A
A.N.2, whaler (R, 921t, 1926), mined off
Falmouth, SW England, November 8, 1940
ABDIEL,
cruiser minelayer (2,650t, 15/4/41), sunk by mine in Taranto Bay, S Italy,
September 10, 1943
ABINGDON,
minesweeper (710t, 1918), sunk by aircraft bombs during raid on Malta, April
5, 1942
ACASTA, destroyer (1,350t, 1930), sunk by
"Scharnhorst" and "Gneisenau" gunfire, returning from Norway, June 8, 1940
ACHATES, destroyer (1,330t, 1930), sunk by
surface craft gunfire, when escorting convoy, Barent's Sea, Arctic, December
31, 1942
ACHERON, destroyer ( 1,350t, 1931), sunk by
mine off Isle of Wight, S England, December 17, 1940
ADEPT, tug (700t, March 1942), grounded,
total loss, Hebrides, W Scotland, March 17, 1942
ADHERENT, tug (700t, 30/3/42), foundered, N
Atlantic, January 14, 1944
ADONIS, trawler (1,004t, 1915), sunk by
E-boat torpedo off Lowestoft, April 15, 1943
AFRIDI, destroyer (Leader, 1,870t, 1938),
sunk by aircraft bombs, off Norway, May 3, 1940
AGATE, trawler (627t, 1934), grounded off
Cromer Norfolk; total loss, August 6, 1941
AGHIOS GEORGIS IV, trawler (R, 164t)
Mozambique Channel, June 8, 1942
AGHIOS PANTALEIMON, small craft (R, 105t),
presumed lost, possibly Greek area, May 30, 1941
AIREDALE, destroyer escort (1,050t, 8/1/42),
sunk by aircraft during attack on convoy, E Mediterranean, June 15, 1942
AISHA, yacht (R, 117t, 1934), believed mined,
Thames Approaches, October 11, 1940
AKRANES, trawler (R, 358t, 1929), sunk by
aircraft Bridlington Bay, Yorkshire, July 4, 1941
ALAISIA, tug (R, 72t, 1929), lost by enemy
action, Tobruk, Libya, June 20, 1942
ALBERIC, trawler (R, 286t, 1910), sunk in
collision off Scapa, Orkneys, May 3, 1941
ALBERT L ELLSWORTH, tanker/oiler (8,309t,
1937), sunk by U-boat off W Africa. Date approximate, January 8, 1943
ALCIDES, tanker/oiler (R, 7,634t, 1930), sunk
by Japanese Raider, Indian Ocean. Date approximate, August 2, 1943
ALDENHAM, destroyer escort (1,050t, 5/2/42),
sunk by mine, NE Adriatic, December 14, 1944
ALDER, trawler (560t, 1929), grounded E
Scotland; total loss, October 22, 1941
ALDERSDALE, tanker/oiler (8,402t, 1937),
sunk, cause unknown, Barents Sea, Arctic, May 26, 1942
ALDGATE, boom defence vessel (290t, 1934),
scuttled at Hong Kong, December 19, 1941
ALFRED COLEBROOK, drifter (56t, 1912), sunk
as blockship, Richborough Channel, SE England, September 9, 1940
ALGERINE,
minesweeper (940t, 23/3/42), sunk by U-boat torpedo, Bougie, Algeria,
November 15, 1942
ALLIGATOR, tug (39rt, 6/2/41), cause and
place unknown. Date reported, March, 1945
ALMOND, trawler (505t, 20/8/40), mined off
Falmouth, February 2, 1941
ALOUETTE, trawler (R, 520t, 1939), sunk by
U-boat torpedo off Portugal, September 19, 1942
ALYNBANK, special service vessel (R, 5,157t,
1925), sunk as blockship, February, 1944
ALYSSE, corvette (ex-ALYSSUM, Free French
Navy, 950t, 17/6/42), sunk by U-boat torpedo W Atlantic, February 8, 1942
AMBLEVE, motor canal boat. Ran aground
Dunkirk, May 30, 1940
AMETHYST, trawler (627t, 1934), sunk by mine,
Thames Estuary, November 24, 1940
AMULREE, yacht (R, 89t, 1938), sunk in
collision, Dover Straits, June 1, 1940
ANDANIA, armed merchant (R, 13,950t, 1922,
AMC from 11/39), sunk by U-boat torpedo, SE of Iceland, June 16, 1940
ANDREA BROVIG, tanker/oiler (R, 10,173t,
1940), sunk by U-boat, West Indies, June 23, 1942
ANDROMEDA, tug (R), sunk by aircraft during
raid on Malta, April 18, 1942
ANKING, base ship (R, 3,472t, 1925), sunk by
gunfire from Japanese surface craft, S of Java, Indian Ocean, March 3, 1942
APPLE TREE, drifter (R, 84t, 1907), sunk in
collision. Oban Harbour, October 15, 1940
ARACARI, trawler (R, 245t, 1908), grounded,
total Ioss, Filicudi island, North of Sicily, October 3, 1943
ARAGONITE, trawler (R, 315t, 1934), mined off
Deal, November 22, 1939
ARBUTUS, corvette (900t, 12/10/40), sunk by
U-boat torpedo, N Atlantic, February 5, 1942
ARCTIC TRAPPER, trawler (R, 352t, 1928),
sunk by aircraft off Ramsgate, February 3, 1941
ARDENT, destroyer (1,350t, 1930), sunk by
"Scharnhorst" and "Gneisenau" gunfire, returning from Norway, June 8, 1940
ARGYLLSHIRE, trawler (R, 540t, 1938), sunk by
E-boat during evacuation from Dunkirk, June 1, 1940
ARK ROYAL,
aircraft carrier (22,000t, 1938), torpedoed (13th) by U-boat and sunk, W
Mediterranean, November 14, 1941
ARLEY, trawler (R, 304t, 1914), damaged by
mine. Sank in tow, North Sea, February 3, 1945
ARMENlER, special service vessel (R, 914t),
scuttled, April, 1945
ARSENAL, trawler (530t, 1933), sunk in
collision off Clyde, Scotland, November 16, 1940
ARTHUR, special service vessel (R), cause and
place unknown, December 1, 1942
ASAMA, trawler (R, 303t, 1929), sunk by
aircraft in Plymouth, March 21, 1941
ASEL I, special service vessel (R, 10t,
1919), cause and place unknown, December 11, 1942
ASH, trawler (505t, 6/5/40), mined, Thames
Estuary, June 5, 1941
ASPHODEL, corvette (1,015t, 11/9/40), sunk by
U-boat torpedo, N Atlantic, March 9, 1944
ASSURANCE, tug (675t, 28/9/40), grounded
Lough Foyle, N Ireland; total loss, October 18, 1941
ASTON VILLA, trawler (R, 546t, 1937), sunk by
aircraft off Norway, May 3, 1940
ATHLETE, tug (570t, 15/11/43), sunk by mine
off Leghorn, Italy, July 17, 1945
ATLANTIC GUIDE, special service vessel
(1,943t, 1924), sunk as blockship at Zeebrugge, Belgium, May 27, 1940
ATTENDANT, yacht (R, 357t, 1913), cause and
place unknown. Date reported, November 1943
AUCKLAND, sloop (1,250t, 1933), sunk by
aircraft bombs off Tobruk, Libya, June 24, 1941
AUDACITY,
escort carrier (ex-Hannover, German prize, 11,000t deep, 1939; as escort
carrier 9/41), sunk by U-boat torpedo, N Atlantic, December 21, 1941
AURICULA, corvette (915t, 5/3/41), mined
Courrier Bay, Madagascar, May 5, 1942
AURORA II, drifter (R), sunk by aircraft at
Tobruk, Libya, May 24, 1941
AVANTURINE, trawler (R, 296t, 1930), sunk by
E-boats off Beachy Head, S England, December 1, 1943
AVENGER,
escort carrier (13,785t deep, 2/3/42), sunk by U-boat torpedo, W of
Gibraltar Straits, November 15, 1942
AYIOS IOANNIS, small miscellaneous craft
(CHIOS 466), cause and place unknown, December 15, 1944
AYIOS IONNIS, harbour duty vessel (CHIOS 116,
R), cause and place unknown, April 13, 1945
B
B-1, submarine (ex-SUNFISH, on loan to Soviet
Navy, 670t, 1937), lost on passage to USSR with Soviet crew, July 27, 1944
BAHRAM, drifter (R, 72t, 1924), mined in
Humber Estuary, April 3, 1941
BAIA, tug (R), lost in tow between Mogadishu
and Mombasa, November 3, 1942
BALMORE, degaussing ship (R, 1,925t, 1920),
air attack, Atlantic, November 11, 1940
BANDOLERO, trawler (913t, 1935), sunk in
collision, Gulf of Sollum. Egypt, December 30, 1940
BANKA, minesweeper (R, 623t, 1914), sunk by
mine or aircraft, E. Coast of Malaya, December 10, 1941
BARBARA ROBERTSON, trawler (R, 325t, 1919),
German U-boat gunfire, north of Hebrides, W Scotland, December 23, 1939
BARFLAKE, boom defence vessel (750t, 23/9/4),
sunk by mine, Naples, November 22, 1943
BARHAM,
battleship (31,100t, 1915), sank by U-boat torpedoes, off Sollum, Egypt.
