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The list of shipwrecks in December 1942 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during December 1942.(This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.)

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  • The list of shipwrecks in December 1942 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during December 1942.(This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.) (en)
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  • The landing craft personnel (ramped) was lost on this date. (en)
  • The auxiliary minesweeper was lost on this date. (en)
  • The landing craft vehicle was lost on this date. (en)
  • World War II: The Sperrbrecher struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Den Helder, North Holland, Netherlands. (en)
  • World War II: The freighter was torpedoed and sunk in the South Atlantic east of Brazil by . Seven crew were killed. Two were captured and made prisoners of war. Fifty survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: Convoy ON 153: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by with the loss of 46 of the 87 people on board. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Indian Ocean 300 miles southeast of Madagascar by . Eleven crewmen were killed, the rest of her crew were made prisoners of war. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by with the loss of 38 of her 47 crew. Survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • During a voyage from Botwood, Dominion of Newfoundland, to New York City, the steam cargo ship sank with the loss of 20 lives in the North Atlantic Ocean south of Long Island, New York, during a storm. She reportedly sank in of water offshore at , although no corresponding wreck has been found at that position. (en)
  • World War II: The Type CM minelayer Marinefährprahm was sunk by a mine off Eltingen, Crimea . Eleven crewmen were killed or missing and one of the two survivors was seriously wounded. (en)
  • The 9-gross register ton, fishing vessel sank at Ketchikan, Territory of Alaska. (en)
  • World War II: The was torpedoed and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea north east of Oran, Algeria by with the loss of seven of her 176 crew. Survivors were rescued by . Porcupine was towed to Arzew by a French tug. In March 1943, she was towed to Oran where she was declared a total loss. She was cut in two and both halves were towed to Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom where they were used as accommodation hulks until 1946. (en)
  • The Type A Marinefährprahm was wrecked after running aground south of Kristiansand, Norway in a storm. (en)
  • The naval trawler burned at Lagos with the loss of 12 crew when a benzene spill from ignited. (en)
  • World War II: The sailing vessel was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Ombai Strait by with the loss of one crewman. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy ONS 154: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by with the loss of all 42 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The tugboat was sunk by shelling by at Feodosia. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea by . (en)
  • World War II: The Daifuku Maru No. 1-class transport ship was sunk by torpedoed in the Pacific Ocean by . 15 crew were killed. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy HX 217: The tanker , on her maiden voyage, was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south east of Cape Farewell, Greenland by with the loss of one of her 58 crew. Survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: Operation Valuable: The Sperrbrecher was shelled and sunk in the English Channel north west of Dieppe by . Only 3 of her 102 crew were rescued. (en)
  • World War II: The minesweeper was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean by (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was sunk by Fairey Albacore aircraft of 828 Sqn Fleet Air Arm in the Mediterranean Sea north-northwest of Marettimo. There were 18 dead and 112 survivors. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy ON 154: The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean by and was abandoned by her 37 crew, who were rescued by one of the escort vessels. They later reboarded her and go her under way again. The next day, she was torpedoed, shelled and sunk by with the loss of all hands. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north east of Georgetown, British Guiana with the loss of 75 of her 82 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The minesweeper struck a mine and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off Bizerte, Tunisia. 16 crew were killed. (en)
  • World War II: The was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Bougie by with all 49 hands. (en)
  • World War II: The ancient houseboat from the Rhine, taken over in 1940 and converted in Rotterdam was working for the Organisation Todt, carrying a cargo of bricks. It was attacked by Allied aircraft and sunk south of Jersey Channel Islands . (en)
  • World War II: The was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea north-east of Bizerte, Tunisia , by , with the loss of 220 lives. There were 30 survivors. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea, east of Cape Carbon, Algeria, by Italian aircraft. (en)
  • World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south east of Cape Farewell, Greenland by a Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft on 120 Squadron, Royal Air Force with the loss of all 45 crew. (en)
