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- The Army transport, formerly Colonial Navigation Company's Belfast , wrecked off Ocean Park, Washington while under tow to Puget Sound. (en)
- The schooner ran aground in St Austell Bay. Seven crew rescued by the Fowey lifeboat. Refloated in June and declared a constructive total loss but rebuilt as a coaster and returned to service. (en)
- The ship was driven ashore on Fair Isle and was a total loss. (en)
- The 8-gross register ton, fishing vessel sank in Cross Sound in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. (en)
- The converted sank off Trelleborg whilst on a voyage from Stettin, Poland to Bergen, Norway. (en)
- While towing the Liberty ship , the 1,117-gross register ton tug sank in of water off Barnegat Light, New Jersey, after colliding with the cargo ship Bandeirante in dense fog. Bandeirante rescued her entire crew of 27. (en)
- The cargo ship ran aground off Gothenburg, Sweden whilst on a voyage from Menstad, Norway to Hälsingborg, Sweden. (en)
- The cargo ship sank off the Dutch coast with the loss of all 26 crew after hitting a mine. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, Netherland to Oslo, Norway. (en)
- The cargo ship ran aground at St Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. (en)
- The ocean liner ran aground on the Brambles Bank in the Solent. Refloated the next day. (en)
- The motor vessel blew ashore and broke up in Amalga Harbor in Southeast Alaska sometime during or after 1947. (en)
- The vessel sank at Hull Docks and was declared a constructive total loss. Empire Jonquil was later repaired and returned to service. (en)
- The decommissioned accommodation ship was sunk as a target in False Bay off Simonstown, South Africa. (en)
- Paraguayan Civil War: The transport was attacked by two aircraft and forced to run aground at Río Pilcomayo. (en)
- The Victory ship struck a mine in the Adriatic Sea near Dubrovnik and was beached to prevent sinking. Raised, repaired, and returned to service in 1949. (en)
- The cargo ship ran aground west of the Kvaløy Lighthouse whilst on a voyage from Bangsund to Trondheim, Norway. (en)
- The ferry ran aground at Clauchlands Point, Isle of Arran, Argyllshire. Refloated with the aid of the tug . (en)
- The decommissioned was sunk in an explosives test in the Pacific Ocean off the Farallon Islands. (en)
- The was driven ashore at Kvalbeinsrumen, Jæren, Norway whilst on a voyage from Bergen to Risør for conversion to a merchant ship. Later refloated and returned to Bergen. (en)
- The cargo ship ran aground off the mouth of the Humber. (en)
- The battleship ran aground at Prussia Cove after parting tow on final voyage from Portsmouth to the breakers yard on the Clyde. Towed to Marazion in 1950 and dismantled. (en)
- The decommissioned was sunk as a target by the submarine . (en)
- The 13-gross register ton, fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Uganik, Territory of Alaska. (en)
- The cargo ship collided with Imba No. 401 whilst on a voyage from Kolding, Denmark to Gdynia, Poland. (en)
- The Liberty ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom and broke in two. All 34 crew rescued by the Walmer Lifeboat. (en)
- The cargo ship collided with in the English Channel off Folkestone, Kent, United Kingdom and sank with the loss of one of her 24 crew. The survivors were rescued by . (en)
- The tanker ran aground in the River Mersey. Refloated after twelve hours. (en)
- The captured MAS boat was sunk by explosives off Marsaxlokk, Malta. Five other MAS boats were scuttled in open seas. (en)
- The whaler ran aground on the Shipwash Shoal, off the coast of Essex. Refloated but again ran aground. (en)
- World War II: The captured was sunk by the Soviet Union in the Baltic Sea off Świnoujście, Poland, during weapons testing. (en)
- The ferry run aground and sank off Kavalliani in the South Euboean Gulf with the loss of about 300 lives. (en)
- The Liberty ship struck a mine, broke in three and sank off Rijeka, Yugoslavia. (en)
- The cargo ship ran aground off the Needles Lighthouse, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. (en)
- The cargo ship sank off Fosnes whilst on a voyage from Randers to Fredrikstad, Norway. (en)
- The Victory ship was wrecked at Hippa Reef Island, British Columbia, Canada with the loss of 49 of her 53 crew. (en)
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The Type X submarine was sunk as a torpedo target in the Atlantic Ocean off the United States East Coast by the submarine . (en)
- The decommissioned sank under tow off Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, while on her way to San Francisco, California, for scrapping. (en)
