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Strategy is the art of making use of time and space. I am less concerned about the later than the former. Space we can recover, lost time never -- Napoleon Bonaparte |
British naval vessels lost at sea, 1939-45, NAIAD (Light cruiser) to ZULU (Destroyer)(6957 total words in this text)(4259 Reads) N NAIAD, Light cruiser (5,450t, 24/7/40) Sunk by U-boat, torpedo, E Mediterranean, 42/03/11 NAIEM, Small miscellaneous craft. Sunk at Tobruk, Libya, 43/01 NAPIA, Tug (R, 155t, 1914) Explosion, probably mined off Ramsgate, 39/12/20 NARWHAL, Submarine (1,520t, 1936) Lost, probably off Trondheim, Norway, cause unknown. Formally paid off, 40/08/01 NAUTILUS, Drifter (R, 64t, 1929) Sunk at Dunkirk, 40/05/29 Naval auxiliary boat No.47, Cause and place unknown. Date reported, 45/01 Naval auxiliary boat No.48, Cause and place unknown. Date reported, 45/01 Naval auxiliary boat No.49, Cause and place unknown. Date reported, 45/01 Naval auxiliary boat No.58, Cause and place unknown. Date reported, 45/01 Naval auxiliary boat No.59, Cause and place unknown. Date reported, 45/01 Naval servicing boat No.9 (On loan to USN, 20t, 12/40) Sunk, 42/09/14 Naval servicing boat No.30 (8t, 1918) Sunk, 43/11/08 Naval servicing boat No.38 (20t) Capsized and sank after damage, 45/02/09 NELL JESS, Dumb barge (96t, 1902) Wrecked, English Channel, 43/05 NEPTUNE, Light cruiser (7,175t, 1934) Sunk by mine off Tripoli, Libya, 41/12/19 NESTOR, Destroyer (On loan to RAN, 1,760t, 12/2/41) Sunk by aircraft, bombs, E Mediterranean, 42/06/15 NEVA, Collier (R, 1,456, 1928) Presumed sunk by U-boat N Atlantic, 43/01/22 NEW SPRAY, Drifter (R, 70t, 1912) Lost in gale off Sheerness, 41/01/03 NIGER, Minesweeper (815t, 1936) Mined off Iceland, 42/07/06 NISR, Drifter (R) Cause and place unknown, 43/09/16 NJEGOS, Special service vessel (R, 4,393t, 1908) Sunk as blockship, 44/03 NOGI, Trawler (R, 299t, 1923) Sunk by aircraft off Norfolk, 41/06/23 NORFALK, Special service vessel (5,672t, 1919) Sunk as blockship, 44/06/24 NORJERV, Special service vessel (5,600t, 1919) Sunk as blockship, 44/06/26 NORNES, Drifter (R, 1902) Cause and place unknown, 43/08/14 NORSEMANN, Special service vessel (R) Cause and place unknown, 41/12 NORSJOEN, Special service vessel (R) Wrecked on enemy coast, 41/11/19 NORTHCOATES, Trawler (R, 277t) Sank in tow, through stress of weather, English Channel, 44/12/02 NORTHERN ISLES, Trawler (R, 655t, 1936) Ran aground while on loop patrol off Durban, S Africa Total loss, 45/01/19 NORTHERN PRINCESS, Trawler (R, on loan to USN, 655t, 1936) Sunk, cause unknown, W Atlantic, 42/03/07 NORTHERN ROVER, Trawler (R, 655t, 1936) Overdue at Kirkwall, Orkneys by this date, 39/11/05 NOSS HEAD, Drifter (22t net) Cause and place unknown, 43/09/09 NOT MANN, Drifter (R) Cause and place unknown, 44/01/11 NOTTS COUNTY, Trawler (R, 541t, 1937) Sunk by mine or U-boat, S of Iceland, 42/03/08 NYHOLT, Tanker/oiler (R, 8,087t, 1931). Sunk by U-boat, West Atlantic, 42/01/17 NYKEN, Harbour duty vessel (R, 111t). Damaged, W Scotland area, constructive total loss, 42/01/ NYULA, Yacht (R, 48t,1936) Collision off Tyne, 41/05/02 O OCEAN LASSIE, Drifter (R, 96t, 1919) Sunk by mine off Harwich, 40/06/04 OCEAN RETRIEVER, Drifter (R, 95t, 1912) Mined, Thames Estuary, SE England, 43/09/22 OCEAN REWARD, Drifter (R, 93t, 1912) Sunk in collision off Dover, 40/05/28 OCEAN SUNLIGHT, Drifter (R, 131t, 1929) Mined off Newhaven, 40/06/13 ODESSA, Dumb barge.. Sunk for boom defence purposes, believed in 1942, 42/ ODIN, Submarine (1,475t, 1929) Lost in Gulf of Taranto, S Italy, cause unknown, 40/06/27 OLEANDER, Tanker/oiler (7,048t) Damaged and beached on 26th May; sunk in Harstad Bay, Norway, 40/06/08 OLGA E EMBIRICOS, Collier (R, 4,677t, 1922) Sunk by U-boat ,Gulf of Aden, 44/01/29 OLNA, Tanker/oiler (12,667t, 1921) Bombed and set on fire, Crete, 41/05/18 OLYMPUS, Submarine (1,475, 1930) Sunk by mine off Grand Harbour, Malta, 42/05/08 ORACLE, Yacht (745t) Destroyed by fire off Liverpool, NE England, 44/01/29 ORFASY, Trawler (545t, 14/7/42) Lost, probably by U-boat torpedo off W Africa, 43/10/22 ORKAN, Destroyer (ex-MYRMIDON, on loan to Polish Navy, 1,920t, 5/12/42) Sunk by U-boat, torpedo, N Atlantic, 43/10/08 ORMONDE, Trawler (R, 250t, 1906) Sunk by aircraft off E coast of Scotland, 41/02/16 ORPHEUS, Submarine (1,475t, 1930) Lost, probably torpedoed by Italian between Malta and Alexandria, 40/06/27 OSWALD, Submarine (1,475t, 1929) Rammed and sunk, 10 miles SE Spartevento Bay, by Italian destroyer, 40/08/01 OSWALDIAN, Trawler (R, 260t, 1917) Mined, Bristol Channel, 40/08/04 OTHELLO, Boom defence vessel (R, 201t, 1907) Mined, Humber, 41/04/11 OUSE, Trawler (462t, 1917) Mined, Tobruk, Libya, 41/02/20 OXLEY, Submarine (1,350t, 1927) Sunk by accident off Norway, 39/09/10 P P.L.M. 21, Collier (R, 5,400, 1921) Grounded off Milford Haven, SW Wales. Subsequently sank, 44/12/03 P-32, Submarine (540t, 3/5/41) Formally paid off, 41/08/23 P-33, Submarine (540t, 30/5/41) Presumed mined off Tripoli, Libya, 41/08/20 P-36, Submarine (540t, 24/9/41) Sunk by aircraft during raid on Malta Harbour, 42/04/01 P-38, Submarine (540t, 17/10/41) Lost, possibly mined, Gulf of Hammamet, Tunisia, 42/02/25 P-39, Submarine (540t, 16/11/41) Sunk by aircraft bombs, at Malta, 42/03/26 P-48, Submarine (540t, 18/6/42) Lost, possibly mined, Gulf of Tunis, 43/01/04 P-222, Submarine (715t, 4/5/42) Lost, probably by surface craft, depth-charges, off Naples, W Italy, 42/12/12 P-311, Submarine (1,090t, 7/8/42) Lost, possibly mined, off Maddalena, Sardinia, 43/01/08 P-514, Submarine (530t, 1918) Rammed and sunk