List of shipwrecks in 1940

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The list of shipwrecks in 1940 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1940.
Most of the ships listed here were lost in connection with World War II.

	Operator	Ship	Class	Cause	Location
January 3	Soviet Navy	S-2	S class submarine	Sunk by Finnish mine	Märket narrows, Baltic Sea
January 7	Royal Navy	HMS Seahorse	S class submarine	Depthcharged and sunk by ships of the German 1st Minesweeping Flotilla	North-west of Heligoland
January 7	Royal Navy	HMS Undine	U class submarine	Sunk by German A/S trawlers	South west of Heligoland
January 9	Royal Navy	HMS Starfish	S class submarine	Depthcharged and sunk by German minesweeper M-7	Heligoland Bight
January 13	Finnish Navy	Aura II	Escort vessel and former presidential yacht	Sunk by one of her own depth charges as it exploded in its thrower while she was attacking the Soviet submarine ShCh-324	Märket narrows, Baltic Sea
January 19	Royal Navy	HMS Grenville	G class destroyer	Sunk by mine	North Sea
January 21	Royal Navy	HMS Exmouth	E class destroyer	Torpedoed and sunk by U-22	In the Moray Firth, off Inverness
January 30	Kriegsmarine	Unterseeboot 15	Submarine	Collision with torpedo boat Iltis	North Sea, near Hoofden
January 30	Kriegsmarine	Unterseeboot 55	Submarine	Sunk by RN destroyer HMS Whitshed, RN sloop HMS Fowey, French destroyers Valmy. Guepard and a Short Sunderland from No. 228 Squadron RAF	North Sea near the Shetland Islands
February 5	Kriegsmarine	Unterseeboot 41	Submarine	Sunk by HMS Antelope	South of Ireland
February 12	Kriegsmarine	Unterseeboot 33	Submarine	Sunk by the minesweeper HMS Gleaner	Firth of Clyde
February 18	Royal Navy	HMS Daring	D class destroyer	Torpedoed and sunk by U-23	East of Pentland Firth, Scotland
February 20	Kriegsmarine	Unterseeboot 54	Submarine	Disappeared, probably lost to mine field	North Sea
February 22	Kriegsmarine	Leberecht Maass	Zerstörer 1934 class destroyer	Attacked and hit by a Luftwaffe bomber, lost steering and strayed into a British minefield	Dogger Bank
February 22	Kriegsmarine	Max Schultz	Zerstörer 1934 class destroyer	Hit mine during rescue efforts for Leberecht Maass	Dogger Bank
February 23	Kriegsmarine	Unterseeboot 53	Submarine	Depth charged and sunk by RN destroyer HMS Gurkha	North Sea, near Orkney
February 25	Kriegsmarine	Unterseeboot 63	Submarine	Sunk by the destroyers HMS Escort, HMS Inglefield, and HMS Imogen	North Sea near the Shetland Islands
March 13	Kriegsmarine	Unterseeboot 44	Submarine	Lost in mine field	North Sea
March 24	French Navy	La Railleuse	L'Adroit class destroyer	Sunk by accidental explosion of its own torpedoes	Casablanca, Marocco
March 27	Kriegsmarine	Unterseeboot 22	Submarine	Went missing	North Sea
April 6	Kriegsmarine	Unterseeboot 1	Submarine	Sunk by mine	North Sea
April 6	Kriegsmarine	Unterseeboot 50	Submarine	Sunk by mine	North Sea north of Terschelling
April 8	Royal Navy	HMS Glowworm	G class destroyer	Sunk by the German cruiser Admiral Hipper at the beginning of the German invasion of Norway	North-west of Trondheim
April 9	Royal Navy	HMS Gurkha	Tribal class destroyer	Sunk by Luftwaffe bombers in the initial phase of Operation Weserübung	North Sea south-east of Bergen
April 9	Royal Norwegian Navy	HNoMS A-2	A class submarine	Attacked and totally wrecked by German Raum-boats R-22 and R-23	Off Tønsberg, Oslofjord
April 9	Royal Norwegian Navy	HNoMS Æger	Sleipner class destroyer	Sunk by Luftwaffe bombers during the invasion of Norway	Near Stavanger
April 9	Kriegsmarine	Blücher	Admiral Hipper class heavy cruiser	Sunk by Norwegian coastal artillery and shore-based torpedoes during Operation Weserübung	Oslofjord
