1939
September 1939
September 10 - Submarine OXLEY
(1,350t, 1927), sunk by accident off Norway
September 14 - Ammunition hulk
LUCY BORCHARDT (1,850t, 1905), cause and place unknown
September 15 - Ammunition hulk
CARLO (1,737t, 1911), cause and place unknown
September 15 - Ammunition hulk
MOURINO (2,165t, 1906), cause and place unknown
September 15 - Ammunition hulk
STANLARD (1,737t, 1912), cause and place unknown
September 17 - Aircraft carrier
COURAGEOUS
(22,500t, 1917, ex-cruiser, carrier from 1928),
sunk by U-boat torpedo W of Ireland
September 29 - Ammunition hulk
DUNMORE HEAD (1,682t, 1898), cause and place unknown
October 1939
October 12 - Drifter RAY OF HOPE
(R, 98t, 1925), mined, Thames Estuary
October 14 - Battleship
ROYAL OAK
(29,150t, 1916), sunk by U-boat torpedo, Scapa
Flow, Orkneys
November 1939
November 5 - Trawler NORTHERN
ROVER (R, 655t, 1936), overdue at Kirkwall, Orkneys by this
date
November 13 - Destroyer BLANCHE
(1,360t, 1931), sunk by mine, Thames Estuary
November 16 - Motor torpedo boat
MTB No.6 (18t, 1936), foundered in bad weather off Sardinia,
W
Mediterranean
November 20 - Trawler MASTIFF
(520t, 1938), mined, Thames Estuary
November 21 - Destroyer GIPSY
(1,335t, 1936), sunk by mine off Harwich
November 22 - Trawler ARAGONITE
(R, 315t, 1934), mined off Deal
November 23 - Armed merchant
cruiser RAWALPINDI (R, 16,697t, 1925, AMC from 10/39),
gunfire of
German battlecruiser Scharnhorst SE of Iceland
November 29 - Tanker/oiler
BIRCHOL (1,115t, 1917), wrecked off Hebrides, W of Scotland
December 1939
December 6 - Trawler WASHINGTON
(R, 209t, 1909), mined in North Sea on passage to Yarmouth
December 12 - Destroyer DUCHESS
(1,375t, 1933), sunk in collision W of Scotland
December 13 - Trawler WILLIAM
HALLETT (R, 202t, 1919), mined, Tyne area, North Sea
December 14 - Trawler JAMES
LUDFORD (506t, 1919), mined off Tyne, North Sea
December 16 - Trawler EVALINA
(R, 202t, 1919), believed mined, Tyne area, North Sea
December 16 - Trawler SEDGEFLY
(R, 520t, 1939), believed mined, Tyne area, North Sea
December 20 - Tug NAPIA (R,
155t, 1914), explosion, probably mined off Ramsgate
December 21 - Boom defence
vessel BAYONET (605t, 1939), mined Firth of Forth, E
Scotland
December 22 - Trawler DROMIO (R,
380t, 1929), collision, N of Whitby, North Sea
December 23 - Drifter GLEN ALBYN
(R, 82t, 1909), mined, Loch Ewe, W Scotland
December 23 - Drifter PROMOTIVE
(R, 78t, 1908), mined, Loch Ewe, W Scotland
December 23 - Trawler BARBARA
ROBERTSON (R, 325t, 1919), German U-boat gunfire, north of
Hebrides, W
Scotland
December 25 - Trawler LOCH DOON
(R, 534t, 1937) Probably mined, off Blyth, North Sea
1940
Special service vessel GAMBHIRA
(5,257t, 1919), sunk as blockships, date unknown
Special service vessel JUNIATA
(1,139t, 1918), sunk as blockships, date unknown
Special service vessel LAKE
NEUFCHATEL (3,859t, 1907), sunk as blockships, date unknown
Special service vessel LYCIA
(3,338t, 1924), sunk as blockships, date unknown
Special service vessel MARTIS
(2,483t, 1894), sunk as blockships, date unknown
Special service vessel MOYLE
(1,761t, 1907), sunk as blockships, date unknown
January 1940
January 5 - Trawler KINGSTON
CORNELIAN (550T, 1934), collision, E of Gibraltar Straits
January 10 - Submarine SEAHORSE
(640t, 1933), lost in Heligoland Bight, North Sea
January 11 - Yacht PRINCESS (R,
730t, 1924), sunk in collision, Bristol Channel.
January 12 - Trawler VALDORA (R,
251t, 1916), believed sunk by Geman aircraft, Cromer area
January 15 - Submarine UNDINE
(540t, 1938), lost in Heligoland Bight, North Sea,
depth-charged by
surface craft. Formally paid-off
January 19 - Destroyer GRENVILLE
(Leader, 1,485t, 1936), sunk by mine, North Sea
January 20 - Submarine STARFISH
(640t, 1933), lost in Heligoland Bight, North Sea,
depth-charged by
surface craft. Formally paid-off
January 21 - Destroyer EXMOUTH
(Leader, 1,475t, 1934), sunk by U-boat torpedo, Moray Firth,
off W
Scotland
January 25 - Drifter RIANT (R,
95t, 1919), lost in bad weather off West Coast, Scotland.
January 26 - Special service
vessel DURHAM CASTLE (8,240t, 1904), sunk by mine off
Cromarty on way
to Scapa.
February 1940
February 3 - Minesweeper
SPHINX
(875t, July 1939), German bombers off NE
Scotland
February 9 - Trawler FORT ROYAL
(550t, 1931), aircraft off Aberdeen
February 9 - Trawler ROBERT
BOWEN (R, 290t, 1918), aircraft off Aberdeen
February 10 - Special service
vessel BRANKSEA (214t, 1890), sunk off Girdleness on way to
Scapa.
Cause unknown.
February 15 - Trawler PERIDOT
(550t, 1933), mined off Dover
February 18 - Destroyer DARING
(1,375t, 1932), sunk by U-boat torpedo, off Duncansby Head,
N Scotland
February 18 - Special service
vessel ILSENSTEIN (8,216t, 1904), sunk as blockship at Scapa
Flow
February 19 - Special service
vessel BUSK (367t, 1906), sunk as blockship.
February 20 - Trawler FIFESHIRE
(R, 540t, 1938), aircraft E of Copinsay, Orkneys
February 23 - Trawler BENVOLIO
(R, 352t, 1930), mined off Humber
March 1940
March 2 - Tug
FAIRPLAY TWO (R, 282t, 1921), wrecked on Yorkshire Coast.
March 3 -
Special service vessel CARRON (1,017t, 1894), sunk as
blockship at
Scapa Flow
March 9 -
Collier MAINDY HILL (R, 1,918t, 1911), sunk in collision off
Hartlepool.
March 16 -
Drifter MAIDA (R, 107t, 1914), mined, East Coast. England.
March 22 - Trawler LOCH ASSATER
(R, 210t, 1910) British mine, E coast of Scotland
March 25 - Special service
vessel GONDOLIER (250t, 1886), sunk as blockship between
18th and 25th.
April 1940
April 4 - Drifter GOLDEN DAWN
(R, 80t, 1913), sunk at Ardrossan, W Scotland.
April 8 - Destroyer GLOWWORM
(1,345t, 1936), sunk by gunfire, Admiral Hipper, off Norway
April 9 - Destroyer GURKHA
(1,870t, 1938), sunk by aircraft bombs off Stavanger, Norway
April 10 - Destroyer HARDY
(Leader, 1,505t, 1936), driven ashore, gunfire, Narvik
April 10 - Destroyer HUNTER
(1,340t, 1936), sunk by surface ship gunfire, in battle of
Narvik
April 14 - Submarine THISTLE
(1,090t, 1939), lost off Skudenses, Norway, torpedoed by
U-boat
April 20 - Trawler RUTLANDSHIRE
(R, 458t, 1936), attacked by aircraft and grounded, Namsos,
Norway
April 22 - Submarine TARPON
(1,090t, 8/2/40), lost North Sea, probably mined
April 25 - Trawler BRADMAN (R,
452t, 1937), sunk by aircraft, West Coast of Norway.
April 25 - Trawler HAMMOND (R,
452t, 1936), sunk by aircraft, Aandalsnes. Norway.
April 25 - Trawler LARWOOD (R,
453t, 1936), sunk by aircraft, West Coast of Norway
April 27 - Submarine STERLET
(670t, 1938), lost, Skagerrak, cause unknown
April 28 - Trawler CAPE SIRETOKO
(R, 590t, 1939), sunk by aircraft, West Coast of Norway
April 29 - Submarine UNITY
(540t, 1938), lost in collision, Tyne area
April 29 - Trawler CAPE
CHELYUSKIN (550t, 1936), sunk by aircraft bombs off Norway
April 30 - Minesweeper
DUNOON
(710t, 1919), mined off Great Yarmouth, E
England
April 30 - Sloop BITTERN
(1,190t, 1938), German bombers off Namsos, Norway
April 30 - Tanker/oiler BOARDALE
(8,400t, 1937), grounded at Narvik, Norway and sunk
April 30 - Trawler JARDINE
(452t, 1936), sunk by own forces after damage by aircraft,
West Coast
of Norway.
April 30 - Trawler WARWICKSHIRE
(R, 466t, 1936), sunk by aircraft, Trondheim area, Norway.
May 1940
May 2 - Special service vessel
REDSTONE (3,110t, 1918), sunk as blockship at Scapa Flow.
May 3 - Destroyer AFRIDI
(Leader, 1,870t, 1938), sunk by aircraft bombs off Norway
May 3 - Trawler ASTON VILLA (R,
546t, 1937), sunk by aircraft off Norway.
May 3 - Trawler GAUL (550t,
1936), sunk by aircraft off Norway.
