LIST OF SHIPWRECKS IN 1940

The 'list of shipwrecks in 1940' includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1940.
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	Operator	Ship	Class	Cause	Location
January 3		'''S-2'''	'''S''' class submarine	Sunk by Finnish mine	Märket narrows, Baltic Sea
January 7		'HMS ''Seahorse'''	'''S''' class submarine	Deptcharged and sunk by ships of the German 1st Minesweeping Flotilla	North-west of Heligoland
January 7		'HMS ''Undine'''	'''U''' class submarine	Sunk by German A/S trawlers	South west of Heligoland
January 9		'HMS ''Starfish'''	'''S''' class submarine	Deptcharged and sunk by German minesweeper '''M-7'''	Heligoland Bight
January 13		'''Aura II'''	Escort vessel and former presidential yacht	Sunk by one of her own depth charges as it exploded in its thrower while she was attacking the Soviet submarine '''ShCh-324'''	Märket narrows, Baltic Sea
January 19		'HMS ''Grenville'''	'''G''' class destroyer	Sunk by mine	North Sea
January 21		'HMS ''Exmouth'''	'''E''' class destroyer	Torpedoed and sunk by U-22	In the Moray Firth, off Inverness
January 30		'''Unterseeboot 15'''	Submarine	Collision with torpedo boat '''Iltis'''	North Sea, near Hoofden
January 30		'''Unterseeboot 55'''	Submarine	Sunk by RN destroyer 'HMS ''Whitshed''', RN sloop 'HMS ''Fowey''', French destroyers '''Valmy'''. '''Guepard''' and a Short Sunderland from No. 228 Squadron RAF	North Sea near the Shetland Islands
February 5		'''Unterseeboot 41'''	Submarine	Sunk by 'HMS ''Antelope'''	South of Ireland
February 12		'''Unterseeboot 33'''	Submarine	Sunk by the minesweeper 'HMS ''Gleaner'''	Firth of Clyde
February 18		'HMS ''Daring'''	'''D''' class destroyer	Torpedoed and sunk by ''U-23''	East of Pentland Firth, Scotland
February 20		'''Unterseeboot 54'''	Submarine	Disappeared, probably lost to mine field	North Sea
February 22		'''Leberecht Maass'''	'''Zerstörer 1934''' class destroyer	Attacked and hit by a Luftwaffe bomber, lost steering and strayed into a British minefield	Dogger Bank
February 22		'''Max Schultz'''	'''Zerstörer 1934''' class destroyer	Hit mine during rescue efforts for '''Leberecht Maass'	Dogger Bank
February 23		'''Unterseeboot 53'''	Submarine	Depth charged and sunk by RN destroyer 'HMS ''Gurkha'''	North Sea, near Orkney
February 25		'''Unterseeboot 63'''	Submarine	Sunk by the destroyers 'HMS ''Escort''', 'HMS ''Inglefield''', and 'HMS ''Imogen'''	North Sea near the Shetland Islands
March 13		'''Unterseeboot 44'''	Submarine	Lost in mine field	North Sea
March 24		'''La Railleuse'''	'''L'Adroit''' class destroyer	Sunk by accidental explosion of its own torpedoes	Casablanca, Marocco
March 27		'''Unterseeboot 22'''	Submarine	Went missing	North Sea
April 6		'''Unterseeboot 1'''	Submarine	Sunk by mine	North Sea
April 6		'''Unterseeboot 50'''	Submarine	Sunk by mine	North Sea north of Terschelling
April 8		'HMS ''Glowworm'''	'''G''' class destroyer	Sunk by the German cruiser Admiral Hipper at the beginning of the German invasion of Norway	North-west of Trondheim
April 9		'HMS ''Gurkha'''	'''Tribal''' class destroyer	Sunk by Luftwaffe bombers in the initial phase of Operation Weserübung	North Sea south-east of Bergen
April 9		'HNoMS ''A-2'''	'''A''' class submarine	Attacked and totally wrecked by German Raum-boats 'R-22' and 'R-23'	Off Tønsberg, Oslofjord
April 9		'HNoMS ''Æger'''	'''Sleipner''' class destroyer	Sunk by Luftwaffe bombersduring the invasion of Norway	Near Stavanger
April 9		'''Blücher'''	'''Admiral Hipper''' class heavy cruiser	Sunk by Norwegian coastal artillery and shore-based torpedoes during Operation Weserübung	Oslofjord
