WESTERN EUROPE and BRITISH Home
waters 1939-43
September 1939
September 10 - Submarine
OXLEY (1,350t, 1927), sunk by accident off Norway
October 1939
October 12 - Drifter RAY
OF HOPE (R, 98t, 1925), mined, Thames Estuary
October 14 - Battleship
ROYAL OAK (29,150t, 1916), sunk by U-boat torpedo, Scapa
Flow, Orkneys
November 1939
November 5 - Trawler
NORTHERN ROVER (R, 655t, 1936), overdue at Kirkwall,
Orkneys by this date
November 13 - Destroyer
BLANCHE (1,360t, 1931), sunk by mine, Thames Estuary
November 20 - Trawler
MASTIFF (520t, 1938), mined, Thames Estuary
November 21 - Destroyer
GIPSY (1,335t, 1936), sunk by mine off Harwich
November 22 - Trawler
ARAGONITE (R, 315t, 1934), mined off Deal
November 29 - Tanker/oiler
BIRCHOL (1,115t, 1917), wrecked off Hebrides, W of
Scotland
December 1939
December 6 - Trawler
WASHINGTON (R, 209t, 1909), mined in North Sea on passage
to Yarmouth
December 12 - Destroyer
DUCHESS (1,375t, 1933), sunk in collision W of Scotland
December 13 - Trawler
WILLIAM HALLETT (R, 202t, 1919), mined, Tyne area, North
Sea
December 14 - Trawler
JAMES LUDFORD (506t, 1919), mined off Tyne, North Sea
December 16 - Trawler
EVALINA (R, 202t, 1919), believed mined, Tyne area, North
Sea
December 16 - Trawler
SEDGEFLY (R, 520t, 1939), believed mined, Tyne area, North
Sea
December 20 - Tug NAPIA
(R, 155t, 1914), explosion, probably mined off Ramsgate
December 21 - Boom defence
vessel BAYONET (605t, 1939), mined Firth of Forth, E
Scotland
December 22 - Trawler
DROMIO (R, 380t, 1929), collision, N of Whitby, North Sea
December 23 - Drifter GLEN
ALBYN (R, 82t, 1909), mined, Loch Ewe, W Scotland
December 23 - Drifter
PROMOTIVE (R, 78t, 1908), mined, Loch Ewe, W Scotland
December 23 - Trawler
BARBARA ROBERTSON (R, 325t, 1919), German U-boat gunfire,
north of Hebrides, W Scotland
December 25 - Trawler LOCH
DOON (R, 534t, 1937), probably mined, off Blyth, North Sea
1940
Special service vessel
GAMBHIRA (5,257t, 1919), sunk as blockship. Date not known
Special service vessel
JUNIATA (1,139t, 1918), sunk as blockship. Date not known
Special service vessel
LAKE NEUFCHATEL (3,859t, 1907), sunk as blockship. Date not known
Special service vessel
LYCIA (3,338t, 1924), sunk as blockship. Date not known
Special service vessel
MARTIS (2,483t, 1894), sunk as blockship. Date not known
Special service vessel
MOYLE (1,761t, 1907), sunk as blockship. Date not known
January 1940
January 10 - Submarine
SEAHORSE (640t, 1933), lost in Heligoland Bight, North Sea
January 11 - Yacht
PRINCESS (R, 730t, 1924), sunk in collision, Bristol
Channel.
January 12 - Trawler
VALDORA (R, 251t, 1916), believed sunk by German aircraft,
Cromer area
January 15 - Submarine
UNDINE (540t, 1938), lost in Heligoland Bight, North Sea,
depth-charged by surface craft. Formally paid-off
January 19 - Destroyer
GRENVILLE (Leader, 1,485t, 1936), sunk by mine, North Sea
January 20 - Submarine
STARFISH (640t, 1933), lost in Heligoland Bight, North
Sea, depth-charged by surface craft. Formally paid-off
January 21 - Destroyer
EXMOUTH (Leader, 1,475t, 1934), sunk by U-boat torpedo,
Moray Firth, off W Scotland
January 25 - Drifter RIANT
(R, 95t, 1919), lost in bad weather off West Coast,
Scotland.
January 26 - Special
service vessel DURHAM CASTLE (8,240t, 1904), sunk by mine
off Cromarty on way to Scapa.
February 1940
February 3 - Minesweeper
SPHINX (875t, July 1939), German bombers off NE Scotland
February 9 - Trawler FORT
ROYAL (550t, 1931), aircraft off Aberdeen
February 9 - Trawler
ROBERT BOWEN (R, 290t, 1918), aircraft off Aberdeen
February 10 - Special
service vessel BRANKSEA (214t, 1890), sunk off Girdleness
on way to Scapa, cause unknown.
February 15 - Trawler
PERIDOT (550t, 1933), mined off Dover
February 18 - Destroyer DARING
(1,375t, 1932), sunk by U-boat torpedo off Duncansby Head, N Scotland
February 18 - Special
service vessel ILSENSTEIN (8,216t, 1904), sunk as
blockship at Scapa Flow
February 19 - Special
service vessel BUSK (367t, 1906), sunk as blockship.
February 20 - Trawler
FIFESHIRE (R, 540t, 1938), aircraft E of Copinsay, Orkneys
February 23 - Trawler
BENVOLIO (R, 352t, 1930), mined off Humber
March 1940
March 2 - Tug FAIRPLAY TWO
(R, 282t, 1921), wrecked on Yorkshire Coast.
March 3 - Special service
vessel CARRON (1,017t, 1894), sunk as blockship at Scapa
Flow
March 9 - Collier MAINDY
HILL (R, 1,918t, 1911), sunk in collision off Hartlepool.
March 16 - Drifter MAIDA
(R, 107t, 1914), mined, East Coast. England.
March 22 - Trawler LOCH
ASSATER (R, 210t, 1910), British mine, E coast of Scotland
March 25 - Special service
vessel GONDOLIER (250t, 1886), sunk as blockship between
18th and 25th.
April 1940
April 4 - Drifter GOLDEN
DAWN (R, 80t, 1913), sunk at Ardrossan, W Scotland.
April 8 - Destroyer
GLOWWORM (1,345t, 1936), sunk by gunfire, Admiral Hipper,
off Norway
April 9 - Destroyer GURKHA
(1,870t, 1938), sunk by aircraft bombs, off Stavanger,
Norway
April 10 - Destroyer HARDY
(Leader, 1,505t, 1936), driven ashore, gunfire, Narvik
April 10 - Destroyer
HUNTER (1,340t, 1936), sunk by surface ship gunfire, in
battle of Narvik
April 14 - Submarine
THISTLE (1,090t, 1939), lost off Skudenses, Norway,
torpedoed by U-boat
April 20 - Trawler
RUTLANDSHIRE (R, 458t, 1936), attacked by aircraft and
grounded, Namsos, Norway
April 22 - Submarine TARPON (1,090t,
8/2/40), lost North Sea, probably mined
April 25 - Trawler HAMMOND
(R, 452T, 1936), sunk by aircraft, Aandalsnes. Norway.
April 25 - Trawler LARWOOD
(R, 453T, 1936), sunk by aircraft, West Coast of Norway
April 25 - Trawler BRADMAN
(R, 452t, 1937), sunk by aircraft, West Coast of Norway.
April 27 - Submarine
STERLET (670t, 1938), lost, Skagerrak, cause unknown
April 28 - Trawler CAPE
SIRETOKO (R, 590t, 1939), sunk by aircraft, West Coast of
Norway
April 29 - Submarine UNITY
(540t, 1938), lost in collision, Tyne area
April 29 - Trawler CAPE
CHELYUSKIN (550t, 1936), sunk by aircraft bombs, off
Norway
April 30 - Minesweeper
DUNOON (710t, 1919), mined off Great Yarmouth, E England
April 30 - Sloop BITTERN
(1,190t, 1938), German bombers off Namsos, Norway
April 30 - Tanker/oiler
BOARDALE (8,400t, 1937), grounded at Narvik, Norway and
sunk
April 30 - Trawler JARDINE
(452t, 1936), sunk by own forces after damage by aircraft,
West Coast of Norway.
April 30 - Trawler
WARWICKSHIRE (R, 466t, 1936), sunk by aircraft, Trondheim
area, Norway.
May 1940
May 2 - Special service
vessel REDSTONE (3,110t, 1918), sunk as blockship at Scapa
Flow.
May 3 - Destroyer AFRIDI
(Leader, 1,870t, 1938), sunk by aircraft bombs, off Norway
May 3 - Trawler ASTON
VILLA (R, 546t, 1937), sunk by aircraft off Norway.
May 3 - Trawler GAUL
(550t, 1936), sunk by aircraft off Norway.
May 3 - Trawler ST. GORAN
(R, 565t, 1936), sunk by aircraft, Namsos, Norway.
May 6 - Trawler LOCH NAVER
(R, 278t, 1919), sunk in collision off Hartlepool.
May 15 - Destroyer
VALENTINE (Leader, 1,090t, 1917), bombed, grounded and
abandoned in River Scheldt, Begium
May 18 - Cruiser
EFFINGHAM
(9,550t, 1925), struck submerged rock and wrecked, Vestfiord, Norway
May 19 - Destroyer WHITLEY
(1,100t, 1918), damaged by bombs, beached between Nieuport
and Ostend, Belgium
May 19 - Minelayer
PRINCESS VICTORIA (R, 2,179t, 1939), mined, entrance to R
Humber, E England. Date given as 18th-19th
May 20 - Trawler RIFSNES
(R, 431t, 1932), sunk by aircraft off Ostend.
May 21 - Mine destructor
vessel CORBURN (3,060t, 1936), mined off Le Havre, N
France
May 21 - Trawler CAPE
PASSARO (R, 590t, 1939), sunk by aircraft, Narvik area,
Norway
May 22 - Trawler MELBOURNE
(R, 466t, 1936), sunk by aircraft, Narvik area, Norway
May 24 - Destroyer WESSEX
(1,100t, 1918), sunk by aircraft bombs, off Calais, France
May 25 - Special service
vessel FLORENTINO (1,822t, 1921), sunk as blockship at
Zeebrugge, Belgium.
May 25 - Special service
vessel MASHOBRA (R, 8,324t, 1920), damaged by aircraft,
beached at Narvik.
May 25 - Special service
vessel TRANSEAS (1,499t, 1924), sunk as blockship at
Zeebrugge, Belgium
May 25 - Trawler CHARLES
BOYES (R, 290t, 1918), sunk by mine, East Coast of
England.
