List of shipwrecks in October 1940#11 October

For the loss of SS Haulerwijk on the day, see the entry for 30 September 1940

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|ship={{SS|Aghios Nicolaos|1915|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship (3,687 t) was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|300|nmi|km}} off Lisbon, Portugal ({{coord|40|00|N|16|55|W}}) by {{ship|Italian submarine|Maggiore Baracca||2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}). Her 26 crew were allowed to leave the ship and survived.{{cite web |url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4010-23OCT01.htm |title=Naval Events, October 1940, Part 1 of 2, Tuesday 1st – Monday 14th |publisher=Naval History |access-date=7 February 2012}}{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?30534 |title=SS Aghios Nicolaos (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=2 July 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2019/09/maggiore-baracca.html |title=Maggiore Baracca |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=2 July 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/verluste_griechenland/ausgabe.php?lang=1&rubrik=%&where_value=111 |title=Aghios Nicolaos |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=2 July 2024}}

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|ship={{SS|Gondul||2}}

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship (1,259 t) struck a mine and sank in shallow water in the Baltic Sea off Klagshamn, Sweden. The whole crew survived, five of them wounded. She was raised two weeks later, repaired and resumed service.{{cite web |url=https://www.faktaomfartyg.se/gondul_1928.htm |title=Gondul |publisher=www.faktaomfartyg.se |access-date=26 June 2024}}

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|ship={{MV|Highland Patriot|1932|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo liner (14,172 t) was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of Ireland ({{coord|52|20|N|19|04|W}}) by {{GS|U-38|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of three of the 172 people aboard. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Wellington|L65|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). Highland Patriot was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to the Clyde.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=169 Saved From Lost Liner |date=7 October 1940 |page=2 |issue=48740 |column=D }}{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11360 |title=MV Highland Patriot (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=2 July 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/573.html |title=Highland Patriot |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=2 July 2024}}{{cite book |first=Roger |last=Jordan |year= 1999 |title=The World's Merchant Ships 1939 |place=London |publisher=Chatham House |isbn=1-86176-023-X |page=179 }}

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

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|ship= {{ship|Italian submarine|Berillo||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Perla|submarine}} (695 t) was attacked in the Mediterranean Sea off Sidi Barrani, Egypt ({{coord|33|09|N|26|24|E}}) by {{HMS|Hasty|H24|6}} and {{HMS|Havock|H43|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}) and was scuttled by her crew. Two of her 47 crew were killed, the survivors were captured.{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2016/05/berillo.html |title=Berillo |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=2 October 2019}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship (4,606 t) was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of Ireland ({{coord|51|12|N|24|22|W}}) by {{GS|U-32|1937|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). The crew was seen to leave the ship and board the lifeboats, but were not seen again. All 38 crew members died.{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/574.html |title=Kayeson |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=14 June 2024}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HG 44: The cargo ship (2,096 t) was bombed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|4|nmi|km}} west of the Skellig Islands, County Kerry, Ireland ({{coord|51|20|N|10|30|W}}) by Focke-Wulf Fw 200 aircraft of I./Kampfgeschwader 40, Luftwaffe. Six of her crew were killed. The twenty-two survivors were picked up by the British trawler Kilgerran Castle.{{Cite web|url=http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/40-10.htm |title=Seekrieg 1940, Oktober |access-date=16 March 2015 |last=Rohwer |first=Jürgen |author2=Gerhard Hümmelchen |work=Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart |language=de }}{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?71070 |title=SS Latymer (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=14 June 2024}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=502 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=3 October 1940 |sort=}}

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|ship={{MV|Actuosity|1933|2}}

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

|desc=The coaster (359 t) foundered in the North Sea off Cromer, Norfolk after striking a sunken wreck. Her eight crew were rescued.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?70391 |title=MV Actuosity (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=2 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=https://rnliarchive.blob.core.windows.net/media/1674/1940wys.pdf |title=RNLI, October 1940 |access-date=3 October 2019}}

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|ship= HMS {{ship|SS|Lady of the Isles|1875|2}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The cable layer (166 t) struck a mine {{convert|3|nmi|km}} east of St. Anthony Point, Cornwall ({{coord|50|10|N|4|24|W}}) and sank with the loss of sixteen of her crew. There were three survivors. She was under tow of the tug Lauwerzee that sank at the same time.{{cite book |last=Carter |first=C |title=The Port of Penzance. A History |year=1998 |publisher=Black Dwarf Publications |location=Lydney }}{{cite web |url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4009-22SEP02.htm |title=Naval Events, September 1940, Part 2 of 2, Sunday 15th – Monday 30th |publisher=www.naval-history.net |access-date=27 June 2024}}{{cite book|last1=Chudleigh|first1=Daphne|title=Bridge Over Lyonesse|date=1993|page=53}}{{cite web |url=https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?77318 |title=Lady of the Isles |publisher=wrecksite.eu |access-date=27 June 2024}}

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|ship={{ship|ST|Lauwerzee|1930|2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The tug (262 t) struck a mine {{convert|3|nmi|km}} east of St. Anthony Point ({{coord|50|10|N|4|24|W}}) and sank with the loss of twelve of her crew, leaving only one survivor. She was towing the cable layer Lady of the Isles that sank at the same time.{{cite web |url=https://mass.cultureelerfgoed.nl/lauwerzee |title=Lauwerzee |publisher=mass.cultureelerfgoed.nl |access-date=27 June 2024}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=4 October 1940 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Franca Fassio|1892|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The passenger ship (1,858 t) was torpedoed and sunk in the Gulf of Genoa {{convert|16|nmi|km}} off Capo Noli ({{coord|44|10|N|9|25|E}}) by {{HMS|Triton|N15|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). There were 64 dead and nine survivors.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?141118 |title=SS Franca Fassio (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=27 June 2024}}{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2017/10/franca-fassio.html |title=Franca Fassio |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=27 June 2024}}

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|ship=Hugin

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=World War II: The fishing trawler (42 t) struck a mine and sank in the Skaggerak off Hanstholm, Denmark, with the loss of her five crew.{{cite web |url=https://bunkermuseumhanstholm.dk/media/2373/jens-andersen-_-skagerrak-sperre-den-tyske-minespaerring-historisk-%C3%A5rbog-for-thy-og-vester-hanherred-2017.pdf |title=Hugin |publisher=bunkermuseumhanstholm.dk |access-date=7 October 2019}}{{cite web |url=http://www.arkivthy.dk/images/tema/Besaettelsen/aviser/1940-10-1.pdf |title=Mines off Denmark |publisher=arkivthy.dk |access-date=7 October 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://weburn.kb.se/sou/224/urn-nbn-se-kb-digark-2232973.pdf |title=Swedish losses |publisher=weburn.kb.se |access-date=14 June 2024}}

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|ship={{SS|J & M Garratt||2}}

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

|desc=The schooner (104 t) burned off Drogheda, Ireland, after an engine fire and sank. The whole crew abandonned the ship safely.{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/HECCR1890/1940/page/n47/mode/2up |title=Lloyds's returns of ships lost |publisher=archive.org |access-date=26 June 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.droghedaport.ie/assets/uploads/documents/archives/stories%20and%20extracts/Drogheda%20Shipwrecks.pdf |title=Drogheda Shipwrecks |publisher=www.droghedaport.ie |access-date=26 June 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.dundalkdemocrat.ie/news/features/518748/nautical-tales-of-ghost-ships-and-shipwrecks-off-dundalk-and-louth-coastline.html |title=J & M Garratt |publisher=www.dundalkdemocrat.ie |access-date=26 June 2024}}

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|ship={{SS|Nina Bianchi|1918|2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship (2,251 t) collided with {{SS|Veloce|1911|2}} ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}) in the Adriatic Sea off San Cataldo di Lecce ({{coord|40|27|N|18|24|E}}) and sank. There were 21 dead and five survivors.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?37346 |title=SS Nina Bianchi (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=27 June 2024}}{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2014/02/cronologia-delle-perdite_14.html |title=Italian losses |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=27 June 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2018/01/veloce.html |title=Veloce |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=27 June 2024}}

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|ship={{HMS|Rainbow|N16|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Rainbow|submarine}} (1,800 t) was sunk in a collision with {{SS|Antonietta Costa|1913|2}} ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}) in the Adriatic Sea off Bari, Italy ({{coord|41|28|N|18|05|E}}). All 56 crew were lost.{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3405.html |title=HMS Rainbow |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=4 October 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://www.naval-history.net/xDKCas1940-10OCT.htm |title=Royal Navy casualties, October 1940 |publisher=ww.naval-history.net |access-date=4 October 2019}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=530 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}{{cite web |url=https://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2014/10/antonietta-costa.html |title=Antonietta Costa |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=14 June 2024}}

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|ship={{ship|ST|Sirdar||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The tug (34 t) was sunk in The Swale, Kent, either by Luftwaffe aircraft or by a mine, with the loss of all three crew.{{cite web |url=https://alternate-timelines.com/thread/2181/world-war-ii-real-time?page=32 |title=Sirdar |publisher=alternate-timelines.com |access-date=14 June 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/81/a4894581.shtml |title=Sirdar |publisher=www.bbc.co.uk |access-date=14 June 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://hrgs.co.uk/ww2database/ |title=Sirdar |publisher=hrgs.co.uk |access-date=14 June 2024}}

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

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

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

|desc=World War II: The coaster (372 t) struck a mine and sank in the Thames Estuary ({{coord|51|44|N|1|17|E}}) with the loss of four crew members.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?74154 |title=SS Adaptity (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=25 June 2024}}{{cite web |url=http://www.wildfire3.com/merchant-ships-lost-.html |title=Losses in Thames Estuary |publisher=www.wildfire3.com |access-date=25 June 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.benjidog.co.uk/Tower%20Hill/ADC527%20to%20Adaptity.php |title=Adaptity |publisher=www.benjidog.co.uk |access-date=25 June 2024}}

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|ship=Bruce Cann

|flag={{Flag|Canada|1868}}

|desc=The coaster (48 t) was stranded on a sand bar off Partridge Island, Saint John, New Brunswick, at low tide. The crew walked ashore but the ship rolled on her side on the flood tide and broke up the next day.{{cite web |url=https://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf002/42-21_165676_3_open.pdf |title=Canadian losses |publisher=data2.archives.ca |access-date=2 July 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/Allabyshipwreckhistory/photos/a.122300496272216/378714313964165/?type=3&_rdr |title=Bruce Cann |publisher=www.facebook.com |access-date=2 July 2024}}

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|ship={{HMT|Kingston Sapphire}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler (352 t) was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|20|nmi|km}} south of Cadiz, Spain ({{coord|36|11|N|6|32|W}}) by {{ship|Italian submarine|Nani||2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}) with the loss of three of her crew. The 38 or 39 survivors were rescued by a Spanish fishing trawler.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?94976 |title=HMT Kingston Sapphire (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=27 June 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/italian_submarines/ships_hit/127 |title=Kingston Sapphire |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=27 June 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2015/03/nani.html |title=Nani |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=27 June 2024}}

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|ship={{ship||Maria Grazia|barquentine|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The coaster (188 t), an auxiliary barquentine, was rammed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea ({{coord|41|05|N|17|45|E}}) by {{HMS|Regent|N41|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). There were no casualties{{cite web |url=https://plimsoll.southampton.gov.uk/shipdata/pdfs/45/45b0719.pdf |title=Lloyd's Register, Sailing Vessels |author=Lloyd's of London |year=1945 |publisher=Plimsoll Ship Data |access-date=16 March 2015}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3406.html |title=HMS Regent |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=2 July 2024}}