April 9		'HNoMS ''Eidsvold'''	'''Eidsvold''' class coastal battleship	Torpedoed by the German destroyer ''Wilhelm Heidkamp''during the battle of Narvik	Narvik
April 9		'HNoMS ''Norge'''	'''Eidsvold''' class coastal battleship	Torpedoed by the German destroyer ''Bernd von Arnim''during the battle of Narvik	Narvik
April 9		'''Karlsruhe'''	'''K''' class light cruiser	Torpedoed and crippled by British submarine 'HMS ''Truant' off Kristiansand while on her way back to Germany after taking part in Operation Weserübung, then scuttled by German torpedoboat ''Greif''	Skagerrak near Kristiansand
April 10		'''Albatros'''	'''1923 Raubvogel''' class torpedoboat	Accidentally grounded and wrecked during battle with Oslofjord Fortress	Oslofjord
April 10		'''Wilhelm Heidkamp'''	'''Zerstörer 1936''' class destroyer	Torpedoed by the British destroyer HMS ''''Hardy'' during first battle of Narvik	Narvik
April 10		'''Anton Schmitt'''	'''Zerstörer 1936''' class destroyer	Torpedoed by the British destroyer HMS ''''Hunter'' during first battle of Narvik	Narvik
April 10		'HMS ''Hardy'''	'''H''' class destroyer	Sunk by German destroyers during first battle of Narvik	Ofotfjord near Narvik
April 10		'HMS ''Hunter'''	'''H''' class destroyer	Sunk by German destroyers during first battle of Narvik	Ofotfjord near Narvik
April 10		'''Königsberg'''	'''K''' class light cruiser	Bombed and sunk by Fleet Air Arm Blackburn Skua dive bombers while in port in Bergen on the second day of Operation Weserübung	Bergen
April 10		'HMS ''Tarpon'''	'''T''' class submarine	Probably sunk by the German 'Q-ship' '''Schiff 40 / Schürbek''' and the minesweeper '''M6'''	Skagerak
April 10		'HMS ''Thistle'''	'''T''' class submarine	Torpedoed and sunk by U-4 during the Operation Weserübung	North Sea off Norway
April 13		'HNoMS ''Frøya'''	Minelayer	Scuttled by own crew during the Norwegian campaign, then torpedoed and destroyed by U-34	Trondheimsfjord
April 13		'''Unterseeboot 64'''	Submarine	Sunk by Fairey Swordfish from HMS Warspite during the Second Battle of Narvik	Near Bjerkvik
April 13		'''Erich Koellner'''	'''Zerstörer 1934A''' class destroyer	Sunk by HMS Warspite and RN destroyers during the Second Battle of Narvik	Narvik
April 13		'''Hermann Künne'''	'''Zerstörer 1936''' class destroyer	Sunk by HMS Eskimo during the Second Battle of Narvik	Narvik
April 13		'''Diether von Roeder'''	'''Zerstörer 1936''' class destroyer	Sunk by HMS Warspite and RN destroyers during the Second Battle of Narvik	Narvik
April 13		'''Erich Giese'''	'''Zerstörer 1934A''' class destroyer	Sunk by HMS Warspite and RN destroyers during the Second Battle of Narvik	Narvik
April 13		'''Bernd von Arnim'''	'''Zerstörer 1934A''' class destroyer	Scuttled by own crew during the Second Battle of Narvik	Narvik
April 13		'''Georg Thiele'''	'''Zerstörer 1934''' class destroyer	Scuttled by own crew during the Second Battle of Narvik	Narvik
April 13		'''Hans Lüdemann'''	'''Zerstörer 1936''' class destroyer	Scuttled by own crew during the Second Battle of Narvik	Narvik
April 13		'''Wolfgang Zenker'''	'''Zerstörer 1934A''' class destroyer	Scuttled by own crew during the Second Battle of Narvik	Narvik
April 15		'''Brummer'''	Auxiliary gunnery training ship	Torpedoed by RN submarine 'HMS ''Sterlet''' April 14, sinking early the next morning	Kattegat
April 15		'''Unterseeboot 49'''	Submarine	Sunk by British destroyers 'HMS ''Fearless''' and 'HMS ''Brazen'''	Near Harstad
April 16		'HNoMS ''A-3'''	'''A''' class submarine	Scuttled by own crew to prevent capture by the Germans	Verkbukta, Tønsberg
