Key: Loss date are given as Year/Month/Day. In Brackets: R - Requisitioned for Royal Navy service; tonnage is either standard displacement or gross registered; date is date of completion.

Links are being added to the Service Histories by Lt Cdr Geoff Mason RN (Rtd)

Casualties for these vessels can be found in "Casualty Lists of the Royal Navy and Dominion Navies 1922-2007"

1944

Landing craft assault LCA No.226, 254, 347, 440, 487, 696, 753 (total 7, 11-13.5t each), cause and place unknown

Landing craft assault LCA No.326 (11-13.5t), lost in Mediterranean

Landing craft mechanised (MkIII) LCM No.525, 559, 591, 650, 907 (total 5, 52t each), lost overseas, presumed during 1944.

Landing craft personnel (Large) LCP(L) No.540, 760 (total 2, 8-11t each), lost overseas, presumed during 1944.

Landing craft personnel (Ramped) LCP(R) No.640, 735, 978, 982, 987, 989, 991, 993, 1023 (total 9, 9-11t), lost overseas, presumed during 1944.

Landing craft personnel (Ramped) LCP(R) No.652, 669 (total 2, 9-11t each), lost in Home Waters, presumed during 1944

Landing craft personnel (Small) LCP(S) No.1 (6t), cause and place unknown

Landing craft support (Medium) (MkIII) LCS(M) No.49 (13.5t), cause and place unknown

January 1944

January - Ferry service vessel SANDVIKHORN (R, 78t nett, 1917), sunk in collision, Londonderry, N Ireland

January - Landing craft assault LCA No.323, 394, 428, 697 (total 4, 11-13.5t each), lost in Operation Shingle, Anzio landings, W Italy. Date approximate

January - Landing craft mechanised (MkIII) LCM No.623, 910, 930, 1022, 1064, 1173, 204 (total 7, 52t each), lost in Operation Shingle, Anzio landings, W Italy. Date approximate

January - Landing craft personnel (Large) LCP(L) No.66, 356, 373 (total 3, 8-11t each), lost in Operation Shingle, Operation Anzio. Date approximate

January - Landing craft support (Medium) (MkIII) LCS(M) No.46 (13.5t), lost in Operation Shingle, Anzio landings, W Italy. Date approximate

January 1 - Landing ship tank (Class II) LST No.411 (2,750t, 8/1/43), mined or torpedoed (31st Dec. 1943) on passage from Maddalena to Bastia, Sardinia. Abandoned owing to heavy weather.

January 6 - Trawler WALLASEA (545t, 31/7/43), sunk by surface craft torpedo off Mounts Bay, Cornwall

January 7 - Frigate TWEED (1,375t, 28/4/43), sunk by U-boat torpedo, N Atlantic

January 11 - Drifter NOT MANN (R), cause and place unknown

January 14 - Naval auxiliary boat SPIDER BOY (14t), cause and place unknown

January 14 - Tug ADHERENT (700t, 30/3/42), foundered, N Atlantic

January 16 - Landing craft tank (MkIV) LCT No.1029 (611-640t), blew up, possibly mined, while at anchor off Skegness, E England

January 17 - Landing barge, vehicle (MkI) No.367 (150t type), wrecked on passage Dartmouth to Portland, S England

January 19 - Landing craft assault LCA No.783. 790, 865 (total 3, 11-13.5t each), lost in Home Waters off E Scotland. Date reported

January 22 - Landing craft personnel (Ramped) LCP(R) No.616 (9-11t), broke adrift and badly holed in Home Waters

January 23 - Destroyer JANUS (1,760t, 5/8/39), sunk by aircraft torpedo off Anzio, W Italy

January 25 - Landing craft personnel (Small) LCP(S) No.60 (6t), wrecked in Azores.

January 25 - Transport vessel EVANGELISTRIA (SAMOS 82, R), constructive total loss

January 26 - Landing ship tank (Class II) LST No.422 (2,750t, 5/2/43), mined and sunk in Operation Shingle, Anzio landings, W Italy

January 29 - Collier OLGA E EMBIRICOS (R, 4,677t, 1922), sunk by U-boat ,Gulf of Aden

January 29 - Cruiser SPARTAN (5,770t, 10/8/43), sunk by aircraft glider-bomb, off Anzio, W Italy

January 29 - Landing craft assault LCA No.845 (11-13.5t), became waterlogged and sank during exercises off Leith, E Scotland.

January 29 - Yacht ORACLE (745t), destroyed by fire off Liverpool, NE England

January 30 - Destroyer HARDY (Leader, 1,730t, 14/8/43), sunk by U-boat torpedo, Barents Sea, Arctic

January 31 - Trawler PINE (545t, 3/7/40), sunk by E-boat torpedo off Selsey Bill, Sussex

February 1944

February - Landing barge, vehicle (MkI) No.136, 149, 497 (total 3, 150t type), cause and place unknown

February - Landing craft mechanised (MkI) LCM No.192, 234, 254, 279, 282, 327, 329, 367 (total 8, 30-37t each), lost in Home Waters. Date reported

February - Landing craft tank (MkIII) LCT No.375 (625-640t), sunk in Mediterranean. Date reported

February - Landing craft vehicle LCV No.894 (10-11t), lost on service with Royal Army Service Corps, CTC, Rothesay, Scotland. Date reported

February - Special service vessel ALYNBANK (R, 5,157t, 1925), sunk as blockship

February - Special service vessel EMPIRE TAMAR (6,581t, 1907), sunk as blockship

February - Special service vessel INGMAN (R, 3,169t, 1907), sunk as blockship

February - Special service vessel MODLIN (3,569t, 1906), sunk as blockship

February - Landing craft vehicle (Personnel) LCV(P) No.1066 (10.5-13.5t), lost during exercises, Richborough area, Kent, SE England.

February - Special service vessel EMPIRE BUNTING (6,448t, 1919), sunk as blockship

February - Special service vessel EMPIRE DEFIANCE (4,632t, 1909), sunk as blockship

February - Special service vessel EMPIRE FLAMINGO (5,200t, 1920), sunk as blockship

February - Special service vessel EMPIRE MOORHEN (5,617t, 1919), sunk as blockship

February - Special service vessel EMPIRE WATERHEN (6,004t, 1920), sunk as blockship

February 2 - Landing craft infantry (Small) LCI(S) No.511 (110t), beached at Portslade, Sussex, S England. Total loss.

February 7 - Special service vessel DOVER HILL (5,815t, 1918), sunk as blockship

February 7 - Special service vessel FLOWERGATE (5,200t, 1911), sunk as blockship

February 7 - Submarine, midget/X-Craft X-22 (29.8t, 31/10/43), lost in collision, Pentland Firth, N Scotland

February 8 - Special service vessel BECHEVILLE (4,200t, 1924), sunk as blockship

February 8 - Special service vessel PANOS (4,900t, 1920), sunk as blockship

February 9 - Landing craft assault LCA No.552 (11-13.5t), wrecked during exercises off E Scotland.

February 10 - Special service vessel ELSWICK PARK (4,200t, 1920), sunk as blockship

February 11 - Special service vessel SALTERS GATE (3,900t, 1924), sunk as blockship

February 13 - Trawler CAP D'ANTIFER (R), sunk by E-boat off Humber, E England

February 14 - Landing craft personnel (Ramped) LCP(R) No.781 (9-11t), lost in collision, Home Waters

February 14 - Salvage vessel SALVIKING (1,490t, 27/1/43), sunk by U-boat torpedo, Indian Ocean

February 15 - Motor launch ML No.210 (on loan to R Norwegian Navy, 75t, 7/4/41), sunk by mine off Dieppe

February 16 - Landing ship tank (Class II) LST No.418 (2,750t, 1/2/43), sunk after 2 underwater explosions, Operation Shingle, Anzio landings, W Italy

February 18 - Cruiser PENELOPE (5,270t, 1936), sunk by U-boat , torpedeo, Anzio area, W Italy

February 18 - Yacht BREDA (1,207t), sunk after collision, Campbeltown Loch, Scotland

February 20 - Destroyer WARWICK (1,200t, 1918), sunk by U-boat torpedo off W Cornwall, SW England

February 20 - Landing ship tank (Class II) LST No.305 (2,750t, 7/12/42), sunk by U-boat torpedo during Operation Shingle, Anzio landings, W Italy

February 20 - Motor launch ML No.1083 (40t, 23/10/41), lost through grounding in Gulf of Kos, Aegean

February 21 - Drifter LE DUE PAOLE, cause and place unknown

February 21 - Special service vessel VINLAKE (3,938t, 1913), sunk as blockship

February 24 - Landing craft personnel (Large) LCP(L) No.152 (8-11t), wrecked during exercises in Home Waters

February 25 - Destroyer INGLEFIELD (Leader, 1,530t, 1937), sunk by aircraft glider-bomb off Anzio, W Italy

February 25 - Destroyer MAHRATTA (1,920t, 8/4/43), sunk by U-boat torpedo, Barents Sea, Arctic

February 26 - Special service vessel LYNGHAUG (2,839t, 1919), sunk as blockship

February 26 - Special service vessel SIREHEI (3,888t, 1907), sunk as blockship

February 27 - Motor fishing vessel No.70 (43t, 1/5/43), lost after striking submerged object en route for Casteloriso, Dodecanese

February 27 - Sloop WOODPECKER (1,350t, 14/12/42), stern blown off (20th) by torpedo. Capsized and sank in tow, N Atlantic

February 29 - Landing craft personnel (Large) LCP(L) No.541 (8-11t), lost off Isle of Wight, S England. Date given as 28th-29th

March 1944

March - Landing barge, vehicle (MkI) No.229, 266 (total 2, 150t type), cause and place unknown. Date reported

March - Landing craft mechanised (MkI) LCM No.76, lost in E Indies. Date reported

March - Motor launch ML No.1380 (40t, 16/9/43), missing in Aegean

March - Special service vessel EMPIRE TANA (6,148t, 1923), sunk as blockship

March - Special service vessel GEORGIOS P (4,052t, 1903), sunk as blockship

March - Special service vessel NJEGOS (R, 4,393t, 1908), sunk as blockship

March - Special service vessel WINHA (3,391, 1904), sunk as blockship

March 1 - Frigate GOULD (1,600, 18/9/43), sunk by U-boat torpedo, N Atlantic

March 1 - Landing craft assault LCA No.726, 908 (total 2, 11-13.5t each), lost in Home Waters.