  • Carrying a crew of 28 and a cargo of military supplies, the 1,293-gross register ton, steam cargo schooner sank during a snowstorm in Chatham Strait off Point Gardner near Yasha Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. Her crew abandoned ship in lifeboats and rowed to Tyee, Territory of Alaska. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy ONS 154: The cargo liner straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean by with the loss of one of the 70 people on board. Survivors were rescued by and . Soekaboemi was later torpedoed and sunk by . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Indian Ocean south east of Durban, South Africa by with the loss of 52 of her 73 crew. Survivors were rescued by the fishing vessel Guide Me . (en)
  • World War II: The Akita Maru-class auxiliary transport was bombed and sunk in Simpson Harbor, Rabaul, New Britain by Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft of the United States 5th Air Force. Scrapped 1958. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by . All 41 crew were either rescued by or reached land in their lifeboat. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy MKS 3Y: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west north west of Cape Finisterre, Spain by with the loss of one of her 56 crew. Survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: Battle of Skerki Bank: The was sunk in the Strait of Sicily by , , , , and . 124 crewmen were killed and 100 were rescued. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy ONS 154: The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean north of the Azores by . Later, she was torpedoed and sunk by . All 71 crew were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north of the Cape Verde Islands, Portugal (en)
  • World War II: The sailing vessel was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by . There were two missing and 3 survivors. (en)
  • World War II: The tanker was torpedoed, shelled and sunk in the Indian Ocean by . All 30 crew survived. (en)
  • The MOB-FD-class submarine chaser collided with and sank in the Baltic Sea off Gogland, Soviet Union. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy FN 889: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off Lowestoft, Suffolk by with the loss of 13 lives. (en)
  • World War II: The Standard World War I cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk off the islet of Macronisi by . There were no casualties. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Indian Ocean by with the loss of 32 of her 34 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The was depth charged and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea by and and was captured after a surface fight, with the loss of her captain and 17 members of her crew. She sank at south of Sicily while under tow by HMS Petard. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy FN 889: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off Lowestoft by with the loss of 14 of her 30 crew. Survivors were rescued by Royal Navy ships. (en)
  • World War II: The ocean liner was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of the Azores, Portugal by with the loss of 656 of the 657 people on board. The survivor was taken on board U-515 as a prisoner of war. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo liner was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean midway between Wake Island and Truk, South Pacific Mandate by with the loss of all hands. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was intercepted in the Atlantic Ocean west of Cape Finisterre, Spain by and and was scuttled. Seventy-one survivors were rescued. (en)
  • World War II: The transport was sunk in an air attack, capsizing at Rabaul. (en)
  • World War II: The was bombed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of 23 crew. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy FN 889: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off Lowestoft by . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by with the loss of all 83 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Bon, Algeria by British aircraft. There were 59 dead and 13 survivors. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by Fairey Albacore torpedo bomber aircraft of 828 Squadron Fleet Air Arm. There were 27 dead and 81 survivors. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was sunk by American aircraft near Guadalcanal. (en)
  • The cargo ship was wrecked in the Seto Inland Sea. (en)
  • The rescue tug grounded just north of Rocky Point, South Africa, and was wrecked. Two crewmen died. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy ONS 154: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north north east of the Azores by with the loss of seven of her 34 crew. Survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: The coastal trading vessel struck a mine and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off Vada, Italy. There were 229 or 233 dead and only 8 survivors. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy KMF 5: The troopship was torpedoed and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea north of Oran, Algeria by with the loss of 11 of the 5,122 people on board. She was taken in tow by , which later transferred the tow to . The survivors were rescued by HMS Laforey, , , HMS Restive and . Strathallen capsized and sank the next day at . (en)
  • World War II: The sailing vessel was sunk in the Bosphorus by . (en)
