1939
September 1939
September 10 - Submarine
OXLEY (1,350t, 1927), sunk by accident off Norway
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 17 - Aircraft
carrier
COURAGEOUS (22,500t, 1917, ex-cruiser, carrier
from 1928), sunk by U-boat torpedo W of Ireland
September 29 - Ammunition
hulk DUNMORE HEAD (1,682t, 1898), cause and place unknown
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 16 - Motor
torpedo boat MTB No.6 (18t, 1936), foundered in bad
weather off Sardinia, W Mediterranean
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 23 - Armed
merchant cruiser RAWALPINDI (R, 16,697t, 1925, AMC from
10/39), gunfire of German battlecruiser Scharnhorst SE of Iceland
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 blockships, date unknown
Special service vessel
JUNIATA (1,139t, 1918), sunk as blockships, date unknown
Special service vessel
LAKE NEUFCHATEL (3,859t, 1907), sunk as blockships, date
unknown
Special service vessel
LYCIA (3,338t, 1924), sunk as blockships, date unknown
Special service vessel
MARTIS (2,483t, 1894), sunk as blockships, date unknown
Special service vessel
MOYLE (1,761t, 1907), sunk as blockships, date unknown
January 1940
January 5 - Trawler
KINGSTON CORNELIAN (550T, 1934), collision, E of Gibraltar
Straits
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 Geman 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 BRADMAN
(R, 452t, 1937), sunk by aircraft, West Coast of Norway.
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 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,
and 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 GIRL
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 - Landing craft
assault LCA No.16 (11-13.5t), 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 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 off Dunkirk,
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 7 - Armed merchant
cruiser CARINTHIA (R, 20,277t, 1925, AMC from 1/40), sunk
by U-boat torpedo, W of Ireland
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 BOOMERANG
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 - Armed merchant
cruiser SCOTSTOUN (R, 17,046t, 1925, AMC from 9/39), sunk
by U-boat torpedo. NW Approaches.
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 16 - Armed merchant
cruiser ANDANIA (R, 13,950t, 1922, AMC from 11/39), sunk
by U-boat torpedo, SE of Iceland.
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 21 - Freighter CAPE
HOWE (R, 4,443t, 1930), sunk by U-boat, SW Approaches
June 22 - Yacht CAMPEADOR
V (R, 195t, 1938), mined off Portsmouth
June 23 - Destroyer
KHARTOUM (1,710t, 1939), beached after damage by internal
explosion caused by burst air vessel off Perim Harbour,
Red Sea
June 23 - Tug CORINGA (R,
294t, 1914), lost in Atlantic, cause unknown.
June 24 - Submarine
GRAMPUS (1,520t, 1937), lost off Augusta, Sicily, cause
unknown
June 27 - Submarine ODIN
(1,475t, 1929), lost in Gulf of Taranto, S Italy, cause
unknown
June 27 - Submarine
ORPHEUS (1,475t, 1930), lost, probably torpedoed by
Italian submarine between Malta and Alexandria
June 29 - Freighter
WILLAMETTE VALLEY (R, 4,702t, 1928), sunk by U-boat, SW
Approaches
July 1940
July - Landing craft
assault LCA No.6 (11-13.5t), cause and place unknown. Date
loss reported
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 - Destroyer
WHIRLWIND (1,100t, 1918), sunk by U-boat torpedo, SW of
Ireland
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 - Destroyer ESCORT
(1,375t, 1934), sunk by U-boat torpedo, W Mediterranean
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 oft Newhaven.
July 17 - Submarine
PHOENIX (1,475t, 1931), lost off Sicily, cause unknown
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 1 - Submarine
OSWALD (1,475t, 1929), rammed and sunk, 10 miles SE
Spartivento Bay, by Italian destroyer
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 - Armed merchant
cruiser TRANSYLVANIA (R, 16,923t, 1925, AMC from 10/39), sunk by U-boat torpedo, N of Ireland.