March 2 - Landing ship tank (Class II) LST No.362 (2,750t, 23/11/42), sunk by U-boat torpedo, Biscay area

March 3 - Landing craft support (Medium) (MkIII) LCS(M) No.69 (13.5t), sunk during exercises off E Scotland

March 5 - Motor launch ML No.387 (75t, 1/6/43), destroyed by internal explosion, Beirut Harbour, Syria

March 9 - Corvette ASPHODEL (1,015t, 11/9/40), sunk by U-boat torpedo, N Atlantic

March 13 - Landing craft assault (Hedgerow) LCA No.689 (12t), sunk in Home Waters.

March 13 - Landing craft personnel (Small) LCP(S) No.76 (6t), lost on passage.

March 16 - Motor torpedo boat MTB No.417 (37t, 8/9/42), sunk by surface vessel, whilst attacking convoy between Calais and Boulogne. Date given as 15th-16th

March 17 - Landing craft infantry (Large) LCI(L) No.273 (380-384t), sunk by aircraft, Anzio, W Italy

March 20 - Submarine P-715(ex-GRAPH, German prize vessel, 880t), dismantled, broke adrift and lost on West Coast of Islay, W Scotland

March 22 - Submarine STONEHENGE (715t, 15/6/43), lost on patrol, probably off Nicobar Islands, Indian Ocean, Date approximate

March 23 - Landing craft personnel (Ramped) LCP(R) No.1026 (9-11t), sunk in Mediterranean

March 25 - Special service vessel MANCHESTER SPINNER (4,767t, 1918), sunk as blockship

March 26 - Motor torpedo boat MTB No.352 (37t, 31/5/43), sunk in collision, North Sea. Date given as 25th-26th

March 27 - Special service vessel MARIPOSA (3,800t, 1914), sunk as blockship

March 27 - Whaler MAALOY (R, 249t), sunk by U-boat off Ceylon

March 28 - Submarine SYRTIS (715t, 23/4/43), sunk by mine off Bodo, Norway

March 28 - Special service vessel BENDORAN (5,600t, 1919), sunk as blockship

March 30 - Destroyer LAFOREY (Leader, 1,935t, 26/8/41), sunk by U-boat torpedo, North of Sicily

March 30 - Special service vessel VERA RADCLIFFE (5,600t, 1925), sunk as blockship

March 31 - Motor torpedo boat MTB No.241 (38t, 30/3/42), sunk by enemy action off ljmuiden and Helder

April 1944

April - Landing craft mechanised (MkIII) LCM No.1313, 1314, 1373, 1378 (total 4, 52t each), lost on passage from USA to India. Date reported

April - Landing craft personnel (Large) LCP(L) No.360, 367 (total 2, 8-11t each), lost during exercises at Mandapam, India. Date reported

April - Special service vessel FORBIN (R, 7,291t, 1922), sunk as blockship

April 2 - Landing craft assault (Hedgerow) LCA No.672, 811 (total 2, 12t each), foundered during exercises off E Scotland.

April 6 - Landing craft personnel (Small) LCP(S) No.9 (6t), driven ashore at Weymouth, S England

April 6 - Special service vessel INNERTON (5,300t, 1919), sunk as blockship

April 10 - Drifter FORECAST (96t, 1925), sunk at Greenock, Scotland

April 14 - Landing craft personnel (Large) LCP(L) No.323 (8-11t), destroyed in explosion at Bombay.

April 14 - Landing craft personnel (Ramped) LCP(R) No.866 (9-11t), destroyed by fire at Bombay

April 14 - Landing ship infantry (Large) LSI(L) EL HIND (R, 5,319t), destroyed by fire in Bombay Docks, India

April 14 - Water boat GENERAAL VAN SWIETEN (1,300t, 1928), marine cause

April 14 - Water carrier GENERAAL VAN DER HEIJDEN (R, 1,213t, 1929), marine cause

April 18 - Motor torpedo boat MTB No.707 (95t, 11/43), cut in two in collision off N Ireland

April 24 - Landing ship tank (Class II) LST No.407 (2,750t, 31/12/42), damaged beyond repair by weather in Mediterranean

April 24 - Motor torpedo boat MTB No.671 (95t, 16/5/43), sunk in torpedo attack on destroyers off Barfleur, N France

April 24 - Tug ROODE ZEE (R, 468t), sunk by E-boat torpedo off Dungeness, SE England

May 1944

May - Landing craft assault LCA No.130 (11-13.5t), destroyed by fire at Marve. Date reported

May - Landing craft assault LCA No.364, 382, 398, 417, 433, 459, 492, 526, 573, 761 (total 10, 11-13.5t each), cause and place unknown. Date reported

May - Landing craft emergency repair LCER No.5, 14, 21 (total 3, 10t each), cause and place unknown. Date reported

May - Landing craft mechanised (MkI) LCM No.131, 182, 183, 207, 209 (total 5, 30-37t each), lost in E Indies. Date reported

May - Landing craft mechanised (MkI) LCM No.212, 215, 218, 219, 243, 272, 277, 285, 288, 324 (total 10, 30-37t each), lost overseas. Date reported

May - Landing craft mechanised (MkIII) LCM No.527, 534, 540, 588, 1029, 1045, 1071, 1083, 1123, 1171, 1205 (total 11, 52t each), lost overseas. Date reported

May - Landing craft mechanised (MkIII) LCM No.1380, 1381 (total 2, 52t each), lost in Mediterranean. Date reported

May - Landing craft personnel (Large) LCP(L) No.8, 263, 287, 577 (total 4, 8-11t each), lost overseas. Date reported

May - Landing craft personnel (Ramped) LCP(R) No.584 (9-11t), sunk in Home Waters.

May - Landing craft personnel (Ramped) LCP(R) No.614, 634, 663, 824, 844, 912. 913, 995 (total 8, 9-11t each), lost overseas. Date reported

May - Landing craft personnel (Ramped) LCP(R) No.643(9-11t), lost at Naples, Italy. Date approximate

May - Landing craft personnel (Small) LCP(S) No.25, 50, 61, 73, 101, 135, 137 (total 7, 6t each), cause and place unknown Date reported

May - Landing craft personnel (Small) LCP(S) No.74 (6t), lost overboard at Messina, Sicily. Date reported

May - Landing craft support (Medium) (MkIII) LCS(M) No.59 (13.5t), cause and place unknown. Date reported

May 5 - Motor torpedo boat MTB No.708 (95t, 11/43), damaged by friendly aircraft English Channel, and subsequently sunk by own forces

May 20 - Trawler WYOMING (R, 302t, 1915), mined and sunk off Harwich, E England

May 23 - Landing barge, ramped dumb No.83 (100t type), sank on passage to Sheerness, SE England

May 28 - Motor torpedo boat MTB No.732 (97t, 17/4/44), sunk by accident, English Channel

May 30 - Whaler FIRMAMENT (R, 248t, 1930), grounded, total loss, off Alexandria

June 1944

June - Landing barge, oiler No.6 (200t type), cause and place unknown

June - Landing barge, vehicle (Mk1) No.16, 20, 51 (total 3, 150t type), cause and place unknown

June - Landing craft assault LCA No.33, 56, 146 (total 3, 11-13.5t each), lost in E Indies. Date reported

June - Landing craft assault LCA No.182 (11-13.5t), cause and place unknown Date reported

June - Landing craft infantry (Small) LCI(S) No.512, 517, 524, 531, 540 (total 5, 110t each), lost in Operation Neptune, Normandy landings, N France

June - Landing craft infantry (Small) LCI(S) No.537 (110t), damaged beyond economical repair

June - Landing craft mechanised (MkI) LCM No.91 (30-37t), lost in E Indies. Date reported

June - Landing craft mechanised (MkI) LCM No.295 (30-37t), lost overseas.