May 26 - Boom defence
vessel LOCH SHIN (R, 255t, 1930) Capsized at Harstad,
Norway, after being damaged by aircraft and beached.
May 26 - Cruiser
CURLEW
(AA ship, 4,290t, 1917), sunk by aircraft, bombs, off Ofotfiord, Norway
May 27 - Landing craft
mechanised (MkI) LCM No.10, 11, 14, 15, 18-20 (total 7,
30-37t each), presumed lost during operations at Narvik,
Norway between 6th and 27th
May 27 - Special service
vessel ATLANTIC GUIDE (1,943t, 1924), sunk as blockship at
Zeebrugge, Belgium
May 27 - Special service
vessel BORODINO (2,004t, 1911), sunk as blockship at
Zeebrugge, Belgium
May 28 - Drifter BOY ROY
(R, 95t, 1911), bombed, beached and abandoned in Dunkirk
harbour.
May 28 - Drifter OCEAN
REWARD (R, 93t, 1912), sunk in collision off Dover.
May 28 - Drifter PAXTON
(R, 92t, 1911), damaged by aircraft, and beached at
Dunkirk.
May 28 - Minesweeper
BRIGHTON BELLE (R, 396t, 1900), collision with submerged
wreck, The Downs, English Channel
May 28 - Trawler THOMAS
BARTLETT (R, 290t, 1913), sunk by British mine off Calais
May 28 - Trawler THURINGIA
(550T, 1933), sunk by mine, North Sea
May 29 - Auxiliary
anti-aircraft ship CRESTED EAGLE (R, 1,110t, 1925), German
aircraft, off Dunkirk, N France
May 29 - Destroyer GRAFTON
(1,335T, 1936), sunk by E-boat torpedo off Dunkirk, France
May 29 - Destroyer GRENADE
(1,335t, 1936), sunk by aircraft bombs, in Dunkirk
harbour, France
May 29 - Destroyer WAKEFUL
(1,100t, 1917), sunk by E-boat torpedo off Dunkirk, France
May 29 - Drifter COMFORT
(R, 60t), rammed and sunk by accident off Dover.
May 29 - Drifter GIRI
PAMELA (R, 93t, 1912), sunk in collision off Dunkirk.
May 29 - Drifter NAUTILUS
(R, 64t, 1929), sunk at Dunkirk.
May 29 - Landing craft
assault LCA No.4, 18 (total 2, 11-13.5t each), lost in SS
Clan Macalister, sunk by aircraft at Dunkirk
May 29 - Minesweeper
WAVERLEY (R, 537t, 1899), sunk by German bombers off
Dunkirk, N France
May 29 - Minesweeper
GRACIE FIELDS (R, 393t, 1936), sunk by German bombers off
Dunkirk, N France
May 29 - Trawler CALVI (R,
363t, 1930), sunk by aircraft bombs, off Dunkirk
May 29 - Trawler POLLY
JOHNSON (R, 290t, 1918), sunk by aircraft bombs, off
Dunkirk
May 29 - Landing craft
assault LCA No.16 (11-13.5t), sunk by aircraft at Dunkirk
May 30 - Armed boarding
vessel KING ORRY (R, 1,877t, 1913), German aircraft
attack, Dunkirk, N France
May 30 - Boom defence
vessel CAMBRIAN (R, 338t, 1924), mined in Spithead.
May 30 - Motor canal boat
AMBLEVE, ran aground, Dunkirk.
May 30 - Motor canal boat
YSER, ran aground, Dunkirk.
May 31 - Landing craft
assault LCA No.8, 15 (total 2, 11-13.5t each), lost at
Dunkirk
May 31 - Minesweeper
DEVONIA (R, 622t, 1905), damaged by German bombers,
beached and abandoned, off Dunkirk
May 31 - Trawler ST.
ACHILLEUS (R, 484t, 1934), sunk by mine, Dunkirk area
June 1940
June 1 - Destroyer
BASILISK (1,360t, 1931), sunk by aircraft bombs, off
Dunkirk, France
June 1 - Destroyer HAVANT
(1,400t, 1939), sunk by aircraft bombs, off Dunkirk,
France
June 1 - Destroyer KEITH
(Leader, 1,400t, 1931), sunk by aircraft bombs, off
Dunkirk, France
June 1 - Drifter FAIR
BREEZE (R, 93t, 1925), struck wreck off Dunkirk.
June 1 - Minesweeper
BRIGHTON QUEEN (R, 807t, 1905), lost by gunfire off
Dunkirk
June 1 - Minesweeper
SKIPJACK (815t, 1934), German bombers off Dunkirk
June 1 - Motor canal boat
ESCAUT, lost at Dunkirk. Date approximate
June 1 - Motor canal boat
SEMOIS, lost at Dunkirk. Date approximate
June 1 - River gun boat
MOSQUITO (585t, April 1940), German aircraft,
while withdrawing from Dunkirk
June 1 - Trawler
ARGYLLSHIRE (R, 540t, 1938), sunk by E-boat during
evacuation from Dunkirk
June 1 - Trawler STELLA
DORADO (550t, 1935), sunk by E-boat during evacuation from
Dunkirk
June 1 - Tug ST. ABBS
(550t, 1919), sunk by aircraft at Dunkirk.
June 1 - Tug ST. FAGAN
(550t, 1919), sunk by aircraft at Dunkirk.
June 1 - Yacht AMULREE (R,
89t, 1938), sunk in collision, Dover Straits.
June 1 - Yacht GRIVE (R,
687t, 1903), sunk by aircraft during withdrawal from
Dunkirk.
June 2 - Drifter LORD
CAVAN (R, 96t, 1915), sunk by gunfire off Dunkirk. Date
given as 1st-2nd
June 2 - Landing craft
mechanised (MkI) LCM No.12, 22 (total 2, 30-37t each), abandoned at Dunkirk
June 2 - Trawler BLACKBURN
ROVERS (R, 422t, 1934), sunk by U-boat or mine, North Sea
June 2 - Trawler WESTELLA
(550t, 1934), torpedoed or mined off Dunkirk.
June 3 - Landing craft
mechanised (MkI) LCM No.17 (30-37t), abandoned at Dunkirk
June 3 - Special service
vessel EDV. NISSAN (R, 2,062t, 1921), sunk as blockship
June 3 - Special service
vessel HOLLAND (R, 1,251t, 1919), sunk as blockship
June 3 - Special service
vessel WESTCOVE (2,735t, 1912), sunk as blockship at
Dunkirk.
June 4 - Drifter OCEAN
LASSIE (R, 96t, 1919), sunk by mine off Harwich.
June 4 - Special service
vessel GOURKO (1,975t, 1911), mined off Dunkirk.
June 4 - Special service
vessel PACIFIC0 (687t, 1905), sunk as blockship at
Dunkirk.
June 8 - Aircraft carrier
GLORIOUS (22,500t,1917, ex-cruiser, carrier from 1930), sunk by gunfire, Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, latitude of
Narvik, Norway
June 8 - Destroyer ACASTA
(1,350t, 1930), sunk by Scharnhorst and Gneisenau gunfire,
returning from Norway
June 8 - Destroyer ARDENT
(1,350t, 1930), sunk by Scharnhorst and Gneisenau gunfire,
returning from Norway
June 8 - Tanker/oiler
OLEANDER (7,048t), damaged and beached on 26th May, sunk
in Harstad Bay, Norway,
June 8 - Trawler JUNIPER
(505t, March 1940), sunk by ADMIRAL HIPPER gunfire off
Norway
June 8 - Yacht - Boom
ERANG VI (R, 19t, 1938), lost by fire.
June 9 - Drifter DEWEY EVE
(R, 109t, 1916), sunk in collision, Scapa Flow, Orkneys.
June 9 - Landing craft
assault LCA No.11, 14 (total 2, 11-13.5t each), lost in
Home waters
June 10 - Armed boarding
vessel VAN DYCK (R, 13,241t, 1921), lost in convoy
probably by German air attack, Narvik area, Norway
June 10 - Special service
vessel JACOBUS (1,262t, 1920), sunk as blockship at
Dieppe.
June 10 - Special service
vessel KAUPO (R, 2,420t, 1888), sunk as blockship
June 10 - Special service
vessel RIVER TYNE (1,525t, 1920), sunk as blockship at
Dieppe
June 10 - Yacht PELLAG II
(R, 44t, 1937), presumed lost at Dunkirk.
June 12 - Cruiser
CALYPSO
(4,180t, 1917), sunk by U-boat torpedo, S of Crete
June 12 - Trawler SISAPON
(R, 326t, 1928), mined off Harwich.
June 12 - Tug TWENTE (R,
239t, 1937), lost through enemy action.
June 13 - Drifter OCEAN
SUNLIGHT (R, 131t, 1929), mined off Newhaven
June 14 - Landing craft
assault LCA No.1, 2 (total 2, 11-13.5t each), lost in Home
waters
June 14 - Trawler MYRTLE
(550t, 1928), sunk by mine, Thames Estuary.
June 17 - Trawler MURMANSK
(R, 348t, 1929 ), grounded at Brest and abandoned.
June 21 - Drifter CHARDE
(R, 99t, 1919), sunk in collision at Portsmouth.
June 22 - Yacht CAMPEADOR
V (R, 195t, 1938), mined off Portsmouth
July 1940
July 1 - Special service
vessel TWEEDLEDEE (163t, 1925), sunk as blockship
July 1 - Special service
vessel TWEEDLEDUM (163t, 1925), sunk as blockship.
July 3 - Special service
vessel JAMES 83 (397t, 1926), sunk as blockship, later
salvaged
July 4 - Auxiliary
anti-aircraft ship FOYLE BANK (R, 5,582t, 1930), German
aircraft, Portland, S England
July 5 - Special service
vessel EMERALD WINGS (2,139t, 1920), sunk as blockship at
Scapa. Date is for arrival
July 6 - Submarine SHARK
(670t, 1934), lost to aircraft off Skudenses, Norway
July 8 - Special service
vessel JAMES 9 (85t, 1924), sunk as blockship.
July 8 - Trawler CAYTON
WYKE (550t, 1932), sunk by surface craft torpedo off
Dover
July 11 - Yacht WARRIOR II
(R, 1,124t, 1904), sunk by aircraft off Portland
July 14 - Submarine SALMON
(670t, 1935), lost, probably mined, SW Norway
July 16 - Destroyer IMOGEN
(1,370t, 1937), damaged in collision, caught fire,
abandoned of Duncansby Head, N Scotland
July 17 - Mooring vessel
STEADY (758t, 1916), sunk by mine off Newhaven.