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 15 - Collier KING
CITY (R, 4,744t, 1928), sunk by German Raider, lndian -
Ocean
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 23 - Destroyer
HOSTILE (1,340t, 1936), mined and sunk off Cape Bon,
Tunisia
August 24 - Sloop PENZANCE
(1,025t, 1931), torpedoed by German U-boat, North Atlantic
August 27 - Yacht WHITE
FOX II (R, 23t, 1933), lost by fire.
August 28 - Armed merchant
cruiser DUNVEGAN CASTLE (R, 15,007t, 1936, AMC from
12/39), sunk by U-boat torpedo, W of Ireland.
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 15 - Sloop
DUNDEE (1,060t, 1933), torpedoed by German U-boat, North
Atlantic
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 25 - Trawler
STELLA SIRIUS (550t, 1934), sunk by bombs during air raid
on Gibraltar
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 - Submarine
RAINBOW (1,475t, 1932), sunk off Calabria, S Italy, by
gunfire, Italian submarine. Formally paid off.
October 19 - Trawler VELIA
(R, 290T, 1914), sunk, presumed mined, Harwich Area.
October 20 - Submarine
TRIAD (1,090t, 16/9/39), lost off Calabria, S. Italy,
cause unknown.
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. (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 3 - Armed
merchant cruiser LAURENTIC (R, 18,724t, 1927, AMC from
10/39), sunk by U-boat torpedo, NW Approaches
November 4 - Armed
merchant cruiser PATROCLUS (R, 11,314t, 1923, AMC from
1/40), attacked by U-boat on the 3rd. Sank W of Ireland.
November 5 - Armed
merchant cruiser JERVIS BAY (R, 14,164t, 1922, AMC from
10/39), sunk by Admiral Scheer, N, Atlantic.
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 - Degaussing
ship BALMORE (R, 1,925t, 1920), air attack, Atlantic
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 2 - Armed
merchant cruiser FORFAR (R, 16,402t, 1922, AMC from
11/39), sunk by U-boat torpedo, W of Ireland.
December 4 - Special
service vessel EMPIRE SEAMAN (1,927t, 1922), sunk, cause
unknown.
December 6 - Submarine
REGULUS (1,475t, 1930), lost, Otranto Strait, S Italy,
cause unknown. Formally paid off.
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 - Submarine
TRITON (1,095t, 1933), lost in S Adriatic, probably mined.
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 22 - Destroyer
HYPERION (1,340t, 1936), sunk by mine off Pantellaria, SW
of Sicily
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
December 30 - Trawler
BANDOLERO (913t, 1935), sunk in collision, Gulf of Sollum.
Egypt.
1941
Landing craft assault LCA
No.70 (11-13.5t), lost in Middle East.
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.
Landing craft support
(Medium) (MkI) LCS(M) No.1 (9-11t) Unknown.
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 - Cruiser
SOUTHAMPTON (9,100t, 1937), sunk by dive bombers, E of
Malta
January 11 - Drifter
UBEROUS (R, 92t, 1918), grounded off Londonderry, N
Ireland
January 16 - Trawler
DESIREE (R, 213t, 1912), mined, Thames Estuary.
January 20 - Destroyer
GALLANT (1,335t, 1936), damaged by mine (10th) and taken
in tow. Later bombed and sunk in Malta Harbour.
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.
January 31 - Collier
BOTUSK (R, 3,092t, 1919), war cause.
January 31 - Minesweeper
HUNTLEY (710t, 1919), sunk by aircraft, E Mediterranean
February 1941
February - Examination
vessel No.4 (R), sunk by enemy action.
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 - Ocean
boarding vessel CRISPIN (R, 5,051t, 1935), sunk by U-boat
torpedo, N Atlantic
February 3 - Trawler
ARCTIC TRAPPER (R, 352t, 1928), sunk by aircraft off
Ramsgate.
February 4 - Drifter IMBAT
(R, 92t, 1918), collision, Scapa flow, rkney 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 11 - Whaler
SOUTHERN FLOE (R, 344t, 1936), mined off Tobruk, Libya.
