1942
Dumb barges CELT, COOLIE,
COSSACK, DERVISH, MAORI, MATABELE, ODESSA, PARTISAN,
PHILISTINE, REDRESS, RESPITE, REVENGE, VALENCIA, sunk for
boom defence purposes, believed in 1942
Small craft MATCHLOCK
(70t), sunk by mine at Canton, China, date unknown
January 1942
January - Harbour duty
vessel NYKEN (R, 111t), damaged, W Scotland area,
constructive total loss
January 2 - Tug DAISY (R), foundered on passage, Alexandria to Tobruk, Libya
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 - Motor launch
KELANA (R, 88t), sunk by aircraft, Malaya.
January 16 - Trawler
IRVANA (R, 276t, 1917), sunk by aircraft off Yarmouth,
Norfolk
January 17 - Destroyer
GURKHA (ex-LARNE, 1,920t, 18/2/41), sunk by U-boat torpedo, E Mediterranean
January 17 - Destroyer
MATABELE (1,870t, 25/1/39), sunk by U-boat torpedo, Barent's Sea, Arctic
January 17 - Motor torpedo
boat MTB No.47 (33t, 8/7/41), sunk in action with surface
craft off Gris Nez, NE France.
January 17 - Tanker/oiler
NYHOLT (R, 8,087t, 1931), sunk by U-boat, West Atlantic
January 18 - Trawler ERIN
(R, 394t, 1933), explosion, Gibraltar harbour
January 18 - Trawler HONJO
(R, 308t, 1928), explosion, Gibraltar harbour
January 20 - Submarine
TRIUMPH (1,090t, 2/5/39), lost, possibly mined, Aegean
Sea. Formally Paid Off
January 21 - Collier
ZANNIS L CAMBANIS (R, 5,317t, 1920), mined off Singapore
January 22 - Armed trader
LARUT (R, 894t, 1927), sunk by aircraft off E coast of
Sumatra
January 22 - Armed trader
RAUB (R, 1,161t, 1926), sunk by aircraft off E coast of
Sumatra
January 22 - Trawler
ROSEMONDE (R, 364t, 1910), probably torpedoed by U-boat,
Atlantic.
January 27 - Destroyer
THANET (1,000t, 1919), sunk in action with Japanese
surface craft, off Malaya
January 29 - Whaler SOTRA
(R, 313t, 1925), sunk by aircraft off Bardia, Libya
January 30 - Trawler LOCH
ALSH (R, 358t, 1926), sunk by aircraft, Humber Area
January 31 Cutter CULVER
(1,546t, 1929), sunk by U-boat torpedo, N Atlantic.
January 31 - Destroyer
BELMONT (1,190t, 1919), sunk by U-boat torpedo, W
Atlantic
January 31 - Drifter
UNICITY (R, 96 t, 1919), capsized and sank on sweeping
duties off Blyth
February 1942
February - Auxiliary anti-
- Submarine vessel TIEN KWANG (R, 787t, 1925), lost or
destroyed to falling into enemy hands, Singapore Area.
February - Boom defence
vessel DOWGATE (290t, 1935), lost or destroyed to prevent
falling into Japanese hands at Singapore
February - Boom defence
vessel LUDGATE (290t, 1935), lost or destroyed to prevent
falling into Japanese hands at Singapore
February Examination
vessel SOLEN (R), presumed lost at Singapore
February - Landing craft
personnel (Large) LCP(L) No.180-185 (total 6, 8-11t each), lost at Singapore
February - Motor launch ML
PENGHAMBAT, lost or destroyed to prevent falling into
enemy hands at Singapore
February - Motor launch ML
PENINGAT (R), lost or destroyed to prevent falling into
enemy hands at Singapore
February - Patrol vessel
GIANG BEE (R, 1,646t, 1908), lost or destroyed to prevent
falling into enemy hands Singapore area.
February - Small craft
SHUN AN (R), lost or destroyed to prevent falling into
Japanese hands, Singapore
February - Tug WO KWANG
(R, 350t, 1927), assumed lost at Singapore
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 5 - Corvette
ARBUTUS (900t, 12/10/40), sunk by U-boat torpedo, N
Atlantic.
February 5 - Small craft
BOY PETER, lost by fire
February 8 - Corvette
ALYSSE (ex- Alyssum, Free French Navy, 950t, 17/6/42), sunk by U-boat
torpedo, W Atlantic
February 11 - Armed trader
LIPIS (R, 845t, 1927), believed lost by enemy action, off
Singapore
February 11 - Corvette
SPIKENARD (RCN, 900t, 7/4/41), sunk by U-boat torpedo, N
Atlantic.
February 11 - Drifter BOY
ROY (R, 20t), cause and place unknown
February 12 - Destroyer
MAORI (1,870t, 30/11/38), sunk during air raid on Ground
Harbour, Malta. Date given as 11th-12th
February 13 - Auxiliary
anti-submarine vessel SHU KWANG (R, 788t, 1924), sunk by
aircraft, Dutch East Indies
February 13 - Auxiliary
anti-submarine vessel SIANG WO (R, 2,595t, 1926), bombed
and beached Dutch East Indies.
February 13 - Boom
accomodation ship SUI WO (R, 2,672t, 1896), lost or
destroyed to prevent falling into Japanese hands at
Singapore
February 13 - Minesweeper
HUA TONG (R, 280t, 1927), sunk by aircraft in Palembang
River, Sumatra.
February 13 - Motor
minesweeper MMS No.180 (226t, 29/1/42), rammed in convoy,
sank off Tyne.
February 13 - Submarine
TEMPEST (1,090t, 6/12/41), sunk by depth-charges, Italian surface craft,
Gulf of Taranto. Date approximate
February 13 - River gun
boat SCORPION (700t, 1938), sunk by gunfire from Japanese
surface craft, Banka Straits, after aircraft attack on
the 9th
February 14 - Armed trader
VYNER BROOKE (R, 1,670t, 1928), sunk by aircraft off
Banka Straits, Sumatra
February 14 - Auxiliary
anti-submarine vessel KUALA (R, 954t, 1911), sunk by
aircraft, Dutch East Indies.
February 14 - Minelayer
KUNG WO (R, 4,636t, 1921), sunk by aircraft bombs near
Lingga Archipelago, Singapore area.
February 14 - Minesweeper
CHANGTEH (R, 244t), sunk by aircraft bombs, Singapore area
February 14 - Motor launch
ML No.311 (73t, 29/11/41), sunk by Japanese gunfire, Banka
Straits, Sumatra.
February 14 - River gun
boat
DRAGONFLY (625t, 1939), sailing from Singapore and
sunk by aircraft bombs
February 14 - River gun
boat
GRASSHOPPER (625t, 1939), sailing from Singapore and
sunk by aircraft bombs
February 14 - Tug
PENGAWAL, sunk by aircraft, Durian Straits, Singapore
February 14 - Tug ST
BREOCK (810t), sunk by aircraft bombs off Sumatra
February 14 - Tug ST JUST
(810t, 1919), sunk by aircraft, Durian Straits, Singapore
February 14 - Whaler TRANG
(R, 205t, 1912), fired and abandoned, Cooper Channel,
Singapore
February 15 - Minesweeper
KLIAS (R, 207t, 1927), scuttled at Palembang, Sumatra
February 15 - Motor launch
ML No.169 (73t, 27/11/40), fire and explosion, Gibraltar
Harbour.
February 15 - Motor launch
ML No.310 (73t, 29/11/41), lost in action with surface
craft, Tjebia Island.
February 15 - Tug VAILLANT
(R, 58t), formally paid off
February 15 - Tug YIN PING
(R, 1914), sunk by gunfire
February 15 - Yacht SILVIA
(R), constructive total loss
February 16 - Motor launch
ML No.1062 (40t, 9/42), sunk by gunfire, Banka Straits,
Sumatra.
February 17 - Minesweeper
JARAK (R, 208t), sunk by A/C bombs, Singapore area
February 18 - Minesweeper
MALACCA (R, 210t, 1927), scuttled in Tjemako river,
Sumatra
February 18 - Trawler
BOTANIC (670t, 1923), sunk by aircraft bombs, North Sea
February 18 - Trawler
WARLAND (406t), sunk by aircraft bombs, North Sea
February 18 - Yacht
SURPRISE (1,144t, 1896), caught fire and capsized, Lagos,
Nigeria, W Africa
February 21 - Tanker/oiler
CIRCLE SHELL (R, 8,207t, 1931), sunk by U-boat off
Venezuela
February 24 - Tanker/oiler
FINNANGER (R, 9,551t, 1928), sunk by U-boat, North
Atlantic
February 25 - Submarine
P-38 (540t, 17/10/41), lost, possibly mined, Gulf of
Hammamet, Tunisia
February 27 - Destroyer
ELECTRA (1,375t, 1934), sunk by surface craft, gunfire,
Java Sea
February 27 - Destroyer
JUPITER (1,760t, 25/6/39), sunk by torpedo, Java Sea
February 28 - Auxiliary
anti-submarine vessel MATA HARI (R, 1,020t, 1915), sunk by
aircraft in Sunda Strait, Java Sea.