by own forces, W Atlantic, 42/06/21 P-715, Submarine (ex-GRAPH, German prize vessel, 880t) Dismantled, broke adrift and lost on West Coast of Islay, W Scotland, 44/03/20 PACIFIC0, Special service vessel (687t, 1905) Sunk as blockship at Dunkirk, 40/06/04 PAKENHAM, Destroyer (Leader, 1,550t, 4/2/42) Sunk by own forces after damage in action with destroyers off Sicily, 43/04/16 PANDORA, Submarine (1,475t, 1930) Sunk by aircraft during raid on Malta Harbour, 42/04/01 PANORAMA, Boom defence vessel (548t, 1919) Overdue at Bathurst, W Africa, 42/10/30 PANOS, Special service vessel (4,900t, 1920) Sunk as blockship, 44/02/08 PANTHER, Destroyer (1,540t, 12/12/41) Sunk by aircraft, bombs, Scarpanto Strait, Dodecanese, 43/10/09 PARKHAVEN, Special service vessel (4,803t, 1920) Sunk as blockship, 44/06 PARKLAAN, Special service vessel (3,807t, 1911) Sunk as blockship, 44/06 PARKTOWN, Whaler (R, 250t, 1929) Sunk by E-boats off Tobruk, Libya, 42/06/21 PARTHIAN, Submarine (1,475t, 1931) Lost, possibly mined, S Adriatic, 43/08/11 PARTISAN, Dumb barge. Sunk for boom defence purposes, believed in 1942, 42/ PARTRIDGE, Destroyer (1,540t, 22/2/42) Sunk by U-boat, torpedo, W Mediterranean, 42/12/18 PATIA, Auxiliary fighter ship (R, 5,355t, 1922) Sunk by aircraft off Northumberland, 41/04/27 PATROCLUS, Armed merchant (R, 11,314t, 1923, AMC from 1/40) Attacked by U-boat on the 3rd. Sank W of Ireland, 40/11/04 PAXTON, Drifter (R, 92t, 1911) Damaged by aircraft, and beached at Dunkirk, 40/05/28 PELLAG II, Yacht (R, 44t, 1937) Presumed lost at Dunkirk, 40/06/10 PELTON, Trawler (R, 358t, 1925) Sunk by E-boat off Yarmouth, 40/12/24 PENELOPE, Light cruiser (5,270t, 1936) Sunk by U-boat , torpedeo, Anzio area, W Italy, 44/02/18 PENGAWAL, Tug. Sunk by aircraft, Durian Straits, Singapore, 42/02/14 PENGHAMBAT, Motor launch. Lost or destroyed to prevent falling into enemy hands at Singapore, 42/02 PENINGAT, Motor launch (R) Lost or destroyed to prevent falling into enemy hands at Singapore, 42/02 PENTLAND FIRTH, Trawler (On loan to USN, 900t, 1934) Collision off New York, USA, 42/09/19 PENYLAN, Destroyer escort (1,050t, 31/ 8/42) Sunk by E-boat, torpedo, English Channel, 42/12/03 PENZANCE, Sloop (1,025t, 1931) Torpedoed by German U-boat, North Atlantic, 40/08/24 PERICLES, Tanker/oiler (R, 8,324, 1936) Lost in heavy weather on passage to Alexandria, Egypt, 41/04/14 PERIDOT, Trawler (550t, 1933) Mined off Dover, 40/02/15 PERSEUS, Submarine (1,475t, 1930) Mined off Zante, W Greece, 41/12/01 PERSEVERE, Drifter (R, 19t, 1937) Mined, Firth of Forth, 40/10/27 PETEREL, River gun boat (310t, 1927) Sunk by Japanese Forces at Shanghai, 41/12/08 PETRONELLA, Water boat (R, 2,770t, 1927) Mined off Pireaus, Greece, 44/10/15 PEUPLIER, Tug (R) Sunk, Plymouth area, SW England. Date given as 29th-30th, 41/04/30 PHILISTINE, Dumb barge. Sunk for boom defence purposes, believed in 1942, 42/ PHINEAS BEARD, Trawler (R, 278t, 1918) Sunk by aircraft off E coast of Scotland, 41/12/08 PHOENIX, Submarine (1,475t, 1931) Lost off Sicily, cause unknown, 40/07/17 PICOTEE, Corvette (900t, 5/9/1940) Presumed lost, probably torpedoed by U-boat off Iceland, 41/08/12 PIERRE DESCELLIERS, Trawler (R, 153t, 1933) Sunk by aircraft bombs off Salcombe, SW England, 42/08/13 PINE, Trawler (545t, 3/7/40) Sunk by E-boat, torpedo, off Selsey Bill, Sussex, 44/01/31 PINTAIL, Sloop (580t, 1939) Mined off Humber, 41/06/10 PLACIDAS FAROULT, Gate vessel (R, 136t, 1927) Cause and place unknown. Date given as 30th-31st, 40/10/31 PLUMLEAF, Tanker/oiler (5,916t, 1917). Sunk by aircraft bombs, Malta, 42/04/04 POLLY JOHNSON, Trawler (R, 290t, 1918) Sunk by aircraft bombs, off Dunkirk, 40/05/29 POLYANTHUS, Corvette (1,015t, 23/4/41). Sunk by U-boat torpedo, North Atlantic, 43/09/20 PORPOISE, Submarine (1,500t, 1933) Sunk, probably by aircraft , Malacca Strait, E Indies. Date approximate, 45/01/19 PORT NAPIER, Minelayer (R, 9,600t, 1940)Lost by fire, Loch Alsh, W Scotland, 40/11/27 POZARICA, Auxiliary anti-aircraft ship (4,540t, 7/3/41). Capsized after aircraft torpedo attack off Bougie, Algeria on 29th January 1943, 43/02/13 PREMIER, Drifter (R, 14t, 1918) Collided with No 10 Holme Hook Buoy, Humber, E England and sunk, 43/02/03 PRINCE LEOPOLD, Landing ship infantry (Small) LSI(S) (R, 2,938t, 1930) Torpedoed by U-boat, capsized and sank, English Channel, 44/07/29 PRINCE OF WALES, Battleship (35,000t, 31/3/41) Sunk by Japanese torpedo-aircraft, E coast of Malaya SE Asia, 41/12/10 PRINCE PHILIPPE, Raiding craft carrier, later designated LCP(L) (R, 2,938t, 1939) Sunk in collision off W. Scotland, 41/07/15 PRINCESS VICTORIA, Minelayer (R, 2,179t, 1939) Mined, entrance to R Humber, E England. Date given as 18th-19th, 40/05/19 PRINCESS, Yacht (R, 730t, 1924) Sunk in collision, Bristol Channel, 40/01/11 PROFICIENT, Drifter (R, 57t) Grounded Whitby, Yorkshire. Total loss, 40/12/19 PROMOTIVE, Drifter (R, 78t, 1908) Mined, Loch Ewe, W Scotland, 39/12/23 PUCKERIDGE, Destroyer (1,550t, 30/7/41) Sunk by U-boat, torpedo, W Mediterranean, 43/09/06 PUNJABI, Destroyer (1,870t, 29/3/39) Sunk after collision, N Atlantic, 42/05/01 PYLADES, Minesweeper (1,110t, 27/11/43) Sunk by human torpedo, off Normandy, 44/07/08 PYROPE, Trawler (R, 295t, 1932) Sunk by aircraft, Thames Estuary, SE England, 40/08/12 Q QUAIL, Destroyer (1,705t, 7/1/43) Sank in tow, Bari to Taranto, after damage by mine (15th Nov 1943), 44/06/18 QUEENWORTH, Mine destructor vessel (3,010t, 1925) Sunk by aircraft, North Sea, 41/05/09 QUENTIN, Destroyer (1,705t, 15/4/42) Sunk by aircraft, torpedo, W Mediterranean, 42/12/02 QUORN, Destroyer escort (1,000t, 21/9/40) Sunk by human torpedo