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The list of shipwrecks in April 1942 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during April 1942.(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 April 1942 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during April 1942.(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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  • World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off St. Simons, Georgia by with the loss of 19 of her 37 crew. She was later refloated, repaired and returned to service in December 1942. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Tobruk, Libya by . (en)
  • World War II: The was strafed, bombed and sunk off Cauit Island, Philippines by Japanese Navy float planes. Of 6 crewmembers 2 were killed and 3 wounded. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north north east of Bermuda by with the loss of three of her 47 crew. Survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by . All 44 crew were rescued by and . (en)
  • World War II: Operation C: The tanker was shelled and sunk in the Bay of Bengal east of Cuttack, Orissa, India by two Imperial Japanese Navy cruisers with the loss of one of her 30 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, United States by with the loss of 12 of her 53 crew. Survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: The tanker struck a mine in the North Sea off Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands and broke in two. (en)
  • thumb|HMS Cornwall World War II: Easter Sunday Raid: The was bombed and sunk in the Indian Ocean south west of Ceylon by Japanese aircraft with the loss of 198 of her 700 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and severely damaged at Murmansk by Luftwaffe aircraft. Repairs took until September to complete. (en)
  • World War II: The was heavily damaged by a mine in the Barents Sea and scuttled the next day by after rescuing her whole crew of 43. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Murmansk, Soviet Union by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was later raised (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk off Corregidor by a Japanese submarine. (en)
  • World War II: The harbor tug was sunk by a mine in the harbor of Odessa. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was sunk in the South Atlantic by . (en)
  • World War II: The minesweeper was bombed and sunk at Le Havre by Royal Air Force aircraft. (en)
  • World War II: The tug was bombed and sunk at Mariveles, Philippines. (en)
  • World War II: The icebreaker was sunk by mines in the Black Sea between Novorossiysk and Kerch. 25 crewman were killed, 11 rescued. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was sunk by a mine at off Skjervøy, Norway. (en)
  • World War II: The coaster was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea south of Cattaro by . All ten crew survived. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south of Barbados by with the loss of 14 of her 23 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Barents Sea off Kirkenes, Norway by . There were 1 killed and 45 survivors. (en)
  • World War II: The struck a mine and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Key West, Florida with the loss of 15 of her 130 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The transport ship was bombed and sunk in the Black Sea by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of 535 lives. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by with the loss of four of her 25 crew. Survivors were rescued by and . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by the submarine . All 36 crew survived. Her wreck lies in of water at . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States by with the loss of 17 of her 20 crew. Survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: The passenger ship was torpedoed and sunk by in the Atlantic Ocean south of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina . All 290 people aboard rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: Operation C: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Bay of Bengal ) by and and . 17 crewmen killed. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy SC 79: The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean . All crew were rescued. (en)
  • World War II: The naval trawler was bombed and sunk at Zyp Navolok by Luftwaffe aircraft. (en)
  • World War II: The transport ship was bombed and sunk at Novorossiysk by Luftwaffe aircraft. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean east of Cape Hatteras, Virginia, United States by with the loss of 31 of her 32 crew. The survivor was rescued by a Consolidated PBY Catalina aircraft of the United States Coast Guard. (en)
  • World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Lookout, North Carolina by with the loss of two of her 37 crew. Survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: Operation C: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged in the Bay of Bengal by planes from , torpedoed and sunk at by . 24 crewmen killed. (en)