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

|flag={{Flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The collier (2,202 t) struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?5034 |title=SS Ottoland (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=2 July 2024}}

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

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy OB 221: The cargo ship (5,943 t) straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of Ireland ({{coord|53|20|N|26|10|W}}) by {{GS|U-123|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 24 of her 51 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Bengore Head|1922|2}} and {{SS|Forest|1937|2}} (both {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?16223 |title=SS Benlawers (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=3 November 2011}}{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/575.html |title=Benlawers|publisher=Uboat |access-date=24 February 2012}}

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|ship={{SS|Jersey Queen|1936|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The coaster (910 t) struck a mine and sank in the English Channel off Falmouth, Cornwall with the loss of two of her crew. There were ten survivors.{{cite web |url=https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?77662 |title=SS Jersey Queen (+1940) |publisher=wrecksite.eu |access-date=14 June 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://lifeboatmagazinearchive.rnli.org/volume/war-years/1940/the-ss-jersey-queen?searchterm=royal+family&page=832 |title=Jersey Queen |publisher=lifeboatmagazinearchive.rnli.org |access-date=14 June 2024}}

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|ship={{MV|Nina Borthen|1930|2}}

|flag={{Flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker (6,123 t) was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of Ireland ({{coord|54|00|N|26|00|W}}) by {{GS|U-103|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all crew (listed as 35 men but only 32 are known).{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11082 |title=MV Nina Borthen (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=14 June 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.warsailors.com/singleships/ninaborthen.html |title=Nina Borthen |publisher=www.warsailors.com |access-date=14 June 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/576.html |title=Nina Borthen |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=14 June 2024}}

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|ship=HMD Scotch Thistle

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The drifter (84 t) ran aground during the night near Frinton-on-Sea, England. Her eleven crew were all rescued. She was later reported to have sunk.{{cite book |title=British Warship Losses in the Modern Era |first=David |last=Hepper |publisher=Seaforth Publishing |year=2022 |page=68 |isbn=978-1399097666}}

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|ship={{SS|Vido|1906|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship (1,919 t) struck a mine in the Black Sea {{convert|9.7|nmi|km}} east of Sulina, Romania and was beached. Her crew survived.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?100134 |title=SS Vido (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=14 June 2024}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=598 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}{{cite web |url=https://hec.lrfoundation.org.uk/archive-library/documents/lrf-pun-w93-0080-w |title=Vido |publisher=hec.lrfoundation.org.uk |access-date=14 June 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://forum-marinearchiv.de/smf/index.php?topic=23213.0 |title=Vido |publisher=forum-marinearchiv.de |access-date=14 June 2024}}

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

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

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker (6,989 t) was torpedoed and damaged in the evening of 6 October in the Atlantic Ocean west of Ireland ({{coord|51|42|N|24|03|W}}) by {{GS|U-37|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). She remained afloat with her crew aboard until U-37 hit her again with two torpedoes the next day. She sank with the loss of all 47 crew.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?14979 |title=SS British General (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=14 June 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/577.html |title=British General |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=14 June 2024}}

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|ship=Marie

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The cutter foundered in bad weather in the Kattegat off Hurup Thy, Denmark with the loss of one of her two crew.{{cite web| url=https://www.sbib.dk/files/bibliotek/statistik/1940.pdf |title=Danish losses in 1940 |publisher=www.sbib.dk |access-date=26 June 2024}}

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|ship={{MV|Touraine|1925|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy OB 224: The cargo ship (5,811 t) was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|55|12|N|10|18|W}}) by {{GS|U-59|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). All 35 crew survived; some were rescued by {{HMS|Derbyshire|N90|6}} ({{naval|UK}}), others reached land in their lifeboats in Ireland where one of them died in hospital from injuries and/or exposure.{{cite web |url=http://warsailors.com/singleships/touraine.html |title=D/S Touraine |publisher=warsailors.com |access-date=14 June 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/578.html |title=Touraine |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=14 June 2024}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=8 October 1940 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Bellona II||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The coaster (839 t) was bombed and damaged in the North Sea {{convert|4|nmi|km}} off Gourdon, Aberdeenshire by Luftwaffe aircraft. She drifted ashore at Streathlethan Bay, Aberdeenshire and was declared a constructive total loss. Of the 27 people aboard six crew and three cargo workers were killed.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?62864 |title=SS Bellona (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=27 June 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.scottishshipwrecks.com/bellona-ii/ |title=Bellona II |publisher=www.scottishshipwrecks.com |access-date=27 June 2024}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 76: The cargo ship (4,956 t) straggled behind the convoy due to her cargo shifting. She was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean west of the Outer Hebrides ({{coord|56|48|N|10|17|W}}) by {{GS|U-58|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of one of her 37 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Periwinkle|K55|6}} and {{HMS|Weston|L72|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}), the latter of which scuttled Confield.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12822 |title=SS Confield (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=14 June 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/582.html |title=Confield |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=14 June 2024}}

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|ship= {{ship|Italian submarine|Gemma||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Perla|submarine}} (695 t) was torpedoed by error and sank in the Mediterranean Sea east of Karpathos ({{coord|35|30|N|27|18|E}}) by {{ship|Italian submarine|Tricheco|1930|2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}). All 44 crew were lost.{{cite web |url=https://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2015/11/gemma.html |title=Gemma |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=14 June 2024}}

}}

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|ship=Hecht

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The fishing trawler (222 t) was sunk by enemy action.

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship (8,723 t) was shelled and sunk in the South Atlantic ({{coord|0|44|N|32|12|W}}) by {{ship|German auxiliary cruiser|Thor||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of two of her 86 crew. Survivors were made prisoners of war and two of them died in captivity in France and Germany.{{cite web |url=https://www.veterans.gc.ca/fr/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2794868 |title=Natia|date=20 February 2019 |publisher=www.veterans.gc.ca |access-date=14 June 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?32163 |title=Natia |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=27 June 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.benjidog.co.uk/Tower%20Hill/Narva%20to%20Nerissa.php#Natia |title=Natia |publisher=www.benjidog.co.uk |access-date=27 June 2024}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

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

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|ship={{SS|Alderney Queen|1936|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship (633 t) was bombed and sunk in the Bristol Channel off Grassholm, Pembrokeshire ({{coord|51|38|30|N|5|25|30|W}}) by Luftwaffe aircraft. Her 10 crew were rescued.{{cite web |url=https://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?a1PageSize=25&a1Order=Sorter_owner_1&a1Dir=DESC&a1Page=6&ref=54078&vessel=Alderney |title=Alderney Queen |publisher=clydeships.co.uk |access-date=14 June 2024}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Antonietta Costa|1913|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship (5,900 t) was torpedoed and Adriatic Sea off Durrës, Albania ({{coord|41|21|N|18|52|E}}) by {{HMS|Regent|N41|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). One crew was killed and two or three wounded. The damaged ship was towed and beached the next day near Durrës ({{coord|41|17|N|19|25|E}}), sinking in shallow water. It was planned to raise and repair her but this was finally cancelled.

}}

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|ship={{SS|Delphin|1906|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy SC 6: The cargo ship (3,816 t) was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean west of Ireland ({{coord|58|11|N|13|57|W}}) by {{GS|U-103|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). She sank the next day at {{coord|57|46|N|13|50|W}}. Her whole crew was rescued.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?15365 |title=SS Delphen (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=14 June 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/580.html |title=Delphin |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=14 June 2024}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy SC 6: The cargo ship (3,697 t) straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean west of the Outer Hebrides ({{coord|58|11|N|13|57|W}}) by {{GS|U-103|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of seven of her 37 crew. The survivors abandonned her and were rescued by {{HMS|Enchantress|L56|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). The empty boat was torpedoed again the next day by {{GS|U-123|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) and sunk.{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/583.html |title=Graigwen |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=14 June 2024}}

}}

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|ship={{HMT|Sea King}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler (321 t) struck a mine in the Humber Estuary and sank with the loss of thirteen crew.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Minesweeping Trawler Lost |date=12 October 1940 |page=4 |issue=48745 |column=G }}{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?68602 |title=HMT Sea King (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=14 June 2024}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Zannes Gounaris|1907|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy SC 6: The cargo ship (4,407 t) was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of the Outer Hebrides ({{coord|58|11|N|13|57|W}}) by {{GS|U-103|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of one of her 34 crew.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?15364 |title=SS Zannes Gounaris (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=14 June 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/581.html |title=Zannes Gounaris |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=14 June 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/verluste_griechenland/ausgabe.php?lang=1&rubrik=%&where_value=164 |title=Zannes Gounaris |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=14 June 2024}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

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

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|ship={{HMT|Girl Mary}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary patrol vessel struck a mine and sank in the Firth of Forth {{convert|4|nmi|km}} off Inchcolm with the loss of two of her seven crew.{{cite web |url=https://isleofmaybirdobs.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/93049-u-boat-activity-and-the-may-island_by-ron-morris.pdf |title=Girl Mary |publisher=isleofmaybirdobs.org |access-date=15 June 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://dailybritain.wordpress.com/2015/10/10/10th-october-1940-harry-tates-navy/ |title=Girl Mary |date=10 October 2015 |publisher=dailybritain.wordpress.com |access-date=15 June 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.roll-of-honour.com/Cornwall/Breage.html |title=Girl Mary |publisher=www.roll-of-honour.com |access-date=15 June 2024}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=11 October 1940 |sort=}}

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|ship={{ship|HMY|Aisha}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The naval yacht (117 t) struck a mine and sank in the Thames Estuary off the Isle of Sheppey, Kent. Her crew were rescued.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?73826 |title=HMS Aisha |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=17 June 2024}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 77: The cargo ship (4,624 t) was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of the Hebrides, United Kingdom ({{coord|57|10|N|17|00|W}}) by {{GS|U-48|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of six of her 30 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Clan Macdonald|1928|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) and {{HMS|Clarkia|K88|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12993 |title=MV Brandanger (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=17 June 2024}}{{cite web|url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/brandanger.html |title=M/S Brandanger |publisher=www.warsailors.com |access-date=17 June 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/584.html |title=Brandanger |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=17 June 2024}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Falcon

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

|desc=The fishing vessel (10 t) was destroyed by fire {{convert|1/2|nmi|km}} off Hood Bay ({{coord|57|23|N|134|24|W|name=Hood Bay}}) Alaska Territory. All four people on board survived.{{cite web |url=https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-f/ |title=Alaska Shipwrecks (F) |publisher=walaskashipwreck.com |access-date=17 June 2024}}

}}

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|ship={{HMT|Listrac}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler (778 t) was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel off the Isle of Wight ({{coord|50|25|N|1|50|W}}) by {{ship|German torpedo boat|Greif||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of twelve of 36 crew.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?210880 |title=Listrac |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=16 June 2024}}{{cite book |title=British Warship Losses in the Modern Era |first=David |last=Hepper |publisher=Seaforth Publishing |year=2022 |page=70 |isbn=978-1399097666}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Port Gisborne|1927|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship (8,390 t) was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of the Outer Hebrides ({{coord|56|38|N|16|40|W}}) by {{GS|U-48|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 26 of her 64 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{ship|ST|Salvona||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12994 |title=MV Port Gisborne (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=17 June 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/585.html |title=Port Gisborne |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=17 June 2024}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Tiny Boy

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

|desc=The motorboat (27 t) sank {{convert|1.5|nmi}} off shore between Funter Bay and Point Retreat, Territory of Alaska. All six crew members survived.{{cite web |url=https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-t/ |title=Alaska Shipwrecks (T) |publisher=walaskashipwreck.com |access-date=17 June 2024}}

