|9|49|E}}). The wreck was scrapped in 1948.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u733.html |title=U-733 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=20 March 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-746||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was bombed and damaged in the Geltinger Bucht and was consequently scuttled. The wreck was scrapped in 1948.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u746.htm |title=U-746 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=18 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-750||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled in Flensburg Fjord ({{coord|54|50|N|9|30|E}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u750.htm |title=U-750 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=18 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-794||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XVIIA submarine was scuttled in the Geltinger Bucht.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-827||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type VIIC/41 submarine was scuttled in Flensburg Fjord. The wreck was scrapped in 1948.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u827.htm |title=U827 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=22 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-999||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type VIIC/41 submarine was scuttled in the Geltinger Bucht.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u999.htm |title=U-999 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=25 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-1008||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The Type VIIC/41 submarine was depth charged and damaged in the Kattegat by a Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft of 86 Squadron, Royal Air Force with the loss of six of her 50 crew. She was consequently scuttled the next day ({{coord|56|14|N|10|51|E}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u1008.htm |title=U-1008 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=26 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-1016||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type VIIC/41 submarine was scuttled in Lübeck Bay.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/U1016.htm |title=U-1016 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=26 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-1025||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type VIIC/41 submarine was scuttled in Flensburger Fjord. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u1025.htm |title=U-1025 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=26 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-1056||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled in the Geltinger Bucht.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u1056.htm |title=U-1056 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=27 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-1101||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled in the Geltinger Bucht. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u1101.htm |title=U-1101 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=27 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-1162||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled in the Geltinger Bucht. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u1162.htm |title=U-1162 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=27 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-1193||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled in the Geltinger Bucht. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u1193.htm |title=U-1193 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=27 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-1204||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled in the Geltinger Bucht. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u1204.htm |title=U-1204 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=27 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-1207||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled in the Geltinger Bucht. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u1207.htm |title=U-1207 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=27 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-1223||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type IXC/40 submarine was scuttled in the Baltic Sea west of Wesermünde ({{coord|53|32|N|8|35|E}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u1223.htm |title=U-1223 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=27 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-1234||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type IXC/40 submarine was scuttled at Hörup, Schleswig-Holstein.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-1306||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type VIIC/41 submarine was scuttled in the Geltinger Bucht. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u1306.htm |title=U-1306 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=28 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-1405||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XVIIB submarine was scuttled in Eckernförde Bay. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u1405.htm |title=U-1405 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=28 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-2333||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXIII submarine was scuttled in the Geltinger Bucht. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u2333.htm |title=U-2333 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-2339||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXIII submarine was scuttled in the Geltinger Bucht. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u2339.htm |title=U-2339 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-2343||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXIII submarine was scuttled in the Geltinger Bucht. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u2343.htm |title=U-2343 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-2346||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXIII submarine was scuttled in the Geltinger Bucht. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u2346.htm |title=U-2346 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-2347||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXIII submarine was scuttled in the Geltinger Bucht. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u2347.htm |title=U-2347 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-2349||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXIII submarine was scuttled in the Geltinger Bucht. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u2349.htm |title=U-2349 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-2352||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXIII submarine was scuttled at Hörup. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u2352.htm |title=U-2352 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-2357||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXIII submarine was scuttled in the Geltinger Bucht. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u2357.htm |title=U-2357 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-2358||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXIII submarine was scuttled in the Geltinger Bucht. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u2358.htm |title=U-2358 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-2360||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXIII submarine was scuttled in the Geltinger Bucht. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u2360.htm |title=U-2360 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-2362||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXIII submarine was scuttled in the Geltinger Bucht. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u2362.htm |title=U-2362 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-2364||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXIII submarine was scuttled in the Geltinger Bucht. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u2364.htm |title=U-2364 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-2366||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXIII submarine was scuttled in the Geltinger Bucht. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u2366.htm |title=U-2366 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-2367||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=The Type XXIII submarine collided with another U-boat in the Geltinger Bucht (approximately {{coord|55|00|N|11|00|W}}) and sank. She was raised in August 1956, repaired and commissioned into the Bundesmarine on 1 October 1957 as U-Hecht.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u2367.htm |title=U-2367 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-2368||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXIII submarine was scuttled in the Geltinger Bucht. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u2368.htm |title=U-2368 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-2369||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXIII submarine was scuttled in the Geltinger Bucht. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u2369.htm |title=U-2369 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-2507||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled in the Geltinger Bucht. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u2507.htm |title=U-2507 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-2517||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled in the Geltinger Bucht. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u2517.htm |title=U-2517 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-2522||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled in the Geltinger Bucht. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u2522.htm |title=U-2522 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-2525||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled in the Geltinger Bucht. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u2525.htm |title=U-2525 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-2541||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled in the Geltinger Bucht. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u2541.htm |title=U-2541 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-2544||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled in the Skagerrak east north east of Aarhus, Denmark ({{coord|56|06|05|N|10|27|09|E}}). The wreck was raised in 1952 and scrapped.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u2544.htm |title=U-2544 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-2551||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=The Type XXI submarine ran aground in the Baltic Sea off Flensburg ({{coord|54|49|N|9|28|E}}). The wreck was blown up by the Royal Navy on 23 July.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u2551.htm |title=U-2551 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-3015||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled in the Geltinger Bucht. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u3015.htm |title=U-3015 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-3022||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled in the Geltinger Bucht. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u3022.htm |title=U-3022 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-3044||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled in the Geltinger Bucht. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u3044.htm |title=U-3044 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-3501||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled in the Weser Estuary. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u3501.htm |title=U-3501 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=30 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-3510||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled in the Geltinger Bucht. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u3510.htm |title=U-3510 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=30 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-3524||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled in the Geltinger Bucht. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u3524.htm |title=U-3524 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=30 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-3526||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled in the Geltinger Bucht. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u3526.htm |title=U-3526 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=30 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-3527||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled in the Weser Estuary. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u3527.htm |title=U-3527 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=30 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-3528||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled in the Weser Estuary. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u3528.htm |title=U-3528 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=30 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-3529||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled in the Geltinger Bucht. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u3529.htm |title=U-3529 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=30 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-4701||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXIII submarine was scuttled at Hörup {{coord|55|43|00|N|10|10|54|E}}). The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u4701.htm |title=U-4701 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=30 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-4702||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXIII submarine was scuttled in the Geltinger Bucht {{coord|55|48|N|9|49|E}}). The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u4702.htm |title=U-4702 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=30 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-4703||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXIII submarine was scuttled in the Geltinger Bucht. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u4703.htm |title=U-4703 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=30 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-4704||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXIII submarine was scuttled at Hörup ({{coord|54|54|N|9|50|E}}). The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u4704.htm |title=U-4704 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=30 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-4707||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXIII submarine was scuttled in the Geltinger Bucht. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u4707.htm |title=U-4707 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=30 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-4710||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXIII submarine was scuttled in the Geltinger Bucht. The wreck was scrapped post-war.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u4710.htm |title=U-4710 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=30 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German submarine chaser|UJ 322|KFK 169|2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The KSK-2-class naval drifter/submarine chaser was scuttled on this date.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Japanese minesweeper|W-20||2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|No.19|minesweeper|2}} was torpedoed and sunk in the Yellow Sea by {{USS|Trepang|SS-412|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/W-20_t.htm |title=Japanese Minesweepers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=5 May 2013}} }}
{{shipwreck list end}}
6 May
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|ship={{ship|German landing craft|AT 916||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The Artilleriefährprahm was sunk by American tanks on the Danube, km 2086.{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/landungsfahrzeuge/marinefaehrprahm/ausgabe.php?where_value=544 |title=AT 916 |publisher=historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=6 May 2019}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German landing craft|AT 917||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The Artilleriefährprahm was sunk by American tanks on the Danube, km 2091.{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/landungsfahrzeuge/marinefaehrprahm/ausgabe.php?where_value=545 |title=AT 917 |publisher=historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=6 May 2019}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Kinrei Maru||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Bay of Thailand by {{USS|Hammerhead|SS-364|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}). 18 crewmen and two gunners were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Kinrei_t.htm |title=Kinrei Maru |publisher=combinedfleet.com |access-date=26 November 2020}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Soviet motor antisubmarine boat|MO-595||2}}
|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}
|desc=World War II: The PP-19-OK-class motor antisubmarine boat was shelled and sunk by {{ship|German torpedo boat|T28||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). 12 crewmen were killed, 8 were captured the next day.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German minesweeper|Oder||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The auxiliary river minesweeper was sunk by American tanks on the Danube, km 2107.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German landing craft|PiLB 43/I||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The PiLB 43 type landing craft was sunk by Soviet aircraft.{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=53730&sid=988abb615bce883cfe7f5e68e54c72d7 |title=soviet Naval Battles-Baltic Sea during WW2 (Updated 2019) |publisher=RedFleet |access-date=18 December 2019 |archive-date=2 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802214532/http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=53730&sid=988abb615bce883cfe7f5e68e54c72d7 |url-status=dead }}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German motor torpedo boat|S-226||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The Schnellboot was scuttled after being heavily damaged in a Soviet air attack.{{cite web |url=http://german-navy.de/kriegsmarine/ships/fastattack/schnellboot1940/ships.html |title=Schnellboot 1939-1940 |publisher=german-navy.de |access-date=10 May 2014}}{{cite web |url=http://wio.ru/fleet/sunk/baltic.htm |title=ships sunk in the Baltic by soviet aircraft |publisher=Rufleet |access-date=4 May 2018}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-853||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The Type IXC/40 submarine was depth charged, hedgehogged and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Point Judith, Rhode Island, United States ({{coord|41|13|N|71|27|W}}) by {{USS|Atherton|DE-169|6}} and {{USS|Moberly|PF-63|6}} (both {{navy|United States|1912}}) with the loss of all 55 crew.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-881||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The Type IXC/40 submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|43|18|N|47|44|W}}) by {{USS|Farquhar|DE-139|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}) with the loss of all 54 crew.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-3523||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The Type XXI submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Skagerrak ({{coord|57|52|N|10|49|E}}) by a Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft on 86 Squadron, Royal Air Force with the loss of all 58 crew. Wreck located in 2018 approximately {{convert|9|nmi|km|0}} from reported sunk position.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u3523.htm |title=U-3523 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=30 April 2012}}{{cite web |url=https://www.upi.com/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2018/04/13/Wreck-of-rare-German-U-boat-found-after-73-years/8441523642211/ |title=wreck of rare German U-Boat found after 73 years|publisher=UPI.com |access-date=14 April 2018}} }}
{{shipwreck list end}}
7 May
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Asuka
|flag={{nowrap begin}}{{navy|Empire of Japan}}{{nowrap end}}
|desc=World War II: The depot ship was sunk by United States aircraft in the Whangpoo River in China.Gray, Randal, ed., Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906-1921, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1985, {{ISBN|0-87021-907-3}}, p. 399.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Avondale Park||2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: Convoy EN 491: The cargo ship (2,878 GRT, 1944) was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea ({{coord|56|05|N|2|32|W}}) by {{GS|U-2336||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of two of her 38 crew.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Kashima Maru||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and was beached in the Kanmon Strait ({{coord|33|54|N|130|52|E}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/W-29_t.htm |title=Japanese Minesweepers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=7 May 2013}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German minesweeper|M-22|1940|2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|M|minesweeper|||Germany}} was scuttled off Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein.{{csr|register=MSI|id=6111267|shipname=M-22 |access-date=21 July 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German minesweeper|M 4622 Anna Busse||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=The auxiliary minesweeper was lost on this date.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HNoMS|NYMS 382}}
|flag={{navy|Norway}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|YMS-1|minesweeper|2}} was torpedoed and sunk off Lyme Bay by {{GS|U-1023||2}}. Twenty-two crewmen were killed; the ten survivors were rescued by {{HNoMS|NYMS 379}}, {{HNoMS|NYMS 380}} and {{HNoMS|NYMS 381}} (all {{navy|Norway}}).{{sfn|Berg|1997|p=151}}{{cite web |title=HNoMS NYMS-382 |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/3510.html |website=uboat.net |access-date=7 August 2021}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German torpedo boat|S 191||2}} and {{ship|German torpedo boat|S 301||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=The Type 1939/40 Schnellboots sank each other in a collision in Fehmarnsund.{{cite web |url=http://german-navy.de/kriegsmarine/ships/fastattack/schnellboot1940/ships.html |title=Schnellboot 1939-1940 |publisher=german-navy.de |access-date=10 May 2014}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Sneland I||2}}
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=World War II: Convoy EN 491: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea ({{coord|56|09|36|N|2|31|24|W}}) by {{GS|U-2336||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of seven of her 29 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMT|Leicester City|FY223|6}} and {{HMT|Valse|T151|6}} (both {{naval|United Kingdom}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/snelandI.html |title=D/S Sneland I |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=7 February 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Teika Maru||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and was run aground west of Shimonoseki, Japan ({{coord|34|06|N|130|47|E}}). Three crewmen were killed.{{csr|register=MSI|id=5607415|shipname=Terni |access-date=2 December 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-1406||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XVIIB submarine was scuttled at Cuxhaven, Lower Saxony. The wreck was later raised and used by the United States Navy. Scrapped in 1948.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u1406.htm |title=U-1406 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=28 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-1407||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XVIIC submarine was scuttled at Cuxhaven. She was salvaged by the Royal Navy, repaired and entered service as HMS Meteorite. Scrapped in September 1949.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German patrol boat|V 603 Carsten||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=The Vorpostenboot was lost on this date.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Japanese minesweeper|W-29||2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|No.19|minesweeper|2}} was mined and sunk in the Kanmon Strait ({{coord|34|02|N|130|54|E}}). Forty-three crewmen were listed as missing.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German minesweeper|Zell||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=The auxiliary river minesweeper was sunk on this date.