  • World War II: The naval trawler collided with Dutch merchant ship Hebe and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of South Carolina with the loss of 30 crew, 9 survivors. Survivors rescued by , , and . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States by with the loss of all 49 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk by the Soviet submarine off Vardø, Norway. There were 22 killed and 34 survivors. (en)
  • The cargo ship was wrecked in the Unimak Strait, Alaska Territory. (en)
  • The MO-4-class patrol vessel was lost on this date. (en)
  • thumb|Feddy when named Harlingen in 1910The cargo ship was lost in a collision with the armed trawler Visenda off North Ronaldsay. Visenda rescued the whole crew. (en)
  • World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by with the loss of four of her 42 crew. Survivors were rescued by and . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea, off Aldeburgh. (en)
  • World War II: Operation C: The V-class destroyer was sunk in the Indian Ocean east of Ceylon by Japanese aircraft with the loss of nine crew. (en)
  • World War II: The Estonian cargo ship , seized by the Soviet Union in 1940, was sunk in the Port of Leningrad by German aircraft. (en)
  • World War II: The motor tanker was torpedoed and sunk east of Cape Hatteras in the Atlantic Ocean by with the loss of three of her 34 crew. Survivors were rescued by , and . (en)
  • World War II: The passenger ship was torpedoed, shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south east of Cape Hatteras by with the loss of 14 of the 183 people aboard. Survivors were rescued by the next day. (en)
  • World War II: The coaster was sunk by a mine off Punta Platamoni, near Kotor . One crew member was killed. (en)
  • World War II: The drydock was scuttled off Mariveles Harbor, Bataan to prevent capture. Later raised by the Japanese. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy QP 10: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Barents Sea by with the loss of six crew. Survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship , on her maiden voyage, was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, United States by . All 51 people aboard were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by with the loss of 15 of her 67 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The Thornycroft 55 foot-class motor torpedo boats were scuttled in Manila Bay off Paomborg, off the east coast of Bataan. (en)
  • World War II: The whaler was bombed and sunk off Alexandria, Egypt by Regia Aeronautica aircraft. She was refloated in August 1950, reportedly taken over by the Egyptian Government. (en)
  • The vessel was sunk following a collision with off Lewes, Delaware. Her master and five crewmen were killed. 20 survivors rescued by the United States Coast Guard. (en)
  • World War II: The incomplete was scuttled on the stocks at the Rangoon Dockyard, Rangoon, Burma, sometime in March. (en)
  • World War II: The L-class destroyer was bombed and sunk at Malta. She was declared a constructive total loss. refloated and towed to the U.K. for scrapping 1944. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Strait of Malacca off Pulau Perak, Malaya by . Two gunners and four crewmen were killed. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Cromer, Norfolk. There were no casualties. All 24 crew were rescued. (en)
  • World War II: The U-class submarine was mined and sunk off Malta with the loss of 32 of her crew and 12 passengers. There were no survivors. The wreck was found in 2019. (en)
  • World War II: The naval trawler was bombed and sunk at Malta. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy QP 10: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Barents Sea by a Luftwaffe Junkers Ju 88 aircraft with the loss of nine crew. (en)
  • World War II: The mooring vessel struck a mine and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off Malta. (en)
  • World War II: The ship was scuttled in the Philippines, Mariveles, Luzon by the United States Army or her crew. (en)
  • The naval trawler was sunk in a collision off Falmouth. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by with the loss of 18 of her 41 crew. Survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean east of Cape Henry, Virginia by with the loss of 32 of her 53 crew. Survivors were rescued by and . (en)
  • World War II: The motor sailer was sunk by mines in the Kerch Gulf. Her master and five crewmen were killed. (en)
  • The yard patrol craft was sunk off the Atlantic Coast in a collision. (en)
  • World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean east of Barbados by with the loss of three of her 50 crew. Survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • The Lursen E-boat sank off Mljet Island due to a rupture in the bottom. (en)
  • World War II: The US Army requisitioned salvage tug caught fire from shelling, and was put ashore in Manila Bay off Corregidor Island. The commanding officer was killed rowing for shore after his crew had been evacuated, though they were interned. She was later salvaged, repaired and entered Japanese service as Keishu Maru. (en)