Med, November 25, 1941
BARLIGHT, boom defence vessel (730t, 1938),
scuttled at Hong Kong, December 19, 1941
BASILISK, destroyer (1,360t, 1931), sunk by
aircraft bombs, off Dunkirk, France, June 1, 1940
BATH, destroyer (on loan to Royal Norwegian
Navy, 1,060t, 1919), sunk by U-boat torpedo, SW of Ireland, August 19, 1941
BAYONET, boom defence vessel (605t, 1939),
mined Firth of Forth, E Scotland, December 21, 1939
BECHEVILLE, special service vessel (4,200t,
1924), sunk as blockship, February 8, 1944
BEDFORDSHIRE, trawler (on loan to USN, 913t,
1935), sunk by U-boat off Cape Lookout, N Carolina, USA, May 11, 1942
BEDOUIN, destroyer (1,870t, 15/3/39), sunk by
aircraft torpedo, Central Mediterranean, June 15, 1942
BEECH, trawler (540t, 1929), sunk by aircraft
in Scrabster, N. Scotland, June 22, 1941
BELGIQUE, special service vessel (4,606t,
1902), sunk as blockship, June, 1944
BELHAVEN, collier (R, 1,498t, 1921), bombed
during air raid on Clyde, Scotland. Later salvaged. Date given as 13th-14th,
March 14, 1941
BELITA, tanker/oiler (R, 6,323t, 1933), sunk
by U-boat, off Socotra, Arabian Sea, December 3, 1942
BELMONT, destroyer (1,190t, 1919), sunk by
U-boat torpedo, W Atlantic, January 31, 1942
BEN ARDNA, trawler (R, 226t, 1927),
collision, Tyne Area, May 12, 1942
BEN GAIRN, trawler (R, 234t, 1916), sunk by
parachute mine, Lowestoft, May 4, 1941
BEN ROSSAL, trawler (R, 260t, 1929), sank at
moorings. Later salvaged, November 29, 1942
BENDORAN, special service vessel (5,600t,
1919), sunk as blockship, March 28, 1944
BENGALI, trawler (880t, 1937), explosion,
Lagos, Nigeria, December 5, 1942
BENVOLIO, trawler (R, 352t, 1930), mined off
Humber, February 23, 1940
BERGHOLM, special service vessel (R, 50t,
1935), cause and place unknown, March 23, 1943
BERKELEY, destroyer escort (1,000t, 6/6/40),
sunk by aircraft during operations at Dieppe, August 19, 1942
BETH, tanker/oiler (R, 6,852t, 1930), sunk by
U-boat off Barbados, West Indies, May 18, 1942
BEVER, whaler (R, 252t, 1930), sunk by mine
off Pireaus, Greece, November 30, 1944
BEVERLEY, destroyer (1,190t, 1920), sunk by
U-boat torpedo, N Atlantic, April 11, 1943
BICKERTON,
frigate (1,300t, 17/10/43), sunk by U-boat torpedo, Barents Sea, Arctic,
August 22, 1944
BILLDORA, special service vessel (R), sunk by
enemy action, November 11, 1943
BIRCHOL, tanker/oiler (1,115t, 1917) Wrecked
off Hebrides, W of Scotland, November 29, 1939
BIRDLIP, trawler (750t, 23/12/41), sunk by
U-boat torpedo off W Africa, June 13, 1944
BITTERN, sloop (1,190t, 1938), German bombers
off Namsos, Norway, April 30, 1940
BLACKBURN ROVERS, trawler (R, 422t, 1934),
sunk by U-boat or mine, North Sea, June 2, 1940
BLACKWOOD, frigate (1,150t, 29/3/43), sunk by
U-boat torpedo, English Channel, June 15, 1944
BLANCHE, destroyer (1,360t, 1931), sunk by
mine, Thames Estuary, November 13, 1939
BLEAN, destroyer escort (1,050t, 23/3/42),
sunk by U-boat torpedo, W of Oran, Algeria, December 11, 1942
BLIA, drifter (ex-Norwegian MFV, R, 1936),
presumed lost, probably European waters, November 11, 1941
BLUEBELL,
corvette (1,060t, 19/7/40), sunk by U-boat torpedo, Barents Sea, Arctic,
February 17, 1945
BOADICEA, destroyer (1,360t, 1931), sunk by
aircraft torpedo off Portland, English Channel, June 13, 1944
BOARDALE, tanker/oiler (8,400t, 1937),
grounded at Narvik, Norway and sunk, April 30, 1940
BODO, whaler (R, 351t), mined off E Coast of
Scotland, January 4, 1943
BONAVENTURE,
light cruiser (5,450t, 24/5/40), sunk by U-boat torpedoes, S of Crete, March
31, 1941
BOOMERANG VI, yacht (R, 19t, 1938), lost by
fire, June 8, 1940
BOREALIS, balloon barrage vessel (R, 451t,
1930), sunk, August 10, 1940
BORODINO, special service vessel (2,004t,
1911), sunk as blockship at Zeebrugge, Belgium, May 27, 1940
BOSWORTH, special service vessel (6,672t,
1919), sunk as blockship, September 4, 1944
BOTANIC, trawler (670t, 1923), sunk by
aircraft bombs, North Sea, February 18, 1942
BOTUSK, collier (R, 3,092t, 1919), war cause,
January 31, 1941
BOY ALAN, drifter (R, 109t, 1914), collision,
Thames Estuary, February 10, 1941
BOY ANDREW, drifter (R, 97t, 1918),
collision, Firth of Forth, E Scotland, November 9, 1941
BOY PETER, small craft. Lost by fire,
February 5, 1942
BOY ROY (2), drifter (R, 95t, 1911), bombed,
beached and abandoned in Dunkirk Harbour, May 28, 1940
BOY ROY, drifter (R, 20t), cause and place
unknown, February 11, 1942
BRADMAN, trawler (R, 452t, 1937), sunk by
aircraft, West Coast of Norway, April 25, 1940
BRAE FLETT, drifter (R, 54t Net, 1902), cause
and place unknown, September 22, 1943
BRAMBLE,
minesweeper (815t, 1939), sunk by surface ship gunfire, Barents Sea, Arctic,
December 31, 1942
BRANKSEA, special service vessel (214t,
1890), sunk off Girdleness on way to Scapa. Cause unknown, February 10, 1940
BRATTHOLM, special service vessel (R, 50t,
1937), cause and place unknown, March 30, 1943
BRAZEN, destroyer (1,360t, 1931), sunk by
aircraft off Dover, S England, July 20, 1940
BREDA, yacht (1,207t), sank after collision,
Campbeltown Loch, Scotland, February 18, 1944
BREDON, trawler (750t, 29/4/42), sunk by
U-boat torpedo, North Atlantic, February 8, 1943
BRIGHTON BELLE, minesweeper (R, 396t, 1900),
collision with submerged wreck, The Downs, English Channel, May 28, 1940
BRIGHTON QUEEN, minesweeper (R, 807t, 1905),
lost by gunfire off Dunkirk, June 1, 1940
BRITOMART, minesweeper (815t, 24/8/39), sunk
by accident in attack by friendly aircraft off Normandy, August 27, 1944
BROADLAND, drifter (R, 76t, 1913), lost in
heavy weather, N Atlantic, June 6, 1945
BROADWATER, destroyer (1,190, 1920), sunk by
U-boat torpedo, N. Atlantic, October 18, 1941
BRODRENE, harbour duty vessel (R, 1922), sunk
in collision, Hvalfiord, Iceland, December 26, 1942
BROKE, destroyer (Leader, 1,480t, 1925), sunk
by gunfire, shore batteries, Algiers, Algeria, November 8, 1942
BRORA (530t, 4/6/41), grounded Hebrides, W
Scotland; total loss, September 6, 1941
BULLEN, frigate (1,300t, 25/10/43), sunk by
U-boat torpedo, NW Scotland, December 6, 1944
BUSK, special service vessel (367t, 1906),
sunk as blockship, February 19, 1940
BV-42, Barrage vessel (270t, 1918), lost by
explosion, Leith Docks, E Scotland, December 22, 1943
BYMS No.2019, British Yard Minesweeper (290t,
15/8/42), mined and beached off Cotrone, Italy, September 19, 1943
BYMS No.2022, British Yard Minesweeper (290t,
12/9/42), lost after damage by mine, Frejus Gulf, S S France, August 16,
1944
BYMS No.2030, British Yard Minesweeper (290t,
30/7/42), sunk by mine off Le Havre, N France, October 8, 1944
BYMS No.2053, British Yard Minesweeper (290t,
11/6/43), sank by mine off Porto Corsini, NE Italy, April 28, 1945
BYMS No.2077, British Yard Minesweeper (290t,
7/7/43), sunk by mine, Gulf of Corinth, Greece, October 25, 1944
BYMS No.2255, British Yard Minesweeper (290t,
30/11/43), sunk by mine, Boulogne, N France, October 5, 1944
C
C.308, tug (154t), sunk by mine off Malta,
May 11, 1942
CACHALOT, submarine (1,520t, 1938), rammed by
Italian off Cyrenaica. Formally paid off, August 4, 1941
CAIRNDALE, tanker/oiler (8,129t, 1939), sunk
by U-boat torpedo, W of Gibraltar Straits, May 30, 1941
CAIRO,
light cruiser (AA ship, 4,200t, 1919), sunk by U-boat torpedo off Bizerta,
Tunis, August 12, 1942
CALANTHE, yacht (R, 370t, 1898), sunk by
aircraft off Milos, Greece, April 24, 1941
CALCUTTA
, light cruiser (AA ship, 4,200t, 1919), sunk by aircraft bombs during
evacuation of Crete, June 1, 1941
CALVERTON, trawler (R, 214t, 1913), mined,
entrance to Humber, November 29, 1940
CALVI, trawler (R, 363t, 1930), sunk by
aircraft bombs, off Dunkirk, May 29, 1940
CALYPSO,
light cruiser (4,180t, 1917), sunk by U-boat torpedo, S of Crete, June 12,
1940
CAMBRIAN, boom defence vessel (R, 338t,
1924), mined in Spithead, May 30, 1940
CAMITO, ocean boarding vessel (R, 6,833t,
1915), sunk by U-boat torpedo, N Atlantic, May 6, 1941
CAMPBELTOWN, destroyer (1,090t, 1919), sunk
as explosion vessel at St Nazaire, March 28, 1942
CAMPEADOR V, yacht (R, 195t, 1938), mined off
Portsmouth, June 22, 1940