February 12 - Submarine
SNAPPER (670t, 1935), lost, Bay of Biscay. Formally paid
off.
February 13 - Trawler
RUBENS (R, 320t, 1937), sunk by aircraft, Western
Approaches.
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 20 - Trawler OUSE
(462t, 1917), mined, Tobruk, Libya.
February 21 - Trawler
LINCOLN CITY (R, 398t, 1933), sunk by aircraft, Faroe
Islands.
February 23 - Monitor
TERROR (7,200t, 1916), bombed (22nd) and sunk off Derna,
Libya
February 24 - Destroyer
DAINTY (1,375t, 1932), sunk by aircraft, off Tobruk,
Libya.
February 24 - Ocean
boarding vessel MANISTEE (R, 5,368t, 1920), sunk by U-boat
torpedo, N Atlantic
February 25 - Escort
destroyer EXMOOR (1,000t, 1/11/40), sunk by explosion
presumed E-boat, torpedo, off Lowestoft, E England
February 25 - Whaler SARNA
(R, 268t, 1930), mined, Suez Canal, Egypt
February 27 - Trawler
REMILLO (R, 266t, 1917), mined, Humber,
February 28 - Motor
anti-submarine boat No.3 (19t, 1939), beached after mine
damage, Suez Canal.
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. Later salvaged. Date given as 13th-14th
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 18 - Armed boarding
vessel ROSAURA (R, 1,552t, 1905), mined off Tobruk, Libya
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 - Drifter SOIZIK
(R), lost by enemy action, believed Europe.
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 22 - Tender CHABOOK
(R, tender to SHEBA), formally paid off
March 24 - Yacht WILNA (R,
461t, 1939), abandoned after aircraft attack, Portsmouth.
March 31 - Cruiser
BONAVENTURE (5,450t, 24/5/40), sunk by U-boat torpedoes,
S of Crete.
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 4 - Armed merchant
cruiser VOLTAIRE (R, 13,301t, 1923, AMC from 1/40), gunfire of German surface raider, mid-Atlantic
April 6 - Armed merchant
cruiser COMORIN (R, 15,241,1925, AMC from 1/40), destroyed
by fire, N. Atlantic.
April 6 - Salvage vessel
VIKING (R), sunk by aircraft, Piraeus, Greece.
April 6 - Yacht SURF (R,
496t, 1902), sunk by aircraft at Piraeus, Greece.
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 13 - Armed merchant
cruiser RAJPUTANA (R, 16,641t, 1926, AMC from 12/39), sunk
by U-boat torpedo, W of Iceland.
April 14 - Tanker/oiler
PERICLES (R, 8,324, 1936), lost in heavy weather on
passage to Alexandria, Egypt.
April 16 - Destroyer
MOHAWK (1,870t, 1938), torpedoed by destroyer, East of
Tunisia. Sunk by own
April 18 - Convoy service
ship FIONA (R, 2,190t, 1927), sunk by aircraft off Sidi
Barrani, Egypt
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 - Motor launch ML
No.1003 (40t, 3/1/41), on board ship torpedoed and lost in
Atlantic
April 20 - Trawler TOPAZE
(608t, 1935), collision off Clyde.
April 20 - Motor launch ML
No.1037 (40t, 3/1/41), on board ship torpedoed and lost in
Atlantic
April 24 - Yacht CALANTHE
(R, 370t, 1898), sunk by aircraft off Milos, Greece.
April 25 - Store carrier
ULSTER PRINCE (R, 3,791t, 1930), grounded off Nauplia,
Greece; attacked by aircraft during evacuation.
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 29 - Convoy service
ship CHAKLA (R, 3,081t, 1914), sunk by aircraft, Tobruk
Harbour, Libya.
April 30 - Tug PEUPLIER
(R), sunk, Plymouth area, SW England. Date given as
29th-30th
May 1941
May - Landing craft
assault LCA No.28 (11-13.5t), lost during evacuation of
Crete.