July 19 - Tanker/oiler WAR
SEPOY (5,574t, 1919), damaged by aircraft off Dover.
Constructive total loss
July 19 - Trawler
CRESTFLOWER (550t, 1930), foundered after damage by
aircraft off Portsmouth.
July 20 - Destroyer BRAZEN
(1,360t, 1931), sunk by aircraft off Dover, S England
July 22 - Trawler CAMPINA
(R, 289t, 1913), mined off Holyhead.
July 24 - Trawler FLEMING
(R, 356t, 1929), sunk by aircraft, Thames Estuary.
July 24 - Trawler KINGSTON
GALENA (550t, 1934), sunk by aircraft off Dover.
July 24 - Trawler RODINO
(R, 230t, 1913), sunk by aircraft off Dover.
July 27 - Destroyer
CODRINGTON (Leader, 1,540t, 1930), bombed and sunk in
Dover harbour, S England
July 28 - Trawler STAUNTON
(R, 283t, 1908), presumed blown up by magnetic mine,
Thames Estuary.
July 29 - Destroyer
DELIGHT (1,375t, 1933), bombed and sunk off Portland, S
England
July 29 - Special service
vessel UMVOTI (R, 5,183t, 1903), sunk as blockship.
July 29 - Yacht GULZAR (R,
197t, 1934), sunk in air attack, Dover harbour.
July 30 - Examination
vessel LADY SLATER (R, 273t, 1934), caught fire and became
total loss.
August 1940
August 1 - Submarine
NARWHAL (1,520t, 1936), lost, probably off Trondheim,
Norway, cause unknown. Formally paid off
August 2 - Drifter EMBRACE
(R, 94t, 1907), grounded at Loch Alsh, W. Scotland. Total
loss
August 2 - Trawler CAPE
FINISTERRE (R, 590t, 1939), sunk by aircraft off Harwich.
August 2 - Submarine
SPEARFISH (670t, 1936), lost, probably by U-boat torpedo off Norway. Formally paid off.
August 3 - Submarine
THAMES (1,805t, 1932), lost, off Norway, probably mined .
August 4 - Trawler DRUMMER
(R, 297t, 1915), mined off Brightlingsea, Essex
August 4 - Trawler MARSONA
(R, 276t, 1918), mined off Cromarty
August 4 - Trawler
OSWALDIAN (R, 260t, 1917), mined, Bristol Channel.
August 5 - Trawler RIVER
CLYDE (R, 276t, 1919), sunk by mine off Aldeburgh,
Suffolk.
August 10 - Balloon
Barrage vessel BOREALIS (R, 451t, 1930), sunk.
August 10 - Drifter YOUNG
SID (R, 100t, 1912), sunk in collision. Moray Firth, E.
Scotland.
August 12 - Trawler PYROPE
(R, 295t, 1932), sunk by aircraft, Thames Estuary.
August 12 - Trawler
TAMARISK (545t, 1925), sunk by aircraft, bombs, Thames
Estuary
August 13 - Trawler
ELIZABETH ANGELA (R, 253t, 1928), sunk by aircraft in
Downs.
August 16 - Drifter MANX
LAD (R, 24t, 1937), sunk by mine off Holyhead
August 16 - Special
service vessel MOREA (1,968t), sunk as blockship
August 20 - Trawler
RESPARKO (R, 248t, 1916), sunk by aircraft at Falmouth.
August 21 - Netlayer
KYLEMORE (R, 319t, 1897), German aircraft, Harwich, E
England
August 27 - Yacht WHITE
FOX II (R, 23t, 1933), lost by fire.
August 31 - Yacht EMELLE
(R, 43t, 1916), cause and place unknown
September 1940
September 1 - Destroyer
ESK (1,375t, 1934), sunk by mine, North Sea
September 1 - Destroyer
IVANHOE (1,370t, 1937), sunk by mine, North Sea
September 1 - Trawler
ROYALO (R, 248t, 1916), sunk by mine off S. Cornwall.
September 4 - Tug SAUCY
(R, 597t, 1918), mined, Firth of Forth.
September 6 - Corvette
GODETIA (940t, July 1940), collision off Northern Ireland
September 7 - Yacht
RHODORA (R, 687t, 1929), lost in collision, Bristol
Channel.
September 7 - Yacht SHASHI
III (R, 155t), lost by fire.
September 9 - Drifter
ALFRED COLEBROOK (56t, 1912), sunk as blockship,
Richborough Channel, SE England.
September 9 - Special
service vessel MINNIE DE LARINAGA (5,046t, 1914), damaged
by aircraft, London Docks. Total loss. Date given as
7th-9th
September 9 - Trawler
DERVISH (R, 346t, 1911), mined off Humber.
September 9 - Trawler
HARVEST MOON (72t, 1904), sunk as blockship.
September 12 - Tug SALVAGE
KING (R, 1164t, 1923), grounded W of Duncansby Head, NE
Scotland.
September 24 - Motor
torpedo boat MTB No.15 (18t, 1939), mined, Thames Estuary,
SE England
September 24 - Trawler
LOCH INVER (R, 356t, 1930), probably mined, Harwich area.
September 25 - Drifter
WHITE DAISY (R, 79t, 1910), sunk, probably near Lerwick.
September 27 - Destroyer
WREN (1,120t, 1923), bombed and sunk off Aldeburgh,
Suffolk, E England
September 28 - Trawler
RECOIL (R, 344t, 1938), lost on patrol, presumed mined,
English Channel.
September 30 - Trawler
COMET (R, 301t, 1924), sunk by mine off Falmouth.
September 30 - Yacht
SAPPHO (R, 387t), presumed torpedoed, Falmouth area.
October 1940
October 5 - Trawler
KINGSTON SAPPHIRE (R, 356t, 1929), sunk by Italian submarine torpedo, Straits of Gibraltar
October 7 - Drifter SCOTCH
THISTLE (R, 84t, 1913), grounded, Thames Estuary. Total
loss. Date given as 6th-7th
October 9 - Trawler SEA
KING (R, 321t, 1916), sunk by underwater explosion in
Grimsby Roads.
October 11 - Yacht AISHA
(R, 117t, 1934), believed mined, Thames Approaches.
October 12 - Trawler
RESOLVO (R, 231t, 1913), sunk by mine, Thames Estuary.
October 12 - Trawler
WARWICK DEEPING (350t, 1934), sunk by surface craft
torpedo, English Channel
October 13 - Drifter
SUMMER ROSE (R, 96t, 1919), mined off Sunderland.
October 13 - Tug DANUBE
111 (R, 234t, 1924), mined off Sheerness.
October 14 - Trawler LORD
STAMP (R, 448t, 1935), sunk by mine, English Channel.
October 15 - Drifter APPLE TREE (R, 84t,
1907), sunk in collision, Oban harbour.
October 16 - Minesweeper
DUNDALK (710t, 1919), mined off Harwich, SE England
October 16 - Motor torpedo
boat MTB No.106 (June 1940), mined, Thames Estuary, SE
England
October 18 - Trawler
KINGSTON CAIRNGORM (R, 448t, 1935), sunk by mine, English
Channel.
October 19 - Destroyer
VENETIA (1,090t, 1917), sunk by mine, Thames Estuary, SE
England
October 19 - Trawler VELIA
(R, 290T, 1914), sunk, presumed mined, Harwich Area.
October 21 - Motor torpedo
boat MTB No.17 (18t, 1939), probably mined, off Ostend,
Belgium
October 21 - Trawler
HICKORY (505t, 19/4/40), sunk by mine, English Channel.
October 21 - Trawler
WAVEFLOWER (550t, 1929), sunk by mine off Aldeburgh,
Suffolk
October 22 - Trawler
JOSEPH BUTTON (R, 290t, 1918), sunk by mine off
Aldeburgh, Suffolk.
October 25 - Drifter
DUTHIES (R, 89t, 1914), sunk by aircraft at Montrose
October 25 - Trawler LORD
INCHCAPE (R, 338t, 1924), sunk by mine off Plymouth, later
salvaged.
October 27 - Drifter
PERSEVERE (R, 19t, 1937), mined, Firth of Forth .
October 27 - Submarine
H-49 (410t, 1919), lost, depth-charged off Dutch Coast,
German A/S surface craft. Formally paid off.
October 28 - Drifter
HARVEST GLEANER (R, 96t, 1918), sunk by aircraft E coast
of England.
October 30 - Destroyer
STURDY (905t, 1919), wrecked, Tiree Island, W Scotland
October 30 - Motor launch
ML No.109 (57t, August 1940), mined, off Humber
October 30 - Tug SEAGEM
(R, 92t, 1939), missing, presumed lost. Date approx.
October 31 - Gate Vessel
PLACIDAS FAROULT (R, 136t, 1927), cause and place unknown.
Date given as 30th-31st
October 31 - Motor torpedo
boat MTB No.16 (18t, 1939), mined, Thames Estuary
November 1940
November 1 - Drifter
TORBAY II (R, 83t, 1910), sunk by aircraft off Dover.
November 1 - Trawler
RINOVA (R, 499t, 1931), sunk by mine off Falmouth.
November 1 - Trawler
TILBURY NESS (R, 279t, 1918), sunk by aircraft, Thames
Estuary.
November 2 - Drifter
GOODWILL (R, 28t), sunk.
November 6 - Whaler SEVRA
(R, 953t, 1929), mined off Falmouth, SW England
November 7 - Drifter REED
(R, 99t, 1911), mined, Thames Estuary, SE England
November 7 - Trawler
WILLIAM WESNEY (R, 364t, 1930), sunk by mine off
Orfordness.
November 8 - Tug MURIA (R,
192t, 1914), sunk by mine off N Foreland, SE England
November 8 - Whaler A.N. 2
(R, 921t, 1926), mined off Falmouth, SW England
November 10 - Boom defence
vessel MARCELLE (R, 64t, 1923), mined, Bristol Channel.
November 10 - Trawler
KINGSTON ALALITE (550t, 1933), sunk by mine off Plymouth.
November 11 - Trawler
STELLA ORION (R, 417t, 1935), mined, Thames Estuary.
November 14 - Boom defence
vessel RISTANGO (R, 178t, 1913), fouled Medway boom,
Sheerness.