April 16		'HNoMS ''A-4'''	'''A''' class submarine	Scuttled by own crew to prevent capture by the Germans	Verkbukta, Tønsberg
April 18		'HMS ''Sterlet'''	'''S''' class submarine	Sunk either by German anti submarine trawlers '''UJ-125''', '''UJ-126''' and '''UJ-128''' or mined on her way home to base	Skagerrak south of Larvik
April 20		'HNoMS ''Stegg'''	'''Trygg''' class torpedo boat	Sunk in battle with Kriegsmarine warships during the Norwegian campaign	Hardangerfjord
April 26		'HNoMS ''Garm'''	'''Draug''' class destroyer	Sunk by Luftwaffe bombers during the Norwegian campaign	Sognefjord
April 29		'HMS ''Unity'''	'''U''' class submarine	Sunk following accidental collision with Norwegian Steamer '''Atle Jarl'''	Off the Tyne
April 30		'HMS ''Bittern'''	'''Bittern''' class sloop	Sunk by German bombers during the Norwegian campaign	Off Namsos
April 30		'HMS ''Dunoon'''	'''Hunt''' class minesweeper	Mined while sweeping for mines	Off Great Yarmouth
April 30		'''Leopard'''	'''1924 Raubtier''' class torpedoboat	Sunk after collision with the minelayer '''Preußen'''	Skagerrak
April 30		'''Maillé Brézé'''	'''Vauquelin''' class destroyer	Sunk by accidental explosion of two of its own torpedoes	Greenock, Scotland
May 1		'HMS ''Aston Villa'''	ASW trawler	Sunk by Stuka dive bombers during the Namsos campaign	Namsos
May 1		'HMS ''Gaul'''	ASW trawler	Sunk by Stuka dive bombers during the Namsos campaign	Namsos
May 1		'HMS ''St. Goran'''	ASW trawler	Severly damaged by Luftwaffe bombers during the Namsos campaign, then scuttled by HMS ''Angle''	Namsos
May 1		'''Uller'''	'''Vale''' class minelayer	Sunk by Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service Heinkel He 115 seaplane bomber	Sognefjord
May 3		'''Bison'''	'''Guépard''' class destroyer	Sunk by German aircraft while taking part in the evacuation of Namsos	Off Trondheim
May 3		'HMS ''Afridi'''	'''Tribal''' class destroyer	Sunk by Stuka dive bombers during the evacuation of troops from the Namsos campaign	Namsos
May 4		'ORP ''Grom'''	'''Grom''' class destroyer	Sunk by German bombers	Ofotfjord near Narvik
May 9		'''Doris'''	'''Circé''' class submarine	Torpedoed and sunk by U-9	West of Petten, the Netherlands
May 10	22x20px Royal Netherlands Navy	'HNLMS ''Van Galen'''	'''Admiralen''' class destroyer	Severely damaged by German bombers off Waalhaven, sinking later in the day	Merwedehaven
May 12	22x20px Royal Netherlands Navy	'HNLMS ''Friso'''	'''Gruno''' class gunboat	Sunk by German aircraft	On the IJsselmeer off Enkhuizen
May 13	22x20px Royal Netherlands Navy	'HNLMS ''Christiaan Cornelis'''	'''K''' class torpedoboat	Scuttled by own crew after suffering heavy damage from German air and ground forces	Rotterdam
May 14	22x20px Royal Netherlands Navy	'HNLMS ''Brinio'''	'''Gruno''' class gunboat	Scuttled by own crew after suffering damage from German aircraft on May 12	On the IJsselmeer
May 14	22x20px Royal Netherlands Navy	'''O 11'''	'''O 9''' class submarine	Scuttled to prevent capture by the Germans	Den Helder
May 14	22x20px Royal Netherlands Navy	'''O 12'''	'''O 12 class''' class submarine	Scuttled to prevent capture by the Germans while undergoing maintenance at the 'Rijkswerf' shipyard	Den Helder
May 15	22x20px Royal Netherlands Navy	'HNLMS ''Hydra'''	'''Hydra''' class minelayer	Beached and scuttled by her own crew after being damaged by German anti-tank gunfire	Somewhere in Zeeland
May 15	22x20px Royal Netherlands Navy	'HNLMS ''Tjerk Hiddes'''	'''Gerard Callenburgh''' class destroyer	Scuttled to prevent capture by the Germans	Nieuwe Waterweg at Rotterdam
May 15		'HMS ''Valentine'''	'''V''' class destroyer	Bombed by German aircraft, beached and abandoned	Off Terneuzen, Holland