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}
8 May
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Daito Maru No. 3
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The fishing vessel was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Honshu by {{USS|Bowfin|SS-287|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}).
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 1040||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The incomplete Type D Marinefahrprahm was sunk at an unknown shipyard.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 1229||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=The Type D Marinefahrprahm was sunk on this date.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 1230||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=The Type D Marinefahrprahm was sunk on this date.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Horace Binney||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=World War II: The Liberty ship struck a mine in the North Sea off Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was beached at Deal, Kent, United Kingdom but broke in two. Declared a total loss.{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsH.html |title=Liberty Ships - H |publisher=Mariners |access-date=6 January 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Kotobuki Maru|1923|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The passenger ship struck a mine and sank in the South China Sea ({{coord|24|30|N|126|30|E}}). She was refloated in January 1949 and scrapped in 1951.{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=531}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Soviet minesweeper|KT-696||2}}
|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}
|desc=The K-18-class river minesweeping launch was sunk on this date.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German minesweeper|R-88||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The Type R-41 minesweeper was scuttled at Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German sperrbrecher|Sperrbrecher 173||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The Sperrbrecher was sunk while still under conversion from a cargo ship.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-37|1938|2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type IXA submarine was scuttled in Sonderberg Bay ({{coord|54|55|N|9|47|E}}). The wreck was later scrapped.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-320||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The Type VIIC/41 submarine was depth charged and damaged in the North Sea off Bergen, Norway ({{coord|61|32|N|1|53|E}}) by a Consolidated PBY Catalina aircraft of 210 Squadron, Royal Air Force. She was consequently scuttled off Sotre Island.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u320.html |title=U-320 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=16 March 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-382||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled at Wilhelmshaven, Lower Saxony.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u382.htm |title=U-382 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=19 March 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-2365||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXIII submarine was scuttled in the Kattegat north west of Anholt Island, Denmark ({{Coord|56|51|N|11|49|E}}). She was raised in June 1956, repaired and commissioned into the Bundesmarine as U-Hai on 15 August 1957.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u2365.htm |title=U-2365 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-2538||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled off Ærø, Denmark ({{coord|54|53|05|N|10|15|07|E}}). The wreck was scrapped in 1950.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u2538.htm |title=U-2538 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-3030||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled in Eckernförde Bay ({{coord|54|30|48|N|10|06|12|E}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u3030.htm |title=U-3030 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-3503||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled in the Kattegat west of Gothenburg, Sweden ({{coord|57|39|N|11|44|E}}). The wreck was raised in 1946 and scrapped.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u3503.htm |title=U-3503 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=30 April 2012}} }}
{{shipwreck list end}}
9 May
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Soviet motor torpedo boat|Artyomovets TK-132||2}}
|flag={{navy|Soviet Union|1935}}
|desc=The Odesskiy Patriot TK-7-class motor torpedo boat was lost on this date.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Japanese oiler|Dainan Maru||2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|Standard Type 2A|tanker|2}} (a.k.a. Okusu Maru) was damaged off Koro Jima by United States Navy aircraft on 5 May. The vessel was beached northeast of Kona on Koratsu on 9 May.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Dainan_t.htm |title=Japanese Oilers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=5 May 2013}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 517||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The Type C Marinefahrprahm was torpedoed and sunk in the Baltic Sea by Soviet Douglas A-20 Havoc aircraft.{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=55255&sid=b64d81afc6dc3bf6ebf262ded5ddeaf9 |title=Soviet torpedo bomber victories during WWII |publisher=Sovietempire.com |access-date=27 March 2019 |archive-date=27 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327183807/http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=55255&sid=b64d81afc6dc3bf6ebf262ded5ddeaf9 |url-status=dead }}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German cargo ship|Liselotte Fridrich||2}}
|flag={{flag|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Baltic Sea by Soviet Douglas A-20 Havoc aircraft. 300 people were killed.{{cite web |url=http://wio.ru/fleet/sunk/baltic.htm |title=Ships sunk in the Baltic by Soviet aircraft |publisher=Rufleet |access-date=3 May 2017}}{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=55255&sid=b64d81afc6dc3bf6ebf262ded5ddeaf9 |title=Soviet torpedo bomber victories during WWII |publisher=Sovietempire.com |access-date=27 March 2019 |archive-date=27 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327183807/http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=55255&sid=b64d81afc6dc3bf6ebf262ded5ddeaf9 |url-status=dead }}
}}
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|ship={{Ship|HMS ML|591}}
|flag={{naval|United Kingdom}}
|desc=The Fairmile B motor launch (76/86 t, 1944) sank in the Sittaung River, Burma.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/14754.html |title=ML 591 of the Royal Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=9 May 2013}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{Ship|HMS ML|905}}
|flag={{naval|United Kingdom}}
|desc=The Fairmile B motor launch (76/86 t, 1944) sank in the Sittaung River, Burma.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/14872.html |title=ML 905 of the Royal Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=9 May 2013}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Soviet motor torpedo boat|Odesskiy Komsomolets TK-141||2}}
|flag={{navy|Soviet Union|1935}}
|desc=World War II: The Odesskiy Patriot TK-7-class motor torpedo boat was sunk by a Soviet Air Force Lavochkin La-5 aircraft off Libau. Two crewmen were wounded.{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=53730&sid=988abb615bce883cfe7f5e68e54c72d7 |title=soviet Naval Battles-Baltic Sea during WW2 (Updated 2019) |publisher=RedFleet |access-date=18 December 2019 |archive-date=2 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802214532/http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=53730&sid=988abb615bce883cfe7f5e68e54c72d7 |url-status=dead }}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|Prompt|J378|6}}
|flag={{naval|United Kingdom}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Algerine|minesweeper}} struck a mine in the North Sea off Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium and was damaged. She was declared a constructive total loss.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|ST|Strelnieks||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The tug was shelled, captured and scuttled off Gotland, Sweden by Soviet Navy vessels. Three tugs, two schooners and a barge were also scuttled by the Soviets.{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=53730&sid=988abb615bce883cfe7f5e68e54c72d7 |title=soviet Naval Battles-Baltic Sea during WW2 (Updated 2019) |publisher=RedFleet |access-date=19 December 2019 |archive-date=2 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802214532/http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=53730&sid=988abb615bce883cfe7f5e68e54c72d7 |url-status=dead }}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Unknown