or mine off Normandy, 44/08/03 R RAHMAN, Whaler (R, 209t, 1926) Lost or destroyed, Batavia, 42/03/01 RAINBOW, Submarine (1,475t, 1932) Sunk off Calabria, S Italy, by gunfire, Italian submarine. Formally paid off, 40/10/19 RAJPUTANA, Armed merchant (R, 16,641t, 1926, AMC from 12/39) Sunk by U-boat torpedo, W of Iceland, 41/04/13 RAUB, Armed trader (R, 1,161t, 1926). Sunk by aircraft off E coast of Sumatra, 42/01/22 RAWALPINDI, Armed merchant (R, 16,697t, 1925, AMC from 10/39) Gunfire of German battle"Scharnhorst" SE of Iceland, 39/11/23 RAY OF HOPE, Drifter (R, 98t, 1925) Mined, Thames Estuary, 39/10/12 RECEPTIVE, Drifter (R, 86t, 1913) Mined, Thames Estuary, 41/07/03 RECOIL, Trawler (R, 344t, 1938) Lost on patrol, presumed mined, English Channel, 40/09/28 RED GAUNTLET, Trawler (R, 338t, 1930) Sunk by E-boats, North Sea, 43/08/05 REDRESS, Dumb barge. Sunk for boom defence purposes, believed in 1942, 42/ REDSTART, Minelayer (498t, 1938) Scuttled at Hong Kong, 41/12/19 REDSTONE, Special service vessel (3,110t, 1918) Sunk as blockship at Scapa Flow, 40/05/02 REED, Drifter (R, 99t, 1911) Mined, Thames Estuary, SE England, 40/11/07 REFUNDO, Trawler (R, 338t, 1917) Sunk by mine off Harwich, 40/12/18 REGENT, Submarine (1,475t, 1930) Sunk by surface craft, Straits of Otranto, SE Italy, 43/04/16 REGULUS, Minesweeper (1,010t, 20/5/44) Sunk by mine, Corfu Channel, Greece, 45/01/12 REGULUS, Submarine (1,475t, 1930) Lost, Otranto Strait, S Italy, cause unknown. Formally paid off, 40/12/06 REIDAR, Balloon barrage vessel (R, 1915). Constructive total loss, 42/12/28 RELONZO, Trawler (R, 245t, 1914) Mined, Crosby Channel, Liverpool, 41/01/20 REMILLO, Trawler (R, 266t, 1917) Mined, Humber, 41/02/27 REPULSE, Battle (33,250, 1916) Sunk by Japanese torpedo-aircraft, E coast of Malaya SE Asia, 41/12/10 RESMILO, Trawler (R, 258t, 1917) Sunk by aircraft at Peterhead, E. Scotland, 41/06/20 RESOLVO, Trawler (R, 231t, 1913) Sunk by mine, Thames Estuary, 40/10/12 RESPARKO, Trawler (R, 248t, 1916) Sunk by aircraft at Falmouth, 40/08/20 RESPITE, Dumb barge. Sunk for boom defence purposes, believed in 1942, 42/ REVENGE, Dumb barge. Sunk for boom defence purposes, believed in 1942, 42/ RHODORA, Yacht (R, 687t, 1929) Lost in collision, Bristol Channel, 40/09/07 RIANT, Drifter (R, 95t, 1919) Lost in bad weather off West Coast, Scotland, 40/01/25 RIFSNES, Trawler (R, 431t, 1932) Sunk by aircraft off Ostend, 40/05/20 RINOVA, Trawler (R, 499t, 1931) Sunk by mine off Falmouth, 40/11/01 RISTANGO, Boom defence vessel (R, 178t, 1913) Fouled Medway boom, Sheerness, 40/11/14 RIVER CLYDE, Trawler (R, 276t, 1919) Sunk by mine off Aldeburgh, Suffolk, 40/08/05 RIVER TYNE, Special service vessel (1,525t, 1920) Sunk as blockship at Dieppe, 40/06/10 ROBERT BOWEN, Trawler (R, 290t, 1918) Aircraft off Aberdeen, 40/02/09 ROBIN, River gun boat (226t, 1934) Scuttled at Hong Kong, 41/12/25 ROCHE BONNE, Trawler (R, 258t, 1913) Sunk by aircraft off the Lizard, Cornwall, 41/04/07 ROCKINGHAM, Destroyer (1,190t, 1919) Sunk by mine, E Scotland, 44/09/27 RODINO, Trawler (R, 230t, 1913) Sunk by aircraft off Dover, 40/07/24 ROLFSBERG, Collier (R, 1,831t, 1915) Sunk in collision, Firth of Forth, E Scotland, 45/07/13 ROODE ZEE, Tug (R, 468t) Sunk by E-boat, torpedo,off Dungeness, SE England, 44/04/24 ROSA, Drifter (R, 83t, 1908) Cause and place unknown, 43/09/11 ROSABELLE, Yacht (525t, 1901) Sunk by explosion, probably torpedoed by U-boat, Straits of Gibraltar, 41/12/11 ROSAURA, Armed boarding vessel (R, 1,552t, 1905) Mined off Tobruk, Libya, 41/03/18 ROSE VALLEY, Drifter (R, 100t, 1918) Sunk in collision, 43/12/16 ROSE, Corvette (On loan to Royal Norwegian Navy, 1,060t, 31/10/41) Sunk in collision, W Atlantic, 44/10/26 ROSEMONDE, Trawler (R, 364t, 1910) Probably torpedoed by U-boat, Atlantic, 42/01/22 ROSEWOOD, Tanker/oiler (R, 5,989t, 1931)Torpedoed and presumed sunk, 43/03/09 ROWAN TREE, Drifter (R, 91t, 1917) Grounded and capsized, entrance to Lowestoft Harbour, 41/11/21 ROYAL OAK, Battleship (29,150t, 1916) Sunk by U-boat torpedo, Scapa Flow, Orkneys, 39/10/14 ROYALO, Trawler (R, 248t, 1916) Sunk by mine off S. Cornwall, 40/09/01 RUBENS, Trawler (R, 320t, 1937) Sunk by aircraft, Western Approaches, 41/02/13 RUBY, Harbour duty vessel (R, 46t, 1902). Wrecked in gale, Scapa Flow, Orkneys, 42/10/09 RUTLANDSHIRE, Trawler (R, 458t, 1936) Attacked by aircraft and grounded, Namsos, Norway, 40/04/20 RYPA, Drifter (R, 31t) Sunk Loch Ewe, W Scotland, 41/04/12 RYSA, Trawler (545t, 13/8/41) Sunk by mine off Maddalena, Sardinia, 43/12/08 S SAHIB, Submarine (715t, 13/5/42) Scuttled after depth-charge attack off Cape Milazzo Sicily, 43/04/24 SALMON, Submarine (670t, 1935) Lost, probably mined, SW Norway, 40/07/14 SALOPIAN, Armed merchant (R, 10,549t, 1926, AMC from 10/39) Sunk by U-boat, torpedo, N Atlantic, 41/05/13 SALTERS GATE, Special service vessel (3,900t, 1924) Sunk as blockship, 44/02/11 SALVAGE KING, Tug (R, 1164t, 1923) Grounded W of Duncansby Head, NE Scotland, 40/09/12 SALVIA, Corvette (955t, 20/9/40) Sunk by U-boat torpedo off Egypt, 41/12/24 SALVIKING, Salvage vessel (1,490t, 27/1/43) Sunk by U-boat, torpedo, Indian Ocean, 44/02/14 SAMBHUR, Whaler (R, 223t, 1926) Stranded off Colombo, Ceylon, 42/05/05 SAMPHIRE, Corvette (1,015t, 30/6/41). Sunk by U-boat torpedo, Western Mediterranean, 43/01/30 SAN FRANCISCO, Dumb barge (241t deep) Cause and place unknown, date approximate, 43/11. Subsequently salved SANDAR, Tanker/oiler (R, 7,624t, 1928). Sunk by U-boat off Tobago, West Indies, 42/05/02 SANDOY, Ferry service vessel (R, 49t, 1940). Lost, cause and place unknown, probably Iceland, 42/12/11 