CAMPINA, trawler (R, 289t, 1913), mined off
Holyhead, July 22, 1940
CAMPOBELLO, trawler (545t, 21/10/42), badly
damaged at Quebec, Canada. Foundered on passage to UK, March 16, 1943
CANNA, trawler (545t, 7/4/41), explosion,
Lagos, Nigeria, December 5, 1942
CAP D'ANTIFER, trawler (R), sunk by E-boat
off Humber, E England, February 13, 1944
CAPE CHELYUSKIN, trawler (550t, 1936), sunk
by aircraft bombs, off Norway, April 29, 1940
CAPE FINISTERRE, trawler (R, 590t, 1939),
sunk by aircraft off Harwich, August 2, 1940
CAPE HOWE, freighter (R, 4,443t, 1930), sunk
by U-boat, SW Approaches, June 21, 1940
CAPE PASSARO, trawler (R, 590t, 1939), sunk
by aircraft, Narvik area, Norway, May 21, 1940
CAPE SIRETOKO (R, 590t, 1939), sunk by
aircraft, West Coast of Norway, April 28, 1940
CAPE SPARTEL (R, 346t, 1929), sunk by
aircraft, Humber Area, February 2, 1942
CAPEL, frigate (1,150t, 16/8/43), sunk by
U-boat torpedo off Cherbourg, NW France, December 26, 1944
CAPRICORNUS, trawler (R, 219t, 1917), sunk by
mine off S. E. England, December 7, 1940
CARINTHIA, armed merchant (R, 20,277t, 1925,
AMC from 1/40), sunk by U-boat torpedo, W of Ireland, June 7, 1940
CARLO, ammunition hulk (1,737t, 1911), cause
and place unknown, September 15, 1939
CAROLINE MOLLER, tug (R 44t, 1919). Torpedoed
and sunk by E-boats, North Sea, October 7, 1942
CAROLINE, trawler (R, 253t, 1930), mined off
Milford Haven, April 28, 1941
CARRON, special service vessel (1,017t,
1894), sunk as blockship at Scapa Flow, March 3, 1940
CARRY N, drifter (R, 93t, 1919), mined,
Sheerness, December 17, 1940
CATHERINE, drifter (R, 78t, 1914). Foundered,
Scapa Flow area, Orkneys, June 8, 1942
CATO, minesweeper (1,110t, 29/7/43), sunk by
human torpedo off Normandy, July 6, 1944
CAULONIA, trawler (R, 296t, 1912). Ran
aground and foundered, Rye Bay, Sussex, March 31, 1943
CAYTON WYKE, trawler (550t, 1932), sunk by
surface craft torpedo off Dover, July 8, 1940
CECIL, water boat (R), constructive total
loss, December 18, 1943
CELT, dumb barge. Sunk for boom defence
purposes, believed in 1942
CENTURION, training ship (ex-battleship,
25,500t, 1913), sunk as blockship for Mulberry Harbour, Normandy, June 9,
1944
CHABOOK, tender (R, tender to SHEBA),
formally paid off, March 22, 1941
CHAKDINA, armed boarding vessel (R, 3,033t,
1914), sunk by aircraft, E Mediterranean, December 5, 1941
CHAKLA, convoy service ship (R, 3,081t,
1914), sunk by aircraft, Tobruk Harbour, Libya, April 29, 1941
CHANCELLOR, drifter (R, 24t, 1916), sunk in
tow, October 30, 1943
CHANGTEH, minesweeper (R, 244t), sunk by
aircraft bombs, Singapore area, February 14, 1942
CHANT 69, water boat (R, 400t, 1944),
capsized off Normandy, June 14, 1944
CHANTALA, armed boarding vessel (R, 3,129t,
1920), mined, Tobruk Harbour, December 7, 1941
CHARDE, drifter (R, 99t, 1919), sunk in
collision at Portsmouth, June 21, 1940
Chariot No.V, Human torpedo (1.2t,
1/9/42), lost, W Scotland. Date reported, June, 1945
Chariot No.VI (1.2t, 8/9/42), lost in attack
on Tirpitz (Operation Title), Ofto Fiord, Norway, October 31, 1942
Chariot No.VII (1.2t, 11/9/42), lost in
attack on Tirpitz (Operation Title), Ofto Fiord, Norway, October 31, 1942
Chariot No.X (1.2t, 15/9/42), lost in
Operation Principal (Maddalena, Sardinia), January 8, 1943
Chariot No.XI (1.2t, 1/9/42), lost at Malta.
Date reported, June, 1945
Chariot No.XII (1.2t, 30/9/42), lost in
Operation Welcome (Tripoli, Libya), January 19, 1943
Chariot No.XIII (1.2t, 30/9/42), lost in
Operation Welcome (Tripoli, Libya), January 19, 1943
Chariot No.XIV (1.2t, 5/10/42), lost at
Malta. Date reported, June, 1945
Chariot No.XV (1.2t, 6/10/42), lost in
Operation Principal (Palermo, Sicily), January 2, 1943
Chariot No.XVI (1.2t, 10/10/42), lost in
Operation Principal (Palermo, Sicily), January 2, 1943
Chariot No.XV11 (1.2t, 3/10/42), lost at
Malta. Date reported, June, 1945
Chariot No.XVIII (1.2t, 14/10/42), lost in
Operation Principal (Maddalena, Sardinia), January 8, 1943
Chariot No.XIX (1.2t, 16/10/42), lost in
Operation Principal (Palermo, Sicily), January 2, 1943
Chariot No.XX (1.2t, 16/10/42), lost at
Malta. Date reported, June, 1945
Chariot No.XXI (1.2t, 19/10/42), lost at
Malta. Date reported, June, 1945
Chariot No.XXII (1.2t, 29/10/42), lost in
Operation Principal (Palermo, Sicily), January 2, 1943
Chariot No.XXIII (1.2t, 23/10/42), lost in
Operation Principal (Palermo, Sicily), January 2, 1943
Chariot No.XXIV (1.2t, 17/11/42), lost at
Malta. Date reported, June, 1945
Chariot No.XXV (1.2r, 23/11/42), lost at
Malta. Date reported, June, 1945
Chariot No.XXIX (1.2t, 18/1/43), lost, W
Scotland. Date reported, June, 1945
Chariot No.XXX1 (1.2t, 19/1/43), lost, W
Scotland. Date reported, June, 1945
Chariot No.XXXIV (1.2t, 8/2/43), lost, W
Scotland. Date reported, June, 1945
Chariot No.LII (1.2t, 14/5/43), lost in heavy
weather in attack on "Tirpitz", Norwegian Fiords, December 22, 1943
Chariot No.LVIII (1.2t, 11/6/43), lost in
attack on Spezia, NW Italy, June 22, 1944
Chariot No.LX (1.2t, 17/8/43), lost in attack
on Spezia, NW Italy, June 22, 1944
Chariot No.LVII (1.2t, 29/6/43), lost in
heavy weather in attack on "Tirpitz", Norwegian Fiords, December 22, 1943
Chariot No.LXXIX (1.94t, 17/4/44), lost in
operation, Puket Harbour, Thailand, October 28, 1944
Chariot No.LXXX (1.94t, 15/5/44), lost in
operation, Puket Harbour, Thailand, October 28, 1944
CHARLES BOYES, trawler (R, 290t, 1918), sunk
by mine, East Coast of England, May 25, 1940
CHARYBDIS,
light cruiser (5,450t, 3/12/41), sunk by E-boat torpedoes, English Channel,
October 23, 1943
CHESTNUT, trawler (505t, 21/5/40), sunk by
mine off N. Foreland, Kent, November 30, 1940
CHOICE, trawler (R, 197t), foundered, total
wreck, Arromanches, Normandy, August 25, 1944
CHORLEY, boom defence vessel (R, 284t, 1914),
foundered off Start Point, Devon, April 25, 1942
CHRISTINE ROSE, drifter (R), grounded, Knap
Rock, Argyll, W Scotland, September 10, 1941
CHRYSOLITE, harbour duty vessel (R, 1934),
lost, cause and place unknown, July 15, 1942
CICALA,
river gun boat (625t, 1916), sunk by aircraft bombs, Hong Kong, December 21,
1941
CIRCLE SHELL, tanker/oiler (R, 8,207t, 1931),
sunk by U-boat off Venezuela, February 21, 1942
CITY OF ROCHESTER, minesweeper (194t, 1904),
sunk by aerial mine, Chatham, SE England, May 19, 1941
CLACTON, dumb barge (196t deep), cause and
place unknown, date approximate, November, 1943. Subsequently salved
CLACTON, minesweeper (605t, 4/6/42), sunk by
mine off Corsica, December 31, 1943
CLOUGHTON WYKE, trawler (R, 324t, 1918), sunk
by aircraft, Humber Area, February 2, 1942
COCKER, whaler (R, 305t, 1936), sunk by
U-boat off Bardia, Libya, June 3, 1942
CODRINGTON, destroyer (Leader, 1,540t, 1930),
bombed and sunk in Dover Harbour, S England, July 27, 1940
COLLINGDOC, special service vessel (1,780t,
1925), sunk as blockship, March, 1942
COLSAY, trawler (554t, 4/3/44), sunk by human
torpedo off Ostend, Belgium, November 2, 1944
COMET, trawler (R, 301t, 1924), sunk by mine
off Falmouth, September 30, 1940
COMFORT, drifter (R, 60t), rammed and sunk by
accident off Dover, May 29, 1940
COMORIN, armed merchant (R, 15,241,1925, AMC
from 1/40), destroyed by fire, N. Atlantic, April 6, 1941
COMPUTATOR, trawler (R, 286t, 1919), sunk in
collision, Seine Bay, Normandy, January 21, 1945
CONQUISTADOR, trawler (R, 224t, 1915), sunk
in collision. Thames Estuary, November 25, 1940
COOLIE, dumb barge. Sunk for boom defence
purposes, believed in 1942
COR JESU, drifter (R, 97t, 1931), sunk in air
attack of Alnmouth, Northumberland, June 8, 1941
CORAL, trawler (705t, 1935), sunk by aircraft
during raid on Malta, April 13, 1942
CORBURN, mine destructor vessel (3,060t,
1936), mined off Le Havre, N France, May 21, 1940
CORFIELD, mine destructor vessel (3,000t,
1937), sunk by mine explosion off Humber, September 8, 1941
CORINGA, tug (R, 294t, 1914), lost in
Atlantic, cause unknown, June 23, 1940
CORIOLANUS, trawler (545t, 6/2/41), sunk by
mine, N Adriatic, May 5, 1945
CORNCRAKE, minelayer (700t, 7/12/42).