May 3 - Trawler ST. GORAN (R,
565t, 1936), sunk by aircraft, Namsos, Norway.
May 6 - Trawler LOCH NAVER (R,
278t, 1919), sunk in collision off Hartlepool.
May 15 - Destroyer VALENTINE
(Leader, 1,090t, 1917), bombed, grounded and abandoned in
River
Scheldt, Begium
May 18 - Cruiser EFFINGHAM
(9,550t, 1925)
Struck submerged rock and wrecked, Vestfiord, Norway
May 19 - Destroyer WHITLEY
(1,100t, 1918), damaged by bombs, beached between Nieuport
and Ostend,
Belgium
May 19 - Minelayer PRINCESS
VICTORIA (R, 2,179t, 1939), mined, entrance to R Humber, E
England.
Date given as 18th-19th
May 20 - Trawler RIFSNES (R,
431t, 1932), sunk by aircraft off Ostend.
May 21 - Mine destructor vessel
CORBURN (3,060t, 1936), mined off Le Havre, N France
May 21 - Trawler CAPE PASSARO
(R, 590t, 1939), sunk by aircraft, Narvik area, Norway
May 22 - Trawler MELBOURNE (R,
466t, 1936), sunk by aircraft, Narvik area, Norway
May 24 - Destroyer WESSEX
(1,100t, 1918), sunk by aircraft bombs off Calais, France
May 25 - Special service vessel
FLORENTINO (1,822t, 1921), sunk as blockship at Zeebrugge,
Belgium.
May 25 - Special service vessel
MASHOBRA (R, 8,324t, 1920), damaged by aircraft, and beached
at Narvik.
May 25 - Special service vessel
TRANSEAS (1,499t, 1924), sunk as blockship at Zeebrugge,
Belgium
May 25 - Trawler CHARLES BOYES
(R, 290t, 1918), sunk by mine, East Coast of England.
May 26 - Boom defence vessel
LOCH SHIN (R, 255t, 1930), capsized at Harstad, Norway,
after being
damaged by aircraft and beached.
May 26 - Cruiser
CURLEW
(AA ship, 4,290t, 1917), sunk by aircraft bombs off
Ofotfiord, Norway
May 27 - Landing craft
mechanised (MkI) LCM No.10, 11, 14, 15, 18-20 (total 7,
30-37t each),
presumed lost during operations at Narvik, Norway between
6th and 27th (Note: with thanks to Russell J Atkinson
(26 Nov 2010) -
Bernard Fergusson "The Watery
Maze", The London Gazette "Operations in Norway" and LEH
Maund "Assault from the Sea" all state that only one
LCM(1) was used in the 1940 Narvik operations, namely
"MLC20" a 1938 Thornycroft design. The other tank landing
craft were 1926-1929 designed MLC (Motor Landing Craft)
designed by J. Samuel White Company. Six of them were used
in total.)
May 27 - Special service vessel
ATLANTIC GUIDE (1,943t, 1924), sunk as blockship at
Zeebrugge, Belgium
May 27 - Special service vessel
BORODINO (2,004t, 1911), sunk as blockship at Zeebrugge,
Belgium
May 28 - Drifter BOY ROY (R,
95t, 1911), bombed, beached and abandoned in Dunkirk
Harbour.
May 28 - Drifter OCEAN REWARD
(R, 93t, 1912), sunk in collision off Dover.
May 28 - Drifter PAXTON (R, 92t,
1911), damaged by aircraft, and beached at Dunkirk.
May 28 - Minesweeper BRIGHTON
BELLE (R, 396t, 1900), collision with submerged wreck, The
Downs,
English Channel
May 28 - Trawler THOMAS BARTLETT
(R, 290t, 1913), sunk by British mine off Calais
May 28 - Trawler THURINGIA
(550t, 1933), sunk by mine, North Sea
May 29 - Auxiliary anti-aircraft
ship CRESTED EAGLE (R, 1,110t, 1925), German aircraft, off
Dunkirk, N
France
May 29 - Destroyer GRAFTON
(1,335t, 1936), sunk by E-boat torpedo off Dunkirk, France
May 29 - Destroyer GRENADE
(1,335t, 1936), sunk by aircraft bombs, in Dunkirk Harbour,
France
May 29 - Destroyer WAKEFUL
(1,100t, 1917), sunk by E-boat torpedo off Dunkirk, France
May 29 - Drifter COMFORT (R,
60t), rammed and sunk by accident off Dover.
May 29 - Drifter GIRL PAMELA (R,
93t, 1912), sunk in collision off Dunkirk.
May 29 - Drifter NAUTILUS (R,
64t, 1929), sunk at Dunkirk.
May 29 - Landing craft assault
LCA No.4, 18 (total 2, 11-13.5t each), lost in SS Clan
Macalister, sunk
by aircraft at Dunkirk
May 29 - Landing craft assault
LCA No.16 (11-13.5t), sunk by aircraft at Dunkirk
May 29 - Minesweeper WAVERLEY
(R, 537t, 1899), sunk by German bombers off Dunkirk, N
France
May 29 - Minesweeper GRACIE
FIELDS (R, 393t, 1936), sunk by German bombers off Dunkirk,
N France
May 29 - Trawler CALVI (R, 363t,
1930), sunk by aircraft bombs off Dunkirk
May 29 - Trawler POLLY JOHNSON
(R, 290t, 1918), sunk by aircraft bombs off Dunkirk
May 30 - Armed boarding vessel
KING ORRY (R, 1,877t, 1913), German aircraft attack,
Dunkirk, N France
May 30 - Boom defence vessel
CAMBRIAN (R, 338t, 1924), mined in Spithead.
May 30 - Motor canal boat
AMBLEVE. Ran aground Dunkirk.
May 30 - Motor canal boat YSER.
Ran aground Dunkirk.
May 31 - Landing craft assault
LCA No.8, 15 (total 2, 11-13.5t each), lost at Dunkirk
May 31 - Minesweeper DEVONIA (R,
622t, 1905), damaged by German bombers, beached and
abandoned, off
Dunkirk
May 31 - Trawler ST. ACHILLEUS
(R, 484t, 1934), sunk by mine, Dunkirk area
June 1940
June 1 - Destroyer BASILISK
(1,360t, 1931), sunk by aircraft bombs off Dunkirk, France
June 1 - Destroyer HAVANT
(1,400t, 1939), sunk by aircraft bombs off Dunkirk, France
June 1 - Destroyer KEITH
(Leader, 1,400t, 1931), sunk by aircraft bombs off Dunkirk,
France
June 1 - Drifter FAIR BREEZE (R,
93t, 1925) Struck wreck off Dunkirk.
June 1 - Minesweeper BRIGHTON
QUEEN (R, 807t, 1905), lost by gunfire off Dunkirk
June 1 - Minesweeper SKIPJACK
(815t, 1934), German bombers off Dunkirk
June 1 - Motor canal boat
ESCAUT. Lost at Dunkirk. Date approximate
June 1 - Motor canal boat
SEMOIS. Lost at Dunkirk. Date approximate
June 1 - River gun boat MOSQUITO
(585t, April 1940), German aircraft off Dunkirk, while
withdrawing from
Dunkirk
June 1 - Trawler ARGYLLSHIRE (R,
540t, 1938), sunk by E-boat during evacuation from Dunkirk
June 1 - Trawler STELLA DORADO
(550t, 1935), sunk by E-boat during evacuation from Dunkirk
June 1 - Tug ST. ABBS (550t,
1919), sunk by aircraft at Dunkirk.
June 1 - Tug ST. FAGAN (550t,
1919), sunk by aircraft at Dunkirk.
June 1 - Yacht AMULREE (R, 89t,
1938), sunk in collision, Dover Straits.
June 1 - Yacht GRIVE (R, 687t,
1903), sunk by aircraft during withdrawal from Dunkirk.
June 2 - Drifter LORD CAVAN (R,
96t, 1915), sunk by gunfire off Dunkirk. Date given as
1st-2nd
June 2 - Landing craft
mechanised (MkI) LCM No.12, 22 (total 2, 30-37t each),
abandoned at
Dunkirk
June 2 - Trawler BLACKBURN
ROVERS (R, 422t, 1934), sunk by U-boat or mine, North Sea
June 2 - Trawler WESTELLA (550t,
1934), torpedoed or mined off Dunkirk.
June 3 - Landing craft
mechanised (MkI) LCM No.17 (30-37t), abandoned at Dunkirk
June 3 - Special service vessel
EDV. NISSAN (R, 2,062t, 1921), sunk as blockship
June 3 - Special service vessel
HOLLAND (R, 1,251t, 1919), sunk as blockship
June 3 - Special service vessel
WESTCOVE (2,735t, 1912), sunk as blockship at Dunkirk.
June 4 - Drifter OCEAN LASSIE
(R, 96t, 1919), sunk by mine off Harwich.
June 4 - Special service vessel
GOURKO (1,975t, 1911), mined off Dunkirk.
June 4 - Special service vessel
PACIFIC0 (687t, 1905), sunk as blockship at Dunkirk.
June 7 - Armed merchant cruiser
CARINTHIA (R, 20,277t, 1925, AMC from 1/40), sunk by U-boat
torpedo, W
of Ireland
June 8 - Aircraft carrier
GLORIOUS
(22,500t,1917, ex-cruiser, carrier from 1930),
sunk by gunfire, Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, latitude of
Narvik, Norway
June 8 - Destroyer ACASTA
(1,350t, 1930), sunk by Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, gunfire,
returning
from Norway
June 8 - Destroyer ARDENT
(1,350t, 1930), sunk by Scharnhorst and Gneisenau gunfire,
returning
from Norway
June 8 - Tanker/oiler OLEANDER
(7,048t), damaged and beached on 26th May; sunk in Harstad
Bay, Norway,
June 8 - Trawler JUNIPER (505t,
March 1940), sunk by Admiral Hipper gunfire off Norway
June 8 - Yacht BOOMERANG VI (R,
19t, 1938), lost by fire.