February -03 - Minesweeper
FUH WO (R, 953t, 1922), lost by enemy action or destroyed
at Singapore
February -03 - Minesweeper
LI WO (R, 707t,1938), lost by enemy action or destroyed at
Singapore
February -03 - Minesweeper
SIN AIK LEE (R, 198t, 1928), lost by enemy action or
destroyed at Singapore
February -03 - Minesweeper
TAPAH (R, 208t, 1926), lost by enemy action or destroyed
at Singapore
March 1942
March - Landing craft
mechanised (MkI) LCM No.51, 53 (total 2, 30-37t), lost in
Middle East
March - Landing craft
personnel (Large) LCP(L) No.57 (8-11t), bombed at Tobruk.
March - Landing craft
personnel (Large) LCP(L) No.117 (8-11t), lost in Home
waters.
March - Landing craft tank
(MkII) LCT No.155 (450-453t), lost on passage to
Gibraltar.
March - Special service
vessel COLLINGDOC (1,780t, 1925), sunk as blockship
March - Whaler JERAM (R,
210t, 1927), presumed lost, Singapore area
March 1 - Cruiser
EXETER
(8,390t, 1931), sunk in action with Japanese surface
craft, Java Seas
March 1 - Destroyer
ENCOUNTER (1,375t, 1934), sunk in action, surface craft,
Java Sea
March 1 - Motor launch ML
No.1063 (40t, 1/42), sunk in action, Tanjong Priok, Java.
March 1 - Tanker/oiler WAR
SIRDAR (5,518t, 1920), lost on reef, NW Batavia
March 1 - Whaler RAHMAN
(R, 209t, 1926), lost or destroyed, Batavia
March 2 - Destroyer
STRONGHOLD (905t, 1919), sunk in action, surface craft,
South of Java
March 2 - Whaler GEMAS (R,
207t, 1925), scuttled, Tjilatjap, Java
March 3 - Minesweeper
SCOTT HARLEY (R, 620t, 1913), sunk, probably by surface
craft, Indian Ocean
March 3 - Tanker/oiler
FRANCOL (2,623t, 1917), sunk by gunfire of Japanese
surface craft, S of Java
March 3 - Base ship ANKING
(R, 3,472t, 1925), sunk by gunfire from Japanese surface
craft, S of Java, Indian Ocean
March 4 - Motor
minesweeper MMS No.51 (226t, 29/11/41), scuttled S of Java
to prevent capture by Japanese.
March 7 - Trawler NORTHERN
PRINCESS (R, on loan to USN, 655t, 1936), sunk, cause
unknown, W Atlantic
March 7 - Tug ST SAMPSOM
(R, 451, 1919), foundered in Red Sea
March 8 - Trawler NOTTS
COUNTY (R, 541t, 1937), sunk by mine or U-boat, S of
Iceland.
March 8 - Whaler JERANTUT
(R, 217t, 1927), scuttled, Palembang, Sumatra
March 9 - Whaler SHERA (R,
253t, 1929), capsized in heavy swell and pack ice, Barents
Sea, Arctic
March 11 - Cruiser
NAIAD
(5,450t, 24/7/40), sunk by U-boat torpedo, E
Mediterranean
March 12 - Fleet Air Arm
target vessel ST BRIAC (R, 2,312t, 1924), sunk by mine,
off Aberdeen, E Scotland
March 13 Transport vessel
ZOODOCHOS PIGHI (R, 170t), sunk by enemy action, Eastern
Mediterranean
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 19 - Trawler STELLA
CAPELLA (815t, 1937), missing, Iceland area.
March 20 - Escort
destroyer HEYTHROP (1,050t, 21/6/41), sunk by U-boat torpedo, E Mediterranean
March 22 - Motor launch ML
No.129 (73t, 14/10/40), sunk by aircraft bombs off
Algeria.
March 24 - Escort
destroyer SOUTHWOLD (1,050t, 9/10/41), sunk by mine off
Malta
March 25 - Drifter
VICTORIA I (R), sunk by enemy action
March 25 - Whaler SULLA
(R, 251t, 1928), sunk, probably by surface craft, Barents
Sea, Arctic
March 26 - Destroyer
JAGUAR (1,760t, 12/9/39), sunk by U-boat torpedo, E
Mediterranean
March 26 - Destroyer
LEGION (1,920t, 19/12/40), sunk by aircraft, Malta Harbour
March 26 - Submarine P-39
(540t, 16/11/41), sunk by aircraft bombs, at Malta
March 26 - Tanker/oiler
SLAVOL (2,623t, 1917), sunk by U-boat torpedo sailing for
Tobruk, Libya
March 27 Distilling ship
STAGHOUND (R, 468t, 1894), sunk by aircraft bombs,
Torquay. Subsequently salved
March 27 - Tanker/oiler
SVENOR (R, 7,616t, 1931), sunk by U-boat, West Atlantic
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.
March 29 - Motor torpedo
boat MTB No.215 (17t, 6/12/40) Paid off, presumed lost.
April 1942
April - Landing craft
assault LCA No.211 (11-13.5t), lost in Home waters
April - Landing craft
mechanised (MkI) LCM No.38 (30-37t), lost in
Mediterranean. Date reported
April - Mooring Vessel
MOOR (767t, 1919), blown up and sunk by enemy action,
Malta
April - Tug J.T.A.6 (R), constructive total loss
April 1 - Submarine P-36
(540t, 24/9/41), sunk by aircraft during raid on Malta
Harbour
April 1 - Submarine
PANDORA (1,475t, 1930), sunk by aircraft during raid on
Malta Harbour
April 1 - Trawler SOLOMON
(R, 357t, 1923), mined, N of Cromer.
April 3 - Armed merchant
cruiser HECTOR (R, 11,198t, 1924), bombed and set on fire
during Japanese carrier aircraft raid on Colombo.
April 4 - Tanker/oiler
PLUMLEAF (5,916t, 1917), sunk by aircraft bombs, Malta
April 5 - Cruiser
CORNWALL
(10,000t, 1928), sunk by Japanese dive bombers, Indian
Ocean
April 5 - Cruiser
DORSETSHIRE (9,975t, 1930), sunk by Japanese dive bombers,
Indian Ocean
April 5 - Destroyer
TENEDOS (1,000t, 1919), sunk by aircraft during attack on
Colombo
April 5 - Minesweeper
ABINGDON (710t, 1918), sunk by aircraft bombs during raid
on Malta.
April 6 - Destroyer HAVOCK
(1,340t, 1937) Grounded, total loss, off Kelibia, Tunisia
April 6 - Tug WEST COCKER
(229t, 1919), sunk by aircraft during raid on Malta
April 7 - Tug EMILY (R), sunk by aircraft during raid on Malta
April 7 - Tug HELESPONT
(690t), sunk by aircraft during raid on Malta. Date given
as 6th-7th
April 8 - Whaler SVANA (R,
268t, 1930), sunk by aircraft off Alexandria, Egypt
April 8 - Whaler THORGRIM
(R, 305t, 1936), sunk by aircraft off Alexandria, Egypt
April 9 - Aircraft carrier
HERMES (10,850t, 1924), sunk by Japanese aircraft off
Ceylon
April 9 - Corvette
HOLLYHOCK (1,010t, 19/11/40), sunk by aircraft bombs, E of
Ceylon.
April 9 - Destroyer LANCE
(1,920t, 13/5/41), sunk by aircraft bombs, at Malta.
Subsequently salved
April 9 - Destroyer
VAMPIRE (on loan to RAN, 1,090t, 1917), sunk by aircraft bombs, E of Ceylon
April 10 - Landing craft
assault LCA No.166 (11-13.5t), lost in Home waters
April 11 - Destroyer
KINGSTON (1,760t, 14/9/39), sunk by aircraft bombs, at
Malta
April 11 - Trawler ST.
CATHAN (R, on loan to USN, 565t, 1936), collision off S
Carolina, USA
April 13 - Trawler CORAL
(705t, 1935), sunk by aircraft during raid on Malta
April 13 - Trawler LORD
SNOWDON (R, 444t, 1934), collision off Falmouth.
April 14 - Submarine
UPHOLDER (540t, 31/10/40), lost, probably surface craft,
depth-charges, off Tripoli, Libya
April 18 - Tug ANDROMEDA
(R), sunk by aircraft during raid on Malta.