}}

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|ship={{HMT|Warwick Deeping}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler was shelled and sunk in the English Channel off the Isle of Wight ({{coord|50|25|N|1|50|W}}) by {{ship|German torpedo boat|Falke||2}} and {{ship|German torpedo boat|Kondor||2}} (both {{navy|Nazi Germany}}). All crew were rescued.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?10871 |title=Warwick Deeping |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=16 June 2024}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=12 October 1940 |sort=}}

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

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

|desc=The cargo ship (498 t) was sunk in a collision with the steamer Mano off Sanda Island, Scotland.{{cite web |url=https://www.scottishshipwrecks.com/a-case-of-mistaken-identity/ |title=Agba |publisher=www.scottishshipwrecks.com |access-date=27 June 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.shipsnostalgia.com/media/s-s-moygannon.46626/ |title=Agba |publisher=www.shipsnostalgia.com |access-date=27 June 2024}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{ship|Italian torpedo boat|Airone|1938|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Battle of Cape Passero: The {{sclass|Spica|torpedo boat}} was shelled and sunk in the Ionian Sea ({{coord|35|37|N|16|42|E}}) by {{HMS|Ajax|22|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). There were 59 dead. Eighty-four survivors were rescued by {{ship|Italian torpedo boat|Alcione|1937|2}} and by MAS torpedo boats (all {{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}).{{cite web |url=https://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2018/11/airone.html |title=Airone |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=19 June 2024}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Italian torpedo boat|Ariel||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Battle of Cape Passero: The {{sclass|Spica|torpedo boat}} was shelled and sunk in the Ionian Sea ({{coord|35|37|N|16|42|E}}) by {{HMS|Ajax|22|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). There were 98 dead and 41 survivors.{{cite web |url=https://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2016/03/ariel.html |title=Ariel |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=19 June 2024}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{ship|Italian destroyer|Artigliere|1937|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Battle of Cape Passero: The {{sclass2|Soldati|destroyer}} was shelled and severely damaged in the Ionian Sea by {{HMS|Ajax|22|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) and then shelled and sunk at ({{coord|35|47|N|16|25|E}}) by {{HMS|York|90|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). There were 132 dead and 122 survivors. The wreck was located in June 2017.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/06/italian-warship-sunk-british-found-77-years/|title=Microsoft co-founder finds Italian warship sunk by Royal Navy 77 years ago|work=The telegraph|date=6 June 2017 |access-date=16 January 2020|last1=Squires |first1=Nick }}{{cite web |url=https://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2017/01/artigliere.html |title=Artigliere |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=19 June 2024}}

}}

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|ship=Astrid

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

|desc=World War II: The motor yacht and sunk by a mine off Sheerness, Kent.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=B D Co. No. 2

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

|desc=The scow (54 t) foundered {{convert|70|nmi|lk=in}} south south west of Cape Etolin, Territory of Alaska. No one was aboard her when she sank.{{cite web |url=https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-b/ |title=Alaska Shipwrecks (B) |publisher=laskashipwreck.com |access-date=25 June 2024}}

}}

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The rescue ship (438 t) was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel off Calais, France by MTB 22, MTB 31 and MTB 32 (all {{naval|UK}}) with the loss of fifteen lives. Thirty-four survivors of Brandenburg and Nordenham were taken as prisoners of war.{{cite book |title=Die deutschen Kriegsschiffe, 1815-1945, Band 8 |first=Erich |last=Gröner |year=1993 |page=180 |isbn=3-7637-4807-5}}{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/mtb_mgb/ausgabe.php?where_value=3 |title=MTB attack on Brandenburg and Nordenham |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=25 June 2024}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|French submarine chaser|Chasseur 6||2}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The submarine chaser, a former French Navy ship, was torpedoed and sunk by {{ship|German torpedo boat|Greif||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of eight of her nineteen crew. Survivors were rescued by Greif and made prisoners of war.{{cite web |url=https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=114&t=181326 |title=Chasseurs 6 & 7 |publisher=forum.axishistory.com |access-date=17 June 2024}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|French submarine chaser|Chasseur 7||2}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The submarine chaser, a former French Navy ship, was torpedoed and sunk by {{ship|German torpedo boat|Greif||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of twelve of her nineteen crew. Survivors were rescued by Greif and made prisoners of war.

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 77: The tanker (7,102 t) was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of the Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom ({{coord|57|00|N|19|10|W}}) by {{GS|U-48|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 18 of her 30 crew.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12995 |title=SS Davanger (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12995 |access-date=19 June 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/588.html |title=Davanger |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=19 June 2024}}{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/davanger.html |title=Davanger |publisher=www.warsailors.com |access-date=19 June 2024}}

}}

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The rescue ship (234 t) was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel off Calais by MTB 22. MTB 31 and MTB 32 (all {{naval|UK}}) with the loss of 13 lives. Thirty-four survivors of Brandenburg and Nordenham were taken as prisoners of war.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship (5,135 t) was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of Gibraltar ({{coord|35|34|N|10|35|W}}) by {{ship|Italian submarine|Enrico Tazzoli|1935|2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}) with the loss of two of her 35 crew.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?32109 |title=SS Orao (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=25 June 2024}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=597 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/italian_submarines/ships_hit/140 |title=Orao |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=25 June 2024}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Pacific Ranger|1929|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 77: The cargo ship (6,865 t) was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north west of County Donegal, Ireland ({{coord|56|20|N|11|43|W}}) by {{GS|U-59|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). All 53 crew and 2 passengers survived. Some were rescued by one of the escorting ships, others by the fishing trawler Þormóður (22px Iceland) and some made land in their lifeboat.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11361 |title=MV Pacific Ranger (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=12 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/587.html |title=Pacific Ranger |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=22 June 2024}}

}}

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|ship={{HMT|Resolvo}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler struck a mine in the Thames Estuary north east of Sheerness, Kent and was severely damaged. Her whole crew was rescued by {{HMT|Peter Carey}} ({{naval|UK}}), two of them wounded. Resolvo was beached the next day at Sheerness and abandoned.{{cite web |url=https://watermaplive.net/gids/wrak.php?naam=Hms-resolvo-(part-of)-12784 |title=Resolvo |publisher=watermaplive.net |access-date=25 June 2024}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|German torpedo boat|S 37||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The E-boat struck a mine and sank in the North Sea {{convert|40|nmi|km}} east of Orfordness, Suffolk, United Kingdom. Thirteen of her 26 crew were killed and two of the survivors later died of their wounds after being rescued by S 30 ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}).{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?163853 |title=S-37 (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=25 June 2024}}{{cite book |title=Schnellboote: A Complete Operational History |first=Lawrence |last=Paterson |publisher=Seaforth Publishing |location=London |year=2015 |page=86 |isbn=978-1-84832-083-3}}{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/s_boote/lebenslauf_boot.php?where_value=30 |title=S 37 |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=25 June 2024}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Saint Malô|1917|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 77: The cargo ship (5,779 t) straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of the Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom ({{coord|57|58|N|16|32|W}}) by {{GS|U-101|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 28 of her 44 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Salvonia|W43|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?15539 |title=SS Saint Malo (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=22 June 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/586.html |title=Saint-Malo |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=22 June 2024}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=13 October 1940 |sort=}}

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|ship=Cargo Fleet No.2

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

|desc=World War II: The hopper barge struck a mine and was damaged off the mouth of the River Tees. She was declared a total loss.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Danube III}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The tug struck a mine and sank in the Thames Estuary north east of Sheerness, Kent. Eleven of her crew were killed.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?72587 |title=HMS Danube 3 (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=25 June 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-67427 |title=Danube III |publisher=www.rmg.co.uk |access-date=25 June 2024}}

}}

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

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

|desc=The collier (1,076 t) sank in the Irish Sea after striking a submerged object.{{cite web |url=https://research.bangor.ac.uk/portal/files/49790289/9789464261165_Innes_McCartney_Echoes_from_the_Deep_ebook.pdf |title=Possible wreck for Glynwen |publisher=research.bangor.ac.uk |access-date=27 June 2024}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=The cargo ship (1,933 t) was rammed by the cargo ship Poseidon ({{flag|Finland}}) in the Baltic Sea off Landsort, Sweden, and sank in one minute with her ore cargo. 13 of her crew were lost. The nine survivors were rescued by Poseidon.{{cite web |url=https://www.gotlandsforsvarshistoria.se/biografica/akter-3/5387.htm |title=Hollandia |publisher=www.gotlandsforsvarshistoria.se |access-date=27 June 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/1940/10/24/zweden-wrak-van-de-hollandia-gevonden-kb_000054208-a1896172 |title=Hollandia |publisher=www.nrc.nl |access-date=27 June 2024}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|German minesweeper|Kobold 1||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper struck a mine (probably laid by {{HMS|Narwhal|N45|6}} ({{naval|UK}})) and sank off the Osterfjord, Norway ({{coord|59|26|N|5|10|E}}). Exact casualties are not known but the names of six crew who died that day are known.{{cite web |url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4006-19JUN02.htm |title=Naval Events, June 1940, Part 2 of 4, Saturday 8th – Friday 14th |publisher=Naval History |access-date=22 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3414.html |title=HMS Narwhal|publisher=uboat.net |access-date=25 June 2024}}{{cite web |url=http://warsailors.com/forum/archive/forum/read.php-1,10966,11098.html#msg-11098 |title=German losses on 13 October 1940|publisher=warsailors.com |access-date=25 June 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.fold3.com/ |title=German death cards of WWII |publisher=www.fold3.com |access-date=27 June 2024}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|German minesweeper|Kobold 3||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper struck a mine (probably laid by {{HMS|Narwhal|N45|6}} ({{naval|UK}})) and sank off the Osterfjord, Norway ({{coord|59|26|N|5|10|E}}). Exact casualties are not known but the names of seven crew who died that day are known.

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|ship={{ship|German minesweeper|M 5207 Gnom 7||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper (49 t) struck a mine (probably laid by {{HMS|Narwhal|N45|6}} ({{naval|UK}})) and sank off the Osterfjord, Norway ({{coord|59|26|N|5|10|E}}) with the loss of seven lives.{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/minensucher/ausgabe.php?where_value=2913 |title=Gnom 7|publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=25 June 2024}}

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

|flag={{Flag|Estonia}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship (1,186 t) was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of the Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom ({{coord|57|02|N|13|11|W}}) by {{GS|U-103|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Nineteen survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Leith|U36|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). It is not known if there were casualties.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?115807 |title=SS Nora (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=25 June 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/589.html |title=Nora |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=25 June 2024}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 77: The cargo ship (5,804 t) straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of the Outer Hebrides ({{coord|58|27|N|12|36|W}}) by {{GS|U-37|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of eight of her 38 crew. Survivors were rescued by a Short Sunderland aircraft of 10 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?115762 |title=SS Stangrant (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=25 June 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/590.html |title=Stangrant |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=25 June 2024}}

}}

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|ship={{HMT|Summer Rose}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The Admiralty drifter (96 t) struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Sunderland, County Durham. Two of her crew were killed.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?65496 |title=Summer Rose |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=25 June 2024}}{{cite web |url=http://www.fleetwood-trawlers.info/index.php/2010/02/s-t-summer-rose-pd594/ |title=Summer Rose |publisher=www.fleetwood-trawlers.info |access-date=25 June 2024}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=14 October 1940 |sort=}}

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|ship={{HMS|Cheshire|F18|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The armed merchant cruiser (10,552 t) was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean north west of Ireland ({{coord|55|13|N|13|02|W}}) by {{GS|U-137|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). There were no casualties. Two hundred and twenty crew were rescued by {{HMS|Periwinkle|K55|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) and {{HMCS|Skeena|D59|6}} ({{naval|Canada|1911}}). HMS Cheshire was towed to Belfast Lough and beached. She was later repaired and returned to service.{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/2068.html |title=HMS Cheshire (F 18) |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=25 June 2024}}

