N
NAIAD, light cruiser
(5, 450t, 24/7/40) sunk by U-boat torpedo, E
Mediterranean, March 11, 1942
NAIEM, small miscellaneous
craft, sunk at Tobruk, Libya, January, 1943
NAPIA, tug (R, 155t, 1914) explosion, probably mined off Ramsgate, December 20,
1939
NARWHAL, submarine
(1, 520t, 1936) lost, probably off Trondheim, Norway,
cause unknown. Formally paid off, August 1, 1940
NAUTILUS, drifter (R, 64t,
1929) sunk at Dunkirk, May 29, 1940
Naval auxiliary boat No.47, cause and place unknown. Date reported,
January 1945
Naval auxiliary boat No.48, cause and place unknown. Date reported,
January 1945
Naval auxiliary boat No.49, cause and place unknown. Date reported,
January 1945
Naval auxiliary boat No.58, cause and place unknown. Date reported,
January 1945
Naval auxiliary boat No.59, cause and place unknown. Date reported,
January 1945
Naval servicing boat No.9
(on loan to USN, 20t, 12/40) sunk, September 14, 1942
Naval servicing boat No.30
(8t, 1918) sunk, November 8, 1943
Naval servicing boat No.38
(20t) capsized and sank after damage, February 9, 1945
NELL JESS, dumb barge
(96t, 1902) wrecked, English Channel, May, 1943
NEPTUNE, light cruiser
(7, 175t, 1934) sunk by mine off Tripoli, Libya,
December 19, 1941
NESTOR, destroyer (on loan
to RAN, 1, 760t, 12/2/41) sunk by aircraft bombs, E
Mediterranean, June 15, 1942
NEVA, collier (R, 1, 456,
1928) presumed sunk by U-boat, N Atlantic, January
22, 1943
NEW SPRAY, drifter (R,
70t, 1912) lost in gale off Sheerness, January 3, 1941
NIGER, minesweeper (815t,
1936) mined off Iceland, July 6, 1942
NISR, drifter (R) cause
and place unknown, September 16, 1943
NJEGOS, special service
vessel (R, 4, 393t, 1908) sunk as blockship, March 1944
NOGI, trawler (R, 299t,
1923) sunk by aircraft off Norfolk, June 23, 1941
NORFALK, special service
vessel (5, 672t, 1919) sunk as blockship, June 24, 1944
NORJERV, special service
vessel (5, 600t, 1919) sunk as blockship, June 26, 1944
NORNES, drifter (R, 1902) cause and place unknown, August 14,
1943
NORSEMANN, special service
vessel (R) cause and place unknown, December, 1941
NORSJOEN, special service
vessel (R) wrecked on enemy coast, November 19, 1941
NORTHCOATES, trawler (R,
277t) sank in tow through stress of weather, English
Channel, December 2, 1944
NORTHERN ISLES, trawler
(R, 655t, 1936) ran aground while on loop patrol off
Durban, S Africa, total loss, January 19, 1945
NORTHERN PRINCESS, trawler
(R, on loan to USN, 655t, 1936) sunk, cause unknown, W
Atlantic, March 7, 1942
NORTHERN ROVER, trawler
(R, 655t, 1936) overdue at Kirkwall, Orkneys by this
date, November 5, 1939
NOSS HEAD, drifter (22t
net) cause and place unknown, September 9, 1943:
NOSS HEAD, Campbeltown-registered CN144 from Carradale,
Argyllshire. lost at Freetown, Sierra Leone - tank
engine being lowered into the hold, strop snapped and
engine smashed through the wooden hull (Finlay Oman
in email dated 29 March 2004 - loss described by his
father, vessel was owned by his grandfather)
NOT MANN, drifter (R)
cause and place unknown, January 11, 1944
NOTTS COUNTY, trawler (R,
541t, 1937) sunk by mine or U-boat, S of Iceland,
March 8, 1942
NYHOLT, tanker/oiler (R, 8, 087t, 1931)
sunk by U-boat, West Atlantic,
January 17, 1942
NYKEN, harbour duty vessel (R, 111t)
damaged, W Scotland area, constructive total
loss, January, 1942
NYULA, yacht (R, 48t, 1936)
collision off Tyne, May 2, 1941
O
OCEAN LASSIE, drifter (R,
96t, 1919) sunk by mine off Harwich, June 4, 1940
OCEAN RETRIEVER, drifter
(R, 95t, 1912) mined, Thames Estuary, SE England,
September 22, 1943
OCEAN REWARD, drifter (R,
93t, 1912) sunk in collision off Dover, May 28, 1940
OCEAN SUNLIGHT, drifter
(R, 131t, 1929) mined off Newhaven, June 13, 1940
ODESSA, dumb barge, sunk for boom defence
purposes, believed in 1942
ODIN, submarine (1, 475t,
1929) lost in Gulf of Taranto, S Italy, cause unknown, June 27, 1940
OLEANDER, tanker/oiler
(7, 048t) damaged and beached on 26th May, sunk in Harstad
Bay, Norway, June 8, 1940
OLGA E EMBIRICOS, collier
(R, 4, 677t, 1922) sunk by U-boat, Gulf of Aden,
January 29, 1944
OLNA, tanker/oiler
(12, 667t, 1921) bombed and set on fire, Crete, May
18, 1941
OLYMPUS, submarine (1, 475,
1930) sunk by mine off Grand harbour, Malta, May 8, 1942
ORACLE, yacht (745t) destroyed by fire off Liverpool, NE England,
January 29, 1944
ORFASY, trawler (545t,
14/7/42) lost, probably by U-boat torpedo off W Africa, October 22, 1943
ORKAN, destroyer
(ex-MYRMIDON, on loan to Polish Navy, 1, 920t, 5/12/42) sunk by U-boat
torpedo, N Atlantic, October 8, 1943
ORMONDE, trawler (R, 250t,
1906) sunk by aircraft off E coast of Scotland,
February 16, 1941
ORPHEUS, submarine
(1, 475t, 1930) lost, probably torpedoed by Italian submarine
between Malta and Alexandria, June 27, 1940
OSWALD, submarine (1, 475t,
1929) rammed and sunk by Italian destroyer, 10 miles SE Spartevento Bay, August 1,
1940
OSWALDIAN, trawler (R,
260t, 1917) mined, Bristol Channel, August 4, 1940
OTHELLO, boom defence
vessel (R, 201t, 1907) mined, Humber, April 11, 1941
OUSE, trawler (462t, 1917) mined, Tobruk, Libya, February 20,
1941
OXLEY, submarine (1, 350t,
1927) sunk by accident off Norway, September 10, 1939
P
P.L.M. 21, collier (R,
5, 400, 1921) grounded off Milford Haven, SW Wales.