Foundered in bad weather, North Atlantic, January 25, 1943
CORNWALL,
heavy cruiser (10,000t, 1928), sunk by Japanese dive bombers, Indian Ocean,
April 5, 1942
CORTINA, trawler (R, 213t, 1913), sunk in
collision off Humber, December 7, 1940
CORY BROS, tug (R, 38t), constructive, total
loss, August 9, 1943
COSSACK, destroyer (1,870t, 1938), foundered
after being torpedoed by U-boat (23rd), W of Gibraltar, October 27, 1941
COSSACK, dumb barge. Sunk for boom defence
purposes, believed in 1942
COURAGEOUS
, aircraft carrier (22,500t, 1917, ex-cruiser, carrier from 1928), sunk by
U-boat torpedo W of Ireland, September 17, 1939
COVENTRY,
light cruiser (AA ship, 4,290t, 1918), sunk by dive bombers, E
Mediterranean, September 14, 1942
CRAMOND ISLAND, trawler (R, 180t, 1910), sunk
by aircraft off St. Abb's Head, E Scotland, April 2, 1941
CRESTED EAGLE, auxiliary anti-aircraft ship
(R, 1,110t, 1925), German aircraft, off Dunkirk, N France, May 29, 1940
CRESTFLOWER, trawler (550t, 1930), foundered
after damage by aircraft off Portsmouth, July 19, 1940
CRISPIN, ocean boarding vessel (R, 5,051t,
1935), sunk by U-boat torpedo, N Atlantic, February 3, 1941
CROMARTY, minesweeper (605t, 13/12/41), sunk
by mine, W Approaches to Straits of Bonifacio, Mediterranean, October 23,
1943
CROMER, minesweeper (656t, 4/4/41), mined, E
Mediterranean, November 9, 1942
CULVER, ex-US Coastguard cutter (1,546t,
1929), sunk by U-boat torpedo, N Atlantic, January 31, 1942
CURACOA,
light cruiser (AA ship, 4,290t, 1918), lost in collision, NW Approaches,
October 2, 1942
CURLEW,
light cruiser (AA ship, 4,290t, 1917), sunk by aircraft bombs, off Ofotfiord,
Norway, May 26, 1940
D
DAFFODIL, train ferry (2,500t), sank after
being mined off Dieppe (17th), March 18, 1945
DAH PU, special service vessel (R, 1,974t,
1922), torpedoed by U-boat, Muscat Harbour, E coast of Arabia, June 8, 1943
DAINTY, destroyer (1,375t, 1932), sunk by
aircraft, off Tobruk, Libya, February 24, 1941
DAISY, degaussing ship (R, 50t, 1902), lost
in heavy weather at Greenock, April 25, 1942
DAISY, tug (R), foundered on passage from
Alexandria to Tobruk, January 2, 1942
DANEHILL, small craft (14t, 1933), formally
paid off, December 1, 1941
DANEMAN, trawler (1050t, 1937), believed to
have struck submerged ice. Abandoned after being taken in tow, N Atlantic,
May 8, 1943
DANUBE 111, tug (R, 234t, 1924), mined off
Sheerness, October 13, 1940
D'ARCY COOPER, drifter (R, 126t, 1928), sunk
by aircraft, Harwich, April 9, 1941
DARING, destroyer (1,375t, 1932), sunk by
U-boat torpedo off Duncansby Head, N Scotland, February 18, 1940
DARKDALE, tanker/oiler (8,145t, 15/11/40),
sunk by explosion, believed torpedoed by U-boat, St Helena, South Atlantic,
October 22, 1941
DAROGAH, trawler (R, 221t, 1914), mined,
Thames Estuary, January 27, 1941
DARTMOUTH, dumb barge (226t, 1923), sunk as
blockship, October 2, 1942
DASHER,
escort carrier (13,785t, 2/7/42), sunk, probably due to petrol explosion,
South of Cumbrae Island, W Scotland, March 27, 1943
DEFENDER, destroyer (1,375t, 1932), sunk by
aircraft bombs, off Sidi Barrani, Egypt, July 11, 1941
DEIATELNYI, destroyer (ex-CHURCHILL, on loan
to Soviet Navy, 1,190t, 1920), sank by U-boat torpedo, Arctic, January 16,
1945
DELIGHT, destroyer (1,375t, 1933), bombed and
sunk off Portland, S England, July 29, 1940
DELTA, sailing barge (1898), sank at Harty
Point, Sheppey, SE England, November, 1944
DENBIGH CASTLE, corvette (1,060t, 30/12/44),
damaged by mine or U-boat torpedo, grounded, total loss, N Russia, February
13, 1945
DERVISH, dumb barge. Sunk for boom defence
purposes, believed in 1942
DERVISH, trawler (R, 346t, 1911), mined off
Humber, September 9, 1940
DESIREE, trawler (R, 213t, 1912), mined,
Thames Estuary, January 16, 1941
DEVON COUNTY, drifter (R, 86t, 1910), mined,
Thames Estuary, July 1, 1941
DEVONIA, minesweeper (R, 622t, 1905), damaged
by German bombers, beached and abandoned, off Dunkirk, May 31, 1940
DEWEY EVE, drifter (R, 109t, 1916), sunk in
collision, Scapa Flow, Orkneys, June 9, 1940
DIAMOND, destroyer (1,375t, 1932), sunk by
aircraft bombs during evacuation of Greece, May 27, 1941
DINSDALE, tanker/oiler (8,250t, 11th April
1942), sunk by U-boat torpedo, South Atlantic, May 31, 1942
DONNA NOOK, trawler (R, 307t, 1916), sunk in
collision, North Sea, September 25, 1943
DORSETSHIRE, heavy cruiser
(9,975t, 1930), sunk by Japanese dive bombers, Indian Ocean, April 5, 1942
DOVER HILL, special service vessel (5,815t,
1918), sunk as blockship, February 7
DOWGATE, boom defence vessel (290t, 1935),
lost or destroyed to prevent falling into Japanese hands at Singapore,
February, 1942
DOX, trawler (R, 35t, 1931), sunk by enemy
action, Plymouth, SW England, March 20, 1941
DRAGON,
light cruiser (on loan to Polish Navy, 4,850t, 1918), damaged by human
torpedo off Normandy. Constructive total loss, July 8, 1944
DRAGONFLY,
river gun boat (625t, 1939), sailing from Singapore and sunk by aircraft
bombs, February 14, 1942
DROMIO, trawler (R, 380t, 1929), collision, N
of Whitby, North Sea, December 22, 1939
DRUMMER, trawler (R, 297t, 1915), mined off
Brightlingsea, Essex, August 4, 1940
DUCHESS, destroyer (1,375t, 1933), sunk in
collision W of Scotland, December 12, 1939
DULVERTON, destroyer escort (1,050t,
27/9/41), sunk by aircraft, glider bomb, off Kos, Dodecanese, November 13,
1943
DUNDALK, minesweeper (710t, 1919), mined off
Harwich, SE England, October 16, 1940
DUNDEE, sloop (1,060t, 1933), torpedoed by
German U-boat, North Atlantic, September 15, 1940
DUNDONALD, sailing barge (50t,1897),
foundered when moored off Chatham, SE England, November 29, 1944
DUNEDIN,
light cruiser (4,850t, 1919), sunk by U-boat torpedo, between W. Africa and
Brazil, November 24, 1941
DUNGENESS, trawler (R, 263t, 1914), bombed
and total loss off Haisborough, Norfolk, November 15, 1940
DUNMORE HEAD, ammunition hulk (1,682t, 1898),
cause and place unknown, September 29
DUNOON,
minesweeper (710t, 1919), mined off Great Yarmouth, E England, April 30,
1940
DUNVEGAN CASTLE, armed merchant (R, 15,007t,
1936, AMC from 12/39), sunk by U-boat torpedo, W of Ireland, August 28, 1940
DUPLEIX, special service vessel (R), cause
and place unknown, October 4, 1944
DURBAN,
light cruiser (4,850t, 1919), sunk as blockship for Mulberry Harbour,
Normandy, N France, June 9, 1944
DURHAM CASTLE, special service vessel
(8,240t, 1904), sunk by mine off Cromarty on way to Scapa, January 26, 1940