}}

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

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The supply ship (1,879 t) struck a mine and sank in the Bay of Biscay off Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Inférieure, France ({{coord|47|11|50|N|2|18|40|W}}. She was subsequently refloated and scrapped.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=469 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}{{cite web |url=https://www.shipsnostalgia.com/media/euler-and-atlas.428205/ |title=Euler |publisher=www.shipsnostalgia.com |access-date=27 June 2024}}

}}

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|ship={{Ship|German netlayer|Genua||2}}

|flag={{Navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: Operation DN: The netlayer (1,950 t) was torpedoed and sunk off Egersund, Norway by {{HMS|Cossack|F03|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) with the loss of 78 of her 160 crew.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?142696 |title=Genua (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=25 June 2024}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=470 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}{{cite web |url=https://codenames.info/operation/dn-i/6 |title=Operation DN |publisher=codenames.info |access-date=25 June 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-zmsbw/frontdoor/index/index/docId/26 |title=Kriegstagebuch der Seekriegsleitung 1939 - 1945, Band 14: Oktober 1940 |publisher=opus4.kobv.de |access-date=25 June 2024}}

}}

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|ship={{HMT|Lord Stamp}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler (448 t) struck a mine in the English Channel {{convert|17|nmi|km}} off Portland Bill, Dorset and sank with the loss of all 25 crew.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Two Trawlers Sunk |date=25 October 1940 |page=4 |issue=48756 |column=B }}{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?78580 |title=HMT Lord Stamp (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=25 June 2024}}{{cite book |title=British Warship Losses in the Modern Era |first=David |last=Hepper |publisher=Seaforth Publishing |year=2022 |page=70 |isbn=978-1399097666}}

}}

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|ship={{Ship|German transport|Netze|1897|2}}

|flag=Luftwaffe

|desc=World War II: Operation DN: The transport (1,025 t) was shelled and set on fire off Egersund, Norway by {{HMS|Ashanti|F51|6}} and {{HMS|Maori|F24|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}). She was scuttled by gunfire from M 1106 ({{Navy|Nazi Germany}}) some hours later. Ten crew were killed, and two of the eleven survivors were wounded.{{cite web |url=http://www.luftwaffe-zur-see.de/Kdo.Schiff/DatenSchulung/Netze.htm |title=Netze |publisher=www.luftwaffe-zur-see.de |access-date=25 June 2024}}

}}

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|ship={{MV|Reculver|1934|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The pilot vessel (683 t) struck a mine and sank in the Humber Estuary south of Spurn Point, Yorkshire. All 31 crew were rescued.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?68599 |title=MV Reculver (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=25 June 2024}}

}}

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

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|ship=HMD Apple Tree

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The drifter (84 t) sank after a collision with RAF Pinnace No.50 in Oban Harbour. Her crew was saved.{{cite web |url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4010-23OCT02.htm |title=Naval Events, October 1940, Part 2 of 2, Tuesday 15th - Thursday 31st |publisher=www.naval-history.net |access-date=28 June 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.fold3.com/image/302105957/admiralty-war-diaries-9140-to-93140-10140-to-103140-page-740-us-world-war-ii-war-diaries-1941-1945 |title=Admiralty War Diary, 15 October 1940 |publisher=www.fold3.com |access-date=28 June 2024}}

}}

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

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

|desc=The collier (477 t) was driven ashore in a storm at St John's Point, Rossglass, County Down and was wrecked.{{cite book|last=Bourke|first=Edward|title=Shipwrecks of the Irish Coast, vol 3|year=2000|publisher=Powerprint|isbn=0-9523027-2-1|page=189}}{{cite web |url=http://www.irishwrecksonline.net/details/Bellavale116c-ImagePage.htm |title=Bellavale |publisher=www.irishwrecksonline.net |access-date=28 June 2024}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy OB 228: The cargo ship (5,327 t) was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|57|10|N|8|36|W}}) by {{GS|U-138|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). All 39 crew were rescued by {{HMT|Sphene|FY249|6}} {{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/593.html |title=Bonheur |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=28 June 2024}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy OB 227: The cargo ship (9,331 t) was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north west of the Outer Hebrides ({{coord|58|58|N|9|54|W}}) by {{GS|U-93|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of two of her 75 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|St Margaret|1936|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) and transferred to {{HMS|Fowey|L15|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?60512 |title=SS Hurunui (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=28 June 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/595.html |title=Hurunui |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=28 June 2024}}

}}

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

|flag={{Flag|Norway}}

|desc=The cargo ship (1,115 t) foundered in a cyclone in the Indian Ocean. Her last reported position was {{coord|18|30|N|72|21|E}}. Her whole crew (5 Norwegian officers and 41 Chinese sailors) was lost.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?37424 |title=SS Marly (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=28 June 2024}}{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/marly.html |title=Marly |publisher=www.warsailors.com |access-date=28 June 2024}}

}}

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|ship={{HMT|Mistletoe}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The river patrol vessel (46 t) struck a mine and sank in the Humber Estuary south of Spurn Point, Yorkshire with the loss of four of her six crew.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?68564 |title=HMS Mistletoe (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=28 June 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.benjidog.co.uk/Tower%20Hill/Fishing%20Vessels%20Mistletoe%20to%20Ophir%20II.php#Mistletoe |title=Mistletoe |publisher=www.benjidog.co.uk |access-date=28 June 2024}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship (7,203 t) was captured in the Pacific Ocean north of Australia ({{coord|5|29|N|159|42|E}}) by {{ship|German auxiliary cruiser|Orion||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) and was scuttled with explosives. Her 36 crew were all taken aboard the raider.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/raidervictims/orion.html |title=Norwegian victims of the Orion |publisher=www.warsailors.com |access-date=27 June 2024}}

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|ship={{SS|Thistlegarth||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy OB 228: The cargo ship (4,747 t) was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north west of the Outer Hebrides ({{coord|58|34|N|15|00|W}}) by {{GS|U-103|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 30 of her 39 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Heartsease|K15|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?15366 |title=SS Thistlegarth (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=28 June 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/592.html |title=Thistlegarth |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=28 June 2024}}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|Triad|N53|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The T-class submarine was shelled and sunk in the Gulf of Taranto {{convert|50|nmi|km}} south of Cape Collonne, Italy ({{coord|38|15|N|17|37|E}}) by {{ship|Italian submarine|Enrico Toti|1928|2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}) with the loss of all 52 crew.{{cite web |url=https://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2018/12/enrico-toti.html |title=Enrico Toti |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=28 June 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://submarinefamily.uk/submarines/hms-triad/ |title=Triad |publisher=submarinefamily.uk |access-date=28 June 2024}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=16 October 1940 |sort=}}

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

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster (250 t) was torpedoed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay off Île d'Yeu ({{coord|45|44|N|3|45|W}}) by {{HMS|Tigris|N63|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). Three of her six crew were killed.{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3492.html |title=HMS Tigris |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=15 June 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/les-sables-dolonne-85100/les-sables-d-olonne-en-1940-le-em-cimcour-em-a-coule-en-quarante-secondes-9733f64a-8e3c-11eb-a1bb-f434af1b4244 |title=Cimcour |publisher=www.ouest-france.fr |access-date=15 June 2024}}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|Dundalk|J60|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: the {{sclass2|Hunt|minesweeper|||1916}} was heavily damaged by striking a mine in the North Sea off Harwich, Essex, England ({{coord|51|57|N|1|27|E}}), and foundered the next day while under tow by {{HMS|Sutton}} ({{naval|UK}}). Three of her crew were missing and one died of his wounds.{{cite book |title=British Warship Losses in the Modern Era |first=David |last=Hepper |publisher=Seaforth Publishing |year=2022 |page=71 |isbn=978-1399097666}}{{cite web |url=http://www.halcyon-class.co.uk/niger/sweep_reports_oct_40.htm |title=Dundalk |publisher=www.halcyon-class.co.uk |access-date=28 June 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.fold3.com/image/302106230/admiralty-war-diaries-9140-to-93140-10140-to-103140-page-791-us-world-war-ii-war-diaries-1941-1945 |title=Admiralty War Diary, 17 October 1940 |publisher=www.fold3.com |access-date=1 July 2024}}

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

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship (5,074 t) was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores, Portugal ({{coord|31|59|N|31|20|W}}) by {{ship|Italian submarine|Comandante Cappellini|1939|2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}) with the loss of one of her 43 crew. Twenty-six survivors were rescued by Comandante Cappelini and landed three days later on the island of Santa Maria in the Azores. The 16 other were rescued by {{SS|Pan American||2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}).{{cite book |title=The sinking of the Laconia and the U-boat War: Disaster in the Mid-Atlantic |first=James P |last=Duffy |publisher=University of Nebraska Press |year=2013 |page=28 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}{{cite book |title=The world's merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=444 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2017/09/comandante-cappellini.html |title=Comandante Cappellini |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=28 June 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/italian_submarines/ships_hit/155 |title=Kabalo |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=28 June 2024}}

}}

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|ship=L. C. Høyer

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The fishing boat (13 t) was wrecked after running aground near Greena Lighthouse, Denmark. Her three crew all reached land safely.

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|ship=MTB 106

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The Thorneycroft MTB 106-class motor torpedo boat struck a mine and sank in the Thames Estuary north of Sheerness, Kent. The only casualty was a wounded crew.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?72646 |title=TB-106 (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=28 June 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.fold3.com/image/302106043/admiralty-war-diaries-9140-to-93140-10140-to-103140-page-758-us-world-war-ii-war-diaries-1941-1945 |title=Admiralty War Diary, 16 October 1940 |publisher=www.fold3.com |access-date=28 June 2024}}

}}

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|ship=Pride

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

|desc=World War II: The fishing vessel (25 t) struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Scarborough, Yorkshire with the loss of all three crew.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?156349 |title=MFV Pride (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=28 June 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.scarboroughsmaritimeheritage.org.uk/article.php?article=232 |title=Pride |publisher=www.scarboroughsmaritimeheritage.org.uk |access-date=28 June 2024}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy SC 7: The cargo ship (1,813 t) straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|57|28|N|20|30|W}}) by {{GS|U-124|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of seven of her 21 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Bluebell|K80|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?15095 |title=SS Trevisa (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=28 June 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/596.html |title=Trevisa |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=28 June 2024}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship (1,219 t) struck a mine and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off Benghazi, Libya. Her crew survived, four of them being wounded.{{cite book|title=Navi mercantili perdute |publisher=Ufficio Storica della Marina Militare |location=Roma |year=1997 |page=516}}

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

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy SC 7: The cargo ship (3,554 t) was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by {{GS|U-38|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of four of her 29 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Eaglescliffe Hall|1928|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/599.html |title=Aenos |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=28 June 2024}}

}}

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|ship=Albatross

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

|desc=World War II: The fishing vessel (15 t) struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Grimsby, Lincolnshire. Five of her crew were killed.{{cite web |url=https://www.benjidog.co.uk/Tower%20Hill/Fishing%20Vessels%20Aberdeen%20to%20Bass%20Rock.php#Albatross |title=Albatross |publisher=benjidog.co.uk |access-date=29 June 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?269178 |title=Albatross |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=29 June 2024}}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|Ashanti|F51|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The {{sclass2|Tribal|destroyer|||1936}} hit rocks at high speed off Whitburn, County Durham ({{coord|54|47|05|N|1|21|00|W}}) and was severely damaged. There were no casualties. She was refloated on 1 November, repaired and returned to service in June 1941.{{cite web |url=http://www.thessvlbhistory.co.uk/Wrecks/ashantifame.htm |title=Ashanti and Fame |publisher=www.thessvlbhistory.co.uk |access-date=28 June 2024}}