June 9 - Drifter DEWEY EVE (R,
109t, 1916), sunk in collision, Scapa Flow, Orkneys.
June 9 - Landing craft assault
LCA No.11, 14 (total 2, 11-13.5t each), lost in Home waters
June 10 - Armed boarding vessel
VAN DYCK (R, 13,241t, 1921), lost in convoy probably by
German air
attack, Narvik area, Norway
June 10 - Special service vessel
JACOBUS (1,262t, 1920), sunk as blockship at Dieppe.
June 10 - Special service vessel
KAUPO (R, 2,420t, 1888), sunk as blockship
June 10 - Special service vessel
RIVER TYNE (1,525t, 1920), sunk as blockship at Dieppe.
June 10 - Yacht PELLAG II (R,
44t, 1937), presumed lost at Dunkirk.
June 12 - Cruiser CALYPSO
(4,180t, 1917), sunk by
U-boat torpedo, S of Crete
June 12 - Trawler SISAPON (R,
326t, 1928), mined off Harwich.
June 12 - Tug TWENTE (R, 239t,
1937), lost through enemy action.
June 13 - Armed merchant cruiser
SCOTSTOUN (R, 17,046t, 1925, AMC from 9/39), sunk by U-boat
torpedo. NW
Approaches.
June 13 - Drifter OCEAN SUNLIGHT
(R, 131t, 1929), mined off Newhaven
June 14 - Landing craft assault
LCA No.1, 2 (total 2, 11-13.5t each), lost in Home waters
June 14 - Trawler MYRTLE (550t,
1928), sunk by mine, Thames Estuary.
June 16 - Armed merchant cruiser
ANDANIA (R, 13,950t, 1922, AMC from 11/39), sunk by U-boat
torpedo, SE
of Iceland.
June 17 - Trawler MURMANSK (R,
348t, 1929 ), grounded at Brest and abandoned.
June 21 - Drifter CHARDE (R,
99t, 1919), sunk in collision at Portsmouth.
June 21 - Freighter CAPE HOWE
(R, 4,443t, 1930), sunk by U-boat, SW Approaches
June 22 - Yacht CAMPEADOR V (R,
195t, 1938), mined off Portsmouth
June 23 - Destroyer KHARTOUM
(1,710t, 1939), beached after damage by internal explosion
caused by
burst air vessel off Perim Harbour, Red Sea
June 23 - Tug CORINGA (R, 294t,
1914), lost in Atlantic, cause unknown.
June 24 - Submarine GRAMPUS
(1,520t, 1937), lost off Augusta, Sicily, cause unknown
June 27 - Submarine ODIN
(1,475t, 1929), lost in Gulf of Taranto, S Italy, cause
unknown
June 27 - Submarine ORPHEUS
(1,475t, 1930), lost, probably torpedoed by Italian
submarine between
Malta and Alexandria
June 29 - Freighter WILLAMETTE
VALLEY (R, 4,702t, 1928), sunk by U-boat, SW Approaches
July 1940
July - Landing craft assault LCA
No.6 (11-13.5t), cause and place unknown. Date loss reported
July 1 - Special service vessel
TWEEDLEDEE (163t, 1925), sunk as blockship
July 1 - Special service vessel
TWEEDLEDUM (163t, 1925), sunk as blockship.
July 3 - Special service vessel
JAMES 83 (397t, 1926), sunk as blockship, later salvaged
July 4 - Auxiliary anti-aircraft
ship FOYLE BANK (R, 5,582t, 1930), German aircraft,
Portland, S England
July 5 - Destroyer WHIRLWIND
(1,100t, 1918), sunk by U-boat torpedo, SW of Ireland
July 5 - Special service vessel
EMERALD WINGS (2,139t, 1920), sunk as blockship at Scapa.
Date is for
arrival
July 6 - Submarine SHARK (670t,
1934), lost to aircraft, off Skudenses, Norway
July 8 - Special service vessel
JAMES 9 (85t, 1924), sunk as blockship.
July 8 - Trawler CAYTON WYKE
(550t, 1932), sunk by surface craft torpedo, off Dover.
July 11 - Destroyer ESCORT
(1,375t, 1934), sunk by U-boat torpedo, W Mediterranean
July 11 - Yacht WARRIOR II (R,
1,124t, 1904), sunk by aircraft off Portland.
July 14 - Submarine SALMON
(670t, 1935), lost, probably mined, SW Norway
July 16 - Destroyer IMOGEN
(1,370t, 1937), damaged in collision, caught fire, abandoned
of
Duncansby Head, N Scotland
July 17 - Mooring vessel STEADY
(758t, 1916), sunk by mine oft Newhaven.
July 17 - Submarine PHOENIX
(1,475t, 1931), lost off Sicily, cause unknown
July 19 - Tanker/oiler WAR SEPOY
(5,574t, 1919), damaged by aircraft off Dover. Constructive
total loss
July 19 - Trawler CRESTFLOWER
(550t, 1930), foundered after damage by aircraft off
Portsmouth.
July 20 - Destroyer BRAZEN
(1,360t, 1931), sunk by aircraft off Dover, S England
July 22 - Trawler CAMPINA (R,
289t, 1913), mined off Holyhead.
July 24 - Trawler FLEMING (R,
356t, 1929), sunk by aircraft, Thames Estuary.
July 24 - Trawler KINGSTON
GALENA (550t, 1934), sunk by aircraft off Dover.
July 24 - Trawler RODINO (R,
230t, 1913), sunk by aircraft off Dover.
July 27 - Destroyer CODRINGTON
(Leader, 1,540t, 1930), bombed and sunk in Dover Harbour, S
England
July 28 - Trawler STAUNTON (R,
283t, 1908), presumed blown up by magnetic mine, Thames
Estuary.
July 29 - Destroyer DELIGHT
(1,375t, 1933), bombed and sunk off Portland, S England
July 29 - Special service vessel
UMVOTI (R, 5,183t, 1903), sunk as blockship.
July 29 - Yacht GULZAR (R, 197t,
1934), sunk in air attack, Dover Harbour.
July 30 - Examination vessel
LADY SLATER (R, 273t, 1934), caught fire and became total
loss.
August 1940
August 1 - Submarine NARWHAL
(1,520t, 1936), lost, probably off Trondheim, Norway, cause
unknown.
Formally paid off
August 1 - Submarine OSWALD
(1,475t, 1929), rammed and sunk, 10 miles SE Spartivento
Bay, by
Italian destroyer
August 2 - Drifter EMBRACE (R,
94t, 1907), grounded at Loch Alsh, W. Scotland. Total loss
August 2 - Trawler CAPE
FINISTERRE (R, 590t, 1939), sunk by aircraft off Harwich.
August 2 - Submarine SPEARFISH
(670t, 1936), lost, probably by U-boat torpedo, off Norway.
Formally
paid off.
August 3 - Submarine THAMES
(1,805t, 1932), lost, off Norway, probably mined.
August 4 - Trawler DRUMMER (R,
297t, 1915), mined off Brightlingsea, Essex
August 4 - Trawler MARSONA (R,
276t, 1918), mined off Cromarty
August 4 - Trawler OSWALDIAN (R,
260t, 1917), mined, Bristol Channel.
August 5 - Trawler RIVER CLYDE
(R, 276t, 1919), sunk by mine off Aldeburgh, Suffolk.
August 10 - Armed merchant
cruiser TRANSYLVANIA (R, 16,923t, 1925, AMC from 10/39),
sunk by U-boat
torpedo, N of Ireland.
August 10 - Balloon barrage
vessel BOREALIS (R, 451t, 1930), sunk.
August 10 - Drifter YOUNG SID
(R, 100t, 1912), sunk in collision. Moray Firth, E.
Scotland.
August 12 - Trawler PYROPE (R,
295t, 1932), sunk by aircraft, Thames Estuary.
August 12 - Trawler TAMARISK
(545t, 1925), sunk by aircraft bombs, Thames Estuary
August 13 - Trawler ELIZABETH
ANGELA (R, 253t, 1928), sunk by aircraft in Downs.
August 15 - Collier KING CITY
(R, 4,744t, 1928), sunk by German Raider, lndian - Ocean
August 16 - Drifter MANX LAD (R,
24t, 1937), sunk by mine off Holyhead
August 16 - Special service
vessel MOREA (1,968t), sunk as blockship
August 20 - Trawler RESPARKO (R,
248t, 1916), sunk by aircraft at Falmouth.
August 21 - Netlayer KYLEMORE
(R, 319t, 1897), German aircraft, Harwich, E England
August 23 - Destroyer HOSTILE
(1,340t, 1936), mined and sunk off Cape Bon, Tunisia
August 24 - Sloop PENZANCE
(1,025t, 1931), torpedoed by German U-boat, North Atlantic
August 27 - Yacht WHITE FOX II
(R, 23t, 1933), lost by fire.
August 28 - Armed merchant
cruiser DUNVEGAN CASTLE (R, 15,007t, 1936, AMC from 12/39),
sunk by
U-boat torpedo, W of Ireland.
August 31 - Yacht EMELLE (R,
43t, 1916), cause and place unknown
September 1940
September 1 - Destroyer ESK
(1,375t, 1934), sunk by mine, North Sea
September 1 - Destroyer IVANHOE
(1,370t, 1937), sunk by mine, North Sea
September 1 - Trawler ROYALO (R,
248t, 1916), sunk by mine off S. Cornwall.