May 17	22x20px Royal Netherlands Navy	'HNLMS ''Philips Van Almonde'''	'''Gerard Callenburgh''' class destroyer	Scuttled on slipway to prevent capture by the Germans	Vlissingen
May 18		'HMS ''Effingham'''	'''Hawkins''' class cruiser	Wrecked on a reef near Bodø during the Norwegian campaign, scuttled with gunfire and torpedoes by HMS '''Matabele''' 21 May 1940	Bliksvær near Bodø
May 19		'HMS ''Whitley'''	'''W''' class destroyer	Damaged by German aircraft, beached, then scuttled by 'HMS ''Keith'''	Off Ostend
May 21		'''L'Adroit'''	'''L'Adroit''' class destroyer	Sunk by German He 111 bomber	Off Dunkerque
May 23		'''Jaguar'''	'''Chacal''' class destroyer	Sunk by E-boats '''S-21''' and '''S-23''' during Operation Dynamo	Off Dunkerque
May 23		'''Orage'''	'''Bourrasque''' class destroyer	Sunk by German bombers	Off Boulogne-sur-Mer
May 24		'''Chacal'''	'''Chacal''' class destroyer	Sunk by German aircraft	Off Boulogne-sur-Mer
May 24		'HMS ''Wessex'''	'''W''' class destroyer	Bombed and sunk by German aircraft while conducting a NGFS mission	Off Calais
May 26		'HMS ''Curlew'''	'''C''' class light cruiser	Sunk by German bombers	Ofotfjord near Narvik
May 29		'HMS ''Grafton'''	'''G''' class destroyer	Sunk by the German uboat U-62 during Operation Dynamo	North Sea, off Nieuwpoort, Belgium, Belgium
May 29		'HMS ''Grenade'''	G class destroyer	Sunk by Stukas during Operation Dynamo	English Channel
May 29		'HMS ''Wakeful'''	W class destroyer	Torpedoed and sunk by E-boat 'S-30' during Operation Dynamo	English Channel
May 30		'''Bourrasque'''	'''Bourrasque''' class destroyer	Heavily damaged by mine, then sunk by artillery fire during Operation Dynamo	North Sea, off Nieuwpoort, Belgium, Belgium
May 31		'''Sirocco'''	'''Bourrasque''' class destroyer	Sunk by E-boats '''S-23''' and '''S-26''' during Operation Dynamo	English Channel
May 31		'''Unterseeboot 13'''	Submarine	Sunk by Royal Navy sloop HMS ''Weston''
Late May		'ORP ''Orzeł'''	'''Orzeł''' class submarine	Disappeared while operating against German naval forces off Norway during the Norwegian campaign	Somewhere in the North Sea
June 1		'HMS ''Basilisk'''	'''B''' class destroyer	Sunk by air attack during Operation Dynamo	English Channel
June 1		'HMS ''Havant'''	'''Havant''' class destroyer	Damaged by air attack, then sunk by 'HMS ''Saltash''' during Operation Dynamo	English Channel
June 1		'HMS ''Keith'''	'''B''' class destroyer	Sunk by air attack during Operation Dynamo	English Channel
June 1		'''Le Foudroyant'''	'''L'Adroit''' class destroyer	Sunk by air attack during Operation Dynamo	English Channel
June 7		'HMS ''Carinthia'''	Armed merchant cruiser	Torpedoed by '''U-46''' on June 6, foundered the next day	West of Galway Bay, Ireland
June 8		'HMS ''Acasta'''	'''A''' class destroyer	Sunk by the German battlecruisers ''Gneisenau'' and ''Scharnhorst'' during Operation Juno	North Sea near Norway
June 8		'HMS ''Ardent'''	'''A''' class destroyer	Sunk by the German battlecruisers ''Gneisenau'' and ''Scharnhorst'' during Operation Juno	North Sea near Norway
June 8		'HMS ''Glorious'''	Aircraft carrier	Sunk by the German battlecruisers ''Gneisenau'' and ''Scharnhorst'' during Operation Juno	North Sea near Norway
June 8		'HMS ''Juniper '''	'''Tree''' class minesweeping trawler	Sunk by the German heavy cruiser ''Admiral Hipper'' during Operation Juno	North Sea near Norway
June 10		'HNoMS ''B-3'''	'''B''' class submarine	Scuttled by her own crew to prevent capture by the Germans after battery explosion	Alsvåg, Vesterålen
June 12		'HMS ''Calypso'''	'''C''' class light cruiser	Sunk by Italian submarine Bagnolini	Eastern Mediterranean, south of Crete