  • The 46-gross register ton motor cargo vessel sank after she nearly was cut in half in a collision with the seaplane tender in Kupreanof Strait near Kodiak, Territory of Alaska. Two people aboard Phyllis S. died. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy ON 146: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by . All 47 crew were lost. (en)
  • World War II: Battle of Skerki Bank: The was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea north of Algiers, Algeria by German and/or Italian aircraft with the loss of 11 crew. Another died of wounds. (en)
  • World War II: The minesweeper was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by . There were 8 dead and 19 survivors. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was captured in the Atlantic Ocean, west of Spain by and and was scuttled after all passengers and crewmen had been picked up. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy KMF 4: The was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea north west of Oran, Algeria by with the loss of 89 of her 168 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The cable layer was bombed and damaged at Yarmouth, Isle of Wight by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was beached and used as a stores ship until scrapped in 1947. (en)
  • World War II: The landing craft tank was lost in transit from the United States to the United Kingdom, probably as cargo on a ship. (en)
  • World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Cap Bon, Tunisia by . Fifteen men were killed or missing, 248 survivors were picked up. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mozambique Channel by with the loss of two of her 46 crew. Survivors were rescued by and . (en)
  • World War II: Convoy ON 153: The F-class destroyer was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (en)
  • The ran aground at Duncansby Head, Caithness and was a total loss. (en)
  • thumb|Painting of the sinking of Friedrich Eckoldt World War II: Battle of the Barents Sea / Operation Regenbogen: The was shelled and sunk in the Barents Sea by with the loss of all 341 crew (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by with the loss of 14 of the 42 people aboard. (en)
  • The auxiliary minesweeper was lost. (en)
  • The auxiliary minesweeper was lost. (en)
  • The cargo ship foundered off Rørvik, Norway. (en)
  • The minesweeping tug was lost. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy ON 156: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy due to problems with her engine. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by with the loss of 40 of her 41 crew. The survivor was rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: The trawler was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Morocco by with the loss of 20 of her 22 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The Ma-1-class auxiliary minelayer was sunk by a mine in Surabaya Harbour. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy ON 153: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by with the loss of 33 of her 40 crew. Survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed, shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Trinidad by with the loss of three of her 41 crew. Survivors were rescued by a fishing vessel and two United States Navy patrol boats. (en)
  • World War II: The guard ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea north of Corsica by . All 16 crewmen survived, 3 of them being wounded. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Benghazi, Libya by Luftwaffe aircraft. There were no casualties. (en)
  • World War II: Battle of Skerki Bank: The transport ship shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by , , , , and . There were no survivor. (en)
  • World War II: The S-class submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Capri, Italy by with the loss of all 48 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The was bombed and sunk in Naples Harbour by Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft of the United States 9th Air Force. Between 99 and 188 men were killed depending on sources. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was damaged in the Mediterranean Sea off Algiers, Algeria by manned torpedoes launched from in an operation conducted by Decima Flottiglia MAS, Regia Marina. She was repaired and returned to service. (en)
  • World War II: The ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean by . (en)
  • The Delfin 1-class motor patrol boat was sunk on this date. (en)
  • World War II: The transport ship struck a mine and sank in the Pacific Ocean off the Inubōsaki Lighthouse. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy ON 152: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by with the loss of all 34 crew. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy C: The was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off the Kerkennah Islands, Tunisia by , , and with loss of her captain and 134 crew members. There were 29 survivors. (en)
  • World War II: The was sunk at Bizerte, Tunisia by Allied aircraft. There was no casualty. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by with the loss of one of her 62 crew. The captain was taken on board U-128 as a prisoner of war. Other survivors were rescued by and . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk off the north east coast of Japan by . (en)
  • World War II: Convoy ON 152: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean east north east of St. John's, Newfoundland by with the loss of all 40 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by , , and with the loss of all 46 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The hospital ship struck a mine and sank in the Mediterranean Sea east of "Canis" with the loss of five lives. (en)