November 14 - Drifter
SHIPMATES (R, 82t, 1911), sunk by aircraft, Dover Harbour.
November 14 - Drifter THE
BOYS (R, 93, 1914), sunk in heavy weather in Downs, SE
England.
November 15 - Trawler
DUNGENESS (R, 263t, 1914), bombed and total loss off
Haisborough, Norfolk.
November 15 - Tug
GUARDSMAN (R, 102t, 1905), sunk by mine off N Foreland,
SE England
November 16 - Trawler
ARSENAL (530t, 1933), sunk in collision off Clyde,
Scotland
November 16 - Submarine
SWORDFISH (640t, 1932), lost, off Ushant, cause unknown.
November 18 - Drifter GO
AHEAD (R, 100t, 1919), sunk in collision, Sheerness, SE
England
November 19 - Trawler
FONTENOY (R, 376t, 1918), sunk by aircraft off Lowestoft,
E England
November 21 - Drifter XMAS
ROSE (R, 96t, 1918), mined, Thames Estuary, SE England
November 22 - Motor launch
ML No.127 (65t, 7th Nov 1940), mined, Thames Estuary
November 22 - Trawler
ETHEL TAYLOR (R, 276t, 1917), mined off Tyne.
November 24 - Trawler
AMETHYST (627t, 1934), sunk by mine, Thames Estuary
November 24 - Yacht GAEL
(R, 101t, 1904), mined, entrance to Humber.
November 25 - Motor launch
ML No.111 (57t, July 1940), presumed mined, off Humber
November 25 - Trawler
CONQUISTADOR (R, 224t, 1915), sunk in collision. Thames
Estuary.
November 25 - Trawler
KENNYMORE (R, 325t, 1914), mined, Thames Estuary.
November 27 - Minelayer
PORT NAPIER (R, 9,600t, 1940), lost by fire, Loch Alsh, W
Scotland
November 27 - Trawler ELK
(R, 181t, 1902), mined at Plymouth.
November 28 - Trawler MANX
PRINCE (R, 221t, 1910), mined, entrance to Humber.
November 29 - Drifter
YOUNG FISHERMAN (R, 95t, 1914), grounded, Oban, W
Scotland. Total loss
November 29 - Trawler
CALVERTON (R, 214t, 1913), mined, entrance to Humber.
November 30 - Trawler
CHESTNUT (505t, 21/5/40), sunk by mine off N Foreland,
Kent.
December 1940
December 4 - Special
service vessel EMPIRE SEAMAN (1,927t, 1922), sunk, cause
unknown.
December 7 - Guardship
LORMONT (R, 1,561t, 1927), sunk in collision off Humber.
December 7 - Trawler
CAPRICORNUS (R, 219t, 1917), sunk by mine off S. E.
England.
December 7 - Trawler
CORTINA (R, 213t, 1913), sunk in collision off Humber.
December 17 - Boom defence
vessel THOMAS CONNOLLY (R, 290t, 1918), sunk by mine,
Sheerness.
December 17 - Destroyer
ACHERON ( 1,350t, 1931), sunk by mine off Isle of Wight, S
England
December 17 - Drifter
CARRY N (R, 93t, 1919), mined, Sheerness.
December 18 - Trawler
REFUNDO (R, 338t, 1917), sunk by mine off Harwich.
December 19 - Drifter
PROFICIENT (R, 57t), grounded Whitby, Yorkshire. Total
loss.
December 21 - Landing
craft personnel (Large) LCP(L) No.30 (8-11t), lost in air
raid on Liverpool. Date given as 20th-21st
December 24 - Drifter LORD
HOWARD (R, 98t, 1917), collision, Dover harbour
December 24 - Trawler
PELTON (R, 358t, 1925), sunk by E-boat off Yarmouth.
December 25 - Minesweeper
MERCURY (R, 621t, 1934), damaged by own mine, S of Ireland
December 26 - Drifter TRUE
ACCORD (R, 92t, 1921), collision, Yarmouth Area.
December 26 - Motor
attendant craft No 5 (1936), presumed mined, off NE
Gunfleet
1941
Landing craft mechanised
(MkI) LCM No.1 (30-37t), sunk in Home waters
Landing craft personnel
(Large) LCP(L) No.24-27, 38, 82 (total 6, 8-11t each), lost in Home waters.
January 1941
January 3 - Drifter NEW
SPRAY (R, 70t, 1912), lost in gale off Sheerness.
January 9 - Drifter DUSKY
QUEEN (R, 40t, 1920), grounded Dover Straits. Constructive
total loss
January 11 - Drifter
UBEROUS (R, 92t, 1918), grounded off Londonderry, N
Ireland
January 16 - Trawler
DESIREE (R, 213t, 1912), mined, Thames Estuary.
January 20 - Trawler
RELONZO (R, 245t, 1914), mined, Crosby Channel, Liverpool.
January 22 - Trawler LUDA
LADY (R, 234t, 1914), mined, Humber area.
January 22 - Tug ST CYRUS
(810t, 1919), mined off Humber.
January 27 - Trawler
DAROGAH (R, 221t, 1914), mined, Thames Estuary.
February 1941
February 2 - Trawler
ALMOND (505t, 20/8/40), mined off Falmouth.
February 3 - Drifter MIDAS
(R, 89t,1910), collision off Dungeness
February 3 - Motor gun
boat MGB No.12 (31, 10/8/40), mined, Milford Haven
February 3 - Trawler
ARCTIC TRAPPER (R, 352t, 1928), sunk by aircraft off
Ramsgate.
February 4 - Drifter IMBAT
(R, 92t, 1918), collision, Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands
February 5 - Special
service vessel MINNIE DE LARINAGA (5,046, 1914), sunk as
blockship at Dover
February 5 - Trawler
TOURMALINE (641t, 1935), sunk by aircraft, off N Foreland, Kent.
February 10 - Drifter BOY
ALAN (R, 109t, 1914), collision, Thames Estuary
February 12 - Submarine
SNAPPER (670t, 1935), lost, Bay of Biscay. Formally paid
off.
February 14 - Motor
torpedo boat MTB No.41 (33t, 7/11/40), mined, North Sea.
February 16 - Trawler
ORMONDE (R, 250t, 1906), sunk by aircraft off E coast of
Scotland.
February 16 - Minesweeper
SOUTHSEA (R, 825t, 1930), mined and beached off Tyne. Constructive total loss
February 21 - Trawler
LINCOLN CITY (R, 398t, 1933), sunk by aircraft, Faroe
Islands.
February 25 - Escort
destroyer EXMOOR (1,000t, 1/11/40), sunk by explosion,
presumed E-boat torpedo off Lowestoft, E England
February 27 - Trawler
REMILLO (R, 266t, 1917), mined, Humber
March 1941
March 1 - Trawler ST.
DONATS (R, 349t, 1924), collision off Humber.
March 6 - Trawler KERYADO
(R, 252t, 1920), mined, English Channel.
March 7 - Motor torpedo
boat MTB No.28 (37t, 10/7/40), lost by fire.
March 9 - Trawler GULLF0SS
(730t, 1929), mined, English Channel.
March 14 - Collier
BELHAVEN (R, 1,498t, 1921), bombed during air raid on
Clyde, Scotland. Date given as 13th-14th. Later salvaged.
March 16 - Trawler LADY
LILIAN (R, 581t, 1939), sunk by aircraft, W of Ireland
March 17 - Yacht MOLLUSC
(R, 597t, 1906), sunk by aircraft off Blyth,
Northumberland.
March 20 - Auxiliary
anti-aircraft ship HELVELLYN (R, 642t, 1937), sunk by
aircraft, London Docks
March 20 - Drifter
GLOAMING (R, 21t, 1928), mined off Humber.
March 20 - Trawler DOX (R,
35t, 1931), sunk by enemy action, Plymouth, SW England.
March 21 - Trawler ASAMA
(R, 303t, 1929), sunk by aircraft in Plymouth.
March 24 - Yacht WILNA (R,
461t, 1939), abandoned after aircraft attack, Portsmouth.
March 31 - Trawler LORD
SELBORNE (R, 247t, 1917), mined, Humber.
April 1941
April 2 - Trawler CRAMOND
ISLAND (R, 180t, 1910), sunk by aircraft off St. Abb's
Head, E Scotland
April 3 - Drifter BAHRAM
(R, 72t, 1924), mined in Humber Estuary
April 3 - Trawler FORTUNA
(R, 259t, 1906), sunk by aircraft off St. Abb's Head, E
Scotland. Date given as 2nd-3rd
April 6 - Yacht TORRENT
(R, 336t, 1930), mined off Falmouth.
April 7 - Trawler ROCHE
BONNE (R, 258t, 1913), sunk by aircraft off the Lizard,
Cornwall.
April 9 - Drifter D'ARCY
COOPER (R, 126t, 1928), sunk by aircraft, Harwich
April 9 - Minesweeper
MARMION (R, 409t, 1906), sunk by aircraft at Harwich.
Salvaged, but constructive total loss
April 11 - Boom defence
vessel OTHELLO (R, 201t, 1907), mined, Humber.
April 11 - Yacht YORKSHIRE
BELLE (R, 56t, 1938), mined, Humber entrance.
April 12 - Drifter RYPA
(R, 31t), sunk Loch Ewe, W Scotland
April 18 - Drifter YOUNG
ERNIE (R, 88t, 1924), collision off Tyne.
April 19 - Trawler KOPANES
(R, 351t, 1915), sunk by aircraft off Tyne.
April 20 - Trawler TOPAZE
(608t, 1935), collision off Clyde.
April 27 - Auxiliary
fighter ship PATIA (R, 5,355t, 1922), sunk by aircraft off
Northumberland.
April 28 - Trawler
CAROLINE (R, 253t, 1930), mined off Milford Haven.
April 30 - Tug PEUPLIER
(R), sunk, Plymouth area, SW England. Date given as
29th-30th
May 1941
May - Landing craft
personnel (Large) LCP(L) No.107-109 (total 3, 8-11t each), lost in Home waters in transit from USA
May 1 - Balloon Barrage
vessel SATURNUS (R, 200t, 1935), wrecked, Isle of Man. Constructive total loss
May 1 - Trawler JEAN
FREDERIC (R, 329t, 1919), sunk by aircraft off Start
Point, English Channel.
May 2 - Yacht NYULA (R,
48t,1936), collision off Tyne.
May 3 - Trawler ALBERIC
(R, 286t, 1910), sunk in collision off Scapa, Orkneys.