June 13	22x20px Royal Netherlands Navy	'''O 13'''	'''O 12 class''' class submarine	Went missing on patrol, probably lost in German mine field June 13	Near the Great Fisher Bank
June 13		'HMS ''Scotstoun'''	Armed merchant cruiser	Torpedoed and sunk by '''U-25'''	West of Barra, Outer Hebrides
June 14	Regia Marina	'''Macalle'''	'''Adua''' class submarine	Ran aground	Red Sea
June 14		'HMS ''Odin'''	'''Odin''' class submarine	Sunk by the Italian destroyers Strale and Baleno	In the Gulf of Taranto, off Crotone
June 16		'HMS ''Grampus'''	'''Grampus''' class submarine	Sunk by four Italian Spica class torpedo boats	East of Sicily
June 17		'''HMT Lancastria'''	Troopship	Sunk by air attack during Operation Ariel	South of Chémoulin Point in the Charpentier roads off St. Nazaire
June 17	Regia Marina	'''Provana'''	'''Marcello''' class submarine	Rammed and sunk by French sloop '''La Curieuse''' after attacking a French convoy	Off Oran, Algeria
June 18		'''Achille'''	'''Redoutable''' class submarine	Scuttled while in drydock	Brest
June 18		'''Agosta'''	'''Agosta''' class submarine	Scuttled	Brest
June 18		'''Cyclone'''	'''Bourrasque''' class destroyer	Damaged by E-boat '''S-24''' 30 May 1940, scuttled June 18 1940	Brest
June 18		'''Pasteur'''	'''Redoutable''' class submarine	Scuttled	Brest
June 18		'''Ouessant'''	'''Agosta''' class submarine	Scuttled	Brest
June 19		'HMS ''Orpheus'''	'''Odin''' class submarine	Sunk by the Italian '''Turbine''' class destroyer '''Turbine'''	North of Tobruk
June 20	Regia Marina	'''Diamante'''	Submarine	Torpedoed and sunk by 'HMS ''Parthian'''	Off Tobruk
June 22		'''La Bastiaise'''	'''Flower''' class corvette	Sunk by mine	Off Hartlepool
June 22		'''Unterseeboot 122'''	Submarine	Lost to reasons unknown	North Sea
June 23	Regia Marina	'''Torricelli'''	Submarine	Sunk in surface gunbattle with the destroyers 'HMS ''Kandahar''', 'HMS ''Kingston''', 'HMS ''Khartoum''' and the sloop 'HMS ''Shoreham'''	Red Sea off Perim
June 23		'HMS ''Khartoum'''	'''K''' class destroyer	Beached after suffering heavy gunfire damage in battle with the Italian submarine '''Torricelli'''	Red Sea off Perim
June 23	Royal Indian Navy	'HMIS ''Pathan'''	'''PC''' class patrol craft	Torpedoed and sunk by the Italian submarine '''Galvani'''	Gulf of Oman
June 24	Regia Marina	'''Galvani'''	'''Brin''' class submarine	Engaged on the surface and sunk by the sloop 'HMS ''Falmouth'	Gulf of Oman
June 25		'HMCS ''Fraser'''	'''C''' class destroyer	Accidentally rammed and sunk by anti-aircraft cruiser 'HMS ''Calcutta''' during Operation Ariel	Gironde estuary, off Bordeaux
June 27	Regia Marina	'''Console Generale Liuzzi'''	'''Liuzzi''' class submarine	Scuttled after depth charge attack from RN destroyers HMS ''Dainty'', 'HMS ''Ilex''', 'HMS ''Decoy''', 'HMS ''Defender''', and RAN destroyer 'HMAS ''Voyager'''	South of Crete
June 28	Regia Marina	'''Espero'''	'''Turbine''' class destroyer	Sunk by 'HMAS ''Sydney''' while transporting Black Shirts from Taranto to Tobruk	Off Tobruk
June 29		'HMS ''Edgehill'''	Special service vessel (Q-ship)	Torpedoed and sunk by U-51	In the North Atlantic, south-west of Ireland
June 29	Regia Marina	'''Argonauta'''	'''Argonauta''' class submarine	Probably sunk by depth charge attack from RN destroyers HMS ''Dainty'', 'HMS ''Ilex''', 'HMS ''Decoy''', 'HMS ''Defender''', and RAN destroyer 'HMAS ''Voyager''', alternatively depth charged and sunk by a Short Sunderland	Off Cape Ras el Hilal, Libya
June 29	Regia Marina	'''Rubino'''	'''Sirena''' class submarine	Sunk by Short Sunderland of No. 230 Squadron RAF	Ionian Sea, off Santa Maria di Leuca