September 4 - Tug SAUCY (R,
597t, 1918), mined, Firth of Forth.
September 6 - Corvette GODETIA
(940t, July 1940), collision off Northern Ireland
September 7 - Yacht RHODORA (R,
687t, 1929), lost in collision, Bristol Channel.
September 7 - Yacht SHASHI III
(R, 155t), lost by fire.
September 9 - Drifter ALFRED
COLEBROOK (56t, 1912), sunk as blockship, Richborough
Channel, SE
England.
September 9 - Special service
vessel MINNIE DE LARINAGA (5,046t, 1914), damaged by
aircraft, London
Docks. Total loss. Date given as 7th-9th
September 9 - Trawler DERVISH
(R, 346t, 1911), mined off Humber.
September 9 - Trawler HARVEST
MOON (72t, 1904), sunk as blockship.
September 12 - Tug SALVAGE KING
(R, 1164t, 1923), grounded W of Duncansby Head, NE Scotland.
September 15 - Sloop DUNDEE
(1,060t, 1933), torpedoed by German U-boat, North Atlantic
September 24 - Motor torpedo
boat MTB No.15 (18t, 1939), mined, Thames Estuary, SE
England
September 24 - Trawler LOCH
INVER (R, 356t, 1930) Probably mined, Harwich area.
September 25 - Drifter WHITE
DAISY (R, 79t, 1910), sunk, probably near Lerwick.
September 25 - Trawler STELLA
SIRIUS (550t, 1934), sunk by bombs during air raid on
Gibraltar
September 27 - Destroyer WREN
(1,120t, 1923), bombed and sunk off Aldeburgh, Suffolk, E
England
September 28 - Trawler RECOIL
(R, 344t, 1938), lost on patrol, presumed mined, English
Channel.
September 30 - Trawler COMET (R,
301t, 1924), sunk by mine off Falmouth.
September 30 - Yacht SAPPHO (R,
387t), presumed torpedoed, Falmouth area.
October 1940
October 5 - Trawler KINGSTON
SAPPHIRE (R, 356t, 1929), sunk by Italian submarine torpedo,
Straits of
Gibraltar
October 7 - Drifter SCOTCH
THISTLE (R, 84t, 1913), grounded, Thames Estuary. Total
loss. Date
given as 6th-7th
October 9 - Trawler SEA KING (R,
321t, 1916), sunk by underwater explosion in Grimsby Roads.
October 11 - Yacht AISHA (R,
117t, 1934), believed mined, Thames Approaches.
October 12 - Trawler RESOLVO (R,
231t, 1913), sunk by mine, Thames Estuary.
October 12 - Trawler WARWICK
DEEPING (350t, 1934), sunk by surface craft torpedo, English
Channel
October 13 - Drifter SUMMER ROSE
(R, 96t, 1919), mined off Sunderland.
October 13 - Tug DANUBE 111 (R,
234t, 1924), mined off Sheerness.
October 14 - Trawler LORD STAMP
(R, 448t, 1935), sunk by mine,English Channel.
October 15 - Drifter APPLE TREE
(R, 84t, 1907), sunk in collision. Oban Harbour.
October 16 - Minesweeper DUNDALK
(710t, 1919), mined off Harwich, SE England
October 16 - Motor torpedo boat
MTB No.106 (June 1940), mined, Thames Estuary, SE England
October 18 - Trawler KINGSTON
CAIRNGORM (R, 448t, 1935), sunk by mine, English Channel.
October 19 - Destroyer VENETIA
(1,090t, 1917), sunk by mine, Thames Estuary, SE England
October 19 - Submarine RAINBOW
(1,475t, 1932), sunk off Calabria, S Italy, by gunfire,
Italian
submarine. Formally paid off.
October 19 - Trawler VELIA (R,
290T, 1914), sunk, presumed mined, Harwich Area.
October 20 - Submarine TRIAD
(1,090t, 16/9/39), lost off Calabria, S. Italy, cause
unknown.
October 21 - Motor torpedo boat
MTB No.17 (18t, 1939) Probably mined, off Ostend, Belgium
October 21 - Trawler HICKORY
(505t, 19/4/40), sunk by mine, English Channel.
October 21 - Trawler WAVEFLOWER
(550t, 1929), sunk by mine off Aldeburgh, Suffolk
October 22 - Trawler JOSEPH
BUTTON (R, 290t, 1918), sunk by mine off Aldeburgh, Suffolk.
October 25 - Drifter DUTHIES (R,
89t, 1914), sunk by aircraft at Montrose
October 25 - Trawler LORD
INCHCAPE (R, 338t, 1924), sunk by mine off Plymouth, later
salvaged.
October 27 - Drifter PERSEVERE
(R, 19t, 1937), mined, Firth of Forth .
October 27 - Submarine H-49
(410t, 1919), lost, depth-charged off Dutch Coast, German
A/S surface
craft. Formally paid off.
October 28 - Drifter HARVEST
GLEANER (R, 96t, 1918), sunk by aircraft E coast of England.
October 30 - Destroyer STURDY
(905t, 1919), wrecked, Tiree Island, W Scotland
October 30 - Motor launch ML
No.109 (57t, August 1940), mined, off Humber
October 30 - Tug SEAGEM (R, 92t,
1939), missing, presumed lost. (approx.)
October 31 - Gate Vessel
PLACIDAS FAROULT (R, 136t, 1927), cause and place unknown.
Date given
as 30th-31st
October 31 - Motor torpedo boat
MTB No.16 (18t, 1939), mined, Thames Estuary
November 1940
November 1 - Drifter TORBAY II
(R, 83t, 1910), sunk by aircraft off Dover.
November 1 - Trawler RINOVA (R,
499t, 1931), sunk by mine off Falmouth.
November 1 - Trawler TILBURY
NESS (R, 279t, 1918), sunk by aircraft, Thames Estuary.
November 2 - Drifter GOODWILL
(R, 28t), sunk.
November 3 - Armed merchant
cruiser LAURENTIC (R, 18,724t, 1927, AMC from 10/39), sunk
by U-boat
torpedo, NW Approaches
November 4 - Armed merchant
cruiser PATROCLUS (R, 11,314t, 1923, AMC from 1/40),
attacked by U-boat
on the 3rd. Sank W of Ireland.
November 5 - Armed merchant
cruiser JERVIS BAY (R, 14,164t, 1922, AMC from 10/39), sunk
by Admiral
Scheer, N, Atlantic.
November 6 - Whaler SEVRA (R,
953t, 1929), mined off Falmouth, SW England
November 7 - Drifter REED (R,
99t, 1911), mined, Thames Estuary, SE England
November 7 - Trawler WILLIAM
WESNEY (R, 364t, 1930), sunk by mine off Orfordness.
November 8 - Tug MURIA (R, 192t,
1914), sunk by mine off N. Foreland, SE England
November 8 - Whaler A.N. 2 (R,
921t, 1926), mined off Falmouth, SW England
November 10 - Boom defence
vessel MARCELLE (R, 64t, 1923), mined, Bristol Channel.
November 10 - Trawler KINGSTON
ALALITE (550t, 1933), sunk by mine off Plymouth.
November 11 - Degaussing ship
BALMORE (R, 1,925t, 1920), air attack, Atlantic
November 11 - Trawler STELLA
ORION (R, 417t, 1935), mined, Thames Estuary.
November 14 - Boom defence
vessel RISTANGO (R, 178t, 1913), fouled Medway boom,
Sheerness.
November 14 - Drifter SHIPMATES
(R, 82t, 1911), sunk by aircraft, Dover Harbour.
November 14 - Drifter THE BOYS
(R, 93, 1914), sunk in heavy weather in Downs, SE England.
November 15 - Trawler DUNGENESS
(R, 263t, 1914), bombed and total loss off Haisborough,
Norfolk.
November 15 - Tug GUARDSMAN (R,
102t, 1905), sunk by mine off N. Foreland, SE England
November 16 - Trawler ARSENAL
(530t, 1933), sunk in collision off Clyde, Scotland
November 16 - Submarine
SWORDFISH (640t, 1932), lost, off Ushant, cause unknown.
November 18 - Drifter GO AHEAD
(R, 100t, 1919), sunk in collision, Sheerness, SE England
November 19 - Trawler FONTENOY
(R, 376t, 1918), sunk by aircraft off Lowestoft, E England
November 21 - Drifter XMAS ROSE
(R, 96t, 1918), mined, Thames Estuary, SE England
November 22 - Motor launch ML
No.127 (65t, 7th Nov 1940), mined, Thames Estuary
November 22 - Trawler ETHEL
TAYLOR (R, 276t, 1917), mined off Tyne.
November 24 - Trawler AMETHYST
(627t, 1934), sunk by mine, Thames Estuary
November 24 - Yacht GAEL (R,
101t, 1904), mined, entrance to Humber.
November 25 - Motor launch ML
No.111 (57t, July 1940), presumed mined, off Humber
November 25 - Trawler
CONQUISTADOR (R, 224t, 1915), sunk in collision. Thames
Estuary.
November 25 - Trawler KENNYMORE
(R, 325t, 1914), mined, Thames Estuary.
November 27 - Minelayer PORT
NAPIER (R, 9,600t, 1940), lost by fire, Loch Alsh, W
Scotland
November 27 - Trawler ELK (R,
181t, 1902), mined at Plymouth.
November 28 - Trawler MANX
PRINCE (R, 221t, 1910), mined, entrance to Humber.
November 29 - Drifter YOUNG
FISHERMAN (R, 95t, 1914), grounded, Oban, W Scotland. Total
loss
November 29 - Trawler CALVERTON
(R, 214t, 1913), mined, entrance to Humber.