April 9	Royal Norwegian Navy	HNoMS Eidsvold	Eidsvold class coastal battleship	Torpedoed by the German destroyer Wilhelm Heidkamp during the battle of Narvik	Narvik
April 9	Royal Norwegian Navy	HNoMS Norge	Eidsvold class coastal battleship	Torpedoed by the German destroyer Bernd von Arnim during the battle of Narvik	Narvik
April 9	Kriegsmarine	Karlsruhe	K class light cruiser	Torpedoed and crippled by British submarine HMS Truant off Kristiansand while on her way back to Germany after taking part in Operation Weserübung, then scuttled by German torpedoboat Greif	Skagerrak near Kristiansand
April 9	Kriegsmarine	R 17	Räumboot minesweeper	Sunk in battle with HNoMS Olav Tryggvason and HNoMS Rauma	Horten, Norway
April 10	Kriegsmarine	Albatros	1923 Raubvogel class torpedoboat	Accidentally grounded and wrecked during battle with Oslofjord Fortress	Oslofjord
April 10	Kriegsmarine	Wilhelm Heidkamp	Zerstörer 1936 class destroyer	Torpedoed by the British destroyer HMS Hardy during first battle of Narvik	Narvik
April 10	Kriegsmarine	Anton Schmitt	Zerstörer 1936 class destroyer	Torpedoed by the British destroyer HMS Hunter during first battle of Narvik	Narvik
April 10	Royal Navy	HMS Hardy	H class destroyer	Sunk by German destroyers during first battle of Narvik	Ofotfjord near Narvik
April 10	Royal Navy	HMS Hunter	H class destroyer	Sunk by German destroyers during first battle of Narvik	Ofotfjord near Narvik
April 10	Kriegsmarine	Königsberg	K class light cruiser	Bombed and sunk by Fleet Air Arm Blackburn Skua dive bombers while in port in Bergen on the second day of Operation Weserübung	Bergen
April 10	Royal Navy	HMS Tarpon	T class submarine	Probably sunk by the German 'Q-ship' Schiff 40 / Schürbek and the minesweeper M6	Skagerak
April 10	Royal Navy	HMS Thistle	T class submarine	Torpedoed and sunk by U-4 during the Operation Weserübung	North Sea off Norway
April 13	Royal Norwegian Navy	HNoMS Frøya	Minelayer	Scuttled by own crew during the Norwegian Campaign, then torpedoed and destroyed by U-34	Trondheimsfjord
April 13	Kriegsmarine	Unterseeboot 64	Submarine	Sunk by Fairey Swordfish from HMS Warspite during the Second Battle of Narvik	Near Bjerkvik
April 13	Kriegsmarine	Erich Koellner	Zerstörer 1934A class destroyer	Sunk by HMS Warspite and RN destroyers during the Second Battle of Narvik	Narvik
April 13	Kriegsmarine	Hermann Künne	Zerstörer 1936 class destroyer	Sunk by HMS Eskimo during the Second Battle of Narvik	Narvik
April 13	Kriegsmarine	Diether von Roeder	Zerstörer 1936 class destroyer	Sunk by HMS Warspite and RN destroyers during the Second Battle of Narvik	Narvik
April 13	Kriegsmarine	Erich Giese	Zerstörer 1934A class destroyer	Sunk by HMS Warspite and RN destroyers during the Second Battle of Narvik	Narvik
April 13	Kriegsmarine	Bernd von Arnim	Zerstörer 1934A class destroyer	Scuttled by own crew during the Second Battle of Narvik	Narvik
April 13	Kriegsmarine	Georg Thiele	Zerstörer 1934 class destroyer	Scuttled by own crew during the Second Battle of Narvik	Narvik
April 13	Kriegsmarine	Hans Lüdemann	Zerstörer 1936 class destroyer	Scuttled by own crew during the Second Battle of Narvik	Narvik
April 13	Kriegsmarine	Wolfgang Zenker	Zerstörer 1934A class destroyer	Scuttled by own crew during the Second Battle of Narvik	Narvik
April 15	Kriegsmarine	Brummer	Auxiliary gunnery training ship	Torpedoed by RN submarine HMS Sterlet April 14, sinking early the next morning	Kattegat
April 15	Kriegsmarine	Unterseeboot 49	Submarine	Sunk by British destroyers HMS Fearless and HMS Brazen	Near Harstad
April 16	Royal Norwegian Navy	HNoMS A-3	A class submarine	Scuttled by own crew to prevent capture by the Germans	Verkbukta, Tønsberg