Subsequently sank, December 3, 1944
P-32, submarine (540t,
3/5/41) formally paid off, August 23, 1941
P-33, submarine (540t,
30/5/41) presumed mined off Tripoli, Libya, August
20, 1941
P-36, submarine (540t,
24/9/41) sunk by aircraft during raid on Malta harbour, April 1, 1942
P-38, submarine (540t,
17/10/41) lost, possibly mined, Gulf of Hammamet,
Tunisia, February 25, 1942
P-39, submarine (540t,
16/11/41) sunk by aircraft bombs at Malta, March
26, 1942
P-48, submarine (540t,
18/6/42) lost, possibly mined, Gulf of Tunis,
January 4, 1943
P-222, submarine (715t,
4/5/42) lost, probably by surface craft depth-charges off Naples, W Italy, December 12,
1942
P-311, submarine (1, 090t, 7/8/42) lost,
possibly mined off Maddalena, Sardinia, January 8, 1943
P-514, submarine (530t,
1918) rammed and sunk by own forces, W Atlantic,
June 21, 1942
P-715, submarine
(ex-GRAPH, German prize vessel, 880t) dismantled, broke
adrift and lost on West Coast of Islay, W Scotland,
March 20, 1944
PACIFIC0, special service
vessel (687t, 1905) sunk as blockship at Dunkirk,
June 4, 1940
PAKENHAM, destroyer
(Leader, 1, 550t, 4/2/42) sunk by own forces after damage
in action with destroyers off Sicily, April 16, 1943
PANDORA, submarine
(1, 475t, 1930) sunk by aircraft during raid on Malta
harbour, April 1, 1942
PANORAMA, boom defence
vessel (548t, 1919) overdue at Bathurst, W Africa,
October 30, 1942
PANOS, special service
vessel (4, 900t, 1920) sunk as blockship, February 8, 1944
PANTHER, destroyer
(1, 540t, 12/12/41) sunk by aircraft bombs, Scarpanto
Strait, Dodecanese, October 9, 1943
PARKHAVEN, special service
vessel (4, 803t, 1920) sunk as blockship, June 1944
PARKLAAN, special service
vessel (3, 807t, 1911) sunk as blockship, June 1944
PARKTOWN, whaler (R, 250t,
1929) sunk by E-boats off Tobruk, Libya, June 21, 1942
PARTHIAN, submarine
(1, 475t, 1931) lost, possibly mined, S Adriatic,
August 11, 1943
PARTISAN, dumb barge, sunk for boom
defence purposes, believed in 1942
PARTRIDGE, destroyer
(1, 540t, 22/2/42) sunk by U-boat torpedo, W
Mediterranean, December 18, 1942
PATIA, auxiliary fighter
ship (R, 5, 355t, 1922) sunk by aircraft off
Northumberland, April 27, 1941
PATROCLUS, armed merchant
(R, 11, 314t, 1923, AMC from 1/40) attacked by U-boat on
the 3rd. sank W of Ireland, November 4, 1940
PAXTON, drifter (R, 92t,
1911) damaged by aircraft and beached at Dunkirk,
May 28, 1940
PELLAG II, yacht (R, 44t,
1937) presumed lost at Dunkirk, June 10, 1940
PELTON, trawler (R, 358t,
1925) sunk by E-boat off Yarmouth, December 24, 1940
PENELOPE, light cruiser (5, 270t, 1936)
sunk by U-boat torpedo, Anzio area, W
Italy, February 18, 1944
PENGAWAL, tug, sunk by
aircraft, Durian Straits, Singapore, February 14, 1942
PENGHAMBAT, motor launch. lost or destroyed to prevent falling into enemy hands at
Singapore, February, 1942
PENINGAT, motor launch (R) lost or destroyed to prevent falling into enemy hands at
Singapore, February, 1942
PENTLAND FIRTH, trawler (on loan to USN, 900t, 1934)
collision off New York, USA, September 19, 1942
PENYLAN, destroyer escort
(1, 050t, 31/ 8/42) sunk by E-boat torpedo, English
Channel, December 3, 1942
PENZANCE, sloop (1, 025t,
1931) torpedoed by German U-boat, North Atlantic,
August 24, 1940
PERICLES, tanker/oiler (R,
8, 324, 1936) lost in heavy weather on passage to
Alexandria, Egypt, April 14, 1941
PERIDOT, trawler (550t,
1933) mined off Dover, February 15, 1940
PERSEUS, submarine
(1, 475t, 1930) mined off Zante, W Greece, December
1, 1941
PERSEVERE, drifter (R,
19t, 1937) mined, Firth of Forth, October 27, 1940
PETEREL, river gun boat
(310t, 1927) sunk by Japanese Forces at Shanghai,
December 8, 1941
PETRONELLA, Water boat (R,
2, 770t, 1927) mined off Pireaus, Greece, October 15, 1944
PEUPLIER, tug (R) sunk,
Plymouth area, SW England. Date given as 29th-30th April 1941
PHILISTINE, dumb barge, sunk for boom
defence purposes, believed in 1942
PHINEAS BEARD, trawler (R,
278t, 1918) sunk by aircraft off E coast of Scotland, December 8, 1941
PHOENIX, submarine
(1, 475t, 1931) lost off Sicily, cause unknown, July
17, 1940
PICOTEE, corvette (900t,
5/9/1940) presumed lost, probably torpedoed by U-boat off
Iceland, August 12, 1941
PIERRE DESCELLIERS, trawler (R, 153t, 1933)
sunk by aircraft bombs off
Salcombe, SW England, August 13, 1942
PINE, trawler (545t,
3/7/40) sunk by E-boat torpedo off Selsey Bill, Sussex, January 31, 1944
PINTAIL, sloop (580t, 1939) mined off Humber, June 10,
1941
PLACIDAS FAROULT, gate
vessel (R, 136t, 1927) cause and place unknown. Date
given as 30th-31st October 1940
PLUMLEAF, tanker/oiler (5, 916t, 1917)
sunk by aircraft bombs, Malta,
April 4, 1942
POLLY JOHNSON, trawler (R,
290t, 1918) sunk by aircraft bombs off Dunkirk,
May 29, 1940
POLYANTHUS, corvette (1, 015t, 23/4/41)
sunk by U-boat torpedo, North
Atlantic, September 20, 1943
PORPOISE, submarine
(1, 500t, 1933) sunk, probably by aircraft, Malacca
Strait, E Indies. Date approximate, January 19, 1945
PORT NAPIER, minelayer (R,
9, 600t, 1940) lost by fire, Loch Alsh, W Scotland,
November 27, 1940
POZARICA, auxiliary anti-aircraft ship
(4, 540t, 7/3/41) damaged by
aircraft torpedo attack off Bougie, Algeria on 29th
January 1943, capsized, February 13, 1943
PREMIER, drifter (R, 14t,
1918) Collided with No 10 Holme Hook Buoy, Humber, E
England and sunk, February 3, 1943
PRINCE LEOPOLD, Landing
ship infantry (small) LSI(S) (R, 2, 938t, 1930) torpedoed
by U-boat, capsized and sank, English Channel, July
29, 1944
PRINCE OF WALES, battleship (35, 000t, 31/3/41)
sunk by Japanese
torpedo-aircraft, E coast of Malaya SE Asia,
December 10, 1941
PRINCE PHILIPPE, raiding
craft carrier, later designated LCP(L) (R, 2, 938t, 1939) sunk in collision off W Scotland, July 15,
1941
PRINCESS VICTORIA, minelayer (R, 2, 179t,
1939) mined, entrance to R Humber,
E England. Date given as 18th-19th May 1940
PRINCESS, yacht (R, 730t,
1924) sunk in collision, Bristol Channel, January
11, 1940
PROFICIENT, drifter (R,
57t) grounded Whitby, Yorkshire. Total loss,
December 19, 1940
PROMOTIVE, drifter (R,
78t, 1908) mined, Loch Ewe, W Scotland, December 23, 1939
