World War II: The Soldati-classdestroyer was bombed and sunk in drydock at Palermo, Sicily in an Allied air raid. Three of her crew were killed. The wreck was raised in 1944 for scrapping but sank whilst being towed to Taranto, Italy.[1]
World War II: The tug was sunk in a collision off North Carolina when two convoys respectively northbound and southbound met in bad visibility. She was rammed by Edward L Doheny (United States) and sank, but all hands were rescued.[19]
World War II: The blockade runner was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (29°10′N34°10′W / 29.167°N 34.167°W / 29.167; -34.167) by U-43 (Kriegsmarine) with the loss of 364 of 365 people on board, 108 crewmen and 257 survivors of Thor and Uckermack (both destroyed by an accidental explosion in Japan on 30 November 1942). The survivor was rescued by Campoamor (Spain).[31]
World War II: Battle of the Bismarck Sea: Operation 81-transport convoy No. 1 Division (starboard column): The Shinia Maru-class auxiliary transport was bombed and sunk south east of Finschhafen (06°56′S148°16′E / 6.933°S 148.267°E / -6.933; 148.267) by American and Australian aircraft. Eighteen crewmen, 45 gunners and an unknown number of troops were killed.[24]
World War II: The Type C2-SU-R ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil by Barbarigo (Regia Marina). All aboard, 59 crew and 25 gunners, survived and were rescued the next day by Rio Colorado (Argentina.[4][39]
Taimei Maru under attack on 3 March 1943World War II: Battle of the Bismarck Sea: Operation 81-transport convoy, No. 2 Division (portside column): The Taimei Maru-class auxiliary transport was bombed and sunk 31 nautical miles (57 km; 36 mi) east south east of Finschhafen (07°15′S148°30′E / 7.250°S 148.500°E / -7.250; 148.500) by American and Australian aircraft. Forty-four of her crew and 35 soldiers were killed.[40]
World War II: Battle of the Bismarck Sea: Operation 81-transport convoy, No. 1 Division (starboard column): The transport ship was bombed and sunk south-east of Finschhafen, New Guinea (06°56′S148°16′E / 6.933°S 148.267°E / -6.933; 148.267) by American and Australian aircraft. Her commanding officer, seventeen of her crew, fifteen gunners and 1,882 troops were killed. Also lost were six Daihatsu landing craft, fifteen collapsible boats, and six row boats.[41]
World War II: The Fairmile B-class motor launch was rammed and sunk off Freetown, Sierra Leone, by HMS Burdock (Royal Navy) after being mistaken for a German submarine. There were no casualties.[80][81]
World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Mediterranean Sea.[4] Also reported as bombed and sunk north east of Zembra, Tunisia by British aircraft.[94]
World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea southwest of Marettimo. All, or almost all, of the approximately 200 men aboard were rescued.[4][95]
The cargo ship collided with Alcoa Guard (United States) and sank in the Atlantic Ocean 200 nautical miles (370 km; 230 mi) north east of Bermuda. All 66 people aboard were rescued by Richard H. Alvey (United States).[98]
World War II: Convoy SC 122: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by U-663 (Kriegsmarine) with the loss of all 52 crew.[115]
World War II: Operation Creek: The cargo ship was sunk with explosives by British raiders at Mormugão.[118] Also reported as scuttled by her crew. The wreck was refloated in 1950 and scrapped.[119]
World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea off Algiers, Algeria. She was placed under repair at Algiers but torpedoed and damaged on 26 March by Luftwaffe aircraft. Her back was broken and she was declared a constructive total loss. Empire Standard was towed out to sea and scuttled.[120]
World War II: Convoy BT 6: The Liberty ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean 175 nautical miles (324 km; 201 mi) north of Cayenne (7°40′N52°07′W / 7.667°N 52.117°W / 7.667; -52.117) by U-510 (Kriegsmarine) with the loss of eleven of her 58 crew. Survivors abandoned ship, although some of them reboarded her the next day. The other survivors were rescued by USS PC-592 (United States Navy). Those aboard James Smith were ordered to abandon her on 12 March, but she did not sink and was again reboarded. She was towed to Trinidad by HMS Zwarte Zee (Royal Navy). James Smith was subsequently repaired and returned to service.[122]
World War II: Convoy SC 121: The landing craft tank was being transported as deck cargo aboard Bonneville (Norway) and was lost when that ship was torpedoed and sunk by a U-229 and/or U-405 (both Kriegsmarine).[124]
World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by HMS Taurus (Royal Navy). One of her crew was reported missing, there were 49 survivors.[4][5]
World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) north east of Punta Milazzo, Sicily by HMS Trooper (Royal Navy).[4][143]
World War II: The blockade runner was intercepted in the Atlantic Ocean by USS Eberle and USS Savannah (both United States Navy). A boarding party from USS Eberle was placed on the ship, which was sunk by explosives killing eleven crew from USS Eberle. The remaining three members of the boarding party and her 72 crew were rescued by USS Savannah.[155]
World War II: Operation Brandy: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk by HNoMS MTB 619 and HNoMS MTB 631 (both Royal Norwegian Navy) off Florø. Three of her crew were reported missing.[4][193][194][195]
World War II: The cargo ship struck the wreck of Oslofjord (Norway) and was beached on the Herd Sands, off the mouth of the River Tyne. She was a total loss.[198]
The Assurance-class tug ran aground near Osfles Rock, Iceland and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by the naval trawler HMT Bute (Royal Navy).[81][209]
World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed by M-122 (Soviet Navy) and beached off Kirkenes, Norway with the loss of all hands. She was a total loss.[210][94]
World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off Terschelling by HMMTB 88 and HMMTB 93 (both Royal Navy). Her nineteen crew were rescued.[4][203]
World War II: Convoy ET 14: The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea north west of Oran (36°10′N0°30′W / 36.167°N 0.500°W / 36.167; -0.500) by U-77 (Kriegsmarine) with the loss of one of her 51 crew. She was abandoned, but was reboarded the next day and beached at Oran. Later repaired and returned to service.[211][212]