April 16	Royal Norwegian Navy	HNoMS A-4	A class submarine	Scuttled by own crew to prevent capture by the Germans	Verkbukta, Tønsberg
April 18	Royal Norwegian Navy	HNoMS Sæl	1. class torpedo boat	Sunk in battle with three German E-boats during the Norwegian Campaign	Hardangerfjord
April 18	Royal Navy	HMS Sterlet	S class submarine	Sunk either by German anti submarine trawlers UJ-125, UJ-126 and UJ-128 or mined on her way home to base	Skagerrak south of Larvik
April 20	Royal Norwegian Navy	HNoMS Stegg	Trygg class torpedo boat	Sunk in battle with Kriegsmarine warships during the Norwegian Campaign	Hardangerfjord
April 25	Royal Norwegian Navy	HNoMS Trygg	Trygg class torpedo boat	Sunk by Luftwaffe bombers during the Battle of Åndalsnes in the Norwegian Campaign	Åndalsnes
April 26	Royal Norwegian Navy	HNoMS Garm	Draug class destroyer	Sunk by Luftwaffe bombers during the Norwegian Campaign	Sognefjord
April 29	Royal Navy	HMS Unity	U class submarine	Sunk following accidental collision with Norwegian Steamer Atle Jarl	Off the Tyne
April 30	Royal Navy	HMS Bittern	Bittern class sloop	Sunk by German bombers during the Norwegian Campaign	Off Namsos
April 30	Royal Navy	HMS Dunoon	Hunt class minesweeper	Mined while sweeping for mines	Off Great Yarmouth
April 30	Kriegsmarine	Leopard	1924 Raubtier class torpedoboat	Sunk after collision with the minelayer Kaiser	Skagerrak
April 30	French Navy	Maillé Brézé	Vauquelin class destroyer	Sunk by accidental explosion of two of its own torpedoes	Greenock, Scotland
May 1	Royal Navy	HMS Aston Villa	ASW trawler	Sunk by Stuka dive bombers during the Namsos Campaign	Namsos
May 1	Royal Navy	HMS Gaul	ASW trawler	Sunk by Stuka dive bombers during the Namsos Campaign	Namsos
May 1	Royal Navy	HMS St. Goran	ASW trawler	Severely damaged by Luftwaffe bombers during the Namsos Campaign, then scuttled by HMS Angle	Namsos
May 1	Kriegsmarine	Uller	Vale class minelayer	Sunk by Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service Heinkel He 115 seaplane bomber	Sognefjord
May 3	French Navy	Bison	Guépard class destroyer	Sunk by German aircraft while taking part in the evacuation of Namsos	Off Trondheim
May 3	Royal Navy	HMS Afridi	Tribal class destroyer	Sunk by Stuka dive bombers during the evacuation of troops from the Namsos Campaign	Namsos
May 4	Polish Navy	ORP Grom	Grom class destroyer	Sunk by German bombers	Ofotfjord near Narvik
May 9	French Navy	Doris	Circé class submarine	Torpedoed and sunk by U-9	West of Petten, the Netherlands
May 10	Royal Netherlands Navy	HNLMS Van Galen	Admiralen class destroyer	Severely damaged by German bombers off Waalhaven, sinking later in the day	Merwedehaven
May 12	Royal Netherlands Navy	HNLMS Friso	Gruno class gunboat	Sunk by German aircraft	On the IJsselmeer off Enkhuizen
May 13	Royal Netherlands Navy	HNLMS Christiaan Cornelis	K class torpedoboat	Scuttled by own crew after suffering heavy damage from German air and ground forces	Rotterdam
May 14	Royal Netherlands Navy	HNLMS Brinio	Gruno class gunboat	Scuttled by own crew after suffering damage from German aircraft on May 12	On the IJsselmeer
May 14	Royal Netherlands Navy	O 11	O 9 class submarine	Scuttled to prevent capture by the Germans	Den Helder
May 14	Royal Netherlands Navy	O 12	O 12 class class submarine	Scuttled to prevent capture by the Germans while undergoing maintenance at the Rijkswerf shipyard	Den Helder
May 15	Royal Netherlands Navy	HNLMS Hydra	Hydra class minelayer	Beached and scuttled by her own crew after being damaged by German anti-tank gunfire	Somewhere in Zeeland
May 15	Royal Netherlands Navy	HNLMS Tjerk Hiddes	Gerard Callenburgh class destroyer	Scuttled to prevent capture by the Germans	Nieuwe Waterweg at Rotterdam
