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The list of shipwrecks in 1946 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1946.(This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.)

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  • The list of shipwrecks in 1946 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1946.(This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.) (en)
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  • The repatriation ship, a former , ran aground off Cape Omaezaki, Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, at . She was abandoned and scrapped 1946–1947. (en)
  • The 20-gross register ton fishing vessel sank in Gardiner Bay on the southeast coast of Prince of Wales Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. (en)
  • The tug suffered a failure of her steering gear off Beachy Head, Sussex. She was taken in tow by and anchored off Folkestone, Kent where she later sank with the loss of a crewman. (en)
  • The T2 tanker broke in two and sank in the Pacific Ocean south of Attu Island, Alaska. She was on a voyage from Yokohama, Japan to San Pedro. (en)
  • Operation Road's End: The captured Type SS submarine and the submarine , lashed alongside, were sunk by United States Navy demolition charges in the East China Sea off Japan's Gotō Islands at . (en)
  • The Liberty ship ran aground on Sanda Island, Argyllshire, United Kingdom and broke in two. (en)
  • The surrendered Gyoraitei No. 31-class motor torpedo boat was lost on this date. (en)
  • The coaster collided with south west of Beachy Head, Sussex, United Kingdom and sank with the loss of one of her seventeen crew. (en)
  • The 17-gross register ton, motor cargo vessel sank off Point Adolphus in Southeast Alaska. (en)
  • The was rammed by the destroyer and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off the Balearic Islands with the loss of all 46 crew. (en)
  • The captured Type IXC submarine was scuttled in Wakasa Bay off Maizuru, Japan, by the United States Navy. (en)
  • Capsized and sank south of Sogneoksen whilst on a voyage from Bulandet to Bergen, Norway. (en)
  • The captured Kaichū V-type submarine was scuttled by the United States Navy in the East China Sea off Sasebo Bay. (en)
  • The ocean liner caught fire at Canada Dock, Liverpool, Lancashire and sank. Declared a total loss, scrapped in 1947. (en)
  • The tug collided with the aviation supply ship in San Francisco Bay and sank. (en)
  • The coaster capsized and sank in the Kattegat whilst on a voyage from Randers to Bergen, Norway. One crewmember was killed. (en)
  • The 125-gross register ton barge sank at Point Gore on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska. (en)
  • The captured Type L4 submarine was scuttled in Wakasa Bay off Maizuru, Japan, by the United States Navy. (en)
  • With 480 people – 369 passengers and 111 crew members – aboard, the 5,746-gross register ton, steam passenger ship ran aground at Cape Fairfield in Johnstone Bay, Territory of Alaska, and broke in two. With surf reaching heights of and pounding the ship to pieces, rescue operations took three days. Eleven people – five civilians and six United States Army soldiers – died in the disaster. (en)
  • The sternwheel ferry capsized and sank in a storm while only on her fourth voyage on Lake Nyasa near Florence Bay with the loss of 145 lives. The Malawi Department of Antiquities's sign at the Memorial site at Fort Johnston confirms the loss of life as being 145. (en)
  • The ship ran aground on Porthminster Beach, St. Ives whilst under tow to breakers yard. Later refloated and continued her journey. (en)
  • The former cargo ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak. (en)
  • thumb|The atomic explosion beneath LSM-60.Operation Crossroads: The decommissioned medium landing ship disintegrated in the explosion of an atomic bomb suspended beneath her at Bikini Atoll during atomic bomb testing. (en)
  • The landing craft was driven ashore whilst under tow from Inveraray, Argyllshire to Greenock, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom and was a total loss. (en)
  • The surrendered S 10-class motor torpedo boat was scuttled. (en)
  • The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank in the Åland Sea west of Almagrundet, Sweden whilst on a voyage from Kotka, Finland to Stavanger, Norway. (en)
  • Operation Bottom: The captured Type STS submarine was sunk by gunfire by the destroyer and the sloop-of-war in the Inland Sea. (en)
  • The decommissioned and abandoned non-self propelled auxiliary vessel sank at dock in Subic Bay, Philippines. (en)
  • The cargo ship was damaged at Haifa, Palestine by a limpet mine and was beached. She was later repaired and returned to service. (en)