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|ship=Cheerful

|flag={{flag|Faroe Islands}}

|desc=World War II: The fishing trawler (65 t) struck a mine and sank in the Faroe Islands off Skopun. All seven crew were killed.{{cite web |url=https://vragwiki.dk/wiki/TG.321_Cheerful_17._okt._1940_Skopunarfj%C3%B8r%C3%B0ur |title=Cheerful |publisher=vragwiki.dk |access-date=1 July 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://epaper.infomedia.dk/wxa/19401026?s=1&p=2 |title=Cheerful |publisher=epaper.infomedia.dk|access-date=1 July 2024}}

}}

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|ship=Craft Transport No.2

|flag={{Flag|Canada|1868}}

|desc=The barge (150 t) was cut in two in a collision with {{SS|Gypsum Empress||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) and sank north of Hell Gate, East River, New York. One crew was lost with her, while the other six survived.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1940/10/19/archives/ship-collision-said-to-be-unavoidable-federal-board-hears-details.html |title=Craft Transport No.2 |publisher=www.nytimes.com |access-date=2 July 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://cdn.manchesterhistory.org/News/Manchester%20Evening%20Hearld_1940-10-18.pdf |title=Craft Transport No.2 |publisher=cdn.manchesterhistory.org |access-date=2 July 2024}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy OB 228: The cargo ship (1,168 t) was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south of Iceland ({{coord|60|46|N|16|30|W}}) by {{GS|U-93|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of ten of her seventeen crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Folkestone|L22|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?13053 |title=SS Dokka (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=29 June 2024}}{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/dokka.html |title= D/S Dokka |publisher=www.warsailors.com |access-date=29 June 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/597.html |title=Dokka |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=29 June 2024}}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|Fame|H78|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The F-class destroyer hit rocks at high speed off Whitburn, County Durham ({{coord|54|47|05|N|1|21|00|W}}). She was severely damaged, and fire broke out in her stokehold. There were no casualties. She was refloated on 1 December, repaired and returned to service in September 1942.

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship (1,361 t) struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Orford Ness, Suffolk ({{coord|52|03|N|1|48|E}}). Her nineteen crew were rescued by {{HMS|Holderness|L48|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?69991 |title=SS Frankrig (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=29 June 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://vragwiki.dk/wiki/Frankrig_17._okt._1940_Sydlige_Nords%C3%B8 |title=Frankrig |publisher=vragwiki.dk |access-date=29 June 2024}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy FN 11: the collier (2,972 t) was torpedoed by {{ship|German torpedo boat|S 24||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) in the North Sea {{convert|6|nmi|km}} north-northeast of Smith's Knoll off Cromer, Norfolk, blowing off her stern, disabling her and killing ten merchant sailors and one Royal Navy gunner. She was beached at Spurn Head, Yorkshire, but was later repaired and returned to service.{{cite web |url= http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland042.html#gasfire |last=Searle |first=Peter |title=Page 042: Shipbuilders – Page 3 |work=The Sunderland Site |access-date=20 December 2013}}{{cite web |url=https://www.fold3.com/image/302106170/admiralty-war-diaries-9140-to-93140-10140-to-103140-page-780-us-world-war-ii-war-diaries-1941-1945 |title=Admiralty War Diary, 17 October 1940 |publisher=www.fold3.com |access-date=1 July 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.benjidog.co.uk/Tower%20Hill/G%20W%20Humphreys%20to%20Gasray.php#Gasfire |title=Gasfire |publisher=www.benjidog.co.uk |access-date=1 July 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/s_boote/ausgabe.php?where_value=1055 |title=S-24 attack on Gasfire |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=1 July 2024}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy FN 311: The cargo (1,595 t) ship was torpedoed and damaged in the North Sea {{convert|6|nmi|km}} off Cromer by {{ship|German torpedo boat|S-18||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of a crew member. She was taken in tow by {{HMS|Worcester|D96|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) but sank the next day at {{coord|50|03|00|N|1|35|30|E}}.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?68969 |title=SS Hauxley ? (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=1 July 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/s_boote/ausgabe.php?where_value=1054 |title=S-18 attack on Hauxley |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=1 July 2024}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{Ship||Janna A.|clipper|2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The clipper struck a mine and sank in the Oosterschelde, Zeeland, Netherlands. Two of the three brothers who crewed the vessel lost their lives.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?267 |title=Janna A (+1940) |publisher=wrecksite.eu |access-date=18 October 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://fstam.home.xs4all.nl/vrijdag/janna.html |title=Janna A |publisher=fstam.home.xs4all.nl |access-date=18 October 2019}}

}}

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|ship={{HMT|Kingston Cairngorm}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler (448 t) had been damaged by running aground on 29 January 1940 and was towed to be refitted for further service when she struck a mine in the English Channel south of the Isle of Portland, Dorset. She was taken in tow but sank the next day ({{coord|50|23|N|2|42|W}}). There were no casualties.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?30536 |title=HMS Kingston Cairngorm (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=1 July 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.deeperdorset.co.uk/wreck/kingston-cairngorm/ |title=Kingston Cairngorm |publisher=www.deeperdorset.co.uk |access-date=1 July 2024}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy SC 7: The tanker (9,512 t) was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|59|14|N|17|51|W}}) by {{GS|U-48|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). All 41 crew were rescued, most of them by {{HMS|Bluebell|K80|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). The ship was declared beyond salvage and was scuttled by HMS Bluebell.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12997 |title=MV Languedoc (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=29 June 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/602.html |title=Languedoc |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=29 June 2024}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|P.L.M.14|1936|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy FN 11: the cargo (3,442 t) was torpedoed by {{ship|German torpedo boat|S 27||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) in the North Sea off Smith's Knoll off Cromer, Norfolk, killing eight merchant sailors. She was towed to safety, repaired and returned to service.{{cite web |url=https://www.benjidog.co.uk/Tower%20Hill/Oued%20Grou%20to%20Pacific%20Coast.php#P_L_M_14 |title=P.L.M.14 |publisher=www.benjidog.co.uk |access-date=1 July 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/s_boote/ausgabe.php?where_value=1056 |title=S-27 attack on P.L.M.14 |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=1 July 2024}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy SC 7: The cargo ship (3,843 t) was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|59|14|N|17|51|W}}) by {{GS|U-48|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). All 39 crew were rescued by {{HMS|Bluebell|K80|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/600.html |title=Scoresby |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=29 June 2024}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy OB 228: The cargo ship (2,715 t) was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of the Outer Hebrides ({{coord|60|40|N|15|50|W}}) by {{GS|U-93|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of two of her 29 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Katwijk|1921|2}} ({{flag|Netherlands}}) and {{SS|Montreal City|1920|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?13054 |title=SS Uskbridge (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=29 June 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/598.html |title=Uskbridge |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=29 June 2024}}

}}

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

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|ship={{SS|Beatus||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy SC 7: The cargo ship (4,885 t) was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|57|31|N|13|10|W}}) by {{GS|U-46|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) Her 37 crew were rescued by {{HMS|Bluebell|K80|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/612.html |title=Beatus |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=1 July 2024}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy SC 7: The cargo ship (2,118 t) fell behind convoy SC 7 because she rescued survivors from {{SS|Beatus||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}). She was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|57|14|N|10|38|W}}) by {{GS|U-100|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). She was torpedoed and sunk in the early hours of the next day by {{GS|U-123|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). All 25 crew were rescued by {{HMS|Fowey|L15|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url= https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/617.html |title=Boekelo |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=2 July 2024}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy SC 7: The cargo ship (1,996 t) was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of the Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom ({{coord|57|20|N|10|40|W}}) by {{GS|U-46|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her crew were rescued by {{HMS|Fowey|L15|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). There were no casualties.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12948 |title=SS Convallaria (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=1 July 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/604.html |title=Convallaria |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=1 July 2024}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Creekirk||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy SC 7: The cargo ship (3,917 t) was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of the Outer Hebrides ({{coord|57|30|N|11|10|W}}) by {{GS|U-101|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 36 crew.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?30794 |title=SS Creekirk (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=1 July 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/609.html |title=Creekirk |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=1 July 2024}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship (8,260 t) struck a mine and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off the south west coast of Sicily ({{coord|37|01|50|N|14|06|12|E}}) with the loss of four lives.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?97092 |title=SS Cuma (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=1 July 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2021/04/cuma.html |title=Cuma |website=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=2 July 2024}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship||Director II|schooner|2}}

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

|desc=File:StateLibQld 1 145435 Director II (ship).jpg

The schooner ran aground off Gladstone, Queensland, Australia and was wrecked. The whole crew was saved.{{cite web |url=http://www.offshore-radio.de/fleet/director.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011215133023/http://www.offshore-radio.de/fleet/director.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2001-12-15 |title=Director II |publisher=www.offshore-radio.de |access-date=9 July 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/58272642 |title=Director II |publisher=trove.nla.gov.au |access-date=9 July 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/78538757/8230734 |title=Director II |publisher=trove.nla.gov.au |access-date=9 July 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1995/04/07/from-a-dead-drummer-resurrection/ |title=Director II |publisher=www.tampabay.com |access-date=9 July 2024}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{ship|Italian submarine|Durbo||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Adua|submarine}} was depth charged and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea east of Gibraltar ({{coord|34|54|N|4|17|W}}) by two Saunders-Roe London flying boats of 202 Squadron, Royal Air Force, and by {{HMS|Firedrake|H79|6}} and {{HMS|Wrestler|D35|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}). All 46 crew survived and were captured.{{cite web |url=https://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2014/10/durbo.html |title=Durbo |website=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=2 July 2024}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy SC 7: The Design 1016 ship (6,055 t) was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by {{GS|U-99|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of three of her 38 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Bluebell|K80|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/614.html |title=Empire Miniver |website=uboat.net |access-date=1 July 2024}}{{cite book |last2=Sawyer |first2=LA |last1=Mitchell |first1=WH |year= 1990 |title=The Empire Ships |place=London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong |publisher=Lloyd's of London Press Ltd |isbn=1-85044-275-4 |edition=Second |page=412 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Fiscus||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy SC 7: The cargo ship (4,815 t) was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|57|29|N|11|10|W}}) by {{GS|U-99|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 38 of her 39 crew. The survivor was rescued by {{HMS|Clematis|K36|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/611.html |title=Fiscus |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=1 July 2024}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy SC 7: The cargo ship (1,572 t) was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|150|nmi|km}} west of the Outer Hebrides ({{coord|57|14|N|11|00|W}}) by {{GS|U-46|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). All 23 crew were rescued by {{HMS|Bluebell|K80|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12947 |title=SS Gunborg (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=1 July 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/603.html |title=Gunborg |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=1 July 2024}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|H49}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The H-class submarine was depth charged and sunk in the North Sea off Texel, North Holland, Netherlands by {{ship|German submarine chaser|UJ 116||2}} and {{ship|German submarine chaser|UJ 118||2}} (both {{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 26 of her 27 crew.{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3654.html |title=H49 |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=1 July 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://rnsubs.co.uk/boats/subs/h-class/h49.html |title=H49 |publisher=rnsubs.co.uk |access-date=1 July 2024}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy SC 7: The cargo ship (3,854 t) was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of the Outer Hebrides ({{coord|57|14|N|10|38|W}}) by {{GS|U-99|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of one of her 28 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Bluebell|K80|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?30819 |title=SS Niritos (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=1 July 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/608.html |title=Niritos |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=1 July 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/verluste_griechenland/ausgabe.php?lang=1&rubrik=%&where_value=187 |title=Niritos |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=1 July 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://olympias.lib.uoi.gr/jspui/handle/123456789/6254 |title=Greek losses, part B |publisher=olympias.lib.uoi.gr |access-date=1 July 2024}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy OB 229: The cargo ship (3,612 t) was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|300|nmi|km}} west north west of Rockall, Inverness-shire ({{coord|58|12|N|21|29|W}}) by {{GS|U-38|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of five of her 39 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Hibiscus|H24|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?116010 |title=SS Sandsend (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=1 July 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/606.html |title=Sandsend |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=1 July 2024}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy SC 7: The cargo ship (5,458 t) 'romped' ahead of the convoy. She was torpedoed and damaged {{convert|90|nmi|km}} east south east of Rockall ({{coord|57|12|N|11|08|W}}) by {{GS|U-123|1940|2}}. {{GS|U-100|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) fired a coup de grâce which did not sink her. All 36 crew were rescued by {{HMS|Fowey|L15|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). The next day, U-123 fired another torpedo, which sank her at that location.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11169 |title=SS Shekatika (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=1 July 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/626.html |title=Shekatika |website=uboat.net |access-date=1 July 2024}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