April 21 - Trawler JADE
(630t, 1933), sunk by aircraft during raid on Malta
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,
April 29 - Transport
vessel TERPSITHEA (R, 157t, 1919), mined at Famagusta,
Cyprus
May 1942
May - Special service
vessel MARS (R, 1938), reported lost in May, cause and
place unknown
May 1 - Destroyer PUNJABI
(1,870t, 29/3/39), sunk after collision, N Atlantic
May 2 - Cruiser
EDINBURGH
(10,000t, 6/7/39), sunk by destroyer torpedoes, after
U-boat damage (30th Apr), Barent's Sea, Arctic
May 2 - Special service
vessel FREYA I (R, 1934), cause and place unknown
May 2 - Submarine JASTRZAB
(ex-P-551, on loan to Polish Navy, 800t, 1923), sunk by
gunfire, own forces, N Norway, Arctic Ocean, after
accidental damage
May 2 - Tanker/oiler
SANDAR (R, 7,624t, 1928), sunk by U-boat off Tobago, West
Indies
May 5 - Corvette AURICULA
(915t, 5/3/41), mined Courrier Bay, Madagascar.
May 5 - Landing craft
mechanised (MkI) LCM No.46 (30-37t), capsized and sank, E.
Indies.
May 5 - Whaler SAMBHUR (R,
223t, 1926), stranded off Colombo, Ceylon
May 6 - Motor launch ML
No.160 (73t, 27/12/40), sunk by aircraft bombs, Brixham, S
Devon.
May 6 - Submarine URGE
(540t, 12/12/40), lost, possibly mined, E Mediterranean
May 6 - Trawler SENATEUR
DUHAMEL (R, on loan to USN, 913t, 1927), collision off
Wilmington, USA.
May 7 - Motor launch ML
No.130 (73t, 9/10/40), sunk by gunfire during engagement
off Malta
May 8 - Submarine OLYMPUS
(1,475, 1930), sunk by mine off Grand Harbour, Malta
May 11 - Destroyer KIPLING
(1,760t, 22/12/39), sunk by aircraft, E Mediterranean
May 11 - Destroyer LIVELY
(1,920t, 20/7/41), sunk by aircraft, E Mediterranean
May 11 - Tug C.308 (154t), sunk by mine off Malta.
May 11 - Trawler
BEDFORDSHIRE (on loan to USN, 913t, 1935), sunk by U-boat
off Cape Lookout, N Carolina, USA.
May 12 - Destroyer JACKAL
(1,760t, 13/4/39), sunk by aircraft, E Mediterranean
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 15 - Cruiser
TRINIDAD
(8,000t, 14/10/41), sunk by own forces after damage by
torpedo carrying aircraft, Barent's Sea, Arctic
May 16 - Motor torpedo
boat MTB No.338, fire and explosion, Trinidad, West
Indies.
May 18 - Tanker/oiler BETH
(R, 6,852t, 1930), sunk by U-boat off Barbados, West
Indies
May 21 - Tanker/oiler
MONTENOL (2,646t, 1917), torpedoed by U-boat, North
Atlantic, sunk by own forces
May 26 - Tanker/oiler
ALDERSDALE (8,402t, 1937), sunk, cause unknown, Barents
Sea, Arctic
May 27 - Minesweeper
FITZROY (800t, 1919), mined off Yarmouth.
May 30 - Tug ST ANGELO
(150t, 1935), sunk by mine off Malta.
May 31 - Tanker/oiler
DINSDALE (8,250t, 11th April 1942), sunk by U-boat
torpedo, South Atlantic
June 1942
June - Landing craft
assault LCA No.138 (11-13.5t), lost in Home waters
June - Landing craft
mechanised (MkI) LCM No.84, 90, 93, 119, 122, 135, 137
(total 7, 30-37t each), lost in Middle East.
June - Motor torpedo boat
MTB No.259 (32t), lost in tow in Mediterranean.
June 3 - Whaler COCKER (R,
305t, 1936), sunk by U-boat off Bardia, Libya
June 8 - Drifter CATHERINE
(R, 78t, 1914), foundered, Scapa Flow area, Orkneys
June 8 - Trawler AGHIOS
GEORGIS IV (R, 164t), Mozambique Channel.
June 9 - Corvette MIMOSA
(Free French Navy, 1,015t, 11/5/42), sunk by U-boat
torpedo, W Atlantic.
June 10 - Drifter TRUSTY
STAR (96t, 1920), mined, off Malta
June 12 - Escort destroyer
GROVE (1,050t, 5/2/42), sunk by U-boat torpedo, E Mediterranean,
June 13 Transport vessel
FAROUK (auxiliary schooner, R, 91t), sunk by
U-83 in Mediterranean
June 15 - Destroyer
BEDOUIN (1,870t, 15/3/39), sunk by aircraft, torpedo,
Central Mediterranean
June 15 - Escort destroyer
AIREDALE (1,050t, 8/1/42), sunk by aircraft during attack
on convoy, E Mediterranean
June 15 - Destroyer HASTY
(1,340t, 1936), sunk by U-boat torpedo, E Mediterranean
June 15 - Destroyer NESTOR
(on loan to RAN, 1,760t, 12/2/41), sunk by aircraft bombs, E Mediterranean
June 15 - Motor torpedo
boat MTB No.201 (38t, 27/11/41), sank in action with
surface craft, Dover Straits, English Channel
June 15 - Tanker/oiler
SLEMDAL (R, 7,374t, 1931), sunk by U-boat, North Atlantic
June 15 - Trawler KINGSTON
CEYLONITE (on loan to USN, 940t, 1935), mined off
Chesapeake Bay, USA
June 16 - Cruiser
HERMIONE
(5,450t, 25/3/41), sunk by U-boat torpedo, E
Mediterranean
June 16 - Destroyer
KUJAWIAK (ex OAKLEY, on loan to Polish Navy, 1,050t,
17/6/41), sunk by mine off Malta
June 16 - Drifter
JUSTIFIED (93t, 1925), mined off Malta
June 16 - Trawler TRANQUIL
(R, 294t, 1912), collision off Deal.
June 17 - Destroyer WILD
SWAN (1,120t, 19), sunk by aircraft bombs, Western
Approaches
June 18 - Tug VISION, sunk
at Mersa Matruh, Egypt
June 19 - Steam gun boat
No. 7 (135t, 11/3/42), sunk in action with surface craft,
English Channel.
June 20 - Landing craft
assault LCA No.193 (11-13.5t), lost during fall of Tobruk.
June 20 - Landing craft
mechanised (MkI) LCM No.110, 113, 145, 146, 148 (total 5,
30-37t each), lost during fall of Tobruk
June 20 - Landing craft
personnel (Large) LCP(L) No.64 (8-11t), lost during fall
of Tobruk
June 20 - Landing craft
support (Medium) (MkI) LCS(M) No.4, 6, 15, 18, 19, 22
(total 6, 9-11t each), lost during fall of Tobruk
June 20 - Landing craft
tank (MkII) LCT No.119, 150 (total 2, 450-453t each), lost
at Tobruk.
June 20 - Tug ALAISIA (R,
72t, 1929), lost by enemy action, Tobruk, Libya
June 20 - Tug J.T.A.1 (R), lost, Tobruk, Libya
June 20 - Tug J.T.A.07
(R), lost, Tobruk, Libya
June 20 - Tug J.T.A.14
(R), lost, Tobruk, Libya
June 21 - Drifter HIGHLAND
QUEEN (R), scuttled during fall of Tobruk. Date given as
20th-21st
June 21 - Submarine P-514
(530t, 1918), rammed and sunk by own forces, W Atlantic
June 21 - Whaler PARKTOWN
(R, 250t, 1929), sunk by E-boats off Tobruk, Libya
June 23 - Tanker/oiler
ANDREA BROVIG (R, 10,173t, 1940), sunk by U-boat, West
Indies
June 24 - Minesweeper
GOSSAMER (815t, 1938), sunk by aircraft bombs, Kola Inlet,
N Russia.
June 27 - Tanker/oiler
LEIV EIRIKSSON (R, 9,952t, 1936), sunk by U-boat, West
Indies
June 30 - Landing craft
personnel (Large) LCP(L) No.65 (8-11t), lost in bad
weather off Alexandria, Egypt
June 30 - Submarine depot
ship MEDWAY (14,650t, 1929), sunk by U-boat
torpedo off
Alexandria, Egypt
July 1942
July - Landing craft
assault LCA No.196 (11-13.5t), lost by enemy action.
July - Landing craft
mechanised (MkI) LCM No.140 (30-37t), lost in Middle East
July 5 - Trawler SWORD
DANCE (530t, 20/1/41), collision, Moray Firth, E Scotland.
July 6 - Minesweeper NIGER
(815t, 1936), mined off Iceland
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 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
July 21 - Motor gun boat
MGB No.328 (67t, 13/10/41), lost during attack on enemy
convoy, Dover Straits.
July 23 - Harbour duty
vessel VASSILIKI (R), sunk by U-boat on passage from
Beirut to Famagusta
July 24 - Motor gun boat
MGB No.601 (85t, 9/3/42), sunk by enemy action, Dover
Straits.