May - Landing craft
mechanised (MkI) LCM No.106 (30-37t), lost at Crete.
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 - Destroyer JERSEY
(1,760t, 28/4/39), mined in entrance to Grand Harbour,
Malta.
May 2 - Yacht NYULA (R,
48t,1936), collision off Tyne.
May 3 - Submarine USK
(540t, 11/10/40), presumed mined, off Cape Bon, Tunisia.
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 6 - Ocean boarding
vessel CAMITO (R, 6,833t, 1915), sunk by U-boat torpedo, N
Atlantic
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 10 - Motor launch ML
No.1011 (40t, 16/11/40), bombed and sunk on passage from
Suda Bay to Sphakia, Crete.
May 11 - Accomodation ship
GYPSY (R, 261t), sunk at Tower Pier, London during air
raid
May 12 - River gun boat
LADYBIRD (625t, 1916), dive-bombed and sunk, Tobruk,
Libya.
May 13 - Armed merchant
cruiser SALOPIAN (R, 10,549t, 1926, AMC from 10/39), sunk
by U-boat torpedo, N Atlantic.
May 13 - Submarine
UNDAUNTED (540t, 30/12/40), presumed sunk by depth
charges, surface craft, off Tripoli, Libya
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 18 - Tanker/oiler LNA
(12,667t, 1921), bombed and set on fire, Crete
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 20 - Minesweeper
WIDNES (710t, 1913), bombed and beached in Suda Bay,
Crete.
May 20 - Tanker/oiler JOHN
P PEDERSEN (R, 6,128t, 1930), sunk by U-boat, N Atlantic.
May 21 - Destroyer JUNO
(1,760t, 25/8/39), sunk by aircraft bomb during battle
of Crete
May 21 - Yacht HANYARDS
(R, 16t, 1931), cause and place unknown.
May 22 - Cruiser
FIJI
(8,000t, 17/5/40), sunk by aircraft bomb during
evacuation of Crete.
May 22 - Cruiser
GLOUCESTER (9,600t, 31/1/39), sunk by aircraft bomb during evacuation of Crete.
May 22 - Cruiser
YORK
(8,250, 1930), lost at Suda Bay, Crete after damage on
various dates by explosive motor boats and aircraft.
May 22 - Destroyer
GREYHOUND (1,335t, 1936), sunk by aircraft bomb during
battle of Crete
May 23 - Destroyer KASHMIR
(1,760t, 26/10/39), sunk by aircraft bomb during battle
of Crete
May 23 - Destroyer KELLY
(Leader, 1,760t, 23/8/39), sunk by aircraft bomb during
battle of Crete
May 23 - Whaler KOS XXIII
(R, 353t, 1937) Total loss, Suda Bay, Crete
May 24 - Drifter AURORA II
(R), sunk by aircraft at Tobruk, Libya.
May 24 - Battlecruiser
HOOD (42,000t, 1920), sunk in action with Bismarck, N
Atlantic
May 25 - Sloop GRIMSBY
(990t, 1934), sunk by aircraft off Tobruk, Libya.
May 27 - Destroyer DIAMOND
(1,375t, 1932), sunk by aircraft bomb during evacuation
of Greece
May 27 - Destroyer WRYNECK
(1,100t, 1918), sunk by aircraft bomb during evacuation
of Greece
May 27 - Trawler EVESHAM
(R, 239t, 1925), sunk by aircraft off Yarmouth, Norfolk.
May 27 - Whaler SYVERN (R,
307t, 1937), sunk by enemy action on passage from Crete
area.
May 28 - Destroyer MASHONA
(1,370t, 30/3/39), sunk by aircraft bombs, N. Atlantic.
May 28 - Motor launch ML
No.1030 (40t, 11/11/40), lost on passage from Suda Bay,
Crete.
May 29 - Destroyer
HEREWARD (1,340t, 1936), sunk by aircraft bombs off
Crete.