May 15	Royal Navy	HMS Valentine	V class destroyer	Bombed by German aircraft, beached and abandoned	Off Terneuzen, Holland
May 17	Royal Netherlands Navy	HNLMS Philips Van Almonde	Gerard Callenburgh class destroyer	Scuttled on slipway to prevent capture by the Germans	Vlissingen
May 18	Royal Navy	HMS Effingham	Hawkins class cruiser	Wrecked on a reef near Bodø during the Norwegian Campaign, scuttled with gunfire and torpedoes by HMS Matabele 21 May 1940	Bliksvær near Bodø
May 19	Royal Navy	HMS Whitley	W class destroyer	Damaged by German aircraft, beached, then scuttled by HMS Keith	Off Ostend
May 21	French Navy	L'Adroit	L'Adroit class destroyer	Sunk by German He 111 bomber	Off Dunkerque
May 23	French Navy	Jaguar	Chacal class destroyer	Sunk by E-boats S-21 and S-23 during Operation Dynamo	Off Dunkerque
May 23	French Navy	Orage	Bourrasque class destroyer	Sunk by German bombers	Off Boulogne-sur-Mer
May 24	French Navy	Chacal	Chacal class destroyer	Sunk by German aircraft	Off Boulogne-sur-Mer
May 24	Royal Navy	HMS Wessex	W class destroyer	Bombed and sunk by German aircraft while conducting a NGFS mission	Off Calais
May 26	Royal Navy	HMS Curlew	C class light cruiser	Sunk by German bombers	Ofotfjord near Narvik
May 29	Royal Navy	HMS Grafton	G class destroyer	Sunk by the German uboat U-62 during Operation Dynamo	North Sea, off Nieuwpoort, Belgium, Belgium
May 29	Royal Navy	HMS Grenade	G class destroyer	Sunk by Stukas during Operation Dynamo	English Channel
May 29	Royal Navy	HMS Wakeful	W class destroyer	Torpedoed and sunk by E-boat S-30 during Operation Dynamo	English Channel
May 30	French Navy	Bourrasque	Bourrasque class destroyer	Heavily damaged by mine, then sunk by artillery fire during Operation Dynamo	North Sea, off Nieuwpoort, Belgium, Belgium
May 31	French Navy	Sirocco	Bourrasque class destroyer	Sunk by E-boats S-23 and S-26 during Operation Dynamo	English Channel
May 31	Kriegsmarine	Unterseeboot 13	Submarine	Sunk by Royal Navy sloop HMS Weston	North Sea, south-east of Lowestoft
Late May	Polish Navy	ORP Orzeł	Orzeł class submarine	Disappeared while operating against German naval forces off Norway during the Norwegian Campaign	Somewhere in the North Sea
June 1	Royal Navy	HMS Basilisk	B class destroyer	Sunk by air attack during Operation Dynamo	English Channel
June 1	Royal Navy	HMS Havant	Havant class destroyer	Damaged by air attack, then sunk by HMS Saltash during Operation Dynamo	English Channel
June 1	Royal Navy	HMS Keith	B class destroyer	Sunk by air attack during Operation Dynamo	English Channel
June 1	French Navy	Le Foudroyant	L'Adroit class destroyer	Sunk by air attack during Operation Dynamo	English Channel
June 7	Royal Navy	HMS Carinthia	Armed merchant cruiser	Torpedoed by U-46 on June 6, foundered the next day	West of Galway Bay, Ireland
June 8	Royal Navy	HMS Acasta	A class destroyer	Sunk by the German battlecruisers Gneisenau and Scharnhorst during Operation Juno	North Sea near Norway
June 8	Royal Navy	HMS Ardent	A class destroyer	Sunk by the German battlecruisers Gneisenau and Scharnhorst during Operation Juno	North Sea near Norway
June 8	Royal Navy	HMS Glorious	Aircraft carrier	Sunk by the German battlecruisers Gneisenau and Scharnhorst during Operation Juno	North Sea near Norway
June 8	Royal Navy	HMS Juniper	Tree class minesweeping trawler	Sunk by the German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper during Operation Juno	North Sea near Norway
June 10	Royal Norwegian Navy	HNoMS B-3	B class submarine	Scuttled by her own crew to prevent capture by the Germans after battery explosion	Alsvåg, Vesterålen