SANDVIKHORN, Ferry service vessel (R, 78t nett, 1917) Sunk in collision, Londonderry, N Ireland, 44/01 SANTA, Whaler (R, 355t, 1936) Mined W of Maddalena, Sardinia, 43/11/23 SAPPHO, Yacht (R, 387t) Presumed torpedoed, Falmouth area, 40/09/30 SARACEN, Submarine (715t, 27/6/42) Sunk by surface craft, depth-charges, off Bastia, Corsica, 43/08/18 SARGASSO, Yacht (R, 223t, 1926) Mined off Isle of Wight, England, 43/06/06 SARNA, Whaler (R, 268t, 1930) Mined, Suez Canal, Egypt, 41/02/25 SATURNUS, Balloon barrage vessel (R, 200t, 1935) Wrecked, Isle of Man, constructive total loss, 41/05/01 SAUCY, Tug (R, 597t, 1918) Mined, Firth of Forth, 40/09/04 SCORPION, River gun boat (700t, 1938) Sunk by gunfire from Japanese surface craft, Banka Straits, after aircraft attack on the 9th, 42/02/13 SCOTCH THISTLE, Drifter (R, 84t, 1913) Grounded, Thames Estuary. Total loss. Date given as 6th-7th, 40/10/07 SCOTSTOUN, Armed merchant (R, 17,046t, 1925, AMC from 9/39) Sunk by U-boat torpedo. NW Approaches, 40/06/13 SCOTT HARLEY, Minesweeper (R, 620t, 1913) Sunk, probably by surface craft, Indian Ocean, 42/03/03 SEA ANGLER, Yacht (R, 33t) Destroyed by fire, Plymouth area, SW England, 41/05/19 SEA KING, Trawler (R, 321t, 1916) Sunk by underwater explosion in Grimsby Roads, 40/10/09 SEAGEM, Tug (R, 92t, 1939) Missing, presumed lost. (approx.), 40/10/30 SEAHORSE, Submarine (640t, 1933) Lost in Heligoland Bight, North Sea, 40/01/10 SEDGEFLY, Trawler (R, 520t, 1939) Believed mined, Tyne area, North Sea, 39/12/16 SEMOIS, Motor canal boat. Lost at Dunkirk. Date approximate, 40/06/01 SENATEUR DUHAMEL, Trawler (R, on loan to USN, 913t, 1927) Collision off Wilmington, USA, 42/05/06 SENGA, Harbour tender (R) Sunk in collision off Londonderry, N Ireland, 44/06/21 SESAME, Tug (700t, 18/1/44) Sunk by E-boat, torpedo, off Normandy, 44/06/11 SEVRA, Whaler (R, 953t, 1929) Mined off Falmouth, SW England, 40/11/06 SGB No.7, Steam gun boat (135t, 11/3/42) Sunk in action with surface craft, English Channel, 42/06/19 SHARK, Submarine (670t, 1934) Lost to aircraft, off Skudenses, Norway, 40/07/06 SHASHI III, Yacht (R, 155t) Lost by fire, 40/09/07 SHERA, Whaler (R, 253t, 1929) Capsized in heavy swell and pack ice, Barents Sea, Arctic, 42/03/09 SHIPMATES, Drifter (R, 82t, 1911) Sunk by aircraft, Dover Harbour, 40/11/14 SHU KWANG, Auxiliary anti-submarine vessel (R, 788t, 1924) Sunk by aircraft, Dutch East Indies, 42/02/13 SHUN AN, Small craft (R). Lost or destroyed to prevent falling into Japanese hands, Singapore, 42/02 SIANG WO, Auxiliary anti-submarine vessel (R, 2,595t, 1926) Bombed and beached Dutch East Indies, 42/02/13 SICKLE, Submarine (715t, 1/12/42) Sunk, probably mined,Anti-Kithera Channel, Greece. Date approximate, 44/06/18 SIKH, Destroyer (1,870t, 12/10/38) Sunk by gunfire, shore batteries, Tobruk, Libya, 42/09/14 SILDRA, Tanker/oiler (R, 7,313t, 1927) Sunk by U-boat off W. Africa, 41/08/19 SILICIA, Trawler (R, 250t, 1913) Mined off Humber, 41/05/08 SILVIA, Yacht (R) Constructive total loss, 42/02/15 SIMOOM, Submarine (715t, 30/12/42) Lost, Dardanelles Approaches. Date approximate, 43/11/19 SIN AIK LEE, Minesweeper (R, 198t, 1928) Lost by enemy action or destroyed at Singapore, 42/02-03 SINDONIS, Trawler (913t, 1934) Sunk by aircraft at Tobruk, Libya, 41/05/29 SIREHEI, Special service vessel (3,888t, 1907) Sunk as blockship, 44/02/26 SISAPON, Trawler (R, 326t, 1928) Mined off Harwich, 40/06/12 SJO, Special service vessel (R, 1938). Cause and place unknown, 42/12 SKIPJACK, Minesweeper (815t, 1934) German bombers off Dunkirk, 40/06/01 SKUDD 3, Whaler (R, 245t, 1929) Sunk by aircraft, Tobruk, Libya, 41/08/27 SLAVOL, Tanker/oiler (2,623t, 1917). Sunk by U-boat torpedo sailing for Tobruk, Libya, 42/03/26 SLEMDAL, Tanker/oiler (R, 7,374t, 1931). Sunk by U-boat, North Atlantic, 42/06/15 SNAEFELL, Minesweeper (R, 466t, 1907) Sunk by aircraft, Tyne Area, 41/07/05 SNAPDRAGON, Corvette (955t, 28/10/40) Sunk by aircraft bombs, Mediterranean, 42/12/19 SNAPPER, Submarine (670t, 1935) Lost, Bay of Biscay. Formally paid off, 41/02/12 SOIZIK, Drifter (R) Lost by enemy action, believed Europe, 41/03/20 SOLEN, Examination vessel (R). Presumed lost at Singapore, 42/02 SOLITAIRE, Tug (91t, 1904) Capsized and sank off Normandy, 44/06/20 SOLOMON, Trawler (R, 357t, 1923) Mined, N of Cromer, 42/04/01 SOMALI, Destroyer (Leader, 1,870t, 7/12/38) Sunk in tow, after U-boat, torpedo (20th), off Iceland, 42/09/24 SONA, Yacht (519t, 1922) Sunk by aircraft during attack on Poole, Dorset, S England, 42/01/04 SOTRA, Whaler (R, 313t, 1925) Sunk by aircraft off Bardia, Libya, 42/01/29 SOUTHAMPTON, Light cruiser (9,100t, 1937) Sunk by dive bombers, E of Malta, 41/01/11 SOUTHERN FLOE, Whaler (R, 344t, 1936) Mined off Tobruk, Libya, 41/02/11 SOUTHERN FLOWER, Whaler (R, 328t, 1928) Torpedoed by U-boat off Reykjavik, Iceland, 45/03/03 SOUTHERN PRIDE, Whaler (R, 582t, 1936) Stranded, total loss, off Sierra Leone, 44/06/16 SOUTHSEA, Minesweeper (R, 825t, 1930) Mined and beached off Tyne, constructive total loss, 41/02/16 SOUTHWOLD, Destroyer escort (1,050t, 9/10/41) Sunk by mine off Malta, 42/03/24 SPANIARD, Trawler (880t, 1937) Explosion, Lagos, Nigeria, 42/12/05 SPARTAN, Light cruiser (5,770t, 10/8/43) Sunk by aircraft, glider-bomb, off Anzio, W Italy, 44/01/29 SPEARFISH, Submarine (670t, 1936) Lost, probably by U-boat torpedo, off Norway. Formally paid off, 40/08/02 SPERCHEIOS, Whaler (ex-NOBLE NORA, on loan to R Hellenic Navy, R 160t) Capsized and sank off Greece, 45/04/03 SPHINX, Minesweeper (875t, July 1939) German bombers off NE Scotland, 40/02/03 SPIDER BOY, Naval auxiliary boat (14t) Cause and place unknown, 