May 29 - Destroyer
IMPERIAL (1,370t, 1937), sunk by own forces after being
bombed, off Crete.
May 29 - Trawler SINDONIS
(913t, 1934), sunk by aircraft at Tobruk, Libya
May 30 - Small craft
AGHIOS PANTALEIMON (R, 105t), presumed lost, possibly
Greek area
May 30 - Tanker/oiler
CAIRNDALE (8,129t, 1939), sunk by U-boat torpedo, W of
Gibraltar Straits.
May 41 - Minesweeper STOKE
(710t, 1918), sunk by aircraft at Tobruk, Libya
June 1941
June - Landing craft tank
(MkI) LCT No.6, 20 (total 2, 372t each), lost in Middle
East.
June - Motor gun boat MGB
No.98, lost in air raid on coastal forces base HMS Hornet
June - Tug IRENE VERNICOS
(R, 250t), constructive total loss, possibly Greek area
June 1 - Cruiser
CALCUTTA
(AA ship, 4,200t, 1919), sunk by aircraft bomb during
evacuation of Crete
June 2 - Landing craft
tank (MkI) LCT No.16 (372t), lost in Suda Bay, Crete.
June 2 - Motor torpedo
boat MTB No.67 (17t, 19/4/40), sunk by aircraft, destroyed
or beached, Suda Bay, Crete. Date given as 23rd May-2nd
June
June 2 - Motor torpedo
boat MTB No.213 (17t, 24/10/40), sunk by aircraft,
destroyed or beached, Suda Bay, Crete. Date given as 23rd
May-2nd June
June 2 - Motor torpedo
boat MTB No.214 (17t, 10/40), sunk by aircraft, destroyed
or beached, Suda Bay, Crete. Date given as 23rd May-2nd
June
June 2 - Motor torpedo
boat MTB No.216 (17t, 3/1/41), sunk by aircraft, destroyed
or beached, Suda Bay, Crete. Date given as 23rd May-2nd
June
June 2 - Motor torpedo
boat MTB No.217 (17t, 7/1/41), sunk by aircraft, destroyed
or beached, Suda Bay, Crete. Date given as 23rd May-2nd
June
June 2 - Whaler KOS XXII
(R, 353t, 1937), sunk on passage from Crete area
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 24 - Sloop AUCKLAND
(1,250t, 1933), sunk by aircraft bombs off Tobruk, Libya.
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.
June 29 - Destroyer
WATERHEN (on loan to RAN, 1,100t, 1918), sunk by aircraft bombs off Sollum, Egypt
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 11 - Destroyer
DEFENDER (1,375t, 1932), sunk by aircraft bombs off Sidi
Barrani, Egypt
July 15 - Ocean boarding
vessel LADY SOMERS (R, 8,194t, 1929), sunk by U-boat
torpedo, N Atlantic
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 17 - Landing craft
tank (MkI) LCT No.10 (372t), lost by enemy action, Middle
East
July 19 - Ocean boarding
vessel MALVERNIAN (R, 3,133t, 1937), abandoned after being
bombed, North Atlantic
July 19 - Submarine UMPIRE
(540t, 10/7/41), rammed and sunk by trawler North Sea, off
the Wash.