- The Type IXC/40 submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean off the United States East Coast by the submarine . (en)
- The 76-gross register ton, motor cargo vessel was destroyed by fire at Sand Point, Territory of Alaska. (en)
- The cargo ship sank north of the Tylön Lightship whilst on a voyage from Aalborg, Denmark to Gdańsk, Poland. (en)
- The trawler was in collision with and was cut in two. She sank with the loss of three of her five crew. (en)
- thumb|right|HMAS Warrnambool sinking.The sank near Cockburn Reef along the Great Barrier Reef off the northern coast of Queensland, Australia, after striking a mine. Four of her crew were killed and 29 were injured. (en)
- The ran aground off Block Island, Rhode Island. (en)
- The Admiralty-type drifter foundered. (en)
- The cargo ship sank off Farsund, Norway. (en)
- The cargo ship sank on this date. (en)
- The landing craft tank was lost on this date. (en)
- The whaler ran aground off Gorleston, Norfolk. (en)
- The cargo ship ran aground near Port Mouton, Nova Scotia, Canada. All 30 crew were rescued by the fishing vessel Ray Richard . (en)
- Paraguayan Civil War: The twin-masted river cargo ship was bombed by government aircraft at Puerto Ybapobó, causing her cargo of ammo and explosives to explode. (en)
- Wrecked off Langanes, Iceland. (en)
- The coastal tanker ran aground in the River Mersey, United Kingdom. (en)
- The cargo ship ran aground at Whitley Bay, Northumberland, United Kingdom. All 35 crew rescued. (en)
- Carrying a cargo of coal, the 5,284-gross register ton cargo ship broke in half in the Atlantic Ocean during a gale. Her bow section disappeared. Her stern section sank in up to of water just off Cape Elizabeth, Maine. Her entire crew survived. (en)
- World War II: The captured, incomplete was sunk by the Soviet Union in the Baltic Sea off Świnoujście, Poland, during weapons testing. (en)
- The 17-gross register ton, fishing vessel ran aground and sank off Soapstone Point in Cross Sound in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. (en)
- The Liberty ship caught fire at Brest, France whilst unloading a cargo of ammonium nitrate. Later towed out of port and scuttled. (en)
- The cargo ship ran aground at Tromøya with the loss of three crew. She was on a voyage from Skjebergkilen to Kristiansand, Norway. (en)
- Texas City disaster: The Liberty ship caught fire at Texas City, Texas, United States. She was obliterated by the explosion of her cargo of explosives. Around 580 people were killed. (en)
- The cargo ship sank off Lillesund after striking flotsam whilst on a voyage from Oslo to Bergen, Norway. (en)
- The cargo ship sank off Mariager whilst on a voyage from Mariager to Isefjord, Denmark. (en)
- The Liberty ship caught fire and sank in the Atlantic Ocean . (en)
- The 61-gross register ton, motor cargo vessel sank at Kanatak , Territory of Alaska. (en)
- The cargo ship struck a mine off the Dutch coast and sank at whilst on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Emden, West Germany. (en)
- The former cruiser was scuttled in the Skagerrak to dispose of chemical weapons. (en)
- The former minesweeper was destroyed by fire at the Soon shipyard. (en)
- The sank in a collision with the merchant ship Hai Ming in the Formosa Strait. (en)
- The cargo ship sank west of Kvænangen whilst on a voyage from Tromsø to Hammerfest, Norway. (en)
- The BO-201-class submarine chaser was wrecked on this date. (en)
- The 19-gross register ton, motor vessel sank in Lisianski Inlet in Southeast Alaska. (en)
- The collier ran aground off Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk. (en)
- The Liberty ship exploded at Genoa Italy and was beached. She was later refloated but declared a constructive total loss and scrapped. (en)
- The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean with a cargo of obsolete chemical bombs and contaminated soil. (en)
- The cargo ship was scuttled with an obsolete cargo of ammunition, northwest of Malin Head. (en)
- Carrying a cargo of gypsum and a crew of 24, the 2,250-gross register ton cargo ship sent a distress signal reporting herself taking on water in the Atlantic Ocean east of Portland, Maine, during a gale. She probably sank in over of water. An extensive search failed to find any trace of her or her crew. (en)
- The 1,008-gross register ton barge was wrecked on Lewis Reef in Tongass Narrows in Southeast Alaska near Ketchikan, Territory of Alaska. (en)
- The tug capsized and sank in the River Thames at Limehouse Reach, London with the loss of two of her six crew. (en)
- The sailing barge sank off Lille Marnet whilst on a voyage from Horsens to Slemmestad, Norway. (en)
- The cargo ship struck a mine off Scarborough, Yorkshire and broke her back. She was beached sinking by the bows. One crewmember was killed. (en)