PUCKERIDGE, destroyer
(1, 550t, 30/7/41) sunk by U-boat torpedo, W
Mediterranean, September 6, 1943
PUNJABI, destroyer
(1, 870t, 29/3/39) sunk after collision, N Atlantic,
May 1, 1942
PYLADES, minesweeper
(1, 110t, 27/11/43) sunk by human torpedo off Normandy, July 8, 1944
PYROPE, trawler (R, 295t,
1932) sunk by aircraft, Thames Estuary, SE England,
August 12, 1940
Q
QUAIL, destroyer (1, 705t,
7/1/43) sank in tow, Bari to Taranto, after damage by
mine (15th Nov 1943), June 18, 1944
QUEENWORTH, mine
destructor vessel (3, 010t, 1925) sunk by aircraft, North
Sea, May 9, 1941
QUENTIN, destroyer
(1, 705t, 15/4/42) sunk by aircraft torpedo, W
Mediterranean, December 2, 1942
QUORN, destroyer escort
(1, 000t, 21/9/40) sunk by human torpedo or mine off
Normandy, August 3, 1944
R
RAHMAN, whaler (R, 209t,
1926) lost or destroyed, Batavia, March 1, 1942
RAINBOW, submarine
(1, 475t, 1932) sunk off Calabria, S Italy, by gunfire of Italian
submarine. Formally paid off, October 19, 1940
RAJPUTANA, armed merchant
(R, 16, 641t, 1926, AMC from 12/39) sunk by U-boat
torpedo, W of Iceland, April 13, 1941
RAUB, armed trader (R, 1, 161t, 1926)
sunk by aircraft off E coast of Sumatra, January 22, 1942
RAWALPINDI, armed merchant
(R, 16, 697t, 1925, AMC from 10/39) gunfire of German battlecruiser "Scharnhorst" SE of Iceland,
November 23, 1939
RAY OF HOPE, drifter (R,
98t, 1925) mined, Thames Estuary, October 12, 1939
RECEPTIVE, drifter (R,
86t, 1913) mined, Thames Estuary, July 3, 1941
RECOIL, trawler (R, 344t,
1938) lost on patrol, presumed mined, English Channel, September 28,
1940
RED GAUNTLET, trawler (R,
338t, 1930) sunk by E-boats, North Sea, August 5, 1943
REDRESS, dumb barge, sunk for boom
defence purposes, believed in 1942
REDSTART, minelayer (498t,
1938) scuttled at Hong Kong, December 19, 1941
REDSTONE, special service
vessel (3, 110t, 1918) sunk as blockship at Scapa Flow, May 2, 1940
REED, drifter (R, 99t,
1911) mined, Thames Estuary, SE England, November 7, 1940
REFUNDO, trawler (R, 338t,
1917) sunk by mine off Harwich, December 18, 1940
REGENT, submarine (1, 475t,
1930) sunk by surface craft, Straits of Otranto, SE
Italy, April 16, 1943
REGULUS, minesweeper
(1, 010t, 20/5/44) sunk by mine, Corfu Channel, Greece, January 12, 1945
REGULUS, submarine
(1, 475t, 1930) lost, Otranto Strait, S Italy, cause unknown. Formally paid off, December 6,
1940
REIDAR, balloon barrage
vessel (R, 1915) constructive total loss, December
28, 1942
RELONZO, trawler (R, 245t,
1914) mined, Crosby Channel, Liverpool, January 20, 1941
REMILLO, trawler (R, 266t,
1917) mined, Humber, February 27, 1941
REPULSE,
battlecruiser (33, 250,
1916) sunk by Japanese torpedo-aircraft, E coast of
Malaya SE Asia, December 10, 1941
RESMILO, trawler (R, 258t,
1917) sunk by aircraft at Peterhead, E. Scotland,
June 20, 1941
RESOLVO, trawler (R, 231t,
1913) sunk by mine, Thames Estuary, October 12, 1940
RESPARKO, trawler (R,
248t, 1916) sunk by aircraft at Falmouth, August 20, 1940
RESPITE, dumb barge, sunk for boom
defence purposes, believed in 1942
REVENGE, dumb barge, sunk for boom
defence purposes, believed in 1942
RHODORA, yacht (R, 687t,
1929) lost in collision, Bristol Channel, September
7, 1940
RIANT, drifter (R, 95t,
1919) lost in bad weather off West Coast, Scotland,
January 25, 1940
RIFSNES, trawler (R, 431t,
1932) sunk by aircraft off Ostend, May 20, 1940
RINOVA, trawler (R, 499t,
1931) sunk by mine off Falmouth, November 1, 1940
RISTANGO, boom defence
vessel (R, 178t, 1913) fouled Medway boom, Sheerness, November 14, 1940
RIVER CLYDE, trawler (R,
276t, 1919) sunk by mine off Aldeburgh, Suffolk,
August 5, 1940
RIVER TYNE, special
service vessel (1, 525t, 1920) sunk as blockship at
Dieppe, June 10, 1940
ROBERT BOWEN, trawler (R,
290t, 1918) sunk by aircraft off Aberdeen, February 9, 1940
ROBIN, river gun boat
(226t, 1934) scuttled at Hong Kong, December 25, 1941
ROCHE BONNE, trawler (R,
258t, 1913) sunk by aircraft off the Lizard, Cornwall, April 7, 1941
ROCKINGHAM, destroyer
(1, 190t, 1919) sunk by mine, E Scotland, September
27, 1944
RODINO, trawler (R, 230t,
1913) sunk by aircraft off Dover, July 24, 1940
ROLFSBERG, collier (R,
1, 831t, 1915) sunk in collision, Firth of Forth, E
Scotland, July 13, 1945
ROODE ZEE, tug (R, 468t) sunk by E-boat
torpedo off Dungeness, SE England,
April 24, 1944
ROSA, drifter (R, 83t,
1908) cause and place unknown, September 11, 1943
ROSABELLE, yacht (525t,
1901) sunk by explosion, probably torpedoed by U-boat,
Straits of Gibraltar, December 11, 1941
ROSAURA, armed boarding
vessel (R, 1, 552t, 1905) mined off Tobruk, Libya,
March 18, 1941
ROSE VALLEY, drifter (R,
100t, 1918) sunk in collision, December 16, 1943
ROSE, corvette (on loan to
Royal Norwegian Navy, 1, 060t, 31/10/41) sunk in
collision, W Atlantic, October 26, 1944
ROSEMONDE, trawler (R,
364t, 1910) probably torpedoed by U-boat, Atlantic,
January 22, 1942
ROSEWOOD, tanker/oiler (R,
5, 989t, 1931) torpedoed and presumed sunk, March 9, 1943
ROWAN TREE, drifter (R,
91t, 1917) grounded and capsized, entrance to Lowestoft harbour, November 21,
1941
ROYAL OAK, battleship
(29, 150t, 1916) sunk by U-boat torpedo, Scapa Flow,
Orkneys, October 14, 1939
ROYALO, trawler (R, 248t,
1916) sunk by mine off S Cornwall, September 1, 1940
RUBENS, trawler (R, 320t,
1937) sunk by aircraft, Western Approaches,
February 13, 1941
RUBY, harbour duty vessel (R, 46t, 1902)
wrecked in gale, Scapa Flow, Orkneys, October 9, 1942
RUTLANDSHIRE, trawler (R,
458t, 1936) attacked by aircraft and grounded, Namsos,
Norway, April 20, 1940
RYPA, drifter (R, 31t) sunk Loch Ewe, W Scotland, April 12,
1941
RYSA, trawler (545t,
13/8/41) sunk by mine off Maddalena, Sardinia,
December 8, 1943
S
SAHIB, submarine (715t,
13/5/42) scuttled after depth-charge attack off Cape Milazzo Sicily, April 24,
1943
SALMON, submarine (670t,
1935) lost, probably mined, SW Norway, July 14, 1940
SALOPIAN, armed merchant
(R, 10, 549t, 1926, AMC from 10/39) sunk by U-boat torpedo, N Atlantic, May 13,
1941
SALTERS GATE, special
service vessel (3, 900t, 1924) sunk as blockship,
February 11, 1944