July 25 - Tanker/oiler
TANKEXPRESS (R, 10, 95t, 1937), sunk by U-boat off West
Africa
July 25 - Trawler LAERTES
(530t, 9/4/41), sunk by U-boat torpedo, Freetown area, W
Africa
July 27 - Motor gun boat
MGB No.501 (19/5/42) Internal explosion off Lands End,
Cornwall
August 1942
August - Landing craft
mechanised (MkI) LCM No.23-25, 34, 45 (total 5, 30-37t
each), lost in Middle East
August - Landing craft
mechanised (MkIII) LCM No.501, 510, 516 (total 3, 52t
each), lost in Middle East.
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 3 - Tanker/oiler
HAVSTEN (R, 6,161t, 1930), sunk by U-boat, West Atlantic
August 7 - Motor torpedo
boat MTB No.44 (33t. 1/4/41), sank in action with surface
craft, Dover Straits, English Channel
August 7 - Motor torpedo
boat MTB No.237 (38t, 18/6/42), sank after action with
surface craft off Barfleur, France.
August 9 - Motor launch ML
No.301 (73t, 2/12/41), expIosion, Freetown area, W Africa
August 9 - Tanker/oiler
MALMANGER (R, 7,078t, 1920), sunk by U-boat off West
Africa
August 11 - Aircraft
carrier EAGLE (22,600t, 1924), sunk by U-boat torpedo, W
Mediterranean
August 11 - Submarine
THORN (1,090t, 26/8/41), lost, probably mined, Libya, E
Mediterranean. Formally Paid Off
August 11 - Tanker/oiler
MIRLO (R, 7,455t, 1922), sunk by U-boat, off West Africa
August 12 - Cruiser
CAIRO
(AA ship, 4,200t, 1919), sunk by U-boat torpedo off
Bizerta, Tunis
August 13 - Cruiser
MANCHESTER (9,400t, 1938), sunk by E-boat
torpedo off Kelibia Roads, Tunisia
August 13 - Destroyer
FORESIGHT (1,350t, 1935), sunk by aircraft torpedo,
Central Mediterranean
August 13 - Drifter
INTREPIDE (R), sunk by aircraft off Salcombe, SW England
August 13 - Trawler PIERRE
DESCELLIERS (R, 153t, 1933), sunk by aircraft bombs off
Salcombe, SW England
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 - Escort
destroyer BERKELEY (1,000t, 6/6/40), sunk by aircraft
during operations at Dieppe
August 19 - Drifter GOLDEN
SUNBEAM (R, 84t, 1920), sunk by collision off Dungeness,
English Channel
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
August 26 - Tanker/oiler
THELMA (R, 8,297t, 1937), cause and place unknown
August 30 - Tanker/oiler
VARDAAS (R, 8,176t, 1931), sunk by U-boat, off Tobago,
West Indies
September 1942
September - Landing barge
No.382 (CC, 200t type), cause and place unknown
September - Motor launch
ML No.1153 (40t, 18/8/42) destroyed by enemy action en
route for Turkey.
September 2 - Landing
craft personnel (Large) LCP(L) No.83 (8-11t), lost by fire
at Newhaven, S England
September 10 -
Tanker/oiler SVEVE (R, 6,313t, 1930), sunk by U-boat,
North Atlantic
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 14 - Cruiser
COVENTRY (AA ship, 4,290t, 1918), sunk by dive bombers, E
Mediterranean
September 14 - Destroyer
SIKH (1,870t, 12/10/38), sunk by gunfire, shore batteries,
Tobruk, Libya
September 14 - Destroyer
ZULU (1, 870t, 6/9/38), sunk by aircraft bombs, E
Mediterranean
September 14 - Motor
launch ML No.352 (73t, 9/6/42), sunk by aircraft, Tobruk,
Libya.
September 14 - Motor
launch ML No.353 (73t, 26/5/42), sunk by aircraft, Tobruk,
Libya
September 14 - Motor
torpedo boat MTB No.308 (34t, 31/1/42), probably aircraft
attack off Tobruk, Libya
September 14 - Motor
torpedo boat MTB No.310 (38t, 10/2/42), probably aircraft
attack off Tobruk, Libya
September 14 - Motor
torpedo boat MTB No.312 (34t, 21/2/42), probably aircraft
attack off Tobruk, Libya
September 14 - Motor
torpedo boat MTB No.314 (34t, 2/3/42), probably aircraft
attack off Tobruk, Libya
September 14 - Naval servicing boat No.9
(on loan to USN, 20t, 12/40), sunk
September 15 - Landing
craft personnel (Large) LCP(L) No.29 (8-11t), lost by fire
in Middle East.
September 15 - Landing
craft personnel (Ramped) LCP(R) No.617 (9-11t), sunk in
Home waters
September 17 - Trawler
WATERFLY (R, 387t, 1931), sunk by aircraft off Dungeness
September 18 - Collier
FERNWOOD (R, 1,892t, 1923), sunk by aircraft, Dartmouth.
Subsequently salved
September 18 - Submarine
TALISMAN (1,090t, 29/6/40), lost, in Sicilian Channel.
Formally Paid Off
September 19 - Landing
barge No.332, 362 (total 2, BB 150t type), sunk by
aircraft near Salcombe, S England
September 19 - Trawler
ALOUETTE (R, 520t, 1939), sunk by U-boat torpedo off
Portugal.
September 19 - Trawler
PENTLAND FIRTH (on loan to USN, 900t, 1934), collision off
New York, USA
September 20 - Minesweeper
LEDA (815t, 1938), sunk by U-boat torpedo, Greenland Sea
September 21 - Tug ST
OLAVES (R, 468t, 1919) Grounded, total loss, off
Duncansby Head, NE Scotland
September 24 - Destroyer
SOMALI (Leader, 1,870t, 7/12/38), sunk in tow, after
U-boat torpedo (20th), off Iceland
September 24 - Landing
craft personnel (Ramped) LCP(R) No.622 (9-11t), sunk in
Home waters
September 24 - Water
carrier KALGAH (R), cause and place unknown
September 25 - Landing
craft vehicle LCV No.798 (10-11t), lost in Home waters
September 26 - Destroyer
VETERAN (1,120t, 1919), sunk by U-boat torpedo, N
Atlantic
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 - Cruiser
CURACOA (AA ship, 4,290t, 1918), lost in collision, NW
Approaches
October 2 - Dumb barge
DARTMOUTH (226t, 1923), sunk as blockship
October 2 - Trawler LORD
STONEHAVEN (R, 444t, 1934), sank 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), sank 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 13 - Landing craft
tank (MkV) LCT No.2006 (291-311t), lost in transit from
USA
October 14 - Landing craft
mechanised (MkIII) LCM No.611, 613, 632-634, 636 (total
6, 52t each), lost in Empire Tarpon, off N.W.
Scotland.
October 16 - Trawler
INVERCLYDE (R, 215t, 1914), sank in tow off Beachy Head
October 22 - Landing craft
mechanised (MkI) LCM No.89 (30-37t), believed lost in tow
en route to Colombo, Ceylon (Shri Lanka)
October 24 - Submarine
UNIQUE (540t, 27/9/40), lost, cause unknown, W of
Gibraltar Straits
October 27 - Landing craft
tank (MkV) LCT No.2281 (291-311t), lost in transit from
USA
October 28 - Landing craft
tank (MkV) LCT No.2190, 2192, 2284 (total 3, 291-311t
each), lost in transit from USA
October 30 - Boom defence
vessel PANORAMA (548t, 1919), overdue at Bathurst, W
Africa
October 31 - Human
torpedo/Chariot No.6/VI (1.2t submerged, 8/9/42), lost in
attack on Tirpitz (Operation Title), Ofto Fiord, Norway
October 31 - Human
torpedo/Chariot No.8/VIII (1.2t submerged, 11/9/42), lost
in attack on Tirpitz (Operation Title), Ofto Fiord,
Norway
October 31 - Motor torpedo
boat MTB No.87 (38t, 12/6/42), mined, North Sea.