  • The Liberty ship ran aground on a reef off Kildin Island, Soviet Union and broke in two. (en)
  • The minesweeper ran aground off Jernhatten. She was declared a total loss. (en)
  • The coastal freighter ran aground off Île à Vache, Haiti and broke up. (en)
  • The cargo ship ran aground at Paull, Yorkshire. Later refloated. (en)
  • The Type XXIII submarine was lost at Toulon, Var in a diving accident with the loss of 21 of lives. (en)
  • The cargo ship ran aground and was wrecked near Punta Gorda, Cuba while on passage from Baracoa for Miami with bananas. (en)
  • The decommissioned river gunboat was sunk as a gunnery target in the Bay of Bengal off Trincomalee, Ceylon, by the destroyers and . (en)
  • The troopship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean north of the Hebrides with a cargo of obsolete chemical ammunition. (en)
  • Fishing vessel driven ashore at St. Ives. Three crew killed. (en)
  • thumb|right|DD-224 sinking.The decommissioned , formerly , was sunk as a target by aircraft in the Pacific Ocean off San Francisco, California. (en)
  • The ran aground on Shutin Island, Nova Scotia. She was subsequently scrapped in situ. (en)
  • Operation Deadlight: The Type XXIII submarine was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by . (en)
  • The captured was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, at by three Mark 18-2 torpedoes fired by the submarine . (en)
  • The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Øresund off Stevns. (en)
  • Operation Road's End: The captured Type B3 submarine was sunk by gunfire by the submarine tender in the East China Sea off Japan's Gotō Islands at . (en)
  • Under tow by a tug and carrying a cargo of coal, the , 2,308-gross register ton barge sank in heavy seas in of water in Block Island Sound southeast of Watch Hill, Rhode Island, at , with the loss of seven lives. There was one survivor. (en)
  • The ran aground and was wrecked on the coast of Japan. (en)
  • The was wrecked near Chipei-Hsiaotao, Pescadore Islands. (en)
  • Operation Road's End: The captured Type K6 submarine was sunk by a United States Navy forces in the East China Sea due east of Kinai Island in Japan's Gotō Islands. (en)
  • The captured I-400-class submarine was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, at by two Mark 18 torpedoes fired by the submarine . (en)
  • The incomplete Type 1941 torpedo boat was scuttled by the United States as a means of disposing of chemical weapons that had been loaded aboard. (en)
  • The surrendered S 7-class motor torpedo boat was scuttled. (en)
  • The repatriation ship, a former , ran aground off Cape Omaezaki, Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, at while coming to the aide of and was declared a constructive total loss. (en)
  • The Liberty ship was driven ashore at Pernambuco, Brazil. She was later refloated and laid up. Consequently scrapped in 1946. (en)
  • World War II: The trawler was sunk by a mine off Ballycotton, County York, Ireland. Nine crew were killed. There were five survivors. (en)
  • The T2 tanker was wrecked at the Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands. She was on a voyage from Port Arthur to Yokohama, Japan. (en)
  • The landing craft infantry (large) was lost in the Far East. (en)
  • The naval trawler was sunk by the explosion of a depth charge whilst engaged in an operation to disperse the wreck of off Deal, Kent. Four crew were killed and three were injured. (en)
  • The damaged hulk of the decommissioned , was sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Yokosuka, Japan. (en)
  • Operation Road's End: The captured Type B1 submarine and the submarine , lashed alongside, were sunk by United States Navy demolition charges in the East China Sea off Japan's Gotō Islands. (en)
  • The Type VIIC submarine was sunk as a torpedo target in the Atlantic Ocean off Massachusetts by the submarine . (en)
  • The Type IXD1 submarine was scuttled in the Bali Sea east of the Kangean Islands, Dutch East Indies by a Royal Navy ship. (en)
  • The captured heavy cruiser was sunk as a gunnery target in the Strait of Malacca at by the light cruiser . (en)
  • The 10,488-ton Type T2 tanker broke in two in a storm in the Pacific Ocean approximately south of Adak in the Aleutian Islands. Three Soviet ships rescued 15 survivors from the forward part of the ship. The tanker Puente Hills rescued 23 men and women from the after section of the ship, which she then towed to Port Angeles, Washington with 20 people still aboard it. Both sections of the ship remained afloat and eventually were scrapped. (en)
  • The S-class submarine was sunk as a target in the Mediterranean Sea off Malta. (en)