44/01/14 SPIKENARD, Corvette (RCN, 900t, 7/4/41) Sunk byU-boat, torpedo, N Atlantic, 42/02/11 SPLENDID, Submarine (7157, 8/8/42) Scuttled after depth-charge attack, W Coast of Corsica, 43/04/21 SPRINGBANK, Auxiliary fighter ship (R, 5,155t, 1926) Sunk by U-boat torpedo, N Atlantic, 41/09/27 SQUALLY, Special service vessel (R) Sunk by enemy action, 43/11/11 SQUIRREL, Minesweeper (940t, 16/8/44) Damaged by mine off Puket, Siam (Thailand). Sunk by own forces, 45/07/24 ST ABBS, Tug (550t, 1919) Sunk by aircraft at Dunkirk, 40/06/01 ST ACHILLEUS, Trawler (R, 484t, 1934) Sunk by mine, Dunkirk area, 40/05/31 ST ANGELO, Tug (150t, 1935). Sunk by mine off Malta, 42/05/30 ST ANNE, Harbour duty vessel (R, 37t) Cause and place unknown, 43/12 ST APOLLO, Trawler (R, 580t, 1940) Collision off Hebrides, W Scotland, 41/11/22 ST BREOCK, Tug (810t), Sunk by aircraft bombs off Sumatra, 42/02/14 ST BRIAC, Fleet Air Arm target vessel (R, 2,312t, 1924) Sunk by mine, off Aberdeen, E Scotland, 42/03/12 ST CATHAN, Trawler (R, on loan to USN, 565t, 1936) Collision off S Carolina, USA, 42/04/11 ST CYRUS, Tug (810t, 1919) Mined off Humber, 41/01/22 ST DONATS, Trawler (R, 349t, 1924) Collision off Humber, 41/03/01 ST FAGAN, Tug (550t, 1919) Sunk by aircraft at Dunkirk, 40/06/01 ST GORAN, Trawler (R, 565t, 1936) Sunk by aircraft, Namsos, Norway, 40/05/03 ST ISSEY, Tug (810t, 1918). Sunk, probably by U-boat off Benghazi, Libya, 42/12/28 ST JUST, Tug (810t, 1919) Sunk by aircraft, Durian Straits, Singapore, 42/02/14 ST OLAVES, Tug (R, 468t, 1919). Grounded, total loss, off Duncansby Head, NE Scotland, 42/09/21 ST SAMPSOM, Tug (R, 451, 1919) Foundered in Red Sea, 42/03/07 ST SUNNIVA, Rescue ship (R, 1,368t, 1931) Marine cause, 43/01/22 STAGHOUND, Distilling ship (R, 468t, 1894). Sunk by aircraft bombs, Torquay, 42/03/27. Subsequently salved STANLARD, Ammunition hulk (1,737t, 1912) Cause and place unknown, 39/09/15 STANLEY, Destroyer (1,190t, 1919) Sunk by U-boat, torpedo, N Atlantic, 41/12/19 STANWELL, Special service vessel (5,800t, 1914) Sunk as blockship, 44/06/29 STAR OF DEVERON, Trawler (R, 220t, 1915) Sunk by aircraft, N Shields, 41/09/30 STARFISH, Submarine (640t, 1933) Lost in Heligoland Bight, North Sea, depth-charged by surface craft. Formally paid-off, 40/01/20 STAUNTON, Trawler (R, 283t, 1908) Presumed blown up by magnetic mine, Thames Estuary, 40/07/28 STEADY, Mooring Vessel (758t, 1916) Sunk by mine oft Newhaven, S England, 40/07/17 STELLA CAPELLA, Trawler (815t, 1937) Missing, Iceland area, 42/03/19 STELLA DORADO, Trawler (550t, 1935) Sunk by E-boat during evacuation from Dunkirk, 40/06/01 STELLA ORION, Trawler (R, 417t, 1935) Mined, Thames Estuary, 40/11/11 STELLA SIRIUS, Trawler (550t, 1934) Sunk by bombs during air raid on Gibraltar, 40/09/25 STERLET, Submarine (670t, 1938) Lost, Skagerrak, cause unknown, 40/04/27 STOKE, Minesweeper (710t, 1918) Sunk by aircraft at Tobruk, Libya, 41/05/41 STONEHENGE, Submarine (715t, 15/6/43) Lost on patrol, probably off Nicobar Islands, Indian Ocean, Date approximate, 44/03/22 STRATAGEM, Submarine (715t, 9/10/43) Sunk by surface vessel, depth-charges, off Malacca, East Indies, 44/11/22 STRATHBORNE, Trawler (R, 216t, 1930) Mined off Humber, 41/09/06 STRONGHOLD, Destroyer (905t, 1919) Sunk in action, surface craft, South of Java, 42/03/02 STRONSAY, Trawler (545t, 24/4/42). Sunk by explosion, probably mined off Phillipeville, Western Mediterranean, 43/02/05 STURDY, Destroyer (905t, 1919) Wrecked, Tiree Island, W Scotland, 40/10/30 SUI WO, Boom accomodation ship (R, 2,672t, 1896) Lost or destroyed to prevent falling into Japanese hands at Singapore, 42/02/13 SULLA, Whaler (R, 251t, 1928) Sunk, probably by surface craft, Barents Sea, Arctic, 42/03/25 SUMMER ROSE, Drifter (R, 96t, 1919) Mined off Sunderland, 40/10/13 SUPPORTER, Drifter (R, 88t, 1914) Grounded off Newhaven, S England. Total loss. Date given as 4th-5th, 44/11/05 SURF, Yacht (R, 496t, 1902) Sunk by aircraft at Piraeus, Greece, 41/04/06 SURPRISE, Yacht (1,144t, 1896) Caught fire and capsized, Lagos, Nigeria, W Africa, 42/02/18 SUSARION, Trawler (R, 260t,1917) Sunk by aircraft off Humber, 41/05/07 SVANA, Whaler (R, 268t, 1930) Sunk by aircraft off Alexandria, Egypt, 42/04/08 SVENNER, Destroyer (ex-SHARK, on loan to Royal Norwegian Navy, 1,710t, 18/3/44) Sunk by surface ship, torpedo, off Normandy, 44/06/06 SVENOR, Tanker/oiler (R, 7,616t, 1931). Sunk by U-boat, West Atlantic, 42/03/27 SVERRE, Balloon barrage vessel (R, 1938) Foundered in two off E Coast of England, 45/01/02 SVEVE, Tanker/oiler (R, 6,313t, 1930). Sunk by U-boat, North Atlantic, 42/09/10 SWIFT, Destroyer (1,710t, 6/12/43) Sunk by mine off Normandy, 44/06/24 SWORD DANCE, Trawler (530t, 20/1/41) Collision, Moray Firth, E Scotland, 42/07/05 SWORDFISH, Submarine (640t, 1932) Lost, off Ushant, cause unknown, 40/11/16 SYLVIA, Special service vessel (R) Lost by enemy action, 44/09/20 SYRTIS, Submarine (715t, 23/4/43) Sunk by mine off Bodo, Norway, 44/03/28 SYVERN, Whaler (R, 307t, 1937) Sunk by enemy action on passage from Crete area, 41/05/27 T TALISMAN, Submarine (1,090t, 29/6/40) Lost, in Sicilian Channel. Formally Paid Off, 42/09/18 TAMARISK, Trawler (545t, 1925) Sunk by aircraft, bombs, Thames Estuary, 40/08/12 TANEVIK, Balloon barrage vessel (R) Foundered in tow from Methil to Buckle, E Scotland, 45/01/19 TANKEXPRESS, Tanker/oiler (R, 10, 095t, 1937). Sunk by U-boat off West Africa, 42/07/25 TAPAH, Minesweeper (R, 208t, 1926) Lost by enemy action or destroyed at Singapore, 42/02-03 TARPON, Submarine (1,090t, 8/2/40) Lost North Sea, probably mined, 40/04/22 TEMPEST, Submarine (1,090t, 