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: A tug, a barge and two schooners were sunk with depth charges when they refused to surrender to SK-175 and MO-543 (both {{navy|Soviet Union}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=53730&sid=988abb615bce883cfe7f5e68e54c72d7 |title=soviet Naval Battles-Baltic Sea during WW2 (Updated 2019) |publisher=RedFleet |access-date=19 December 2019 |archive-date=2 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802214532/http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=53730&sid=988abb615bce883cfe7f5e68e54c72d7 |url-status=dead }}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Unknown
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: Two motorboats were captured by {{ship|Soviet motor torpedo boat|TK-115||2}} ({{navy|Soviet Union}}). Prisoners of war were removed and the boats were abandoned to sink.{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=53730&sid=988abb615bce883cfe7f5e68e54c72d7 |title=soviet Naval Battles-Baltic Sea during WW2 (Updated 2019) |publisher=RedFleet |access-date=20 December 2019 |archive-date=2 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802214532/http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=53730&sid=988abb615bce883cfe7f5e68e54c72d7 |url-status=dead }} }}
{{shipwreck list end}}
10 May
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|ship={{ship|German support ship|Carl Peters||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The E-boat support ship struck a mine and sank off Geltinger Bucht, Germany.{{Cite web|url=http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/45-05.htm |title=Seekrieg 1945, Mai |access-date=28 May 2012 |last=Rohwer |first=Jürgen |author-link=Jürgen Rohwer |author2=Gerhard Hümmelchen |work=Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart |language=de }}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German landing craft|MNL 22||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The MNL I type self propelled landing barge was surrendered in early May and foundered on 10 May.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Tatuwa Maru|1937|2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The Tatsuwa Maru-class auxiliary transport struck a mine and sank off Shimonoseki ({{coord|34|05|N|132|27|E}}). Raised in 1946 and repaired by 1949 and put in commercial service.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Tatsuwa_t.htm |title=Japanese Army Hospital Ships |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=10 May 2014}}{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=546}}
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}
11 May
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Aitoku Maru||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The transport was bombed and sunk in Kataoka Bay, Shimushu Ialand by Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft of the United States Eleventh Air Force.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Shirasaki_t.htm |title=Japanese Supply Ships |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=11 May 2013}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship||FS-255|U.S. Army ship|2}}
|flag={{army|United States|1912}}
|desc=World War II: The Design 381 coastal freighter was torpedoed and sunk just after midnight while anchored off Tolomo Port, Tolomo Bay, Davao Gulf, Philippines. Four crewmen from the United States Coast Guard were killed. The survivors were rescued by {{USS|LCI-21}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}).{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cuH_CAAAQBAJ&pg=RA1-PA34 |title=World War II Wrecks of the Philippines: WWII Shipwrecks of the Philippines |date=4 May 2015 |publisher=Happy Fish publishing/Googlebooks |access-date=8 June 2020}}{{cite web |url=http://shipbuildinghistory.com/smallships/armyfreighters.htm |title=U.S. Army Coastal Freighters (F, FS) Built During WWII |publisher=shipbuildinghistory.com |access-date=8 June 2020}}
}}
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12 May
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|ship={{SS|Chile Maru|1919|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the South China Sea ({{coord|34|25|N|129|40|E}}) by United States Navy aircraft.{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=541>}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|MGB|2002}}
|flag={{naval|United Kingdom}}
|desc=World War II: The motor torpedo boat (87/103 t, 1943) struck a mine and sank in the Skaggerak. 24 of the 26 crew and all 4 passengers were killed.{{cite web|url=http://mtb718.co.uk/MGB%202002.html |title=MGB 2002 |publisher=mtb718.co.uk |access-date=24 May 2019}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Rekizan Maru||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the East China Sea by {{USS|Raton|SS-270|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}). }}
{{shipwreck list end}}
13 May
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|ship={{SS|Gyoryu Maru|1918|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The freighter struck a mine and sank off Kobe ({{coord|34|40|N|135|10|E}}. She was refloated in January 1947 and beached at Kobe. Subsequently scrapped.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?176622 |title=Gyoryu Maru cargo ship 1942-1945 |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=9 December 2014}}{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=580}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Nisshin Maru||2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The auxiliary gunboat was torpedoed and sunk off the Kuril Islands by {{USS|Plaice|SS-390|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}).
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Shinnan Maru||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Todozaki, Honshu ({{coord|39|06|N|141|57|E}}) by {{USS|Cero|SS-225|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}).
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Shosei Maru No. 15
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The guard boat was torpedoed and sunk in the Java Sea by {{HMS|Trump|P333|6}} ({{naval|United Kingdom}}).
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MV|Steiner||2}}
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=World War II: The coaster struck a mine and sank in Sognefjord, Norway with the loss of a crew member.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/homefleet/shipss2.html |title=Norwegian Homefleet - WW II, Ships starting with So through Sø |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=11 February 2012}}
}}
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|ship={{Ship|Japanese oiler|Yosei Maru||2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The Yosei Maru-class oiler was torpedoed and sunk in the Java Sea ({{coord|06|31|S|111|19|E}}) by {{USS|Baya|SS-318|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}). 16 crewmen were killed .{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Yosei_t.htm |title=Japanese Oilers|publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=13 May 2014}} }}
{{shipwreck list end}}
14 May
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|ship={{ship|Japanese hospital ship|Baikal Maru||2}}
|flag={{army|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=The hospital ship ran aground off Himeshima. Refloated and repaired sometime in 1945 and put in commercial service post-war.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Baikal_t.htm |title=Japanese Army Hospital Ships |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=11 March 2014}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Dai Maru||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk by Allied aircraft off Makassar, Netherlands East Indies.{{csr|register=MSI|id=5606441|shipname=Dai Maru |access-date=5 September 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German torpedo recovery vessel|TFA 4||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The torpedo recovery vessel, a former Dragen-class torpedo boat, struck a mine and sank in the Geltinger Bucht.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Yoshino Maru||2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean south of Honshu by {{USS|Sand Lance|SS-381|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}). }}
{{shipwreck list end}}
15 May
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Fukuun Maru
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The boat was sunk off the Kuril Islands by {{USS|Sea Poacher|SS-406|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}).