  • The torpedo training ship, a former Type 1940 minesweeper, was scuttled in the Skagerrak by the Allies. (en)
  • The 13-gross register ton motor vessel was destroyed by fire at Naknek, Territory of Alaska. (en)
  • The 60-gross register ton, fishing vessel was wrecked in Southeast Alaska, south of Sitka, Territory of Alaska. (en)
  • The T2 tanker ran aground off Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Houston, Texas to Providence, Rhode Island. (en)
  • The tug was run aground near the mouth of the Clarence River at Yamba, New South Wales, Australia, after beginning to take on water. She was declared a total loss. (en)
  • The coaster sank west of Gamle Hellesund, Norway, during a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden, to Grangemouth, Scotland, United Kingdom. (en)
  • Operation Deadlight: The Type IXC/40 submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean . (en)
  • The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean with a cargo of obsolete chemical ammunition. (en)
  • The coaster sprang a leak and sank off Scarborough, Yorkshire with the loss of one of the fifteen people on board. (en)
  • Operation Crossroads: The fuel oil barge was sunk as a target by an atomic bomb at Bikini Atoll. (en)
  • The Type VIID submarine was scuttled in the Sunda Strait by the destroyer HNLMS Kortenaer . (en)
  • Ran aground at Ytre Sula, Norway. Salvaged and found to be damaged beyond repair. (en)
  • The coaster capsized and sank in Bridlington Bay, United Kingdom with the loss of two of the eight people on board. (en)
  • Operation Deadlight: The Type VIIC/41 submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean by ORP Garland . (en)
  • The cargo ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. Later broke her back, a total loss. (en)
  • Operation Deadlight: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean . (en)
  • The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled in the North Sea by the United States Navy. (en)
  • The surrendered Yu I-type Type 3 submergence transport vehicle sank in a storm at Mikuriya, Japan, in either 1945 or 1946. She later was salvaged, and was scrapped in January 1948. (en)
  • The cargo ship struck a mine and sank at Hai Phong, Vietnam. 15 crewmen killed. (en)
  • The cargo ship struck a mine in the Gironde Estuary and sank with the loss of one of her 41 crew. (en)
  • The 51-gross register ton, scow sank in Excursion Inlet in Southeast Alaska. (en)
  • The cargo ship collided with in the Atlantic Ocean and was severely damaged and abandoned. All passengers and crew rescued by William J. Riddle. American Farmer was initially reported to have sunk, but later reported to be still afloat. (en)
  • The burned at Hong Kong. (en)
  • The ran aground off the coast of New Jersey. (en)
  • The was lost at Brisbane, Australia. (en)
  • The was scuttled off New York. (en)
  • The cargo ship ran aground off Redcar, Yorkshire. (en)
  • The cargo ship was scuttled in the Baltic Sea. (en)
  • The cargo ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak. (en)
  • The cargo ship was scuttled off Arendal, Norway. (en)
  • The destroyer was scuttled in the Skagerrak. (en)
  • The minesweeper was scuttled at in the Skagerrak. (en)
  • The motor vessel ran aground at Kragerø, Norway. (en)
  • The rescue tug was beached in Potomas Bay, Cyprus. (en)
  • The tanker was scuttled in the Indian Ocean . (en)
  • The troopship ran aground on Gavos, Greece. (en)
  • The tug sank in the Tyne. (en)
  • The tug sank off Portland, Dorset. (en)
  • The cargo ship ran aground in the English Channel off Berville-sur-Mer, Eure, France and broke her back. She was declared a constructive total loss. (en)
  • Operation Road's End: The captured cruiser submarine was sunk by gunfire by the submarine tender in the East China Sea off Japan's Gotō Islands at . (en)
  • Operation Road's End: The captured was sunk as a gunnery target along with the submarine , lashed alongside, by the destroyers and in the East China Sea due east of Kinai Island in Japan's Gotō Islands at . (en)
  • The merchant ship struck a mine and sank in the Seto Inland Sea off Okayama Prefecture, Japan. She was raised, repaired, and returned to service. (en)
  • The Liberty ship was driven ashore on Sanda Island, Argyllshire, United Kingdom . She broke in two, a total loss. (en)
  • Operation Deadlight: The captured Type IXC submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean . (en)
  • During a voyage transporting perishables and cargo from Seattle, Washington, to Kodiak, Territory of Alaska, and military bases in the Aleutian Islands, the 5,100-ton United States Army Transport – a refrigerated cargo ship – was abandoned when she ran aground off Kirilof Point on the coast of Amchitka Island in the Aleutians. A United States Navy rescue tug rescued her entire crew of 39. She later broke up. (en)