World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by HMS Trooper (Royal Navy). There were ten missing and sixteen survivors.[4][5]
World War II: The Hunt-classdestroyer was struck by a "Motobomba" torpedo dropped by a Regia Aeronautica aircraft in the harbor at Tripoli, Libya, and was beached to prevent her from sinking. Six of her crew were killed. She underwent temporary repairs and was towed to the United Kingdom, but her repairs were never completed, and she was scrapped in 1947.[245]
World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged at Tripoli by Junkers Ju 88 aircraft of Kampfgeschwader 30 and Kampfgeschwader 77, Luftwaffe. She was consequently declared a total loss. Two of her crew were killed.[4][257]
World War II: The cargo ship was sunk during an attack on Palermo by Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft of 301st Bombardment Group, United States Army Air Force, either by bombs or by the explosion of the ammunition ship Alessandro Volta (Italy).[272][273][274]
World War II: The harbour defence motor launch was lost as cargo when City of Christchurch (United Kingdom), bombed by a Focke-Wulf Fw 200 aircraft of the Luftwaffe the day before, sank in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Portugal.[277]
World War II: The tanker was sunk during an attack on Palermo by Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft of 301st Bombardment Group, United States Army Air Force, either by bombs or by the explosion of the ammunition ship Alessandro Volta (Italy).[272][273][274]
World War II: The cargo ship was sunk during an attack on Palermo by Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft of 301st Bombardment Group, United States Army Air Force, either by bombs or by the explosion of the ammunition ship Alessandro Volta (Italy).[272][273][274]
World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by a Vickers Wellington aircraft of 221 Squadron, Royal Air Force off Capri. There were six dead and 119 survivors.[4][5][278] Also reported as being torpedoed and sunk by British aircraft at Tripoli, Libya, with the wreck being refloated and scrapped.[279]
World War II: The cargo ship was sunk during an attack on Palermo by Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft of 301st Bombardment Group, United States Army Air Force, either by bombs or by the explosion of the ammunition ship Alessandro Volta (Italy).[272][273][274] She was refloated on 15 January 1945 and scrapped in 1948.[187]
World War II: The cargo ship was sunk during an attack on Palermo by Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft of 301st Bombardment Group, United States Army Air Force, either by bombs or by the explosion of the ammunition ship Alessandro Volta (Italy).[272][273][274]
World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea east of Bizerta, Tunisia by Allied aircraft. There were 41 dead and 102 survivors.[4][5][283]
World War II: The cargo ship was sunk during an attack on Palermo by Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft of 301st Bombardment Group, United States Army Air Force, either by bombs or by the explosion of the ammunition ship Alessandro Volta (Italy).[272][273][274]
World War II: The cargo ship was sunk during an attack on Palermo by Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft of 301st Bombardment Group, United States Army Air Force, either by bombs or by the explosion of the ammunition ship Alessandro Volta (Italy).[272][273][274]
World War II: Shetland Bus: The fishing vessel was attacked on 22 March by German aircraft about 75 nautical miles (139 km; 86 mi) from the Norwegian coast while returning from a mission to Norway and was severely damaged. Her eight crew, five of them wounded, abandoned her. One of them died of his wounds, but the others reached the coast, found help and were rescued by a motor torpedo boat three weeks later. Two German minesweepers sent to capture Bergholm found her empty and she sank while an attempt was made to salvage her.[288][289]
World War II: The Navigatori-classdestroyer struck a mine and sank north of Cape Bon, Tunisia. Five hundred and twenty men died (199 crew and 321 embarked German troops). There were 80 survivors (42 crew and 38 Germans).[296][297]
World War II: The RD-class minesweeper had been sunk at Bizerta, Tunisia on 9 January 1943. She had been raised and brought to dry dock in the Arsenal of Sidi Abdallah, also in Bizerte. She was againg bombed and sunk there.[298]
World War II: The coaster was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea west of Cape Calava, Sicily by HMS Sahib (Royal Navy). Four of her crew were killed.[4][300]
The patrol boat was sunk off Long Island, New York by an explosion probably caused by a gasoline leak. Only her commanding officer survived out of a crew of ten.[314]
World War II: The cargo ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft and was beached in Oro Bay. Her 72 crew survived. She was subsequently refloated and towed to Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.[322]
World War II: The cargo ship, loaded with explosives and gasoline, caught fire while moored at Naples and was destroyed by a huge explosion that devastated the harbor, killing more than 600 people and injuring another 3,000.
World War II: The fishing boat was scuttled by her crew after being intercepted by a Kriegsmarine warship during a Shetland bus mission to occupied Norway. Of the twelve people on board ,one was killed and two were mortally wounded, while eight were captured and executed by the Germans. The final person on Brattholm, Jan Baalsrud, escaped to neutral Sweden.[351]
World War II: The cargo ship was intercepted in the Atlantic Ocean between Greenland and Iceland by HMS Glasgow (Royal Navy) and was scuttled by her crew. Only six of her 118 crew were rescued by HMS Glasgow.[357][358][181]
World War II: The sailing vessels were sunk in the Mediterranean Sea between Reggio Calabria and Milazzo, Sicily by gunfire from HMS Sahib (Royal Navy). Two other vesselss were damaged. In all, one person was killed and six were wounded.[300]
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