November 30 - Trawler CHESTNUT
(505t, 21/5/40), sunk by mine off N. Foreland, Kent.
December 1940
December 2 - Armed merchant
cruiser FORFAR (R, 16,402t, 1922, AMC from 11/39), sunk by
U-boat
torpedo, W of Ireland.
December 4 - Special service
vessel EMPIRE SEAMAN (1,927t, 1922), sunk, cause unknown.
December 6 - Submarine REGULUS
(1,475t, 1930), lost, Otranto Strait, S Italy, cause
unknown. Formally
paid off.
December 7 - Guardship LORMONT
(R, 1,561t, 1927), sunk in collision off Humber.
December 7 - Trawler CAPRICORNUS
(R, 219t, 1917), sunk by mine off S. E. England.
December 7 - Trawler CORTINA (R,
213t, 1913), sunk in collision off Humber.
December 17 - Boom defence
vessel THOMAS CONNOLLY (R, 290t, 1918), sunk by mine,
Sheerness.
December 17 - Destroyer ACHERON
( 1,350t, 1931), sunk by mine off Isle of Wight, S England
December 17 - Drifter CARRY N
(R, 93t, 1919), mined, Sheerness.
December 18 - Submarine TRITON
(1,095t, 1933), lost in S Adriatic, probably mined.
December 18 - Trawler REFUNDO
(R, 338t, 1917), sunk by mine off Harwich.
December 19 - Drifter PROFICIENT
(R, 57t), grounded Whitby, Yorkshire. Total loss.
December 21 - Landing craft
personnel (Large) LCP(L) No.30 (8-11t), lost in air raid on
Liverpool.
Date given as 20th-21st
December 22 - Destroyer HYPERION
(1,340t, 1936), sunk by mine off Pantellaria, SW of Sicily
December 24 - Drifter LORD
HOWARD (R, 98t, 1917), collision, Dover Harbour
December 24 - Trawler PELTON (R,
358t, 1925), sunk by E-boat off Yarmouth.
December 25 - Minesweeper
MERCURY (R, 621t, 1934), damaged by own mine, S of Ireland
December 26 - Drifter TRUE
ACCORD (R, 92t, 1921), collision, Yarmouth Area.
December 26 - Motor attendant
craft No 5 (1936), presumed mined, off NE Gunfleet
December 30 - Trawler BANDOLERO
(913t, 1935), sunk in collision, Gulf of Sollum. Egypt.
1941
Landing craft assault LCA No.70
(11-13.5t), lost in Middle East.
Landing craft mechanised (MkI)
LCM No.1 (30-37t), sunk in home waters
Landing craft personnel (Large)
LCP(L) No.24-27, 38, 82 (total 6, 8-11t each), lost in Home
waters.
Landing craft support (Medium)
(MkI) LCS(M) No.1 (9-11t) Unknown.
January 1941
January 3 - Drifter NEW SPRAY
(R, 70t, 1912), lost in gale off Sheerness.
January 9 - Drifter DUSKY QUEEN
(R, 40t, 1920), grounded Dover Straits, constructive total
loss
January 11 - Cruiser
SOUTHAMPTON
(9,100t, 1937), sunk by dive bombers, E of
Malta
January 11 - Drifter UBEROUS (R,
92t, 1918), grounded off Londonderry, N Ireland
January 16 - Trawler DESIREE (R,
213t, 1912), mined, Thames Estuary.
January 20 - Destroyer GALLANT
(1,335t, 1936), damaged by mine (10th) and taken in tow.
Later bombed
and sunk in Malta Harbour.
January 20 - Trawler RELONZO (R,
245t, 1914), mined, Crosby Channel, Liverpool.
January 22 - Trawler LUDA LADY
(R, 234t, 1914), mined, Humber area.
January 22 - Tug ST CYRUS (810t,
1919), mined off Humber.
January 27 - Trawler DAROGAH (R,
221t, 1914), mined, Thames Estuary.
January 31 - Collier BOTUSK (R,
3,092t, 1919), war cause.
January 31 - Minesweeper HUNTLEY
(710t, 1919), sunk by aircraft, E Mediterranean
February 1941
February - Examination vessel
No.4 (R), sunk by enemy action.
February 2 - Trawler ALMOND
(505t, 20/8/40), mined off Falmouth.
February 3 - Drifter MIDAS (R,
89t,1910), collision off Dungeness
February 3 - Motor gun boat MGB
No.12 (31, 10/8/40), mined, Milford Haven
February 3 - Ocean boarding
vessel CRISPIN (R, 5,051t, 1935), sunk by U-boat torpedo, N
Atlantic
February 3 - Trawler ARCTIC
TRAPPER (R, 352t, 1928), sunk by aircraft off Ramsgate.
February 4 - Drifter IMBAT (R,
92t, 1918), collision, Scapa flow, rkney Islands
February 5 - Special service
vessel MINNIE DE LARINAGA (5,046, 1914), sunk as blockship
at Dover
February 5 - Trawler TOURMALINE
(641t, 1935), sunk by aircraft, off N. Foreland, Kent.
February 10 - Drifter BOY ALAN
(R, 109t, 1914), collision, Thames Estuary
February 11 - Whaler SOUTHERN
FLOE (R, 344t, 1936), mined off Tobruk, Libya.
February 12 - Submarine SNAPPER
(670t, 1935), lost, Bay of Biscay. Formally paid off.
February 13 - Trawler RUBENS (R,
320t, 1937), sunk by aircraft, Western Approaches.
February 14 - Motor torpedo boat
MTB No.41 (33t, 7/11/40), mined, North Sea.
February 16 - Trawler ORMONDE
(R, 250t, 1906), sunk by aircraft off E coast of Scotland.
February 16 - Minesweeper
SOUTHSEA (R, 825t, 1930), mined and beached off Tyne,
constructive
total loss
February 20 - Trawler OUSE
(462t, 1917), mined, Tobruk, Libya.
February 21 - Trawler LINCOLN
CITY (R, 398t, 1933), sunk by aircraft, Faroe Islands.
February 23 - Monitor TERROR
(7,200t, 1916), bombed (22nd) and sunk off Derna, Libya
February 24 - Destroyer DAINTY
(1,375t, 1932), sunk by aircraft, off Tobruk, Libya.
February 24 - Ocean boarding
vessel MANISTEE (R, 5,368t, 1920), sunk by U-boat torpedo, N
Atlantic
February 25 - Escort destroyer
EXMOOR (1,000t, 1/11/40), sunk by explosion presumed E-boat,
torpedo,
off Lowestoft, E England
February 25 - Whaler SARNA (R,
268t, 1930), mined, Suez Canal, Egypt
February 27 - Trawler REMILLO
(R, 266t, 1917), mined, Humber,
February 28 - Motor
anti-submarine boat No.3 (19t, 1939), beached after mine
damage, Suez
Canal.
March 1941
March 1 - Trawler ST. DONATS (R,
349t, 1924), collision off Humber.
March 6 - Trawler KERYADO (R,
252t, 1920), mined, English Channel.
March 7 - Motor torpedo boat MTB
No.28 (37t, 10/7/40), lost by fire.
March 9 - Trawler GULLF0SS
(730t, 1929), mined, English Channel.
March 14 - Collier BELHAVEN (R,
1,498t, 1921), bombed during air raid on Clyde, Scotland.
Later
salvaged. Date given as 13th-14th
March 16 - Trawler LADY LILIAN
(R, 581t, 1939), sunk by aircraft, W of Ireland
March 17 - Yacht MOLLUSC (R,
597t, 1906), sunk by aircraft off Blyth, Northumberland.
March 18 - Armed boarding vessel
ROSAURA (R, 1,552t, 1905), mined off Tobruk, Libya
March 20 - Auxiliary
anti-aircraft ship HELVELLYN (R, 642t, 1937), sunk by
aircraft, London
Docks,
March 20 - Drifter GLOAMING (R,
21t, 1928), mined off Humber.
March 20 - Drifter SOIZIK (R),
lost by enemy action, believed Europe.
March 20 - Trawler DOX (R, 35t,
1931), sunk by enemy action, Plymouth, SW England.
March 21 - Trawler ASAMA (R,
303t, 1929), sunk by aircraft in Plymouth.
March 22 - Tender CHABOOK (R,
tender to SHEBA), formally paid off
March 24 - Yacht WILNA (R, 461t,
1939), abandoned after aircraft attack, Portsmouth.
March 31 - Cruiser
BONAVENTURE
(5,450t, 24/5/40), sunk by U-boat torpedoes, S
of Crete.
March 31 - Trawler LORD SELBORNE
(R, 247t, 1917), mined, Humber.
April 1941
April 2 - Trawler CRAMOND ISLAND
(R, 180t, 1910), sunk by aircraft off St. Abb's Head, E
Scotland
April 3 - Drifter BAHRAM (R,
72t, 1924), mined in Humber Estuary
April 3 - Trawler FORTUNA (R,
259t, 1906), sunk by aircraft off St. Abb's Head, E
Scotland. Date
given as 2nd-3rd
April 4 - Armed merchant cruiser
VOLTAIRE (R, 13,301t, 1923, AMC from 1/40), gunfire of
German surface
raider, mid-Atlantic
April 6 - Armed merchant cruiser
COMORIN (R, 15,241,1925, AMC from 1/40), destroyed by fire,
N.
Atlantic.
April 6 - Salvage vessel VIKING
(R), sunk by aircraft, Piraeus, Greece.
April 6 - Yacht SURF (R, 496t,
1902), sunk by aircraft at Piraeus, Greece.
April 6 - Yacht TORRENT (R,
336t, 1930), mined off Falmouth.