May 4 - Trawler BEN GAIRN
(R, 234t, 1916), sunk by parachute mine, Lowestoft.
May 4 - Trawler VAN ORLEY
(R, 352t, 1927), sunk by air attack, Liverpool, NW
England. Raised and declared a constructive total Ioss
May 4 - Minesweeper FERMOY
(710t, 1919), sunk by aircraft bombs in dock at Malta.
May 5 - Special service
vessel FIDELIA (147t, 1891), sunk by aircraft, Lowestoft
harbour
May 7 - Drifter GOWAN HILL
(R, 96t, 1920), sunk by aircraft, Greenock.
May 7 - Trawler SUSARION
(R, 260t,1917), sunk by aircraft off Humber.
May 8 - Drifter THISTLE
(R, 79t, 1904), mined off Lowestoft.
May 8 - Drifter UBERTY (R,
93t, 1912), sunk by aircraft off Lowestoft.
May 8 - Trawler SILICIA
(R, 250t, 1913), mined off Humber.
May 8 - Yacht VIVA 11 (R,
521t, 1929), sunk by aircraft off N coast of Cornwall.
May 9 - Mine destructor
vessel QUEENWORTH (3,010t, 1925), sunk by aircraft, North
Sea.
May 11 - Accomodation ship
GYPSY (R, 261t), sunk at Tower Pier, London during air
raid
May 14 - Drifter M.A. WEST
(R, 96t, 1919), sunk by aircraft off Norfolk Coast.
May 18 - Drifter JEWEL (R,
84t, 1908), mined off Belfast Lough.
May 19 - Minesweeper CITY
OF ROCHESTER (194t, 1904), sunk by aerial mine, Chatham,
SE England.
May 19 - Yacht SEA ANGLER
(R, 33t), destroyed by fire, Plymouth area, SW England.
May 27 - Trawler EVESHAM
(R, 239t, 1925), sunk by aircraft off Yarmouth, Norfolk.
June 1941
June - Motor gun boat MGB
No.98, lost in air raid on coastal forces base HMS Hornet
June 5 - Trawler ASH
(505t, 6/5/40), mined, Thames Estuary.
June 7 - Examination
vessel No.10 (R, 281t), mined off entrance to Milford
Haven, SW Wales
June 8 - Drifter COR JESU
(R, 97t, 1931), sunk in air attack of Alnmouth,
Northumberland.
June 10 - Sloop PINTAIL
(580t, 1939), mined off Humber.
June 13 - Gate vessel KING
HENRY (R, 162t, 1900), sunk by aircraft off Lowestoft.
June 20 - Trawler RESMILO
(R, 258t, 1917), sunk by aircraft at Peterhead, E.
Scotland.
June 22 - Trawler BEECH
(540t, 1929), sunk by aircraft in Scrabster, N Scotland.
June 23 - Trawler NOGI (R,
299t, 1923), sunk by aircraft off Norfolk.
June 26 - Trawler TRANlO
(R, 275t, 1918), in tow and sunk by aircraft bombs, North
Sea.
June 27 - Trawler FORCE
(R, 324t, 1917), sunk by aircraft off Yarmouth, Norfolk.
July 1941
July - Landing craft
assault LCA No.119 (11-13.5t), sunk in Home waters. Date
reported
July 1 - Drifter DEVON
COUNTY (R, 86t, 1910), mined, Thames Estuary
July 3 - Drifter RECEPTIVE
(R, 86t, 1913), mined, Thames Estuary.
July 4 - Trawler AKRANES
(R, 358t, 1929), sunk by aircraft Bridlington Bay,
Yorkshire.
July 5 - Minesweeper
SNAEFELL (R, 466t, 1907), sunk by aircraft, Tyne Area.
July 6 - Motor gun boat
MGB No.90 (33t), destroyed by fire, Portland harbour
July 6 - Motor gun boat
MGB No.92 (33t), destroyed by fire, Portland harbour
July 7 - Drifter LORD ST.
VINCENT (R, 115t, 1929), mined, Thames Estuary
July 15 - Raiding craft
carrier, later designated LCP(L) PRINCE PHILIPPE (R,
2,938t, 1939), sunk in collision off W. Scotland
July 17 - Drifter FERTILE
VALE (R, 97t, 1917), collision off River Tay, E Scotland.
July 19 - Submarine UMPIRE
(540t, 10/7/41), rammed and sunk by trawler North Sea,
off the Wash.
August 1941
August - Landing craft
tank (MkI) LCT No.5 (372t), lost in Home waters. Date
reported
August 6 - Trawler AGATE
(627t, 1934), grounded off Cromer Norfolk. Total loss
August 7 - Motor
Minesweeper MMS No.39 (226t, 26/4/41), mined and sunk,
Thames Estuary
August 9 - Motor gun boat
MGB No.62 (28t, 31/12/40), lost in collision, North Sea.
August 12 - Landing craft
tank (MkI) LCT No.14 (372t), lost in Home waters
August 22 - Netlayer
TONBRIDGE (R, 683t, 1924), sunk by aircraft off Yarmouth.
Norfolk.
August 24 - Whaler KOS XVI
(R, 258t, 1932), collision, North Sea.
September 1941
September 6 - Trawler
BRORA (530t, 4/6/41), grounded Hebrides, W Scotland. Total loss
September 6 - Trawler
STRATHBORNE (R, 216t, 1930), mined off Humber.
September 8 - Mine
destructor vessel CORFIELD (3,000t, 1937), sunk by mine
explosion off Humber.
September 10 - Drifter
CHRISTINE ROSE (R), grounded, Knap Rock, Argyll, W
Scotland.
September 20 - Trawler
MARCONI (R, 322t, 1916), lost in collision off Harwich.
September 22 - Motor
launch ML No.144 (73t, 12/11/40), mined, English Channel.
September 30 - Trawler
EILEEN DUNCAN (R, 223t, 1910), sunk by aircraft, N
Shields.
September 30 - Trawler
STAR OF DEVERON (R, 220t, 1915), sunk by aircraft, N
Shields.
October 1941
October 10 - Landing craft
tank (MkII) LCT No.102, 103 (total 2, 450t each), lost in
Home waters
October 11 - Motor launch
ML No.288 (73t, 19/8/41), heavy weather off Hartlepool.
October 14 - Drifter
FORERUNNER (R, 92t, 1911), collision, Thames Estuary. Constructive total loss
October 18 - Tug ASSURANCE
(675t, 28/9/40), grounded Lough Foyle, N Ireland. Total loss
October 22 - Trawler ALDER
(560t, 1929), grounded E Scotland. Total loss
October 24 - Trawler
EMILION (R, 201t, 1914), mined, Thames Estuary.
November 1941
November - Landing craft
tank (MkII) LCT No.110, 143 (total 2, 450t each), lost in
Home waters
November 4 - Landing craft
tank (MkII) LCT No.105, 109 (total 2, 450t each), lost in
Home waters
November 6 - Trawler
FLOTTA (530t, 11/6/41), grounded on 29th October off
Buchan Ness, E Scotland and foundered.
November 8 - Drifter
MONARDA (R, 109t, 1916), foundered, Thames Estuary.
November 9 - Drifter BOY
ANDREW (R, 97t, 1918), collision, Firth of Forth, E
Scotland.
November 9 - Tug LETTIE
(R, 89t, 1914), sunk, cause unknown, off St. Abb's Head, E
Scotland.
November 11 - Drifter BLIA
(ex-Norwegian MFV, R, 1936), presumed lost. (Norwegian vessel, working
with British SIS)
November 12 - Trawler
FRANCOLIN (R, 322t, 1916), sunk by aircraft off Cromer,
Norfolk.
November 15 - Drifter
HARMONY (R, 24t), collision off Invergordon, NE Scotland.
November 19 - Special
service vessel NORSJOEN (R), wrecked on enemy coast. (Norwegian vessel,
working with British SIS)
November 20 - Tanker/oiler
WAR MEHTAR (5,502, 1920), torpedoed off Yarmouth.
November 21 - Drifter
ROWAN TREE (R, 91t, 1917), grounded and capsized, entrance
to Lowestoft harbour
November 21 - Motor launch
ML No.219 (73t, 17/5/41), grounded off Stornoway, NW
Scotland. Constructive total loss.
November 22 - Trawler ST.
APOLLO (R, 580t, 1940), collision off Hebrides, W
Scotland.
November 25 - Drifter
FISHER GIRL (R, 85t, 1914), sunk by aircraft, Falmouth Harbour.
December 1941
December - Special service
vessel NORSEMANN (R), cause and place unknown. (Norwegian vessel,
working with British SIS)
December - Landing craft
personnel (Large) LCP(L) No.193, 194 (total 2, 8-11t
each), lost overboard through heavy weather in Home waters
December 8 - Trawler
MILFORD EARL (R, 290t, 1919), sunk by aircraft off E coast
of Scotland
December 8 - Trawler
PHINEAS BEARD (R, 278t, 1918), sunk by aircraft off E
coast of Scotland
December 14 - Motor
anti-submarine boat No.30 (23t, 18/8/41), fouled boom
and sank, Humber.
December 23 - Drifter
FISKAREN (R), collision, Belfast, N Ireland.
December 23 - Drifter
TOKEN (R, 89t, 1914), grounded, Skerry Sound, Orkney
Islands, broke up in gale.
December 24 - Submarine
H-31 (410t, 1919), presumed mined, Bay of Biscay
December 26 - Trawler
HENRIETTE (R, 261t, 1936), mined off Humber.
1942
January 1942
January - Harbour duty
vessel NYKEN (R, 111t), damaged, W Scotland area. Constructive total loss
January 4 - Yacht SONA
(519t, 1922), sunk by aircraft during attack on Poole,
Dorset, S England
January 9 - Destroyer
VIMIERA (1,090t, 1917), sunk by mine, Thames Estuary
January 16 - Trawler
IRVANA (R, 276t, 1917), sunk by aircraft off Yarmouth,
Norfolk
January 17 - Motor torpedo
boat MTB No.47 (33t, 8/7/41), sunk in action with surface
craft off Gris Nez, NE France.
January 30 - Trawler LOCH
ALSH (R, 358t, 1926), sunk by aircraft, Humber Area
January 31 - Drifter
UNICITY (R, 96 t, 1919), capsized and sank on sweeping
duties off Blyth
February 1942
February 2 - Trawler CAPE
SPARTEL (R, 346t, 1929), sunk by aircraft, Humber Area.