  • The Type IXD2 submarine was scuttled in the Strait of Malacca by and . (en)
  • The captured Type AM submarine was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off Oahu, Hawaii, at by torpedoes fired by the submarine . (en)
  • The Liberty ship ran aground on a reef off the coast of Florida and was severely damaged (en)
  • The tug capsized and sank off Hartland Point, Devon with the loss of one of her crew. (en)
  • The cargo ship was hit by after the latter broke free from her moorings in a gale at Gibraltar. Two hours later, there were two explosions on board and she sank with the loss of five of her 34 crew. (en)
  • The was scuttled in the Kii Channel by the United States Navy. (en)
  • Operation Road's End: The captured Type D1 submarine was sunk by United States Navy demolition charges in the East China Sea off Japan's Gotō Islands. (en)
  • The cargo ship ran aground at Falmouth, Cornwall. Towed clear by Zwarte Zee . (en)
  • The cargo ship was abandoned north of Bonacca, Honduras. Drifted ashore at Bonacca, a total loss. (en)
  • The seaplane tender/catapult ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak, laden with gas shells. (en)
  • The cargo ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak as a means of disposing of poison gas munitions that had been loaded aboard her. (en)
  • Both halves of the tanker, which had broken in two in 1942 due to combat damage, were sunk as gunnery targets in the Mediterranean Sea off Malta. (en)
  • Operation Crossroads: The decommissioned was sunk as a target by an atomic bomb at Bikini Atoll. (en)
  • The cargo ship ran aground off Rongevær, Norway, broke in two and sank. (en)
  • The Liberty ship was driven ashore near the Osko Lighthouse, Norway. She was later refloated and towed to the United States. Subsequently served as a hulk with the United States Navy. (en)
  • Operation Crossroads: The captured light cruiser was sunk as a target by an atomic bomb at Bikini Atoll. (en)
  • Aliyah Bet: The Jewish immigrant ship was wrecked on Sirina, north-east of Crete. (en)
  • The 42-gross register ton motor cargo vessel was destroyed by fire in Sumner Strait near McNamara Point in Southeast Alaska. (en)
  • The tanker collided with in The Downs off the coast of Kent, United Kingdom and was severely damaged at the bows. (en)
  • The steamship struck a mine in the Kattegat and sank with the loss of nine crew. (en)
  • The Type IXD2 submarine was scuttled in the Strait of Malacca off Singapore by . (en)
  • The wreck of the incomplete Type STS submarine – refloated in April 1946 after sinking in a typhoon in August 1945 – was scuttled in the Pacific Ocean off the Kii Channel. The wreck again was refloated in 1952 and scrapped. (en)
  • Capsized following an explosion and fire at Haifa, Palestine. Up to 25 people killed. (en)
  • Operation Bottom: The captured was sunk by gunfire by the destroyer and the sloop-of-war in the Inland Sea. (en)
  • The cargo ship sank in the Trondheimsleia following a collision with another ship. Was on a voyage from Skrova to Trondheim, Norway. (en)
  • The cargo ship was wrecked and broke in two at Kish Bank, Ireland. (en)
  • The liberty ship was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean by . (en)
  • The surrendered sank at Yohimi. Raised and scrapped. (en)
  • Operation Deadlight: The Type VIIC/41 submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean . (en)
  • The tanker broke in two off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, United States (en)
  • The 15-gross register ton motor towing vessel was wrecked off Graveyard Point in Kvichak Bay on the Bristol Bay coast of the Territory of Alaska. (en)
  • The was torpedoed and damaged at Portland Harbour, Dorset. (en)
  • The cargo ship was driven onto Manacle Rock, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Towed clear by . (en)
  • The coaster sprang a leak and was beached at Skar Point, Walney Island, Lancashire. (en)
  • The troopship ran aground in the entrance to Strangford Lough, County Down, Northern Ireland, at and broke her back. All 1,100-plus on board were rescued by the Claughey, Donaghadee, and Newcastle lifeboats. (en)
  • The 20-gross register ton, fishing vessel was wrecked at "Bent Point" – probably Bent Cape – on Deer Island at the mouth of Cold Bay on the south side of the Alaska Peninsula in the Territory of Alaska. (en)
  • The broke free from her tow and ran aground at Hartland Point, Devon. (en)
  • The Victory ship ran aground and sank, Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. (en)