June 12	Royal Navy	HMS Calypso	C class light cruiser	Sunk by Italian submarine Bagnolini	Eastern Mediterranean, south of Crete
June 13	Royal Netherlands Navy	O 13	O 12 class class submarine	Went missing on patrol, probably lost in German mine field June 13	Near the Great Fisher Bank
June 13	Royal Navy	HMS Scotstoun	Armed merchant cruiser	Torpedoed and sunk by U-25	West of Barra, Outer Hebrides
June 14	Regia Marina	Macalle	Adua class submarine	Ran aground	Red Sea
June 14	Royal Navy	HMS Odin	Odin class submarine	Sunk by the Italian destroyers Strale and Baleno	In the Gulf of Taranto, off Crotone
June 16	Royal Navy	HMS Grampus	Grampus class submarine	Sunk by four Italian Spica class torpedo boats	East of Sicily
June 17	Royal Navy	HMT Lancastria	Troopship	Sunk by air attack during Operation Ariel	South of Chémoulin Point in the Charpentier roads off St. Nazaire
June 17	Regia Marina	Provana	Marcello class submarine	Rammed and sunk by French sloop La Curieuse after attacking a French convoy	Off Oran, Algeria
June 18	French Navy	Achille	Redoutable class submarine	Scuttled while in drydock	Brest
June 18	French Navy	Agosta	Agosta class submarine	Scuttled	Brest
June 18	French Navy	Cyclone	Bourrasque class destroyer	Damaged by E-boat S-24 30 May 1940, scuttled June 18, 1940	Brest
June 18	French Navy	Pasteur	Redoutable class submarine	Scuttled	Brest
June 18	French Navy	Ouessant	Agosta class submarine	Scuttled	Brest
June 19	Royal Navy	HMS Orpheus	Odin class submarine	Sunk by the Italian Turbine class destroyer Turbine	North of Tobruk
June 20	Regia Marina	Diamante	Submarine	Torpedoed and sunk by HMS Parthian	Off Tobruk
June 22	French Navy	La Bastiaise	Flower class corvette	Sunk by mine	Off Hartlepool
June 22	Kriegsmarine	Unterseeboot 122	Submarine	Lost to reasons unknown	North Sea
June 23	Regia Marina	Torricelli	Submarine	Sunk in surface gunbattle with the destroyers HMS Kandahar, HMS Kingston, HMS Khartoum and the sloop HMS Shoreham	Red Sea off Perim
June 23	Royal Navy	HMS Khartoum	K class destroyer	Beached after suffering heavy gunfire damage in battle with the Italian submarine Torricelli	Red Sea off Perim
June 23	Royal Indian Navy	HMIS Pathan	PC class patrol craft	Torpedoed and sunk by the Italian submarine Galvani	Gulf of Oman
June 24	Regia Marina	Galvani	Brin class submarine	Engaged on the surface and sunk by the sloop HMS Falmouth	Gulf of Oman
June 25	Royal Canadian Navy	HMCS Fraser	C class destroyer	Accidentally rammed and sunk by anti-aircraft cruiser HMS Calcutta during Operation Ariel	Gironde estuary, off Bordeaux
June 27	Regia Marina	Console Generale Liuzzi	Liuzzi class submarine	Scuttled after depth charge attack from RN destroyers HMS Dainty, HMS Ilex, HMS Decoy, HMS Defender, and RAN destroyer HMAS Voyager	South of Crete
June 28	Regia Marina	Espero	Turbine class destroyer	Sunk in the Battle of the Espero Convoy while on her way from Taranto to Tobruk with an anti-tank unit	South-west of Crete
June 29	Royal Navy	HMS Edgehill	Special service vessel (Q-ship)	Torpedoed and sunk by U-51	In the North Atlantic, south-west of Ireland
June 29	Regia Marina	Argonauta	Argonauta class submarine	Probably sunk by depth charge attack from RN destroyers HMS Dainty, HMS Ilex, HMS Decoy, HMS Defender, and RAN destroyer HMAS Voyager, alternatively depth charged and sunk by a Short Sunderland	Off Cape Ras el Hilal, Libya
June 29	Regia Marina	Rubino	Sirena class submarine	Sunk by Short Sunderland of No. 230 Squadron RAF	Ionian Sea, off Santa Maria di Leuca
June 29	Regia Marina	Uebi Sciebeli	Adua class submarine	Sunk by HMS Dainty and HMS Ilex	West of Crete
July 1	Kriegsmarine	Unterseeboot 26	Submarine	Sunk by the corvette HMS Gladiolus and a Royal Australian Air Force Short Sunderland	Atlantic Ocean near Ireland