6/12/41) Sunk by depth-charges, Italian surface craft, Gulf Of Taranto. Date approximate, 42/02/13 TENEDOS, Destroyer (1,000t, 1919) Sunk by aircraft, during attack on Colombo, 42/04/05 TERN, River gun boat (262t, 1917) Scuttled at Hong Kong, 41/12/19 TERPSITHEA, Transport vessel (R, 157t, 1919). Mined at Famagusta, Cyprus, 42/04/29 TERROR, Monitor (7,200t, 1916) Bombed (22nd) and sunk off Derna, Libya, 41/02/23 TERVANI, Trawler (409t, 1930). Probably sunk by U-boat off Cape Bougaroni, Algeria, 43/02/07 TETRARCH, Submarine (1,095t, 15/2/40) Lost W Mediterranean, on passage Malta to Gibraltar, 41/11/02 TEXAS, Trawler (301t) Sunk in collision, Jamaica Area, 44/07/19 THALIA, Yacht (161t, 1904) Collision Lymn of Lorne, W Scotland, 42/10/11 THAMES, Submarine (1,805t, 1932) Lost, off Norway, probably mined, 40/08/03 THANET, Destroyer (1,000t, 1919) Sunk in action with Japanese surface craft, off Malaya, 42/01/27 THE BOYS, Drifter (R, 93, 1914) Sunk in heavy weather in Downs, SE England, 40/11/14 THELMA, Tanker/oiler (R, 8,297t, 1937). Cause and place unknown, 42/08/26 THISTLE, Drifter (R, 79t, 1904) Mined off Lowestoft, 41/05/08 THISTLE, Submarine (1,090t, 1939) Lost off Skudenses, Norway, torpedoed by U-boat, 40/04/14 THOMAS BARTLETT, Trawler (R, 290t, 1913) Sunk by British mine off Calais, 40/05/28 THOMAS CONNOLLY, Boom defence vessel (R, 290t, 1918) Sunk by mine, Sheerness, 40/12/17 THORA, Drifter (R, 37t, 1930) Fouled boom in bad weather, Grimsby, England, 43/04/26 THORBRYN, Whaler (R, 305t, 1936) Sunk by aircraft off Tobruk, Libya, 41/08/19 THORGRIM, Whaler (R, 305t, 1936) Sunk by aircraft off Alexandria, Egypt, 42/04/08 THORN, Submarine (1,090t, 26/8/41) Lost, probably mined, Libya, E Mediterranean. Formally Paid Off, 42/08/11 THORSHAVET (R, 11,015t, 1938). Sunk by U-boat, Caribbean Sea, 42/11/03 THORSHOVDI, Tanker/oiler (R, 9,944t, 1937) War cause, 43/08/04 THUNDERBOLT, Submarine (1,090t, 2/11/40) Sunk by surface craft, depth-charges, off Cape Milazzo, Sicily, 43/03/13 THURINGIA, Trawler (550T, 1933) Sunk by mine, North Sea, 40/05/28 TIBERIO, Store carrier (R, 237t, 1902) Foundered off Mersa Matruh, Egypt, 41/12/23 TIEN KWANG, Auxiliary anti-submarine vessel (R, 787t, 1925) Lost or destroyed to falling into enemy hands, Singapore Area, 42/02/ TIENTSIN, Tug (R) Foundered, Red Sea, on passage to Massawa, 43/10/26 TIGRIS, Submarine (1,090t, 20/6/40) Lost, cause unknown, Gulf of Naples, 43/03/10 TILBURY NESS, Trawler (R, 279t, 1918) Sunk by aircraft, Thames Estuary, 40/11/01 TOKEN, Drifter (R, 89t, 1914) Grounded, Skerry Sound, Orkney Islands; broke up in gale, 41/12/23 TONBRIDGE, Netlayer (R, 683t, 1924) Sunk by aircraft off Yarmouth. Norfolk, 41/08/22 TOPAZE, Trawler (608t, 1935) Collision off Clyde, 41/04/20 TORBAY II, Drifter (R, 83t, 1910) Sunk by aircraft off Dover, 40/11/01 TORRENT, Yacht (R, 336t, 1930) Mined off Falmouth, 41/04/06 TOURMALINE, Trawler (641t, 1935) Sunk by aircraft, off N. Foreland, Kent, 41/02/05 TRANG, Whaler (R, 205t, 1912) Fired and abandoned, Cooper Channel, Singapore, 42/02/14 TRANlO, Trawler (R, 275t, 1918) In tow and sunk by aircraft bombs, North Sea, 41/06/26 TRANQUIL, Trawler (R, 294t, 1912) Collision off Deal, 42/06/16 TRANSEAS, Special service vessel (1,499t, 1924) Sunk as blockship at Zeebrugge, Belgium, 40/05/25 TRANSVAAL, Trawler (R, 250t) Foundered in gale, English Channel, 44/11/18 TRANSYLVANIA, Armed merchant (R, 16,923t, 1925, AMC from 10/39) Sunk by U-boat torpedo, N of Ireland, 40/08/10 TRAVELLER, Submarine (1,090t, 10/4/42) Lost, probably by depth-charges from Italian torpedo boat Gulf of Taranto. Formally paid off, 42/12/12 TREERN, Whaler (On loan to SANF, R, 247t, 1929) Sunk by mine off E Coast of Greece, 45/01/12 TRIAD, Submarine (1,090t, 16/9/39) Lost off Calabria, S. Italy, cause unknown, 40/10/20 TRINIDAD, Light cruiser (8,000t, 14/10/41) Sunk by own forces after damage by torpedo carrying aircraft, Barent's Sea, Arctic, 42/05/15 TRITON, Submarine (1,095t, 1933) Lost in S Adriatic, probably mined, 40/12/18 TRIUMPH VI, Transport vessel (R, 46t, 1903) Sunk in collision, Rosyth area, Scotland, 44/12/15 TRIUMPH, Submarine (1,090t, 2/5/39) Lost, possibly mined, Aegean Sea. Formally Paid Off, 42/01/20 TROOPER, Submarine (1,090t, 29/8/42) Lost, possibly mined, Aegean Sea, 43/10/17 TRUE ACCORD, Drifter (R, 92t, 1921) Collision, Yarmouth Area, 40/12/26 TRUSTY STAR, Drifter (96t, 1920). Mined, off Malta, 42/06/10 TUNA, Store carrier (R, 662t, 1907) Fire at Aden; constructive total loss (Colledge - loss date 13/07/41), 41/09 TUNG WO, Examination vessel (R, 1,337t, 1914) Abandoned as a result of enemy action off Penang, Malaya, 41/12/13 TUNISIAN, Boom defence vessel (R, 238t, 1930) Mined, Harwich area, 42/07/09 TUNSBERG CASTLE, Corvette (ex-SHREWSBURY CASTLE, on loan to Royal Norwegian Navy, 1,060t, 29/4/44) Sunk by mine off N Russia, Arctic, 44/12/12 TURBULENT, Submarine (1,090t, 2/12/41) Lost, probably mined, off Sardinia. Date approximate, 43/03/23 TWEED, Frigate (1,375t, 28/4/43) Sunk by U-boat, torpedo, N Atlantic, 44/01/07 TWEEDLEDEE, Special service vessel (163t, 1925) Sunk as blockship, 40/07/01 TWEEDLEDUM, Special service vessel (163t, 1925) Sunk as blockship, 40/07/01 TWENTE, Tug (R, 239t, 1937) Lost through enemy action, 40/06/12 TYNDALE, Destroyer escort (1,000t, 2/12/40) Sunk by U-boat, torpedo, W Mediterranean, 43/12/12 TYNWALD, Auxiliary anti-aircraft ship (3,650t, 1/10/41) Mined off Bougie, Algeria, 42/11/12 U UBEROUS, Drifter (R, 92t, 1918) Grounded off Londonderry, N Ireland, 41/01/11 UBERTY, Drifter (R, 93t, 1912) Sunk by aircraft off Lowestoft, 41/05/08 ULLSWATER, Trawler (555t, 