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I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that you call a Gentle-man and is nothing else.

-- Oliver Cromwell

British naval vessels lost at sea, 1939-45, auxiliary warships

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Armed merchant cruisers

ANDANIA (R, 13,950t, 1922, AMC from 11/39) Sunk by U-boat torpedo, SE of Iceland, 40/06/16

CARINTHIA (R, 20,277t, 1925, AMC from 1/40) Sunk by U-boat torpedo, W of Ireland, 40/06/07

COMORIN (R, 15,241,1925, AMC from 1/40) Destroyed by fire, N Atlantic, 41/04/06

DUNVEGAN CASTLE (R, 15,007t, 1936, AMC from 12/39) Sunk by U-boat torpedo, W of Ireland, 40/08/28

FORFAR (R, 16,402t, 1922, AMC from 11/39) Sunk by U-boat torpedo, W of Ireland, 40/12/02

HECTOR (R, 11,198t, 1924) Bombed and set on fire during Japanese carrier aircraft raid on Colombo, 42/04/03

JERVIS BAY (R, 14,164t, 1922, AMC from 10/39) Sunk by "Admiral Scheer", N, Atlantic, 40/11/05

LAURENTIC (R, 18,724t, 1927, AMC from 10/39) Sunk by U-boat torpedo, NW Approaches, 40/11/03

PATROCLUS (R, 11,314t, 1923, AMC from 1/40) Attacked by U-boat on the 3rd Sank W of Ireland, 40/11/04

RAJPUTANA (R, 16,641t, 1926, AMC from 12/39) Sunk by U-boat torpedo, W of Iceland, 41/04/13

RAWALPINDI (R, 16,697t, 1925, AMC from 10/39) Gunfire of German battlecruiser "Scharnhorst" SE of Iceland, 39/11/23

SALOPIAN (R, 10,549t, 1926, AMC from 10/39) Sunk by U-boat, torpedo, N Atlantic, 41/05/13

SCOTSTOUN (R, 17,046t, 1925, AMC from 9/39) Sunk by U-boat torpedo NW Approaches, 40/06/13

TRANSYLVANIA (R, 16,923t, 1925, AMC from 10/39) Sunk by U-boat torpedo, N of Ireland, 40/08/10

VOLTAIRE (R, 13,301t, 1923, AMC from 1/40) Gunfire of German surface raider, mid-Atlantic, 41/04/04

Armed boarding vessels

CHAKDINA (R, 3,033t, 1914) Sunk by aircraft, E Mediterranean, 41/12/05

CHANTALA (R, 3,129t, 1920) Mined, Tobruk Harbour, 41/12/07

KING ORRY (R, 1,877t, 1913) German aircraft attack, Dunkirk, N France, 40/05/30

ROSAURA (R, 1,552t, 1905) Mined off Tobruk, Libya, 41/03/18

VAN DYCK (R, 13,241t, 1921) Lost in convoy probably by German air attack, Narvik area, Norway, 40/06/10


Ocean boarding vessels

CAMITO (R, 6,833t, 1915) Sunk by U-boat torpedo, N Atlantic, 41/05/06

CRISPIN (R, 5,051t, 1935) Sunk by U-boat torpedo, N Atlantic, 41/02/03

LADY SOMERS (R, 8,194t, 1929) Sunk by U-boat torpedo, N Atlantic, 41/07/15

MALVERNIAN (R, 3,133t, 1937) Abandoned after being bombed, North Atlantic, 41/07/19

MANISTEE (R, 5,368t, 1920) Sunk by U-boat torpedo, N Atlantic, 41/02/24


Examination vessels

FRATTON (R, 757t, 1925) Sunk at anchor by underwater explosion, probably torpedoed by surface craft, Seine Bay, Normandy, 44/08/18

LADY SLATER (R, 273t, 1934) Caught fire and became total loss, 40/07/30

No.4 (R) Sunk by enemy action, 41/02/

No.10 (R, 281t) Mined off entrance to Milford Haven, SW Wales, 41/06/07

SOLEN (R) Presumed lost at Singapore, 42/02

TUNG WO (R, 1,337t, 1914) Abandoned as a result of enemy action off Penang, Malaya, 41/12/13


Auxiliary fighter catapult ships

PATIA (R, 5,355t, 1922) Sunk by aircraft off Northumberland, 41/04/27

SPRINGBANK (R, 5,155t, 1926) Sunk by U-boat torpedo, N Atlantic, 41/09/27


Auxiliary anti-aircraft ships

CRESTED EAGLE (R, 1,110t, 1925) German aircraft, off Dunkirk, N France, 40/05/29

FOYLE BANK (R, 5,582t, 1930) German aircraft, Portland, S England, 40/07/04

GLEN AVON (R, 678t deep, 1912) Foundered in gale, Seine Bay, Normandy, 44/09/02

HELVELLYN (R, 642t, 1937) Sunk by aircraft, London Docks, 41/03/20

POZARICA (4,540t, 7/3/41) Capsized after aircraft torpedo attack off Bougie, Algeria on 29th January 1943, 43/02/13

TYNWALD (3,650t, 1/10/41) Mined off Bougie, Algeria, 42/11/12


Auxiliary anti-submarine vessels

KAMPAR (R, 971t, 1915) Damaged on the 12th, then destroyed by aircraft at Penang, 41/12/13

KUALA (R, 954t, 1911) Sunk by aircraft, Dutch East Indies, 42/02/14

MATA HARI (R, 1,020t, 1915) Sunk by aircraft in Sunda Strait, Java Sea, 42/02/28

SHU KWANG (R, 788t, 1924) Sunk by aircraft, Dutch East Indies, 42/02/13

SIANG WO (R, 2,595t, 1926) Bombed and beached Dutch East Indies, 42/02/13

TIEN KWANG (R, 787t, 1925) Lost or destroyed to falling into enemy hands, Singapore Area, 42/02/


Patrol vessel

Patrol vessel GIANG BEE (R, 1,646t, 1908) Lost or destroyed to prevent falling into enemy hands Singapore area, 42/02