  • World War II: The Junsen I type submarine was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean north east of Kamimbo Bay, Guadalcanal by with the loss of her captain and 89 crew. Four surviving crew swam ashore and joined the defenders of the island. (en)
  • World War II: The Siebel ferry was sunk by a mine in the Kerch Strait. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy KMS 3Y: The was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 aircraft of 105° Gruppo AS, Regia Aeronautica with the loss of 40 of her 85 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea north-north-east of Bône, Algeria by the submarine . 44 crewmen were killed and only 4 survived to be captured by Tigris. (en)
  • World War II: The Daifuku Maru No. 1-class auxiliary transport ship was bombed and sunk at Rabaul, New Britain by Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Mahdia, Tunisia by . There were eight dead and three survivors. (en)
  • The landing craft personnel (large) was lost on this date. (en)
  • The landing craft mechanized were lost on this date. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the South Atlantic north west of Natal, Brazil by with the loss of one of her 55 crew. (en)
  • The United States Coast Guard cutter disappeared in the Strait of Belle Isle for an unknown reason with all 24 hands. (en)
  • World War II: The patrol craft was bombed and sunk in the Black Sea by Soviet Naval Air Force Ilyushin Il-4 aircraft. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by with the loss of 17 of her 45 crew. Survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was sunk in an air attack at Rabaul, New Guinea. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy ONS 154: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north north east of the Azores, Portugal by with the loss of 23 of her 48 crew. Survivors were rescued by and . (en)
  • World War II: Operation Frankton: The cargo ship was damaged in port at Bordeaux, France, by limpet mines placed by a team of Royal Marines and was never seaworthy again. She was sunk as a blockship in 1944. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea south east of the mouth of the Humber. Her crew survived. (en)
  • World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged, rammed, and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean northwest of Ireland by the destroyers and with the loss of 36 of her 42 crew. (en)
  • World War II: Battle of Skerki Bank: The train ferry was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by , , , , and . 41 or 42 crewmen were killed. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by . All 27 crew survived. (en)
  • The S-class submarine, out of commission since 1927, sank in of water in the Patuxent River at on a bearing of 318.5 degrees true, distant , from the southern tip of Point Patience, Maryland. (en)
  • World War II: The U-class submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Gulf of Tunis north west of Zembra, Tunisia by torpedo boats and with the loss of all hands. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy C: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off the Kerkennah Islands by , , and with a loss of 63 crew members. There were 72 survivors. (en)
  • World War II: The Junsen I type submarine was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean in St. George's Channel, between New Britain and New Ireland , by . Lost with all 90 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by . There were 8 dead and 24 survivors. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Terschelling, the Netherlands. (en)
  • The naval trawler was wrecked near Geitungen Lighthouse, Norway . (en)
  • World War II: Convoy ONS 154: The tanker was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean north of the Azores, Portugal by . She then straggled behind the convoy and was torpedoed and sunk the next day by with the loss of five of her 52 crew. Her captain was taken on board U-225 as a prisoner of war. The survivors rescued by and . (en)
  • World War II: Convoy C: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea east of Djerba, Tunisia by British aircraft. 21 of the 47 crew were killed. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Susa, Libya by . There were 3 dead and 46 survivors. (en)
  • World War II: The coaster , a former French ship, was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel by . Seven crewmen and a gunner were killed. (en)
  • World War II: The guard ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean by . (en)
  • The naval trawler burned at Lagos, Nigeria with the loss of one crew member when a benzene spill from ignited. (en)
  • World War II: The landing craft mechanized was sunk by cannon fire from two Junkers Ju 88 aircraft off Benghazi, Libya . There were no casualties. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Indian Ocean by with the loss of 29 of her 37 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo liner was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by with the loss of 24 of the 154 people on board. Survivors were rescued by , and . (en)
  • World War II: The passenger ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by with the loss of all 186 people, 16 troops, 37 gunners, and 133 crew, either in the sinking or on rafts during a storm the next day. (en)