June - Landing craft mechanised (MkIII) LCM No.577 (52t), lost in Operation Overlord, Normandy landings, N France

June - Landing craft mechanised (MkIII) LCM No.1115, 1130 (total 2, 52t each), lost in Mediterranean. Date reported

June - Landing craft personnel (Ramped) LCP(R) No.723 (9-11t), lost in Mediterranean Date reported

June - Landing craft personnel (Ramped) LCP(R) No.854 (9-11t), cause and place unknown. Date reported

June - Landing craft personnel (Ramped) LCP(R) No.867 (9-11t), wrecked at Mandapam, S India across from Ceylon

June - Landing craft personnel (Ramped) LCP(R) No.894, 896 (total 2, 9-11t each), lost in Operation Neptune, Normandy landings, N France

June - Landing craft personnel (Ramped) LCP(R) No.895 (9-11t), damaged and sunk, Portsmouth area, S England

June - Landing craft personnel (Ramped) LCP(R) No.966 (9-11t), damaged en route to Anzio, W Italy. Date reported

June - Landing craft personnel (Ramped) LCP(R) No.970 (9-11t), lost in Home Waters. Date reported

June - Landing craft personnel (Small) LCP(S) No.136 (6t), lost in Operation Neptune, Normandy landings, N France

June - Landing craft support (Medium) (MkIII) LCS(M) No.47 (13.5t), cause and place unknown

June - Landing craft support (Medium) (MkIII) LCS(M) No.75, 76, 80, 81, 83, 91, 99, 101, 103, 108, 114 (total 11, 13.5t each), lost in Operation Neptune Normandy landings, N France

June - Landing craft tank (Armoured) (MkV) LCT No.2039 (290-295t), cause and place unknown

June - Landing craft tank (Armoured) (MkV) LCT No.2273, 2301, 2402 (total 3, on loan to US Navy, 290-295t each), lost in Operation Neptune, Normandy landings, N France

June - Landing craft tank (Armoured) (MkV) LCT No.2428 (290-295t), lost in Operation Neptune. Normandy landings, N France

June - Landing craft tank (MkIV) LCT No.524, 715, 750, 809, 886, 947 (total 6, 611-640t), lost in Operation Neptune, Normandy landings, N France

June - Landing craft tank (MkV) LCT No.2498 (291-311t), lost in Operation Neptune, Normandy landings, N France.

June - Landing craft vehicle (Personnel) LCV(P) No.1016, 1029, 1031, 1033, 1044-1046, 1049,1054, 1056, 1062, 1065, 1084, 1088, 1093, 1098, 1101, 1102, 1104, 1106, 1111, 1114, 1117, 1120-1122, 1124, 1129, 1132, 1133, 1139, 1146, 1153, 1155, 1157, 1159, 1165, 1170-1172, 1184, 1188, 1201, 1204, 1211, 1216, 1218, 1242, 1245, 1246, 1248, 1249, 1251, 1255, 1260, 1262, 1264 (total 57, 10.5-13.5t each) June Lost in Operation Neptune, Normandy landings, N France. Date approximate

June - Landing craft vehicle LCV No.719 (10-11t), cause and place unknown

June - Special service vessel BELGIQUE (4,606t, 1902), sunk as blockship

June - Special service vessel EMPIRE BITTERN (8,500t, 1902), sunk as blockship

June - Special service vessel PARKHAVEN (4,803t, 1920), sunk as blockship

June - Special service vessel PARKLAAN (3,807t, 1911), sunk as blockship

June 6 - Destroyer SVENNER (ex-SHARK, on loan to R Norwegian Navy, 1,710t, 18/3/44), sunk by surface ship, torpedo off Normandy

June 6 - Destroyer WRESTLER (1,100t, 1918), damaged beyond repair by mine off Normandy

June 6 - Landing craft assault LCA No.107 (11-13.5t), sunk.

June 6 - Landing craft tank (MkV) LCT No.2049, 2229, 2307 (total 3, on loan to US Navy, 291-311t each), lost in Operation Neptune, Normandy landings, N France

June 6 - Motor torpedo boat MTB No.248 (41t, 4/3/43), sunk in collision, English Channel

June 7 - Landing barge, vehicle (MkI) No.52 (150t type), cause and place unknown

June 8 - Frigate LAWFORD (1,150t, 3/11/43), bombed and sunk on service as HQ ship, Normandy

June 8 - Landing craft infantry (Large) LCI(L) No.105 (380-384t), torpedoed, Operation Neptune, Normandy landings, N France

June 8 - Landing craft tank (MkIV) LCT No.875 (611-640t), sunk by enemy action

June 8 Netlayer MINSTER (R, 707t, 1924), sunk by mine, Seine Bay, Normandy

June 9 - Cruiser DURBAN (4,850t, 1919), sunk as blockship for Mulberry Harbour, Normandy, N France

June 9 - Training ship CENTURION (ex-battleship, 25,500t, 1913), sunk as blockship for Mulberry Harbour, Normandy

June 10 - Motor torpedo boat MTB No.681 (95t, 7/43), sunk when attacking convoy off Holland. Date given as 9th-10th

June 11 - Motor gun boat MGB No.17 (30t, 19/12/40), sunk, possibly mined, off Normandy

June 11 - Motor torpedo boat MTB No.448 (37t, 23/9/43), sunk by accident in torpedo attack by friendly aircraft off Normandy

June 11 - Tug SESAME (700t, 18/1/44), sunk by E-boat torpedo off Normandy

June 12 - Landing barge, vehicle (MkI) No.16, 51 (total 2, 150t type), lost through stress of weather.

June 13 - Destroyer BOADICEA (1,360t, 1931), sunk by aircraft torpedo off Portland, English Channel

June 13 - Landing craft tank (MkIV) LCT No.967 (611-640t), mined.

June 13 - Trawler BIRDLIP (750t, 23/12/41), sunk by U-boat torpedo off W Africa

June 13 - Motor minesweeper MMS No.229 (255t, 25/10/42), sunk by mine off Normandy

June 14 - Water boat CHANT 69 (R, 400t, 1944), capsized off Normandy

June 15 - Drifter GLEAM (57t, 1922), sunk in collision

June 15 - Frigate BLACKWOOD (1,150t, 29/3/43), sunk by U-boat torpedo, English Channel

June 15 - Frigate MOURNE (1,365t, 30/4/43), sunk by U-boat torpedo, English Channel

June 15 - Landing craft assault LCA No.59, 69 (total 2, 11-13.5t each), lost, Bombay area.

June 16 - Landing craft tank (MkIV) LCT No.589 (611-640t), destroyed to avoid capture, Mediterranean

June 16 - Whaler SOUTHERN PRIDE (R, 582t, 1936), stranded, total loss, off Sierra Leone

June 17 - Landing craft flak (MkIII) LCF No.15 (515-550t), mined in Convoy, Operation Brassard, Elba landings. Date given as 16th-17th

June 17 - Landing craft infantry (Large) LCI(L) No.132 (380-384t), lost and formally paid off.

June 18 - Submarine SICKLE (715t, 1/12/42), sunk, probably mined, Anti-Kithera Channel, Greece. Date approximate

June 18 - Destroyer QUAIL (1,705t, 7/1/43), sunk in tow, Bari to Taranto, after damage by mine (15th Nov 1943)

June 19 - Landing craft personnel (Ramped) LCP(R) No.905 (9-11t), lost in bad weather in Home Waters

June 20 - Tug SOLITAIRE (91t, 1904), capsized and sank off Normandy

June 21 - Destroyer FURY (1,350t, 1935), damaged beyond repair by mine off Normandy

June 21 - Harbour tender SENGA (R), sunk in collision off Londonderry, N Ireland

June 22 - Human torpedo/Chariot No.60/LX (1.2t, 17/8/43), lost in attack on Spezia, NW Italy

June 22 - Human torpedo/Chariot No.58/LVIII (1.2t, 11/6/43), lost in attack on Spezia, NW Italy

June 24 - Destroyer SWIFT (1,710t, 6/12/43), sunk by mine off Normandy

June 24 - Motor minesweeper MMS No.8 (255t, 8/1/41), sunk by mine off Normandy

June 24 - Trawler LORD AUSTIN (R, 473t, 1937), mined and sunk, Seine Bay, Normandy

June 24 - Special service vessel NORFALK (5,672t, 1919), sunk as blockship

June 25 - Landing barge, emergency repair No.8, 17, 25-27, 57, 60 (total 7, 200t type), written off charge as result of damage caused in assault area during gale, Normandy landings. Date given as 19th-25th

June 25 - Landing barge, oiler No.10 (150t type), written off charge as result of damage caused in assault area during gale, Normandy landings. Date given as 19th-25th

June 25 - Landing barge, oiler No.46, 56, 81 (total 3, 200t type), written off charge as result of damage caused in assault area during gale, Normandy landings. Date given as 19th-25th

June 25 - Landing barge, vehicle (Mk1) No.3, 27, 49, 61, 67, 94, 95, 103, 209, 214 (total 10, 150t type), written off charge as result of damage caused in assault area during gale, Normandy landings. Date given as 19th-25th

June 25 - Landing barge, vehicle (MkII) No.172, 176, 206, 232 (total 4, 200t type), written off charge as result of damage caused in assault area during gale, Normandy landings. Date given as 19th-25th