July 22 - Submarine UNION
(540t, 22/2/41), presumed lost between Tunisia and
Pantellaria
July 23 - Destroyer
FEARLESS (1,375t, 1934), sunk during air attack on convoy,
Central Mediterranean
July 29 - Landing craft
tank (MkI) LCT No.8 (372t), lost in Middle East
August 1941
August - Landing craft
assault LCA No.31, 32, 38, 39, 45, 48, 40, 51, 60, 63,
64, 75, 79-81, 87, 105, 113 (total 18, 11-13.5t each), lost in Middle East. Date reported
August - Landing craft
mechanised (MkI) LCM No.32, 55, 67, 95, 96, 103, 107, 108
(total 8, 30-37t each), lost in Middle East. Date reported
August - Landing craft
personnel (Large) LCP(L) No.63 (8-11t), lost in Middle
East. Date reported
August - Landing craft
tank (MkI) LCT No.5 (372t), lost in Home waters. Date
reported
August - Landing craft
tank (MkI) LCT No.1, 12, 15, 19 (total 4, 372t each), lost
in Middle East. Date reported
August 4 - Armament store
carrier ESCAUT (R, 1,087t, 1938), sunk by aircraft off
Suez, Egypt. Date given. Date given as 3rd-4th
August 4 - Submarine
CACHALOT (1,520t, 1938), rammed by Italian destroyer off
Cyrenaica. Formally paid off
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 12 - Corvette
PICOTEE (900t, 5/9/1940), presumed lost, probably
torpedoed by U-boat off Iceland.
August 13 - Schooner
KEPHALLINIA (R, 1,267t, 1893), foundered off Alexandria,
Egypt.
August 19 - Destroyer BATH
(on loan to R.Norwegian Navy, 1,060t, 1919), sunk by
U-boat torpedo, SW of Ireland.
August 19 - Tanker/oiler
SILDRA (R, 7,313t, 1927), sunk by U-boat off W. Africa.
August 19 - Whaler
THORBRYN (R, 305t, 1936), sunk by aircraft off Tobruk,
Libya.
August 20 - Submarine P-33
(540t, 30/5/41), presumed mined off Tripoli, Libya.
August 20 - Trawler
LORINDA (R, 348t, 1928), engine problems and fire off
Freetown, W Africa.
August 22 - Netlayer
TONBRIDGE (R, 683t, 1924), sunk by aircraft off Yarmouth.
Norfolk.
August 23 - Corvette
ZINNIA (900t, 30/3/41), sunk by U-boat torpedo, N
Atlantic.
August 23 - Submarine P-32
(540t, 3/5/41), formally paid off.
August 24 - Whaler KOS XVI
(R, 258t, 1932), collision, North Sea.
August 27 - Whaler SKUDD 3
(R, 245t, 1929), sunk by aircraft, Tobruk, Libya.
August -09 - Landing craft
mechanised (MkI) LCM No.82, 97 (total 2, 30-37t each), lost in Middle East
September 1941
September - Store carrier
TUNA (R, 662t, 1907), fire at Aden; constructive total
loss (Colledge - loss date 13/07/41)
September 2 - Landing
craft personnel (Large) LCP(L) No.59, 71 (total 2, 8-11t
each), lost through heavy weather while at anchor, Middle
East
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 22 - Special
service vessel VITA (R), cause and place unknown.
September 26 - Schooner
KANTARA (R), cause and place unknown.
September 27 - Auxiliary
fighter ship SPRINGBANK (R, 5,155t, 1926), sunk by U-boat
torpedo, N Atlantic.
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 4 - Whaler WHIPPET
(ex-Kos XXI, R, 353t, 1937), bombed and sunk.
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 13 - Landing craft
tank (MkI) LCT No.2, 7 (total 2, 372t each), lost after
leaving Tobruk, Libya. Date given as 12th-13th
October 14 - Corvette
FLEUR DE LYS (900t, 26/8/40), sunk by U-boat torpedo, West
of Gibraltar.
October 14 - Drifter
FORERUNNER (R, 92t, 1911), collision, Thames Estuary;
constructive total loss
October 16 - Corvette
GLADIOLUS (965t, 6/4/40), presumed torpedoed by U-boat, N.
Atlantic.
October 18 - Destroyer
BROADWATER (1,190, 1920), sunk by U-boat torpedo, N.
Atlantic.
October 18 - Tug ASSURANCE
(675t, 28/9/40), grounded Lough Foyle, N Ireland; total
loss
October 21 - River gun
boat
GNAT (625t, 1915), torpedoed by U-boat off Bardia,
Libya. Total loss
October 21 - Tug HELEN
BARBARA Abandoned in sinking condition in heavy weather
October 22 - Tanker/oiler
DARKDALE (8,145t, 15/11/40), sunk by explosion, believed
torpedoed by U-boat, St Helena, South Atlantic
October 22 - Trawler ALDER
(560t, 1929), grounded E Scotland; total loss
October 24 - Trawler
EMILION (R, 201t, 1914), mined, Thames Estuary.