  • The coaster collided with the minesweeper and sank off Ramsey, Isle of Man. All six crew were rescued by Jan van Gelder. (en)
  • World War II: The ship struck a mine and sank at Henningsvær, Lofoten Islands, Norway. (en)
  • The torpedo boat was scuttled in the Skagerrak at . (en)
  • The coastal tanker ran aground at Nidingen, Sweden. Later broke in two, a total loss. (en)
  • The cargo ship ran aground on Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. Her crew were rescued by . (en)
  • The 10-gross register ton, fishing vessel drifted out to sea from Seldovia, Territory of Alaska, and was wrecked. (en)
  • The cargo ship ran aground at Spurn Head, Yorkshire in a gale, but was refloated. (en)
  • The tanker was wrecked in the Kiel Fjord, Germany. Scrapped at Blyth, United Kingdom, from November 1947. (en)
  • The cargo ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak with a cargo of poison gas munitions. (en)
  • The Type IXC/40 submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean off the East Coast of the United States. (en)
  • Operation Bottom: The captured Type L4 submarine was sunk by gunfire by the destroyer and the sloop-of-war in the Inland Sea. (en)
  • The cargo ship was scuttled in the North Sea with a cargo of poison gas munitions. (en)
  • The Liberty ship ran aground at The Gantocks, off Dunoon, Argyllshire, Scotland. (en)
  • The transport ran aground and sank in the Grenville Channel, 1.3 miles south west of James Point, British Columbia. (en)
  • Sank whilst laid up at Bergen, Norway, after some boys opened her sea cocks. (en)
  • The cargo ship, loaded with ammunition, collided with in the English Channel off Dover, Kent, United Kingdom and sank. All crew were rescued by Lombardy. (en)
  • The dredger sank in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all six crew. (en)
  • The cargo ship ran aground west of the Geita Lighthouse, whilst on a voyage from Bergen to Bodø, Norway. (en)
  • Operation Deadlight: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean by . (en)
  • The cargo ship foundered off Sfax, Tunisia with the loss of four of her 35 crew. (en)
  • The cargo ship ran aground at Petard Point, Ravenscar, Yorkshire. (en)
  • Corfu Channel Incident: The V-class destroyer suffered heavy damage when she struck a mine in the Corfu Channel which blew her bow off while she was attempting to tow to safety. One of her crew was killed and seven others were listed as missing and presumed dead. She returned to base stern-first. She was eventually repaired and returned to service. (en)
  • The decommissioned auxiliary minesweeper was scuttled off the north coast of New Guinea. (en)
  • The cargo ship collided with near the Sunk Light Vessel , east south east of Harwich . Fort Massac sank, Thornaby put into Harwich with severely damaged bows. (en)
  • The 9-gross register ton, fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in the small-boat harbor at Wrangell, Territory of Alaska. (en)
  • Operation Road's End: The captured Type C3 submarine was sunk by gunfire by the submarine tender in the East China Sea off Japan's Gotō Islands at . (en)
  • The T2 tanker was struck by lightning and burnt out at Jacksonville, Florida. Consequently scrapped. (en)
  • The fishing boat sprang a leak and sank in the West Ice off Greenland. (en)
  • The decommissioned schooner sank in Subic Bay in a storm in February 1946 or during a typhoon sometime in 1947. (en)
  • The captured was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, at by a Mark 18-2 torpedo fired by the submarine . (en)
  • Operation Bottom: The captured Type L3 submarine was sunk by gunfire by the destroyer and the sloop-of-war in the Inland Sea. (en)
  • Operation Road's End: The captured Type B2 submarine was sunk by the United States Navy forces in the East China Sea off Japan's Gotō Islands. (en)
  • The T-class submarine broke free from her tow and sank off the Channel Islands. (en)
  • The captured German destroyer was beached to prevent her from sinking due to corroded bottom plates. (en)
  • Corfu Channel Incident: The S-class destroyer suffered heavy damage when she struck a mine in the Corfu Channel which blew her bow off. Eleven of her crew were killed and 25 others were listed as missing and presumed dead. She returned to base stern-first. She was declared a total loss and scrapped. (en)
  • The decommissioned , formerly and , was scuttled in the Tasman Sea off Sydney, Australia. (en)
  • The incomplete captured Type STS submarine was scuttled by the United States Navy in the East China Sea off Sasebo Bay. (en)
  • The 8-gross register ton, fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in Halibut Bay on the southwest end of Kodiak Island in the Territory of Alaska. (en)