June 25 - Landing barge, water No.7 (150t type), written off charge as result of damage caused in assault area during gale, Normandy landings. Date given as 19th-25th

June 25 - Landing barge, water No.15 (200t type), written off charge as result of damage caused in assault area during gale, Normandy landings. Date given as 19th-25th

June 25 - Landing craft headquarter LCH No.185 (384t), sunk by mine, Operation Neptune, Normandy landings, N France

June 26 - Landing barge, vehicle (MkI) No.84 (150t type), cause and place unknown

June 26 - Motor torpedo boat MTB No.734 (97t, 30/5/44), damaged by Beaufighters and eventually sunk by own forces, North Sea

June 26 - Special service vessel NORJERV (5,600t, 1919), sunk as blockship

June 27 - Motor torpedo boat MTB No.640 (85t, 1/11/42), sunk by mine, Leghorn/Spezia area, NW Italy. Date given as 26th-27th

June 28 - Motor gun boat MGB No.326 (67t, 18/8/41), sunk by mine off Normandy

June 29 - Special service vessel STANWELL (5,800t, 1914), sunk as blockship

June 30 - Special service vessel MAYCREST (5,900t, 1913), sunk as blockship

June-July - Landing craft assault (Hedgerow) LCA No.671. 690, 965, 1072 (total 4, 12t each), lost in Operation Neptune, Normandy landings, N France

June-July - Landing craft assault LCA No.171, 208, 279, 289, 303, 320, 337, 339, 341, 349, 350, 352, 360, 367, 383, 387, 401, 409. 418, 424, 431, 434, 442, 458, 462, 463, 476, 48.5, 494, 496, 503, 509, 318-520,522, 525, 530, 535, 540, 566, 579, 581, 584, 586, 588-590, 592-594, 611, 613, 623, 637, 642, 649-652, 655, 661, 664, 665, 673, 683, 691, 692, 704, 705, 710, 717, 721, 722, 729, 731, 738, 748, 750, 768, 775, 779, 780, 788, 791, 792, 795-797,803, 808-810, 812, 814, 815, 821, 825, 827, 835, 849, 853, 857, 859, 860, 867, 869-871, 879, 881, 886, 900, 903, 911, 913, 914, 918-920, 929, 933, 946, 949, 958, 978, 984, 998-1000, 1005, 1008, 1013, 1016, 1021, 1024, 1026-1028, 1034, 1050, 1057-1059, 1063, 1068, 1069, 1074, 1082, 1086, 1088, 1091, 1093, 1096, 1129, 1131, 1132, 1137, 1138, 1143, 1144, 1146, 1149-1151,1155, 1156, 1213, 1215, 1216, 1251-1253, 1256, 1338-1341, 1343, 1372, 1379, 1381/1383 (total 184, 11-13.5t each), lost in Operation Neptune, Normandy landings, N France

June-July - Landing craft mechanised (MkI) LCM No.127, 128, 165, 168, 180, 191, 203, 216, 226, 229, 231, 241, 251, 281, 316, 319, 330, 335, 337, 338, 345, 346, 348, 355, 357, 377, 382, 383, 408, 409, 419, 421, 425, 443, 444, 466 (total 36, 30-37t each), lost in Operation Neptune, Normandy landings, N France

June-July - Landing craft mechanised (MkIII) LCM No.531, 535, 568, 587, 627, 628, 631, 641, 908, 929, 1053.1059,1062, 1088, 1098, 1108, 1120, 1127, 1128, 1139, 1145, 1146, 1161, 1175, 1189, 1197, 1200, 1207, 1208, 1212, 1220, 1221, 1227, 1232, 1233, 1240, 1244, 1278, 1282, 1293, 1297, 1397 (total 42, 52t each), lost in Operation Neptune, Normandy landings, N France

June-July - Landing craft personnel (Large) LCP(L) No.13, 14, 21-23, 40, 51, 121, 132, 139, 170, 175, 176, 187, 189, 197, 199, 208, 272, 280, 282, 285, 286, 289, 309, 312, 528, 556 (total 28, 8-11t each), lost in Operation Neptune, Normandy landings, N France

July 1944

July - Landing craft assault LCA No.54 (11-13.5t), lost in E Indies. Date reported

July - Landing craft personnel (Large) LCP(L) No.229, 298/300, 303/305, 308, 310 (total 9, 8-11t each), lost in Home Waters.

July - Landing craft personnel (Ramped) LCP(R) No.683 (9-11t), lost in action off coast of France. Date reported

July - Landing craft personnel (Small) LCP(S) No.183 (6t), wrecked in Mediterranean. Date reported

July - Landing craft personnel (Survey) LCP(Survey) No.154 (9t), cause and place unknown. Date reported

July - Landing craft tank (MkV) LCT No.2331 291-311t), broke back.

July 1 - Landing barge, ramped dumb No.43, 65 (total 2, 100t type), cause and place unknown

July 1 - Landing barge, vehicle (MkI) No.121, 175 (total 2, 150t type), cause and place unknown

July 1 - Landing craft assault (Hedgerow) LCA No.183, 258, 802 (total 3, 12t each), lost in Mediterranean

July 1 - Landing craft assault LCA No.248, 400 (total 2, 11-13.5t each), lost in Mediterranean

July 1 - Landing craft support (Medium) (MkIII) LCS(M) No.54 (13.5t), cause and place unknown

July 1 - Motor launch ML No.265 (75t, 30/5/41), destroyed by petrol fire and explosion, Freetown, W Africa

July 1 - Motor launch ML No.287 (75t, 23/8/41), destroyed by petrol fire and explosion, Freetown, W Africa

July 2 - Landing ship infantry (Large) LSI(L) EMPIRE BROADSWORD (4,285t), sunk by mine off Normandy, N France

July 2 - Motor minesweeper MMS No.1019 (360t, 23/8/43), sunk by mine off Cherbourg

July 3 - Landing craft assault LCA No.1393 (11-13.5t), lost in Operation Overlord, Normandy landings, N France

July 3 - Motor torpedo boat MTB No.460 (on loan to RCN, 41t, 22/3/44), sunk by mine off Normandy

July 5 - Trawler GANILLY (545t, 3/9/43), sunk by mine, English Channel

July 6 - Minesweeper CATO (1,110t, 29/7/43), sunk by human torpedo off Normandy

July 6 - Minesweeper MAGIC (1,110t, 28/10/43), sunk by human torpedo off Normandy

July 7 - Landing craft mechanised (MkI) LCM No.138 (30-37t), lost, English Channel.

July 7 Fighter direction tender FDT No.216 (2,750t, 4/3/43), sunk by aircraft torpedo off Barfleur, N France.

July 8 - Landing craft personnel (Large) LCP(L) No.267 (8-11t), sunk by mine off Cherbourg, N France

July 8 - Minesweeper PYLADES (1,110t, 27/11/43), sunk by human torpedo off Normandy

July 8 - Motor torpedo boat MTB No.463 (on loan to RCN, 41t, 25/3/44), sunk by mine off Normandy

July 8 - Cruiser DRAGON (on loan to Polish Navy, 4,850t, 1918), damaged by human torpedo off Normandy. Constructive total loss

July 9 - Landing craft tank (MkIV) LCT No.511 (611-640t), broke back while in tow.

July 9 - Landing craft tank (MkIII) LCT No.390 (625-640t), cause and place unknown

July 9 - Motor torpedo boat MTB No.434 (37t, 25/1/43), sunk by surface craft off Normandy

July 10 - Landing craft tank (MkIV) LCT No.757 (611-640t), formally paid off.

July 10 - Motor minesweeper MMS No.55 (255t, 3/9/41), sunk by mine off Normandy

July 11 - Landing barge, oiler No.87 (200t type), cause and place unknown

July 12 - Motor launch ML No.443 (75t. 11/41), mined off Vada, W Italy. Fore part blown off

July 13 - Landing craft emergency repair LCER No.15 (10t), cause and place unknown

July 13 - Landing craft vehicle (Personnel) LCV(P) No.1288 (10.5-13.5t), lost in Home Waters,

July 14 - Landing craft assault LCA No.1304 (11-13.5t), lost in heavy weather in Home Waters

July 15 - Landing craft tank (Armoured) (MkV) LCT No.2263 (290-295t), cause and place unknown

July 16 - Landing craft tank (MkIII) LCT No.7057, 7064 (total 2, 625-640t each), cause and place unknown

July 17 - Landing craft tank (MkIII) LCT No.387 (625-640t), mined off W Italy.

July 19 - Trawler TEXAS (301t), sunk in collision, Jamaica Area

July 20 - Landing craft tank (MkIV) LCT No.689 (611-640t), destroyed by explosion

July 20 - Destroyer ISIS (1,370t, 1937), sunk by human torpedo or mine off Normandy

July 23 - Landing craft tank (MkIV) LCT No.1023 (611-640t), damaged beyond economical repair.