October 25 - Cruiser
minelayer
LATONA (2,650t, 4/5/41), attacked by aircraft, E
Mediterranean
October 27 - Destroyer
COSSACK (1,870t, 1938), foundered after being torpedoed by
U-boat (23rd), W of Gibraltar
November 1941
November - Landing craft
tank (MkII) LCT No.110, 143 (total 2, 450t each), lost in
Home waters
November 2 - Submarine
TETRARCH (1,095t, 15/2/40), lost W Mediterranean, on
passage Malta to Gibraltar.
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, probably
European waters.
November 12 - Trawler
FRANCOLIN (R, 322t, 1916), sunk by aircraft off Cromer,
Norfolk.
November 14 - Aircraft
carrier ARK ROYAL (22,000t, 1938), torpedoed (13th) by
U-boat and sunk, W Mediterranean.
November 15 - Drifter
HARMONY (R, 24t), collision off Invergordon, NE Scotland.
November 19 - Special
service vessel NORSJOEN (R), wrecked on enemy coast.
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 - Schooner
MARIA DI GIOVANNI (R), grounded, W of Tobruk, Libya.
November 22 - Trawler ST.
APOLLO (R, 580t, 1940), collision off Hebrides, W
Scotland.
November 24 - Cruiser
DUNEDIN (4,850t, 1919), sunk by U-boat torpedo, between
W. Africa and Brazil.
November 25 - Battleship
BARHAM (31,100t, 1915) Sank by U-boat torpedoes, off
Sollum, Egypt. Med
November 25 - Drifter
FISHER GIRL (R, 85t, 1914), sunk by aircraft, Falmouth Har
bour.
November 29 - Whaler
EGELAND (R, 153t, 1912), grounded, Palestine coast, total
loss
December 1941
December - Landing craft
personnel (Large) LCP(L) No.193, 194 (total 2, 8-11t
each), lost overboard through heavy weather in Home waters
December - Special service
vessel NORSEMANN (R), cause and place unknown.
December 1 - Small craft
DANEHILL (14t, 1933), formally paid off.
December 1 - Submarine
PERSEUS (1,475t, 1930), mined off Zante, W Greece.
December 5 - Armed
boarding vessel CHAKDINA (R, 3,033t, 1914), sunk by
aircraft, E Mediterranean
December 7 - Armed
boarding vessel CHANTALA (R, 3,129t, 1920), mined, Tobruk
Harbour
December 7 - Corvette
WINDFLOWER (RCN, 900t, 4/2/41), sunk by collision in fog,
W Atlantic.
December 8 - River gun
boat
PETEREL (310t, 1927), sunk by Japanese Forces at
Shanghai.
December 8 - Trawler
MILFORD EARL (R, 290t, 1919), sunk by A/C off E coast of
Scotland
December 8 - Trawler
PHINEAS BEARD (R, 278t, 1918), sunk by A/C off E coast of
Scotland
December 9 - Special
service vessel KANTUNG (R), sunk as blockship in Anking
Harbour
December 9 - Special
service vessel MACAO (R), sunk as blockship in Anking
Harbour
December 10 -
Battlecruiser
REPULSE (33,250, 1916), sunk by Japanese
torpedo-aircraft, E coast of Malaya SE Asia
December 10 - Battleship
PRINCE OF WALES (35,000t, 31/3/41), sunk by Japanese
torpedo-aircraft, E coast of Malaya SE Asia
December 10 - Minesweeper
BANKA (R, 623t, 1914), sunk by mine or aircraft, E. Coast
of Malaya.
December 11 - Trawler LADY
SHIRLEY (R, 477t, 1937), sunk by U-boat, Gibraltar
Straits.