Convoy service ships

CHAKLA (R, 3,081t, 1914) Sunk by aircraft, Tobruk Harbour, Libya, 41/04/29

FIONA (R, 2,190t, 1927) Sunk by aircraft off Sidi Barrani, Egypt, 41/04/18


Rescue ship

ST SUNNIVA (R, 1,368t, 1931) Marine cause, 43/01/22


Trawlers
Admiralty and Requisitioned

ADONIS (1,004t, 1915) Sunk by E-boat torpedo, off Lowestoft, 43/04/15

AGATE (627t, 1934) Grounded off Cromer Norfolk; total loss, 41/08/06

AGHIOS GEORGIS IV (R, 164t) Mozambique Channel, 42/06/08

AKRANES (R, 358t, 1929) Sunk by aircraft Bridlington Bay, Yorkshire, 41/07/04

ALBERIC (R, 286t, 1910) Sunk in collision off Scapa, Orkneys, 41/05/03

ALDER (560t, 1929) Grounded E Scotland; total loss, 41/10/22

ALMOND (505t, 20/8/40) Mined off Falmouth, 41/02/02

ALOUETTE (R, 520t, 1939) Sunk by U-boat torpedo off Portugal, 42/09/19

AMETHYST (627t, 1934) Sunk by mine, Thames Estuary, 40/11/24

ARACARI (R, 245t, 1908) Grounded, total Ioss, Filicudi island, North of Sicily, 43/10/03

ARAGONITE (R, 315t, 1934) Mined off Deal, 39/11/22

ARCTIC TRAPPER (R, 352t, 1928) Sunk by aircraft off Ramsgate, 41/02/03

ARGYLLSHIRE (R, 540t, 1938) Sunk by E-boat during evacuation from Dunkirk, 40/06/01

ARLEY (R, 304t, 1914) Damaged by mine Sank in tow, North Sea, 45/02/03

ARSENAL (530t, 1933) Sunk in collision off Clyde, Scotland, 40/11/16

ASAMA (R, 303t, 1929) Sunk by aircraft in Plymouth, 41/03/21

ASH (505t, 6/5/40) Mined, Thames Estuary, 41/06/05

ASTON VILLA (R, 546t, 1937) Sunk by aircraft off Norway, 40/05/03

AVANTURINE (R, 296t, 1930) Sunk by E-boats off Beachy Head, S England, 43/12/01

BANDOLERO (913t, 1935) Sunk in collision, Gulf of Sollum Egypt, 40/12/30

BARBARA ROBERTSON (R, 325t, 1919) German U-boat gunfire, North of Hebrides, W Scotland, 39/12/23

BEDFORDSHIRE (On loan to USN, 913t, 1935) Sunk by U-boat off Cape Lookout, N Carolina, USA, 42/05/11

BEECH (540t, 1929) Sunk by aircraft in Scrabster, N Scotland, 41/06/22

BEN ARDNA (R, 226t, 1927) Collision, Tyne Area, 42/05/12

BEN GAIRN (R, 234t, 1916) Sunk by parachute mine, Lowestoft, 41/05/04

BEN ROSSAL (R, 260t, 1929) Sank at moorings Later salvaged, 42/11/29

BENGALI (880t, 1937) Explosion, Lagos, Nigeria, 42/12/05

BENVOLIO (R, 352t, 1930) Mined off Humber, 40/02/23

BIRDLIP (750t, 23/12/41) Sunk by U-boat, torpedo, off W Africa, 44/06/13

BLACKBURN ROVERS (R, 422t, 1934) Sunk by U-boat or mine, North Sea, 40/06/02

BOTANIC (670t, 1923) Sunk by aircraft bombs, North Sea, 42/02/18

BRADMAN (R, 452t, 1937) Sunk by aircraft, West Coast of Norway, 40/04/25

BREDON (750t, 29/4/42) Sunk by U-boat torpedo, North Atlantic, 43/02/08

BRORA (530t, 4/6/41) Grounded Hebrides, W Scotland; total loss, 41/09/06

CALVERTON (R, 214t, 1913) Mined, entrance to Humber, 40/11/29

CALVI (R, 363t, 1930) Sunk by aircraft bombs, off Dunkirk, 40/05/29

CAMPINA (R, 289t, 1913) Mined off Holyhead, 40/07/22

CAMPOBELLO (545t, 21/10/42) Badly damaged at Quebec, Canada Foundered on passage to UK, 43/03/16

CANNA (545t, 7/4/41) Explosion, Lagos, Nigeria, 42/12/05

CAP D'ANTIFER (R) Sunk by E-boat off Humber, E England, 44/02/13

CAPE CHELYUSKIN (550t, 1936) Sunk by aircraft bombs, off Norway, 40/04/29

CAPE FINISTERRE (R, 590t, 1939) Sunk by aircraft off Harwich, 40/08/02

CAPE PASSARO (R, 590t, 1939) Sunk by aircraft, Narvik area, Norway, 40/05/21

CAPE SIRETOKO (R, 590t, 1939) Sunk by aircraft, West Coast of Norway, 40/04/28

CAPE SPARTEL (R, 346t, 1929) Sunk by aircraft, Humber Area, 42/02/02

CAPRICORNUS (R, 219t, 1917) Sunk by mine off S E England, 40/12/07

CAROLINE (R, 253t, 1930) Mined off Milford Haven, 41/04/28

CAULONIA (R, 296t, 1912) Ran aground and foundered, Rye Bay, Sussex, 43/03/31

CAYTON WYKE (550t, 1932) Sunk by surface craft torpedo, off Dover, 40/07/08

CHARLES BOYES (R, 290t, 1918) Sunk by mine, East Coast of England, 40/05/25

CHESTNUT (505t, 21/5/40) Sunk by mine off N Foreland, Kent, 40/11/30

CHOICE (R, 197t) Foundered, total wreck, Arromanches, Normandy, 44/08/25

CLOUGHTON WYKE (R, 324t, 1918) Sunk by aircraft, Humber Area, 42/02/02

COLSAY (554t, 4/3/44) Sunk by human torpedo off Ostend, Belgium, 44/11/02

COMET (R, 301t, 1924) Sunk by mine off Falmouth, 40/09/30

COMPUTATOR (R, 286t, 1919) Sunk in collision, Seine Bay, Normandy, 45/01/21

CONQUISTADOR (R, 224t, 1915) Sunk in collision Thames Estuary, 40/11/25

CORAL (705t, 1935) Sunk by aircraft during raid on Malta, 42/04/13

CORIOLANUS (545t, 6/2/41) Sunk by mine, N Adriatic, 45/05/05

CORTINA (R, 213t, 1913) Sunk in collision off Humber, 40/12/07

CRAMOND ISLAND (R, 180t, 1910) Sunk by aircraft off St Abb's Head, E Scotland, 41/04/02

CRESTFLOWER (550t, 1930) Foundered after damage by aircraft off Portsmouth, 40/07/19