July 24 - Landing craft tank (MkIV) LCT No.901 (611-640t), broke back

July 24 - Motor torpedo boat MTB No.372 (47t, 7/10/43), sunk by surface craft gunfire when patrolling off Cape Loviste, Adriatic. Date given as 23rd-24th

July 27 - Motor torpedo boat MTB No.412 (37t, 14/2/42), sunk in collision off Normandy. Date given as 26th-27th

July 27 - Motor torpedo boat MTB No.430 (37t, 16/11/42), rammed by E-boat off Normandy. Date given as 26th-27th

July 27 - Submarine B1(ex/SUNFISH, on loan to Soviet Navy, 670t, 1937), lost on passage to USSR with Soviet crew

July 28 - Landing craft personnel (Ramped) LCP(R) No.971 (9-11t), lost in collision in Home Waters

July 29 - Landing ship infantry (Small) LSI(S) PRINCE LEOPOLD (R, 2,938t, 1930), torpedoed by U-boat, capsized and sank, English Channel

July 29 - Trawler LORD WAKEFIELD (825t deep, 1933), sunk by aircraft off Normandy

July 29 - Landing barge, vehicle (Mk1) No.19, 28, 116, 122 (total 4, 150t type), cause and place unknown

July 4-5 - Motor torpedo boat MTB No.666 (95t, 10/6/43), sunk by surface craft off Holland

July -August - Landing craft gun (Large) (MkIII) LCG(L) No.764, 831, 1062 (total 3, 530t each), lost in Operation Neptune, Normandy landings, N France

August 1944

August - Landing craft tank (MkIII) LCT No.427 (625-640t), cause and place unknown

August 3 - Trawler GAIRSAY (545t, 30/4/43), sunk by human torpedo off Normandy

August 3 - Escort destroyer QUORN (1,000t, 21/9/40), sunk by human torpedo or mine off Normandy

August 5 - Landing craft tank (MkIV) LCT No.1039 (611-640t), broke back

August 5 - Landing craft tank (MkIV) LCT No.1076 (611-640t), broke in two

August 9 - Landing barge, oiler No.53 (200t type), cause and place unknown

August 9 - Landing barge, oiler No.73 (150t type), cause and place unknown

August 9 - Landing craft mechanised (MkIII) LCM No.618, 640 (total 2, 52t each), lost in Mediterranean

August 10 - Landing craft tank (MkIV) LCT No.1092 (611-640t), broke back while in tow.

August 14 - Landing barge, vehicle (MkI) No.154 (150t type), sunk at moorings off Portsmouth, S England

August 14 - Landing craft infantry (Large) LCI(L) No.99 (380-384t), sunk in convoy, presumed by U-boat, Operation Neptune, Normandy landings, N France

August 16 BYMS - Minesweeper BYMS No.2022 (290t, 12/9/42), lost after damage by mine, Frejus Gulf, S S France

August 16 - Motor gun boat MGB No.313 (67t, 12/6/41), sunk by mine or torpedo off Normandy

August 16 - Motor launch ML No.563 (75t, 3/3/43), sunk by mine off Frejus, S France

August 17 - Landing barge, oiler No.4 (150t type), cause and place unknown

August 17 - Landing craft flak (MkII) LCF No.1 (500-540t), blew up and sank, Operation Neptune, Normandy landings, N France

August 17 - Landing craft tank (MkIV) LCT No.631 (611-640t), broke back.

August 18 Examination vessel FRATTON (R, 757t, 1925), sunk at anchor by underwater explosion, probably torpedoed by surface craft, Seine Bay, Normandy

August 18 - Motor torpedo boat MTB No.93 (38t, 10/9/42), lost in collision off Harwich, E England

August 19 - Landing barge, vehicle (MkI) No.83 (150t type), sunk in tow.

August 21 - Sloop KITE (1,350t, 1/3/43), sunk by U-boat torpedo, Greenland Sea

August 21 - Motor launch ML No.1179 (40t, 4/3/43), sunk off Rio Bueno, Jamaica, in hurricane

August 22 - Frigate BICKERTON (1,300t, 17/10/43), sunk by U-boat torpedo, Barents Sea, Arctic

August 22 - Minesweeper LOYALTY (940t, 22/4/43), sunk by mine, or U-boat torpedo, English Channel

August 25 - Landing craft support (Medium) (MkIII) LCS(M) No.42 (13.5t), cause and place unknown

August 25 - Trawler CHOICE (R, 197t), foundered, total wreck, Arromanches, Normandy

August 25 - Landing craft tank (MkIV) LCT No.1074 (611-640t), mined, English Channel

August 27 - Landing barge, water No.14 (150t type), cause and place unknown

August 27 - Minesweeper BRITOMART (815t, 24/8/39), sunk by accident in attack by friendly aircraft off Normandy

August 27 - Minesweeper HUSSAR (815t, 1935), sunk by accident in attack by friendly aircraft off Normandy

August 31 - Landing barge, oiler No.30 (150t type), cause and place unknown

August-September - Landing craft personnel (Large) LCP(L) No.84, 85, 88, 97, 98, 110, 118, 128, 137, 145, 146, 149, 162, 163, 198, 200, 230/233, 235, 238, 239, 241, 242, 246, 247, 269, 293. 294 (total 30, on loan to US Navy, 8-11t each), lost in Operation Neptune, Normandy landings, N France

September 1944

September - Landing craft assault LCA No.577, 625 (total 2, 11-13.5t each), lost in Mediterranean. Date reported

September 1 - Corvette HURST CASTLE (1,060t, 9/6/44), sunk by U-boat torpedo off NW Ireland

September 1 - Motor minesweeper MMS No.117 (255t, 7/4/42), sunk by mine, Civita Vecchia, W Italy

September 2 Auxiliary anti/aircraft ship GLEN AVON (R, 678t deep, 1912), foundered in gale, Seine Bay, Normandy

September 4 - Special service vessel BOSWORTH (6,672t, 1919), sunk as blockship

September 5 - Collier lOANNI FAFALIOS (R, 5,670, 1919), war cause

September 5 - Drifter FAIRHAVEN (R, 96t, 1919), foundered, NE Atlantic

September 5 - Landing craft flak (MkIV) LCF No.31 (500-510t), lost in Operation Neptune, Normandy landings, N France. Date reported

September 11 - Landing craft mechanised (MkI) LCM No.263 (30-37t), wrecked on beach, Operation Neptune, Normandy landings, N France

September 12 - Landing barge, water No.11 (150t type), cause and place unknown

September 13 - Motor fishing vessel No.1032 (93t, 2/44), sunk in tow

September 14 - Motor minesweeper MMS No.278 (255t, 8/3/43), stranded on rocks in La Rance River, St Malo, N France

September 15 - Landing craft personnel (Large) LCP(L) No.348 (8-11t), destroyed by fire in India.

September 17 - Trawler MIRABELLE (R, 203t, 1918), rammed and sunk by accident

September 20 - Special service vessel SYLVIA (R), lost by enemy action

September 26 - Landing craft assault LCA No.848, 1378 (total 2, 11-13.5t each), lost in heavy weather in Home Waters

September 26 - Landing craft personnel (Ramped) LCP(R) No.999 (9-11t), sunk in gale in Home Waters

September 27 - Destroyer ROCKINGHAM (1,190t, 1919), sunk by mine, E Scotland

September 28 - Motor launch ML No.216 (75t, 28/5/41), foundered in heavy weather after being mined (19th), North Sea

October 1944

October - Landing craft tank (MkIII) LCT No.377 (625-640t), lost, probably mined, on passage Marseilles to Maddalena, Sardinia

October - Landing craft tank (MkIV) LCT No.943 (611-640t), sunk.

October 1 - Motor torpedo boat MTB No.360 (37t, 30/6/43), sunk by surface craft off Ymuiden, Holland

October 1 - Motor torpedo boat MTB No.347 (37t, 18/3/43), sunk by surface craft off Ymuiden, Holland

October 3 - Collier YEWDALE (R, 823t, 1929), marine cause

October 4 - Special service vessel DUPLEIX (R), cause and place unknown

October 5 - BYMS minesweeper BYMS No.2255 (290t, 30/11/43), sunk by mine, Boulogne, N France

October 5 - Motor launch ML No.1227 (44t, 24/11/42), sunk by surface craft off Piraeus, Greece

October 6 - Landing craft personnel (Large) LCP(L) No.7, 18 (total 2, 8-11t each), lost in Home Waters

October 6 - Trawler VIDONIA (R, 276t), sunk in collision, English Channel

October 8 - BYMS minesweeper BYMS No.2030 (290t, 30/7/42), sunk by mine off Le Havre, N France

October 10 - Motor gun boat MGB No.663 (90t, 8/3/43), sunk by mine off Maestra Point, NE Adriatic

October 11 - Landing craft personnel (Large) LCP(L) No.52 (8-11t), lost by fire, Portsmouth Area, S England

October 12 - Motor minesweeper MMS No.170 (255t, 7/9/42), sunk by mine off Gorgona Island, W Italy

October 13 - Landing craft tank (Armoured) (MkV) LCT No.2454 (290-295t), ran ashore in Lyme Bay, English Channel, in heavy gale. Wrecked.