  • World War II: The Elco 77-foot class PT boat, while being transferred by road by the US Army for use by the Army on Lake Lanao, Mindanao as a gunboat, was destroyed by the Army to prevent capture. (en)
  • World War II: The transport ship struck a mine and sank in the Black Sea off Kerch. There were 200 killed and 50 wounded. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Bay of Bengal by "Kate"s from . 6 crewmen killed. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Borkum, Germany. Later raised and laid up at Askøy, Norway. Scrapped post-war at Stavanger, Norway. (en)
  • World War II: The Design 1022 cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by with the loss of one of her 35 crew. (en)
  • World War II: Operation C: The was bombed and sunk in the Indian Ocean east of Ceylon by Japanese aircraft while rescuing survivors of . She sank in 30 to 45 seconds. 49 crewmen killed. Survivors rescued by Athelstane's lifeboats. (en)
  • World War II: The tug struck a mine and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off Famagusta, Cyprus with the loss of three of her ten crew. (en)
  • World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, United States by with the loss of 28 of her 50 crew. Survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • The 7,500-deadweight ton cargo ship sank in of water off the coast of Massachusetts in Cape Cod Bay off the entrance to the Cape Cod Canal, northeast of the Scusset Beach Breakwater, after colliding with the steamer (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean about east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina , by with the loss of all 29 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The hospital ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea by with the loss of seven of the 187 people aboard. Survivors abandoned ship and were rescued by a Royal Hellenic Navy destroyer. The crew later reboarded the ship and she was escorted into Alexandria, Egypt by tugs. Later repaired and returned to service. (en)
  • . She soon was refloated and towed to New York City. She was scrapped in 1946. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Murmansk, Soviet Union by Luftwaffe aircraft. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Arabian Sea 300 miles south west of Bombay by . Twelve crewmen killed. Survivors were rescued by and an Indian vessel. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the west Atlantic Ocean by with the loss of 16 of her 52 crew. Survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, United States by with the loss of 19 of her 40 crew. Survivors were rescued by and . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Benghazi, Libya by . (en)
  • World War II: The sailing ship was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Palestine by . (en)
  • World War II: The naval trawler was bombed and sunk at Murmansk by Luftwaffe aircraft. (en)
  • The auxiliary guard boat was lost on this date. (en)
  • The landing craft assault was lost in April. (en)
  • The landing craft assault was lost on this date. (en)
  • World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Lebanon by with the loss of 27 of her 38 crew. Survivors were rescued by HMML-1023 and HMML-1032 . (en)
  • World War II: The was bombed and sunk at Malta. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by with the loss of one of her 31 crew. Survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by operating from with the loss of 24 of her crew and 11 Naval Armed Guards. 18 survivors were rescued by and eventually turned over to the Japanese as P.O.W.s. (en)
  • World War II: The Shunsei Maru-class auxiliary transport ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Strait of Malacca off Pulau Perak, Malaya by . Two crewmen killed. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk by , east of Syracuse, Italy . There were 2 dead and 28 survivors. (en)
  • World War II: The incomplete was scuttled on the stocks at the Irrawaddy Flotilla co. shipyard, Rangoon, Burma, sometime in March. (en)
  • World War II: The Neuwerk-class naval trawler/minesweeper struck a mine and sank in the English Channel off Morlaix, Finistère, France. (en)
  • World War II: Operation C: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Bay of Bengal south of Vizagapatam ) by floatplanes from . (en)
  • World War II: The was bombed and severely damaged at Leningrad by Heinkel He 111 aircraft of Kampfgeschwader 4, Luftwaffe. Repairs took until September to complete. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Barents Sea off Slettnes, Norway by . The whole crew were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: The submarine chaser struck a mine and sank in the Black Sea off Kerch . Eight men were killed. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk by aircraft off Norway. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in Chesapeake Bay, United States by . All 55 crew were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: The coaster struck a mine and sank in the Bristol Channel off St. Anns Head, Pembrokeshire. The whole crew was rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Cromer, Norfolk. One gunner was killed. There were 22 survivors. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and near missed in the Indian Ocean by aircraft from with the loss of four of her 46 crew. She was abandoned and came ashore the next day at Timkovie, Ceylon, later catching fire and breaking in two. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy QP 11: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea by and . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Murmansk by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was later raised. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Sfax, Tunisia by . (en)
