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The list of shipwrecks in April 1944 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during April 1944.(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 1944 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during April 1944.(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 Type C2 Marinefährprahm was sunk by Allied fighter-bombers off Piombino, Italy. (en)
  • World War II: The Type R-151 minesweeper was sunk in the Danube at Linz, Austria by a mine. (en)
  • World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Norwegian Sea south west of Bear Island, Norway by with the loss of all 51 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The was scuttled after running aground north of Crater Point, New Britain . The whole crew was rescued. (en)
  • World War II: The trawler was shelled and sunk in the South China Sea by the submarine . (en)
  • World War II: The was torpedoed and sunk in the Moro Gulf south east of Zamboanga by . One hundred and thirty-seven people were killed, including her commanding officer. (en)
  • World War II: The torpedo boat was shelled and sunk in the English Channel by with the loss of 62 of her 135 crew. Survivors were rescued by Kriegsmarine Vorpostenboote. (en)
  • World War II: The Type A Artilleriefährprahm was sunk at Stettin, Pomerania during an American air raid. (en)
  • World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by . (en)
  • World War II: Bombay Explosion: The ship was burnt out as a result of the explosion of Fort Stikine at Bombay, India. Eight of the people aboard were killed. Declared a total loss, she was sunk for use as a jetty. (en)
  • World War II: The was sunk with gunfire at Brignogan-Plages, Finistère, France. (en)
  • World War II: Bombay Explosion: The cargo ship was severely damaged by the explosion of Fort Stikine and was declared a total loss. She was sold for scrap in July 1944. (en)
  • Bergen explosion: The coaster was sunk at Bergen, Norway, by the explosion of . (en)
  • World War II: The was depth charged and sunk in the Pacific Ocean east of Truk, South Pacific Mandate by a Consolidated PB4Y Liberattor aircraft of United States Navy squadron VB-108. Lost with all 107 hands. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk at Borkum by British aircraft. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy OKI-509: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean by the submarine . Two troops and a crewman were killed. (en)
  • World War II: Bombay Explosion: The hospital ship was severely damaged by the explosion of Fort Stikine at Bombay, India. She was subsequently repaired and returned to service. (en)
  • World War II: The transport ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Kii Channel by . (en)
  • The grounded on Cook's Reef, off Mai Island, New Hebrides, and sank the next day. (en)
  • World War II: The minesweeper was bombed by Soviet aircraft and sunk in the Baltic Sea off Aseri, Estonia . (en)
  • World War II: Convoy T-4: Battle of Lyme Bay: The landing ship tank was torpedoed and sunk in Lyme Bay by , , , . , , . and . (en)
  • World War II: The auxiliary submarine chaser was bombed and sunk off Kalamata, Greece by British aircraft with the loss of four lives. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy CAF 31: The passenger/cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Algeria by aircraft of the Luftwaffe. One gunner was killed. (en)
  • World War II: The coaster struck a mine and sank in the Baltic Sea off Stralsund, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. (en)
  • World War II: The K-15/M-17-class river minesweeping launch was sunk by a mine in the Black Sea. The crew was saved. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean north west of Chichi-Jima by . (en)
  • World War II: Bombay Explosion: The landing ship infantry (large) was burned out as a result of the explosion of Fort Stikine at Bombay, India. Refloated in 1945 and towed to Mandapam and resunk as a breakwater. (en)
  • World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north east of the Azores, Portugal by and with the loss of nine of her 51 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was sunk at Stettin during an American air raid. (en)
  • World War II: The Type R-218 minesweeper was sunk off Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France by Allied aircraft. (en)
  • World War II: The minesweeper was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by . 14 crew members were killed and 3 of the 12 survivors were wounded. (en)
  • World War II: The Marinefährprahm was sunk at Stettin during an American air raid. (en)
  • World War II: The was accidentally sunk in the Bismarck Sea off Cape Lambert, New Britain Island by Vought F4U Corsair, Grumman F6F Hellcat, Douglas SBD Dauntless, and Grumman TBF Avenger aircraft of the United States Navy. Nine crew were killed. Survivors were rescued by Consolidated PBY Catalina aircraft of the United States Navy. (en)