October 13 - Motor launch ML No.1057 (40t, 30/9/41), lost through detonation of demolition charges off Kilindini, E Africa

October 14 - Motor fishing vessel No.117 (50t, 30/12/43), sunk by explosion, probably mine, off Pasha Island, N Aegean

October 15 - Motor launch ML No.870 (75t, 2/8/44), sunk by mine off Piraeus, Greece

October 15 - Water boat PETRONELLA (R, 2,770t, 1927), mined off Pireaus, Greece

October 16 - Harbour duty vessel ISMINI (R), cause and place unknown

October 18 - Landing craft vehicle LCV No.801 (10-11t), broke adrift and holed, Portsmouth area, S England

October 19 - Landing craft tank (MkIII) LCT No.480, 488, 491, 494, 7014, 7015 (total 6, 625-640t each), lost through stress of weather off Land's End, SW England. Date given as 18th-19th

October 21 - Landing craft personnel (Ramped) LCP(R) No.1011 (9-11t), lost in collision in Home Waters.

October 23 - Landing craft tank (MkIV) LCT No.1171 (611-640t), sunk off N European Coast.

October 25 - BYMS minesweeper BYMS No.2077 (290t, 7/7/43), sunk by mine, Gulf of Corinth, Greece

October 25 - Landing craft tank (MkIV) LCT No.1045 (611-640t), broke in two while in tow, English Channel.

October 26 - Corvette ROSE (on loan to R Norwegian Navy, 1,060t, 31/10/41), sunk in collision, W Atlantic

October 28 - Human torpedo/Chariot No.79/LXXIX (1.94t, 17/4/44), lost in operation, Puket Harbour, Thailand

October 28 - Human torpedo/Chariot No.80/LXXX (1.94t, 15/5/44), lost in operation, Puket Harbour, Thailand

October 30 - Landing craft tank (MkIV) LCT No.936 (611-640t), broke back through stress of weather off Lowestoft, E England

November 1944

November - Landing craft personnel (Ramped) LCP(R) No.805, 806 (total 2, 9-11t each), cause and place unknown. Date reported

November - Landing craft tank (MkII) LCT No.129 (450-453t), cause and place unknown. Date reported

November - Landing craft tank (MkV) LCT No.2461 291-311t), capsized and sunk by gunfire, Bay of Bengal.

November - Sailing barge DELTA (1898), sunk at Harty Point, Sheppey, SE England

November 1 - Landing craft flak (MkIV) LCF No.37, 38 (total 2, 500-510t each), lost in Operation Infatuate, Walcheren landings, Holland

November 1 - Landing craft gun (Medium) (MkIII) LCG(M) No.101, 102 (total 2, 381t each), lost in Operation Infatuate, Walcheren landings, Holland

November 1 - Landing craft infantry (Small) LCI(S) No.532 (110t each), lost in Operation Infatuate, Walcheren landings, Holland

November 1 - Landing craft support (Large) (MkII) LCS(L) No.252, 256, 258 (total 3, 112t each), lost in Operation Infatuate, Walcheren landings, Holland

November 2 - Landing craft gun (Large) (MkIII) LCG(L) No.I, 2 (total 2, 500t each), lost in Operation Infatuate, Walcheren landings, Holland

November 2 - Landing craft tank (MkIII) LCT No.7011 (625-640t), lost in Operation Infatuate, Walcheren landings, Holland

November 2 - Landing craft tank (MkIV) LCT No.789, 839, 1133 (total 3, 611-640t), lost in Operation Infatuate, Walcheren landings, Holland

November 2 - Trawler COLSAY (554t, 4/3/44), sunk by human torpedo off Ostend, Belgium

November 5 - Drifter SUPPORTER (R, 88t, 1914), grounded off Newhaven, S England. Total loss. Date given as 4th-5th

November 5 - Landing craft personnel (Large) LCP(L) No.133 (8-11t), lost in Schelde River Area, Belgium

November 5 - Landing craft personnel (Large) LCP(L) No.302 (8-11t), wrecked E of Ostend, Belgium

November 5 - Landing craft tank (Rocket) LCT(R) No.457 (600t), mined off Ostend, Belgium

November 5 - Landing craft assault LCA No.713, 725, 817, 831, 843, 1018, 1030, 1079, 1125, 1260 (total 10, 11-13.5t each), lost in Operation Infatuate, Walcheren landings, Holland. Date given as 2nd-5th

November 6 - Landing craft tank (MkIV) LCT No.609 (611-640t), abandoned after damage by weather off Ostend, Belgium

November 7 - Landing craft assault LCA No.551 (11-13.5t), lost in heavy weather, River Blackwater, Essex, SE England

November 7 - Landing craft tank (MkIV) LCT No.976 (611-640t), abandoned with broken back, Schelde River area, Belgium

November 7 - Special service vessel GRETHE MORTENSEN (R, 35t, 1943), abandoned in sinking condition off N Foreland, Kent, SE England

November 7 - Landing ship tank (Class II) LST No.420 (2,750t, 16/2/43), sunk by mine off Ostend.

November 8 - Motor launch ML No.916 (75t, 16/9/44), sunk by mine at Walsoorden, Holland,

November 10 - Landing craft personnel (Small) LCP(S) No.129 (6t), lost by fire at Hythe, S England

November 11 - Landing craft infantry (Large) LCI(L) No.102 (380-384t), damaged by gales and abandoned, Vis, Adriatic.

November 15 - Landing craft mechanised (MkIII) LCM No.1101 (52t each), wrecked near Aden, en route to India

November 16 - Landing craft assault LCA No.149 (11-13.5t), lost in India.

November 17 - Landing craft tank (MkIV) LCT No.1022 (611-640t), wrecked through stress of weather off Dungeness, SE England

November 18 - Trawler TRANSVAAL (R, 250t), foundered in gale, English Channel

November 19 - Landing craft mechanised (MkI) LCM No.340, 424 (total 2, 30-37t each), lost overboard from John L Manson in Mount's Bay, Cornwall, SW England

November 20 - Landing craft vehicle (Personnel) LCV(P) No.1103 (10.5-13.5t), abandoned at Chichester, S England

November 22 - Submarine STRATAGEM (715t, 9/10/43), sunk by surface vessel, depth-charges, off Malacca, East Indies

November 24 - Motor torpedo boat MTB No.371 (4/10/43), grounded on Levron Island, Adriatic, and subsequently destroyed by own forces

November 24 - Motor torpedo boat MTB No.287 (36t, 12/3/43), grounded on Levron Island, Adriatic, and subsequently destroyed by own forces

November 25 - Landing craft vehicle (Personnel) LCV(P) No.1129 (10.5-13.5t), sunk, Portsmouth area, S England

November 27 - Landing craft vehicle (Personnel) LCV(P) No.1228 (10.5-13.5t), lost in Home Waters.

November 29 - Landing craft assault LCA No.614 (11-13.5t), lost in heavy weather, English Channel

November 29 - Motor minesweeper MMS No.101 (255t, 6/2/43), sunk by mine off Salonika, Greece

November 29 - Sailing barge DUNDONALD (50t,1897), foundered when moored off Chatham, SE England

November 30 - Whaler BEVER (R, 252t, 1930), sunk by mine off Pireaus, Greece

December 1944

December - Landing craft assault LCA No.1188 (11-13.5t), lost in Solomon Islands, SW Pacific

December - Landing craft personnel (Large) LCP(L) No.127, 134 (total 2, 8-11t each), lost in Operation Infatuate, Walcheren landings, Holland. Date reported

December - Sailing barge E.F.Q. (32t, 1900), sunk at Sheerness, SE England

December 2 - Trawler NORTHCOATES (R, 277t), sunk in tow, through stress of weather, English Channel

December 3 - Collier PLM 21 (R, 5,400, 1921), grounded off Milford Haven, SW Wales. Subsequently sank

December 5 - Landing craft tank (MkIII) LCT No.328 (625-640t), mined off W Greece.

December 6 - Frigate BULLEN (1,300t, 25/10/43), sunk by U-boat torpedo, NW Scotland

December 6 - Landing craft tank (MkIII) LCT No.7089 (625-640t) Hit obstruction in Boulogne Harbour, N France. Total loss.

December 11 - Motor minesweeper MMS No.257 (255t, 9/10/43), sunk by mine, River Schelde, Holland

December 12 - Corvette TUNSBERG CASTLE (ex-SHREWSBURY CASTLE, on loan to R Norwegian Navy, 1,060t, 29/4/44), sunk by mine off N Russia, Arctic

December 14 - Escort destroyer ALDENHAM (1,050t, 5/2/42), sunk by mine, NE Adriatic

December 15 - Small miscellaneous craft AYIOS IOANNIS (CHIOS 466), cause and place unknown

December 15 - Transport vessel TRIUMPH VI (R, 46t, 1903), sunk in collision, Rosyth area, Scotland

December 16 - Small miscellaneous craft EUSTATHIOS GHIOKIS (R), constructive total loss

December 16 - Tanker/oiler WAR DIWAN (5,550t, 1919), sunk by mine, River Schelde, Holland

December 17 - Harbour defence vessel MANORA (R, 1936), lost through fouling boom

December 26 - Frigate CAPEL (1,150t, 16/8/43), sunk by U-boat torpedo off Cherbourg, NW France

December 28 - Landing ship infantry (Large) LSI(L) EMPIRE JAVELIN (4,285t), lost on passage from Portsmouth to Le Havre. Believed torpedoed by U-boat.