DUSKY QUEEN, drifter (R, 40t, 1920), grounded
Dover Straits, constructive total loss, January 9, 1941
DUTHIES, drifter (R, 89t, 1914), sunk by
aircraft at Montrose, October 25, 1940
E
E.F.Q., sailing barge (32t, 1900), sank at
Sheerness, SE England, December, 1944
EAGLE,
aircraft carrier (22,600t, 1924), sunk by U-boat torpedo, W Mediterranean,
August 11, 1942
EBOR WYKE, trawler (R, 348t, 1929), presumed
torpedoed by U-boat off E Coast of Iceland, May 2, 1945
ECLIPSE, destroyer (1,375t, 1934), sunk by
mine off Kalimno, Dodecanese, October 24, 1943
EDINBURGH,
light cruiser (10,000t, 6/7/39), sunk by destroyer torpedoes, after U-boat
damage (30th Apr), Barents Sea, Arctic, May 2, 1942
EDV. NISSAN, special service vessel (R,
2,062t, 1921), sunk as blockship, June 3, 1940
EFFINGHAM,
light cruiser (9,550t, 1925), struck submerged rock and wrecked, Vestfiord,
Norway, May 18, 1940
EGELAND, whaler (R, 153t, 1912), grounded,
Palestine coast, total loss, November 29, 1941
EGRET, sloop (1,250t, 1938), sunk by aircraft
glider bomb off NW Spain in Atlantic Ocean, August 27, 1943
EILEEN DUNCAN, trawler (R, 223t, 1910), sunk
by aircraft, N Shields, September 30, 1941
EL HIND, landing ship infantry (Large) LSI(L)
(R, 5,319t), destroyed by fire in Bombay Docks, India, April 14, 1944
ELECTRA, destroyer (1,375t, 1934), sunk by
surface craft, gunfire, Java Sea, February 27, 1942
ELIZABETH ANGELA, trawler (R, 253t, 1928),
sunk by aircraft in Downs, August 13, 1940
ELIZABETH THERESE, trawler (R, 156t, 1934),
sunk, July 4, 1945
ELK, trawler (R, 181t, 1902), mined at
Plymouth, November 27, 1940
ELLESMERE, trawler (580t, 12/10/39), sunk by
U-boat torpedo, English Channel, February 24, 1945
ELSWICK PARK, special service vessel (4,200t,
1920), sunk as blockship, February 10, 1944
EMBRACE, drifter (R, 94t, 1907), grounded at
Loch Alsh, W. Scotland. Total loss, August 2, 1940
EMELLE, yacht (R, 43t, 1916), cause and place
unknown, August 31, 1940
EMERALD WINGS, special service vessel
(2,139t, 1920), sunk as blockship at Scapa. Date is for arrival date, July
5, 1940
EMILION, trawler (R, 201t, 1914), mined,
Thames Estuary, October 24, 1941
EMILY, tug (R), sunk by aircraft during raid
on Malta, April 7, 1942
EMPIRE ARTHUR, water carrier (R, 760, 1942),
capsized and sank, Freetown, W Africa, November 22, 1943
EMPIRE BITTERN, special service vessel
(8,500t, 1902), sunk as blockship, June, 1944
EMPIRE BROADSWORD, landing ship infantry
(Large) LSI(L) (4,285t), sunk by mine off Normandy, N France, July 2, 1944
EMPIRE BUNTING, special service vessel
(6,448t, 1919), sunk as blockship, February, 1944
EMPIRE DEFIANCE, special service vessel
(4,632t, 1909), sunk as blockship, February, 1944
EMPIRE FLAMINGO, special service vessel
(5,200t, 1920), sunk as blockship, February, 1944
EMPIRE JAVELIN (4,285t), landing ship
infantry (Large) LSI(L), lost on passage from Portsmouth to Le Havre.
Believed torpedoed by U-boat, December 28, 1944
EMPIRE MOORHEN, special service vessel
(5,617t, 1919), sunk as blockship, February, 1944
EMPIRE SEAMAN, special service vessel
(1,927t, 1922), sunk, cause unknown, December 4, 1940
EMPIRE TAMAR, special service vessel (6,581t,
1907), sunk as blockship, February, 1944
EMPIRE TANA, special service vessel (6,148t,
1923), sunk as blockship, March, 1944
EMPIRE WATERHEN, special service vessel
(6,004t, 1920), sunk as blockship, February, 1944
ENCOUNTER, destroyer (1,375t, 1934), sunk in
action, surface craft, Java Sea, March 1, 1942
ERICA, corvette (955t, 7/8/40), sunk by mine,
NE of Benghazi, Libya, February 9, 1943
ERIN, trawler (R, 394t, 1933), explosion,
Gibraltar harbour, January 18, 1942
ESCAUT, armament store carrier (R, 1,087t,
1938), sunk by aircraft off Suez, Egypt. Date given. Date given as 3rd-4th,
August 4, 1941
ESCAUT, motor canal boat. Lost at Dunkirk.
Date approximate, June 1, 1940
ESCORT, destroyer (1,375t, 1934), sunk by
U-boat torpedo, W Mediterranean, July 11, 1940
ESK, destroyer (1,375t, 1934), sunk by mine,
North Sea, September 1, 1940
ESKDALE, destroyer escort (on loan to Royal
Norwegian Navy, 1,050t, 31/7/42), sunk by E-boat torpedo off Lizard Head,
Cornwall, SW England, April 14, 1943
ETHEL TAYLOR, trawler (R, 276t, 1917), mined
off Tyne, November 22, 1940
EUSTATHIOS GHIOKIS, small miscellaneous craft
(R), constructive total loss, December 16, 1944
EVALINA, trawler (R, 202t, 1919), believed
mined, Tyne area, North Sea, December 16, 1939
EVANGELISTRIA, transport vessel (SAMOS 82,
R), constructive total los, January 25, 1944
EVANGIELISTRIA, special service vessel (Chios
345, R), sunk by enemy action, September 23, 1943
EVESHAM, trawler (R, 239t, 1925), sunk by
aircraft off Yarmouth, Norfolk, May 27, 1941
Examination vessel No.4 (R), sunk by enemy
action, February, 1941
Examination vessel No.10 (R, 281t), mined off
entrance to Milford Haven, SW Wales, June 7, 1941
EXETER,
heavy cruiser (8,390t, 1931), sunk in action with Japanese surface craft,
Java Seas, March 1, 1942
EXMOOR, destroyer escort (1,000t, 1/11/40),
sunk by explosion presumed E-boat torpedo off Lowestoft, E England,
February 25, 1941
EXMOUTH, destroyer (Leader, 1,475t, 1934),
sunk by U-boat torpedo, Moray Firth, off W Scotland, January 21, 1940
F
FABIOUS, boom defence vessel (R, 230t deep),
sunk, January 16, 1943
FAIR BREEZE, drifter (R, 93t, 1925), struck
wreck off Dunkirk, June 1, 1940
FAIRHAVEN, drifter (R, 96t, 1919), foundered,
NE Atlantic, September 5, 1944
FAIRPLAY TWO, tug (R, 282t, 1921) Wrecked on
Yorkshire Coast, March 2, 1940
FAROUK, transport vessel (auxiliary schooner,
R, 91t), sunk by "U-83" in Mediterranean, June 13, 1942
FDT No.216, fighter direction tender (2,750t,
4/3/43), sunk by aircraft torpedo off Barfleur, N France, July 7, 1944
FEARLESS, destroyer (1,375t, 1934), sunk
during air attack on convoy, Central Mediterranean, July 23, 1941
FEIOY, special service vessel (R), cause and
place unknown, January, 1943
FELIXSTOWE, minesweeper (656t, 11/7/41), sunk
by mine off Sardinia, December 18, 1943
FERMOY, minesweeper (710t, 1919), sunk by
aircraft bombs in dock at Malta, May 4, 1941
FERNWOOD, collier (R, 1,892t, 1923), sunk by
aircraft, Dartmouth, September 18, 1942. Subsequently salved
FERTILE VALE, drifter (R, 97t, 1917),
collision off River Tay, E Scotland, July 17, 1941
FIDELIA, special service vessel (147t, 1891),
sunk by aircraft, Lowestoft Harbour, May 5, 1941
FIDELITY, special service vessel (R, 2,456t).