  • World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north west of Cape Finisterre, Spain by and with the loss of all 50 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The auxiliary minelayer struck a mine and sank in the Gulf of Finland, west of the Kurgalsky Peninsula . (en)
  • World War II: The transport was sunk in an air raid on Rabaul by Consolidated B-25 Liberator and North American B-25 Mitchell aircraft of the United States Thirteenth Air Force with the loss of 28 lives. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk by aircraft south of Bodø, Norway. (en)
  • World War II: The submarine chaser was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Toulon, Var, France, by . 20 crew members were killed or missing. There were 13 wounded and 49 survivors. (en)
  • thumb|U-515World War II: The Type IXC submarine was depth charged and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean by , , and . She surfaced, and was then bombed, shelled and sunk by the four destroyers and by Grumman TBF Avenger and Grumman F4F Wildcat aircraft based on with the loss of sixteen of her 60 crew. (en)
  • The Ya-5-class mortar motor boat was lost on this date. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy H-22: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Philippine Sea by . A total of 280 troops, nine gunners and 29 crewmen were killed. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy UGS 38: The was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Algiers, Algeria by Junkers Ju 88 aircraft of III Staffeln Kampfgeschwader 26 and Heinkel He 111 aircraft of I & II Staffeln, Kampfgeschwader 77, Luftwaffe with the loss of 47 of her 279 crew. Survivors were rescued by and . (en)
  • World War II: The was sunk in the Black Sea east of Constanta, Romania by . (en)
  • World War II: Convoy UGS 36: The Liberty ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea west of Algiers, Algeria by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by . USS Mills and the tug towed the ship to Algiers where she was beached. Later repaired and returned to service. (en)
  • World War II: The tug was torpedoed and sunk in the Strait of Malacca by . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was sunk by a mine, placed by the British mini-submarine X-24, while at the coal-dock at Bergen. 11 men were killed. (en)
  • World War II: The lighter was sunk by a mine in the Black Sea. (en)
  • World War II: The coaster was sunk by gunfire and demolition charges in the Strait of Malacca by . (en)
  • World War II: The guard ship was torpedoed and sunk at Kos, Greece by Royal Navy motor torpedo boats. (en)
  • World War II: The Sperrbrecher was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off Schiermonnikoog, Friesland, Netherlands by Allied aircraft. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy SC 156: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by . All 42 crew were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: The Type XIV submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of the Cape Verde Islands, Portugal by , , and with the loss of all 64 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The was depth charged, hedgehogged and sunk in the Pacific Ocean south west of Chirikof Island by with the loss of all 86 crew. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy HI-55: The tanker was torpedoed and damaged by at . She was torpedoed again an hour later and her forward section, forward of the engine room, broke off and sinks. She proceeded slowly to Singapore. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off Lista, Norway by . All her crew were saved by an escort ship. (en)
  • World War II: The A-2 -class motor torpedo boat was shelled and sunk by in the Barents Sea during an attack on a German convoy. Two crewmen were made prisoners of war and 11 were killed. (en)
  • World War II: The tug was sunk in an Allied air raid on Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein. She was subsequently salvaged, repaired and returned to service. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy SC 156: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by with the loss of three of her 39 crew. Survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: The Type R-41 minesweeper was sunk in the North Sea off Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands in a collision with . (en)
  • World War II: The Type R-151 minesweeper was sunk in the Tyrrhenian Sea off Cecina, Tuscany, Italy during a battle with Royal Navy motor torpedo boats. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Ems. (en)
  • World War II: The coaster was bombed and sunk in the Gulf of Lyon by Bristol Beaufighter aircraft of Royal Air Force. Two crew were killed. (en)