December 29 - Motor torpedo boat MTB No.782 (108t, 25/10/44), sunk by mine off River Schelde, Holland

1945

January 1945

January - Landing craft vehicle (Personnel) LCV(P) No.1191 (10.5-13.5t), cause and place unknown

January - Naval auxiliary boat No.47, cause and place unknown. Date reported

January - Naval auxiliary boat No.48, cause and place unknown. Date reported

January - Naval auxiliary boat No.49, cause and place unknown. Date reported

January - Naval auxiliary boat No.58, cause and place unknown. Date reported

January - Naval auxiliary boat No.59, cause and place unknown. Date reported

January 2 - Balloon barrage vessel SVERRE (R, 1938), foundered in two off E Coast of England

January 2 - Trawler HAYBURN WYKE (R, 324t, 1917), torpedoed by U-boat at anchor off Ostend, Belgium

January 5 - Motor launch ML No.1163 (46t, 31/12/42), sunk by torpedo, probably surface craft, Mulat Island, NE Adriatic

January 12 - Minesweeper REGULUS (1,010t, 20/5/44), sunk by mine, Corfu Channel, Greece

January 12 - Whaler TREERN (on loan to SANF, R, 247t, 1929), sunk by mine off E Coast of Greece

January 15 - Drifter GOLDEN WEST (R), foundered in Aberdeen Harbour, E Scotland

January 16 - Destroyer DEIATELNYI (ex-CHURCHILL, on loan to Soviet Navy, 1,190t, 1920), sunk by U-boat torpedo, Arctic

January 18 - Landing craft personnel (Large) LCP(L) No.11 (8-11t), lost on passage from Brest to Cherbourg.

January 18 - Motor torpedo boat MTB No.690 (102t, 15/9/43), lost after striking wreck

January 19 - Balloon barrage vessel TANEVIK (R), foundered in tow from Methil to Buckle, E Scotland

January 19 - Trawler NORTHERN ISLES (R, 655t, 1936), ran aground while on loop patrol off Durban, S Africa Total loss

January 19 - Submarine PORPOISE (1,500t, 1933), sunk, probably by aircraft , Malacca Strait, E Indies. Date approximate

January 20 - Landing barge, oiler No.17 (150t type), swamped and sank in Arromanches Harbour during gale, N France

January 21 - Trawler COMPUTATOR (R, 286t, 1919), sunk in collision, Seine Bay, Normandy

January 23 - Landing craft mechanised (MkIII) LCM No.1131 (52t), lost in Arromanches Area, Normandy

January 24 - Motor launch ML No.891 (75t, 28/3/44), sunk by mine, Kyauk Pyu, N of Ramree Island, Burma

January 26 - Landing craft personnel (Ramped) LCP(R) No.1018 (9-11t), lost in Scheldt area, Holland

January 30 - Landing craft vehicle LCV No.814 (10-11t), lost in Home Waters.

January 30 - Motor minesweeper MMS No.248 (255t, 11/9/43), sunk by mine off River Schelde, Holland

February 1945

February - Landing craft mechanised (MkI) LCM No.136 (30-37t), cause and place unknown. Date reported

February - Landing craft mechanised (MkI) LCM No.270, 339, 359, 422 (total 4, 30-37t), lost from Asa Lothrop. Date reported

February 2 - Transport vessel MARY VI (R, 13t), destroyed by fire

February 3 - Trawler ARLEY (R, 304t, 1914), damaged by mine. Sank in tow, North Sea

February 4 - Motor minesweeper MMS No.68 255t, 28/12/41), sunk by mine off Cephalonia, Greece

February 9 - Naval servicing boat No.38 (20t), capsized and sank after damage

February 9 - Tug HESPERIA (1,118t, 21/5/43), grounded off Libya

February 11 - Motor launch ML No.183 (75t, 10/2/41), sunk after collision with East Pier, Dieppe, N France

February 13 - Corvette DENBIGH CASTLE (1,060t, 30/12/44), damaged by mine or U-boat torpedo, grounded, total loss, N Russia

February 14 - Motor torpedo boat MTB No.255 (36t, 30/7/43), lost by fire and explosion, Ostend harbour, Belgium

February 14 - Motor torpedo boat MTB No.438 (37t, 31/3/43), lost by fire and explosion, Ostend harbour, Belgium

February 14 - Motor torpedo boat MTB No.444 (37t, 21/7/43), lost by fire and explosion, Ostend harbour, Belgium

February 14 - Motor torpedo boat MTB No.459 (on loan to RCN, 41t, 2/3/44), lost by fire and explosion, Ostend harbour, Belgium

February 14 - Motor torpedo boat MTB No.461 (on loan to RCN, 41t, 15/3/44), lost by fire and explosion, Ostend harbour, Belgium

February 14 - Motor torpedo boat MTB No.462 (on loan to RCN, 41t, 25/3/44), lost by fire and explosion, Ostend harbour, Belgium

February 14 - Motor torpedo boat MTB No.465 (on loan to RCN 41t, 31/3/44), lost by fire and explosion, Ostend harbour, Belgium

February 14 - Motor torpedo boat MTB No.466 (on loan to RCN 41t, 18/4/44), lost by fire and explosion, Ostend harbour, Belgium

February 14 - Motor torpedo boat MTB No.776 (108t, 8/44), lost by fire and explosion, Ostend harbour, Belgium

February 14 - Motor torpedo boat MTB No.789 (108t, 17/10/44), lost by fire and explosion, Ostend harbour, Belgium

February 14 - Motor torpedo boat MTB No.791 (108t, 4/11/44), lost by fire and explosion, Ostend harbour, Belgium

February 14 - Motor torpedo boat MTB No.798 (108t, 16/10/44), lost by fire and explosion, Ostend harbour, Belgium

February 15 - Motor launch ML No.1417 (46t, 28/3/44), sunk by mine, in tow, off Flushing, Holland

February 17 - Corvette BLUEBELL (1,060t, 19/7/40), sunk by U-boat torpedo, Barents Sea, Arctic

February 17 - Motor torpedo boat MTB No.605 102t, 16/6/42), foundered after striking sub/merged obstruction on passage Ostend to Dover

February 17 - Sloop LARK (1,350t, 10/4/44), damaged beyond repair by torpedo

February 20 - Corvette VERVAIN (1,020t, 9/6/41), sunk by U-boat torpedo off S Ireland

February 22 - Landing craft personnel (Ramped) LCP(R) No.707 (9-11t), lost by enemy action in Home Waters.

February 22 - Landing ship tank (Class II) LST No.364 (2,750t, 7/12/42), torpedoed by U-boat off Ramsgate, S England

February 23 - Destroyer LA COMBATTANTE (ex-HALDON, on loan to French Navy, 1,050t, 30/12/42), sunk by mine, North Sea

February 24 - Trawler ELLESMERE (580t, 12/10/39), sunk by U-boat torpedo, English Channel

February 24 - Landing ship tank (Class II) LST No.178 (2,750t), mined on passage to Corfu, grounded and became total wreck

February 26 - Landing craft assault LCA No.1161 (11-13.5t), lost through heavy weather at Leyte, Philippines

March 1945

March - Landing craft assault LCA No.1112, 1153 (total 2, 11-13.5t) Presumed lost during 1945

March - Landing craft mechanised (MkIII) LCM No.1011 (52t), lost in Mediterranean. Date reported

March - Tug ALLIGATOR (39rt, 6/2/41), cause and place unknown. Date reported

March 3 - Whaler SOUTHERN FLOWER (R, 328t, 1928), torpedoed by U-boat off Reykjavik, Iceland

March 5 - Landing craft personnel (Ramped) LCP(R) No.979 (9-11t), lost when in use as ship's boat in Eastern Theatre.

March 6 - Landing craft tank (MkIII) LCT No.492 (625-640t), capsized and sank, Red Sea

March 17 - Minesweeper GUYBOROUGH (on loan to RCN, 672t, 22/4/42), sunk by U-boat torpedo, Bay of Biscay

March 18 - Landing craft personnel (Large) LCP(L) No.764 (8-11t), lost in Home Waters.

March 18 Train ferry DAFFODIL (2,500t), sunk after being mined off Dieppe (17th)

March 20 - Landing ship tank (Class II) LST No.80 (2,750t, 19/7/43), mined in English Channel and sank off Ostend, Belgium

March 20 - Sloop LAPWING (1,460t, 21/3/44), sunk by U-boat torpedo off Kola Inlet, N Russia

March 21 - Motor torpedo boat MTB No.655 (102t, 1/43), sunk by mine, Quarnero Gulf, NE Adriatic

March 23 - Motor torpedo boat MTB No.705 (102t, 7/8/43), sunk by mine, Maknare Channel, NE Adriatic

March 25 - Motor launch ML No.466 (75t, 31/3/42), sunk by mine off Walcheren, Holland

March 27 - Landing craft assault LCA No.1472 (11-13.5t), lost at Leyte, Philippines

March 28 - Landing craft personnel (Ramped) LCP(R) No.840 (9-11t), lost by enemy action in Home Waters.