February 2 - Trawler
CLOUGHTON WYKE (R, 324t, 1918), sunk by aircraft, Humber
Area
February 13 - Motor
Minesweeper MMS No.180 (226t, 29/1/42), rammed in convoy,
sank off Tyne.
February 18 - Trawler
BOTANIC (670t, 1923), sunk by aircraft bombs, North Sea
February 18 - Trawler
WARLAND (406t), sunk by aircraft bombs, North Sea
March 1942
March - Landing craft
personnel (Large) LCP(L) No.117 (8-11t), lost in Home
waters.
March 12 - Fleet Air Arm
target vessel ST BRIAC (R, 2,312t, 1924), sunk by mine,
off Aberdeen, E Scotland
March 15 - Destroyer
VORTIGERN (1,090t, 1918), sunk by E-boat torpedo off
Cromer, E England
March 17 - Tug ADEPT
(700t, March 1942), grounded, total loss, Hebrides, W
Scotland
March 27 - Distilling ship
STAGHOUND (R, 468t, 1894), sunk by aircraft bombs,
Torquay. Subsequently salved
March 28 - Destroyer
CAMPBELTOWN (1,090t, 1919), sunk as explosion vessel at St
Nazaire
March 28 - Motor gun boat
MGB No.314 (67t, 26/6/41), damaged in action and sunk by
own forces at St. Nazaire
March 28 - Motor launch ML
No.156 (73t, 18/12/40), damaged in action and sunk by own
forces at St. Nazaire
March 28 - Motor launch ML
No.177 (73t, 12/40), missing, presumed sunk at St Nazaire
March 28 - Motor launch ML
No.192 (Free French Navy, 73t, I/8/41) French Force), missing, presumed sunk at St Nazaire
March 28 - Motor launch ML
No.262 (Free French Navy, 73t, 18/6/41), missing, presumed
sunk at St Nazaire
March 28 - Motor launch ML
No.268 (Free French Navy, 73t, 17/7/41), missing, presumed
sunk, at St Nazaire, W France
March 28 - Motor launch ML
No.270 (73t, 26/6/41), damaged in action and sunk by own
forces at St. Nazaire
March 28 - Motor launch ML
No.298 (73t, 21/11/41), missing, presumed sunk, at St
Nazaire, W France
March 28 - Motor launch ML
No.306 (73t, 18/12/41), missing, presumed sunk, at St
Nazaire, W France
March 28 - Motor launch ML
No.446 (73t, 21/11/41), damaged in action and sunk by own
forces at St. Nazaire
March 28 - Motor launch ML
No.457 (73t, 21/11/41), sunk in action, St. Nazaire.
March 28 - Motor torpedo
boat MTB No.74 (33t, 17/12/41), lost after leaving St.
Nazaire, W France. Date approximate
March 28 - Motor launch ML
No.267 (Free French Navy, 73t, 25/7/41), missing, presumed
sunk, at St Nazaire, W France
March 28 - Motor launch ML
No.447 (73t, 8/1/42) .Sunk in action, St. Nazaire.
April 1942
April - Landing craft
assault LCA No.211 (11-13.5t), lost in Home waters
April 1 - Trawler SOLOMON
(R, 357t, 1923), mined, N of Cromer.
April 10 - Landing craft
assault LCA No.166 (11-13.5t), lost in Home waters
April 13 - Trawler LORD
SNOWDON (R, 444t, 1934), collision off Falmouth.
April 25 - Boom defence
vessel CHORLEY (R, 284t, 1914), foundered off Start Point,
Devon
April 25 - Degaussing ship
DAISY (R, 50t, 1902), lost in heavy weather at Greenock
May 1942
May - Special service
vessel MARS (R, 1938), reported lost in May, cause and
place unknown. (Norwegian vessel, working with British SIS)
May 2 - Special service
vessel FREYA I (R, 1934), cause and place unknown. (Norwegian vessel,
working with British SIS)
May 6 - Motor launch ML
No.160 (73t, 27/12/40), sunk by aircraft bombs, Brixham, S
Devon.
May 12 - Trawler BEN ARDNA
(R, 226t, 1927), collision, Tyne Area.
May 13 - Motor torpedo
boat MTB No.220 (35t, 30/7/41), sunk in action with E-boat
off Ambleteuse, NE France
May 27 - Minesweeper
FITZROY (800t, 1919), mined off Yarmouth.
June 1942
June - Landing craft
assault LCA No.138 (11-13.5t), lost in Home waters
June 8 - Drifter CATHERINE
(R, 78t, 1914), foundered, Scapa Flow area, Orkneys
June 15 - Motor torpedo
boat MTB No.201 (38t, 27/11/41), sunk in action with
surface craft, Dover Straits, English Channel
June 16 - Trawler TRANQUIL
(R, 294t, 1912), collision off Deal.
June 19 Steam gun boat No.
7 (135t, 11/3/42), sunk in action with surface craft,
English Channel.
July 1942
July 5 - Trawler SWORD
DANCE (530t, 20/1/41), collision, Moray Firth, E Scotland.
July 9 - Boom defence
vessel TUNISIAN (R, 238t, 1930), mined, Harwich area
July 9 - Trawler MANOR (R,
314t, 1913), sunk during E-boat attack, English Channel.
July 10 - Landing craft
personnel (Large) LCP(L) No.93 (8-11t), destroyed by fire
at Shoreham, S England
July 12 - Motor
Minesweeper MMS No.174 (226t, 6/7/42), sunk in aircraft
attack, Brixham, Devon. Later salvaged
July 21 - Motor gun boat
MGB No.328 (67t, 13/10/41), lost during attack on enemy
convoy, Dover Straits.
July 24 - Motor gun boat
MGB No.601 (85t, 9/3/42), sunk by enemy action, Dover
Straits.
July 27 - Motor gun boat
MGB No.501 (19/5/42) Internal explosion off Lands End,
Cornwall
August 1942
August - Landing craft
personnel (Ramped) LCP(R) No.1008 (9-11t), damaged and
sunk in heavy weather in Home waters
August - Landing craft
personnel (Ramped) LCP(R) No.1012 (9-11t), sunk in
collision in Home waters
August 7 - Motor torpedo
boat MTB No.44 (33t. 1/4/41), sunk in action with surface
craft, Dover Straits, English Channel
August 7 - Motor torpedo
boat MTB No.237 (38t, 18/6/42), sunk after action with
surface craft off Barfleur, France.
August 13 - Drifter
INTREPIDE (R), sunk by aircraft off Salcombe
August 13 - Trawler PIERRE
DESCELLIERS (R, 153t, 1933), sunk by aircraft bombs off
Salcombe
August 18 - Motor torpedo
boat MTB No.43 (33t, 13/1/41), sunk by surface craft off
Gravelines, NE France.
August 18 - Motor torpedo
boat MTB No.218 (35t, 9/6/41), sunk by surface craft and
mine, Dover Straits.
August 19 - Drifter GOLDEN
SUNBEAM (R, 84t, 1920), sunk by collision off Dungeness,
English Channel
August 19 - Escort
destroyer BERKELEY (1,000t, 6/6/40), sunk by aircraft
during operations at Dieppe
August 19 - Landing craft
assault LCA No.37 52, 92, 94. 97, 102, 192, 209, 214,
215, 237, 247, 251, 262, 284, 314, 317 (total 17,
11-13.5t each), lost in Operation Jubilee, Dieppe Raid
August 19 - Landing craft
flak (MkII) LCF No.2 (500-540 tons), lost in Operation
Jubilee, Dieppe Raid
August 19 - Landing craft
mechanised (MkI) LCM No.56 (30-37t), lost in Operation
Jubilee, Dieppe Raid
August 19 - Landing craft
personnel (Large) LCP(L) No.42, 45, 8I, 157, 164, 174,
210, 212 (total 8, 8-11t each), lost in Operation Jubilee,
Dieppe Raid
August 19 - Landing craft
support (Medium) (MkI) LCS(M) No.9 (9-11t), lost in
Operation Jubilee, Dieppe Raid
August 19 - Landing craft
tank (MkII) LCT No.121, 124, 126, 145, 159 (total 5,
450-453t each), lost in Operation Jubilee, Dieppe Raid
August 24 - Motor launch
ML No.103 (57t, 28/6/40), mined, Dover Straits, English
Channel
September 1942
September 2 - Landing
craft personnel (Large) LCP(L) No.83 (8-11t), lost by fire
at Newhaven, S England
September 11 - Motor gun
boat MGB No.335 (67t, 3/10/41), set on fire in action with
surface craft, North Sea, seriously damaged. Date given
as 10th-11th
September 12 - Landing
craft vehicle LCV No.597 (10-11t), lost in Home waters.
September 15 - Landing
craft personnel (Ramped) LCP(R) No.617 (9-11t), sunk in
Home waters
September 17 - Trawler
Water FLY (R, 387t, 1931), sunk by aircraft off Dungeness
September 18 - Collier
FERNWOOD (R, 1,892t, 1923), sunk by aircraft, Dartmouth.
Subsequently salved
September 19 - Landing
barge No.332, 362 (total 2, BB 150t type), sunk by
aircraft near Salcombe, S England
September 21 - Tug ST
OLAVES (R, 468t, 1919), grounded, total loss, off
Duncansby Head, NE Scotland
September 24 - Landing
craft personnel (Ramped) LCP(R) No.622 (9-11t), sunk in
Home waters
September 25 - Landing
craft vehicle LCV No.798 (10-11t), lost in Home waters
September 30 - Motor gun
boat MGB No.18 (30t, 22/5/41), sunk by surface craft
gunfire off Terschelling, Holland.
October 1942
October - Landing craft
mechanised (MkI) LCM No.31 (30-37t), lost in Home waters.
Date reported
October 2 - Trawler LORD
STONEHAVEN (R, 444t, 1934), sunk during E-boat attack off
Eddystone, English Channel
October 3 - Motor gun boat
MGB No.78 (33t, 8/6/42), surface craft gunfire off
Holland, beached and abandoned. Date given as 2nd-3rd
October 6 - Motor gun boat
MGB No.76 (33t, 14/5/42), sunk by E-boat, North Sea.
October 6 - Motor torpedo
boat MTB No.29 (34t, 2/6/40), sunk after collision when in
action with E-boats, North Sea.
October 7 - Motor launch
ML No.339 (73t, 16/10/41), sunk by surface craft torpedo,
North Sea.