  • The 10,488-gross register ton T2 tanker broke in two in a storm in the North Pacific Ocean southeast of Attu Island, about southwest of Adak, Alaska. Two cats died, but there was no loss of human life. Her bow section later was sunk by gunfire by the patrol frigate . Her stern section reached the vicinity of Adak under its own power, where the tug Sarsi came to its assistance. The stern section was towed to Anchorage, Alaska, where it served as a floating power plant from 1946 to 1955. It was then towed to Seattle, Washington, where it received a new bow around 1957 and returned to service as Angelo Petri . (en)
  • The 23-gross register ton, fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Anchorage, Territory of Alaska. (en)
  • Operation Deadlight: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean by . She was the last U-boat sunk in Operation Deadlight. (en)
  • The was scuttled in the Skagerrak, laden with gas shells. (en)
  • The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank west of the Feistein Lighthouse whilst on a voyage from Odda to Sarpsborg, Norway. (en)
  • The MAL 2 type landing fire support lighter was wrecked. (en)
  • The Liberty ship was scuttled with a cargo of obsolete chemical ammunition. (en)
  • The coaster suffered engine failure and struck rocks whilst on a voyage from Grimstad to Haugesund, Norway. (en)
  • The 9-gross register ton, fishing vessel was stranded and lost at the southwest end of Chichagof Pass in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. (en)
  • The ocean liner collided with the wreck of and sank at Le Havre. Later raised, repaired and returned to service. (en)
  • The test ship, a former , was scuttled in the Skagerrak, laden with gas shells. (en)
  • The 20-gross register ton, motor cargo vessel sank in Yakutat Bay on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska. (en)
  • Operation Deadlight: The Type XXIII submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean by . (en)
  • The light cruiser was scuttled in the North Sea with a cargo of obsolete chemical weapons. (en)
  • The Liberty ship was scuttled in the North Sea with a cargo of obsolete chemical ammunition. (en)
  • The captured Type STS submarine was scuttled by the United States Navy in the East China Sea off Sasebo Bay. (en)
  • The cargo ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak with a cargo of poison gas munitions. (en)
  • The surrendered Type D Artilleriefährprahm sank on this date. (en)
  • The incomplete Ohama-class escort foundered from leaks at Yokohama, Japan. (en)
  • The cargo ship was scuttled north west of the Hebrides with a cargo of obsolete chemical ammunition. (en)
  • The tugboat struck a mine and sank in the Gulf of Martaban . (en)
  • The 20-gross register ton, fishing vessel was destroyed by fire near Hoonah, Territory of Alaska. (en)
  • Operation Road's End: The captured Type SS submarine was scuttled by United States Navy forces in the East China Sea off Japan's Gotō Islands at . (en)
  • Operation Road's End: The captured Type STS submarine was scuttled by United States Navy forces in the East China Sea off Japan's Gotō Islands at . (en)
  • The captured was scuttled by the United States Navy in the East China Sea off Japan's Gotō Islands, 13 nautical miles off Kongō Point. (en)
  • The cargo ship struck a mine and sank north of Dieppe, France. All crew were rescued by the trawler André Marcel . (en)
  • The Liberty ship ran aground near Dover, Kent, United Kingdom. Later refloated. (en)
  • The cargo ship sank off Makkaur, Norway. Raised in 1949 and converted to a barge in 1950. (en)
  • Operation Deadlight. The Type VIIC submarine was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean . (en)
  • The coaster was struck by whilst moored at Southampton, Hampshire and sank. All twelve crew escaped. (en)
  • The cargo ship ran aground in the Krakhellesundet whilst on a voyage from Bergen to Ålesund, Norway. (en)
  • World War II: The Type AM minelayer Marinefahrprahm was scuttled sometime in May. (en)
  • The captured I-201-class submarine was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, at by a Mark 18-2 torpedo fired by the submarine . (en)
  • The 3,577-gross register ton, barge was wrecked on the northeast coast of Amukta in the Aleutian Islands. (en)
  • Operation Crossroads: The decommissioned was sunk as a target by an atomic bomb at Bikini Atoll. She later was raised for further use as a target ship and sunk again in August 1948. (en)
  • The cargo ship ran aground east of Lindesnes whilst on a voyage from Korshamn to Oslo, Norway. (en)
  • The coaster ran aground at Kvalnesflæsa, Lofoten Islands, Norway. (en)