  • World War II: The motor torpedo boat struck a mine and sank in the North Sea. Four of the crew were killed, and another died before he could be transferred to hospital. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was captured and scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean north of Fortaleza, Brazil by . All 25 crew were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was sunk by torpedo in the Atlantic Ocean northwest of the Azores, Portugal by . The captain was taken aboard U-103 as a prisoner of war. The rest of the 52 crew and 11 passengers took to the lifeboats but were not seen again. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy ON 153: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of Ireland by with the loss of all 60 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The Eastern Guide-class auxiliary troopship was torpedoed and sunk in the Solomon Sea north west of Cape Henpan, Buka Island, Bouganville by . 13 crew were killed. (en)
  • World War II: The hospital ship struck a mine and sank in the Mediterranean Sea north east of Bizerte, Tunisia. 39 Greeks, 13 Germans and 1 Italian lost their lives. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Ferrato by with the loss of two lives. (en)
  • World War II: The Sperrbrecher struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Borkum. (en)
  • The freighter foundered in the Gulf of Mexico west north west of Key West, Florida at . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Baltic Sea west of Rucava, Latvia . (en)
  • World War II: The T-class submarine struck a mine and sank off Taranto, Apulia, Italy with the loss of all 65 crew. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy PW 257: The was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel south of Start Point, Devon by with the loss of 41 of her 168 crew. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy C: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya by British aircraft. (en)
  • World War II: The was torpedoed and sunk off Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, by PT-37 and PT-40 . Nine crew killed. 56 survivors rescued by , 140 survivors rescued by and 150 others including her commanding officer reached Guadalcanal in boats. (en)
  • World War II: The Shin Yubari Maru-class auxiliary collier was torpedoed and sunk in the Buka-Kilinailau Channel about north north west off the north end of Bougainville Island by . Two crew were killed. (en)
  • World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by with the loss of all 47 crew. (en)
  • World War II: Whilst manoeuvering to attack Convoy HX 217, the Type VIIC submarine collided with in the Atlantic Ocean and sank with the loss of 41 of her 45 crew. Survivors were rescued by U-221. (en)
  • World War II: South Bound Convoy No. 65: The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged by off Shriya Zaki. The ship is lost by grounding. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Irish Sea south east of Bardsey Island, Pembrokeshire. Her 23 crew survived. (en)
  • World War II: Battle of the Barents Sea / Convoy JW 51B: The was shelled and sunk in the Barents Sea east south east of Bear Island, Norway by with the loss of 113 of her 194 crew. (en)
  • The cargo ship collided in the North Sea off Tynemouth, Northumberland, United Kingdom with and sank. All seventeen crew were rescued. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south east of Trinidad by . All 43 crew were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: The was torpedoed and severely damaged in the Mediterranean Sea by . Repairs took until November 1943 to complete. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off Mandal, Norway by British aircraft. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was sunk at Algiers, Algeria by limpet mines that had been placed on her hull by frogmen from . All 27 crew survived but a passenger was killed. (en)
  • World War II: Battle of the Barents Sea / Convoy JW 51B: The was shelled and sunk in the Barents Sea by , and with the loss of 120 crew. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy PW 256: The naval trawler was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel by with the loss of 11 crew. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy TE 9: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea west of Algiers, Algeria by with the loss of 13 of her 24 crew. Survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea north of Marettimo by . There were 18 survivors and 22 dead. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy ON 149: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of the Azores by with the loss of all 62 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The Nagoya Maru-class auxiliary transport ship was torpedoed off Cape St. George, New Britain by . She was run aground near Rabaul and repairs were completed by August 1943. (en)
  • The Polarkreis-class Vorpostenboot ran aground in Lopphavet and was wrecked with the loss of three lives. (en)
  • The coaster ran aground at Korsnes, Norway, and sank. (en)
  • World War II: Operation Valuable: The Sperrbrecher was shelled and sunk in the English Channel north west of Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France by and . There was no survivor, all 36 crewmen were lost. (en)
  • World War II: The Polerstern-class naval whalers were mined and sunk in Porsangerfjord, Norway . At least 35 sailors were killed. (en)
  • The minesweeping trawler was sunk in a collision with in Wellington Harbour. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy C: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by British aircraft. There were 28 dead and 12 survivors. (en)