SALVAGE KING, tug (R,
1164t, 1923) grounded W of Duncansby Head, NE Scotland, September 12,
1940
SALVIA, corvette (955t,
20/9/40) sunk by U-boat torpedo off Egypt, December
24, 1941
SALVIKING, salvage vessel
(1, 490t, 27/1/43) sunk by U-boat torpedo, Indian Ocean, February 14,
1944
SAMBHUR, whaler (R, 223t,
1926) stranded off Colombo, Ceylon, May 5, 1942
SAMPHIRE, corvette (1, 015t, 30/6/41)
sunk by U-boat torpedo, Western
Mediterranean, January 30, 1943
SAN FRANCISCO, dumb barge
(241t deep) cause and place unknown, date approximate, November 1943. Subsequently salved
SANDAR, tanker/oiler (R, 7, 624t, 1928)
sunk by U-boat off Tobago, West Indies, May 2, 1942
SANDOY, ferry service vessel (R, 49t,
1940) lost, cause and place unknown,
probably Iceland, December 11, 1942
SANDVIKHORN, ferry service
vessel (R, 78t nett, 1917) sunk in collision,
Londonderry, N Ireland, January, 1944
SANTA, whaler (R, 355t,
1936) mined W of Maddalena, Sardinia, November 23, 1943
SAPPHO, yacht (R, 387t) presumed torpedoed, Falmouth area, September 30,
1940
SARACEN, submarine (715t, 27/6/42) sunk
by surface craft depth-charges off Bastia, Corsica, August 18, 1943
SARGASSO, yacht (R, 223t,
1926) mined off Isle of Wight, England, June 6, 1943
SARNA, whaler (R, 268t,
1930) mined, Suez Canal, Egypt, February 25, 1941
SATURNUS, balloon barrage
vessel (R, 200t, 1935) wrecked, Isle of Man, constructive
total loss, May 1, 1941
SAUCY, tug (R, 597t, 1918) mined, Firth of Forth, September 4,
1940
SCORPION, river gun boat
(700t, 1938) aircraft attack on the 9th, sunk by gunfire from Japanese surface craft, Banka Straits,
February 13, 1942
SCOTCH THISTLE, drifter
(R, 84t, 1913) grounded, Thames Estuary. Total loss, date
given as 6th-7th October 1940
SCOTSTOUN, armed merchant
(R, 17, 046t, 1925, AMC from 9/39) sunk by U-boat torpedo,
NW Approaches, June 13, 1940
SCOTT HARLEY, minesweeper
(R, 620t, 1913) sunk, probably by surface craft, Indian
Ocean, March 3, 1942
SEA ANGLER, yacht (R, 33t) destroyed by fire, Plymouth area, SW England, May
19, 1941
SEA KING, trawler (R,
321t, 1916) sunk by underwater explosion in Grimsby
Roads, October 9, 1940
SEAGEM, tug (R, 92t, 1939) missing, presumed lost (approx), October 30,
1940
SEAHORSE, submarine (640t,
1933) lost in Heligoland Bight, North Sea, January
10, 1940
SEDGEFLY, trawler (R,
520t, 1939) believed mined, Tyne area, North Sea,
December 16, 1939
SEMOIS, motor canal boat. lost at Dunkirk. Date approximate, June 1,
1940
SENATEUR DUHAMEL, trawler
(R, on loan to USN, 913t, 1927) collision off Wilmington,
USA, May 6, 1942
SENGA, harbour tender (R) sunk in collision off Londonderry, N Ireland, June
21, 1944
SESAME, tug (700t,
18/1/44) sunk by E-boat torpedo off Normandy,
June 11, 1944
SEVRA, whaler (R, 953t,
1929) mined off Falmouth, SW England, November 6, 1940
SGB No.7, steam gun boat
(135t, 11/3/42) sunk in action with surface craft,
English Channel, June 19, 1942
SHARK, submarine (670t, 1934) lost to
aircraft off Skudenses, Norway, July
6, 1940
SHASHI III, yacht (R,
155t) lost by fire, September 7, 1940
SHERA, whaler (R, 253t,
1929) capsized in heavy swell and pack ice, Barents Sea,
Arctic, March 9, 1942
SHIPMATES, drifter (R,
82t, 1911) sunk by aircraft, Dover harbour,
November 14, 1940
SHU KWANG, auxiliary
anti-submarine vessel (R, 788t, 1924) sunk by aircraft,
Dutch East Indies, February 13, 1942
SHUN AN, small craft (R) lost or destroyed to prevent falling into Japanese hands,
Singapore, February 1942
SIANG WO, auxiliary
anti-submarine vessel (R, 2, 595t, 1926) bombed and
beached Dutch East Indies, February 13, 1942
SICKLE, submarine (715t,
1/12/42) sunk, probably mined, anti-Kithera Channel,
Greece. Date approximate, June 18, 1944
SIKH, destroyer (1, 870t,
12/10/38) sunk by gunfire, shore batteries, Tobruk,
Libya, September 14, 1942
SILDRA, tanker/oiler (R,
7, 313t, 1927) sunk by U-boat off W Africa, August
19, 1941
SILICIA, trawler (R, 250t,
1913) mined off Humber, May 8, 1941
SILVIA, yacht (R)
constructive total loss, February 15, 1942
SIMOOM, submarine (715t,
30/12/42) lost, Dardanelles Approaches. Date approximate, November 19,
1943
SIN AIK LEE, minesweeper
(R, 198t, 1928) lost by enemy action or destroyed at
Singapore, February-March 1942
SINDONIS, trawler (913t,
1934) sunk by aircraft at Tobruk, Libya, May 29, 1941
SIREHEI, special service
vessel (3, 888t, 1907) sunk as blockship, February
26, 1944
SISAPON, trawler (R, 326t,
1928) mined off Harwich, June 12, 1940
SJO, special service vessel (R, 1938)
cause and place unknown, December 1942
SKIPJACK, minesweeper
(815t, 1934) German bombers off Dunkirk, June 1, 1940
SKUDD 3, whaler (R, 245t,
1929) sunk by aircraft, Tobruk, Libya, August 27, 1941
SLAVOL, tanker/oiler (2, 623t, 1917) sunk by U-boat torpedo, sailing for Tobruk, Libya, March 26,
1942
SLEMDAL, tanker/oiler (R, 7, 374t, 1931)
sunk by U-boat, North Atlantic, June
15, 1942
SNAEFELL, minesweeper (R,
466t, 1907) sunk by aircraft, Tyne Area, July 5, 1941
SNAPDRAGON, corvette
(955t, 28/10/40) sunk by aircraft bombs, Mediterranean, December 19,
1942
SNAPPER, submarine (670t,
1935) lost, Bay of Biscay, formally paid off,
February 12, 1941
SOIZIK, drifter (R) lost
by enemy action, believed Europe, March 20, 1941
SOLEN, examination vessel (R) presumed lost at Singapore, February
1942
SOLITAIRE, tug (91t, 1904) capsized and sank off Normandy, June 20,
1944
SOLOMON, trawler (R, 357t,
1923) mined, N of Cromer, April 1, 1942
SOMALI, destroyer (Leader,
1, 870t, 7/12/38) sunk in tow after U-boat torpedo
(20th) off Iceland, September 24, 1942
SONA, yacht (519t, 1922) sunk by aircraft during attack on Poole, Dorset, S
England, January 4, 1942
SOTRA, whaler (R, 313t,
1925) sunk by aircraft off Bardia, Libya, January
29, 1942
SOUTHAMPTON, light cruiser
(9, 100t, 1937) sunk by dive bombers, E of Malta,
January 11, 1941
SOUTHERN FLOE, whaler (R,
344t, 1936) mined off Tobruk, Libya, February 11, 1941
SOUTHERN FLOWER, whaler
(R, 328t, 1928) torpedoed by U-boat off Reykjavik,
Iceland, March 3, 1945
SOUTHERN PRIDE, whaler (R,
582t, 1936) stranded, total loss off Sierra Leone,
June 16, 1944