April 7 - Trawler ROCHE BONNE
(R, 258t, 1913), sunk by aircraft off the Lizard, Cornwall.
April 9 - Drifter D'ARCY COOPER
(R, 126t, 1928), sunk by aircraft, Harwich
April 9 - Minesweeper MARMION
(R, 409t, 1906), sunk by aircraft at Harwich. Salvaged but
constructive
total loss
April 11 - Boom defence vessel
OTHELLO (R, 201t, 1907), mined, Humber.
April 11 - Yacht YORKSHIRE BELLE
(R, 56t, 1938), mined, Humber entrance.
April 12 - Drifter RYPA (R,
31t), sunk Loch Ewe, W Scotland
April 13 - Armed merchant
cruiser RAJPUTANA (R, 16,641t, 1926, AMC from 12/39), sunk
by U-boat
torpedo, W of Iceland.
April 14 - Tanker/oiler PERICLES
(R, 8,324, 1936), lost in heavy weather on passage to
Alexandria,
Egypt.
April 16 - Destroyer MOHAWK
(1,870t, 1938), torpedoed by destroyer, East of Tunisia.
Sunk by own
April 18 - Convoy service ship
FIONA (R, 2,190t, 1927), sunk by aircraft off Sidi Barrani,
Egypt
April 18 - Drifter YOUNG ERNIE
(R, 88t, 1924), collision off Tyne.
April 19 - Trawler KOPANES (R,
351t, 1915), sunk by aircraft off Tyne.
April 20 - Motor launch ML
No.1003 (40t, 3/1/41), on board ship torpedoed and lost in
Atlantic
April 20 - Trawler TOPAZE (608t,
1935), collision off Clyde.
April 20 - Motor launch ML
No.1037 (40t, 3/1/41), on board ship torpedoed and lost in
Atlantic
April 24 - Yacht CALANTHE (R,
370t, 1898), sunk by aircraft off Milos, Greece.
April 25 - Store carrier ULSTER
PRINCE (R, 3,791t, 1930), grounded off Nauplia, Greece;
attacked by
aircraft during evacuation.
April 27 - Auxiliary fighter
ship PATIA (R, 5,355t, 1922), sunk by aircraft off
Northumberland.
April 28 - Trawler CAROLINE (R,
253t, 1930), mined off Milford Haven.
April 29 - Convoy service ship
CHAKLA (R, 3,081t, 1914), sunk by aircraft, Tobruk Harbour,
Libya.
April 30 - Tug PEUPLIER (R),
sunk, Plymouth area, SW England. Date given as 29th-30th
May 1941
May - Landing craft assault LCA
No.28 (11-13.5t), lost during evacuation of Crete.
May - Landing craft mechanised
(MkI) LCM No.106 (30-37t), lost at Crete.
May - Landing craft personnel
(Large) LCP(L) No.107-109 (total 3, 8-11t each), lost in
home waters in
transit from USA
May 1 - Balloon barrage vessel
SATURNUS (R, 200t, 1935), wrecked, Isle of Man, constructive
total loss
May 1 - Trawler JEAN FREDERIC
(R, 329t, 1919), sunk by aircraft off Start Point, English
Channel.
May 2 - Destroyer JERSEY
(1,760t, 28/4/39), mined in entrance to Grand Harbour,
Malta.
May 2 - Yacht NYULA (R,
48t,1936), collision off Tyne.
May 3 - Submarine USK (540t,
11/10/40), presumed mined, off Cape Bon, Tunisia.
May 3 - Trawler ALBERIC (R,
286t, 1910), sunk in collision off Scapa, Orkneys.
May 4 - Trawler BEN GAIRN (R,
234t, 1916), sunk by parachute mine, Lowestoft.
May 4 - Trawler VAN ORLEY (R,
352t, 1927), sunk by air attack, Liverpool, NW England.
Raised and
declared a constructive total Ioss
May 4 - Minesweeper FERMOY
(710t, 1919), sunk by aircraft bombs in dock at Malta.
May 5 - Special service vessel
FIDELIA (147t, 1891), sunk by aircraft, Lowestoft Harbour
May 6 - Ocean boarding vessel
CAMITO (R, 6,833t, 1915), sunk by U-boat torpedo, N Atlantic
May 7 - Drifter GOWAN HILL (R,
96t, 1920), sunk by aircraft, Greenock.
May 7 - Trawler SUSARION (R,
260t,1917), sunk by aircraft off Humber.
May 8 - Drifter THISTLE (R, 79t,
1904), mined off Lowestoft.
May 8 - Drifter UBERTY (R, 93t,
1912), sunk by aircraft off Lowestoft.
May 8 - Trawler SILICIA (R,
250t, 1913), mined off Humber.
May 8 - Yacht VIVA 11 (R, 521t,
1929), sunk by aircraft off N coast of Cornwall.
May 9 - Mine destructor vessel
QUEENWORTH (3,010t, 1925), sunk by aircraft, North Sea.
May 10 - Motor launch ML No.1011
(40t, 16/11/40), bombed and sunk on passage from Suda Bay to
Sphakia,
Crete.
May 11 - Accomodation ship GYPSY
(R, 261t), sunk at Tower Pier, London during air raid
May 12 - River gun boat
LADYBIRD
(625t, 1916), dive-bombed and sunk, Tobruk,
Libya.
May 13 - Armed merchant cruiser
SALOPIAN (R, 10,549t, 1926, AMC from 10/39), sunk by U-boat
torpedo, N
Atlantic.
May 13 - Submarine UNDAUNTED
(540t, 30/12/40), presumed sunk by depth charges, surface
craft, off
Tripoli, Libya
May 14 - Drifter M.A. WEST (R,
96t, 1919), sunk by aircraft off Norfolk Coast.
May 18 - Drifter JEWEL (R, 84t,
1908), mined off Belfast Lough.
May 18 - Tanker/oiler LNA
(12,667t, 1921), bombed and set on fire, Crete
May 19 - Minesweeper CITY OF
ROCHESTER (194t, 1904), sunk by aerial mine, Chatham, SE
England.
May 19 - Yacht SEA ANGLER (R,
33t), destroyed by fire, Plymouth area, SW England.
May 20 - Minesweeper WIDNES
(710t, 1913), bombed and beached in Suda Bay, Crete.
May 20 - Tanker/oiler JOHN P
PEDERSEN (R, 6,128t, 1930), sunk by U-boat, N Atlantic.
May 21 - Destroyer JUNO (1,760t,
25/8/39), sunk by aircraft bomb during battle of Crete
May 21 - Yacht HANYARDS (R, 16t,
1931), cause and place unknown.
May 22 - Cruiser
FIJI
(8,000t, 17/5/40), sunk by aircraft bomb during evacuation
of Crete.
May 22 - Cruiser
GLOUCESTER
(9,600t, 31/1/39), sunk by aircraft bomb during
evacuation of Crete.
May 22 - Cruiser YORK
(8,250, 1930), lost at Suda
Bay, Crete after damage on various dates by explosive motor
boats and
aircraft.
May 22 - Destroyer GREYHOUND
(1,335t, 1936), sunk by aircraft bomb during battle of Crete
May 23 - Destroyer KASHMIR
(1,760t, 26/10/39), sunk by aircraft bomb during battle of
Crete
May 23 - Destroyer KELLY
(Leader, 1,760t, 23/8/39), sunk by aircraft bomb during
battle of Crete
May 23 - Whaler KOS XXIII (R,
353t, 1937) Total loss, Suda Bay, Crete
May 24 - Drifter AURORA II (R),
sunk by aircraft at Tobruk, Libya.
May 24 - Battlecruiser
HOOD
(42,000t, 1920), sunk in action with Bismarck,
N Atlantic
May 25 - Sloop GRIMSBY (990t,
1934), sunk by aircraft off Tobruk, Libya.
May 27 - Destroyer DIAMOND
(1,375t, 1932), sunk by aircraft bomb during evacuation of
Greece
May 27 - Destroyer WRYNECK
(1,100t, 1918), sunk by aircraft bomb during evacuation of
Greece
May 27 - Trawler EVESHAM (R,
239t, 1925), sunk by aircraft off Yarmouth, Norfolk.
May 27 - Whaler SYVERN (R, 307t,
1937), sunk by enemy action on passage from Crete area.
May 28 - Destroyer MASHONA
(1,370t, 30/3/39), sunk by aircraft bombs, N. Atlantic.
May 28 - Motor launch ML No.1030
(40t, 11/11/40), lost on passage from Suda Bay, Crete.
May 29 - Destroyer HEREWARD
(1,340t, 1936), sunk by aircraft bombs off Crete.
May 29 - Destroyer IMPERIAL
(1,370t, 1937), sunk by own forces after being bombed, off
Crete.
May 29 - Trawler SINDONIS (913t,
1934), sunk by aircraft at Tobruk, Libya
May 30 - Small craft AGHIOS
PANTALEIMON (R, 105t), presumed lost, possibly Greek area
May 30 - Tanker/oiler CAIRNDALE
(8,129t, 1939), sunk by U-boat torpedo, W of Gibraltar
Straits.
May 41 - Minesweeper STOKE
(710t, 1918), sunk by aircraft at Tobruk, Libya
June 1941
June - Landing craft tank (MkI)
LCT No.6, 20 (total 2, 372t each), lost in Middle East.
June - Motor gun boat MGB No.98,
lost in air raid on coastal forces base HMS Hornet
June - Tug IRENE VERNICOS (R,
250t), constructive total loss, possibly Greek area
June 1 - Cruiser CALCUTTA
(AA ship, 4,200t,
1919), sunk by aircraft bomb during evacuation of Crete
June 2 - Landing craft tank
(MkI) LCT No.16 (372t), lost in Suda Bay, Crete.