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Tottori Maru|1913|2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The Tokoshima Maru-class auxiliary transport was torpedoed and sunk in {{convert|75|m}} of water in the Gulf of Thailand ({{coord|09|58|N|101|05|E}}) by {{USS|Hammerhead|SS-364|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}). Her captain and fifty-two crewmen were killed. Nineteen survivors were rescued by {{ship|Japanese minelayer|Hatsutaka||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Tottori_t.htm |title=Japanese Army Auxiliary transports |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=17 November 2022}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Ume Maru No. 56
|flag={{Flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The lightship was torpedoed and sunk off the Kuril Islands by {{USS|Sea Poacher|SS-406|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}).
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}
16 May
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Eiju Maru||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Yellow Sea by {{USS|Raton|SS-270|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}).
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Japanese cruiser|Haguro||2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: Battle of the Malacca Strait: The {{sclass|Myōkō|cruiser}} was torpedoed, shelled and sunk in the Malacca Strait {{convert|55|nmi}} off Penang, Malaya ({{coord|04|49|N|99|42|E}}) by Royal Navy destroyers with the loss of 751 men killed including Vice Admiral Hashimoto and Rear Admiral Sugiura. 320 survivors were rescued by {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Kamikaze|1922|2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}). On 23 May 2014 {{MV|Hai Wei Gong 889||2}} ({{flag|Cambodia}}) was detained by Malaysian authorities for illegally salvaging her wreck.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Chosa_t.htm |title=Japanese transports |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=7 October 2022}}{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/haguro_t.htm |title=Imperial Cruisers |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=7 October 2022}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Japanese minelayer|Hatsutaka||2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Hatsutaka|minelayer}} was torpedoed and sunk in the Gulf of Thailand ({{coord|04|49|N|103|31|E}}) by {{USS|Hawkbill|SS-366|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}). She sank {{convert|1/2|mi|spell=in}} offshore, survivors refused rescue by USS Hawkbill and an unknown number of survivors, including her captain, swam to shore. 70 crew were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Hatsutaka_t.htm |title=Japanese Minelayers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=16 May 2019}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=T-19
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|No.1|landing ship}} ran aground in Sukumo Bay. She was refloated and arrived at Hirao Naval Base in the Inland Sea on 22 May.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/T.19_t.htm |title=Japanese No.1-class landing ships |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=24 March 2023}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-287||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled by her crew in the Elbe Estuary ({{coord|53|50|N|8|50|E}}). All 44 crew survived and claimed they struck a mine.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u287.html |title=U-287 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=16 May 2019}}
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}
17 May
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Chosan Maru||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Yellow Sea or East China Sea by {{USS|Shad|SS-235|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}).{{cite DANFS | title = Shad | url = http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss235.txt | access-date = 1 January 2012 }}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Koan Maru|1905|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the South China Sea ({{Coord|34|38|N|135|11|E}}).{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=543}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Tairyu Maru||2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The Peacetime Standard Type D auxiliary transport (1,913 GRT 1940) was sunk in the Inland Sea of Japan {{convert|3|nmi|km}} south east of the Wada-misaki Lighthouse, in shallow waters near Kobe ({{coord|34|36|N|135|13|E}}) by a mine with the loss of one live. Raised post War, repaired and returned to commercial service.{{cite web |url=http://www.niehorster.org/014_japan/navy-commanders/ap.html |title=IJN transports |publisher=niehorster.org |access-date=6 January 2021}}{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/TairyuM_t.htm |title=Japanese transports |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=23 December 2022}}
}}
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18 May
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Japanese submarine chaser|Cha-57||2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The auxiliary submarine chaser struck a mine and sank off Penang, Malaya.{{Cite web|url=http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/45-01.htm |title=Seekrieg 1945, Januari |access-date=3 October 2015 |last=Rohwer |first=Jürgen |author-link=Jürgen Rohwer |author2=Gerhard Hümmelchen |work=Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart |language=de }}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Enkyo Maru||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The government owned cargo ship was bombed, strafed, and sunk off Saishu-To, Chōsen, Korea ({{coord|33|14|N|120|50|E}}) by Consolidated PB4Y Liberator aircraft of the United States Navy. Twenty-four crew members were lost; 2,400 passengers were rescued by {{ship|Japanese escort ship|CD-81||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Enkyo_t.htm|title=Ex-Italian Merchants in Japanese Service|publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=18 May 2013}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{USS|Longshaw|DD-559|6}}
|flag={{navy|United States|1912}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Fletcher|destroyer}} ran aground off Naha, Okinawa, Japan. She was shelled and damaged by Japanese shore-based artillery and was abandoned with the loss of 86 of her 273 crew. She was later scuttled by United States Navy warships.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{USS|LST-808}}
|flag={{navy|United States|1912}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|LST-1|tank landing ship}} was torpedoed by a Japanese aircraft off Ie-jima and was run aground to avoid sinking. The crew lost five killed and five wounded while five men of Boat Pool Able aboard were also killed and seven wounded, with one dying of his wounds the next day. The wreck was set afire by a kamikaze two days later, abandoned and finally destroyed on 11 November 1945.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/11868.html |title=LST 808 of the US Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=22 May 2013}}{{cite web |url=https://www.fold3.com/image/1/296095977 |title=Action Report LST-808 |publisher=fold3.com |access-date=22 May 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://www.rpadden.com/glover/index.html |title=LST-808 |publisher=rpadden.com |access-date=22 May 2020}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{Ship|German minesweeper|Sperrbrecher 23 Reyniersz||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The Sperrbrecher struck a mine and sank in Kiel Bay. She was refloated in 1951 and scrapped in 1952.{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=552}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Japanese motor gunboat|No. 28||2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=The H-35-class motor gunboat was lost on this date.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Unknown coastal trading ship
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The coaster was torpedoed and sunk off Ulee Lhoe, Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies by {{HMS|Seadog}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3435.html |title=HMS Seadog (P 216) |work=Uboat.net |access-date=16 March 2023}}
}}
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19 May
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Daishin Maru||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=The cargo ship was sunk in the western half of the Tsushima Strait in a collision with {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Kashima||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Kashima_t.htm |title=Imperial Cruisers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=19 May 2013}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HNoMS|MTB-715}}
|flag={{navy|Norway}}
|desc=World War II: The Fairmile D motor torpedo boat was destroyed by an explosion at Fosnavåg, Norway.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/17258.html |title=HNoS 715 (MTB 715) of the Royal Norwegian Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=19 January 2014}}
}}
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20 May
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Japanese submarine chaser|CHa-244||2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The CHa-1-class auxiliary submarine chaser was sunk south of Okinawa by American aircraft.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{USS|Chase|APD-54|6}}
|flag={{navy|United States|1912}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Buckley|destroyer escort}} was severely damaged by a kamikaze attack off Okinawa. 35 crew were wounded but no one was killed. She was consequently decommissioned and scrapped.{{cite web |url=https://www.fold3.com/image/1/296110066 |title=Action Report USS Chase |publisher=fold3.com |access-date=22 May 2020}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Seki Maru No. 5
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The merchant whaler was sunk in the Pacific Ocean east-south-east of Kinkazan, Honshu, Japan ({{coord|38|06|N|142|24|E}}) by {{USS|Cero|SS-225|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}).