Probably torpedoed by U-boat, North Atlantic, December 30, 1942
FIFESHIRE, trawler (R, 540t, 1938), aircraft
E of Copinsay, Orkneys, February 20, 1940
FIJI
, light cruiser (8,000t, 17/5/40), sunk by aircraft bombs during evacuation
of Crete, May 22, 1941
FINNANGER, tanker/oiler (R, 9,551t, 1928),
sunk by U-boat, North Atlantic, February 24, 1942
FIONA, convoy service ship (R, 2,190t, 1927),
sunk by aircraft off Sidi Barrani, Egypt, April 18, 1941
FIREDRAKE, destroyer (1,350t, 1935), sunk by
U-boat torpedo, N Atlantic, December 16, 1942
FIRMAMENT, whaler (R, 248t, 1930), grounded,
total loss, off Alexandria, May 30, 1944
FISHER GIRL, drifter (R, 85t, 1914), sunk by
aircraft, Falmouth Har bour, November 25, 1941
FISKAREN, drifter (R), collision, Belfast, N
Ireland, December 23, 1941
FITZROY, minesweeper (800t, 1919), mined off
Yarmouth, May 27, 1942
FLEMING, trawler (R, 356t, 1929), sunk by
aircraft, Thames Estuary, July 24, 1940
FLEUR DE LYS, corvette (900t, 26/8/40), sunk
by U-boat torpedo, West of Gibraltar, October 14, 1941
FLORENTINO, special service vessel (1,822t,
1921), sunk as blockship at Zeebrugge, Belgium, May 25, 1940
FLOTTA, trawler (530t, 11/6/41), grounded on
29th October off Buchan Ness, E Scotland and foundered, November 6, 1941
FLOWERGATE, special service vessel (5,200t,
1911), sunk as blockship, February 7, 1944
FOLIOT, small miscellaneous craft (33, 1905),
sunk in Collision, November 17, 1943
FONTENOY, trawler (R, 376t, 1918), sunk by
aircraft off Lowestoft, E England, November 19, 1940
FORBIN, special service vessel (R, 7,291t,
1922), sunk as blockship, April, 1944
FORCE, trawler (R, 324t, 1917), sunk by
aircraft off Yarmouth, Norfolk, June 27, 1941
FORECAST, drifter (96t, 1925), sunk at
Greenock, Scotland, April 10, 1944
FORERUNNER, drifter (R, 92t, 1911),
collision, Thames Estuary; constructive total loss, October 14, 1941
FORESIGHT, destroyer (1,350t, 1935), sunk by
aircraft torpedo, Central Mediterranean, August 13, 1942
FORFAR, armed merchant (R, 16,402t, 1922, AMC
from 11/39), sunk by U-boat torpedo, W of Ireland, December 2, 1940
FORT ROYAL, trawler (550t, 1931), aircraft
off Aberdeen, February 9, 1940
FORTUNA, trawler (R, 259t, 1906), sunk by
aircraft off St. Abb's Head, E Scotland. Date given as 2nd-3rd, April 3,
1941
FOUR, dumb barge (204t deep), cause and place
unknown, date approximate, November, 1943. Subsequently Salved
FOYLE BANK, auxiliary anti-aircraft ship (R,
5,582t, 1930), German aircraft, Portland, S England, July 4, 1940
FRANC TIREUR, trawler (R, 314t, 1916), sunk
by E-boat off Harwich, E England, September 25, 1943
FRANCOL, tanker/oiler (2,623t, 1917), sunk by
gunfire of Japanese surface craft, S of Java, March 3, 1942
FRANCOLIN, trawler (R, 322t, 1916), sunk by
aircraft off Cromer, Norfolk, November 12, 1941
FRATTON, Examination vessel (R, 757t, 1925),
sunk at anchor by underwater explosion, probably torpedoed by surface craft,
Seine Bay, Normandy, August 18, 1944
FREYA I, special service vessel (R, 1934),
cause and place unknown, May 2, 1942
FUH WO, minesweeper (R, 953t, 1922), lost by
enemy action or destroyed at Singapore, February-March, 1942
FURY, destroyer (1,350t, 1935), damaged
beyond repair by mine off Normandy, June 21, 1944
G
GAEL, yacht (R, 101t, 1904), mined, entrance
to Humber, November 24, 1940
GAIRSAY, trawler (545t, 30/4/43), sunk by
human torpedo off Normandy, August 3, 1944
GALATEA,
light cruiser (5,220t, 1935), sunk by U-boat torpedo off Alexandria,
December 14, 1941
GALLANT, destroyer (1,335t, 1936), damaged by
mine (10th) and taken in tow. Later bombed and sunk in Malta Harbour,
January 20, 1941
GAMBHIRA, special service vessel (5,257t,
1919), sunk as blockship, date unknown, 1940
GANILLY, trawler (545t, 3/9/43), sunk by
mine, English Channel, July 5, 1944
GARDENIA, corvette (1,015t, 24/5/40),
collision with own forces, off Oran, Algeria, November 9, 1942
GAUL, trawler (550t, 1936), sunk by aircraft
off Norway, May 3, 1940
GEMAS, whaler (R, 207t, 1925), scuttled,
Tjilatjap, Java, March 2, 1942
GENERAAL VAN DER HEIJDEN, water carrier (R,
1,213t, 1929) Marine cause, April 14, 1944
GENERAAL VAN SWIETEN, water boat (1,300t,
1928) Marine cause, April 14, 1944
GEORGIOS P, special service vessel (4,052t,
1903), sunk as blockship, March, 1944
GIANG BEE, patrol vessel (R, 1,646t, 1908),
lost or destroyed to prevent falling into enemy hands Singapore area,
February, 1942
GIPSY, destroyer (1,335t, 1936), sunk by mine
off Harwich, November 21
GIRI PAMELA, drifter (R, 93t, 1912), sunk in
collision off Dunkirk, May 29, 1940
GLADIOLUS, corvette (965t, 6/4/40), presumed
torpedoed by U-boat, N. Atlantic, October 16, 1941
GLEAM, drifter (57t, 1922), sunk in
collision, June 15, 1944
GLEN ALBYN, drifter (R, 82t, 1909), mined,
Loch Ewe, W Scotland, December 23, 1939
GLEN AVON (R, 678t deep, 1912), foundered in
gale, Seine Bay, Normandy, September 2, 1944
GLOAMING, drifter (R, 21t, 1928), mined off
Humber, March 20, 1941
GLORIOUS,
aircraft carrier (22,500t,1917, ex-cruiser, carrier from 1930), sunk by
gunfire, Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, latitude of Narvik, Norway, June 8, 1940
GLOUCESTER,
light cruiser (9,600t, 31/1/39), sunk by aircraft bombs during evacuation
of Crete, May 22, 1941
GLOWWORM, destroyer (1,345t, 1936), sunk by
gunfire," Admiral Hipper", off Norway, April 8, 1940
GNAT,
river gun boat (625t, 1915), torpedoed by U-boat off Bardia, Libya. Total
loss, October 21, 1941
GO AHEAD, drifter (R, 100t, 1919), sunk in
collision, Sheerness, SE England, November 18, 1940
GODETIA, corvette (940t, July 1940),
collision off Northern Ireland, September 6, 1940
GOLDEN DAWN, drifter (R, 80t, 1913), sunk at
Ardrossan, W Scotland, April 4, 1940
GOLDEN EFFORT, drifter (R, 86t, 1914), sunk,
cause unknown, off Greenock, Scotland, September 23, 1943
GOLDEN GIFT, drifter (R, 89t, 1910), sunk in
collision in Oban Bay, W Scotland, April 6, 1943
GOLDEN SUNBEAM, drifter (R, 84t, 1920), sunk
by collision off Dungeness, English Channel, August 19
GOLDEN WEST, drifter (R), foundered in
Aberdeen Harbour, E Scotland, January 15, 1945
GONDOLIER, special service vessel (250t,
1886), sunk as blockship between 18th and 25th, March 25, 1940
GOODALL, frigate (1,150t, 4/10/43), torpedoed
by U-boat, off Kola Inlet, N Russia. Sunk by own forces, April 29, 1945
GOODWILL, drifter (R, 28t), sunk, November 2,
1940
GOSSAMER, minesweeper (815t, 1938), sunk by
aircraft bombs, Kola Inlet, N Russia, June 24, 1942
GOULD, frigate (1,600, 18/9/43), sunk by
U-boat torpedo, N Atlantic, March 1, 1944
GOURKO, special service vessel (1,975t,
1911), mined off Dunkirk, June 4, 1940
GOWAN HILL, drifter (R, 96t, 1920), sunk by
aircraft, Greenock, May 7, 1941
GRACIE FIELDS, minesweeper (R, 393t, 1936),
sunk by German bombers off Dunkirk, N France, May 29, 1940
GRAFTON, destroyer (1,335t, 1936), sunk by
E-boat torp, off Dunkirk, France, May 29, 1940
GRAMPUS, submarine (1,520t, 1937), lost off
Augusta, Sicily, cause unknown, June 24, 1940
GRASSHOPPER,
river gun boat (625t, 1939), sailing from Singapore and sunk by aircraft
bombs, February 14, 1942
GREENFINCH, dumb barge (218t deep), cause and
place unknown, date approximate, November, 1943. Subsequently salved
GRENADE, destroyer (1,335t, 1936), sunk by