June 29	Regia Marina	'''Uebi Sciebeli'''	'''Adua''' class submarine	Sunk by 'HMS ''Dainty''' and 'HMS ''Ilex'''	West of Crete
July 1		'''Unterseeboot 26'''	Submarine	Sunk by the corvette 'HMS ''Gladiolus''' and a Royal Australian Air Force Short Sunderland	Atlantic Ocean near Ireland
July 1		'''Unterseeboot 102'''	Submarine	Sunk by 'HMS ''Vansittart'	South-west of Ireland
July 3		'''Bretange'''	'''Bretagne''' class battleship	Sunk at the attack on Mers-el-Kébir	Mers-el-Kébir, French North Africa
July 4		'''Rigault de Genouilly'''	'''Bougainville ''' class colonial sloop	Torpedoed and sunk by RN sub 'HMS ''Pandora'	North of Matifou, French North Africa
July 5		'HMS ''Whirldwind'''	'''W''' class destroyer	Torpedoed and sunk by U-34	South-west of Ireland
July 5	Regia Marina	'''Zeffiro'''	'''Turbine''' class destroyer	Sunk by Fairey Swordfish torpedo bombers from 'HMS ''Eagle'''	Tobruk
July 6		'HMS ''Shark'''	'''S''' class submarine	Sunk under tow by German minesweeping trawlers '''M-1803''', '''M1806''' and '''M-1807''' after capture by German seaplanes the previous day	West-south-west of Egersund
July 9		'HMS ''Salmon'''	'''S''' class submarine	Lost, probably sunk by a mine	Off Norway
July 11		'HMS ''Escort'''	'''E''' class destroyer	Torpedoed by the Italian submarine '''Guglielmo Marconi''' on July 8, sank under tow July 11	East of Gibraltar
July 16		'HMS ''Imogen'''	'''I''' class destroyer	Accidentally rammed and sunk by cruiser 'HMS ''Glasgow'''	Off Duncasby Head, Scotland
July 16		'HMS ''Phoenix'''	'''Parthian''' class submarine	Sunk by the Italian torpedo boat '''Albatros'''	Off Augusta, Sicily
July 19	Regia Marina	'''Bartolomeo Colleoni'''	'''Condottieri class''' cruiser	Sunk by RAN and RN ships in the Battle of Cape Spada	Off Cape Spada, Crete
July 20		HMS '''Brazen'''	'''B''' class destroyer	Sunk by air attack	Off Dover
July 20	Regia Marina	'''Nembo'''	'''Turbine''' class destroyer	Sunk by Fairey Swordfish torpedo bombers from 'HMS ''Eagle'''	Gulf of Bomba, near Tobruk
July 20	Regia Marina	'''Ostro'''	'''Turbine''' class destroyer	Sunk by Fairey Swordfish torpedo bombers from 'HMS ''Eagle'''	Gulf of Bomba, near Tobruk
July 26		'''Luchs'''	'''1924 Raubtier''' class torpedoboat	Torpedoed and sunk by RN submarine 'HMS ''Swordfish'''	North Sea, off Norway
July 27		'HMS ''Codrington'''	'''A''' class destroyer leader	Sunk by air attack	Off Dover
July 27		'HMS ''Wren'''	'''W''' class destroyer	Sunk by German bombers	Off Aldeburgh, England
July 30		'HMS ''Delight'''	'''D''' class destroyer	Sank in port after being damaged by German bombers the previous day	Portland harbour
July 30		'HMS ''Narwhal'''	'''Grampus''' class submarine	Sunk by German aircraft	Off Norway
August 1		'HMS ''Oswald'''	'''Odin''' class submarine	Rammed and sunk by the Italian Navigatori class destroyer '''Ugolino Vivaldi'''	South of Cape Spartivento, Strait of Messina
August 1		'HMS ''Spearfish'''	'''S''' class submarine	Torpedoed and sunk by '''U-34'''	North-east of Aberdeen, Scotland
August 1		'''U-25'''	Submarine	Sunk by minefield	North Sea near Terchelling
August 3		'HMS ''Thames'''	'''River''' class submarine	Probably mined	North Sea
August 10		'HMS ''Transylvania'''	Armed merchant cruiser	Torpedoed and sunk by German uboat '''U-56'''	Northwest of Malin Head, Donegal
August 15		'''Elli'''	Light cruiser	Torpedoed and sunk by Italian submarine '''Delfino'''	Aegean Sea, off Tinos
August 20		'''Unterseeboot 51'''	Submarine	Sunk by submarine 'HMS ''Cachalot'''	West of St. Nazaire