November 1942
November - Landing craft
assault LCA No.35, 55, 128, 135, 153, 167, 169, 176,
187-189, 218, 219, 222, 227, 235, 239, 244, 245, 259-261,
266, 269, 271, 286, 287, 301, 307, 309, 330, 321, 375,
423, 436, 447, 451(total 37, 11-13.5t each), lost in
Operation Torch, N Africa. Date approximate
November - Landing craft
mechanised (MkI) LCM No.63-65, 69, 72, 73, 190, 147, 153,
161, 169, 186 (total 12, 30-37t each), lost in Operation
Torch, N. Africa
November - Landing craft
mechanised (MkIII) LCM No.518, 520, 528, 539, 543. 551,
555, 556, 558, 564, 567, 569, 571, 572, 574, 581, 584,
590, 592, 593, 595, 596, 606, 609, 624, 635 (total 26,
52t each), lost in Operation Torch, N Africa
November - Landing craft
personnel (Large) LCP(L) No.138, 507, 543, 544, 550, 560,
562, 565, 566, 568, 573, 575, 576, 759 (total 14, 8-11t
each), lost in Operation Torch, N Africa
November - Landing craft
personnel (Ramped) LCP(R) No.603, 620, 629, 721, 783,
794, 837, 850, 858, 901,909, 1009, 1029, 1036 (total 14,
9-11t), lost in Operation Torch, N. Africa. Date
approximate
November - Landing craft
support (Medium) (MkI) LCS(M) No.11, 14 (total 2, 9-11t), lost in Operation Torch, N Africa
November - Landing craft
support (Medium) (MkII) LCS(M) No.28 (12.5t), lost in
Operation Torch, N Africa
November - Landing craft
tank (MkV) LCT No.1187 (291-311t), lost in transit from
USA
November 3 - Tanker/oiler
THORSHAVET (R, 11,015t, 1938), sunk by U-boat, Caribbean
Sea
November 3 - Tug BAIA (R), lost in tow between Mogadishu and Mombasa
November 6 - Landing craft
personnel (Large) LCP(L) No.209 (8-11t), lost in Seaford
Bay, S England
November 6 - Motor gun
boat MGB No.19 (30t, 28/7/41), bombed and wrecked on
slipway.
November 8 Cutter HARTLAND
(1,546t, 1928), sunk by gunfire, Oran Harbour
November 8 Cutter WALNEY
(1,546t, 1930), sunk by gunfire, Oran Harbour
November 8 - Destroyer
BROKE (Leader, 1,480t, 1925), sunk by gunfire, shore
batteries, Algiers, Algeria
November 9 - Corvette
GARDENIA (1,015t, 24/5/40), collision with own forces, off
Oran, Algeria
November 9 - Minesweeper
CROMER (656t, 4/4/41), mined, E Mediterranean
November 10 - Destroyer
MARTIN (1,920t, 4/4/42), sunk by U-boat torpedo W
Mediterranean
November 10 - Sloop IBIS
(1,300t, 30/8/41), sunk by aircraft, W Mediterranean
November 12 - Auxiliary
anti-aircraft ship TYNWALD (3,650t, 1/10/41), mined off
Bougie, Algeria.
November 12 - Destroyer
depot ship HECLA (10,850t, 6/1/41), sunk by U-boat
torpedo, W of Gibraltar Straits
November 12 - Landing ship
infantry (Large) LSI(L) KARANJA (R, 9,890t, 1931), sunk by
aircraft, Bougie, Algeria.
November 15 - Escort
carrier AVENGER (13,785t deep, 2/3/42), sunk by U-boat torpedo, W of Gibraltar Straits
November 15 - Minesweeper
ALGERINE (940t, 23/3/42), sunk by U-boat torpedo, Bougie,
Algeria.
November 18 - Corvette
MONTBRETIA (Royal Norwegian Navy, 1,015t, 29/9/41), sunk
by U-boat torpedo, N Atlantic.
November 18 - Drifter
WINSOME (R, 46t, 1902), sunk at Fairlie, total loss
November 20 - Landing
craft mechanised (MkI) LCM No.139 (30-37t), lost through
heavy weather in Middle East.
November 20 - Landing
craft tank (MkII) LCT No.120 (450-453t), lost in heavy
weather.
November 21 - Submarine
UNBEATEN (540t, 20/11/40), lost, possibly by own forces,
Bay of Biscay
November 24 - Submarine
UTMOST (540t, 17/8/40), lost, probably by surface craft,
depth-charges off Cape Marittimo, W of Sicily
November 25 - Trawler
LEYLAND (857t, 1936), collision, Gibraltar Bay
November 29 - Motor launch
ML No.242 (73t, 28/5/41) Gutted by fire.
November 29 - Trawler BEN
ROSSAL (R, 260t, 1929), sank at moorings. Later salvaged
November 29 - Trawler
ULLSWATER (555t, 15/11/39), sunk by E-boat, probably
torpedoed, EngIish Channel.
December 1942
December - Landing craft
tank (MkV) LCT No.2054, 2312 (total 2, 291-311t), lost in
transit from USA
December - Special service
vessel SJO (R, 1938), cause and place unknown
December 1 - Special
service vessel ARTHUR (R), cause and place unknown
December 1 - Trawler
JASPER (596t, 1932), sunk by E-boat torpedo, English
Channel
December 2 - Destroyer
QUENTIN (1,705t, 15/4/42), sunk by aircraft, torpedo, W
Mediterranean
December 3 - Escort
destroyer PENYLAN (1,050t, 31/ 8/42), sunk by E-boat torpedo, English Channel
December 3 - Tanker/oiler
BELITA (R, 6,323t, 1933), sunk by U-boat, off Socotra,
Arabian Sea
December 5 - Trawler
BENGALI (880t, 1937), explosion, Lagos, Nigeria
December 5 - Trawler CANNA
(545t, 7/4/41), explosion, Lagos, Nigeria
December 5 - Trawler
SPANIARD (880t, 1937), explosion, Lagos, Nigeria
December 6 - Landing craft
mechanised (MkI) LCM No.98 (30-37t), lost by enemy action
in Benghazi area
December 9 - Corvette
MARIGOLD (1,015t, 28/2/41), sunk by aircraft torpedo,
Gibraltar Straits.
December 11 - Escort
destroyer BLEAN (1,050t, 23/3/42), sunk by U-boat torpedo, W of Oran, Algeria
December 11 - Ferry
service vessel SANDOY (R, 49t, 1940), lost, cause and
place unknown, probably Iceland
December 11 - Special
service vessel ASEL I (R, 10t, 1919), cause and place
unknown
December 12 - Submarine
P-222 (715t, 4/5/42), lost, probably by surface craft,
depth-charges, off Naples, W Italy
December 12 - Submarine
TRAVELLER (1,090t, 10/4/42), lost, probably by
depth-charges from Italian torpedo boat Gulf of Taranto.
Formally paid off
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 16 - Destroyer
FIREDRAKE (1,350t, 1935), sunk by U-boat torpedo, N
Atlantic
December 18 - Destroyer
PARTRIDGE (1,540t, 22/2/42), sunk by U-boat torpedo, W
Mediterranean
December 18 - Motor
torpedo boat MTB No.30 (34t, 11/7/40), mined, North Sea
December 19 - Corvette
SNAPDRAGON (955t, 28/10/40), sunk by aircraft bombs,
Mediterranean.
December 25 - Landing
craft personnel (Large) LCP(L) No.36 (8-11t), lost by fire
at Chittagong, India. Date given as 24th-25th
December 26 - Harbour duty
vessel BRODRENE (R, 1922), sunk in collision, Hvalfiord,
Iceland
December 28 - Ballon
barrage vessel REIDAR (R, 1915), constructive total loss
December 28 - Drifter
LEGEND (R), cause and place unknown. Believed Scapa Flow
area
December 28 - Tug ST ISSEY
(810t, 1918), sunk, probably by U-boat off Benghazi,
Libya
December 30 - Landing
craft vehicle LCV No.752, 754 (total 2, 10-11t each), lost
in Fidelity, sunk N Atlantic
December 30 - Special
service vessel FIDELITY (R, 2,456t), probably torpedoed
by U-boat, North Atlantic
December 31 - Destroyer
ACHATES (1,330t, 1930), sunk by surface craft gunfire,
when escorting convoy, Barent's Sea, Arctic
December 31 - Minesweeper
BRAMBLE (815t, 1939), sunk by surface ship gunfire,
Barents Sea, Arctic
October 13 - Landing craft
mechanised (MkIII) LCM No.508, 509, 519, 522, 523, 532,
537, 547, 620 (total 9, 52t each), lost in Southern
Empress, torpedoed in convoy, N Atlantic
1943
January 1943
January - Landing craft
personnel (Large) LCP(L) No.203-206 (total 4, 8-11t each), lost at Sourabaya, Java
(Note: in January 1943?)