aircraft bombs, in Dunkirk Harbour, France, May 29, 1940
GRENVILLE, destroyer (Leader, 1,485t, 1936),
sunk by mine, North Sea, January 19, 1940
GRETHE MORTENSEN, special service vessel (R,
35t, 1943), abandoned in sinking condition off N Foreland, Kent, SE England,
November 7, 1944
GREYHOUND, destroyer (1,335t, 1936), sunk by
aircraft bombs during battle of Crete, May 22, 1941
GRIMSBY, sloop (990t, 1934), sunk by aircraft
off Tobruk, Libya, May 25, 1941
GRIVE, yacht (R, 687t, 1903), sunk by
aircraft during withdrawal from Dunkirk, June 1, 1940
GROVE, destroyer escort (1,050t, 5/2/42),
sunk by U-boat torpedo, E Mediterranean, June 12, 1942
GUARDSMAN, tug (R, 102t, 1905), sunk by mine
off N. Foreland, SE England, November 15, 1940
GUILDBORG, special service vessel (R), cause
and place unknown, January 22, 1943
GULLF0SS, trawler (730t, 1929), mined,
English Channel, March 9, 1941
GULZAR, yacht (R, 197t, 1934), sunk in air
attack, Dover Harbour, July 29, 1940
GURKHA (2), destroyer (ex LARNE, 1,920t,
18/2/41), sunk by U-boat torpedo, E Mediterranean, January 17, 1942
GURKHA, destroyer (1,870t, 1938), sunk by
aircraft bombs, off Stavanger, Norway, April 9, 1940
GUYBOROUGH, minesweeper (on loan to RCN,
672t, 22/4/42), sunk by U-boat torpedo, Bay of Biscay, March 17, 1945
GYPSY, accomodation ship, (R, 261t), sunk at
Tower Pier, London during air raid, May 11, 1941
H
H-31, submarine (410t, 1919), presumed mined,
Bay of Biscay, December 24, 1941
H-49, submarine (410t, 1919), lost,
depth-charged off Dutch Coast, German A/S surface craft. Formally paid off,
October 27, 1940
HALLANGER, tanker/oiler (R, 9,551, 1928),
sunk by U-boat, W Mediterranean, March 30, 1943
HAMMOND, trawler (R, 452T, 1936), sunk by
aircraft, Aandalsnes. Norway, April 25, 1940
HANYARDS, yacht (R, 16t, 1931), cause and
place unknown, May 21, 1941
HARDY (2) (Leader, 1,730t, 14/8/43), sunk by
U-boat torpedo, Barents Sea, Arctic, January 30, 1944
HARDY, destroyer (Leader, 1,505t, 1936),
driven ashore, gunfire, Narvik, April 10, 1940
HARMONY, drifter (R, 24t), collision off
Invergordon, NE Scotland, November 15, 1941
HARSTAD, whaler (R, 258t), sunk by E-boat,
English Channel, February 27, 1943
HARTLAND, ex-US Coastguard cutter (1,546t,
1928), sunk by gunfire, Oran Harbour, November 8, 1942
HARVEST GLEANER, drifter (R, 96t, 1918), sunk
by aircraft E coast of England, October 28, 1940
HARVEST MOON, trawler (72t, 1904), sunk as
blockship, September 9, 1940
HARVESTER, destroyer (1,400t, 25/3/40), sunk
by U-boat torpedo, N Atlantic, March 11, 1943
HASTY, destroyer (1,340t, 1936), sunk by
U-boat torpedo, E Mediterranean, June 15, 1942
HAVANT, destroyer (1,400t, 1939), sunk by
aircraft bombs, off Dunkirk, France, June 1, 1940
HAVOCK, destroyer (1,340t, 1937), grounded,
total loss, off Kelibia, Tunisia, April 6, 1942
HAVSTEN, tanker/oiler (R, 6,161t, 1930), sunk
by U-boat, West Atlantic, August 3, 1942
HAYBURN WYKE, trawler (R, 324t, 1917),
torpedoed by U-boat at anchor off Ostend, Belgium, January 2, 1945
HEBE, minesweeper (815t, 1937), sunk by mine
off Bari, E Italy, November 22, 1943
HECLA, destroyer depot ship (10,850t,
6/1/41), sunk by U-boat torpedo, W of Gibraltar Straits, November 12, 1942
HECTOR, armed merchant (R, 11,198t, 1924),
bombed and set on fire during Japanese carrier aircraft raid on Colombo,
April 3, 1942
HELEN BARBARA, tug. Abandoned in sinking
condition in heavy weather, October 21, 1941
HELESPONT, tug (690t), sunk by aircraft
during raid on Malta. Date given as 6th-7th, April 7, 1942
HELVELLYN, auxiliary anti-aircraft ship (R,
642t, 1937), sunk by aircraft, London Docks, March 20, 1941
HENRIETTE, trawler (R, 261t, 1936), mined off
Humber, December 26, 1941
HEREWARD, destroyer (1,340t, 1936), sunk by
aircraft bombs, off Crete, May 29, 1941
HERMES,
aircraft carrier (10,850t, 1924), sunk by Japanese aircraft off Ceylon,
April 9, 1942
HERMIONE,
light cruiser (5,450t, 25/3/41), sunk by U-boat torpedo, E Mediterranean,
June 16, 1942
HERRING, trawler (590t, 15/4/43), sunk in
collision, North Sea, April 22, 1943
HESPERIA, tug (1,118t, 21/5/43), grounded off
Libya, February 9, 1945
HEYTHROP, destroyer escort (1,050t, 21/6/41),
sunk by U-boat torpedo, E Mediterranean, March 20, 1942
HICKORY, trawler (505t, 19/4/40), sunk by
mine, English Channel, October 21, 1940
HIGH TIDE, drifter (R, 106t, 1919), foundered
off N Wales, March 30, 1945
HIGHLAND QUEEN, drifter (R), scuttled during
fall of Tobruk. Date given as 20th-21st, June 21, 1942
HILDASAY, trawler (545t, 30/9/41), grounded
on reef near Kilindini, E Africa. Total loss, June 21, 1945
HOLCOMBE, destroyer escort (1,050t, 16/9/42),
sunk by U-boat torpedo, W Mediterranean, December 12, 1943
HOLLAND, special service vessel (R, 1,251t,
1919), sunk as blockship, June 3, 1940
HOLLYHOCK,
corvette (1,010t, 19/11/40), sunk by aircraft bombs, E of Ceylon, April 9,
1942
HONG LAM, trawler (R, 104t), foundered off
Adam's Bridge, between India and Ceylon. Formally paid off, May 26, 1943
HONJO, trawler (R, 308t, 1928), explosion,
Gibraltar harbour, January 18, 1942
HOOD,
battlecruiser (42,000t, 1920), sunk in action with Bismarck, N Atlantic, May
24, 1941
HORATIO, trawler (545t, 27/1/41), sunk by
E-boat torpedo, Western Mediterranean, January 7, 1943
HORSA, tug (700t, 21/2/42), grounded, total
loss, Osfles Rock, E Iceland, March 16, 1943
HOSTILE, destroyer (1,340t, 1936), mined and
sunk off Cape Bon, Tunisia, August 23, 1940
HUA TONG, minesweeper (R, 280t, 1927), sunk
by aircraft in Palembang River, Sumatra, February 13, 1942
HUNTER, destroyer (1,340t, 1936), sunk by
surface ship gunfire, in battle of Narvik, April 10, 1940
HUNTLEY, minesweeper (710t, 1919), sunk by
aircraft, E Mediterranean, January 31, 1941
HURRICANE, destroyer (1,400t, 21/6/40), sunk
by U-boat torpedo, N Atlantic, December 24, 1943
HURST CASTLE, corvette (1,060t, 9/6/44), sunk
by U-boat torpedo off NW Ireland, September 1, 1944
HURWORTH, destroyer escort (1,050t, 5/10/41),
sunk by mine off Kalimno, Dodecanese, October 22, 1943
HUSSAR,
minesweeper (815t, 1935), sunk by accident in attack by friendly aircraft
off Normandy, August 27, 1944
HYPERION, destroyer (1,340t, 1936), sunk by
mine off Pantellaria, SW of Sicily, December 22, 1940
HYTHE, minesweeperp (605t, 5/3/42), sunk by
U-boat torpedo off Bougie, Algeria, October 11, 1943
I
IBIS, sloop (1,300t, 30/8/41), sunk by
aircraft, W Mediterranean, November 10, 1942
ILSENSTEIN, special service vessel (8,216t,
1904), sunk as blockship at Scapa Flow, February 18, 1940
ILTON CASTLE, Fuelling ship (R), cause and
place unknown, August 1, 1945
IMBAT, drifter (R, 92t, 1918), collision,
Scapa flow, rkney Islands, February 4, 1941
IMOGEN, destroyer (1,370t, 1937), damaged in
collision, caught fire, abandoned of Duncansby Head, N Scotland, July 16,
1940
IMPERIAL, destroyer (1,370t, 1937), sunk by
own forces after being bombed, off Crete, May 29, 1941
INDIRA, tug (R, 637t, 1918), sunk during air
attack on Hong Kong, December 15, 1941
INGLEFIELD, destroyer (Leader, 1,530t, 1937),
sunk by aircraft, glider-bomb,off Anzio, W Italy, February 25, 1944
INGMAN, special service vessel (R, 3,169t,
1907), sunk as blockship, February, 1944
INNERTON, special service vessel (5,300t,
1919), sunk as blockship, April 6, 1944
INTREPID, destroyer (1,370t, 1937), sunk by