March 30 - Drifter HIGH TIDE (R, 106t, 1919), foundered off N Wales

March 30 - Landing craft assault LCA No.1433 (11-13.5t), smashed by heavy seas, Admiralty Islands, SW Pacific

April 1945

April - Landing craft assault LCA No.1346, 1396 (total 2, 11-13.5t), lost in Mediterranean; presumed during 1945. Date reported

April - Landing craft mechanised (MkIII) LCM No.1319,1327 (total 2, 52t each), lost on Arakan Coast, Burma

April - Landing craft vehicle (Personnel) LCV(P) No.1358 (10-11t), lost by stranding, E Mediterranean

April - Motor gun boat MGB No.99, constructive total loss

April - Special service vessel ARMENlER (R, 914t) Scuttled

April 3 - Whaler SPERCHEIOS (ex-NOBLE NORA, on loan to R Hellenic Navy, R 160t), capsized and sank off Greece

April 7 - Motor torpedo boat MTB No.494 (44t, 9/11/44)R ammed and sunk by E-boats, North Sea

April 7 - Motor torpedo boat MTB No.5001 (102t, 18/12/44), sunk by E-boats, North Sea

April 9 - Landing craft personnel (Ramped) LCP(R) No.738 (9-11t), lost during storm in Mediterranean

April 10 - Motor torpedo boat MTB No.710 (102t, 18/9/43), sunk by mine near Zara, NE Adriatic

April 13 - Harbour duty vessel AYIOS IONNIS (CHIOS 116, R), cause and place unknown

April 17 - Motor torpedo boat MTB No.697 (102t, 7/43), sunk by mine off Krk Island, NE Adriatic

April 22 - Landing craft assault LCA No.841 (11-13.5t), sunk in operations off Holland.

April 28 - BYMS minesweeper No.2053 (290t, 11/6/43), sunk by mine off Porto Corsini, NE Italy,

April 29 - Frigate GOODALL (1,150t, 4/10/43), torpedoed by U-boat, off Kola Inlet, N Russia. Sunk by own forces

May 1945

May - Landing barge, vehicle (MkII) No.152 (200t type), written off. Date reported

May - Landing craft assault (Obstruction Clearance) LCA No.1211 (13.5t), lost in Home Waters, presumed during 1945. Date reported

May - Landing craft personnel (MkII) LCP No.1110, 1121 (total 2, 3.8t each), lost in Aegean operations

May 2 - Landing craft tank (MkIV) LCT No.1238 (611-640t), mined in Rangoon River, Burma

May 2 - Trawler EBOR WYKE (R, 348t, 1929), presumed torpedoed by U-boat off E Coast of Iceland

May 5 - Motor launch ML No.558 (75t, 12/2/43), mined, N Adriatic, total loss

May 5 - Trawler CORIOLANUS (545t, 6/2/41), sunk by mine, N Adriatic

May 9 - Motor launch ML No.905 (75t, 10/5/44), foundered in tidal wave, Sittang River estuary, Burma

May 9 - Motor launch ML No.591 (75t, 18/4/44), foundered in tidal wave, Sittang River estuary, Burma

May 12 - Motor gun boat MGB No.2002 (93t, 5/7/43), sunk by mine on passage Aberdeen to Gothenburg, Sweden

May 19 - Motor torpedo boat MTB No.715 (on loan to R Norwegian Navy, 102t, 9/12/43), sunk by explosion at Fosnavaag, Norway

May 24 - Motor gun boat MGB No.2007 (93t, 28/8/43), broke in two off Aberdeen, Scotland, after grounding (22nd)

May 29 - Landing barge, vehicle (MkII) No.132 (200t type), written off

May 29 - Landing craft tank (MkIII) LCT No.357 (625-640t), lost in Suda Bay, Crete, as result of explosion

May 29 - Landing craft personnel (Large) LCP(L) No.344, 378 (total 2, 8-11t each), sunk at Akyab, Burma.

June 1945

June - Human torpedo/Chariot No.5/V (1.2t, 1/9/42), lost, W Scotland. Date reported

June - Human torpedo/Chariot No.11/XI (1.2t, 1/9/42), lost at Malta. Date reported

June - Human torpedo/Chariot No.14/XIV (1.2t, 5/10/42), lost at Malta. Date reported

June - Human torpedo/Chariot No.17/XV11 (1.2t, 3/10/42), lost at Malta. Date reported

June - Human torpedo/Chariot No.20/XX (1.2t, 16/10/42), lost at Malta. Date reported

June - Human torpedo/Chariot No.21/XXI (1.2t, 19/10/42), lost at Malta. Date reported

June - Human torpedo/Chariot No.24/XXIV (1.2t, 17/11/42), lost at Malta. Date reported

June - Human torpedo/Chariot No.25/XXV (1.2r, 23/11/42), lost at Malta. Date reported

June - Human torpedo/Chariot No.29/XXIX (1.2t, 18/1/43), lost, W Scotland. Date reported

June - Human torpedo/Chariot No.31/XXX1 (1.2t, 19/1/43), lost, W Scotland. Date reported

June - Human torpedo/Chariot No.34/XXXIV (1.2t, 8/2/43), lost, W Scotland. Date reported

June - Landing barge, emergency repair No.12, 30, 32-34 (total 5, 200t type), written off. Date reported

June - Landing barge, oiler No.11, 21, 24, 26, 77, 82, 92, 95 (total 8, 150t type), written off. Date reported

June - Landing barge, oiler No.13, 37, 63, 69, 88, 96 (total 6, 200t type), written off. Date reported

June - Landing barge, ramped dumb No.114 (150t type), written off. Date reported

June - Landing barge, vehicle (MkII) No.1, 5, 9, 11, 31, 35, 42, 65, 72, 73, 75, 76, 99, 118, 211, 212 (total 16, 150t type), written off. Date reported

June - Landing barge, vehicle (MkII) No.137,140,157, 170 (total 4, 200t type), written off. Date reported

June - Landing barge, water No.1, 6 (total 2, 150t type), written off. Date reported

June - Landing craft mechanised (MkI) LCM No.354, 493 (total 2, 30-37t), lost in operations on Arakan Coast, Burma. Date reported

June - Landing craft mechanised (MkIII) LCM No.1092 (52t), cause and place unknown. Date reported

June - Landing craft personnel (MkII) LCP No.1113 (3.8t each), damaged in gale at Maddalena, Sardinia and written off. Date reported

June - Landing craft personnel (Ramped) LCP(R) No.832 (9-11t), lost in tow in Mediterranean. Date reported

June - Landing craft support (Medium) (MkII) LCS(M) No.30 (12.5t), lost in operations on Arakan Coast, Burma. Date reported

June - Landing craft support (Medium) (MkIII) LCS(M) No.148 (13.5t), lost in operations on Arakan Coast, Burma. Date reported

June 6 - Drifter BROADLAND (R, 76t, 1913), lost in heavy weather, N Atlantic

June 21 - Trawler HILDASAY (545t, 30/9/41), grounded on reef near Kilindini, E Africa. Total loss

June 25 - Motor minesweeper MMS No.168 (255t, 5/7/42), sunk by mine in Genoa Harbour, Italy

July 1945

July - Landing craft mechanised (MkIII) LCM No.1185 (52t), lost, presumed during 1945. Date reported

July - Landing craft personnel (Ramped) LCP(R) No.965 (9-11t), lost in tow in Mediterranean. Date reported

July - Motor torpedo boat MTB No.242 (40t, 23/10/42), sunk whilst being towed to Malta

July - Motor torpedo boat MTB No.243 (40t, 18/11/42), sunk as target. Date reported

July - Motor torpedo boat MTB No.635 (102t, 11/42), sunk as target. Date reported

July 4 - Trawler ELIZABETH THERESE (R, 156t, 1934), sunk

July 8 - Trawler LA NANTAISE (R, 359), sunk in collision off SE England

July 10 - Trawler KURD (R, 352t, 1930), sunk by mine off Lizard Head, Cornwall, SE England

July 13 - Collier ROLFSBERG (R, 1,831t, 1915), sunk in collision, Firth of Forth, E Scotland

July 15 - Landing craft vehicle (Personnel) LCV(P) No.1167 (10-11t), lost, Channel Islands, English Channel.

July 17 - Tug ATHLETE (570t, 15/11/43), sunk by mine off Leghorn, Italy

July 19 - Motor torpedo boat MTB No.712 (102t, 10/2/44), formally paid off

July 24 - Minesweeper SQUIRREL (940t, 16/8/44), damaged by mine off Puket, Siam (Thailand). Sunk by own forces

July 26 - Minesweeper VESTAL (940t, 10/9/43), sunk by aircraft, off Puket, Siam (Thailand)

July 31 - Landing barge, kitchen No. 8, Sank in tow, English Channel

August 1945

August 1 Fuelling ship ILTON CASTLE (R), cause and place unknown

August 2 - Landing craft vehicle LCV No.802 (10-11t), lost in tow in Home Waters

August 17 - Landing craft assault LCA No.1329, 1591 (total 2, 11-13.5t), lost overboard from LST off India

August 17 - Motor launch ML No.230 (75t, 28/3/41), sunk in collision

August 26 - Motor torpedo boat MTB No.261 (32t), sunk at Alexandria

November 1945

November 26 - Landing barge, ramped dumb No.59 (150t type), sunk in Edinburgh Channel, Scotland