  • World War II: The transport was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea 135 miles west south west of Minami, Iwo Jima by . 6 gunners and 13 crew were killed. 26 survivors were rescued by the hospital ship . (en)
  • The cargo ship was sunk in a collision with the SS Ceuta off Kirkenes, Norway. There were 11 dead and 36 survivors. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by . (en)
  • World War II: Convoy CL 61: The cargo ship ran aground at Chance Cove, Newfoundland and was wrecked with the loss of two of her 22 crew. (en)
  • World War II: North Bound Convoy No. 67: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk by off Shriya Zaki. (en)
  • World War II: The was torpedoed and sunk in the Timor Sea south off Timor by Japanese aircraft with the loss of 60 Dutch troops and 40 crew. 22 survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by with the loss of two of her 42 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea, off San Remo, Italy, by using gunfire and later scuttling charges. The whole crew survived, two being captured by the British submarine. (en)
  • The coaster capsized and sank in the North Sea off Lindesnes, Norway. The eight crew were rescued. (en)
  • The naval trawler burned at Lagos with the loss of two crew when a benzene spill from ignited. (en)
  • World War II: The PT boat was shelled and sunk off Savo Island, the Solomons, by and . (en)
  • The cargo ship collided with and sank. Raised in April 1943, repaired and returned to service. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the South Atlantic east of Cape São Roque, Brazil by with the loss of 66 of her 81 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south east of Trinidad with the loss of five of her 61 crew. Survivors were rescued by , and . (en)
  • World War II: The , was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Benghazi, Libya by with the loss of all 36 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship ran aground while evading Soviet warships in the Black Sea. Later refloated and returned to service. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy ONS 154: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by with the loss of 14 of her 49 crew. Survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: Convoy HX 217: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by with the loss of all 62 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The patrol boat was sunk by Luftwaffe aircraft at Murmansk. She was later raised, repaired and returned to service. (en)
  • The high-speed minesweeper, a former , was sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Alaska when a storm dislodged two of her depth charges, which exploded and damaged the stern of the ship. All on board were rescued by before she sank two days later. (en)
  • World War II: The sailing ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean south of Wake Island, Alaska, United States by . (en)
  • World War II: Battle of Skerki Bank: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by . More than 500 troops and crewmen died. (en)
  • World War II: The ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off the Bismark Archipelago by . (en)
  • World War II: Battle of Skerki Bank: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by , , , , and . Between 800 and 900 of the troops and crew aboard were killed, there were less than 300 survivors. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by with the loss of 22 of her 61 crew. Survivors were rescued by or reached land in their lifeboat. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by British aircraft. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was shelled and damaged in the Java Sea off Surabaya, Dutch East Indies by . She sank the next day. (en)
  • World War II: The was torpedoed and sunk in the Bismarck Sea off Madang, New Guinea by . 23 crew killed. Survivors rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea about 35 nautical miles north-north-west of Cape Bon, Tunisia by . Twenty-nine men were killed or missing, over 200 survivors were rescued. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk by in the Gulf of Gabès, Tunisia . (en)
  • World War II: Convoy C: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea east of Djerba, Tunisia by British aircraft. 25 of the 42 crew were killed. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north west of Georgetown, British Guiana by with the loss of three of her 83 crew. Survivors were rescued by or reached land in their lifeboat. (en)
  • World War II: The 738-displacement ton, was driven aground and wrecked during a gale at Scotch Cap on the southwest corner of Unimak Island in the Aleutian Islands while attempting to salvage the stranded cargo ship Turksib . One member of her crew fell overboard and drowned. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy HX 217: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south east of Cape Farewell, Greenland by with the loss of 36 of her 48 crew. Survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: The was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea, west of Oran, Algeria by with the loss of 38 of her 211 crew. Survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: Convoy ONS 154: The CAM ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean by . She was later torpedoed and damaged by and then shelled and sunk by . All crew were rescued, 43 by and 26 by . (en)
  • World War II: Convoy ONS 154: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by with the loss of six of her 69 crew. Survivors were rescued by . (en)
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