January - Small
miscellaneous craft NAIEM, sunk at Tobruk, Libya
January - Special service
vessel FEIOY(R), cause and place unknown
January 1 - Motor torpedo
boat MTB No.105 (9t, 8/40) Taken in tow and sunk by own
forces
January 2 - Human
torpedo/Chariot No.15/XV (1.2t submerged, 6/10/42), lost
in Operation Principal (Palermo, Sicily)
January 2 - Human
torpedo/Chariot No.16/XVI (1.2t submerged, 10/10/42), lost in Operation Principal (Palermo, Sicily)
January 2 - Human
torpedo/Chariot No.19/XIX (1.2t submerged, 16/10/42), lost in Operation Principal (Palermo, Sicily)
January 2 - Human
torpedo/Chariot No.22/XXII (1.2t submerged, 29/10/42), lost in Operation Principal (Palermo, Sicily)
January 2 - Human
torpedo/Chariot No.23/XXIII (1.2t submerged, 23/10/42), lost in Operation Principal (Palermo, Sicily)
January 2 - Landing craft
mechanised (MkI) LCM No.26 (30-37t), sunk in
Mediterranean, off Libya
January 3 - Landing craft
personnel (Large) LCP(L) No.17 (8-11t), lost by fire at
Chittagong, India
January 4 - Submarine P-48
(540t, 18/6/42), lost, possibly mined, Gulf of Tunis,
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 6 - Landing craft
tank (MkII) LCT No.106, 107 (total 2, 450-453t each), sunk
in Benghazi harbour as result of heavy weather
January 7 - Trawler JURA
(545t, 12/6/42), sunk by aircraft or U-boat torpedo,
Western Mediterranean
January 7 - Trawler
HORATIO (545t, 27/1/41), sunk by E-boat torpedo, Western
Mediterranean
January 8 - Human
torpedo/Chariot No.10/X (1.2t submerged, 15/9/42), lost
in Operation Principal (Maddalena, Sardinia)
January 8 - Human
torpedo/Chariot No.18/XVIII (1.2t submerged, 14/10/42), lost in Operation Principal (Maddalena, Sardinia)
January 8 - Submarine
P-311 (1,090t, 7/8/42), lost, possibly mined, off
Maddalena, Sardinia
January 8 - Tanker/oiler
ALBERT L ELLSWORTH (8,309t, 1937), sunk by U-boat off W
Africa. Date approximate
January 9 - Tanker/oiler
MINISTER WEDEL (R, 6,833t, 1930), sunk by U-boat off W
Africa
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 waters
January 16 - Boom defence vessel FABIOUS
(R, 230t deep), sunk
January 17 - Landing craft
tank (MkV) LCT No.2239, 2267, 2344 (total 3, 291-311t
each), lost in Vestfold, torpedoed in convoy,
N Atlantic
January 19 - Human
torpedo/Chariot No.12/XII (1.2t submerged, 30/9/42), lost
in Operation Welcome (Tripoli, Libya)
January 19 - Human
torpedo/Chariot No.13/XIII (1.2t submerged, 30/9/42), lost in Operation Welcome (Tripoli, Libya)
January 22 - Collier NEVA
(R, 1,456, 1928), presumed sunk by U-boat N Atlantic
January 22 - Rescue ship
ST SUNNIVA (R, 1,368t, 1931) Marine cause
January 22 - Special
service vessel GUILDBORG (R), cause and place unknown
January 25 - Landing craft
mechanised (MkI) LCM No.58 (30-37t), sunk in
Mediterranean, off Libya
January 25 - Minelayer
CORNCRAKE (700t, 7/12/42), foundered in bad weather,
North Atlantic
January 30 - Corvette
SAMPHIRE (1,015t, 30/6/41), sunk by U-boat torpedo,
Western Mediterranean
February 1943
February 1 - Cruiser
minelayer
WELSHMAN (2,650t, 25/8/41), sunk by U-boat
torpedo off Libya
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 5 - Trawler
STRONSAY (545t, 24/4/42), sunk by explosion, probably
mined off Phillipeville, Western Mediterranean
February 6 - Landing craft
mechanised (MkI) LCM No.80 (30-37t), stranded off
Benghazi. Total loss.
February 7 - Landing craft
infantry (Large) LCI(L) No.162 (380-384t), exploded and
sank en route for Algiers.
February 7 - Landing craft
tank (MkV) LCT No.2335 (291-311t), lost in
Daghild, torpedoed in convoy, N Atlantic
February 7 - Trawler
TERVANI (409t, 1930), probably sunk by U-boat off Cape
Bougaroni, Algeria
February 8 - Landing craft
mechanised (MkI) LCM No.61 (30-37t), sunk in Benghazi
harbour through heavy weather
February 8 - Trawler
BREDON (750t, 29/4/42), sunk by U-boat torpedo, North
Atlantic
February 9 - Corvette
ERICA (955t, 7/8/40), sunk by mine, NE of Benghazi, Libya
February 13 - Auxiliary
anti-aircraft ship POZARICA (4,540t, 7/3/41), capsized
after aircraft torpedo attack off Bougie, Algeria on 29th
January 1943
February 24 - Landing
craft tank (MkIII) LCT No.403 (625-649t), lost through
stress of weather off Barra Head, outer Hebrides
February 24 - Motor
torpedo boat No.262 (32t), formally paid off
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 25 - Motor gun
boat MGB No.109 (37t, 30/9/42), mined and severely
damaged on the 7th. Formally paid off
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 - Landing craft
personnel (Large) LCP(L) No.276, 277 (total 2, 8-11t
each), lost in transit
March - Landing craft
support (Medium) (MkI) LCS(M) No.23 (9-13.5t), lost on
patrol, Mayu River, Burma
March - Landing craft tank
(MkV) LCT No.2398 (291-311t), lost in Gorgas
March 2 - Drifter UT
PROSIM (R, 91t, 1925), sunk by gunfire in Dover Harbour
March 4 - Landing craft
personnel (Large) LCP(L) No.106 (8-11t), wrecked off
Tobruk
March 4 - Landing craft
personnel (Ramped) LCP(R) No.673, 680, 684, 685, 689,
692, 693, 727 (total 8, 9-11t each), lost in
Marietta E, sunk by U-boat in convoy, Indian
Ocean
March 6 - Motor launch ML
No.251 (75t, 7/41), rammed and sunk accidentally,
Atlantic area
March 8 - Landing craft
tank (MkV) LCT No.2480 (291-311t), lost in Fort
Lamy, torpedoed in convoy, N Atlantic
March 9 - Tanker/oiler
ROSEWOOD (R, 5,989t, 1931)Torpedoed and presumed sunk
March 10 - Landing craft
tank (MkV) LCT No.2341 (291-311t), lost in
Bonneville, torpedoed in convoy, N Atlantic.
March 10 - Motor torpedo
boat MTB No.622 (95t, 10/42), sunk by surface craft in
attack on convoy off Terschelling, Holland
March 10 - Submarine
TIGRIS (1,090t, 20/6/40), lost, cause unknown, Gulf of
Naples
March 11 - Destroyer
HARVESTER (1,400t, 25/3/40), sunk by U-boat torpedo, N
Atlantic
March 12 - Destroyer
LIGHTNING (1,920t, 28/5/41), sunk by E-boat torpedo,
Central Mediterranean 1943
March 13 - Submarine
THUNDERBOLT (1,090t, 2/11/40), sunk by surface craft,
depth-charges, off Cape Milazzo, Sicily
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 16 - Trawler
CAMPOBELLO (545t, 21/10/42) Badly damaged at Quebec,
Canada. Foundered on passage to UK
March 16 - Tug HORSA
(700t, 21/2/42) Grounded, total loss, Osfles Rock, E
Iceland
March 23 - Special service
vessel BERGHOLM (R, 50t, 1935), cause and place unknown
March 23 - Submarine
TURBULENT (1,090t, 2/12/41), lost, probably mined, off
Sardinia. Date approximate
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
March 30 - Tanker/oiler
HALLANGER (R, 9,551, 1928), sunk by U-boat, W
Mediterranean
March 31 - Trawler
CAULONIA (R, 296t, 1912), ran aground and foundered, Rye
Bay, Sussex
April 1943
April - Landing craft
assault LCA No.272 (11-13t), lost in Mediterranean.
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
April 2 - Motor torpedo
boat MTB No.63 (35t, 18/2/42), lost in collision off
Benghazi, Libya
April 2 - Motor torpedo
boat MTB No.64 (35t, 23/2/42), lost in collision off
Benghazi, Libya
April 2 - Motor torpedo
boat MTB No.267 (32t), damaged in heavy weather on
passage from Benghazi to Malta, sunk by own forces
April 6 - Drifter GOLDEN
GIFT (R, 89t, 1910), sunk in collision in Oban Bay, W
Scotland
April 11 - Destroyer
BEVERLEY (1,190t, 1920), sunk by U-boat torpedo, N
Atlantic
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 16 - Destroyer
PAKENHAM (Leader, 1,550t, 4/2/42), sunk by own forces
after damage in action with destroyers off Sicily
April 16 - Submarine
REGENT (1,475t, 1930), sunk by surface craft, Straits of
Otranto, SE Italy
April 17 - Landing craft
personnel (Ramped) LCP(R) No.780, 782 (total 2, 9-11t
each), lost in Sembilan, sunk by U-boat,
Indian Ocean
April 21 - Landing craft
infantry (Large) LCI(L) No.7 (380-384t), sunk by aircraft
off Algiers.