October 7 - Tug CAROLINE
MOLLER (R. 44t, 1919), torpedoed and sunk by E-boats,
North Sea
October 9 - Harbour duty
vessel RUBY (R, 46t, 1902), wrecked in gale, Scapa Flow,
Orkneys
October 11 - Yacht THALIA
(161t, 1904), collision Lymn of Lorne, W Scotland
October 16 - Trawler
INVERCLYDE (R, 215t, 1914), sunk in tow off Beachy Head
October 31 - Human
torpedo/Chariot No.6/VI (1.2t submerged, 8/9/42), lost in
attack on Tirpitz (Operation Title), Ofot Fiord, Norway
October 31 - Human
torpedo/Chariot No.8/VIII (1.2t submerged, 11/9/42), lost
in attack on Tirpitz (Operation Title), Ofot Fiord,
Norway
October 31 - Motor torpedo
boat MTB No.87 (38t, 12/6/42), mined, North Sea.
November 1942
November 6 - Landing craft
personnel (Large) LCP(L) No.209 (8-11t), lost in Seaford
Bay, S England
November 21 - Submarine
UNBEATEN (540t, 20/11/40), lost, possibly by own forces,
Bay of Biscay
November 29 - Trawler
ULLSWATER (555t, 15/11/39), sunk by E-boat, probably
torpedoed, EngIish Channel.
December 1942
December 1 - Trawler
JASPER (596t, 1932), sunk by E-boat torpedo, English
Channel
December 1 - Special
service vessel ARTHUR (R), cause and place unknown. (Norwegian vessel,
Chariot attack on Tirpitz)
December 3 - Escort
destroyer PENYLAN (1,050t, 31/ 8/42), sunk by E-boat torpedo, English Channel
December 11 - Ferry
service vessel SANDOY (R, 49t, 1940), lost, cause and
place unknown (Norwegian vessel, working with British SIS)
December 11 - Special
service vessel ASEL I (R, 10t, 1919), cause and place
unknown. (Norwegian vessel, working with British SIS)
December 13 - Landing
craft personnel (Ramped) LCP(R) No.578 (9-11t), lost at
Inveraray, W Scotland.
December 13 - Landing
craft vehicle LCV No.579 (10-11t), lost at Inverary, W
Scotland.
December 18 - Motor
torpedo boat MTB No.30 (34t, 11/7/40), mined, North Sea
1943
January 1943
January - Special service
vessel FEIOY(R), cause and place unknown. (Norwegian vessel, working
with British SIS)
January 4 - Whaler BODO
(R, 351t), mined off E Coast of Scotland
January 5 - Landing craft
personnel (Medium) LCP (M) No.17 (7t), lost off Isle of
Wight
January 12 - Trawler
KINGSTON JACINTH (R, 356t, 1929), mined off Portsmouth
January 15 - Landing craft
personnel (Large) LCP(L) No.80 (8-11t), broke adrift
during gale in Home water
February 1943
February 2 - Landing craft
tank (MkIII) LCT No.326 (625-649t), lost by weather or
mine off Isle of Man.
February 3 - Drifter
PREMIER (R, 14t, 1918), collided with No 10 Holme Hook
Buoy, Humber, E England and sunk
February 24 - Landing
craft tank (MkIII) LCT No.403 (625-649t), lost through
stress of weather off Barra Head, outer Hebrides
February 24 - Submarine
UREDD (On loan to R Norwegian Navy, 540t, 12/12/41), lost,
probably mined, Bodo area, Norway. Date approximate
February 24 - Submarine
VANDAL (540t, 20/2/43), lost by accident, Firth of Clyde,
W Scotland
February 25 - Landing
craft personnel (Large) LCP(L) No.87 (8-11t), lost in Home
waters
February 27 - Landing
craft tank (MkIII) LCT No.381 (625-649t), missing from
convoy after attack by E-boats, English Channel
February 27 - Trawler LORD
HAILSHAM (891t, 1934), sunk by E-boats, probably
torpedoed, English Channel
February 27 - Whaler
HARSTAD (R, 258t), sunk by E-boat, English Channel
February 28 - Motor gun
boat MGB No.79 (37t, 24/7/42), sunk in action with
surface craft, Hook of Holland area
March 1943
March 2 - Drifter UT
PROSIM (R, 91t, 1925), sunk by gunfire in Dover harbour
March 10 - Motor torpedo
boat MTB No.622 (95t, 10/42), sunk by surface craft in
attack on convoy off Terschelling, Holland
March 13 - Victualling
store ship MORAY (R, 206t, 1918), foundered off Milford
Haven, SW Wales
March 14 - Motor torpedo
boat MTB No.631 (Royal Norwegian Navy, 95t, 8/42), grounded during attack on ships in Norwegian Fiords
March 14 - Trawler MORAVIA
(R, 306t, 1917), mined, North Sea
March 15 - Landing craft
vehicle LCV No.584 (10-11t), sunk off Inellan, W Scotland
March 23 - Special service
vessel BERGHOLM (R, 50t, 1935), cause and place unknown. (Norwegian
vessel, working with British SIS)
March 27 - Escort carrier
DASHER (13,785t, 2/7/42), sunk, probably due to petrol
explosion, South of Cumbrae Island, W Scotland
March 30 - Special service
vessel BRATTHOLM (R, 50t, 1937), cause and place unknown. (Norwegian
vessel, working with British SIS)
March 31 - Trawler CAULONIA (R, 296t, 1912), ran aground and foundered, Rye
Bay, Sussex
April 1943
April 6 - Drifter GOLDEN
GIFT (R, 89t, 1910), sunk in collision in Oban Bay, W
Scotland
April 14 - Escort
destroyer ESKDALE (On loan to R Norwegian Navy, 1,050t,
31/7/42), sunk by E-boat torpedo off Lizard Head,
Cornwall, SW England
April 15 - Trawler ADONIS
(1,004t, 1915), sunk by E-boat torpedo off Lowestoft.
April 22 - Trawler HERRING
(590t, 15/4/43), sunk in collision, North Sea
April 25 - Landing craft
gun (Large) (MkIII) LCG(L) No.15 (627t), lost off Milford
Haven, SW Wales, in heavy weather.
April 26 - Drifter THORA
(R, 37t, 1930), fouled boom in bad weather, Grimsby,
England
April 26 - Landing craft
gun (Large) (MkIII) LCG(L) No.16 (627t), lost off Milford
Haven, SW Wales, in heavy weather.
May 1943
May - Dumb barges NELL
JESS (96t, 1902), wrecked, English Channel
May 11 - Motor launch ML
No.133 (75t, 12/12/40), lost by fire and explosion, W
Scotland
May 22 - Landing craft
vehicle LCV No.825 (10-11t), blew up during exercise off W
Scotland. Date given as 21st-22nd
May 29 - Motor gun boat
MGB No.110 (37t, 14/11/42), sunk in action with surface
craft in Dunkirk area
May 30 - Submarine UNTAMED
(540t, 14/4/43), failed to surface during exercises off Campbeltown, Scotland. Raised and renamed
Vitality
June 1943
June 6 - Yacht SARGASSO
(R, 223t, 1926), mined off Isle of Wight, England
July 1943
August 1943
August 5 - Trawler RED
GAUNTLET (R, 338t, 1930), sunk by E-boats, North Sea
August 8 - Motor gun boat
MGB No.64 (28t, 11/2/41), foundered on patrol in heavy
weather between England and Ostend. Subsequently salved
September 1943
September - Landing craft
support (Large) (MkI) LCS(L) No.201 (23t), lost in
collision, English Channel
September 5 - Motor launch
ML No.108 (66t, 4/7/40), mined, English Channel
September 9 - Submarine,
midget/Welman craft No.10 (2.4t submerged, 12/5/43), lost
by accident during exercises
September 17 - Submarine, midget/X-Craft
X-08 (29.8t submerged, 21/1/43), lost in attack on Tirpitz, Kaa Fiord, Alten Fiord,
Norway
September 21 - Trawler ZEE
MEEUW (R), sunk in collision, Gravesend Reach, Thames, SE
England
September 22 - Drifter
OCEAN RETRIEVER (R, 95t, 1912), mined, Thames Estuary, SE
England
September 22 - Submarine, midget/X-Craft
X-05 (29.8t submerged, 29/12/42), lost in attack on Tirpitz, Kaa Fiord, Alten Fiord,
Norway
September 22 - Submarine, midget/X-Craft
X-06 (29.8t submerged, 21/1/43), lost in attack on Tirpitz, Kaa Fiord, Alten Fiord,
Norway
September 22 - Submarine, midget/X-Craft
X-07 (29.8t submerged, 14/1/43), lost in attack on Tirpitz, Kaa Fiord, Alten Fiord,
Norway
September 23 - Drifter
GOLDEN EFFORT (R, 86t, 1914), sunk, cause unknown, off
Greenock, Scotland
September 25 - Trawler
DONNA NOOK (R, 307t, 1916), sunk in collision, North Sea
September 25 - Trawler
FRANC TIREUR (R, 314t, 1916), sunk by E-boat off Harwich,
E England
October 1943
October - Landing craft
mechanised (MkIII) LCM No.1165,1182 (total 2, 52t), lost
in Home waters. Date approximate.
October 3 - Submarine,
midget/X-Craft X-10 (29.8t submerged, 8/2/43), lost in
attack on Tirpitz, Kaa Fiord, Alten Fiord,
Norway
October 3 - Trawler MEROR
(R, 250t, 1905), mined, Humber area, E England
October 15 - Submarine,
midget/X-Craft X-09 (29.8t submerged, 29/1/43), lost in
attack on Tirpitz, Kaa Fiord, Alten Fiord,
Norway
October 16 - Motor torpedo
boat MTB No.356 (37t, 1/7/43), sunk by surface ships off
Holland
October 23 - Cruiser
CHARYBDIS (5,450t, 3/12/41), sunk by E-boat torpedoes,
English Channel
October 23 - Escort
destroyer LIMBOURNE (1,050t, 24/10/42), sunk by own forces
after damage by E-boat torpedoes, English Channel
October 23 - Landing craft
infantry (Large) LCI(L) No.309 (380-384t), sunk by
aircraft in Biscay area
October 25 - Trawler
WILLIAM STEPHEN (R, 935t, 1917), sunk by E-boat off
Cromer, E England
October 26 - Motor torpedo
boat MTB No.669 (95t, 29/4/43), sunk by surface craft off
Norwegian coast
November 1943
November 1 - Landing craft
vehicle (Personnel) LCV(P) No.1040 (10-13t), capsized off
Newhaven, S England after engine room flooding
November 4 - Motor torpedo
boat MTB No.606 (90t, 7/7/42), sunk by surface craft off
Hook of Holland. Date given as 3rd-4th
November 10 - Motor
torpedo boat MTB No.222 (Royal Netherlands Navy, 38t,
15/2/42), mined, North Sea. Date given as 9th-10th
November 10 - Motor
torpedo boat MTB No.230 (38t, 5/5/42), rammed by MTB 222
in action, North Sea. Date given as 9th-10th
November 14 - Landing
craft tank (MkIII) LCT No.333, 343, 385 (total 3,
625-640t), sunk in gale off Land's End, SW England
November 16 - Landing
craft tank (MkIII) LCT No.332 (625-640t), lost off Gijon,
N Spain, after engine failure
November 16 - Landing
craft tank (MkIII) LCT No.418 (625-640t), lost in gale off
NW France.