DANEMAN (1050t, 1937) Believed to have struck submerged ice Abandoned after being taken in tow, N Atlantic, 43/05/08

DAROGAH (R, 221t, 1914) Mined, Thames Estuary, 41/01/27

DERVISH (R, 346t, 1911) Mined off Humber, 40/09/09

DESIREE (R, 213t, 1912) Mined, Thames Estuary, 41/01/16

DONNA NOOK (R, 307t, 1916) Sunk in collision, North Sea, 43/09/25

DOX (R, 35t, 1931) Sunk by enemy action, Plymouth, SW England, 41/03/20

DROMIO (R, 380t, 1929) Collision, N of Whitby, North Sea, 39/12/22

DRUMMER (R, 297t, 1915) Mined off Brightlingsea, Essex, 40/08/04

DUNGENESS (R, 263t, 1914) Bombed and total loss off Haisborough, Norfolk, 40/11/15

EBOR WYKE (R, 348t, 1929) Presumed torpedoed by U-boat off E Coast of Iceland, 45/05/02

EILEEN DUNCAN (R, 223t, 1910) Sunk by aircraft, N Shields, 41/09/30

ELIZABETH ANGELA (R, 253t, 1928) Sunk by aircraft in Downs, 40/08/13

ELIZABETH THERESE (R, 156t, 1934) Sunk, 45/07/04

ELK (R, 181t, 1902) Mined at Plymouth, 40/11/27

ELLESMERE (580t, 12/10/39) Sunk by U-boat, torpedo, English Channel, 45/02/24

EMILION (R, 201t, 1914) Mined, Thames Estuary, 41/10/24

ERIN (R, 394t, 1933) Explosion, Gibraltar harbour, 42/01/18

ETHEL TAYLOR (R, 276t, 1917) Mined off Tyne, 40/11/22

EVALINA (R, 202t, 1919) Believed mined, Tyne area, North Sea, 39/12/16

EVALINA (R, 202t, 1919) Believed mined, Tyne area, North Sea, 39/12/16

EVESHAM (R, 239t, 1925) Sunk by aircraft off Yarmouth, Norfolk, 41/05/27

FIFESHIRE (R, 540t, 1938) Aircraft E of Copinsay, Orkneys, 40/02/20

FLEMING (R, 356t, 1929) Sunk by aircraft, Thames Estuary, 40/07/24

FLOTTA (530t, 11/6/41) Grounded on 29th October off Buchan Ness, E Scotland and foundered, 41/11/06

FONTENOY (R, 376t, 1918) Sunk by aircraft off Lowestoft, E England, 40/11/19

FORCE (R, 324t, 1917) Sunk by aircraft off Yarmouth, Norfolk, 41/06/27

FORT ROYAL (550t, 1931) Aircraft off Aberdeen, 40/02/09

FORTUNA (R, 259t, 1906) Sunk by aircraft off St Abb's Head, E Scotland Date given as 2nd-3rd, 41/04/03

FRANC TIREUR (R, 314t, 1916) Sunk by E-boat off Harwich, E England, 43/09/25

FRANCOLIN (R, 322t, 1916) Sunk by aircraft off Cromer, Norfolk, 41/11/12

GAIRSAY (545t, 30/4/43) Sunk by human torpedo off Normandy, 44/08/03

GANILLY (545t, 3/9/43) Sunk by mine, English Channel, 44/07/05

GAUL (550t, 1936) Sunk by aircraft off Norway, 40/05/03

GULLF0SS (730t, 1929) Mined, English Channel, 41/03/09

HAMMOND (R, 452T, 1936) Sunk by aircraft, Aandalsnes Norway, 40/04/25

HARVEST MOON (72t, 1904) Sunk as blockship, 40/09/09

HAYBURN WYKE (R, 324t, 1917) Torpedoed by U-boat at anchor off Ostend, Belgium, 45/01/02

HENRIETTE (R, 261t, 1936) Mined off Humber, 41/12/26

HERRING (590t, 15/4/43) Sunk in collision, North Sea, 43/04/22

HICKORY (505t, 19/4/40) Sunk by mine, English Channel, 40/10/21

HILDASAY (545t, 30/9/41) Grounded on reef near Kilindini, E Africa Total loss, 45/06/21

HONG LAM (R, 104t) Foundered off Adam's Bridge, between India and Ceylon Formally paid off, 43/05/26

HONJO (R, 308t, 1928) Explosion, Gibraltar harbour, 42/01/18

HORATIO (545t, 27/1/41) Sunk by E-boat torpedo, Western Mediterranean, 43/01/07

INVERCLYDE (R, 215t, 1914) Sank in tow off Beachy Head, 42/10/16

IRVANA (R, 276t, 1917) Sunk by aircraft off Yarmouth, Norfolk, 42/01/16

JADE (630t, 1933) Sunk by aircraft during raid on Malta, 42/04/21

JAMES LUDFORD (506t, 1919)Mined off Tyne, North Sea, 39/12/14

JARDINE (452t, 1936) Sunk by own forces after damage by aircraft, West Coast of Norway, 40/04/30

JASPER (596t, 1932) Sunk by E-boat torpedo, English Channel, 42/12/01

JEAN FREDERIC (R, 329t, 1919) Sunk by aircraft off Start Point, English Channel, 41/05/01

JOSEPH BUTTON (R, 290t, 1918) Sunk by mine off AldeburghSuffolk, 40/10/22

JURA (545t, 12/6/42) Sunk by aircraft or U-boat torpedo, Western Mediterranean, 43/01/07

JUNIPER (505t, March 1940) Sunk by ADMIRAL HIPPER gunfire off Norway, 40/06/08

KENNYMORE (R, 325t, 1914) Mined, Thames Estuary, 40/11/25

KERYADO (R, 252t, 1920) Mined, English Channel, 41/03/06

KINGSTON ALALITE (550t, 1933) Sunk by mine off Plymouth, 40/11/10

KINGSTON BERYL (R, 356t, 1928) Mined, NW Approaches, 43/12/25

KINGSTON CAIRNGORM (R, 448t, 1935) Sunk by mine, English Channel, 40/10/18

KINGSTON CEYLONITE (On loan to USN, 940t, 1935) Mined off Chesapeake Bay, USA, 42/06/15