SOUTHSEA, minesweeper (R,
825t, 1930) mined and beached off Tyne, constructive
total loss, February 16, 1941
SOUTHWOLD, destroyer
escort (1, 050t, 9/10/41) sunk by mine off Malta,
March 24, 1942
SPANIARD, trawler (880t,
1937) explosion, Lagos, Nigeria, December 5, 1942
SPARTAN, light cruiser (5, 770t, 10/8/43)
sunk by aircraft glider-bomb off Anzio, W Italy, January 29, 1944
SPEARFISH, submarine
(670t, 1936) lost, probably by U-boat torpedo off
Norway. Formally paid off, August 2, 1940
SPERCHEIOS, whaler
(ex-NOBLE NORA, on loan to R Hellenic Navy, R 160t) capsized and sank off Greece, April 3,
1945
SPHINX, minesweeper (875t,
July 1939) German bombers off NE Scotland, February
3, 1940
SPIDER BOY, naval
auxiliary boat (14t) cause and place unknown,
January 14, 1944
SPIKENARD, corvette (RCN,
900t, 7/4/41) sunk by U-boat torpedo, N Atlantic,
February 11, 1942
SPLENDID, submarine (7157,
8/8/42) scuttled after depth-charge attack, W Coast of
Corsica, April 21, 1943
SPRINGBANK, auxiliary
fighter ship (R, 5, 155t, 1926) sunk by U-boat torpedo, N
Atlantic, September 27, 1941
SQUALLY, special service
vessel (R) sunk by enemy action, November 11, 1943
SQUIRREL, minesweeper
(940t, 16/8/44) damaged by mine off Puket, Siam (Thailand) sunk by own forces, July 24,
1945
ST ABBS, tug (550t, 1919) sunk by aircraft at Dunkirk, June 1,
1940
ST ACHILLEUS, trawler (R,
484t, 1934) sunk by mine, Dunkirk area, May 31, 1940
ST ANGELO, tug (150t, 1935) sunk by mine off Malta, May 30,
1942
ST ANNE, harbour duty
vessel (R, 37t) cause and place unknown, December 1943
ST APOLLO, trawler (R,
580t, 1940) collision off Hebrides, W Scotland,
November 22, 1941
ST BREOCK, tug (810t), sunk by aircraft bombs off Sumatra, February 14,
1942
ST BRIAC, Fleet Air Arm
target vessel (R, 2, 312t, 1924) sunk by mine off
Aberdeen, E Scotland, March 12, 1942
ST CATHAN, trawler (R, on
loan to USN, 565t, 1936) collision off S Carolina, USA, April 11, 1942
ST CYRUS, tug (810t, 1919) mined off Humber, January 22,
1941
ST DONATS, trawler (R,
349t, 1924) collision off Humber, March 1, 1941
ST FAGAN, tug (550t, 1919) sunk by aircraft at Dunkirk, June 1,
1940
ST GORAN, trawler (R,
565t, 1936) sunk by aircraft, Namsos, Norway, May 3, 1940
ST ISSEY, tug (810t, 1918) sunk, probably by U-boat off Benghazi, Libya, December 28,
1942
ST JUST, tug (810t, 1919) sunk by aircraft, Durian Straits, Singapore,
February 14, 1942
ST OLAVES, tug (R, 468t, 1919) grounded,
total loss off Duncansby Head, NE
Scotland, September 21, 1942
ST SAMPSOM, tug (R, 451,
1919) foundered in Red Sea, March 7, 1942
ST SUNNIVA, rescue ship
(R, 1, 368t, 1931) marine cause, January 22, 1943
STAGHOUND, distilling ship (R, 468t,
1894) sunk by aircraft bombs, Torquay,
March 27, 1942. Subsequently salved
STANLARD, ammunition hulk
(1, 737t, 1912) cause and place unknown, September
15, 1939
STANLEY, destroyer
(1, 190t, 1919) sunk by U-boat torpedo, N Atlantic,
December 19, 1941
STANWELL, special service
vessel (5, 800t, 1914) sunk as blockship, June 29, 1944
STAR OF DEVERON, trawler
(R, 220t, 1915) sunk by aircraft, N Shields,
September 30, 1941
STARFISH, submarine (640t,
1933) lost in Heligoland Bight, North Sea, depth-charged
by surface craft. Formally paid-off, January 20, 1940
STAUNTON, trawler (R,
283t, 1908) presumed blown up by magnetic mine, Thames
Estuary, July 28, 1940
STEADY, Mooring Vessel
(758t, 1916) sunk by mine oft Newhaven, S England,
July 17, 1940
STELLA CAPELLA, trawler
(815t, 1937) missing, Iceland area, March 19, 1942
STELLA DORADO, trawler
(550t, 1935) sunk by E-boat during evacuation from
Dunkirk, June 1, 1940
STELLA ORION, trawler (R,
417t, 1935) mined, Thames Estuary, November 11, 1940
STELLA SIRIUS, trawler
(550t, 1934) sunk by bombs during air raid on Gibraltar, September 25,
1940
STERLET, submarine (670t,
1938) lost, Skagerrak, cause unknown, April 27, 1940
STOKE, minesweeper (710t,
1918) sunk by aircraft at Tobruk, Libya, May 41, 1941
STONEHENGE, submarine
(715t, 15/6/43) lost on patrol, probably off Nicobar
Islands, Indian Ocean, Date approximate, March 22, 1944
STRATAGEM, submarine
(715t, 9/10/43) sunk by surface vessel depth-charges off Malacca, East Indies, November 22,
1944
STRATHBORNE, trawler (R,
216t, 1930) mined off Humber, September 6, 1941
STRONGHOLD, destroyer
(905t, 1919) sunk in action, surface craft, South of
Java, March 2, 1942
STRONSAY, trawler (545t, 24/4/42) sunk by explosion, probably mined off
Phillipeville, Western Mediterranean, February 5, 1943
STURDY, destroyer (905t,
1919) wrecked, Tiree Island, W Scotland, October 30, 1940
SUI WO, boom accomodation
ship (R, 2, 672t, 1896) lost or destroyed to prevent
falling into Japanese hands at Singapore, February
13, 1942
SULLA, whaler (R, 251t,
1928) sunk, probably by surface craft, Barents Sea,
Arctic, March 25, 1942
SUMMER ROSE, drifter (R,
96t, 1919) mined off Sunderland, October 13, 1940
SUPPORTER, drifter (R,
88t, 1914) grounded off Newhaven, S England. Total loss, date given as 4th-5th
November 1944
SURF, yacht (R, 496t,
1902) sunk by aircraft at Piraeus, Greece, April 6, 1941
SURPRISE, yacht (1, 144t,
1896) caught fire and capsized, Lagos, Nigeria, W Africa, February 18,
1942
SUSARION, trawler (R,
260t, 1917) sunk by aircraft off Humber, May 7, 1941
SVANA, whaler (R, 268t,
1930) sunk by aircraft off Alexandria, Egypt, April
8, 1942
SVENNER, destroyer
(ex-SHARK, on loan to Royal Norwegian Navy, 1, 710t,
18/3/44) sunk by surface ship torpedo off Normandy, June 6, 1944
SVENOR, tanker/oiler (R, 7, 616t, 1931)
sunk by U-boat, West Atlantic, March
27, 1942
SVERRE, balloon barrage
vessel (R, 1938) foundered in two off E Coast of England, January 2,
1945
SVEVE, tanker/oiler (R, 6, 313t, 1930)
sunk by U-boat, North Atlantic,
September 10, 1942
SWIFT, destroyer (1, 710t,
6/12/43) sunk by mine off Normandy, June 24, 1944
SWORD DANCE, trawler
(530t, 20/1/41) collision, Moray Firth, E Scotland,
July 5, 1942
SWORDFISH, submarine
(640t, 1932) lost off Ushant, cause unknown,
November 16, 1940
SYLVIA, special service
vessel (R) lost by enemy action, September 20, 1944
SYRTIS, submarine (715t,