  • World War II: Convoy TA 36: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea north west of Sidi Barrani, Egypt by with the loss of one of her 23 crew. Survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: Convoy UR 17: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south of Iceland by with the loss of all 24 people aboard. (en)
  • World War II: The whaling factory ship was scuttled off Måseskär, Sweden to avoid capture. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Brindisi by . (en)
  • World War II: The was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Stromboli by . 381 crew died and 391 were rescued. (en)
  • World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Henry, Virginia by with the loss of one of her 42 crew. Survivors abandoned ship and were rescued by . Tiger was taken in tow by and but foundered the next day in Chesapeake Bay and was declared a total loss. The wreck was scrapped in 1954. (en)
  • World War II: The tanker was shelled and sunk by . 5 crewmen were killed, 60 were taken as prisoners of war. (en)
  • World War II: Operation C: The World War I Z-class tanker was bombed and sunk by Japanese aircraft off Ceylon. (en)
  • World War II: Operation Drumbeat: The Type VIIB submarine was shelled, depth charged and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the Bodie Island Lighthouse by with the loss of all 46 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The sailing ship was rammed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Palestine by . (en)
  • World War II: The tanker was sunk in the Skaggerak by German aircraft with the loss of 17 of the 49 people on board. (en)
  • World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north of Gibara, Cuba by with the loss of five of her 33 crew. Survivors were rescued by a Cuban fishing vessel or reached shore in their lifeboat. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled whilst attempting to escape from Sweden. (en)
  • World War II: The U-class submarine was depth charged and sunk at by with the loss of all 31 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north east of the Turks and Caicos Islands . All 52 crew were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean south west of Shikoku by . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by with the loss of two of the 63 people aboard. Survivors were rescued by or reached land in their lifeboats. (en)
  • World War II: The naval trawler was bombed and sunk in the Grand Harbor Malta (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Canaveral in 15 fathoms of water by with the loss of four of her 32 crew. One survivor was rescued by , the rest reached land in their lifeboats. Leslie was raised and scrapped in August 1954. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Indian Ocean at the western entrance to Eight Degree Channel by . All aboard survived and sailed their lifeboats to the Maldive Islands. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean west of Takoradi, Gold Coast by with the loss of ten of the 109 people aboard. Survivors abandoned ship and were rescued by , which took West Irmo in tow but she later sank at . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was sunk by magnetic mine in the North Sea off Lowestoft, Suffolk, United Kingdom. There were 25 survivors, many of them wounded, and one man missing. (en)
  • World War II: Operation C: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Bay of Bengal east of Calingapatam by and . (en)
  • World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Caribbean Sea south of the Dominican Republic by with the loss of all 47 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south of Cape Race, Newfoundland by with the loss of 12 of her 50 crew. Survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: The sloop was sunk in a Japanese air raid on Akyab, Burma. The whole crew survived and was rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Indian Ocean by . (en)
  • World War II: The aircraft transport was bombed and sunk at Rabaul by US 5th Air Force Martin B-26 aircraft. The stern of the ship exploded. The rest of the ship was scuttled by shore batteries. She sank in shallow water and submerged to close to the top of the hull. Her hull was filled with dirt and became a pier. (en)
  • World War II: The naval trawler struck a mine and sunk north of Wangerooge . There was no casualty. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean, south east of New York, United States by . All 41 crew survived, they were rescued by and . (en)
  • World War II: The minesweeper was bombed and sunk at Le Havre, Seine-Inférieure, France by Royal Air Force aircraft. (en)