December 11 - Yacht
ROSABELLE (525t, 1901), sunk by explosion, probably
torpedoed by U-boat, Straits of Gibraltar.
December 12 - River gun
boat MOTH (625t, 1916), scuttled at Hong Kong.
December 13 - Examination
vessel TUNG WO (R, 1,337t, 1914), abandoned as a result of
enemy action off Penang, Malaya.
December 13 - Auxiliary
anti-submarine vessel KAMPAR (R, 971t, 1915), damaged on
the 12th, then destroyed by aircraft at Penang
December 14 - Cruiser
GALATEA (5,220t, 1935), sunk by U-boat torpedo, off
Alexandria.
December 14 Motor
anti-submarine boat No.30 (23t, 18/8/41), fouled boom and
sank, Humber.
December 14 - Motor
torpedo boat MTB No.68 (17t, 19/4/40), sunk in collision
off Libya.
December 15 - Tug INDIRA
(R, 637t, 1918), sunk during air attack on Hong Kong.
December 16 - Landing
craft tank (MkI) LCT No.11 (372t), lost in Middle Fast.
December 16 - Motor
torpedo boat MTB No.8 (18t, 1937), destroyed by fire
during raid on Hong Kong.
December 19 - Boom defence
vessel ALDGATE (290t, 1934), scuttled at Hong Kong
December 19 - Boom defence
vessel BARLIGHT (730t, 1938), scuttled at Hong Kong
December 19 - Boom defence
vessel WATERGATE (290t, 1934), scuttled at Hong Kong
December 19 - Cruiser
NEPTUNE (7,175t, 1934), sunk by mine off Tripoli, Libya.
December 19 - Destroyer
KANDAHAR (1,760t, 10/10/39), mined off Tripoli, Libya, and
subsequently sunk by own forces
December 19 - Destroyer
STANLEY (1,190t, 1919), sunk by U-boat torpedo, N
Atlantic
December 19 - Minelayer
REDSTART (498t, 1938), scuttled at Hong Kong.
December 19 - River gun
boat TERN (262t, 1917), scuttled at Hong Kong.
December 20 - Motor
torpedo boat MTB No.12 (18t, 1938), sunk in action with
Japanese landing craft, Hong Kong
December 20 - Motor
torpedo boat MTB No.26 (14t, 1938), sunk in action with
Japanese landing craft, Hong Kong
December 21 - Escort
carrier AUDACITY (ex-Hannover, German prize, 11,000t
deep, 1939; as escort carrier 9/41), sunk by U-boat
torpedo, N Atlantic.
December 21 - River gun
boat
CICALA (625t, 1916), sunk by aircraft bombs, Hong
Kong.
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 23 - Store
carrier TIBERIO (R, 237t, 1902), foundered off Mersa
Matruh, Egypt.
December 24 - Corvette
SALVIA (955t, 20/9/40), sunk by U-boat torpedo off Egypt.
December 24 - Landing
craft assault LCA No.121 (11-13.5t), cause and place
unknown.
December 24 - Submarine
H-31 (410t, 1919), presumed mined, Bay of Biscay
December 25 - River gun
boat
ROBIN (226t, 1934), scuttled at Hong Kong.
December 26 - Motor
torpedo boat MTB No.7 (18t, 1938), scuttled at Hong Kong.
December 26 - Motor
torpedo boat MTB No.9 (18t, 1937), scuttled at Hong Kong
December 26 - Motor
torpedo boat MTB No.10 (18t, 1938), scuttled at Hong Kong
December 26 - Motor
torpedo boat MTB No.11 (18t, 1938), scuttled at Hong Kong
December 26 - Motor
torpedo boat MTB No.27 (14t, 1938), scuttled at Hong Kong
December 26 - Trawler
HENRIETTE (R, 261t, 1936), mined off Humber.
December 30 - Armed trader
KUDAT (R, 1,725t, 1914), sunk by A/C at Port Swettenham,
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