KINGSTON CORNELIAN (550T, 1934) Collision, E of Gibraltar Straits, 40/01/05

KINGSTON GALENA (550t, 1934) Sunk by aircraft off Dover, 40/07/24

KINGSTON JACINTH (R, 356t, 1929) Mined off Portsmouth, 43/01/12

KINGSTON SAPPHIRE (R, 356t, 1929) Sunk by U-boat torpedo, Straits of Dover, 40/10/05

KOPANES (R, 351t, 1915) Sunk by aircraft off Tyne, 41/04/19

KURD (R, 352t, 1930) Sunk by mine off Lizard Head, Cornwall, SE England, 45/07/10

LA NANTAISE (R, 359) Sunk in collision off SE England, 45/07/08

LADY LILIAN (R, 581t, 1939) Sunk by aircraft, W of Ireland, 41/03/16

LADY SHIRLEY (R, 477t, 1937) Sunk by U-boat, Gibraltar Straits, 41/12/11

LAERTES (530t, 9/4/41) Sunk by U-boat torpedo, Freetown area, W Africa, 42/07/25

LARWOOD (R, 453T, 1936) Sunk by aircraft, West Coast of Norway, 40/04/25

LEYLAND (857t, 1936) Collision, Gibraltar Bay, 42/11/25

LINCOLN CITY (R, 398t, 1933) Sunk by aircraft, Faroe Islands, 41/02/21

LOCH ALSH (R, 358t, 1926) Sunk by aircraft, Humber Area, 42/01/30

LOCH ASSATER (R, 210t, 1910) British mine, E coast of Scotland, 40/03/22

LOCH DOON (R, 534t, 1937) Probably mined, off Blyth, North Sea, 39/12/25

LOCH INVER (R, 356t, 1930) Probably mined, Harwich area, 40/09/24

LOCH NAVER (R, 278t, 1919) Sunk in collision off Hartlepool, 40/05/06

LORD AUSTIN (R, 473t, 1937) Mined and sunk, Seine Bay, Normandy, 44/06/24

LORD HAILSHAM (891t, 1934) Sunk by E-boats, probably torpedoed, English Channel, 43/02/27

LORD INCHCAPE (R, 338t, 1924) Sunk by mine off Plymouth, later salvaged, 40/10/25

LORD SELBORNE (R, 247t, 1917) Mined, Humber, 41/03/31

LORD SNOWDON (R, 444t, 1934) Collision off Falmouth, 42/04/13

LORD STAMP (R, 448t, 1935) Sunk by mine,English Channel, 40/10/14

LORD STONEHAVEN (R, 444t, 1934) Sank during E-boat attack off Eddystone, English Channel, 42/10/02

LORD WAKEFIELD (825t deep, 1933) Sunk by aircraft off Normandy, 44/07/29

LORINDA (R, 348t, 1928) Engine problems and fire off Freetown, W Africa, 41/08/20

LUDA LADY (R, 234t, 1914) Mined, Humber area, 41/01/22

MANOR (R, 314t, 1913) Sunk during E-boat attack, English Channel, 42/07/09

MANX PRINCE (R, 221t, 1910) Mined, entrance to Humber, 40/11/28

MARCONI (R, 322t, 1916) Lost in collision off Harwich, 41/09/20

MARSONA (R, 276t, 1918) Mined off Cromarty, 40/08/04

MASTIFF (520t, 1938) Mined, Thames Estuary, 39/11/20

MELBOURNE (R, 466t, 1936) Sunk by aircraft, Narvik area, Norway, 40/05/22

MEROR (R, 250t, 1905) Mined, Humber area, E England, 43/10/03

MILFORD EARL (R, 290t, 1919) Sunk by A/C off E coast of Scotland, 41/12/08

MIRABELLE (R, 203t, 1918) Rammed and sunk by accident, 44/09/17

MORAVIA (R, 306t, 1917) Mined, North Sea, 43/03/14

MURMANSK (R, 348t, 1929 ) Grounded at Brest and abandoned, 40/06/17

MYRTLE (550t, 1928) Sunk by mine, Thames Estuary, 40/06/14

NOGI (R, 299t, 1923) Sunk by aircraft off Norfolk, 41/06/23

NORTHCOATES (R, 277t) Sank in tow, through stress of weather, English Channel, 44/12/02

N0RTHERN ISLES (R, 655t, 1936) Ran aground while on loop patrol off Durban, S Africa Total loss, 45/01/19

NORTHERN PRINCESS (R, on loan to USN, 655t, 1936) Sunk, cause unknown, W Atlantic, 42/03/07

NORTHERN ROVER (R, 655t, 1936) Overdue at Kirkwall, Orkneys by this date, 39/11/05

NOTTS COUNTY (R, 541t, 1937) Sunk by mine or U-boat, S of Iceland, 42/03/08

ORFASY (545t, 14/7/42) Lost, probably by U-boat torpedo off W Africa, 43/10/22

ORMONDE (R, 250t, 1906) Sunk by aircraft off E coast of Scotland, 41/02/16

OSWALDIAN (R, 260t, 1917) Mined, Bristol Channel, 40/08/04

OUSE (462t, 1917) Mined, Tobruk, Libya, 41/02/20

PELTON (R, 358t, 1925) Sunk by E-boat off Yarmouth, 40/12/24

PENTLAND FIRTH (On loan to USN, 900t, 1934) Collision off New York, USA, 42/09/19