  • World War II: Operation C: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Bay of Bengal south of Vizagapatam by floatplanes from . 15 crewmen killed. (en)
  • World War II: The schooner struck a mine and sank off Famagusta . All crew survived. (en)
  • World War II: Operation C: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Bay of Bengal ) by , and . (en)
  • The cargo ship was wrecked on the South Horns Reef. (en)
  • The H-class destroyer ran aground and was wrecked off Kelibia, Tunisia with the loss of one crew member. 150 crewmen and 100 military passengers were interned by the Vichy French. (en)
  • World War II: Doolittle Raid: The guard boat was bombed by SBD Dauntless aircraft and strafed by F4F Wildcat aircraft from . She sank the next day. Her crew were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: Convoy QP 10: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Barents Sea by with the loss of 20 of her 41 crew. Survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: The US Army-requisitioned tug was blown up by the US Army to prevent capture at Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy CL 14: The cargo ship was torpedoed, shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north of Fortaleza, Brazil by with the loss of seven of her 31 crew. Survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: Doolittle Raid: The guard boat was bombed by SBD Dauntless aircraft and strafed by F4F Wildcat aircraft from , then shelled and sunk in the Pacific Ocean by . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south east of Bermuda by with the loss of 17 of her 54 crew. Survivors were rescued by and . (en)
  • World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper was sunk in the Black Sea by German aircraft. 20 crew were killed and 19 survived. (en)
  • World War II: The [patrol craft] was shelled and sunk in the Ionian Sea off Cape Drepano by . (en)
  • World War II: The sailing ship was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Palestine by . (en)
  • World War II: Convoy PQ 14: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Barents Sea by with the loss of 25 of the 62 people aboard. Survivors were rescued by and . (en)
  • World War II: The submarine tender was scuttled in Mariveles Bay, Bataan, Philippines. (en)
  • The landing craft mechanized was lost sometime in April. (en)
  • World War II: The was scuttled off Mariveles, Luzon, Philippines . (en)
  • World War II: The was scuttled while hauled out on a marine railway at Cebu Shipyard and Engineering Works when Cebu was invaded by the Japanese. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Lookout, North Carolina by with the loss of one of her 29 crew. Survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Indian Ocean by two Imperial Japanese Navy cruisers. All 40 crew were allowed to take to the lifeboats before Dagfred was sunk. (en)
  • World War II: The convoy was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north north west of Bermuda by with the loss of 41 of her 49 crew. Survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: The coaster was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the southern end of Assateague Island by . There were 24 dead and 3 survivors. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged in the Bay of Bengal by Nakajima B5N aircraft based on . Taken under tow by . Shelled and sunk the next day by and . (en)
  • World War II: Operation C: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged in the Bay of Bengal by planes from . She sinks on the 8th. (en)
  • World War II: The incomplete s were scuttled on the stocks at H Stone shipyard, Rangoon, Burma. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy QP 10: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged in the Barents Sea by Luftwaffe Junkers Ju 88 aircraft of III Staffeln, Kampfgeschwader 30, Luftwaffe and was abandoned by her 70 crew. She was later torpedoed and sunk by . (en)
  • World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Caribbean Sea west of Trinidad by with the loss of two of her 50 crew. (en)
  • World War II: Operation C: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Bay of Bengal east of Calingapatam by and . 15 crewmen killed. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north west of Bermuda by with the loss of six of her 39 crew. Survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by with the loss of 13 of her 47 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The fishing trawler was on board and was lost when that ship was sunk. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was sunk in the South Atlantic by . 17 crew members were killed. (en)
  • World War II: The naval trawler struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Cromer, Norfolk. The whole crew was saved. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Yokohama, Honshū by . (en)
  • World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Lookout, North Carolina by with the loss of two of her 34 crew. Survivors were rescued by a United States Coast Guard cutter. (en)