July 1	Kriegsmarine	Unterseeboot 102	Submarine	Sunk by HMS Vansittart	South-west of Ireland
July 2	Royal Navy	HMT Arandora Star	Troopship	Sunk by U-47 while transporting Italian internees and POWs to Canada	North-west of Ireland
July 3	French Navy	Bretange	Bretagne class battleship	Sunk at the attack on Mers-el-Kébir	Mers-el-Kébir, French North Africa
July 4	French Navy	Rigault de Genouilly	Bougainville class colonial sloop	Torpedoed and sunk by RN sub HMS Pandora	North of Matifou, French North Africa
July 5	Royal Navy	HMS Whirldwind	W class destroyer	Torpedoed and sunk by U-34	South-west of Ireland
July 5	Regia Marina	Zeffiro	Turbine class destroyer	Sunk by Fairey Swordfish torpedo bombers from HMS Eagle	Tobruk
July 6	Royal Navy	HMS Shark	S class submarine	Sunk under tow by German minesweeping trawlers M-1803, M1806 and M-1807 after capture by German seaplanes the previous day	West-south-west of Egersund
July 9	Royal Navy	HMS Salmon	S class submarine	Lost, probably sunk by a mine	Off Norway
July 11	Royal Navy	HMS Escort	E class destroyer	Torpedoed by the Italian submarine Guglielmo Marconi on July 8, sank under tow July 11	East of Gibraltar
July 16	Royal Navy	HMS Imogen	I class destroyer	Accidentally rammed and sunk by cruiser HMS Glasgow	Off Duncasby Head, Scotland
July 16	Royal Navy	HMS Phoenix	Parthian class submarine	Sunk by the Italian torpedo boat Albatros	Off Augusta, Sicily
July 19	Regia Marina	Bartolomeo Colleoni	Condottieri class cruiser	Sunk by RAN and RN ships in the Battle of Cape Spada	Off Cape Spada, Crete
July 20	Royal Navy	HMS Brazen	B class destroyer	Sunk by air attack	Off Dover
July 20	Regia Marina	Nembo	Turbine class destroyer	Sunk by Fairey Swordfish torpedo bombers from HMS Eagle	Gulf of Bomba, near Tobruk
July 20	Regia Marina	Ostro	Turbine class destroyer	Sunk by Fairey Swordfish torpedo bombers from HMS Eagle	Gulf of Bomba, near Tobruk
July 26	Kriegsmarine	Luchs	1924 Raubtier class torpedoboat	Torpedoed and sunk by RN submarine HMS Swordfish	North Sea, off Norway
July 27	Royal Navy	HMS Codrington	A class destroyer leader	Sunk by air attack	Off Dover
July 27	Royal Navy	HMS Wren	W class destroyer	Sunk by German bombers	Off Aldeburgh, England
July 30	Royal Navy	HMS Delight	D class destroyer	Sank in port after being damaged by German bombers the previous day	Portland harbour
July 30	Royal Navy	HMS Narwhal	Grampus class submarine	Sunk by German aircraft	Off Norway
August 1	Royal Navy	HMS Oswald	Odin class submarine	Rammed and sunk by the Italian Navigatori class destroyer Ugolino Vivaldi	South of Cape Spartivento, Strait of Messina
August 1	Royal Navy	HMS Spearfish	S class submarine	Torpedoed and sunk by U-34	North-east of Aberdeen, Scotland
August 1	Kriegsmarine	Unterseeboot 25	Submarine	Sunk by minefield	North Sea near Terchelling
August 3	Royal Navy	HMS Thames	River class submarine	Probably mined	North Sea
August 10	Royal Navy	HMS Transylvania	Armed merchant cruiser	Torpedoed and sunk by German uboat U-56	Northwest of Malin Head, Donegal
August 15	Hellenic Navy	Elli	Light cruiser	Torpedoed and sunk by Italian submarine Delfino	Aegean Sea, off Tinos
August 20	Kriegsmarine	Unterseeboot 51	Submarine	Sunk by submarine HMS Cachalot	West of St. Nazaire
August 22	Regia Marina	Iride	600-Serie Perla class submarine	Sunk by Fairey Swordfish torpedo bomber from HMS Eagle	Gulf of Bomba off Cyrenaica
August 23	Royal Navy	HMS Hostile	H class destroyer	Damaged by mine, scuttled by HMS Hero	Off Cape Bon in the Strait of Sicily
August 24	Royal Navy	HMS Penzance	Folkestone class sloop	Torpedoed and sunk by U-37	South-west of Iceland