23/4/43) sunk by mine off Bodo, Norway, March 28, 1944
SYVERN, whaler (R, 307t,
1937) sunk by enemy action on passage from Crete area, May 27, 1941
T
TALISMAN, submarine
(1, 090t, 29/6/40) lost, in Sicilian Channel. Formally paid off, September 18,
1942
TAMARISK, trawler (545t,
1925) sunk by aircraft bombs, Thames Estuary,
August 12, 1940
TANEVIK, balloon barrage
vessel (R) foundered in tow from Methil to Buckle, E
Scotland, January 19, 1945
TANKEXPRESS, tanker/oiler (R, 10, 95t,
1937) sunk by U-boat off West Africa,
July 25, 1942
TAPAH, minesweeper (R,
208t, 1926) lost by enemy action or destroyed at
Singapore, February-March 1942
TARPON, submarine (1, 090t,
8/2/40) lost North Sea, probably mined, April 22, 1940
TEMPEST, submarine
(1, 090t, 6/12/41) sunk by depth-charges, Italian surface
craft, Gulf of Taranto. Date approximate, February
13, 1942
TENEDOS, destroyer
(1, 000t, 1919) sunk by aircraft during attack on
Colombo, April 5, 1942
TERN, river gun boat
(262t, 1917) scuttled at Hong Kong, December 19, 1941
TERPSITHEA, transport vessel (R, 157t,
1919) mined at Famagusta, Cyprus,
April 29, 1942
TERROR, Monitor (7, 200t,
1916) bombed (22nd) and sunk off Derna, Libya,
February 23, 1941
TERVANI, trawler (409t,
1930) probably sunk by U-boat off Cape Bougaroni,
Algeria, February 7, 1943
TETRARCH, submarine
(1, 095t, 15/2/40) lost W Mediterranean, on passage Malta
to Gibraltar, November 2, 1941
TEXAS, trawler (301t) sunk
in collision, Jamaica Area, July 19, 1944
THALIA, yacht (161t, 1904)
collision Lymn of Lorne, W Scotland, October 11, 1942
THAMES, submarine (1, 805t,
1932) lost off Norway, probably mined, August 3, 1940
THANET, destroyer (1, 000t,
1919) sunk in action with Japanese surface craft off
Malaya, January 27, 1942
THE BOYS, drifter (R, 93,
1914) sunk in heavy weather in Downs, SE England,
November 14, 1940
THELMA, tanker/oiler (R, 8, 297t, 1937)
cause and place unknown, August 26, 1942
THISTLE, drifter (R, 79t,
1904) mined off Lowestoft, May 8, 1941
THISTLE, submarine
(1, 090t, 1939) lost off Skudenses, Norway, torpedoed by
U-boat, April 14, 1940
THOMAS BARTLETT, trawler
(R, 290t, 1913) sunk by British mine off Calais,
May 28, 1940
THOMAS CONNOLLY, boom
defence vessel (R, 290t, 1918) sunk by mine, Sheerness, December 17,
1940
THORA, drifter (R, 37t,
1930) fouled boom in bad weather, Grimsby, England,
April 26, 1943
THORBRYN, whaler (R, 305t,
1936) sunk by aircraft off Tobruk, Libya, August 19, 1941
THORGRIM, whaler (R, 305t,
1936) sunk by aircraft off Alexandria, Egypt April
8, 1942
THORN, submarine (1, 090t,
26/8/41) lost, probably mined, Libya, E Mediterranean. Formally paid off August 11,
1942
THORSHAVET (R, 11, 015t, 1938) sunk by
U-boat, Caribbean Sea November 3, 1942
THORSHOVDI, tanker/oiler
(R, 9, 944t, 1937) war cause, August 4, 1943
THUNDERBOLT, submarine
(1, 090t, 2/11/40) sunk by surface craft depth-charges off Cape Milazzo, Sicily, March 13,
1943
THURINGIA, trawler (550T,
1933) sunk by mine, North Sea, May 28, 1940
TIBERIO, store carrier (R,
237t, 1902) foundered off Mersa Matruh, Egypt,
December 23, 1941
TIEN KWANG, auxiliary anti-submarine
vessel (R, 787t, 1925) lost or destroyed to falling into enemy hands,
Singapore Area
February 1942
TIENTSIN, tug (R)
foundered, Red Sea, on passage to Massawa, October
26, 1943
TIGRIS, submarine (1, 090t,
20/6/40) lost, cause unknown, Gulf of Naples, March
10, 1943
TILBURY NESS, trawler (R,
279t, 1918) sunk by aircraft, Thames Estuary,
November 1, 1940
TOKEN, drifter (R, 89t,
1914) grounded, Skerry Sound, Orkney Islands, broke up in
gale, December 23, 1941
TONBRIDGE, netlayer (R,
683t, 1924) sunk by aircraft off Yarmouth. Norfolk,
August 22, 1941
TOPAZE, trawler (608t,
1935) collision off Clyde, April 20, 1941
TORBAY II, drifter (R,
83t, 1910) sunk by aircraft off Dover, November 1, 1940
TORRENT, yacht (R, 336t,
1930) mined off Falmouth, April 6, 1941
TOURMALINE, trawler (641t,
1935) sunk by aircraft off N Foreland, Kent,
February 5, 1941
TRANG, whaler (R, 205t, 1912) fired and
abandoned, Cooper Channel, Singapore February 14, 1942
TRANlO, trawler (R, 275t,
1918) in tow and sunk by aircraft bombs, North Sea,
June 26, 1941
TRANQUIL, trawler (R, 294t, 1912)
collision off Deal June 16, 1942
TRANSEAS, special service
vessel (1, 499t, 1924) sunk as blockship at Zeebrugge,
Belgium, May 25, 1940
TRANSVAAL, trawler (R,
250t) foundered in gale, English Channel, November
18, 1944
TRANSYLVANIA, armed
merchant (R, 16, 923t, 1925, AMC from 10/39) sunk by
U-boat torpedo, N of Ireland, August 10, 1940
TRAVELLER, submarine
(1, 090t, 10/4/42) lost, probably by depth-charges from
Italian torpedo boat Gulf of Taranto. Formally paid off December 12,
1942
TREERN, whaler (on loan to
SANF, R, 247t, 1929) sunk by mine off E Coast of Greece, January 12,
1945
TRIAD, submarine (1, 090t,
16/9/39) lost off Calabria, S Italy, cause unknown, October 20, 1940
TRINIDAD, light cruiser
(8, 000t, 14/10/41) sunk by own forces after damage by
torpedo carrying aircraft, Barent's Sea, Arctic
May 15, 1942
TRITON, submarine (1, 095t,
1933) lost in S Adriatic, probably mined, December
18, 1940
TRIUMPH VI, transport
vessel (R, 46t, 1903) sunk in collision, Rosyth area,
Scotland, December 15, 1944
TRIUMPH, submarine
(1, 090t, 2/5/39) lost, possibly mined, Aegean Sea. Formally paid off January 20,
1942
TROOPER, submarine
(1, 090t, 29/8/42) lost, possibly mined, Aegean Sea,
October 17, 1943
TRUE ACCORD, drifter (R,
92t, 1921) collision, Yarmouth Area, December 26, 1940
TRUSTY STAR, drifter (96t, 1920) mined
off Malta June 10, 1942
TUNA, store carrier (R,
662t, 1907) fire at Aden, constructive total loss
(Colledge - loss date 13/07/41), September, 1941
TUNG WO, examination
vessel (R, 1, 337t, 1914) abandoned as a result of enemy
action off Penang, Malaya, December 13, 1941
TUNISIAN, boom defence vessel (R, 238t,
1930) mined, Harwich area July 9, 1942
TUNSBERG CASTLE, corvette
(ex-SHREWSBURY CASTLE, on loan to Royal Norwegian Navy,
1, 060t, 29/4/44) sunk by mine off N Russia, Arctic,
December 12, 1944
TURBULENT, submarine
(1, 090t, 2/12/41) lost, probably mined off Sardinia.