  • World War II: The Vorpostenboot was sunk at Le Havre, Seine-Inférieure, France in an Allied air raid. Later raised, repaired and returned to service as M 3857 Rothienbaum. (en)
  • World War II: Doolittle Raid: The patrol boat was shelled and sunk in the Pacific Ocean by . Survivors rescued by Nashville. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north east of Fernandina Beach, Florida in 56 feet of water by with the loss of one of her 40 crew. Survivors were rescued by . Wreck located in 1944. (en)
  • World War II: The freighter was sunk in a collision with in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of South Carolina. Her crew were rescued by , , and . (en)
  • World War II: The Danish motor ship tanker Caroline Maersk, , under War Shipping Administration operation by Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey under Panamanian flag was shelled and sunk in the South Atlantic off the coast of Brazil by with the loss of one of her 35 crew. (en)
  • World War II: Operation C: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Indian Ocean off Godavari coast by two Imperial Japanese Navy cruisers. All 36 crew survived. (en)
  • World War II: The coaster struck a mine and sank in the Great Belt with the loss of four lives. (en)
  • World War II: The was bombed and damaged in Manila Bay off Corregidor Island, Philippines by Japanese aircraft. All 78 crew abandoned the ship, which sank the next day . She was subsequently salvaged by the Japanese and entered Imperial Japanese Navy service as PB-103 (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk, possibly by a Japanese submarine, off Corregidor, Philippines. (en)
  • World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south of the Ambrose Lightship by with the loss of six of her 43 crew. Survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: Operation C: The tanker was sunk in the Indian Ocean off Batticaloa, Ceylon, by Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft. (en)
  • World War II: The minesweeper struck a mine and sank in the Black Sea off Kerch. (en)
  • World War II: Operation C: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Indian Ocean off Sacramento Light, east of Masuliptam, by two Imperial Japanese Navy cruisers. All 40 crew survived. (en)
  • World War II: Doolittle Raid: The guard boat was bombed by SBD Dauntless and strafed by F4F Wildcat aircraft from . She was scuttled by after rescuing survivors. (en)
  • World War II: The Admiralty-requisitioned cargo ship, a burned out hulk, was scuttled in Water Sound, Scapa Flow as a blockship. Sold for scrap in 1948. (en)
  • World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the South Atlantic off the coast of Brazil by . (en)
  • World War II: The tugboat was bombed and sunk at Malta. (en)
  • World War II: The Type A Marinefahrprahm was damaged by a Soviet mine in the Black Sea and beached. Refloated, repaired and returned to service. (en)
  • World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Lookout, North Carolina by with the loss of ten of her 36 crew. Survivors abandoned ship and were rescued by . The burnt-out ship was later towed to Morehead City, North Carolina. She was subsequently repaired and returned to service as Annibal in 1943. (en)
  • World War II: The ship was scuttled in the Philippines, probably Mariveles, Luzon by the US Army or by her crew. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Norwegian Sea off Namsos, Norway by . (en)
  • World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north east of Saint Martin by . All 37 crew were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Aldeburgh, Suffolk. (en)
  • World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper/patrol ship was shelled and sunk by the Japanese off Corregidor in South Harbor. (en)
  • World War II: Easter Sunday Raid: The armed merchant cruiser was bombed and sunk at Colombo, Ceylon by Japanese aircraft. (en)
  • The naval trawler was wrecked off the Umgeni River Estuary. (en)
  • The harbor tug was sunk in Mariveles, Bataan, Philippines. (en)
  • World War II: The was bombed by Italian aircraft at Malta. She was beached and abandoned after being declared a total loss. Scrapped in place in the 1950s. (en)
  • World War II: Operation C: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Bay of Bengal ) by , and . 25 crewmen killed. (en)
  • World War II: Operation C: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Bay of Bengal by , and . (en)
  • World War II: The PiLB 40 type landing craft was aboard Atlas and sank with her when she was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Benghazi, Libya by . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea by . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed, shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by . The 36 crew were rescued by and . (en)
  • World War II: The cruiser was bombed and severely damaged at Leningrad by Heinkel He 111 aircraft of Kampfgeschwader 4, Luftwaffe. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Arabian Sea 170 miles northwest of Bombay by . Her crew were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands. (en)
  • World War II: Operation C: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Bay of Bengal by and . (en)