15/11/39) Sunk by E-boat, probably torpedoed, EngIish Channel, 42/11/29 ULSTER PRINCE, Store carrier (R, 3,791t, 1930) Grounded off Nauplia, Greece; attacked by aircraft during evacation, 41/04/25 UMPIRE, Submarine (540t, 10/7/41) Rammed and sunk by North Sea, off the Wash, 41/07/19 UMVOTI, Special service vessel (R, 5,183t, 1903) Sunk as blockship, 40/07/29 UNBEATEN, Submarine (540t, 20/11/40) Lost, possibly by own forces, Bay of Biscay, 42/11/21 UNDAUNTED, Submarine (540t, 30/12/40) Presumed Sunk by depth charges, surface craft, off Tripoli, Libya, 41/05/13 UNDINE, Submarine (540t, 1938) Lost in Heligoland Bight, North Sea, depth-charged by surface craft. Formally paid-off, 40/01/15 UNICITY, Drifter (R, 96 t, 1919). Capsized and sank on sweeping duties off Blyth, 42/01/31 UNION, Submarine (540t, 22/2/41) Presumed lost between Tunisia and Pantellaria, 41/07/22 UNIQUE, Submarine (540t, 27/9/40) Lost, cause unknown, W of Gibraltar Straits, 42/10/24 UNITY, Submarine (540t, 1938) Lost in collision, Tyne area, 40/04/29 UNTAMED, Submarine (540t, 14/4/43) Failed to surface during exercises off Campbeltown, Scotland. Raised and renamed "Vitality", 43/05/30 UPHOLDER, Submarine (540t, 31/10/40) Lost, probably surface craft, depth-charges, off Tripoli, Libya, 42/04/14 UREDD, Submarine (On loan to Royal Norwegian Navy, 540t, 12/12/41) Lost, probably mined, Bodo area, Norway. Date approximate, 43/02/24 URGE, Submarine (540t, 12/12/40) Lost, possibly mined, E Mediterranean, 42/05/06 USK, Submarine (540t, 11/10/40) Presumed mined, off Cape Bon, Tunisia, 41/05/03 USURPER, Submarine (540t, 2/2/43) Lost, probably mined, Gulf of Genoa, NW Italy. Date approximate, 43/10/11 UT PROSIM, Drifter (R, 91t, 1925) Sunk by gunfire in Dover Harbour, 43/03/02 UTMOST, Submarine (540t, 17/8/40) Lost, probably by surface craft, depth-charges off Cape Marittimo, W of Sicily, 42/11/24 UTOPIA, Dumb barge (226t deep) Cause and place unknown, date approximate, 43/11. Subsequently salved V VAILLANT, Tug (R, 58t) Formally paid off, 42/02/15 VALDORA, Trawler (R, 251t, 1916) Believed sunk by Geman aircraft, Cromer area, 40/01/12 VALENCIA, Dumb barge. Sunk for boom defence purposes, believed in 1942, 42/ VALENTINE, Destroyer (Leader, 1,090t, 1917) Bombed, grounded and abandoned in River Scheldt, Begium, 40/05/15 VAMPIRE, Destroyer (On loan to RAN, 1,090t, 1917) Sunk by aircraft, bombs, E of Ceylon, 42/04/09 VAN DYCK, Armed boarding vessel (R, 13,241t, 1921) Lost in convoy probably by German air attack, Narvik area, Norway, 40/06/10 VAN ORLEY, Trawler (R, 352t, 1927) Sunk by air attack, Liverpool, NW England. Raised and declared a constructive total Ioss, 41/05/04 VANDAL, Submarine (540t, 20/2/43) Lost by accident, Firth of Clyde, W Scotland, 43/02/24 VARDAAS, Tanker/oiler (R, 8,176t, 1931). Sunk by U-boat, off Tobago, West Indies, 42/08/30 VASSILIKI, Harbour duty vessel (R). Sunk by U-boat on passage from Beirut to Famagusta, 42/07/23 VELIA, Trawler (R, 290T, 1914) Sunk, presumed mined, Harwich Area, 40/10/19 VENETIA, Destroyer (1,090t, 1917) Sunk by mine, Thames Estuary, SE England, 40/10/19 VERA RADCLIFFE, Special service vessel (5,600t, 1925) Sunk as blockship, 44/03/30 VERVAIN, Corvette (1,020t, 9/6/41) Sunk by U-boat, torpedo, off S Ireland, 45/02/20 VESTAL, Minesweeper (940t, 10/9/43) Sunk by aircraft, off Puket, Siam (Thailand), 45/07/26 VETERAN, Destroyer (1,120t, 1919) Sunk by U-boat, torpedo, N Atlantic, 42/09/26 VICTORIA I, Drifter (R). Sunk by enemy action, 42/03/25 VIDONIA, Trawler (R, 276t) Sunk in collision, English Channel, 44/10/06 VIKING, Salvage vessel (R) Sunk by aircraft, Piraeus, Greece, 41/04/06 VIMIERA, Destroyer (1,090t, 1917) Sunk by mine, Thames Estuary, 42/01/09 VINLAKE, Special service vessel (3,938t, 1913) Sunk as blockship, 44/02/21 VISION, Tug. Sunk at Mersa Matruh, Egypt, 42/06/18 VITA, Special service vessel (R) Cause and place unknown, 41/09/22 VIVA 11, Yacht, Yacht (R, 521t, 1929) Sunk by aircraft off N coast of Cornwall, 41/05/08 VOLTAIRE, Armed merchant (R, 13,301t, 1923, AMC from 1/40) Gunfire of German surface raider, mid-Atlantic, 41/04/04 VORTIGERN, Destroyer (1,090t, 1918) Sunk by E-boat, torpedo, off Cromer, E England, 42/03/15 VYNER BROOKE, Armed trader (R, 1,670t, 1928). Sunk by aircraft off Banka Straits, Sumatra, 42/02/14 W WAKEFUL, Destroyer (1,100t, 1917) Sunk by E-boat torp off Dunkirk, France, 40/05/29 WALLASEA, Trawler (545t, 31/7/43) Sunk by surface craft, torpedo, off Mounts Bay, Cornwall, 44/01/06 WALNEY, ex-US Coastguard cutter (1,546t, 1930) Sunk by gunfire, Oran Harbour, 42/11/08 WAR DIWAN, Tanker/oiler (5,550t, 1919) Sunk by mine, River Schelde, Holland, 44/12/16 WAR MEHTAR, Tanker/oiler (5,502, 1920) Torpedoed off Yarmouth, 41/11/20 WAR SEPOY, Tanker/oiler (5,574t, 1919) Damaged by aircraft off Dover. Constructive total loss, 40/07/19 WAR SIRDAR, Tanker/oiler (5,518t, 1920). Lost on reef, NW Batavia, 42/03/01 WARLAND, Trawler (406t) Sunk by aircraft bombs, North Sea, 42/02/18 WARRIOR II, Yacht (R, 1,124t, 1904) Sunk by aircraft off Portland, 40/07/11 WARWICK DEEPING, Trawler (350t, 1934) Sunk by surface craft torpedo, English Channel, 40/10/12 WARWICK, Destroyer (1,200t, 1918) Sunk by U-boat, torpedo, off W Cornwall, SW England, 44/02/20 WARWICKSHIRE, Trawler (R, 466t, 1936) Sunk by aircraft, Trondheim area, Norway, 40/04/30 WASHINGTON, Trawler (R, 209t, 1909) Mined in North Sea on passage to Yarmouth, 39/12/06 WATERFLY, Trawler (R, 387t, 1931) Sunk by aircraft off Dungeness, SE England, 42/09/17 WATERGATE, Boom defence vessel (290t, 1934) Scuttled at Hong Kong, 41/12/19 WATERHEN, Destroyer (On loan to RAN, 1,100t, 