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

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The coaster (336t) struck a mine and sank in the Thames Estuary near the Oaze Lightship (22px Trinity House), north east of the Isle of Sheppey, Kent. The whole crew was saved.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?73844 |title=MV Aridity (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=27 July 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.fold3.com/image/302106558/admiralty-war-diaries-9140-to-93140-10140-to-103140-page-842-us-world-war-ii-war-diaries-1941-1945 |title=Aridity |publisher=www.fold3.com |access-date=27 July 2024}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy SC 7: The cargo ship (2,962 t) was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|57|12|N|10|43|W}}) by {{GS|U-101|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of seventeen of the 51 people aboard. The survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Leith|U36|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/618.html |title=Assyrian |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=9 July 2024}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 79: The cargo ship (6,865 t) was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|56|35|N|17|15|W}}) by {{GS|U-38|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 39 crew were rescued by {{HMS|Jason|J39|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12968 |title=SS Bilderdijk (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=9 July 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/630.html |title=Bilderdijk |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=9 July 2024}}

}}

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|ship={{HMCS|Bras d'Or|1919|6}}

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

|desc=The minesweeper (269 t) sank for an unknown reason in the Gulf of St. Lawrence with the loss of all 30 crew.{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/9987.html |title=HMCS Bras d'Or |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=2 July 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://semaphore.uqar.ca/id/eprint/598/1/ESTUAIRE_1983_NO-3.pdf |title=Bras d'Or |publisher=semaphore.uqar.ca |access-date=2 July 2024}}{{cite web |url=http://www.forposterityssake.ca/Navy/HMCS_BRAS_D_OR.htm |title=Bras d'Or |publisher=www.forposterityssake.ca |access-date=2 July 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.cnrs-scrn.org/northern_mariner/vol14/tnm_14_4_25-40.pdf |title=Bras d'Or |publisher=www.cnrs-scrn.org |access-date=2 July 2024}}{{cite book |title=British Warship Losses in the Modern Era |first=David |last=Hepper |publisher=Seaforth Publishing |year=2022 |page=72 |isbn=978-1399097666}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy SC 7: The cargo ship (3,106 t) was torpedoed and damaged west of the Outer Hebrides ({{coord|57|10|N|11|20|W}}) by {{GS|U-99|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Clintonia was then shelled and sunk by {{GS|U-123|1940|2}} with the loss of one of her 35 crew.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?16224 |title=SS Clintonia (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=9 July 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/619.html |title=Clintonia |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=9 July 2024}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy SC 7: The cargo ship (5,154 t) was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|57|12|N|10|43|W}}) by {{GS|U-99|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}), with the loss of six of her 41 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Fowey|L15|6}} ({{naval|UK}}.{{cite book |last2=Sawyer |first2=LA |last1=Mitchell |first1=WH |year= 1990 |title=The Empire Ships |place=London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong |publisher=Lloyd's of London Press Ltd |isbn=1-85044-275-4 |edition=Second |page=433 }}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/625.html |title=Empire Brigade |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=9 July 2024}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 79: The cargo ship (7,653 t) was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of the Hebrides ({{coord|57|00|N|17|00|W}}) by {{GS|U-38|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of nine of her 81 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Loch Lomond|1934|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=34 Killed in Torpedoed British Steamer|date=2 November 1940 |page=3 |issue=48763 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12917 |title=SS Matheran (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=9 July 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/631.html |title=Matheran |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=9 July 2024}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 79: The cargo ship (4,548 t) was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|90|nmi|km}} south west of Rockall, Inverness-shire ({{coord|57|00|N|16|00|W}}) by {{GS|U-46|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}} with the loss of 30 crew and one gunner. The seven survivors were rescued by {{SS|Induna|1925|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12950 |title=SS Ruperra (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=9 July 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/622.html |title=Ruperra |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=9 July 2024}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy SC 7: The cargo ship (5,556 t) was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of the Outer Hebrides ({{coord|57|20|N|11|22|W}}) by {{GS|U-123|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of three of her 39 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Salvonia|W43|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11168 |title=SS Sedgepool (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=9 July 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/627.html |title=Sedgepool |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=9 July 2024}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 79: The tanker (6,023 t) was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|90|nmi|km}} south west of Rockall ({{coord|57|00|N|16|53|W}}) by {{GS|U-47|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). She was abandonned by her crew and was then torpedoed and sunk in the early hours of the next day by {{GS|U-48|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 37 crew were rescued by {{HMT|Blackfly|FY 1173|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12969 |title=SS Shirak (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=9 July 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/629.html |title=Shirak |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=9 July 2024}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Snefjeld||2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy SC 7: The cargo ship (1,644 t) was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|57|28|N|11|10|W}}) by {{GS|U-99|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). All 21 crew survived and were rescued by {{HMS|Clematis|K36|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) on 23 October.{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/615.html |title=Snefjeld |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=9 July 2024}}{{cite web |url=http://warsailors.com/singleships/snefjeld.html |title=Snefjeld |publisher=warsailors.com |access-date=9 July 2024}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Soesterberg||2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy SC 7: The cargo ship (1,904 t) was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|57|12|N|10|43|W}}) by {{GS|U-101|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of six of her 25 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Leith|U36|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/616.html |title=Soesterberg |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=9 July 2024}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy SC 7: The cargo ship (5,875 t) was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of the Outer Hebrides ({{coord|57|00|N|11|30|W}}) by {{GS|U-99|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 22 of her 26 crew.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?30822 |title=SS Thalia (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=9 July 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/628.html |title=Thalia |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=9 July 2024}}>{{cite web |url=https://olympias.lib.uoi.gr/jspui/handle/123456789/30179 |title=Greek losses, part A |publisher=olympias.lib.uoi.gr |access-date=9 July 2024}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 79: The cargo ship (4,966 t) was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of the Outer Hebrides ({{coord|56|37|N|17|15|W}}) by {{GS|U-47|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 40 crew were rescued by {{HMS|Jason|J99|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12918 |title=SS Uganda (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=9 July 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/624.html |title=Uganda |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=9 July 2024}}

}}

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|ship={{HMT|Velia}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler (290 t) struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off the Kentish Knock Lightship (22px Trinity House) ({{coord|51|48|05|N|1|44|00|E}}). Her crew were rescued by {{HMT|Hekla}} and {{HMT|Stella Carina}} (both {{naval|UK}}).

}}

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|ship={{HMS|Venetia|1917|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The V-class destroyer struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Margate, Kent ({{coord|51|33|N|1|10|E}}). 35 crew were killed and 18 of the 84 survivors were wounded.{{cite web |url=http://www.wildfire3.com/venetia.html |title=HMS Venetia |publisher=www.wildfire3.com |access-date=9 July 2024}}{{cite web |url=http://vandwdestroyerassociation.org.uk/HMS_Venetia/index.html |title=HMS Venetia |publisher=vandwdestroyerassociation.org.uk |access-date=9 July 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.fold3.com/image/302106546/admiralty-war-diaries-9140-to-93140-10140-to-103140-page-840-us-world-war-ii-war-diaries-1941-1945 |title=Venetia |publisher=www.fold3.com |access-date=9 July 2024}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 79: The cargo ship (4,947 t) was torpedoed in the Atlantic Ocean west of the Outer Hebrides ({{coord|56|45|N|17|07|W}}) by {{GS|U-46|1938|2}} or {{GS|U-47|1938|2}} (both {{navy|Nazi Germany}}). She remained afloat on her cargo of lumber until she sank on 21 October. Her 34 crew were rescued by {{HMT|Angle}} ({{naval|UK}}) and {{SS|Indira|1918|2}} ({{flag|Norway}}).{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12951 |title=SS Wandby (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=9 July 2024}}{{cite book |last2=Sawyer |first2=LA |last1=Mitchell |first1=WH |year= 1990 |title=The Empire Ships |place=London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong |publisher=Lloyd's of London Press Ltd |isbn=1-85044-275-4 |edition=Second |page=84 }}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/623.html |title=Wandby |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=9 July 2024}}

}}

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

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 79: The tanker (8,230 t) was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north west of County Donegal, Ireland ({{coord|56|37|N|17|15|W}}) by {{GS|U-100|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of one of her 53 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMT|Angle}} and {{HMT|Lady Elsa}} (both {{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?15188 |title=MV Caprella (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=11 July 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/639.html |title=Caprella |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=11 July 2024}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy OA 232: The cargo ship (4,876 t) was torpedoed and damaged in the North Sea {{convert|9|nmi|km}} off Girdleness, Aberdeenshire by a Luftwaffe Heinkel He 115 floatplane. She was taken in tow by {{HMS|Cleveland|L46|6}} and reached Aberdeen but started to list heavily in bad weather in the early hours of the 23rd and was abandoned. She later stranded at Bridge of Don, Aberdeenshire. She was later raised and repaired. There were no casualties.{{cite web |url=https://worldwartwodaily.filminspector.com/2016/10/october-20-1940-convoy-ob-229-disaster.html?utm_content=cmp-true |title=Conakrian |publisher=worldwartwodaily.filminspector.com |access-date=26 July 2024}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy OB 229: The cargo ship (5,810 t) was torpedoed and sunk west of the Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom ({{coord|57|55|N|25|00|W}}) by {{GS|U-124|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of two of her 35 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMCS|Saguenay|D79|6}} ({{naval|Canada|1911}}).{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?15097 |title=SS Cubano (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=11 July 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/636.html |title=Cubano |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=11 July 2024}}{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/cubano.html |title=Cubano |publisher=www.warsailors.com |access-date=11 July 2024}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 79: The tanker (9,965t) straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north west of County Donegal ({{coord|56|36|N|15|03|W}}) by {{GS|U-46|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of four of her 37 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Hibiscus|K24|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12953 |title=MV Janus (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=9 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/641.html |title=Janus |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=12 July 2024}}

}}

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|ship={{MV|La Estancia|1939|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 79: The cargo ship (5,185 t) was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of the Outer Hebrides ({{coord|57|00|N|17|00|W}}) by {{GS|U-47|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of one of her 34 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Indira||2}} ({{flag|Norway}}). La Estancia was on a voyage from Mackay, Queensland, Australia to Methil, Fife.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12971 |title=MV La Estancia (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=11 July 2024}}{{cite book |last2=Sawyer |first2=LA |last1=Mitchell |first1=WH |year= 1990 |title=The Empire Ships |place=London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong |publisher=Lloyd's of London Press Ltd |isbn=1-85044-275-4 |edition=Second |page=56 }}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/633.html |title=Caprella |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=11 July 2024}}