PERIDOT (550t, 1933) Mined off Dover, 40/02/15

PHINEAS BEARD (R, 278t, 1918) Sunk by A/C off E coast of Scotland, 41/12/08

PIERRE DESCELLIERS (R, 153t, 1933) Sunk by aircraft bombs off Salcombe, 42/08/13

PINE (545t, 3/7/40) Sunk by E-boat, torpedo, off Selsey Bill, Sussex, 44/01/31

POLLY JOHNSON (R, 290t, 1918) Sunk by aircraft bombs, off Dunkirk, 40/05/29

PYROPE (R, 295t, 1932) Sunk by aircraft, Thames Estuary, 40/08/12

RECOIL (R, 344t, 1938) Lost on patrol, presumed mined, English Channel, 40/09/28

RED GAUNTLET (R, 338t, 1930) Sunk by E-boats, North Sea, 43/08/05

REFUNDO (R, 338t, 1917) Sunk by mine off Harwich, 40/12/18

RELONZO (R, 245t, 1914) Mined, Crosby Channel, Liverpool, 41/01/20

REMILLO (R, 266t, 1917) Mined, Humber, 41/02/27

RESMILO (R, 258t, 1917) Sunk by aircraft at Peterhead, E Scotland, 41/06/20

RESOLVO (R, 231t, 1913) Sunk by mine, Thames Estuary, 40/10/12

RESPARKO (R, 248t, 1916) Sunk by aircraft at Falmouth, 40/08/20

RIFSNES (R, 431t, 1932) Sunk by aircraft off Ostend, 40/05/20

RINOVA (R, 499t, 1931) Sunk by mine off Falmouth, 40/11/01

RIVER CLYDE (R, 276t, 1919) Sunk by mine off Aldeburgh, Suffolk, 40/08/05

ROBERT BOWEN (R, 290t, 1918) Aircraft off Aberdeen, 40/02/09

ROCHE BONNE (R, 258t, 1913) Sunk by aircraft off the Lizard, Cornwall, 41/04/07

RODINO (R, 230t, 1913) Sunk by aircraft off Dover, 40/07/24

ROSEMONDE (R, 364t, 1910) Probably torpedoed by U-boat, Atlantic, 42/01/22

ROYALO (R, 248t, 1916) Sunk by mine off S Cornwall, 40/09/01

RUBENS (R, 320t, 1937) Sunk by aircraft, Western Approaches, 41/02/13

RUTLANDSHIRE (R, 458t, 1936) Attacked by aircraft and grounded, Namsos, Norway, 40/04/20

RYSA (545t, 13/8/41) Sunk by mine off Maddalena, Sardinia, 43/12/08

SEA KING (R, 321t, 1916) Sunk by underwater explosion in Grimsby Roads, 40/10/09

SEDGEFLY (R, 520t, 1939) Believed mined, Tyne area, North Sea, 39/12/16

SENATEurope DUHAMEL (R, on loan to USN, 913t, 1927) Collision off Wilmington, USA, 42/05/06

SILICIA (R, 250t, 1913) Mined off Humber, 41/05/08

SINDONIS (913t, 1934) Sunk by aircraft at Tobruk, Libya, 41/05/29

SISAPON (R, 326t, 1928) Mined off Harwich, 40/06/12

SOLOMON (R, 357t, 1923) Mined, N of Cromer, 42/04/01

SPANIARD (880t, 1937) Explosion, Lagos, Nigeria, 42/12/05

ST ACHILLEUS (R, 484t, 1934) Sunk by mine, Dunkirk area, 40/05/31

ST APOLLO (R, 580t, 1940) Collision off Hebrides, W Scotland, 41/11/22

ST CATHAN (R, on loan to USN, 565t, 1936) Collision off S Carolina, USA, 42/04/11

ST DONATS (R, 349t, 1924) Collision off Humber, 41/03/01

ST GORAN (R, 565t, 1936) Sunk by aircraft, Namsos, Norway, 40/05/03

STAR OF DEVERON (R, 220t, 1915) Sunk by aircraft, N Shields, 41/09/30

STAUNTON (R, 283t, 1908) Presumed blown up by magnetic mine, Thames Estuary, 40/07/28

STELLA CAPELLA (815t, 1937) Missing, Iceland area, 42/03/19

STELLA DORADO (550t, 1935) Sunk by E-boat during evacuation from Dunkirk, 40/06/01

STELLA ORION (R, 417t, 1935) Mined, Thames Estuary, 40/11/11

STELLA SIRIUS (550t, 1934) Sunk by bombs during air raid on Gibraltar, 40/09/25

STRATHBORNE (R, 216t, 1930) Mined off Humber, 41/09/06

STRONSAY (545t, 24/4/42) Sunk by explosion, probably mined off Phillipeville, Western Mediterranean, 43/02/05

SUSARION (R, 260t,1917) Sunk by aircraft off Humber, 41/05/07

SWORD DANCE (530t, 20/1/41) Collision, Moray Firth, E Scotland, 42/07/05

TAMARISK (545t, 1925) Sunk by aircraft, bombs, Thames Estuary, 40/08/12

TERVANI (409t, 1930) Probably sunk by U-boat off Cape Bougaroni, Algeria, 43/02/07

TEXAS (301t) Sunk in collision, Jamaica Area, 44/07/19

THOMAS BARTLETT (R, 290t, 1913) Sunk by British mine off Calais, 40/05/28

THURINGIA (550T, 1933) Sunk by mine, North Sea, 40/05/28

TILBURY NESS (R, 279t, 1918) Sunk by aircraft, Thames Estuary, 40/11/01

TOPAZE (608t, 1935) Collision off Clyde, 41/04/20

TOURMALINE (641t, 1935) Sunk by aircraft, off N Foreland, Kent, 41/02/05

TRANlO (R, 275t, 1918) In tow and sunk by aircraft bombs, North Sea, 41/06/26

TRANQUIL (R, 294t, 1912) Collision off Deal, 42/06/16

TRANSVAAL (R, 250t) Foundered in gale, English Channel, 44/11/18

ULLSWATER (555t, 15/11/39) Sunk by E-boat, probably torpedoed, EngIish Channel, 42/11/29

VALDORA (R, 251t, 1916) Believed sunk by Geman aircraft, Cromer area, 40/01/12

VAN ORLEY (R, 352t, 1927) Sunk by air attack, Liverpool, NW England Raised and declared a constructive total Ioss, 41/05/04

VELIA (R, 290T, 1914) Sunk, presumed mined, Harwich Area, 40/10/19

VIDONIA (R, 276t) Sunk in collision, English Channel, 44/10/06

WALLASEA (545t, 31/7/43) Sunk by surface craft, torpedo, off Mounts Bay, Cornwall, 44/01/06

WARLAND (406t) Sunk by aircraft bombs, North Sea, 42/02/18

WARWICK DEEPING (350t, 1934) Sunk by surface craft torpedo, English Channel, 40/10/12