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Japanese landing ship|SS-20||2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=The {{sclass2|SS|landing ship}} was run aground and sank near Shodoshima. The ship was raised on 17 September 1945, but sunk again in a storm while under repair (location unknown), raised, repaired and put in commercial service.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{USS|Thatcher|DD-514|6}}
|flag={{navy|United States|1912}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Fletcher|destroyer}} was severely damaged by a kamikaze attack off Okinawa with the loss of fourteen of her crew. She was consequently decommissioned and scrapped.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-963||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled off Nazaré, Portugal ({{coord|39|36|N|9|05|W}}). All 48 crew survived.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Second U-boat Sinks Off Portugal |date=4 June 1945 |page=4 |issue=50159 |column=D }}{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u963.htm |title=U-963 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=20 April 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Unknown sailing vessel
|flag=unknown
|desc=World War II: The sailing vessel was shelled and sunk off Sigli, Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies by {{HMS|Seadog}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3435.html |title=HMS Seadog (P 216) |work=Uboat.net |access-date=16 March 2023}}
}}
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21 May
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|ship={{ship||Kunikawa Maru}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The Kamikawa Maru-class auxiliary transport was bombed and sunk at Balikpapan ({{coord|02|15|S|116|00|E}}). Eight sailors were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Kunikawa%20Maru_t.htm |title=Japanese auxiliary seaplane tenders |publisher=combinedfleet.com |access-date=27 December 2022}}
}}
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|ship={{ship|Japanese minesweeper|W-34||2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|No.19|minesweeper|1}} was torpedoed and sunk in the Java Sea off Kepulauan, Netherlands East Indies ({{coord|06|18|S|116|14|E}}) by {{USS|Chub|SS-329|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}). Seventy-eight survivors were rescued; twenty crewmen were killed. There were 25 wounded and two reported missing.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/W-34_t.htm |title=Japanese Minesweepers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=21 May 2013}}
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}
22 May
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|ship={{ship|Japanese submarine chaser|CH-37||2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|No.13|submarine chaser}} was sunk in the East China Sea west of the Satsunan Islands ({{coord|29|45|N|129|10|E}}) by aircraft based on {{USS|Bennington|CV-20|6}} and {{USS|Hornet|CV-12|6}} (both {{navy|United States|1912}}){{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/CH-37_t.htm |title=Japanese Subchasers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=22 May 2013}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Japanese submarine chaser|CH-58||2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|No.13|submarine chaser|2}} was sunk in the East China Sea west of the Satsunan Islands ({{coord|29|45|N|129|10|E}}) by aircraft based on {{USS|Bennington|CV-20|6}} and {{USS|Hornet|CV-12|6}} (both {{navy|United States|1912}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/CH-58_t.htm |title=Japanese Subchasers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=22 May 2013}}
}}
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|ship={{ship|Japanese landing ship no. 173|T-173||2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|No.101|landing ship|2}} was sunk in the East China Sea west of the Satsunan Islands ({{coord|29|45|N|129|10|E}}) by aircraft based on {{USS|Bennington|CV-20|6}} and {{USS|Hornet|CV-12|6}} (both {{navy|United States|1912}}).
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}
24 May
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MV|Kiyokawa Maru|1937|2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The transport ship struck a mine in the South China Sea ({{coord|32|44|N|129|52|E}}) and was severely damaged.{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=543}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=HM MGB 2007
|flag={{naval|United Kingdom}}
|desc=The motor gun boat (87/103 t, 1943) was wrecked off Aberdeen, Scotland.{{cite book |last=Colledge |title=Ships of the Royal Navy |page=139}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-979||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine ran aground and was scuttled at Amrum, Schleswig-Holstein ({{coord|54|38|N|8|23|E}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u979.htm |title=U-979 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=25 April 2012}} }}
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25 May
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{USS|Bates|DE-68|6}}
|flag={{navy|United States|1912}}
|desc=World War II: The high-speed transport, a former {{sclass|Buckley|destroyer escort}}, was sunk in the Pacific Ocean {{convert|2|nmi|spell=in}} south of Ie-jima by three kamikaze aircraft with the loss of 21 of her 213 crew.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Brazil Maru|1919|2}}
|flag={{army|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The Daifuku Maru No. 1-class transport was sunk in the Inland Sea of Japan {{convert|1.5|nmi}} off the Wada-misaki Lighthouse, near Kobe ({{coord|34|40|N|135|12|E}}) by a mine.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Brazil_t.htm|title=Japanese Army Auxiliary Transports |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=12 May 2014}}{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=540}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Japanese oiler|Dainan Maru||2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|Standard Type 2A|tanker|2}} (a.k.a. Okusu Maru) was damaged off Koro Jima by United States Navy aircraft on 5 May. The vessel was beached northeast of Kona on Koratsu on 9 May.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Dainan_t.htm |title=Japanese Oilers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=5 May 2013}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Kairyu Maru
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The guard boat was torpedoed and sunk in the Sunda Sea by {{USS|Chub|SS-329|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}).
}}
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|ship={{USS|LSM-135}}
|flag={{navy|United States|1912}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|LSM-1|landing ship medium}} was sunk in the Pacific Ocean off the Ryukyu Islands by a kamikaze aircraft. Eleven survivors were rescued by {{USS|Fleming|DE-32|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}).
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Nittei Maru||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship (1,000 GRT) was sunk off Borneo by {{HMS|Thorough|P324|6}} ({{navy|United Kingdom}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Nittei_t.htm|title=Japanese Transports |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=10 May 2014}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Shinto Maru||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Java Sea by {{HMS|Trenchant|P331|6}} ({{naval|United Kingdom}}). Later salvaged and returned to service.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Toryu Maru||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: Convoy SE-3: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the East China Sea by {{USS|Raton|SS-270|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}).
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{Ship|Japanese minesweeper|Wa-105||2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Djember|minesweeper}} was torpedoed and sunk in the Java Sea ({{coord|06|21|S|110|57|E}}) by {{HMS|Trenchant|P331|6}} ({{naval|United Kingdom}}).{{cite web |url=https://www.netherlandsnavy.nl/index.html |title=DEFG-class auxiliary minesweepers |publisher=netherlandsnavy.nl |access-date=28 June 2020 }}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Japanese minesweeper|Yoshitomo Maru No. 12 Go||2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=The auxiliary minesweeper was lost on this date.