August 28	Royal Navy	HMS Dunvegan Castle	Armed merchant cruiser	Torpedoed by U-46 August 27, foundered the next day	West of Ireland
August 31	Royal Navy	HMS Esk	E class destroyer	Sunk by mine	Off Texel, the Netherlands
September 1	Royal Navy	HMS Ivanhoe	I class destroyer	Sunk by mine	North Sea, off the Frisian Islands
September 3	Kriegsmarine	Unterseeboot 57	Submarine	Collision with Norwegian steamship Rona	Off Brunsbüttel, Schleswig-Holstein
September 15	Royal Navy	HMS Dundee	Shoreham class sloop	Torpedoed and sunk by U-48 while acting as convoy escort	West of Ireland
September 17	Regia Marina	Aquilone	Turbine class destroyer	Sunk by Fairey Swordfish torpedo bombers from HMS Illustrious	Benghazi harbor
September 17	Regia Marina	Borea	Turbine class destroyer	Sunk by Fairey Swordfish torpedo bombers from HMS Illustrious	Benghazi harbor
September 23	French Navy	L'Audacieux	Destroyer	Beached after being attacked by HMAS Australia during the Battle of Dakar	Dakar, French West Africa
September 23	French Navy	Persée	Redoutable class submarine	Sunk during by HMS Foresight and HMS Inglefield during the Battle of Dakar	Off Dakar
September 24	French Navy	Ajax	Redoutable class submarine	Sunk during by HMS Fortune during the Battle of Dakar	Off Dakar
September 24	Kriegsmarine	Ostmark	Light seaplane tender	Sunk by the Royal Navy submarine HMS Tuna	Bay of Biscay south-west of St. Nazaire
September 30	Regia Marina	Gondar	Adua class submarine	Sunk by HMAS Stuart and a Short Sunderland flying boat	Off Alexandria
October 2	Regia Marina	Berillo	Perla class submarine	Scuttled after attack from RN destroyers HMS Havock and HMS Hasty	Off Sidi Barrani
October 4	Royal Navy	HMS Rainbow	R class submarine	Rammed and sunk by the Italian merchant Antonietta Costa	Off Bari
October 12	Regia Marina	Artigliere	Soldati class destroyer	Sunk by HMS York after having been heavily damaged by HMS Ajax	Ionian Sea
October 15	Royal Navy	HMS Triad	T class submarine	Sunk in surface gunbattle with the Italian submarine Enrico Toti	Gulf of Taranto
October 17	Royal Navy	HMS Dundalk	Hunt class minesweeper	Struck mine October 16, foundered the next day while under tow	Off Harwich
October 18	Regia Marina	Durbo	Adua class submarine	Sunk by HMS Firedrake, HMS Wrestler and two Saunders-Roe London flying boats of No. 202 Squadron RAF	East of Gibraltar
October 18	Royal Navy	HMS H49	H class submarine	Deptcharged and sunk by the German submarine chasers UJ 116 and UJ 118	Off Texel
October 19	Royal Navy	HMS Venetia	V class destroyer	Mined	Off Margate
October 20	Regia Marina	Lafolè	Adua class submarine	Sunk by HMS Gallant, HMS Griffin and HMS Hotspur	North of Melilla
October 20	Regia Marina	Francesco Nullo	Sauro class destroyer	Beached following surface action with HMS Kimberley and HMNZS Leander, wreck destroyed by three RAF Bristol Blenheim bombers the following day	Near Massawa
October 22	Royal Canadian Navy	HMCS Margaree	River class destroyer	Sunk after collision with freighter M.V. Port Fairy	North Atlantic
October 24	Kriegsmarine	Adolf Vinnen	Weather ship	Sunk by RN destroyers HMS Somali, HMS Punjabi and HMS Matabele	Off Stadtlandet, Norway
October 28	British Merchant Navy	Empress of Britain	Steam passenger ship	Torpedoed and sunk by U-32	Northwest of Ireland
October 30	Royal Navy	HMS Sturdy	S class destroyer	Ran aground and was totally wrecked	Off Tiree Island, Scotland
October 30	Kriegsmarine	Unterseeboot 32	Submarine	Sunk by HMS Harvester and HMS Highlander	Northwest of Ireland
October 31	Regia Marina	Faà di Bruno	Marcello class Submarine	Lost to unknown reasons	Atlantic
November 2	Kriegsmarine	Unterseeboot 31	Submarine	Sunk by HMS Antelope	North-west of Ireland