aircraft, in Leros Harbour, Dodecanese, September 27, 1943
INTREPIDE, drifter (R), sunk by aircraft off
Salcombe, August 13, 1942
INVERCLYDE, trawler (R, 215t, 1914), sank in
tow off Beachy Head, October 16, 1942
IOANNI FAFALIOS, collier (R, 5,670, 1919),
war cause, September 5, 1944
IRENE VERNICOS, tug (R, 250t), constructive
total loss, possibly Greek area, June 1941
IRVANA, trawler (R, 276t, 1917), sunk by
aircraft off Yarmouth, Norfolk, January 16, 1942
ISBJORN, water boat (R), sunk, May 13, 1943
ISIS, destroyer (1,370t, 1937), sunk by human
torpedo or mine off Normandy, July 20, 1944
ISMINI, harbour duty vessel (R), cause and
place unknown, October 16, 1944
ITCHEN, frigate (1,325t, 28/12/42), sunk by
U-boat torpedo, North Atlantic, September 23, 1943
IVANHOE, destroyer (1,370t, 1937), sunk by
mine, North Sea, September 1, 1940
J
J.T.A.1, tug (R), lost, Tobruk, Libya, June
20, 1942
J.T.A.6, tug (R), constructive total loss,
April, 1942
J.T.A.7, tug (R), lost, Tobruk, Libya, June
20, 1942
J.T.A.14, tug (R), lost, Tobruk, Libya, June
20, 1942
JACKAL, destroyer (1,760t, 13/4/39), sunk by
aircraft, E Mediterranean, May 12, 1942
JACOBUS, special service vessel (1,262t,
1920), sunk as blockship at Dieppe, June 10, 1940
JADE, trawler (630t, 1933), sunk by aircraft
during raid on Malta, April 21, 1942
JAGUAR, destroyer (1,760t, 12/9/39), sunk by
U-boat torpedo, E Mediterranean, March 26, 1942
JAMES 83, special service vessel (397t,
1926), sunk as blockship, later salvaged, July 3, 1940
JAMES 9, special service vessel (85t, 1924),
sunk as blockship, July 8, 1940
JAMES LUDFORD, trawler (506t, 1919), mined
off Tyne, North Sea, December 14, 1939
JANUS, destroyer (1,760t, 5/8/39), sunk by
aircraft torpedo off Anzio, W Italy, January 23, 1944
JARAK, minesweeper (R, 208t), sunk by
aircraft bombs, Singapore area, February 17, 1942
JARDINE, trawler (452t, 1936), sunk by own
forces after damage by aircraft, West Coast of Norway, April 30, 1940
JASPER, trawler (596t, 1932), sunk by E-boat
torpedo, English Channel, December 1, 1942
JASTRZAB, submarine (ex-P-551, on loan to
Polish Navy, 800t, 1923), sunk by gunfire, own forces, N Norway, Arctic
Ocean, after accidental damage, May 2, 1942
JEAN FREDERIC, trawler (R, 329t, 1919), sunk
by aircraft off Start Point, English Channel, May 1, 1941
JERAM, whaler (R, 210t, 1927), presumed lost,
Singapore area, March, 1942
JERANTUT, whaler (R, 217t, 1927), scuttled,
Palembang, Sumatra, March 8, 1942
JERSEY, destroyer (1,760t, 28/4/39), mined in
entrance to Grand Harbour, Malta, May 2, 1941
JERVIS BAY, armed merchant (R, 14,164t, 1922,
AMC from 10/39), sunk by "Admiral Scheer", N, Atlantic, November 5, 1940
JEWEL, drifter (R, 84t, 1908), mined off
Belfast Lough, May 18, 1941
JOHN P PEDERSEN, tanker/oiler (R, 6,128t,
1930), sunk by U-boat, N Atlantic, May 20, 1941
JOKER, special service vessel (R), lost in
tow, in heavy weather, July 16, 1942
JOSEPH BUTTON, trawler (R, 290t, 1918), sunk
by mine off Aldeburgh.Suffolk, October 22, 1940
JUNIATA, special service vessel (1,139t,
1918), sunk as blockships, date unknown, 1940
JUNIPER, trawler (505t, March 1940), sunk by
ADMIRAL HIPPER gunfire off Norway, June 8, 1940
JUNO, destroyer (1,760t, 25/8/39), sunk by
aircraft bombs during battle of Crete, May 21, 1941
JUPITER, destroyer (1,760t, 25/6/39), sunk by
torpedo, Java Sea, February 27, 1942
JURA, (545t, 12/6/42), sunk by aircraft or
U-boat torpedo, Western Mediterranean, January 7, 1943
JUSTIFIED, drifter (93t, 1925), mined off
Malta, June 16, 1942
K
KALGAH, water carrier (R), cause and place
unknown, September 24, 1942
KAMPAR, auxiliary anti-submarine vessel (R,
971t, 1915), damaged on the 12th, then destroyed by aircraft at Penang,
December 13, 1941
KANDAHAR, destroyer (1,760t, 10/10/39), mined
off Tripoli, Libya, and subsequently sunk by own forces, December 19, 1941
KANTARA, Schooner (R), cause and place
unknown, September 26, 1941
KANTUNG, special service vessel (R), sunk as
blockship in Anking Harbour, December 9, 1941
KARANJA, landing ship infantry (Large) LSI(L)
(R, 9,890t, 1931), sunk by aircraft, Bougie, Algeria, November 12, 1942
KASHMIR, destroyer (1,760t, 26/10/39), sunk
by aircraft bombs during battle of Crete, May 23, 1941
KAUPO, special service vessel (R, 2,420t,
1888), sunk as blockship, June 10, 1940
KEITH, destroyer (Leader, 1,400t, 1931), sunk
by aaircraft bombs, off Dunkirk, France, June 1, 1940
KELANA, motor launch (R, 88t), sunk by
aircraft. Malaya, January 16, 1942
KELLY, destroyer (Leader, 1,760t, 23/8/39),
sunk by aircraft bombs during battle of Crete, May 23, 1941
KENNYMORE, trawler (R, 325t, 1914), mined,
Thames Estuary, November 25, 1940
KEPHALLINIA, Schooner (R, 1,267t, 1893),
foundered off Alexandria, Egypt, August 13, 1941
KERYADO, trawler (R, 252t, 1920), mined,
English Channel, March 6, 1941
KHARTOUM, destroyer (1,710t, 1939), beached
after damage by internal explosion caused by burst air vessel off Perim
Harbour, Red Sea, June 23, 1940
KING CITY, collier (R, 4,744t, 1928), sunk by
German Raider, lndian Ocean, August 15, 1940
KING HENRY, Gate vessel (R, 162t, 1900), sunk
by aircraft off Lowestoft, June 13, 1941
KING ORRY, armed boarding vessel (R, 1,877t,
1913), German aircraft attack, Dunkirk, N France, May 30, 1940
KINGSTON ALALITE, trawler (550t, 1933), sunk
by mine off Plymouth, November 10, 1940
KINGSTON BERYL, trawler (R, 356t, 1928),
mined, NW Approaches, December 25, 1943
KINGSTON CAIRNGORM, trawler (R, 448t, 1935),
sunk by mine, English Channel, October 18, 1940
KINGSTON CEYLONITE, trawler (on loan to USN,
940t, 1935), mined off Chesapeake Bay, USA, June 15, 1942
KINGSTON CORNELIAN, trawler (550T, 1934),
collision, E of Gibraltar Straits, January 5, 1940
KINGSTON GALENA, trawler (550t, 1934), sunk
by aircraft off Dover, July 24, 1940
KINGSTON JACINTH, trawler (R, 356t, 1929),
mined off Portsmouth, January 12, 1943
KINGSTON SAPPHIRE, trawler (R, 356t, 1929),
sunk by Italian submarine torpedo, Straits of Gibraltar, October 5, 1940
KINGSTON, destroyer (1,760t, 14/9/39), sunk
by aircraft bombs, at Malta, April 11, 1942
KIPLING, destroyer (1,760t, 22/12/39), sunk
by aircraft, E Mediterranean, May 11, 1942
KITE, sloop (1,350t, 1/3/43), sunk by U-boat
torpedo, Greenland Sea, August 21, 1944
KLIAS, minesweeper (R, 207t, 1927), scuttled
at Palembang, Sumatra, February 15, 1942
KOPANES, trawler (R, 351t, 1915), sunk by
aircraft off Tyne, April 19, 1941
KOS XVI, whaler (R, 258t, 1932), collision,
North Sea, August 24, 1941
KOS XXII, whaler (R, 353t, 1937), sunk on
passage from Crete area, June 2, 1941
KOS XXIII, whaler (R, 353t, 1937), total
loss, Suda Bay, Crete, May 23, 1941
KUALA, auxiliary anti-submarine vessel (R,
954t, 1911), sunk by aircraft, Dutch East Indies, February 14, 1942
KUDAT, armed trader (R, 1,725t, 1914), sunk
by aircraft at Port Swettenham, Malaya, December 30, 1941
KUJAWIAK, destroyer escort (ex-OAKLEY, on
loan to Polish Navy, 1,050t, 17/6/41), sunk by mine off Malta, June 16, 1942
KUNG WO, minelayer (R, 4,636t, 1921), sunk by
aircraft bombs near Lingga Archipelago, Singapore area, February 14, 1942
KURD, trawler (R, 352t, 1930), sunk by mine
off Lizard Head, Cornwall, SE England, July 10, 1945
KYLEMORE, Netlayer (R, 319t, 1897), German
aircraft, Harwich, E England, August 21, 1940