- The 32-gross register ton, fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in Southeast Alaska north-northeast of Rocky Island Light and from Point Couverden on the southeastern tip of Couverden Island. (en)
- The passenger ship capsized at Birkenhead, Cheshire. Righted in June 1949, she was declared a constructive total loss and scrapped. (en)
- The 296-gross register ton, motor cargo vessel was destroyed by fire in Wrangell Narrows in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. (en)
- The 139-gross register ton, fishing vessel was wrecked in Marmot Bay on Afognak Island in the Kodiak Archipelago near Afognak, Territory of Alaska. (en)
- The 67-ton, wooden scow was wrecked on the shore at Cape Suckling , Territory of Alaska, in the autumn of 1947. (en)
- The Type IXC/40 submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean off the east coast of the United States by . (en)
- The cargo ship sank off the coast of Norway whilst on a voyage from Raufarhafn to Åkrehamn. (en)
- The cargo liner ran aground on Samandag Island, Philippines and was wrecked. (en)
- The cargo ship struck a mine off the Dutch coast whilst on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Oslo, Norway. Declared a constructive total loss and scrapped at Stavanger, Norway. (en)
- The 23-gross register ton, fishing vessel sank off Ninilchik Light near Ninilchik, Territory of Alaska. (en)
- The fire-damaged fast transport, a former , was scuttled off Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. (en)
- The passenger ship collided with a tug and sank at Shanghai with the loss of at least 100 lives. (en)
- The cargo ship ran aground off Beachy Head, Sussex, United Kingdom. (en)
- The tanker collided with off the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom causing an explosion in No.2 tank and subsequent fire. Two hours later, an explosion blew off her bow forward of No.3 tank and that section sank. Newhall Hills was towed to Sheerness. (en)
- The VAS 231-class submarine chaser burned at Vinice. (en)
- The T2 tanker broke in two in the Pacific Ocean north west of Honolulu, Hawaii. Ten crew on the bow section were rescued by . Twenty-two crew on the stern section were rescued by . The bow section was shelled and sunk, the stern section was towed to Hawaii. Fort Dearborn was on a voyage from San Francisco, California to Shanghai, China. (en)
- The Liberty ship was driven ashore at Sker Point, Glamorgan and broke in three. All 39 crew were lost, as well as all eight crew of the Mumbles lifeboat Edward, Prince of Wales . (en)
- The decommissioned schooner sank in Subic Bay in a storm in February 1946 or during a typhoon sometime in 1947. (en)
- The Type IXC/40 submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean north east of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. (en)
- The vessel broke moorings, collided with another ship and was driven ashore at Gijón, France. The ship was refloated in March 1948, repaired and returned to service. (en)
- The ferry was wrecked off Powell River, British Columbia. (en)
- The decommissioned patrol vessel sank in the Irish Sea off the Saltee Islands, County Wexford, Ireland, while under tow to a scrapyard. (en)
- The coastal passenger ship sank off Bombay with the loss of around 600 lives. (en)
- The cargo ship capsized and sank at Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua whilst being loaded with a cargo of timber bound for Maracaibo, Venezuela. (en)
- The cargo ship collided with west of Bloksen and sank with the loss of ten crew. She was on a voyage from Bergen, Norway to Geneva, Switzerland. (en)
- The hopper ship foundered in the Pacific Ocean north north west of Carnarvon, Western Australia whilst under tow from Singapore to Australia by Empire Downland . (en)
- The patrol vessel ran aground. She was refloated in July 1948. (en)
- The cargo ship sank in Drammensfjord whilst on a voyage from Gilhus to Oslo, Norway. (en)
- The vessel ran aground at Sharpness Docks. The ship was declared a constructive total loss but later repaired and returned to service. (en)
- The schooner Francis P. Duke was lost at sea and the wreckage drifted ashore on the north side of Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland. The schooner had been driven ashore by the southeast gale. All crew perished in the incident. (en)
- The decommissioned was sunk as a target in Long Island Sound off New London, Connecticut. (en)
- The cargo ship was driven ashore at Cullercoats, Northumberland, United Kingdom. (en)
- The trawler was in collision with the cargo ship and sank west of Dungeness, England. (en)