November 3	Royal Navy	HMS Laurentic	Armed merchant cruiser	Torpedoed and sunk by U-99	West of Bloody Foreland, Ireland
November 4	Royal Navy	HMS Patroclus	Armed merchant cruiser	Torpedoed and sunk by U-99	West of Bloody Foreland, Ireland
November 5	Royal Navy	HMS Jervis Bay	Armed merchant cruiser	Sunk by German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer	Mid-Atlantic
November 7	Royal Navy	HMS Swordfish	S class submarine	Sunk by mine	South of St. Catherine’s Head, Isle of Wight
November 7	Kriegsmarine	T6	Type 1935 class torpedoboat	Sunk by mine	Off Kinnaired Head, near Aberdeen, Scotland
November 8	Royal Norwegian Navy	HNoMS Fridtjof Nansen	Offshore Patrol Vessel	Ran aground on an unmarked shallow and sank	Off Jan Mayen
November 8	French Navy	Poncelet	Submarine	Sunk by HMS Milford during the Battle of Gabon	Gabon, French Equatorial Africa
November 9	French Navy	Bougainville	Bougainville class colonial sloop	Sunk by Free French naval forces during the Battle of Gabon	Gabon, French Equatorial Africa
November 11	Regia Marina	Conte di Cavor	Conte di Cavour class battleship	Sunk by Fairey Swordfish torpedo bombers from HMS Illustrious during the battle of Taranto	Taranto, Italy
November 16	Kriegsmarine	Hinrich Freese	Weather ship	Grounded and wrecked while being chased by RN cruiser HMS Naiad	Jan Mayen
November 19	Royal Netherlands Navy	O 22	O 21 class submarine	Sunk, probably by mine	South-west of Norway
November 19	Kriegsmarine	Unterseeboot 104	Submarine	Disappeared, possibly lost to mine field off Tory Island	North-west of Ireland
November 25	British Merchant Navy	Patria	Steam passenger ship	Sabotaged and sunk by Haganah activists	Port of Haifa, British Mandate of Palestine
November 26	Royal Navy	HMS Regulus	R class submarine	Most likely mined	Straits of Taranto
November 27	Royal Navy	HMS Port Napier	Minelayer	Sunk by explosion after accidental fire the previous day	Kyle of Lochalsh
December 2	Royal Navy	HMS Forfar	Armed merchant cruiser	Sunk by U-99	Atlantic, west of Ireland
December 5	Royal Navy	HMS Cameron	Town class destroyer	Bombed and wrecked by the Luftwaffe while in drydock	Portsmouth
December 14	Regia Marina	Naiade	Sirena class submarine	Sunk by RN destroyers HMS Hyperion and HMS Hereward	Off Bardia, Libya
December 15	Regia Marina	Capitano Tarantini	Liuzzi class submarine	Torpedoed and sunk by RN submarine HMS Thunderbolt	Gironde estuary, France
December 15	Forces navales françaises libres	Narval	Requin class submarine	Lost to mine	Off Sfax, French North Africa
December 17	Royal Navy	HMS Acheron	A class destroyer	Sunk by mine	Off the Isle of Wight
December 18	Royal Navy	HMS Triton	T class submarine	Lost to either mines or Italian torpedo boats	Strait of Otranto
December 19	French Navy	Sfax	Agosta class submarine	Torpedoed and sunk, together with 2,785 ton fleet oiler Rhône, by U-37 due to mistaken identity	Off Cape Juby, French North Africa
December 22	Royal Navy	HMS Hyperion	H class destroyer	Sunk by mine	Off Pantelleria east of Cape Bon in the Strait of Sicily
December 29	Hellenic Navy	Proteus	Submarine	Sunk by Italian Spica class torpedo boat Antares shortly after having torpedoed and sunk the 11,452 ton Italian troop transport Sardegna	Southern Adriatic, east of Brindisi

[edit] See also

• List of shipwrecks
• List of World War II ships

Ship launches:	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949
Ship commissionings:	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949
Ship decommissionings:	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949
Shipwrecks:	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949

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