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}
26 May
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|ship={{ship|Japanese auxiliary submarine chaser|CHa-172||2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The CHa-1-class auxiliary submarine chaser was sunk off Fushiki by mines.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Kotobuki Maru No. 7||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the East China Sea by {{USS|Billfish|SS-286|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}).
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}
27 May
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Chilkoot
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=The 14-gross register ton, {{convert|51|ft|m|1|adj=on}} motor cargo vessel was wrecked on the coast of Guide Island ({{coord|57|08|00|N|135|31|10|W|name=Guide Island}}) in Southeast Alaska, {{convert|10|nmi}} northwest of Sitka, Territory of Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-c/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (C)]
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Kinei Maru||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The coaster was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean south of Honshu by {{USS|Tench|SS-417|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}).
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Japanese minesweeper|Misago Maru No. 3 Go||2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=The auxiliary minesweeper was lost on this date.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Stork
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=The 17-gross register ton, {{convert|44.6|ft|m|adj=on}} motor towing vessel sank off Sanak Island in the Fox Islands in the eastern Aleutian Islands.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-s/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (S)]
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Yawata Maru No. 3
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The guard boat was sunk in the Pacific Ocean north of the Bonin Islands by {{USS|Tigrone|SS-419|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}). }}
{{shipwreck list end}}
28 May
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|ship=Biko Maru
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The sailing vessel was sunk in the Yellow Sea by {{USS|Ray|SS-271|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}).
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{USS|Drexler|DD-741|6}}
|flag={{navy|United States|1912}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Allen M. Sumner|destroyer}} was sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Okinawa, Japan ({{coord|27|06|N|127|38|E}}) by two kamikaze aircraft with the loss of 158 of her 336 crew. }}
{{shipwreck list end}}
29 May
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|LCT 357}}
|flag={{naval|United Kingdom}}
|desc=The Mk 6 landing craft tank (350/625 t, 1942) was sunk by an explosion at Suda Bay, Crete.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/17865.html |title=LCT 357 of the Royal Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 May 2013}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Kuretake Maru|1938|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: Chi Convoy: The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Sea of Okhotsk east of Sakhalin ({{coord|46|36|N|144|22|E}}) by {{USS|Sterlet|SS-392|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}). She sank the next day. A total of 272 troops and six crewmen were killed. Four hundred survivors were rescued by {{ship|Japanese escort|Shimushu||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Shirasaki_t.htm |title=Japanese Supply Ships |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=29 May 2013}}{{cite ship register |register=MSI |id=4045506 | shipname=Kuretake Maru |access-date=12 October 2013}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship= {{HMS|LCP(L) 344}}
|flag={{naval|United Kingdom}}
|desc=The landing craft personnel (large) (5.9/8.2 t, 1943) was lost at Akyab, Burma.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship= {{HMS|LCP(L) 378}}
|flag={{naval|United Kingdom}}
|desc=The landing craft personnel (large) (5.9/8.2 t, 1943) was lost on this date.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Mars|1925|2}}
|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk by a mine off Araxos, Greece. Five crewmen were lost.{{cite web |url=https://patraikosgulf.wordpress.com/μετά-τον-πόλεμο/ |title=Empire Dace |date=12 September 2010 |publisher=patraikosgulf.wordpress.com |access-date=23 October 2019}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Japanese cargo ship|Tenryo Maru|1938|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: Chi Convoy: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean by {{USS|Sterlet|SS-392|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}). Seven hundred and seventy-three men of the 23rd Air Defence Battalion, 26 gunners and 83 crewmen were killed.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MS|Tsuruga Maru|1938|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank off Niigata.{{cite ship register |register=MSI |id=4044630 | shipname=Tsuruga Maru |access-date=12 October 2013}}
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}
30 May
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|ship={{SS|Hokoku Maru||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Sunda Sea by {{USS|Blenny|SS-324|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}).
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Japanese depot ship|Hyuga Maru||2}}
|flag={{army|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The Kibitsu Maru-class landing craft depot ship struck a mine off Hakata, about {{convert|3.6|km}} south south east of Genka Jima and was beached. Later, she was deemed a constructive total loss.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/HyugaM_t.htm |title=Japanese Landing Craft Depot Ships |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=5 December 2022}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Sinno Maru|1912|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine north of Tsuruga Bay and was severely damaged. She was consequently scrapped.{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=545}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Two large Daihatsu landing craft
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The two large Daihatsu landing craft, apparently from the sunk transport {{SS|Kuretake Maru|1938|2}}, flooded and sank while under tow by {{ship|Japanese escort|Shimushu||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}) between Paramushiro, Kuriles and Otaru, Hokkaido.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Shirasaki_t.htm |title=Japanese Supply Ships |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=13 February 2023}}
}}
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31 May
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|ship={{SS|Hebrides||2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship (585 GRT, 1898) was beached in Gunna Sound, Inner Hebrides.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Shipping Movements |date=2 June 1945 |page=9 |issue=50158 |column=D }}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Japanese submarine|I-361||2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|I-361|submarine}} was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean {{convert|400|nmi|km}} south east of Okinawa ({{coord|20|22|N|134|09|E}}) by a Grumman TBM Avenger aircraft based on {{USS|Anzio|CVE-57|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}). Seventy-six crewmen and five Kaiten pilots were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/I-361.htm |title=Imperial Submarines |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=8 August 2023}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Uzbekistan|1919|2}}
|flag={{flag|Soviet Union}}
|desc=The cargo ship collided with {{SS|American Star|1919|2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}) in Dutch Harbor, Alaska Territory, United States and was beached to avoid sinking.{{cite web |url=http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/guides/Soviet_Merchant_Marine_Losses_in_WW2_%28Black_Sea%2C_Caspian_and_Pacific%29 |title=Soviet Merchant Marine losses in WWII |publisher=Ship Nostalgia |date=20 July 2017 |access-date=21 July 2017 |archive-date=14 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414164237/http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/guides/Soviet_Merchant_Marine_Losses_in_WW2_(Black_Sea,_Caspian_and_Pacific) |url-status=dead }}
}}
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Unknown date