- Chinese Civil War: The landing craft tank ran aground and was stranded in a river in Jiangsu Province. Captured and put in Red Chinese service. (en)
- The 41-gross register ton, fishing vessel was wrecked off Cape Fox Island in Dixon Entrance in Southeast Alaska. (en)
- The schooner foundered in the Caribbean with the loss of two of her five crew. (en)
- The whaler foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all bar one of her sixteen crew. (en)
- The 8-gross register ton, fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in Union Bay in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. (en)
- The cargo ship ran aground off the coast of Iceland whilst on a voyage from Sandur, Faroe Islands to Reykjavík, Iceland. (en)
- The cargo ship was abandoned whilst on a voyage from Aalborg, Denmark to Tórshavn, the Faroe Islands. (en)
- The 28-gross register ton, tug was wrecked at the mouth of the Ugashik River on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska. (en)
- The cargo ship ran aground on the Kish Bank, Irish Sea whilst on a voyage from Dublin, Ireland to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. (en)
- The decommissioned S-class submarine was sunk for use as a sonar target in the Pacific Ocean off Portland, Oregon. (en)
- The struck a mine and was damagedin the Adriatic Sea off Trieste, Italy. Three of her crew were killed. (en)
- The vessel struck a mine and sank off Terschelling, the Netherlands. (en)
- The 15-gross register ton, fishing vessel was destroyed by fire off Kumlik Island on the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula in the Territory of Alaska. (en)
- The cargo ship struck a mine in the Weser, West Germany and sank. She was on a voyage from Stavanger, Norway to Hamburg. (en)
- The cargo ship was scuttled in the Bay of Biscay. . (en)
- The cargo ship sank off of Bornholm while on a voyage from Gdansk, Poland to Helsingborg, Sweden with the loss of 5 officers and 13 crew. (en)
- The 59-gross register ton, fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Cordova, Territory of Alaska. (en)
- The cargo ship foundered off the Shetland Islands, United Kingdom whilst on a voyage from Bodø, Norway, to Dublin, Ireland. Thirteen crew killed. (en)
- The cargo ship ran aground at the mouth of the Ferrol and was wrecked with the loss of 46 of her 50 crew. (en)
- The Type IXC/40 submarine was sunk as a target in the Atlantic Ocean by Avro Anson, Fairey Firefly, Fairey Swordfish and Supermarine Seafire aircraft of the Royal Canadian Air Force and by , and . (en)
- The ship exploded at Santo Stefano, Sardinia, killing 68 people. (en)
- Under tow to the breaker's yard, the decommissioned Admiralty modified W-class destroyer parted her tow line in a gale and was wrecked on the northeast coast of England off the mouth of the River Tyne. (en)
- A ghost ship that allegedly exploded and sank after its crew died under suspicious circumstances. (en)
- The cargo ship ran aground whilst going to the aid of Kina . She was refloated and rescued five crew from Kina. (en)
- The vessel struck a mine and sank south of Capo Promontore, Yugoslavia. (en)
- The cargo ship struck a rock and sank of Isle Royale, Lake Superior with the loss of twelve of her 33 crew. The survivors were rescued by . (en)
- The heavy-lift ship sank in a storm off Newfoundland. The ship's cargo included 16 locomotives for the French Railways. (en)
- The fleet replenishment oiler broke in two at Boston, Massachusetts. Not repaired, scrapped in 1949. (en)
- The cargo ship ran aground off Egersund whilst on a voyage from Fredrikstad to Harstad, Norway. (en)
- The Kamitsu-class transport, irreparably damaged when sunk during World War II, was scuttled off Singapore sometime in March. (en)
- The steamer was wrecked near Cape Dorset near the southern tip of Canada's Baffin Island. (en)
- The cable laying ship struck a mine and sank in the Gulf of Finland, of Ormus Island, Estonia. Sixteen of the 44 crew were killed. (en)
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Texas City disaster: The Liberty ship was sunk by the explosion of at Texas City, Texas. (en)
- The cargo ship was carrying coal from Port Talbot, Wales to Waterford, Ireland when the vessel foundered in the waters off County Waterford during the notoriously cold winter of 1946–1947. 15 of the 16 crew died ; many are buried at Ardmore Cathedral, Ireland. (en)
- The 17-gross register ton, motor vessel was destroyed by fire on a beach on Gravina Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska between Rosa Reef and Channel Island . (en)
- The cargo ship sank off Halmstad, Sweden, with the loss of all five crew. She was on a voyage for Halmstad to Oslo, Norway, and may have struck a mine. (en)
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