Date approximate, March 23, 1943
TWEED, frigate (1, 375t,
28/4/43) sunk by U-boat torpedo, N Atlantic,
January 7, 1944
TWEEDLEDEE, special
service vessel (163t, 1925) sunk as blockship, July
1, 1940
TWEEDLEDUM, special
service vessel (163t, 1925) sunk as blockship, July
1, 1940
TWENTE, tug (R, 239t,
1937) lost through enemy action, June 12, 1940
TYNDALE, destroyer escort
(1, 000t, 2/12/40) sunk by U-boat torpedo, W
Mediterranean, December 12, 1943
TYNWALD, auxiliary
anti-aircraft ship (3, 650t, 1/10/41) mined off Bougie, Algeria November 12,
1942
U
UBEROUS, drifter (R, 92t,
1918) grounded off Londonderry, N Ireland, January
11, 1941
UBERTY, drifter (R, 93t,
1912) sunk by aircraft off Lowestoft, May 8, 1941
ULLSWATER, trawler (555t,
15/11/39) sunk by E-boat, probably torpedoed, EngIish Channel November 29,
1942
ULSTER PRINCE, store
carrier (R, 3, 791t, 1930) grounded off Nauplia, Greece,
attacked by aircraft during evacation, April 25, 1941
UMPIRE, submarine (540t,
10/7/41) rammed and sunk by trawler in North Sea off the Wash, July 19,
1941
UMVOTI, special service
vessel (R, 5, 183t, 1903) sunk as blockship, July 29, 1940
UNBEATEN, submarine (540t, 20/11/40)
lost, possibly by own forces, Bay of Biscay November 21, 1942
UNDAUNTED, submarine
(540t, 30/12/40) presumed sunk by depth charges, surface
craft off Tripoli, Libya, May 13, 1941
UNDINE, submarine (540t,
1938) lost in Heligoland Bight, North Sea, depth-charged
by surface craft. Formally paid-off, January 15, 1940
UNICITY, drifter (R, 96 t, 1919) capsized and sank on sweeping duties off Blyth January 31,
1942
UNION, submarine (540t,
22/2/41) presumed lost between Tunisia and Pantellaria, July 22, 1941
UNIQUE, submarine (540t, 27/9/40) lost,
cause unknown, W of Gibraltar Straits October 24, 1942
UNITY, submarine (540t,
1938) lost in collision, Tyne area, April 29, 1940
UNTAMED, submarine (540t,
14/4/43) failed to surface during exercises off Campbeltown, Scotland, May 30,
1943. Raised and renamed
"Vitality"
UPHOLDER, submarine (540t,
31/10/40) lost, probably surface craft depth-charges off Tripoli, Libya April 14,
1942
UREDD, submarine (on loan
to Royal Norwegian Navy, 540t, 12/12/41) lost, probably
mined, Bodo area, Norway. Date approximate,
February 24, 1943
URGE, submarine (540t, 12/12/40) lost,
possibly mined, E Mediterranean
May 6, 1942
USK, submarine (540t,
11/10/40) presumed mined off Cape Bon, Tunisia,
May 3, 1941
USURPER, submarine (540t,
2/2/43) lost, probably mined, Gulf of Genoa, NW Italy.
Date approximate, October 11, 1943
UT PROSIM, drifter (R,
91t, 1925) sunk by gunfire in Dover harbour, March
2, 1943
UTMOST, submarine (540t,
17/8/40) lost, probably by surface craft depth-charges
off Cape Marittimo, W of Sicily November 24, 1942
UTOPIA, dumb barge (226t
deep) cause and place unknown, date approximate,
November 1943 . Subsequently salved
V
VAILLANT, tug (R, 58t) formally paid off February 15,
1942
VALDORA, trawler (R, 251t,
1916) believed sunk by German aircraft, Cromer area,
January 12, 1940
VALENCIA, dumb barge, sunk for boom
defence purposes, believed in 1942
VALENTINE, destroyer
(Leader, 1, 090t, 1917) bombed, grounded and abandoned in
River Scheldt, Begium, May 15, 1940
VAMPIRE, destroyer (on loan to RAN, 1,
090t, 1917) sunk by aircraft bombs, E of Ceylon April 9, 1942
VAN DYCK, armed boarding
vessel (R, 13, 241t, 1921) lost in convoy probably by
German air attack, Narvik area, Norway, June 10, 1940
VAN ORLEY, trawler (R,
352t, 1927) sunk by air attack, Liverpool, NW England.
Raised and declared a constructive total Ioss, May
4, 1941
VANDAL, submarine (540t,
20/2/43) lost by accident, Firth of Clyde, W Scotland, February 24, 1943
VARDAAS, tanker/oiler (R, 8, 176t, 1931)
sunk by U-boat off Tobago, West Indies August 30, 1942
VASSILIKI, harbour duty vessel (R) sunk by U-boat on passage from Beirut to
Famagusta July 23, 1942
VELIA, trawler (R, 290T,
1914) sunk, presumed mined, Harwich Area, October
19, 1940
VENETIA, destroyer
(1, 090t, 1917) sunk by mine, Thames Estuary, SE England, October 19,
1940
VERA RADCLIFFE, special
service vessel (5, 600t, 1925) sunk as blockship,
March 30, 1944
VERVAIN, corvette (1, 020t,
9/6/41) sunk by U-boat torpedo off S Ireland,
February 20, 1945
VESTAL, minesweeper (940t, 10/9/43) sunk
by aircraft off Puket, Siam (Thailand), July 26, 1945
VETERAN, destroyer (1, 120t, 1919) sunk
by U-boat torpedo, N Atlantic
September 26, 1942
VICTORIA I, drifter (R) sunk by enemy
action March 25, 1942
VIDONIA, trawler (R, 276t) sunk in collision, English Channel, October 6,
1944
VIKING, salvage vessel (R) sunk by aircraft, Piraeus, Greece, April 6,
1941
VIMIERA, destroyer (1, 090t, 1917) sunk
by mine, Thames Estuary
January 9, 1942
VINLAKE, special service
vessel (3, 938t, 1913) sunk as blockship, February
21, 1944
VISION, tug, sunk at Mersa
Matruh, Egypt June 18, 1942
VITA, special service
vessel (R) cause and place unknown, September 22, 1941
VIVA 11, yacht, yacht (R,
521t, 1929) sunk by aircraft off N coast of Cornwall, May 8, 1941
VOLTAIRE, armed merchant
(R, 13, 301t, 1923, AMC from 1/40) gunfire of German
surface raider, mid-Atlantic, April 4, 1941
VORTIGERN, destroyer
(1, 090t, 1918) sunk by E-boat torpedo off Cromer, E England March 15,
1942
VYNER BROOKE, armed trader (R, 1, 670t,
1928) sunk by aircraft off Banka Straits, Sumatra February 14, 1942
W
WAKEFUL, destroyer
(1, 100t, 1917) sunk by E-boat torpedo off Dunkirk, France, May 29, 1940
WALLASEA, trawler (545t,
31/7/43) sunk by surface craft torpedo off Mounts Bay,
Cornwall, January 6, 1944
WALNEY, ex-US Coastguard cutter (1, 546t,
1930) sunk by gunfire, Oran harbour November 8, 1942
WAR DIWAN, tanker/oiler
(5, 550t, 1919) sunk by mine, River Schelde, Holland, December 16, 1944
WAR MEHTAR, tanker/oiler
(5, 502, 1920) torpedoed off Yarmouth, November 20, 1941
WAR SEPOY, tanker/oiler
(5, 574t, 1919) damaged by aircraft off Dover.