  • World War II: The was bombed and sunk at Malta by Regia Aeronautica aircraft with the loss of 27 crew. Raised September, 1943 but not repaired, scrapped post war. (en)
  • World War II: The was bombed and sunk at Colombo by Japanese aircraft with the loss of 33 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean, north west of Bermuda by with the loss of 26 of her 47 crew. Survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: The sailing ship was shelled and sunk off Palestine by . (en)
  • World War II: Operation C: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Bay of Bengal by , and . There were 50 survivors. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Caribbean Sea north west of Bonaire by with the loss of ten of her 35 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The training ship was sunk in a Luftwaffe air raid on Leningrad. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was sunk in the Skaggerak by Kriegsmarine ships whilst attempting to escape from Sweden. (en)
  • World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south west of Ireland by and with the loss of all 44 crew. (en)
  • World War II: Operation C: The Hermes-class aircraft carrier was sunk in the Indian Ocean east of Ceylon by Japanese D3A1 dive bombers from , , and with the loss of 307 crew. (en)
  • World War II: Operation C: The cargo ship was shelled in the Bay of Bengal by and and torpedoed by and sunk while towing . 13 crewmen killed. (en)
  • World War II: The factory ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras by with the loss of one of her 50 crew. The survivors were rescued by . The shipwreck was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013. (en)
  • World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by with the loss of two of her 40 crew. Survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: The motor sailer was sunk by mines in the Black Sea near Kamysh-Buran. Her master and one crewman were killed. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy SC 79: The cargo ship caught fire at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was scuttled by Allied warships. (en)
  • World War II: The anti-submarine trawler was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Beirut, Lebanon , by with the loss of 41 of her 57 crew. (en)
  • World War II: Easter Sunday Raid: The was bombed and sunk in the Indian Ocean south west of Ceylon by Japanese aircraft with the loss of 234 of her 653 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Canaveral, Florida , by with the loss of her master and 8 of her 26 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north of San Juan, Puerto Rico by with the loss of three of her 42 crew. Survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north east of St. Simons, Georgia by with the loss of two of her 38 crew. She was later refloated, repaired and returned to service in November 1942. (en)
  • World War II: The whaler was bombed and sunk off Alexandria, Egypt by Regia Aeronautica aircraft. (en)
  • thumb|right|AshkhabadWorld War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean south of Cape Lookout, North Carolina by . She was abandoned by her 47 crew, who were rescued by . Ashkhabad was assessed as salvageable, and was despatched to her aid, but she was scuttled by and as a hazard to navigation. (en)
  • World War II: The Design 1013 cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean east of the Nantucket Lightship by . All 35 crew were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: The Taijun Maru-class transport was bombed and damaged beyond repair in Lae Harbor, New Guinea by A-20 Havocs. She was scuttled at ). 3 crewmen were killed. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Red Sea off Suez, Egypt. (en)
  • World War II: The Design 1022 cargo ship converted to a tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by with the loss of seven of her 45 crew. Survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: Operation C: The cargo ship was Bombed and sunk in the Bay of Bengal by planes from . 7 crewmen killed. (en)
  • World War II: The Design 1022 cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean east of Cape Henry, Virginia by . All 46 crew were rescued by , the fishing vessel Irene and May and . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Indian Ocean west of Colombo, Ceylon by . The entire crew were rescued. (en)
  • World War II: The transport ship was bombed and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of two of her crew. She was towed to Port Said but was declared a constructive total loss. Scrapped in 1946. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk by off Vardø, Norway. There was one dead and 14 survivors. (en)
  • World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Black Sea by Luftwaffe aircraft. There were 24 dead and 32 survivors. (en)
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  • The list of shipwrecks in April 1942 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during April 1942.(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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