WARWICKSHIRE (R, 466t, 1936) Sunk by aircraft, Trondheim area, Norway, 40/04/30

WASHINGTON (R, 209t, 1909) Mined in North Sea on passage to Yarmouth, 39/12/06

WATERFLY (R, 387t, 1931) Sunk by aircraft off Dungeness, 42/09/17

WAVEFLOWER (550t, 1929) Sunk by mine off Aldeburgh, Suffolk, 40/10/21

WESTELLA (550t, 1934) Torpedoed or mined off Dunkirk, 40/06/02

WILLIAM HALLETT (R, 202t, 1919) Mined, Tyne area, North Sea, 39/12/13

WILLIAM STEPHEN (R, 935t, 1917) Sunk by E-boat off Cromer, E England, 43/10/25

WILLIAM WESNEY (R, 364t, 1930) Sunk by mine off Orfordness, 40/11/07

WYOMING (R, 302t, 1915) Mined and sunk off Harwich, E England, 44/05/20

ZEE MEEUW (R) Sunk in collision, Gravesend Reach, Thames, SE England, 43/09/21


Whalers

A.N. 2 (R, 921t, 1926) Mined off Falmouth, SW England, 40/11/08

BEVER (R, 252t, 1930) Sunk by mine off Pireaus, Greece, 44/11/30

BODO (R, 351t) Mined off E Coast of Scotland, 43/01/04

COCKER (R, 305t, 1936) Sunk by U-boat off Bardia, Libya, 42/06/03

EGELAND (R, 153t, 1912) Grounded, Palestine coast, total loss, 41/11/29

FIRMAMENT (R, 248t, 1930) Grounded, total loss, off Alexandria, 44/05/30

GEMAS (R, 207t, 1925) Scuttled, Tjilatjap, Java, 42/03/02

HARSTAD (R, 258t) Sunk by E-boat, English Channel, 43/02/27

JERAM (R, 210t, 1927) Presumed lost, Singapore area, 42/03

JERANTUT (R, 217t, 1927) Scuttled, Palembang, Sumatra, 42/03/08

KOS XVI (R, 258t, 1932) Collision, North Sea, 41/08/24

KOS II (R, 353t, 1937) Sunk on passage from Crete area, 41/06/02

KOS III (R, 353t, 1937) Total loss, Suda Bay, Crete, 41/05/23

MAALOY (R, 249t) Sunk by U-boat off Ceylon, 44/03/27

PARKTOWN (R, 250t, 1929) Sunk by E-boats off Tobruk, Libya, 42/06/21

RAHMAN (R, 209t, 1926) Lost or destroyed, Batavia, 42/03/01

SAMBHUR (R, 223t, 1926) Stranded off Colombo, Ceylon, 42/05/05

SANTA (R, 355t, 1936) Mined W of Maddalena, Sardinia, 43/11/23

SARNA (R, 268t, 1930) Mined, Suez Canal, Egypt, 41/02/25

SEVRA (R, 953t, 1929) Mined off Falmouth, SW England, 40/11/06

SHERA (R, 253t, 1929) Capsized in heavy swell and pack ice, Barents Sea, Arctic, 42/03/09

SKUDD 3 (R, 245t, 1929) Sunk by aircraft, Tobruk, Libya, 41/08/27

SOTRA (R, 313t, 1925) Sunk by aircraft off Bardia, Libya, 42/01/29

SOUTHERN FLOE (R, 344t, 1936) Mined off Tobruk, Libya, 41/02/11

SOUTHERN FLOWER (R, 328t, 1928) Torpedoed by U-boat off Reykjavik, Iceland, 45/03/03

SOUTHERN PRIDE (R, 582t, 1936) Stranded, total loss, off Sierra Leone, 44/06/16

SPERCHEIOS (ex-NOBLE NORA, on loan to R Hellenic Navy, R 160t) Capsized and sank off Greece, 45/04/03

SULLA (R, 251t, 1928) Sunk, probably by surface craft, Barents Sea, Arctic, 42/03/25

SVANA (R, 268t, 1930) Sunk by aircraft off Alexandria, Egypt, 42/04/08

SYVERN (R, 307t, 1937) Sunk by enemy action on passage from Crete area, 41/05/27

THORBRYN (R, 305t, 1936) Sunk by aircraft off Tobruk, Libya, 41/08/19

THORGRIM (R, 305t, 1936) Sunk by aircraft off Alexandria, Egypt, 42/04/08

TRANG (R, 205t, 1912) Fired and abandoned, Cooper Channel, Singapore, 42/02/14

TREERN (On loan to SANF, R, 247t, 1929) Sunk by mine off E Coast of Greece, 45/01/12

WHIPPET (ex-Kos I, R, 353t, 1937) Bombed and sunk, 41/10/04


Drifters

ALFRED COLEBROOK (56t, 1912) Sunk as blockship, Richborough Channel, SE England, 40/09/09

APPLE TREE (R, 84t, 1907) Sunk in collision Oban Harbour, 40/10/15

AURORA II (R) Sunk by aircraft at Tobruk, Libya, 41/05/24

BAHRAM (R, 72t, 1924) Mined in Humber Estuary, 41/04/03

BLIA (ex-Norwegian MFV, R, 1936) Presumed lost, probably European waters, 41/11/11

BOY ALAN (R, 109t, 1914) Collision, Thames Estuary, 41/02/10

BOY ANDREW (R, 97t, 1918) Collision, Firth of Forth, E Scotland, 41/11/09

BOY ROY (R, 20t) Cause and place unknown, 42/02/11

BOY ROY (R, 95t, 1911) Bombed, beached and abandoned in Dunkirk Harbour, 40/05/28

BRAE FLETT (R, 54t Net, 1902) Cause and place unknown, 43/09/22

BROADLAND (R, 76t, 1913) Lost in heavy weather, N Atlantic, 45/06/06

CARRY 0N (R, 93t, 1919) Mined, Sheerness, 40/12/17

CATHERINE (R, 78t, 1914) Foundered, Scapa Flow area, Orkneys, 42/06/08

CHANCELLOR (R, 24t, 1916) Sunk in tow, 43/10/30

CHARDE (R, 99t, 1919) Sunk in collision at Portsmouth, 40/06/21

CHRISTINE ROSE (R) Grounded, Knap Rock, Argyll, W Scotland, 41/09/10

COMFORT (R, 60t) Rammed and sunk by accident off Dover, 40/05/29

COR JESU (R, 97t, 1931) Sunk in air attack of Alnmouth, Northumberland, 41/06/08

D'ARCY COOPER (R, 126t, 1928) Sunk by aircraft, Harwich, 41/04/09

DEVON COUNTY (R, 86t, 1910) Mined, Thames Estuary, 41/07/01

DEWEY EVE (R, 109t, 1916) Sunk in collision, Scapa Flow, Orkneys, 40/06/09

DUSKY QUEEN (R, 40t, 1920) Grounded Dover Straits, constructive total loss, 41/01/09