Constructive total loss, July 19, 1940
WAR SIRDAR, tanker/oiler (5, 518t, 1920)
lost on reef, NW Batavia March 1, 1942
WARLAND, trawler (406t) sunk by aircraft
bombs, North Sea February 18, 1942
WARRIOR II, yacht (R,
1, 124t, 1904) sunk by aircraft off Portland, July
11, 1940
WARWICK DEEPING, trawler
(350t, 1934) sunk by surface craft torpedo, English
Channel, October 12, 1940
WARWICK, destroyer
(1, 200t, 1918) sunk by U-boat torpedo off W Cornwall,
SW England, February 20, 1944
WARWICKSHIRE, trawler (R,
466t, 1936) sunk by aircraft, Trondheim area, Norway, April 30, 1940
WASHINGTON, trawler (R,
209t, 1909) mined in North Sea on passage to Yarmouth, December 6, 1939
WATERFLY, trawler (R, 387t, 1931) sunk by
aircraft off Dungeness, SE England September 17, 1942
WATERGATE, boom defence
vessel (290t, 1934) scuttled at Hong Kong, December
19, 1941
WATERHEN, destroyer (on loan to RAN, 1,
100t, 1918) sunk by aircraft bombs off Sollum, Egypt, June 29, 1941
WAVEFLOWER, trawler (550t,
1929) sunk by mine off Aldeburgh, Suffolk, October
21, 1940
WAVERLEY, minesweeper (R,
537t, 1899) sunk by German bombers off Dunkirk, N France, May 29, 1940
Welman craft No.10, Midget
submarine (2.4t, 12/5/43) lost by accident during exercises, September 9,
1943
Welman craft No.45 (2.4t, 2/9/43) lost during attack on Bergen
harbour, Norway, November 22, 1943
Welman craft No.46 (2.4t, 2/9/43) lost during attack on Bergen
harbour, Norway, November 22, 1943
Welman craft No.47 (2.4t, 2/9/43) lost during attack on Bergen
harbour, Norway, November 22, 1943
Welman craft No.48 (2.4t, 2/9/43) lost during attack on Bergen
harbour, Norway, November 22, 1943
WELSHMAN, cruiser
minelayer (2, 650t, 25/8/41) sunk by U-boat torpedo off
Libya, February 1, 1943
WESSEX, destroyer (1, 100t,
1918) sunk by aircraft bombs off Calais, France,
May 24, 1940
WEST COCKER, tug (229t, 1919) sunk by
aircraft during raid on Malta April
6, 1942
WESTCOVE, special service
vessel (2, 735t, 1912) sunk as blockship at Dunkirk,
June 3, 1940
WESTELLA, trawler (550t,
1934) torpedoed or mined off Dunkirk, June 2, 1940
WESTWICK, special service
vessel (R, 18T, 1935) sunk by enemy action,
November 11, 1943
WHIPPET, whaler (ex-Kos
XXI, R, 353t, 1937) bombed and sunk, October 4, 1941
WHIRLWIND, destroyer
(1, 100t, 1918) sunk by U-boat torpedo, SW of Ireland, July 5, 1940
WHITE DAISY, drifter (R,
79t, 1910) sunk, probably near Lerwick, September
25, 1940
WHITE FOX II, yacht (R,
23t, 1933) lost by fire, August 27, 1940
WHITLEY, destroyer
(1, 100t, 1918) damaged by bombs, beached between Nieuport
and Ostend, Belgium, May 19, 1940
WIDNES, minesweeper (710t,
1913) bombed and beached in Suda Bay, Crete, May 20, 1941
WILD SWAN, destroyer
(1, 120t, 19) sunk by aircraft bombs, Western Approaches in Atlantic June 17,
1942
WILLAMETTE VALLEY, freighter (R, 4, 702t, 1928)
sunk by U-boat, SW
Approaches, June 29, 1940
WILLIAM HALLETT, trawler
(R, 202t, 1919) mined, Tyne area, North Sea,
December 13, 1939
WILLIAM STEPHEN, trawler
(R, 935t, 1917) sunk by E-boat off Cromer, E England, October 25, 1943
WILLIAM WESNEY, trawler
(R, 364t, 1930) sunk by mine off Orfordness, E England, November 7, 1940
WILNA, yacht (R, 461t, 1939) abandoned after aircraft attack, Portsmouth,
March 24, 1941
WINDFLOWER, corvette (RCN,
900t, 4/2/41) sunk by collision in fog, W Atlantic,
December 7, 1941
WINHA, special service
vessel (3, 391, 1904) sunk as blockship, March 1944
WINSOME, drifter (R, 46t, 1902) sunk at Fairlie,
total loss November 18, 1942
WO KWANG, tug (R, 350t, 1927) assumed
lost at Singapore February 1942
WOODPECKER, sloop (1, 350t,
14/12/42) stern blown off by torpedo(20th), capsized and
sank in tow, N Atlantic, February 27, 1944
WREN, destroyer (1, 120t,
1923) bombed and sunk off Aldeburgh, Suffolk, E England, September 27,
1940
WRESTLER, destroyer
(1, 100t, 1918) damaged beyond repair by mine off
Normandy, June 6, 1944
WRYNECK, destroyer
(1, 100t, 1918) sunk by aircraft bombs during evacuation
of Greece, May 27, 1941
WYOMING, trawler (R, 302t,
1915) mined and sunk off Harwich, E England, May 20, 1944
X
X-Craft X-05, Midget
submarine (29.8t, 29/12/42) lost in attack on
"Tirpitz", Kaa Fiord, Alten Fiord, Norway, September 22, 1943
X-Craft X-06 (29.8t, 21/1/43) lost in attack on "Tirpitz", Kaa
Fiord, Alten Fiord, Norway, September 22, 1943
X-Craft X-07 (29.8t, 14/1/43) lost in attack on "Tirpitz", Kaa
Fiord, Alten Fiord, Norway, September 22, 1943
X-Craft X-08 (29.8t, 21/1/43) lost in attack on "Tirpitz", Kaa
Fiord, Alten Fiord, Norway, September 17, 1943
X-Craft X-09 (29.8t, 29/1/43) lost in attack on "Tirpitz", Kaa
Fiord, Alten Fiord, Norway, October 15, 1943
X-Craft X-10 (29.8t, 8/2/43) lost in attack on "Tirpitz", Kaa
Fiord, Alten Fiord, Norway, October 3, 1943
X-Craft X-22 (29.8t,
submerged 31/10/43) lost in collision, Pentland Firth, N
Scotland, February 7, 1944
XMAS ROSE, drifter (R,
96t, 1918) mined, Thames Estuary, SE England,
November 21, 1940
Y
YEWDALE, collier (R, 823t,
1929) marine cause, October 3, 1944
YIN PING, tug (R, 1914) sunk by gunfire February 15,
1942
YORK, heavy cruiser
(8, 250, 1930) lost at Suda Bay, Crete after damage on
various dates by explosive motor boats and aircraft, May 22, 1941
YORKSHIRE BELLE, yacht (R,
56t, 1938) mined, Humber entrance, April 11, 1941
YOUNG ERNIE, drifter (R,
88t, 1924) collision off Tyne, April 18, 1941
YOUNG FISHERMAN, drifter
(R, 95t, 1914) grounded, Oban, W Scotland. Total loss, November 29, 1940
YOUNG SID, drifter (R,
100t, 1912) sunk in collision. Moray Firth, E. Scotland, August 10, 1940
YSER, motor canal boat, ran aground Dunkirk, May 30,
1940
Z
ZANNIS L CAMBANIS, collier (R, 5, 317t,
1920) mined off Singapore January 21, 1942
ZEE MEEUW, trawler (R) sunk in collision, Gravesend Reach, Thames, SE England, September 21,
1943
ZINNIA, corvette (900t,
30/3/41) sunk by U-boat torpedo, N Atlantic, August
23, 1941
ZOODOCHOS PIGHI, transport vessel (R,
170t) sunk by enemy action, E Mediterranean March 13, 1942
ZULU, destroyer (1, 870t, 6/9/38) sunk by
aircraft bombs, E Mediterranean
September 14, 1942