June 2 - Motor torpedo boat MTB
No.67 (17t, 19/4/40), sunk by aircraft, destroyed or
beached, Suda Bay,
Crete. Date given as 23rd May-2nd June
June 2 - Motor torpedo boat MTB
No.213 (17t, 24/10/40), sunk by aircraft, destroyed or
beached, Suda
Bay, Crete. Date given as 23rd May-2nd June
June 2 - Motor torpedo boat MTB
No.214 (17t, 10/40), sunk by aircraft, destroyed or beached,
Suda Bay,
Crete. Date given as 23rd May-2nd June
June 2 - Motor torpedo boat MTB
No.216 (17t, 3/1/41), sunk by aircraft, destroyed or
beached, Suda Bay,
Crete. Date given as 23rd May-2nd June
June 2 - Motor torpedo boat MTB
No.217 (17t, 7/1/41), sunk by aircraft, destroyed or
beached, Suda Bay,
Crete. Date given as 23rd May-2nd June
June 2 - Whaler KOS XXII (R,
353t, 1937), sunk on passage from Crete area
June 5 - Trawler ASH (505t,
6/5/40), mined, Thames Estuary.
June 7 - Examination vessel
No.10 (R, 281t), mined off entrance to Milford Haven, SW
Wales
June 8 - Drifter COR JESU (R,
97t, 1931), sunk in air attack of Alnmouth, Northumberland.
June 10 - Sloop PINTAIL (580t,
1939), mined off Humber.
June 13 - Gate vessel KING HENRY
(R, 162t, 1900), sunk by aircraft off Lowestoft.
June 20 - Trawler RESMILO (R,
258t, 1917), sunk by aircraft at Peterhead, E. Scotland.
June 22 - Trawler BEECH (540t,
1929), sunk by aircraft in Scrabster, N. Scotland.
June 23 - Trawler NOGI (R, 299t,
1923), sunk by aircraft off Norfolk.
June 24 - Sloop AUCKLAND
(1,250t, 1933), sunk by aircraft bombs off Tobruk, Libya.
June 26 - Trawler TRANlO (R,
275t, 1918) In tow and sunk by aircraft bombs, North Sea.
June 27 - Trawler FORCE (R,
324t, 1917), sunk by aircraft off Yarmouth, Norfolk.
June 29 - Destroyer WATERHEN (on
loan to RAN, 1,100t, 1918), sunk by aircraft bombs off
Sollum, Egypt
July 1941
July - Landing craft assault LCA
No.119 (11-13.5t), sunk in home waters. (Date reported).
July 1 - Drifter DEVON COUNTY
(R, 86t, 1910), mined, Thames Estuary
July 3 - Drifter RECEPTIVE (R,
86t, 1913), mined, Thames Estuary.
July 4 - Trawler AKRANES (R,
358t, 1929), sunk by aircraft Bridlington Bay, Yorkshire.
July 5 - Minesweeper SNAEFELL
(R, 466t, 1907), sunk by aircraft, Tyne Area.
July 6 - Motor gun boat MGB
No.90 (33t), destroyed by fire, Portland Harbour
July 6 - Motor gun boat MGB
No.92 (33t), destroyed by fire, Portland Harbour
July 7 - Drifter LORD ST.
VINCENT (R, 115t, 1929), mined, Thames Estuary
July 11 - Destroyer DEFENDER
(1,375t, 1932), sunk by aircraft bombs off Sidi Barrani,
Egypt
July 15 - Ocean boarding vessel
LADY SOMERS (R, 8,194t, 1929), sunk by U-boat torpedo, N
Atlantic
July 15 Raiding craft carrier,
later designated LCP(L) PRINCE PHILIPPE (R, 2,938t, 1939),
sunk in
collision off W. Scotland
July 17 - Drifter FERTILE VALE
(R, 97t, 1917), collision off River Tay, E Scotland.
July 17 - Landing craft tank
(MkI) LCT No.10 (372t), lost by enemy action, Middle East
July 19 - Ocean boarding vessel
MALVERNIAN (R, 3,133t, 1937), abandoned after being bombed,
North
Atlantic
July 19 - Submarine UMPIRE
(540t, 10/7/41), rammed and sunk by trawler North Sea, off
the Wash.
July 22 - Submarine UNION (540t,
22/2/41), presumed lost between Tunisia and Pantellaria
July 23 - Destroyer FEARLESS
(1,375t, 1934), sunk during air attack on convoy, Central
Mediterranean
July 29 - Landing craft tank
(MkI) LCT No.8 (372t), lost in Middle East
August 1941
August - Landing craft assault
LCA No.31, 32, 38, 39, 45, 48, 40, 51, 60, 63, 64, 75,
79-81, 87, 105,
113 (total 18, 11-13.5t each), lost in Middle East. Date
reported
August - Landing craft
mechanised (MkI) LCM No.32, 55, 67, 95, 96, 103, 107, 108
(total 8,
30-37t each), lost in Middle East. Date reported
August - Landing craft personnel
(Large) LCP(L) No.63 (8-11t), lost in Middle East. Date
reported
August - Landing craft tank
(MkI) LCT No.5 (372t), lost in Home waters. Date reported
August - Landing craft tank
(MkI) LCT No.1, 12, 15, 19 (total 4, 372t each), lost in
Middle East.
Date reported
August 4 - Armament store
carrier ESCAUT (R, 1,087t, 1938), sunk by aircraft off Suez,
Egypt.
Date given. Date given as 3rd-4th
August 4 - Submarine CACHALOT
(1,520t, 1938), rammed by Italian destroyer off Cyrenaica.
Formally
paid off
August 6 - Trawler AGATE (627t,
1934), grounded off Cromer Norfolk; total loss
August 7 Motor minesweeper MMS
No.39 (226t, 26/4/41), mined and sunk, Thames Estuary
August 9 - Motor gun boat MGB
No.62 (28t, 31/12/40), lost in collision, North Sea.
August 12 - Landing craft tank
(MkI) LCT No.14 (372t), lost in Home waters
August 12 - Corvette PICOTEE
(900t, 5/9/1940), presumed lost, probably torpedoed by
U-boat off
Iceland.
August 13 - Schooner KEPHALLINIA
(R, 1,267t, 1893), foundered off Alexandria, Egypt.
August 19 - Destroyer BATH (on
loan to R.Norwegian Navy, 1,060t, 1919), sunk by U-boat
torpedo, SW of
Ireland.
August 19 - Tanker/oiler SILDRA
(R, 7,313t, 1927), sunk by U-boat off W. Africa.
August 19 - Whaler THORBRYN (R,
305t, 1936), sunk by aircraft off Tobruk, Libya.
August 20 - Submarine P-33
(540t, 30/5/41), presumed mined off Tripoli, Libya.
August 20 - Trawler LORINDA (R,
348t, 1928), engine problems and fire off Freetown, W
Africa.
August 22 - Netlayer TONBRIDGE
(R, 683t, 1924), sunk by aircraft off Yarmouth. Norfolk.
August 23 - Corvette ZINNIA
(900t, 30/3/41), sunk by U-boat torpedo, N Atlantic.
August 23 - Submarine P-32
(540t, 3/5/41), formally paid off.
August 24 - Whaler KOS XVI (R,
258t, 1932), collision, North Sea.
August 27 - Whaler SKUDD 3 (R,
245t, 1929), sunk by aircraft, Tobruk, Libya.
August -09 - Landing craft
mechanised (MkI) LCM No.82, 97 (total 2, 30-37t each), lost
in Middle
East
September 1941
September - Store carrier TUNA
(R, 662t, 1907), fire at Aden; constructive total loss
(Colledge - loss
date 13/07/41)
September 2 - Landing craft
personnel (Large) LCP(L) No.59, 71 (total 2, 8-11t each),
lost through
heavy weather while at anchor, Middle East
September 6 - Trawler BRORA
(530t, 4/6/41), grounded Hebrides, W Scotland; total loss
September 6 - Trawler
STRATHBORNE (R, 216t, 1930), mined off Humber.
September 8 - Mine destructor
vessel CORFIELD (3,000t, 1937), sunk by mine explosion off
Humber.
September 10 - Drifter CHRISTINE
ROSE (R), grounded, Knap Rock, Argyll, W Scotland.
September 20 - Trawler MARCONI
(R, 322t, 1916), lost in collision off Harwich.
September 22 - Motor launch ML
No.144 (73t, 12/11/40), mined, English Channel.
September 22 - Special service
vessel VITA (R), cause and place unknown.
September 26 - Schooner KANTARA
(R), cause and place unknown.
September 27 - Auxiliary fighter
ship SPRINGBANK (R, 5,155t, 1926), sunk by U-boat torpedo, N
Atlantic.
September 30 - Trawler EILEEN
DUNCAN (R, 223t, 1910), sunk by aircraft, N Shields.
September 30 - Trawler STAR OF
DEVERON (R, 220t, 1915), sunk by aircraft, N Shields.
October 1941
October 4 - Whaler WHIPPET
(ex-Kos XXI, R, 353t, 1937), bombed and sunk.
October 10 - Landing craft tank
(MkII) LCT No.102, 103 (total 2, 450t each), lost in Home
waters
October 11 - Motor launch ML
No.288 (73t, 19/8/41) Heavy weather off Hartlepool.
October 13 - Landing craft tank
(MkI) LCT No.2, 7 (total 2, 372t each), lost after leaving
Tobruk,
Libya. Date given as 12th-13th
October 14 - Corvette FLEUR DE
LYS (900t, 26/8/40), sunk by U-boat torpedo, West of
Gibraltar.