{{shipwreck list begin |date=Unknown date 1945 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German patrol boat|DB 55 Mewa VII||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=The naval trawler was lost sometime in May.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 873||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The Type D Marinefahrprahm was sunk by Soviet Douglas A-20 Havoc aircraft on the Renoy River on 9 May, or on 25 April 1945 by Soviet aircraft.{{cite web |url=http://wio.ru/fleet/sunk/baltic.htm |title=ships sunk in the Baltic by soviet aircraft |publisher=Rufleet |access-date=3 May 2017}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 1028||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=The Type D Marinefahrprahm was scuttled in Korneuburg, on the Danube, sometime in May.{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/landungsfahrzeuge/marinefaehrprahm/ausgabe.php?where_value=964 |title=F 1028 |publisher=historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=31 May 2020}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 1031||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=The Type D Marinefahrprahm was sunk sometime in May.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 1031 ||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The incomplete Type D Marinefahrprahm was sunk at Erste Donau Shipyard, Korneuburg.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 1032||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The incomplete Type D Marinefahrprahm was sunk at Erste Donau Shipyard, Korneuburg.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 1159||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The Type D Marinefahrprahm was surrendered in early May and wrecked sometime later in May.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German river minesweeper|FR 5||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=The FR 1-class river minesweeper was lost sometime in May.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German river minesweeper|FR 8||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=The FR 7-class river minesweeper was lost sometime in May.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=H26 Herta Engeline Fritzen
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The transport ship was sunk at Brunsbüttel. She was raised post-war, and entered Belgian service in January 1949.{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=Jordan528}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Helios|1929|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was severely damaged in an Allied air raid on Flensburg. She was consequently scrapped in 1948.{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=471}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German minesweeper M-120|Kehrwieder||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The minelayer, a former M 1915-class minesweeper, was bombed and sunk by Allied aircraft at La Spezia, Liguria, Italy.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German landing support ship|LAT 30 Prinses Beatrix||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The light gun carrier/landing fire support ship was sunk on 14 April, or sunk on 8 May by Soviet aircraft in the Baltic Sea.{{cite web |url=http://wio.ru/fleet/sunk/baltic.htm |title=Ships sunk by Soviet aircraft in the Baltic |publisher=Rufleet |access-date=4 May 2017}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship= {{HMS|LCP 110}} and {{HMS|LCP 1121}}
|flag={{naval|United Kingdom}}
|desc=The landing craft personnels were lost sometime in May.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German minesweeper|M-18|1939|2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|M|minesweeper|1||Germany}} was scuttled at Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, sometime in May. Later scrapped.{{csr|register=MSI|id=6111262|shipname=M-18 |access-date=21 July 2012}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MV|Mar del Plata|1938|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The transport ship struck a mine off Aarhus, Denmark and was damaged. Subsequently repaired and returned to service.{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=445}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Petropolis|1911|2}}
|flag={{flag|Allied-occupied Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was beached on the Juelsand, in the Elbe. She was damaged in a gale on 29 May and was declared a total loss. The wreck was scrapped in 1946.{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=476}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MV|Phœnicia|1928|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Kiel. She was refloated, repaired and entered Soviet service in 1946 as Admiral Senyavin.{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=476}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Nymphe
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The flak ship was damaged by British aircraft and beached at Solvær, Norway. Later refloated and returned to the Royal Norwegian Navy later in the year and was broken up.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Samlistar||2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship (7,210 GRT, 1944) ran aground off Quebec, Canada. Refloated and arrived at Quebec City on 31 May.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German motor torpedo boat|SA 5||2}} and {{ship|German motor torpedo boat|SA 6||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The MS 11-class MS boats were reported scuttled at Alto Tirino, Abruzzo, Italy sometime in May.{{cite web |url=http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=904&tridit=lodenice&zobraz=A |title=Italian motor torpedo boat Type MS 51 |publisher=Warshipsww2 |access-date=6 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140911001947/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=904&tridit=lodenice&zobraz=A |archive-date=11 September 2014 |url-status=usurped }}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German landing support ship|SAT 16 West Flandern||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The heavy gun carrier/landing fire support ship was sunk on 1 May, or sunk on 8 May by Soviet aircraft in the Baltic Sea.{{cite web |url=http://wio.ru/fleet/sunk/baltic.htm |title=Ships sunk by Soviet aircraft in the Baltic |publisher=Rufleet |access-date=4 May 2017}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German escort ship|SG 22||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The escort ship, a former {{sclass|Elan|minesweeping sloop|0}} corvette, was scuttled at Livorno, Italy.{{cite web |url=http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=1220 |title=Germany coastal escort ships captured Italian |publisher=Warshipsww2.Eu |access-date=18 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808053130/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=1220 |archive-date=8 August 2014 |url-status=usurped }}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Tsuki Maru
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The sailing vessel was sunk in the East China Sea or Yellow Sea by {{USS|Ray|SS-271|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}) between 19 and 30 May.
}}
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|ship={{ship|German submarine chaser|UJ 315|KFK 309|2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The KSK-2-class naval drifter/submarine chaser was scuttled in May. Raised and repaired by the post War Occupation Government and awarded to the United Kingdom as a war reparation in 1947.
}}
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|ship={{ship|German patrol boat|V 1816 Dauphin||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=The naval trawler/Vorpostenboot was lost sometime in May.
}}
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|ship={{ship|German patrol boat|Vs 144 Excelsior III||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=The Vorpostensicherungsboot was lost sometime in May.
}}
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|ship={{ship|German submarine chaser|Vs 166|KFK 325|2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The KSK-2-class naval drifter/patrol ship was scuttled in May.
}}
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|ship={{USS|YO-156}} and
{{USS|YO-157}}
|flag={{navy|United States|1912}}
|desc=The self-propelled fuel oil barges were lost at Sitka, Alaska sometime in May.{{cite web|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq82-2.htm |title=Casualties, Navy & Coast Guard ships WWII |publisher=history.navy.mil |access-date=9 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140410224418/http://www.history.navy.mil/FAQs/faq82-2.htm |archive-date=10 April 2014 }} }}
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References
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=Sources=
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- {{cite book |last1=Gröner |first1=Erich |last2=Jung |first2=Dieter |last3=Maass |first3=Martin |title=Die deutschen Kriegsschiffe 1815–1945: Band 2: Torpedoboote, Zerstörer, Schnellboote, Minensuchboote, Minenräumboote |year=1983 |publisher=Bernard & Graef Verlag |location=Koblenz |language=de |isbn=3-7637-4801-6}}
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- {{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}}
- {{cite book |title=The Liberty Ships |first1=L. A. |last1=Sawyer |first2=W. H. |last2=Mitchell |publisher=Lloyd's of London Press Ltd. |location=London |year=1985 |edition=2nd |isbn=1-85044-049-2 }}
- {{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 }}
- {{cite book |title=Schnellboote: A Complete Operational History |first=Lawrence |last=Paterson |publisher=Seaforth Publishing |location=London |year=2015 |isbn=978-1-84832-083-3}}
- {{cite book |first=Paul |last=Silverstone| title=US Warships of World War II |publisher=Doubleday |location=Garden City N.Y. |year=1965 }}
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