}}

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|ship= {{ship|Italian submarine|Lafolè||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Adua|submarine}} was depth charged, rammed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea north of Melilla, Spain ({{coord|36|00|N|3|00|W}}) by {{HMS|Gallant|H59|6}}, {{HMS|Griffin|H31|6}} and {{HMS|Hotspur|H01|6}} (all {{naval|UK}}). Forty of her 49 crew were killed. Survivors were rescued by HMS Gallant and HMS Hotspur.{{cite web |url=https://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2014/05/lafole.html |title=Lafolè |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=26 July 2024}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Loch Lomond|1934|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 79: The cargo ship (5,452 t) straggled behind the convoy. She was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north west of County Donegal ({{coord|56|00|N|14|30|W}}) by {{GS|U-100|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of one of her 40 crew. Survivors, including all 72 from {{SS|Matheran|1919|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) were rescued by {{HMS|Jason|J39|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?15186 |title=SS Loch Lomond (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=10 November 2011}}{{cite web |url= https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/635.html |title=Loch Lomond |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=12 July 2024}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 79: The tanker (6,218 t) was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|150|nmi|km}} south west of Rockall, Inverness-shire ({{coord|56|37|N|17|15|W}}) by {{GS|U-100|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of one of her 44 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMT|Angle}} and {{HMT|Lady Elsa}} (both {{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?15187 |title=MV Sitala (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=11 July 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/638.html |title=Sitala |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=11 July 2024}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Sulaco||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy OB 229: The cargo ship (5,389 GRT, 1926) was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of the Outer Hebrides ({{coord|57|25|N|25|00|W}}) by {{GS|U-124|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}} with the loss of 66 of her 67 crew. The survivor was rescued by {{HMCS|Saguenay|D79|6}} ({{naval|Canada|1911}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?15096 |title=SS Sulaco (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=14 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/634.html |title=Sulaco |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=12 July 2024}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Whitford Point|1928|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 79: The cargo ship (5,026 t) was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|90|nmi|km}} south west of Rockall ({{coord|56|38|N|16|00|W}}) by {{GS|U-47|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 36 of her 39 crew. The 3 survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Sturdy|1919|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/632.html |title=Whitford Point |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=12 July 2024}}

}}

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

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

|flag={{flag|Finland}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship (602 t) was sunk in the Gulf of Finland east of Gogland Island in a collision with {{ship|Soviet submarine|S-102||2}} ({{navy|Soviet Union|1935}}). Ten of her crew were lost, three were rescued by the submarine.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?134925 |title=SS Astrid (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=27 July 2024}}{{cite web |url=http://warsailors.com/forum/archive/forum/read.php-1,5091,5091.html |title=Astrid |publisher=warsailors.com |access-date=27 July 2024}}{{cite web |url=http://www.sovboat.ru/ship/s102.php3 |title=S-102|publisher=www.sovboat.ru |access-date=27 July 2024}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Italian destroyer|Francesco Nullo|1925|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Sauro|destroyer}} was shelled, torpedoed and sunk by {{HMS|Kimberley|F50|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) off Harmi Island, Italian Somaliland. Eleven of her 120 crew were killed and 14 were wounded, 3 of them dying from their wounds in the next weeks.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?138168 |title=RM Francesco Nullo (NL) (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=26 July 2024}}{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2014/10/francesco-nullo.html |title=Francesco Nullo |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=26 July 2024}}

}}

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|ship={{MV|Houston City|1934|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship (4,935 t) struck a mine and was damaged in the Thames Estuary north east of Leysdown-on-Sea, Kent. She was beached at {{coord|5|28|53|N|1|00|12|E}}. Salvage was abandoned on 1 November following repeated bombing during salvage efforts.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?73779 |title=MV Houston City (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=27 July 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.fold3.com/image/302106885/admiralty-war-diaries-9140-to-93140-10140-to-103140-page-904-us-world-war-ii-war-diaries-1941-1945 |title=Houston City |publisher=www.fold3.com |access-date=27 July 2024}}

}}

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|ship=HMS MTB 17

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The BPB 60-foot-class motor torpedo boat (MTB) was severely damaged by an explosion, possibly caused by one of her own torpedoes, off Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium. Her whole crew survived and was picked up by other MTBs. The wreck was found the next day in shallow water by the Germans and towed to Ostend but was too heavily damaged and was scrapped.

}}

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|ship={{HMT|Waveflower}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minesweeping trawler (368 t) struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Aldeburgh with the loss of 15 of her 22 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMT|Thomas Leeds}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?70019 |title=HMT Waveflower (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=26 July 2024}}

}}

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

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|ship=Blue Beard

|flag={{Flag|Canada|1868}}

|desc=The sailfish (14 t) went missing off Flint, Nova Scotia, with five crew members.

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

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

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at Marsden, Northumberland ({{coord|54|59|12|N|1|22|42|W}}). Her 49 crew were all rescued. She broke in two on 19 January 1941 and was declared a total loss.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=482 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11513 |title=SS Cairnglen (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=7 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=https://ne-diary.genuki.uk/Inc/ISeq_10.html |title=Incidents. 19th October to 29th November 1940 |first1=Roy |last1=Ripley |first2=Brian |last2=Pears |publisher=ne-diary.genuki.uk |access-date=26 June 2024}}{{cite web |url=http://www.thessvlbhistory.co.uk/Wrecks/cairnglen.htm |title=Cairnglen |publisher=www.thessvlbhistory.co.uk |access-date=26 June 2024}}

}}

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|ship={{HMT|Joseph Button}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler (290 t) struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Aldeburgh, Suffolk with the loss of five of her crew.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Two Trawlers Mined |date=31 October 1940 |page=4 |issue=48761 |column=G }}{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?70028 |title=HMT Joseph Button (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=27 July 2024}}{{cite book |title=British Warship Losses in the Modern Era |first=David |last=Hepper |publisher=Seaforth Publishing |year=2022 |page=73 |isbn=978-1399097666}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|HMT|Hickory|T116|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|Tree|trawler|1}} struck a mine and sank in the English Channel south of the Isle of Portland, Dorset ({{coord|50|26|24|N|2|45|48|W}}) with the loss of 23 of her crew.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?78476 |title=HMT Hickory (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=27 July 2024}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Karachi Maru|1919|2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship was driven ashore at Esutoru, Soviet Union and sank at the stern. She was declared a total loss.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=539 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Kerry Head|1913|2}}

|flag={{flag|Ireland|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship (825 t) was bombed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Clear Island, County Cork, Ireland. All twelve crew were lost.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11750 |title=SS Kerry Head (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=27 July 2024}}{{cite web |url=http://www.plimsollshipdata.org/pdffile.php?name=40a0513.pdf |title=Lloyd's Register, Steamers and Motorships |publisher=Plimsoll Ship Data |access-date=28 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120610211918/http://www.plimsollshipdata.org/pdffile.php?name=40a0513.pdf |archive-date=10 June 2012 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=https://www.mullocks.com/kerry-head- |title=Kerry Head |publisher=www.mullocks.com |access-date=27 July 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.mariner.ie/wwii-losses/ |title=Irish WWII losses |publisher=www.mariner.ie |access-date=27 July 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://lugnad.ie/kerry-head/ |title=Kerry Head |publisher=lugnad.ie |access-date=27 July 2024}}

}}

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|ship=HMCS Margaree

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy OL 8: The D-class destroyer collided with {{MV|Port Fairy|1928|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) and sank in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of 143 of her crew. The 34 survivors were rescued by Port Fairy.{{cite web |url=https://militaryhistorynow.com/2022/04/11/the-tragic-end-of-hmcs-margaree-how-a-freak-atlantic-convoy-accident-cost-the-lives-of-142-allied-sailors |title=Margaree |publisher=militaryhistorynow.com |access-date=28 July 2024}}{{cite web |url=http://www.forposterityssake.ca/Navy/HMCS_MARGAREE_H49.htm |title=Margaree |publisher=www.forposterityssake.ca |access-date=28 July 2024}}

}}

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

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|ship=Essie

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=World War II: The fishing trawler (54 t) struck a mine and sank in the Skagerrak {{convert|10|nmi|km}} south of Skagen, Denmark, with the loss of six of her crew.

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|ship=Jean Nicolet

|flag={{Flag|Canada|1868}}

|desc=The motor vessel (20t) sank in the port of Quebec City after a collision with North Gaspe ({{Flag|Canada|1868}}).{{cite web |url=https://clarkesteamship.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/chapter-8.pdf |title=Jean Nicolet |publisher=clarkesteamship.wordpress.com |access-date=31 July 2024}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Prinsesse Ragnhild|1931|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The passenger ship struck a mine and sank in the Norwegian Sea off Bodø, with the loss of 78 of the 140 people aboard.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/homefleet/shipsp.html |title=Norwegian Homefleet - WW II, Ships starting with P |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=10 February 2012}}

}}

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

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cable ship was sunk by an Italian mine off Pantelleria. There were two dead and 83 survivors.{{cite web |url=https://www.lavocedelmarinaio.com/2018/10/24-10-1940-affonda-la-regia-nave-giasone-i/ |title=Giasone |date=24 October 2018 |publisher=lavocedelmarinaio.com |access-date=4 October 2019}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|36|01|N|7|22|W}}) by {{GS|U-37|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of two of her 68 crew. One of the survivors was taken as a prisoner of war.

}}

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|ship={{ship|German weather ship|WBS 5 Adolf Vinnen||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The weather ship (384t) was shelled and sunk off Stadtlandet, Norway ({{coord|62|29|N|4|23|E}}) by {{HMS|Matabele|F26|6}}, {{HMS|Punjabi|F21|6}} and {{HMS|Somali|F33|6}} (all {{naval|UK}}). Seven of her fourteen crew were killed during the sinking and two more died of exposure before the 5 survivors were rescued by the fishing trawler Odin ({{flag|Norway}}).{{cite web |url=https://www.warcovers.dk/greenland/wbs5_1.htm |title=WBS 5 |publisher=www.warcovers.dk |access-date=30 July 2024}}{{cite web |url=http://www.u-boote.fr/meteo/meteo_wbs5_adolf-vinnen.htm |title=WBS 5 |publisher=www.u-boote.fr |access-date=30 July 2024}}

}}

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

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|ship={{SS|Blairspey||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy SC 7: Taken under tow after being torpedoed in the Atlantic Ocean east-northeast of Rockall, Inverness-shire on 18 October by {{GS|U-101|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) and again on 19 October by {{GS|U-100|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}), the cargo ship was beached in the Clyde. She was repaired and returned to service.{{cite web|url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/621.html|title=Blairspey|last=Helgason|first=Guðmundur|date=1995–2013|work=Ships hit by U-boats|publisher=Guðmundur Helgason|access-date=18 August 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/viewship.asp?id=20373|website=Clydebuilt|title=Launched 1929: ss BLAIRSPEY|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526055856/http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/viewship.asp?id=20373|archive-date=26 May 2011}}

}}

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|ship={{Ship|FV|Carlton|GY 1278|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The fishing trawler struck a mine at the mouth of the Humber and sank with the loss of three of her ten crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?68498 |title=FV Carlton (GY-1278) (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=7 November 2011}}

}}

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|ship={{HMT|Duthies}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler was bombed and sunk at Montrose, Angus. Her crew were rescued.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?62839 |title=HMT Duthies (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=8 November 2011}}

}}

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|ship=Encourage

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

|desc=World War II: The fishing trawler struck a mine and sank in the English Channel off Plymouth, Devon with the loss of all four crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?77413 |title=MFV Encourage (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=8 November 2011}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Kyle Skye||2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship (311 t) ran aground on the Isle of Arran, Bute and was wrecked.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?63975 |title=SS Kyle Skye (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=9 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=https://www.scottishshipwrecks.com/kyle-skye/ |title=Kyle Skye |date=23 December 2023 |publisher=www.scottishshipwrecks.com |access-date=26 June 2024}}

}}

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|ship={{HMT|Lord Inchcape|FY 1611|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler struck a mine and sank in the English Channel off Plymouth with the loss of a crew member. She was later salvaged.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?13464 |title=HMT Lord Inchcape (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=25 October 2011}}

}}

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|ship=South Goodwin Lightship

|flag=22px Trinity House

|desc=World War II: The lightship was bombed and sunk in the North Sea off St. Margarets Bay, Kent by Luftwaffe aircraft.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?73435 |title=South Goodwin Light Vessel (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=14 November 2011}}

}}

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|ship=Sunbeam

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

|desc=The fishing vessel sank in Cross Sound in the Alexander Archipelago off the side of George Island ({{coord|58|12|00|N|136|23|45|W|name=George Island}}) facing Three Hill Island, Alaska Territory ({{coord|58.1661|N|136.3953|W|name=Three Hill Island|format=dms}}). One of the two people on board was lost.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-s/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (S)]

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|ship=Windsor

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

|desc=World War II: The fishing vessel struck a mine and sank in the Humber south of Spurn Point, Yorkshire with the loss of a crew member.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?68516 |title=FV Windsor (part Of) (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=15 November 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

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

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was intercepted by {{HMS|Delhi|D47|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) off the coast of Africa and was scuttled by her crew. She was on a voyage from Dakar to Libreville, French West Africa.