October 14 - Drifter FORERUNNER
(R, 92t, 1911), collision, Thames Estuary; constructive
total loss
October 16 - Corvette GLADIOLUS
(965t, 6/4/40), presumed torpedoed by U-boat, N. Atlantic.
October 18 - Destroyer
BROADWATER (1,190, 1920), sunk by U-boat torpedo, N.
Atlantic.
October 18 - Tug ASSURANCE
(675t, 28/9/40), grounded Lough Foyle, N Ireland; total loss
October 21 - River gun boat GNAT
(625t, 1915), torpedoed by U-boat off Bardia, Libya. Total
loss
October 21 - Tug HELEN BARBARA
Abandoned in sinking condition in heavy weather
October 22 - Tanker/oiler
DARKDALE (8,145t, 15/11/40), sunk by explosion, believed
torpedoed by
U-boat, St Helena, South Atlantic
October 22 - Trawler ALDER
(560t, 1929), grounded E Scotland; total loss
October 24 - Trawler EMILION (R,
201t, 1914), mined, Thames Estuary.
October 25 - Cruiser minelayer
LATONA
(2,650t, 4/5/41), attacked by aircraft, E Mediterranean
October 27 - Destroyer COSSACK
(1,870t, 1938), foundered after being torpedoed by U-boat
(23rd), W of
Gibraltar
November 1941
November - Landing craft tank
(MkII) LCT No.110, 143 (total 2, 450t each), lost in Home
waters
November 2 - Submarine TETRARCH
(1,095t, 15/2/40), lost W Mediterranean, on passage Malta to
Gibraltar.
November 4 - Landing craft tank
(MkII) LCT No.105, 109 (total 2, 450t each), lost in Home
waters
November 6 - Trawler FLOTTA
(530t, 11/6/41), grounded on 29th October off Buchan Ness, E
Scotland
and foundered.
November 8 - Drifter MONARDA (R,
109t, 1916), foundered, Thames Estuary.
November 9 - Drifter BOY ANDREW
(R, 97t, 1918), collision, Firth of Forth, E Scotland.
November 9 - Tug LETTIE (R, 89t,
1914), sunk, cause unknown, off St. Abb's Head, E Scotland.
November 11 - Drifter BLIA
(ex-Norwegian MFV, R, 1936), presumed lost, probably
European waters.
November 12 - Trawler FRANCOLIN
(R, 322t, 1916), sunk by aircraft off Cromer, Norfolk.
November 14 - Aircraft carrier
ARK ROYAL
(22,000t, 1938), torpedoed (13th) by U-boat and
sunk, W Mediterranean.
November 15 - Drifter HARMONY
(R, 24t), collision off Invergordon, NE Scotland.
November 19 - Special service
vessel NORSJOEN (R), wrecked on enemy coast.
November 20 - Tanker/oiler WAR
MEHTAR (5,502, 1920), torpedoed off Yarmouth.
November 21 - Drifter ROWAN TREE
(R, 91t, 1917), grounded and capsized, entrance to Lowestoft
Harbour
November 21 - Motor launch ML
No.219 (73t, 17/5/41), grounded off Stornoway, NW Scotland.
Constructive total loss.
November 22 - Schooner MARIA DI
GIOVANNI (R), grounded, W of Tobruk, Libya.
November 22 - Trawler ST. APOLLO
(R, 580t, 1940), collision off Hebrides, W Scotland.
November 24 - Cruiser
DUNEDIN
(4,850t, 1919), sunk by U-boat torpedo, between W. Africa
and Brazil.
November 25 - Battleship
BARHAM
(31,100t, 1915) Sank by U-boat torpedoes, off
Sollum, Egypt. Med
November 25 - Drifter FISHER
GIRL (R, 85t, 1914), sunk by aircraft, Falmouth Har bour.
November 29 - Whaler EGELAND (R,
153t, 1912), grounded, Palestine coast, total loss
December 1941
December - Landing craft
personnel (Large) LCP(L) No.193, 194 (total 2, 8-11t each),
lost
overboard through heavy weather in Home waters
December - Special service
vessel NORSEMANN (R), cause and place unknown.
December 1 - Small craft
DANEHILL (14t, 1933), formally paid off.
December 1 - Submarine PERSEUS
(1,475t, 1930), mined off Zante, W Greece.
December 5 - Armed boarding
vessel CHAKDINA (R, 3,033t, 1914), sunk by aircraft, E
Mediterranean
December 7 - Armed boarding
vessel CHANTALA (R, 3,129t, 1920), mined, Tobruk Harbour
December 7 - Corvette WINDFLOWER
(RCN, 900t, 4/2/41), sunk by collision in fog, W Atlantic.
December 8 - River gun boat
PETEREL
(310t, 1927), sunk by Japanese Forces at
Shanghai.
December 8 - Trawler MILFORD
EARL (R, 290t, 1919), sunk by A/C off E coast of Scotland
December 8 - Trawler PHINEAS
BEARD (R, 278t, 1918), sunk by A/C off E coast of Scotland
December 9 - Special service
vessel KANTUNG (R), sunk as blockship in Anking Harbour
December 9 - Special service
vessel MACAO (R), sunk as blockship in Anking Harbour
December 10 - Battlecruiser
REPULSE
(33,250, 1916), sunk by Japanese
torpedo-aircraft, E coast of Malaya SE Asia
December 10 - Battleship
PRINCE
OF WALES
(35,000t, 31/3/41), sunk by Japanese
torpedo-aircraft, E coast of Malaya SE Asia
December 10 - Minesweeper BANKA
(R, 623t, 1914), sunk by mine or aircraft, E. Coast of
Malaya.
December 11 - Trawler LADY
SHIRLEY (R, 477t, 1937), sunk by U-boat, Gibraltar Straits.
December 11 - Yacht ROSABELLE
(525t, 1901), sunk by explosion, probably torpedoed by
U-boat, Straits
of Gibraltar.
December 12 - River gun boat
MOTH (625t, 1916), scuttled at Hong Kong.
December 13 - Examination vessel
TUNG WO (R, 1,337t, 1914), abandoned as a result of enemy
action off
Penang, Malaya.
December 13 - Auxiliary
anti-submarine vessel KAMPAR (R, 971t, 1915), damaged on the
12th, then
destroyed by aircraft at Penang
December 14 - Cruiser
GALATEA
(5,220t, 1935), sunk by U-boat torpedo, off Alexandria.
December 14 Motor anti-submarine
boat No.30 (23t, 18/8/41), fouled boom and sank, Humber.
December 14 - Motor torpedo boat
MTB No.68 (17t, 19/4/40), sunk in collision off Libya.
December 15 - Tug INDIRA (R,
637t, 1918), sunk during air attack on Hong Kong.
December 16 - Landing craft tank
(MkI) LCT No.11 (372t), lost in Middle Fast.
December 16 - Motor torpedo boat
MTB No.8 (18t, 1937), destroyed by fire during raid on Hong
Kong.
December 19 - Boom defence
vessel ALDGATE (290t, 1934), scuttled at Hong Kong
December 19 - Boom defence
vessel BARLIGHT (730t, 1938), scuttled at Hong Kong
December 19 - Boom defence
vessel WATERGATE (290t, 1934), scuttled at Hong Kong
December 19 - Cruiser
NEPTUNE
(7,175t, 1934), sunk by mine off Tripoli, Libya.
December 19 - Destroyer KANDAHAR
(1,760t, 10/10/39), mined off Tripoli, Libya, and
subsequently sunk by
own forces
December 19 - Destroyer STANLEY
(1,190t, 1919), sunk by U-boat torpedo, N Atlantic
December 19 - Minelayer REDSTART
(498t, 1938), scuttled at Hong Kong.
December 19 - River gun boat
TERN (262t, 1917), scuttled at Hong Kong.
December 20 - Motor torpedo boat
MTB No.12 (18t, 1938), sunk in action with Japanese landing
craft, Hong
Kong
December 20 - Motor torpedo boat
MTB No.26 (14t, 1938), sunk in action with Japanese landing
craft, Hong
Kong
December 21 - Escort carrier
AUDACITY
(ex-Hannover, German prize, 11,000t deep, 1939;
as escort carrier 9/41), sunk by U-boat torpedo, N Atlantic.
December 21 - River gun boat
CICALA
(625t, 1916), sunk by aircraft bombs, Hong
Kong.
December 23 - Drifter FISKAREN
(R), collision, Belfast, N Ireland.
December 23 - Drifter TOKEN (R,
89t, 1914), grounded, Skerry Sound, Orkney Islands; broke up
in gale.
December 23 - Store carrier
TIBERIO (R, 237t, 1902), foundered off Mersa Matruh, Egypt.
December 24 - Corvette SALVIA
(955t, 20/9/40), sunk by U-boat torpedo off Egypt.
December 24 - Landing craft
assault LCA No.121 (11-13.5t), cause and place unknown.
December 24 - Submarine H-31
(410t, 1919), presumed mined, Bay of Biscay
December 25 - River gun boat
ROBIN
(226t, 1934), scuttled at Hong Kong.
December 26 - Motor torpedo boat
MTB No.7 (18t, 1938), scuttled at Hong Kong.
December 26 - Motor torpedo boat
MTB No.9 (18t, 1937), scuttled at Hong Kong
December 26 - Motor torpedo boat
MTB No.10 (18t, 1938), scuttled at Hong Kong
December 26 - Motor torpedo boat
MTB No.11 (18t, 1938), scuttled at Hong Kong
December 26 - Motor torpedo boat
MTB No.27 (14t, 1938), scuttled at Hong Kong
December 26 - Trawler HENRIETTE
(R, 261t, 1936), mined off Humber.
December 30 - Armed trader KUDAT
(R, 1,725t, 1914), sunk by A/C at Port Swettenham, Malaya