DUTHIES (R, 89t, 1914) Sunk by aircraft at Montrose, 40/10/25

EMBRACE (R, 94t, 1907) Grounded at Loch Alsh, W Scotland Total loss, 40/08/02

FAIR BREEZE (R, 93t, 1925) Struck wreck off Dunkirk, 40/06/01

FAIRHAVEN (R, 96t, 1919) Foundered, NE Atlantic, 44/09/05

FERTILE VALE (R, 97t, 1917) Collision off River Tay, E Scotland, 41/07/17

FISHER GIRL (R, 85t, 1914) Sunk by aircraft, Falmouth Har bour, 41/11/25

FISKAREN (R) Collision, Belfast, N Ireland, 41/12/23

FORECAST (96t, 1925) Sunk at Greenock, Scotland, 44/04/10

FORERUNNER (R, 92t, 1911) Collision, Thames Estuary; constructive total loss, 41/10/14

GIRI PAMELA (R, 93t, 1912) Sunk in collision off Dunkirk, 40/05/29

GLEAM (57t, 1922) Sunk in collision, 44/06/15

GLEN ALBYN (R, 82t, 1909) Mined, Loch Ewe, W Scotland, 39/12/23

GLOAMING (R, 21t, 1928) Mined off Humber, 41/03/20

GO AHEAD (R, 100t, 1919) Sunk in collision, Sheerness, SE England, 40/11/18

GOLDEN DAWN (R, 80t, 1913) Sunk at Ardrossan, W Scotland, 40/04/04

GOLDEN EFFORT (R, 86t, 1914) Sunk, cause unknown, off Greenock, Scotland, 43/09/23

GOLDEN GIFT (R, 89t, 1910) Sunk in collision in Oban Bay, W Scotland, 43/04/06

GOLDEN SUNBEAM (R, 84t, 1920) Sunk by collision off Dungeness, English Channel, 42/08/19

GOLDEN WEST (R) Foundered in Aberdeen Harbour, E Scotland, 45/01/15

GOODWILL (R, 28t) Sunk, 40/11/02

GOWAN HILL (R, 96t, 1920) Sunk by aircraft, Greenock, 41/05/07

HARMONY (R, 24t) Collision off Invergordon, NE Scotland, 41/11/15

HARVEST GLEANER (R, 96t, 1918) Sunk by aircraft E coast of England, 40/10/28

HIGH TIDE (R, 106t, 1919) Foundered off N Wales, 45/03/30

HIGHLAND QUEEN (R) Scuttled during fall of Tobruk Date given as 20th-21st, 42/06/21

IMBAT (R, 92t, 1918) Collision, Scapa flow, 0rkney Islands, 41/02/04

INTREPIDE (R) Sunk by aircraft off Salcombe, 42/08/13

JEWEL (R, 84t, 1908) Mined off Belfast Lough, 41/05/18

JUSTIFIED (93t, 1925) Mined off Malta, 42/06/16

LE DUE PAOLE, Cause and place unknown, 44/02/21

LEGEND (R) Cause and place unknown Believed Scapa Flow area, 42/12/28

LORD CAVAN (R, 96t, 1915) Sunk by gunfire off Dunkirk Date given as 1st-2nd, 40/06/02

LORD HOWARD (R, 98t, 1917) Collision, Dover Harbour, 40/12/24

LORD ST VINCENT (R, 115t, 1929) Mined, Thames Estuary, 41/07/07

MA WEST (R, 96t, 1919) Sunk by aircraft off Norfolk Coast, 41/05/14

MAIDA (R, 107t, 1914) Mined, East Coast England, 40/03/16

MANX LAD (R, 24t, 1937) Sunk by mine off Holyhead, 40/08/16

MIDAS (R, 89t,1910) Collision off Dungeness, 41/02/03

MONARDA (R, 109t, 1916) Foundered, Thames Estuary, 41/11/08

NAUTILUS (R, 64t, 1929) Sunk at Dunkirk, 40/05/29

NEW SPRAY (R, 70t, 1912) Lost in gale off Sheerness, 41/01/03

NISR (R) Cause and place unknown, 43/09/16

NORNES (R, 1902) Cause and place unknown, 43/08/14

NOSS HEAD (22t net) Cause and place unknown, 43/09/09

NOT MANN (R) Cause and place unknown, 44/01/11

OCEAN LASSIE (R, 96t, 1919) Sunk by mine off Harwich, 40/06/04

OCEAN RETRIEVER (R, 95t, 1912) Mined, Thames Estuary, SE England, 43/09/22

OCEAN REWARD (R, 93t, 1912) Sunk in collision off Dover, 40/05/28

OCEAN SUNLIGHT (R, 131t, 1929) Mined off Newhaven, 40/06/13

PAXTON (R, 92t, 1911) Damaged by aircraft, and beached at Dunkirk, 40/05/28

PERSEVERE (R, 19t, 1937) Mined, Firth of Forth, 40/10/27

PREMIER (R, 14t, 1918) Collided with No 10 Holme Hook Buoy, Humber, E England and sunk, 43/02/03

PROFICIENT (R, 57t) Grounded Whitby, Yorkshire Total loss, 40/12/19

PROMOTIVE (R, 78t, 1908) Mined, Loch Ewe, W Scotland, 39/12/23

RAY OF HOPE (R, 98t, 1925) Mined, Thames Estuary, 39/10/12

RECEPTIVE (R, 86t, 1913) Mined, Thames Estuary, 41/07/03

REED (R, 99t, 1911) Mined, Thames Estuary, SE England, 40/11/07

RIANT (R, 95t, 1919) Lost in bad weather off West Coast, Scotland, 40/01/25

ROSA (R, 83t, 1908) Cause and place unknown, 43/09/11

ROSE VALLEY (R, 100t, 1918) Sunk in collision, 43/12/16

ROWAN TREE (R, 91t, 1917) Grounded and capsized, entrance to Lowestoft Harbour, 41/11/21

RYPA (R, 31t) Sunk Loch Ewe, W Scotland, 41/04/12

SCOTCH THISTLE (R, 84t, 1913) Grounded, Thames Estuary Total loss Date given as 6th-7th, 40/10/07

SHIPMATES (R, 82t, 1911) Sunk by aircraft, Dover Harbour, 40/11/14

SOIZIK (R) Lost by enemy action, believed Europe, 41/03/20

SUMMER ROSE (R, 96t, 1919) Mined off Sunderland, 40/10/13

SUPPORTER (R, 88t, 1914) Grounded off Newhaven, S England Total loss Date given as 4th-5th, 44/11/05