August 22	Regia Marina	'''Iride'''	600-Serie '''Perla''' class submarine	Sunk by Fairey Swordfish torpedo bomber from 'HMS ''Eagle'''	Gulf of Bomba off Cyrenaica
August 23		'HMS ''Hostile'''	'''H''' class destroyer	Damaged by mine, scuttled by 'HMS ''Hero'''	Off Cape Bon in the Strait of Sicily
August 24		'HMS ''Penzance'''	'''Folkestone''' class sloop	Torpedoed and sunk by U-37	South-west of Iceland
August 28		'HMS ''Dunvegan Castle'''	Armed merchant cruiser	Torpedoed by '''U-46''' August 27, floundered the next day	West of Ireland
August 31		'HMS ''Esk'''	'''E''' class destroyer	Sunk by mine	Off Texel, the Netherlands
September 1		'HMS ''Ivanhoe'''	'''I''' class destroyer	Sunk by mine	North Sea, off the Frisian Islands
September 3		'''Unterseeboot 57'''	Submarine	Collision with Norwegian steamship '''Rona'''	Off Brunsbüttel, Schleswig-Holstein
September 15		'HMS ''Dundee'''	'''Shoreham''' class sloop	Torpedoed and sunk by U-48 while acting as convoy escort	West of Ireland
September 17	Regia Marina	'''Aquilone'''	'''Turbine''' class destroyer	Sunk by Fairey Swordfish torpedo bombers from 'HMS ''Illustrious'''	Benghazi harbor
September 17	Regia Marina	'''Borea'''	'''Turbine''' class destroyer	Sunk by Fairey Swordfish torpedo bombers from 'HMS ''Illustrious'''	Benghazi harbor
September 23		'''L'Audacieux'''	Destroyer	Beached after being attacked by 'HMAS ''Australia''' during the Battle of Dakar	Dakar, French West Africa
September 23		'''Persée'''	'''Redoutable''' class submarine	Sunk during by 'HMS ''Foresight''' and 'HMS ''Inglefield''' during the Battle of Dakar	Off Dakar
September 24		'''Ajax'''	'''Redoutable''' class submarine	Sunk during by 'HMS ''Fortune''' during the Battle of Dakar	Off Dakar
September 24		'''Ostmark'''	Light seaplane tender	Sunk by the Royal Navy submarine 'HMS ''Tuna'''	Bay of Biscay south-west of St. Nazaire
September 30	Regia Marina	'''Gondar'''	'''Adua''' class submarine	Sunk by 'HMAS ''Stuart''' and a Short Sunderland flying boat	Off Alexandria
October 2	Regia Marina	'''Berillo'''	'''Perla''' class submarine	Scuttled after attack from RN destroyers 'HMS ''Havock''' and 'HMS ''Hasty'''	Off Sidi Barrani
October 4		'HMS ''Rainbow'''	'''R''' class submarine	Rammed and sunk by the Italian merchant ''Antonietta Costa''	Off Bari
October 12	Regia Marina	'''Artigliere'''	'''Soldati''' class destroyer	Sunk by 'HMS ''York''' after having been heavily damaged by 'HMS ''Ajax'''	Ionian Sea
October 15		'HMS ''Triad'''	'''T''' class submarine	Sunk in surface gunbattle with the Italian submarine '''Enrico Toti'''	Gulf of Taranto
October 17		'HMS ''Dundalk'''	'''Hunt''' class minesweeper	Struck mine October 16, foundered the next day while under tow	Off Harwich
October 18	Regia Marina	'''Durbo'''	'''Adua''' class submarine	Sunk by 'HMS ''Firedrake''', 'HMS ''Wrestler''' and two Saunders-Roe London flying boats of No. 202 Squadron RAF	East of Gibraltar
October 18		'HMS ''H49'''	'''H''' class submarine	Deptcharged and sunk by the German submarine chasers '''UJ 116''' and '''UJ 118'''	Off Texel
October 19		'HMS ''Venetia'''	'''V''' class destroyer	Mined	Off Margate
October 20	Regia Marina	'''Lafolè'''	'''Adua''' class submarine	Sunk by 'HMS ''Gallant''', 'HMS ''Griffin''' and 'HMS ''Hotspur'''	North of Melilla
October 20	Regia Marina	'''Francesco Nullo'''	'''Sauro''' class destroyer	Beached following surface action with 'HMS ''Kimberley''' and 'HMNZS ''Leander''', wreck destroyed by three RAF Bristol Blenheim bombers the following day	Near Massawa
October 22		'HMCS ''Margaree'''	'''River''' class destroyer	Sunk after collision with freighter 'M.V. ''Port Fairy'''	North Atlantic