April 21 - Submarine
SPLENDID (7157, 8/8/42), scuttled after depth-charge
attack, W Coast of Corsica
April 22 - Trawler HERRING
(590t, 15/4/43), sunk in collision, North Sea
April 24 - Submarine SAHIB
(715t, 13/5/42), scuttled after depth-charge attack off
Cape Milazzo Sicily
April 25 - Landing craft
gun (Large) (MkIII) LCG(L) No.15 (627t), lost off Milford
Haven, SW Wales, in heavy weather.
April 25 - Landing craft
support (Medium) (MkI) LCS(M) No.17 (9-13.5t), sunk by
enemy action, Mayu River, Burma
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.
April 28 - Motor torpedo
boat MTB No.639 (95t, 22/1/43), sunk by aircraft, Central
Mediterranean
May 1943
May - Dumb barge NELL JESS
(96t, 1902), wrecked, English Channel
May 2 - Motor torpedo boat
MTB No.311 (34t, 17/2/42), mined, Central Mediterranean
May 8 - Trawler DANEMAN
(1050t, 1937), believed to have struck submerged ice.
Abandoned after being taken in tow, N Atlantic
May 9 - Motor torpedo boat
MTB No.61 (35t, 9/1/42), lost, stranded in attack on
motor barges, off Kelibia, Tunisia
May 10 - Motor torpedo
boat MTB No.264 (32t), mined off Sousse, Tunisia
May 11 - Motor launch ML
No.133 (75t, 12/12/40), lost by fire and explosion, W
Scotland
May 12 - Motor minesweeper
MMS No.89 (240t, 5/1/42), mined off Bizerta, Tunisia
May 13 - Water boat ISBJORN (R), sunk
May 14 - Motor launch ML
No.1154 (40t, 30/1/43), mined at Bizerta, Tunisia
May 22 - Landing craft
vehicle LCV No.825 (10-11t), blew up during exercise off W
Scotland. Date given as 21st-22nd
May 26 - Trawler HONG LAM
(R, 104t), foundered off Adam's Bridge, between India and
Ceylon. Formally paid off
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 - Landing craft
assault LCA No.222, 312 (total 2, 11-13t each), lost in
Mediterranean. Date reported
June - Landing craft
assault LCA No.78 (11-13t), lost in tow from Algiers to
Djedjelli. Date reported
June - Landing craft
personnel (Ramped) LCP(R) No.769 (9-11t), lost in
Mediterranean. Date reported
June 6 - Yacht SARGASSO
(R, 223t, 1926), mined off Isle of Wight, England
June 8 - Special service
vessel DAH PU (R, 1,974t, 1922), torpedoed by U-boat,
Muscat Harbour, E coast of Arabia
June 12 - Landing craft
flak (MkIII) LCF No.13 (550t), bombed off Pantellaria,
Central Mediterranean. Total wreck.
June 14 - Motor gun boat
MGB No.648 (90t, 1/43), sunk by aircraft, Pantellaria,
Central Mediterrranean
June 18 - Landing craft
tank (MkIII) LCT No.358 (625-649t), lost in Mediterranean.
June 18 - Landing craft
tank (MkIII) LCT No.395 (625-649t), mined and grounded in
Mediterranean
June 26 - Motor gun boat
MGB No.644 (90t, 12/42), mined between Marsala and
Mazzara, Sicily, sunk by own forces
July 1943
July 3 - Landing ship tank
(Class II) LST No.429 (2,750t, 21/2/43), lost by fire,
Mediterranean.
July 8 - Landing craft
tank (MkIV) LCT No.547 (611-640t), foundered off Malta.
July 15 - Motor gun boat
MGB No.641 (90t, 29/12/42), sunk by shore battery gunfire
from Italian mainland, Straits of Messina. Date given as
14th-15th
July 17 - Motor torpedo
boat MTB No.316 (34t, 12/3/42), torpedoed by Italian
cruiser off Reggio, S Italy
July 22 - Motor torpedo
boat MTB No.288 (40t, 26/3/43), sunk by aircraft,
Augusta, Sicily. Date given as 21st-22nd
July 27 - Landing craft
tank (MkIII) LCT No.353 (625-649t), sunk by aircraft at
Syracuse, Sicily
August 1943
August - Landing craft
personnel (Large) LCP(L) No.126 (8-11t) Burnt out.
August 2 - Tanker/oiler
ALCIDES (R, 7,634t, 1930), sunk by Japanese Raider, Indian
Ocean. Date approximate
August 4 - Tanker/oiler
THORSHOVDI (R, 9,944t, 1937) War cause
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
August 9 - Tug CORY BROS
(R, 38t), constructive, total loss
August 11 - Submarine
PARTHIAN (1,475t, 1931), lost, possibly mined, S Adriatic
August 14 - Drifter NORNES
(R, 1902), cause and place unknown
August 15 - Landing ship
tank (Class II) LST No.414 (2,750t, 20/1/43), torpedoed by
aircraft, off Cani Rocks, Tunisia. Beached off Bizerta
August 15 - Motor torpedo
boat MTB No.665 (95t, 5/43), sunk by shore battery
gunfire, Messina, Sicily
August 18 - Submarine
SARACEN (715t, 27/6/42), sunk by surface craft,
depth-charges, off Bastia, Corsica
August 27 Sloop EGRET
(1,250t, 1938), sunk by aircraft glider bomb off NW Spain
in Atlantic Ocean
August 29 - Landing craft
assault LCA No.446 (11-13t), lost in heavy weather in
Mediterranean.
August 29 - Landing craft
support (Medium) (MkI) LCS(M) No.16 (9-13.5t), lost in
India
September 1943
September - Landing craft
support (Large) (MkI) LCS(L) No.201 (23t), lost in
collision, English Channel
September 2 - Landing
craft infantry (Large) LCI(L) No.107 (380-384t), wrecked
off Reggio, Italy
September 4 - Landing
craft personnel (Large) LCP(L) No.325 (8-11t), sunk at
Bombay
September 5 - Motor launch
ML No.108 (66t, 4/7/40), mined, English Channel
September 6 - Destroyer
PUCKERIDGE (1,550t, 30/7/41), sunk by U-boat torpedo, W
Mediterranean
September 8 - Landing
craft tank (MkIV) LCT No.624 (611-640t), formally paid off
September 8 - Motor
torpedo boat MTB No.77 (38t, 28/5/42), sunk by aircraft
off Vibo Valencia, SW Italy
September 9 - Drifter NOSS
HEAD (22t net), cause and place unknown:
NOSS HEAD,
Campbeltown-registered CN144 from Carradale,
Argyllshire. Lost at Freetown, Sierra Leone - tank
engine being lowered into the hold, strop snapped and
engine smashed through the wooden hull (Finlay Oman
in email dated 29 March 2004 - loss described by his
father, vessel was owned by his grandfather)
September 9 - Submarine,
midget/Welman craft No.10 (2.4t submerged, 12/5/43), lost
by accident during exercises
September 9 - Landing
craft tank (MkIV) LCT No.572, 626 (total 2, 611-640t), lost in Mediterranean
September 10 - Cruiser
minelayer
ABDIEL (2,650t, 15/4/41), sunk by mine in
Taranto Bay, S Italy
September 11 - Drifter
ROSA (R, 83t, 1908), cause and place unknown
September 12 - Landing
craft personnel (Ramped) LCP(R) No.879 (9-11t), wrecked at
Bombay
September 12 - Landing
craft personnel (Large) LCP(L) No.316 (8-11t), sunk at
Bombay
September 16 - Drifter
NISR (R), cause and place unknown
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 19 - BYMS
minesweeper BYMS No.2019 (290t, 15/8/42), mined and
beached off Cotrone, Italy
September 20 - Corvette
POLYANTHUS (1,015t, 23/4/41), sunk by U-boat torpedo,
North Atlantic
September 21 - Trawler ZEE
MEEUW (R), sunk in collision, Gravesend Reach, Thames, SE
England
September 22 - Drifter
BRAE FLETT (R, 54t Net, 1902), cause and place unknown
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 23 - Frigate
ITCHEN (1,325t, 28/12/42), sunk by U-boat torpedo, North
Atlantic
September 23 - Special
service vessel EVANGIELISTRIA (Chios 345, R), sunk by
enemy action
September 24 - Landing
craft assault LCA No.675 (11-13t), lost during gale at
Salerno
September 24 - Motor
minesweeper MMS No.70 (240t, 18/5/42), believed mined in
Gulf of Taranto, Italy
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
September 27 - Destroyer
INTREPID (1,370t, 1937), sunk by aircraft, in Leros
harbour, Dodecanese
September 28 - Landing
craft personnel (Ramped) LCP(R) No.1019 (9-11t), sunk
during heavy weather in Salerno Bay, Italy
September 30 - Landing
craft tank (MkV) LCT No.2231 (291-311t), lost in LST-79,
Sunk off Corsica
September 30 - Landing
ship tank (Class II) LST No.79 (2,750t, 17/7/43), sunk by
aircraft, off Corsica.