November 22 - Motor
torpedo boat MTB No.626 (Royal Norwegian Navy, 95t,
8/42), lost by fire, Lerwick, Shetland Islands
November 22 - Motor
torpedo boat MTB No.686 (95t, 9/6/43), lost by fire,
Lerwick, Shetland Islands
November 22 - Submarine,
midget/Welman craft No.45 (2.4t submerged, 2/9/43), lost
during attack on Bergen harbour, Norway
November 22 - Submarine,
midget/Welman craft No.46 (2.4t submerged, 2/9/43), lost
during attack on Bergen harbour, Norway
November 22 - Submarine,
midget/Welman craft No.47 (2.4t submerged, 2/9/43), lost
during attack on Bergen harbour, Norway
November 22 - Submarine,
midget/Welman craft No.48 (2.4t submerged, 2/9/43), lost
during attack on Bergen harbour, Norway
November 29 - Landing
craft assault LCA No.813 (11-13t), lost during exercise in
Home waters.
December 1943
December - Landing craft
assault LCA No.723 (11-13t), broke adrift from Hopetoun
II, Port Edgar. Date approximate
December 1 - Trawler
AVANTURINE (R, 296t, 1930), sunk by E-boats off Beachy
Head, S England
December 2 - Landing craft
assault LCA No.553 (11-13t), sunk in collision off
Southampton
December 8 - Landing craft
personnel (Large) LCP(L) No.136 (8-11t), caught fire and
blew up during exercises off Southampton, S England
December 19 - Landing
craft personnel (Ramped) LCP(R) No.753, 771, 795 (total
3, 9-11t each), lost during beaching exercises in Home
waters
December 20 - Landing
craft mechanised (MkI) LCM No.33 (30-37t), damaged beyond
repair in Home waters
December 21 - Landing
craft assault LCA No.645, 646 (total 2, 11-13t), lost in
heavy weather, English Channel
December 22 - Barrage
vessel BV-42 (270t, 1918), lost by explosion, Leith Docks,
E Scotland
December 22 - Human
torpedo/Chariot No.51/LII (1.2t submerged, 14/5/43), lost
in heavy weather in attack on Tirpitz,
Norwegian Fiords
December 22 - Human
torpedo/Chariot No.62/LVII (1.2t submerged, 29/6/43), lost in heavy weather in attack on Tirpitz,
Norwegian Fiords
December 22 - Landing
craft personnel (Small) LCP(S) No.116 (6t), lost during
exercises in Home waters
December 24 - Motor launch
ML No.1388 (40t, 25/11/43), grounded off Hartlepool
December 25 - Naval
auxiliary boat LILY, sunk in collision off Portland, S
England. Date given as 24th-25th
Possibly WESTERN EUROPE 1939-43
1939
September 14 - Ammunition
hulk LUCY BORCHARDT (1,850t, 1905), cause and place
unknown
September 15 - Ammunition
hulk CARLO (1,737t, 1911), cause and place unknown
September 15 - Ammunition
hulk MOURINO (2,165t, 1906), cause and place unknown
September 15 - Ammunition
hulk STANLARD (1,737t, 1912), cause and place unknown
September 29 - Ammunition
hulk DUNMORE HEAD (1,682t, 1898), cause and place unknown
1940
July - Landing craft
assault LCA No.6 (11-13.5t), cause and place unknown. Date
loss reported
1941
Landing craft support
(Medium) (MkI) LCS(M) No.1 (9-11t), unknown.
January 31 - Collier
BOTUSK (R, 3,092t, 1919), war cause.
February - Examination
vessel No.4 (R), sunk by enemy action.
March 20 - Drifter SOIZIK
(R), lost by enemy action, believed Europe.
March 22 - Tender CHABOOK
(R - tender to SHEBA), formally paid off
May 21 - Yacht HANYARDS
(R, 16t, 1931), cause and place unknown.
September 22 - Special
service vessel VITA (R), cause and place unknown.
October 21 - Tug HELEN
BARBARA, abandoned in sinking condition in heavy weather
December 1 - Small craft
DANEHILL (14t, 1933), formally paid off.
December 24 - Landing
craft assault LCA No.121 (11-13.5t), cause and place
unknown.
1942
Dumb barges CELT, COOLIE,
COSSACK, DERVISH, MAORI, MATABELE, ODESSA, PARTISAN,
PHILISTINE, REDRESS, RESPITE, REVENGE, VALENCIA, sunk for
boom defence purposes, believed in 1942
February 5 - Small craft
BOY PETER, lost by fire
February 11 - Drifter BOY
ROY (R, 20t), cause and place unknown
February 15 - Tug VAILLANT
(R, 58t), formally paid off
February 15 - Yacht SILVIA
(R), constructive total loss
March - Special service
vessel COLLINGDOC (1,780t, 1925), sunk as blockship
March 25 - Drifter
VICTORIA I (R), sunk by enemy action
March 29 - Motor torpedo
boat MTB No.215 (17t, 6/12/40), paid off, presumed lost.
April - Tug JTA.6 (R), constructive total loss
July 15 - Harbour duty
vessel CHRYSOLITE (R, 1934), lost, cause and place
unknown
July 16 - Special service
vessel JOKER (R), lost in tow, in heavy weather
September - Landing barge
No.382 (CC, 200t type), cause and place unknown
September 24 - Water
carrier KALGAH (R), cause and place unknown
October 2 - Dumb barge
DARTMOUTH (226t, 1923), sunk as blockship
November 6 - Motor gun
boat MGB No.19 (30t, 28/7/41), bombed and wrecked on
slipway.
November 18 - Drifter
WINSOME (R, 46t, 1902), sunk at Fairlie, total loss
November 20 - Landing
craft tank (MkII) LCT No.120 (450-453t), lost in heavy
weather.
November 29 - Motor launch
ML No.242 (73t, 28/5/41), gutted by fire.
November 29 - Trawler BEN
ROSSAL (R, 260t, 1929), sunk at moorings. Later salvaged
December - Special service
vessel SJO (R, 1938), cause and place unknown
December 28 - Balloon
Barrage vessel REIDAR (R, 1915), constructive total loss
December 28 - Drifter
LEGEND (R), cause and place unknown. Believed Scapa Flow
area
1943
January 1 - Motor torpedo
boat MTB No.105 (9t, 8/40), taken in tow and sunk by own
forces
January 16 - Boom defence vessel FABIOUS
(R, 230t deep), sunk
January 22 - Special
service vessel GUILDBORG (R), cause and place unknown
February 24 - Motor
torpedo boat MTB No.262 (32t), formally paid off
February 25 - Motor gun
boat MGB No.109 (37t, 30/9/42), mined and severely
damaged on the 7th. Formally paid off
April - Motor launch ML
No.1157 (40t, 30/12/42), lost in shipment
April - Motor launch ML
No.1212 (40t, 30/12/42), lost in shipment
May 13 - Water boat ISBJORN (R), sunk
August - Landing craft
personnel (Large) LCP(L) No.126 (8-11t), burnt out.
August 9 - Tug CORY BROS
(R, 38t), constructive total loss
August 14 - Drifter NORNES
(R, 1902), cause and place unknown. (believed Norwegian vessel, working
with British SIS)
September 9 - Drifter NOSS
HEAD (22t net), cause and place unknown
September 11 - Drifter
ROSA (R, 83t, 1908), cause and place unknown
September 16 - Drifter
NISR (R), cause and place unknown
September 22 - Drifter
BRAE FLETT (R, 54t Net, 1902), cause and place unknown
October 1 - Landing craft
tank (MkIII) LCT No.391 (625-649t), formally paid off.
Date approximate
October 30 - Drifter
CHANCELLOR (R, 24t, 1916), sunk in tow
November - Dumb barges
CLACTON (196t deep), cause and place unknown, date
approximate. Subsequently Salved
November - Dumb barges
FOUR (204t deep), cause and place unknown, date
approximate. Subsequently Salved
November - Dumb barges
GREENFINCH (218t deep), cause and place unknown, date
approximate. Subsequently Salved
November - Dumb barges
MONICA (233t deep), cause and place unknown, date
approximate. Subsequently Salved
November - Dumb barges SAN
FRANCISCO (241t deep), cause and place unknown, date
approximate. Subsequently Salved
November - Dumb barges
UTOPIA (226t deep), cause and place unknown, date
approximate. Subsequently Salved
November - Motor launch ML
No.1054 (40t, 6/11/41), total loss
November - Motor launch ML
No.1244 (40t, 20/8/43), lost on passage
November - Motor launch ML
No.1289 (40t, 2/7/43), lost on passage
November - Yacht ATTENDANT
(R, 357t, 1913), cause and place unknown. Date reported
November - Landing craft
personnel (Medium) LCP (M) No.14 (7t). Date reported
November 8 - Naval Servicing boat No.30
(8t, 1918), sunk
November 17 - Small
miscellaneous craft FOLIOT (33, 1905), sunk in collision
November 23 - Landing
craft tank (MkIII) LCT No.329 (625-640t), damaged beyond
economical repair.
December - Harbour duty
vessel ST ANNE (R, 37t), cause and place unknown
December 16 - Drifter ROSE
VALLEY (R, 100t, 1918), sunk in collision
December 18 - Water boat
CECIL (R), constructive total loss
December 24 - Motor
torpedo boat MTB No.357 (37t, 25/8/43), sunk accidentally
after damage by surface craft on the 23rd
December 31 - Motor launch
ML No.1121 (40t, 10/7/42), formally paid off