October 28	25 px British Merchant Navy	'''Empress of Britain'''	Steam passenger ship	Torpedoed and sunk by '''U-32'''	Northwest of Ireland
October 30		'HMS ''Sturdy'''	'''S''' class destroyer	Ran aground and was totally wrecked	Off Tiree Island, Scotland
October 30		'''Unterseeboot 32'''	Submarine	Sunk by 'HMS ''Harvester''' and 'HMS ''Highlander'''	Northwest of Ireland
October 31	Regia Marina	'''Faà di Bruno'''	'''Marcello''' class Submarine	Lost to unknown reasons	Atlantic
November 2		'''Unterseeboot 31'''	Submarine	Sunk by 'HMS ''Antelope'''	North-west of Ireland
November 3		'HMS ''Laurentic'''	Armed merchant cruiser	Torpedoed and sunk by '''U-99'''	West of Bloody Foreland, Ireland
November 5		'HMS ''Jervis Bay'''	Armed merchant cruiser	Sunk by German pocket battleship '''Admiral Scheer'''	Mid-Atlantic
November 7		'HMS ''Swordfish'''	'''S''' class submarine	Sunk by mine	South of St. Catherine’s Head, Isle of Wight
November 7		'''T6'''	'''Type 1935''' class torpedoboat	Sunk by mine	Off Kinnaired Head, near Aberdeen, Scotland
November 8		'HNoMS ''Fridtjof Nansen'''	Offshore Patrol Vessel	Ran aground on an unmarked shallow and sank	Off Jan Mayen
November 8		'''Poncelet'''	Submarine	Sunk by 'HMS ''Milford''' during the Battle of Gabon	Gabon, French Equatorial Africa
November 9		'''Bougainville'''	'''Bougainville''' class colonial sloop	Sunk by Free French naval forces during the Battle of Gabon	Gabon, French Equatorial Africa
November 11	Regia Marina	'''Conte di Cavor'''	'''Conte di Cavour''' class battleship	Sunk by Fairey Swordfish torpedo bombers from 'HMS ''Illustrious''' during the battle of Taranto	Taranto, Italy
November 19	22x20px Royal Netherlands Navy	'''O 22'''	'''O 21''' class submarine	Sunk, probably by mine	South-west of Norway
November 19		'''Unterseeboot 104'''	Submarine	Disappeared, possibly lost to mine field off Tory Island	North-west of Ireland
November 26		'HMS ''Regulus'''	'''R''' class submarine	Most likely mined	Straits of Taranto
November 27		'HMS ''Port Napier'''	Minelayer	Sunk by explosion after accidental fire the previous day	Kyle of Lochalsh
December 2		'HMS ''Forfar'''	Armed merchant cruiser	Sunk by '''U-99'''	Atlantic, west of Ireland
December 5		'HMS ''Cameron'''	'''Town''' class destroyer	Bombed and wrecked by the Luftwaffe while in drydock	Portsmouth
December 14	Regia Marina	'''Naiade'''	'''Sirena''' class submarine	Sunk by RN destroyers 'HMS ''Hyperion''' and 'HMS ''Hereward'''	Off Bardia, Libya
December 15	Regia Marina	'''Capitano Tarantini'''	'''Liuzzi''' class submarine	Torpedoed and sunk by RN submarine 'HMS ''Thunderbolt'''	Gironde estuary, France
December 15	Forces navales françaises libres	'''Narval'''	'''Requin''' class submarine	Lost to mine	Off Sfax, French North Africa
December 17		'HMS ''Acheron'''	'''A''' class destroyer	Sunk by mine	Off the Isle of Wight
December 18		'HMS ''Triton'''	'''T''' class submarine	Lost to either mines or Italian torpedo boats	Strait of Otranto
December 19		'''Sfax'''	'''Agosta''' class submarine	Torpedoed and sunk, together with 2,785 ton fleet oiler '''Rhône''', by U-37 due to mistaken identity	Off Cape Juby, French North Africa
December 22		'HMS ''Hyperion'''	'''H''' class destroyer	Sunk by mine	Off Pantelleria east of Cape Bon in the Strait of Sicily
December 29		'''Proteus'''	Submarine	Sunk by Italian '''Spica''' class torpedo boat '''Antares''' shortly after having torpedoed and sunk the 11,452 ton Italian troop transport '''Sardegna'''	Southern Adriatic, east of Brindisi

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★ List of shipwrecks

★ List of World War II ships