THE BOYS (R, 93, 1914) Sunk in heavy weather in Downs, SE England, 40/11/14

THISTLE (R, 79t, 1904) Mined off Lowestoft, 41/05/08

THORA (R, 37t, 1930) Fouled boom in bad weather, Grimsby, England, 43/04/26

TOKEN (R, 89t, 1914) Grounded, Skerry Sound, Orkney Islands; broke up in gale, 41/12/23

TORBAY II (R, 83t, 1910) Sunk by aircraft off Dover, 40/11/01

TRUE ACCORD (R, 92t, 1921) Collision, Yarmouth Area, 40/12/26

TRUSTY STAR (96t, 1920) Mined, off Malta, 42/06/10

UBEROUS (R, 92t, 1918) Grounded off Londonderry, N Ireland, 41/01/11

UBERTY (R, 93t, 1912) Sunk by aircraft off Lowestoft, 41/05/08

UNICITY (R, 96 t, 1919) Capsized and sank on sweeping duties off Blyth, 42/01/31

UT PROSIM (R, 91t, 1925) Sunk by gunfire in Dover Harbour, 43/03/02

VICTORIA I (R) Sunk by enemy action, 42/03/25

WHITE DAISY (R, 79t, 1910) Sunk, probably near Lerwick, 40/09/25

WINSOME (R, 46t, 1902) Sunk at Fairlie, total loss, 42/11/18

XMAS ROSE (R, 96t, 1918) Mined, Thames Estuary, SE England, 40/11/21

YOUNG ERNIE (R, 88t, 1924) Collision off Tyne, 41/04/18

YOUNG FISHERMAN (R, 95t, 1914) Grounded, Oban, W Scotland Total loss, 40/11/29

YOUNG SID (R, 100t, 1912) Sunk in collision Moray Firth, E Scotland, 40/08/10


Yachts

AISHA (R, 117t, 1934) Believed mined, Thames Approaches, 40/10/11

AMULREE (R, 89t, 1938) Sunk in collision, Dover Straits, 40/06/01

ATTENDANT (R, 357t, 1913) Cause and place unknown Date reported, 43/11

BOOMERANG VI (R, 19t, 1938) Lost by fire, 40/06/08

BREDA (1,207t) Sank after collision, Campbeltown Loch, Scotland, 44/02/18

CALANTHE (R, 370t, 1898) Sunk by aircraft off Milos, Greece, 41/04/24

CAMPEADOR V (R, 195t, 1938) Mined off Portsmouth, 40/06/22

EMELLE (R, 43t, 1916) Cause and place unknown, 40/08/31

GAEL (R, 101t, 1904) Mined, entrance to Humber, 40/11/24

GRIVE (R, 687t, 1903) Sunk by aircraft during withdrawal from Dunkirk, 40/06/01

GULZAR (R, 197t, 1934) Sunk in air attack, Dover Harbour, 40/07/29

HANYARDS (R, 16t, 1931) Cause and place unknown, 41/05/21

MOLLUSC (R, 597t, 1906) Sunk by aircraft off Blyth, Northumberland, 41/03/17

NYULA (R, 48t,1936) Collision off Tyne, 41/05/02

ORACLE (745t) Destroyed by fire off Liverpool, NE England, 44/01/29

PELLAG II (R, 44t, 1937) Presumed lost at Dunkirk, 40/06/10

PRINCESS (R, 730t, 1924) Sunk in collision, Bristol Channel, 40/01/11

RHODORA (R, 687t, 1929) Lost in collision, Bristol Channel, 40/09/07

ROSABELLE (525t, 1901) Sunk by explosion, probably torpedoed by U-boat, Straits of Gibraltar, 41/12/11

SAPPHO (R, 387t) Presumed torpedoed, Falmouth area, 40/09/30

SARGASSO (R, 223t, 1926) Mined off Isle of Wight, England, 43/06/06

SEA ANGLER (R, 33t) Destroyed by fire, Plymouth area, SW England, 41/05/19

SHASHI III (R, 155t) Lost by fire, 40/09/07

SILVIA (R) Constructive total loss, 42/02/15

SONA (519t, 1922) Sunk by aircraft during attack on Poole, Dorset, S England, 42/01/04

SURF (R, 496t, 1902) Sunk by aircraft at Piraeus, Greece, 41/04/06

SURPRISE (1,144t, 1896) Caught fire and capsized, Lagos, Nigeria, W Africa, 42/02/18

THALIA (161t, 1904) Collision Lymn of Lorne, W Scotland, 42/10/11

TORRENT (R, 336t, 1930) Mined off Falmouth, 41/04/06

VIVA 11 (R, 521t, 1929) Sunk by aircraft off N coast of Cornwall, 41/05/08

WARRIOR II (R, 1,124t, 1904) Sunk by aircraft off Portland, 40/07/11

WHITE FOX II (R, 23t, 1933) Lost by fire, 40/08/27

WILNA (R, 461t, 1939) Abandoned after aircraft attack, Portsmouth, 41/03/24

YORKSHIRE BELLE (R, 56t, 1938) Mined, Humber entrance, 41/04/11


Armed traders

KUDAT (R, 1,725t, 1914) Sunk by A/C at Port Swettenham, Malaya, 41/12/30

LARUT (R, 894t, 1927) Sunk by aircraft off E coast of Sumatra, 42/01/22

LIPIS (R, 845t, 1927) Believed lost by enemy action, off Singapore, 42/02/11

RAUB (R, 1,161t, 1926) Sunk by aircraft off E coast of Sumatra, 42/01/22

VYNER BROOKE (R, 1,670t, 1928) Sunk by aircraft off Banka Straits, Sumatra, 42/02/14


Motor anti-submarine boats

No.3 (19t, 1939) Beached after mine damage, Suez Canal, 41/02/28

No.30 (23t, 18/8/41) Fouled boom and sank, Humber, 41/12/14


Motor launches

KELANA (R, 88t) Sunk by aircraft Malaya, 42/01/16

PENGHAMBAT Lost or destroyed to prevent falling into enemy hands at Singapore, 42/02

PENINGAT (R) Lost or destroyed to prevent falling into enemy hands at Singapore, 42/02


Naval auxiliary boats

LILY, sunk in collision off Portland, S England Date given as 24th-25th, 43/12/25

No.47, Cause and place unknown Date reported, 45/01

No.48, Cause and place unknown Date reported, 45/01

No.49, Cause and place unknown Date reported, 45/01

No.58, Cause and place unknown Date reported, 45/01

No.59, Cause and place unknown Date reported, 45/01

SPIDER BOY (14t) Cause and place unknown, 44/01/14

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