  • The former protected cruiser was scuttled in the Pacific Ocean off San Francisco, California. (en)
  • The surrendered T51-class motor torpedo boat was lost in February. (en)
  • The decommissioned S-class submarine was sunk as a torpedo target. (en)
  • Operation Road's End: The captured Type STS submarine was sunk as a gunnery target along with the submarine , lashed alongside, by the destroyers and in the East China Sea due east of Kinai Island in Japan's Gotō Islands at . (en)
  • The cargo ship capsized and sank in Ofotfjord after her cargo of herring and timber shifted. (en)
  • The 8-gross register ton, fishing vessel sank off Southeast Alaska at near Horn Cliff . (en)
  • Whilst on tow and sheltering in Mount's Bay from an easterly gale, the drifted onto the Larrigan, rocks and stranded at low tide. Refloated several hours later she continued on her journey from Falmouth to the Clyde for scrapping. (en)
  • The captured heavy cruiser was scuttled by British forces in the Strait of Malacca off Port Swettenham, Malaya, at . (en)
  • The coaster was in collision with in the River Mersey and sank with the loss of 160 of the 210 cattle she was carrying. (en)
  • The beam trawler ran hard aground north of Point Gardner in Southeast Alaska. The mail boat Yakobi rescued the eight people – Afognak's captain, his wife, and six crewmen – on board. (en)
  • The coaster disappeared on a voyage between Port Talbot and Rosslare. (en)
  • The refloated wreck of the Type D submarine was scuttled in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Japan. (en)
  • thumbThe sonar test vessel, a former exploded and sank at Naval Ammunition Depot Earle, New Jersey with the loss of seven of her 213 crew, with 125 injured. (en)
  • The captured was scuttled in Wakasa Bay off Maizuru, Japan, by the United States Navy. (en)
  • The 44-gross register ton, fishing vessel was abandoned off Khaz Head off Piehle Passage in Southeast Alaska after she lost rudder control and a breaker carried away her pilothouse. Her crew of three abandoned ship in a dory and survived, but Chichagoff sank. (en)
  • The LSM-1-class Landing Ship Medium was sunk as a torpedo target by a United States Navy submarine in the Pacific Ocean off Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. (en)
  • Operation Road's End: The captured cruiser submarine was sunk by aerial bombing by the United States Navy in the East China Sea off Japan's Gotō Islands at . (en)
  • Operation Deadlight: The Type VIIC/41 submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean by . (en)
  • The trawler collided with in the English Channel near the Eddystone Lighthouse and sank. The crew were rescued by Saga. (en)
  • World War II: The incomplete Type 1936B destroyer was scuttled in the Skagerrak. (en)
  • The coaster collided with east of the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom and sank. All eight people on board were rescued. (en)
  • The Liberty ship was scuttled in the North Sea with a cargo of obsolete chemical munitions. (en)
  • The was scuttled in the Inland Sea off Kobe, Japan by the United States Navy. (en)
  • The captured Type SS submarine possibly was scuttled in the Pacific Ocean off the Kii Channel. (en)
  • The 14-gross register ton, fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Elfin Cove in Southeast Alaska. (en)
  • The coaster foundered in the Bristol Channel off Cornwall. All five crew were rescued. (en)
  • The 20-gross register ton, fishing vessel sank off Point Gardner on the south end of Admiralty Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. (en)
  • The tug was accidentally shelled and sunk, while towing a target off the Isle of Portland, by . Her crew were rescued by HMS St. James. (en)
  • The exploded at Casablanca, Morocco. Two of her crew were killed. (en)
  • The tanker ran aground off Sheerness, Kent, United Kingdom. (en)
  • Operation Road's End: The captured Type D1 submarine was sunk by a United States Navy demolition charge in the East China Sea off Japan's Gotō Islands. (en)
  • The tanker was scuttled in the Red Sea with a cargo of obsolete chemical ammunition. (en)
  • The cargo ship ran aground in the River Mersey at Liverpool, Lancashire. Refloated the next day. (en)
  • The decommissioned S-class submarine sank under tow in the English Channel while on her way to the breaker′s yard. (en)
  • Operation Deadlight: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean . (en)
  • The coaster sprang a leak and sank in the North Sea whilst on a voyage from Lowestoft, United Kingdom to Kristiansand, Norway. (en)
  • The F-class escort ship sank at Scapa Flow during a storm. Partially scrapped in place. (en)
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