October 1943
October - Landing craft
emergency repair LCER No.1, 9 (total 2, 10t each), lost in
Mediterranean
October - Landing craft
mechanised (MkI) LCM No.232 (30-37t), lost in
Mediterranean. Date approximate
October - Landing craft
mechanised (MkIII) LCM No.545, 938, 1044 (total 3, 52t), lost in Mediterranean. Date approximate
October - Landing craft
mechanised (MkIII) LCM No.1165,1182 (total 2, 52t), lost
in Home waters. Date approximate.
October - Motor launch ML
No.1015 (40t, 24/2/41), lost in heavy weather, Eastern
Mediterranean
October 1 - Landing craft
tank (MkIII) LCT No.391 (625-649t), formally paid off.
Date approximate
October 1 - Landing craft
tank (MkIV) LCT No.553 (611-640t), lost in Mediterranean
October 2 - Landing craft
tank (MkIV) LCT No.618 (611-640t), lost in Mediterranean
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
ARACARI (R, 245t, 1908) Grounded, total Ioss, Filicudi
island, North of Sicily
October 3 - Trawler MEROR
(R, 250t, 1905), mined, Humber area, E England
October 4 - Tanker/oiler
MARIT (R, 5,542t, 1918), sank by U-boat off Benghazi,
Libya
October 7 - Landing craft
tank (MkIV) LCT No.621 (611-640t), lost in Mediterranean
October 8 - Destroyer
ORKAN (ex-MYRMIDON, on loan to Polish Navy, 1,920t,
5/12/42), sunk by U-boat torpedo, N Atlantic
October 9 - Destroyer
PANTHER (1,540t, 12/12/41), sunk by aircraft bombs,
Scarpanto Strait, Dodecanese
October 11 - Landing craft
tank (MkI) LCT No.3 (372t), presumed lost in attack on
Kos, Dodecanese. Formally paid off. Later recovered and
redesignated N.S.C.(L)94
October 11 - Minesweeper HYTHE (605t,
5/3/42), sunk by U-boat torpedo off Bougie,
Algeria
October 11 - Submarine
USURPER (540t, 2/2/43), lost, probably mined, Gulf of
Genoa, NW Italy. Date approximate
October 12 - Motor launch
ML No.835 (75t, 8/8/43), sunk by aircraft, Leros island,
Dodecanese
October 15 - Motor torpedo
boat MTB No.636 (95t, 1/43), sunk by surface craft off
Elba, W Italy
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 shps off
Holland
October 17 - Submarine
TROOPER (1,090t, 29/8/42), lost, possibly mined, Aegean
Sea
October 22 - Escort
destroyer HURWORTH (1,050t, 5/10/41), sunk by mine off
Kalimno, Dodecanese
October 22 - Tanker/oiler
LITIOPA (R, 5,356, 1917), sunk by U-boat off W Africa
October 22 - Trawler
ORFASY (545t, 14/7/42), lost, probably by U-boat torpedo
off W Africa
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 23 - Minesweeper
CROMARTY (605t, 13/12/41), sunk by mine, W Approaches to
Straits of Bonifacio, Mediterranean
October 24 - Destroyer
ECLIPSE (1,375t, 1934), sunk by mine off Kalimno,
Dodecanese
October 25 - Trawler
WILLIAM STEPHEN (R, 935t, 1917), sunk by E-boat off
Cromer, E England
October 26 - Motor launch
ML No.579 (75t, 3/6/43), sunk by aircraft, Leros island,
Dodecanese
October 26 - Motor torpedo
boat MTB No.669 (95t, 29/4/43), sunk by surface craft off
Norwegian coast
October 26 - Tug TIENTSIN
(R), foundered, Red Sea, on passage to Massawa
October 28 - Landing craft
tank (MkII) LCT No.115 (450-453t), sunk by aircraft off
Casteloriso, Aegean
October 30 - Drifter
CHANCELLOR (R, 24t, 1916), sunk in tow
November 1943
November - Dumb barge
CLACTON (196t deep), cause and place unknown, date
approximate. Subsequently Salved
November - Dumb barge FOUR
(204t deep), cause and place unknown, date approximate.
Subsequently Salved
November - Dumb barge
GREENFINCH (218t deep), cause and place unknown, date
approximate. Subsequently Salved
November - Dumb barge
MONICA (233t deep), cause and place unknown, date
approximate. Subsequently Salved
November - Dumb barge SAN
FRANCISCO (241t deep), cause and place unknown, date
approximate. Subsequently Salved
November - Dumb barge
UTOPIA (226t deep), cause and place unknown, date
approximate. Subsequently Salved
November - Landing craft
assault LCA No.212, 316. 505, 545 (total 4, 11-13t each), lost in Mediterranean. Date reported
November - Landing craft
mechanised (MkI) LCM No.181 (30-37t), lost in Azores, Date
reported
November - Landing craft
mechanised (MkIII) LCM No.583 (52t), lost in
Mediterranean. Date reported
November - Landing craft
personnel (Medium) LCP (M) No.14 (7t) , date reported
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 1 - Landing craft
vehicle (Personnel) LCV(P) No.1040 (10-13t), capsized off
Newhaven, S England after engine room flooding
November 4 - Landing craft
tank (MkIV) LCT No.583 (611-640t), lost in Mediterranean
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 8 - Naval servicing boat No30
(8t, 1918), sunk
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 11 - Special
service vessel BILLDORA (R), sunk by enemy action
November 11 - Special
service vessel SQUALLY (R), sunk by enemy action
November 11 - Special
service vessel WESTWICK (R, 18T, 1935), sunk by enemy
action
November 12 - Motor launch
ML No.358 (75t, 9/42), lost off Leros island, Dodecanese
November 13 - Escort
destroyer DULVERTON (1,050t, 27/9/41), sunk by aircraft,
glider bomb, off Kos, Dodecanese
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 17 - Small
miscellaneous craft FOLIOT (33, 1905), sunk in Collision
November 19 - Submarine
SIMOOM (715t, 30/12/42), lost, Dardanelles Approaches.
Date approximate
November 22 - Boom defence
vessel BARFLAKE (750t, 23/9/4), sunk by mine, Naples
November 22 - Minesweeper
HEBE (815t, 1937), sunk by mine off Bari, E Italy
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 22 - Water
carrier EMPIRE ARTHUR (R, 760, 1942), capsized and sank,
Freetown, W Africa
November 23 - Whaler SANTA
(R, 355t, 1936), mined W of Maddalena, Sardinia
November 23 - Landing
craft tank (MkIII) LCT No.329 (625-640t), damaged beyond
economical repair.
November 24 - Motor
torpedo boat MTB No.73 (38t, 3/10/41), sunk by aircraft,
Maddalena, Sardinia
November 27 - Motor launch
ML No.126 (75t, 19/9/40), lost after damage by U-boat
torpedo, W Italy
November 29 - Landing
craft assault LCA No.813 (11-13t), lost during exercise in
Home waters.
December 1943
December - Harbour duty
vessel ST ANNE (R, 37t), cause and place unknown
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 8 - Trawler RYSA
(545t, 13/8/41), sunk by mine off Maddalena, Sardinia
December 12 - Escort
destroyer HOLCOMBE (1,050t, 16/9/42), sunk by U-boat torpedo, W Mediterranean
December 12 - Escort
destroyer TYNDALE (1,000t, 2/12/40), sunk by U-boat torpedo, W Mediterranean
December 16 - Drifter ROSE
VALLEY (R, 100t, 1918), sunk in collision
December 18 - Minesweeper
FELIXSTOWE (656t, 11/7/41), sunk by mine off Sardinia
December 18 - Water boat
CECIL (R), constructive total loss
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 (Ramped) LCP(R) No.613, 661, 1035 (total
3, (9-11t), lost overboard from Hilary
December 22 - Landing
craft personnel (Small) LCP(S) No.116 (6t), lost during
exercises in Home waters
December 24 - Destroyer
HURRICANE (1,400t, 21/6/40), sunk by U-boat torpedo, N
Atlantic
December 24 - Motor launch
ML No.1388 (40t, 25/11/43), grounded off Hartlepool
December 24 - Motor
torpedo boat MTB No.357 (37t, 25/8/43), sunk accidentally
after damage by surface craft on the 23rd
December 25 - Naval
auxiliary boat LILY, sunk in collision off Portland, S
England. Date given as 24th-25th
December 25 - Trawler
KINGSTON BERYL (R, 356t, 1928), mined, NW Approaches
December 31 - Minesweeper
CLACTON (605t, 4/6/42), sunk by mine off Corsica
December 31 - Motor launch
ML No.1121 (40t, 10/7/42), formally paid off