1918) Sunk by aircraft, bombs, off Sollum, Egypt, 41/06/29 WAVEFLOWER, Trawler (550t, 1929) Sunk by mine off Aldeburgh, Suffolk, 40/10/21 WAVERLEY, Minesweeper (R, 537t, 1899) Sunk by German bombers off Dunkirk, N France, 40/05/29 Welman craft No.10, Midget submarine (2.4t, 12/5/43). Lost by accident during exercises, 43/09/09 Welman craft No.45 (2.4t, 2/9/43). Lost during attack on Bergen Harbour, Norway, 43/11/22 Welman craft No.46 (2.4t, 2/9/43). Lost during attack on Bergen Harbour, Norway, 43/11/22 Welman craft No.47 (2.4t, 2/9/43). Lost during attack on Bergen Harbour, Norway, 43/11/22 Welman craft No.48 (2.4t, 2/9/43). Lost during attack on Bergen Harbour, Norway, 43/11/22 WELSHMAN, Cruiser minelayer (2,650t, 25/8/41) Sunk by U-boat, torpedo, off Libya, 43/02/01 WESSEX, Destroyer (1,100t, 1918) Sunk by aircraft bombs, off Calais, France, 40/05/24 WEST COCKER, Tug (229t, 1919) Sunk by aircraft during raid on Malta, 42/04/06 WESTCOVE, Special service vessel (2,735t, 1912) Sunk as blockship at Dunkirk, 40/06/03 WESTELLA, Trawler (550t, 1934) Torpedoed or mined off Dunkirk, 40/06/02 WESTWICK, Special service vessel (R, 18T, 1935) Sunk by enemy action, 43/11/11 WHIPPET, Whaler (ex-Kos XXI, R, 353t, 1937) Bombed and sunk, 41/10/04 WHIRLWIND, Destroyer (1,100t, 1918) Sunk by U-boat torpedo, SW of Ireland, 40/07/05 WHITE DAISY, Drifter (R, 79t, 1910) Sunk, probably near Lerwick, 40/09/25 WHITE FOX II, Yacht (R, 23t, 1933) Lost by fire, 40/08/27 WHITLEY, Destroyer (1,100t, 1918) Damaged by bombs, beached between Nieuport and Ostend, Belgium, 40/05/19 WIDNES, Minesweeper (710t, 1913) Bombed and beached in Suda Bay, Crete, 41/05/20 WILD SWAN, Destroyer (1,120t, 19) Sunk by aircraft, bombs, Western Approaches, 42/06/17 WILLAMETTE VALLEY, Freighter (R, 4,702t, 1928) Sunk by U-boat, SW Approaches, 40/06/29 WILLIAM HALLETT, Trawler (R, 202t, 1919) Mined, Tyne area, North Sea, 39/12/13 WILLIAM STEPHEN, Trawler (R, 935t, 1917) Sunk by E-boat off Cromer, E England, 43/10/25 WILLIAM WESNEY, Trawler (R, 364t, 1930) Sunk by mine off Orfordness, E England, 40/11/07 WILNA, Yacht (R, 461t, 1939) Abandoned after aircraft attack, Portsmouth, 41/03/24 WINDFLOWER, Corvette (RCN, 900t, 4/2/41) Sunk by collision in fog, W Atlantic, 41/12/07 WINHA, Special service vessel (3,391, 1904) Sunk as blockship, 44/03 WINSOME, Drifter (R, 46t, 1902). Sunk at Fairlie, total loss, 42/11/18 WO KWANG, Tug (R, 350t, 1927). Assumed lost at Singapore, 42/02 WOODPECKER, Sloop (1,350t, 14/12/42) Stern blown off (20th) by torpedo. Capsized and sank in tow, N Atlantic, 44/02/27 WREN, Destroyer (1,120t, 1923) Bombed and sunk off Aldeburgh, Suffolk, E England, 40/09/27 WRESTLER, Destroyer (1,100t, 1918) Damaged beyond repair by mine off Normandy, 44/06/06 WRYNECK, Destroyer (1,100t, 1918) Sunk by aircraft, bombs, during evacuation of Greece, 41/05/27 WYOMING, Trawler (R, 302t, 1915) Mined and sunk off Harwich, E England, 44/05/20 X X-Craft X-05, Midget submarine (29.8t, 29/12/42). Lost in attack on "Tirpitz", Kaa Fiord, Alten Fiord, Norway, 43/09/22 X-Craft X-06 (29.8t, 21/1/43). Lost in attack on "Tirpitz", Kaa Fiord, Alten Fiord, Norway, 43/09/22 X-Craft X-07 (29.8t, 14/1/43). Lost in attack on "Tirpitz", Kaa Fiord, Alten Fiord, Norway, 43/09/22 X-Craft X-08 (29.8t, 21/1/43). Lost in attack on "Tirpitz", Kaa Fiord, Alten Fiord, Norway, 43/09/17 X-Craft X-09 (29.8t, 29/1/43). Lost in attack on "Tirpitz", Kaa Fiord, Alten Fiord, Norway, 43/10/15 X-Craft X-10 (29.8t, 8/2/43). Lost in attack on "Tirpitz", Kaa Fiord, Alten Fiord, Norway, 43/10/03 X-Craft X-22 (29.8t, submerged 31/10/43) Lost in collision, Pentland Firth, N Scotland, 44/02/07 XMAS ROSE, Drifter (R, 96t, 1918) Mined, Thames Estuary, SE England, 40/11/21 Y YEWDALE, Collier (R, 823t, 1929) Marine cause, 44/10/03 YIN PING, Tug (R, 1914) Sunk by gunfire, 42/02/15 YORK, Heavy cruiser (8,250, 1930) Lost at Suda Bay, Crete after damage on various dates by explosive motor boats and aircraft, 41/05/22 YORKSHIRE BELLE, Yacht (R, 56t, 1938) Mined, Humber entrance, 41/04/11 YOUNG ERNIE, Drifter (R, 88t, 1924) Collision off Tyne, 41/04/18 YOUNG FISHERMAN, Drifter (R, 95t, 1914) Grounded, Oban, W Scotland. Total loss, 40/11/29 YOUNG SID, Drifter (R, 100t, 1912) Sunk in collision. Moray Firth, E. Scotland, 40/08/10 YSER, Motor canal boat. Ran aground Dunkirk, 40/05/30 Z ZANNIS L CAMBANIS, Collier (R, 5,317t, 1920). Mined off Singapore, 42/01/21 ZEE MEEUW, Trawler (R) Sunk in collision, Gravesend Reach, Thames, SE England, 43/09/21 ZINNIA, Corvette (900t, 30/3/41) Sunk by U-boat torpedo, N Atlantic, 41/08/23 ZOODOCHOS PIGHI, Transport vessel (R, 170t). Sunk by enemy action, E Mediterranean, 42/03/13 ZULU, Destroyer (1,870t, 6/9/38) Sunk by aircraft, bombs, E Mediterranean, 42/09/14 |
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1865:
Confederate General Joseph Johnston officially surrenders his army to General William T. Sherman at Durham Station, North Carolina.
1865: John Wilkes Booth is killed when Union soldiers track him down to a Virginia farm 12 days after he assassinated President Abraham Lincoln. 1865: Joseph E. Johnston surrenders the Army of Tennessee to Sherman. 1937: The ancient Basque town of Guernica in northern Spain is bombed by German planes. 1952: Armistice negotiations are resumed. 1971: The U.S. command in Saigon announces that the U.S. force level in Vietnam is 281,400 men, the lowest since July 1966. 1972: President Nixon, despite the ongoing communist offensive, announces that another 20,000 U.S. troops will be withdrawn from Vietnam in May and June, reducing authorized troop strength to 49,000. |