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

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker struck a mine, broke in two and sank in Liverpool Bay off Southport, Lancashire. Her 56 crew were rescued. The wreck was subsequently dispersed by explosives.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11567 |title=MV Dosinia (Bow) (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=8 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12729 |title=MV Dosinia (Aft) (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=8 November 2011}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=495 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|H. J. Kyvig|1921|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in Sognefjord by Royal Air Force aircraft with the loss of five of her crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/homefleet/shipsh1.html |title=Norwegian Homefleet - WW II, Ships starting with Ha |publisher=warsailors.com |access-date=28 October 2019}}{{cite web |url=http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=7340 |title=H. J. Kyvig |publisher=forum.12oclockhigh.net |access-date=28 October 2019}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed, shelled and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean west of the Outer Hebrides ({{coord|57|30|N|16|31|W}}) by {{GS|U-28|1936|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 69 crew took to the lifeboats, but were not seen again. Matina was torpedoed and sunk on 29 October by {{GS|U-31|1936|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12838 |title=SS Matina (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=10 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/642.html |title=Matina |publisher=Uboat |access-date=5 February 2012}}

}}

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

|flag={{Flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The whale factory ship struck a mine and broke in two in the Bristol Channel off Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom ({{coord|51|33|48|N|3|56|48|W}}).The bow section capsized and sank. The stern section was beached. Her 40 crew were rescued by {{HMT|Silja}} ({{naval|UK}}) and {{ship|ST|Victor||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}). The stern section was refloated in 1942 and scrapped.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?72267 |title=SS Stombus (part Of) (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=14 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/strombus.html |title=D/S Strombus |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=7 February 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://www.swanseadocks.co.uk/Gower%20wrecks%20Rons%20write-up%20site.pdf |title=A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks |first=Ron |last=Tovey |publisher=Swansea Docks |access-date=23 December 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222065415/http://www.swanseadocks.co.uk/Gower%20wrecks%20Rons%20write-up%20site.pdf |archive-date=22 December 2014}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=564 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|V.71 Intrepido||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The schooner was sunk by a mine off Benghazi, Libya. Her crew were rescued by another sailing vessel. The mine was probably laid by {{HMS|Rorqual|N74|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3415.html |title=Rorqual |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=4 October 2019}}

}}

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

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|ship=Gerda

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=World War II: The fishing boat was sunk by a mine north of Frederikshavn, Denmark, with the loss of both crew.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Margaretha|1934|2}}

|flag={{Flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster struck a mine and sank in the Bristol Channel off Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom ({{coord|51|22|N|3|12|W}}). Her crew were rescued.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?72211 |title=MV Margaretha (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=10 November 2011}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Meggie||2}}

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|70|nmi|km}} off Santa Maria Island, Azores, Portugal by {{ship|Italian submarine|Nani||2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}). Her crew were rescued.

}}

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|ship=Persevere

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

|desc=World War II: The drifter struck a mine and sank in the Firth of Forth. Both crew were rescued.{{cite web |url=https://www.fold3.com/image/302107554 |title=Persevere |publisher=fold3.com |access-date=28 October 2019}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The coaster struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Hartlepool, County Durham ({{coord|54|44|N|1|05|W}}). Her crew were rescued.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?65423 |title=MV Suavity (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=14 November 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

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

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

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

|desc=World War II: The tug struck a mine and sank in the Bristol Channel off Newport, Monmouthshire ({{coord|51|23|N|3|15|W}}) with the loss of three of her four crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?72217 |title=SS Devonia (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=8 November 2011}}

}}

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|ship={{RMS|Empress of Britain|1931|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The troopship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north west of Ireland (at {{coord|55|16|N|9|50|W}}) by {{GS|U-32|1937|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}), after having been bombed and damaged by a Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor aircraft of 2 Staffeln, Kampfgeschwader 40, Luftwaffe with the loss of 45 of the 623 people on board.{{cite web |title=Empress of Britain |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/643.html |website=uboat.net |access-date=24 July 2021}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=496 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{HMT|Harvest Gleaner}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler was bombed and sunk in the North Sea off Southwold, Suffolk with the loss of four of her crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?70135 |title=HMS Harvest Gleaner (1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=25 October 2011}}

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|ship={{ship||Malygin|1912 icebreaker|2}}

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

|desc=The icebreaker foundered in a storm off Kamchatka. All 98 aboard were lost.

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|ship={{MV|Sagacity||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The coaster struck a mine and sank in the Humber south west of Spurn Point, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?31832 |title=MV Sagacity (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=14 November 2011}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Sheaf Field|1923|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off the mouth of the River Deben, Suffolk ({{coord|51|58|45|N|1|27|15|E}}). Her 26 crew survived.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?74489 |title=SS Sheaf Field (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=14 November 2011}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=510 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Bristol Channel off Newport ({{coord|51|22|N|3|15|W}}) with the loss of five of her crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?72216 |title=SS Wythburn (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=15 November 2011}}

}}

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

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|ship={{SS|G. W. Humphreys|1924|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The sludge carrier struck a mine and sank in the East Oaze Deep, Thames Estuary, north of Leysdown-on-Sea, Kent with the loss of seven of her crew.{{cite book | first =Anthony | last =Lane | year =2009 | title =Shipwrecks of Kent | pages =28, 30, 42–43, 54, 66–69 | publisher =The History Press | location =Stroud |isbn=978-0-7524-1720-2 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?73838 |title=G. W. Humphreys (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=8 November 2011}}

}}

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

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

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

|desc=The cargo ship came ashore {{convert|2|nmi|km}} north of Rattray Head, Aberdeenshire ({{coord|57|37|45|N|1|44|00|W}}) and was wrecked. Her crew survived.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?62084 |title=SS Alcora ? (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=2 November 2011}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Baron Minto|1937|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was driven ashore in the Loch of Strathbeg ({{coord|57|35|15|N|1|50|00|W}}). She was attacked by Luftwaffe aircraft between 11 November 1940 and 31 May 1941 and was consequently declared a constructive total loss on 9 May 1945.

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|ship=Bragi

|flag=22px Iceland

|desc=The fishing trawler was sunk in a collision with {{Ship|TSS|Duke of York|1935|2}} ({{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) off the Wyre Light, Lancashire, United Kingdom.{{csr|register=MSI|id=1146538|shipname=Bragi |accessdate=8 August 2012}}

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

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

|desc=The cargo ship was driven ashore and wrecked {{convert|1|nmi|km}} west of Rattray Head ({{coord|57|37|10|N|1|47|00|W}}).{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=483 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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|ship={{HMS|ML 109}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The Fairmile A motor launch struck a mine near Chequer Shoal Buoy off the mouth of the Humber and sank with the loss of three of her crew.

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|ship={{ship||Placidas Faroult|lugger|2}}

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The auxiliary lugger was stranded and wrecked at Salcombe, Devon, United Kingdom.{{cite web|url=https://plimsoll.southampton.gov.uk/shipdata/pdfs/35/35a0463.pdf |title=Lloyd's Register: Steamers & Motorships Under 300 Tons, Trawlers &c. |publisher=Plimsoll ship data |access-date=28 November 2011}}.

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|ship={{ship|ST|Seagem||2}}

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

|desc=The tugboat sank.

}}

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

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

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground off Rattray Head and was wrecked.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?140869 |title=SS Simonsburn (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=14 November 2011}} She floated off and sank.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=484 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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|ship={{HMS|Sturdy|H28|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy SC 8: The {{sclass2|S|destroyer|||1917}} ran aground off Tiree, Inner Hebrides and was wrecked with the loss of five of her crew.

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|ship={{GS|U-32|1937|2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type VIIA submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north west of Ireland by {{HMS|Harvester|H19|6}} and {{HMS|Highlander|H44|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}) with the loss of nine of her 42 crew. Survivors were rescued by HMS Harvester and HMS Highlander.

}}

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|ship={{SS|Victoria|Readhead, 1914|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy SLS 51: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of County Donegal, Ireland by Focke-Wulf Fw 200 aircraft of I Staffeln, Kampfgeschwader 40, Luftwaffe.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?166068 |title=SS Victoria (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=15 November 2011}} Her 29 crew survived.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=528 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=31 October 1940 |sort=}}

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

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

|desc=The cargo ship sank in the North Sea {{convert|35|nmi|km}} off Buchan Ness, Aberdeenshire ({{coord|57|57|00|N|2|25|30|W}}), following an external explosion believed not to have been caused by a torpedo, with the loss of eight of her nineteen crew.{{cite web|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?61963|title=SS Hillfern (1940)|publisher=wrecksite.eu|access-date=6 June 2017}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=499 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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|ship=MTB 16

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The BPB 60-foot-class motor torpedo boat struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?74589 |title=MTB-16 (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=11 November 2011}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 82: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of the Outer Hebrides ({{coord|58|45|N|16|00|W}}) by {{GS|U-124|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 29 crew.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/645.html |title=Rutland |publisher=Uboat |access-date=14 February 2012}}

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|ship={{HMT|Wardour}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler struck a mine and sank in the North Sea. Twelve crew were rescued by {{HMS|Douglas|D90|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4011-24NOV01.htm |title=Naval Events, November 1940, Part 1 of 2, Friday 1st – Thursday 14th |publisher=Naval History |access-date=28 November 2011}}

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|ship={{ship|Italian submarine|Foca|1937|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Foca|submarine}} left for a minelaying mission in the Mediterranean Sea off Haifa, Palestine but disappeared without a trace, probably between 12 and 16 October, with her 69 crew.{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2015/01/foca.html |title=Foca |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=4 October 2019}}

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|ship=North Goodwin Lightship

|flag=22px Trinity House

|desc=The lightship was driven ashore at Walmer, Kent after her anchor chain broke in a storm.

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|ship={{ship||Oscar Robinson|ketch|2}}

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

|desc=The ketch sank in the Pacific Ocean off Port Adelaide, South Australia.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?52254 |title=Oscar Robinson (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=11 November 2011}}

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