  • World War II: The submarine chaser was bombed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by British aircraft. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy SHISA-17: The Ikuta Maru-class transport was bombed and sunk in the South China Sea north east of Cape St. Jacques Lighthouse, French Indochina, by Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft of the 308th Bomb Group, United States Fourteenth Air Force. Nineteen troops, 27 other passengers, and seven crewmen were killed. (en)
  • World War II: The submarine was sunk at Monfalcone, Friuli-Venezia-Giulia, Italy in an Allied air raid. (en)
  • The Type C2 Marinefährprahm was sunk sometime in April. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Pacific Ocean off Honshu. (en)
  • World War II: The Type VIIC submarine struck a mine and sank in the Ligurian Sea off Portofino, Genoa, Italy with the loss of all 51 crew. (en)
  • World War II: Bombay Explosion: The Fort ship exploded and sank at Bombay. The explosion resulted in the loss of many more ships. (en)
  • World War II: The fishing cutter was bombed and sunk in the Barents Sea off Makkaur, Norway by Soviet aircraft. (en)
  • thumb|right|Paul Hamilton explodingWorld War II: Convoy UGS 38: The Liberty ship was torpedoed, blew up and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off Algiers by aircraft of III Staffeln, Kampfgeschwader 26 and I & II Staffeln, Kampfgeschwader 77, Luftwaffe. All 504 troops, 29 gunners and 47 crewmen aboard were killed. (en)
  • World War II: The rescue tug was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel off Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom by . (en)
  • thumb|Rogaland Bergen explosion: The cargo ship was sunk at Bergen by the explosion of . Raised later that year and laid up at Ølesund. Repaired and returned to service in 1947. (en)
  • World War II: The Vorpostenboot was sunk in the Bay of Biscay south of Belle Île, Finistère, France in an Allied air raid. (en)
  • World War II: The Kaidai-class submarine was sunk in a diving accident north-west of Dublon Island, Truk, during an air raid by Consolidated PBY-4 Liberator aircraft. All aboard died. 32 bodies were recovered in the following weeks. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy SC 156: The cargo ship suffered a broken propeller shaft and was abandoned by her 51 crew. They were rescued by . Oldham was towed to St. John's, Newfoundland. (en)
  • World War II: The Vorpostenboot struck a mine and sank off Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Inférieure. (en)
  • The rescue tugboat was sunk in a collision with the tugboat off The Azores . (en)
  • World War II: The was sunk in the Bismarck Sea off Cape Lambert, New Britain Island by Vought F4U Corsair, Grumman F6F Hellcat, Douglas SBD Dauntless and Grumman TBF Avenger aircraft of the United States Navy. Survivors were rescued by Consolidated PBY Catalina aircraft of the United States Navy. (en)
  • The Type A Marinefährprahm was sunk on this date. (en)
  • The Type C Marinefährprahm was sunk on this date. (en)
  • The auxiliary guard boat was lost on this date. (en)
  • The auxiliary gunboat was lost sometime in April. (en)
  • The landing craft personnel (small) was wrecked at Weymouth, England. (en)
  • The StuBo42 type landing craft/motor launch was sunk on this date. (en)
  • World War II: thumb|One of the ships damaged in the Bombay ExplosionBombay Explosion: The cargo liner was lost as a result of the explosion of Fort Stikine at Bombay, India. (en)
  • World War II: The Type R-151 minesweeper was sunk by Soviet aircraft at Feodosija, Soviet Union. Raised, repaired, and put into Soviet Navy service as BO-51. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Norwegian Sea off Stad, Norway by . (en)
  • World War II: Convoy Higashi-Matsu No. 4: The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Pacific Ocean off the Mariana Islands by . She sank the next day. Seven troops and eleven crewmen were killed. (en)
  • The No. 11-class landing tender was lost on this date. (en)
  • World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Barents Sea by Fairey Swordfish aircraft of 819 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm, based on and Grumman TBM Avenger and Grumman F4F Wildcat aircraft of 846 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm based on with the loss of all 49 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by with the loss of all 51 crew. (en)
  • The trawler sank south of Marathon Key, Florida at . (en)
  • The Type IIA submarine collided with the trawler Helmi Söhle in the Baltic Sea near Pillau, East Prussia and sank with the loss of seventeen of her 35 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was sunk at Venice during an Allied air raid. (en)
  • World War II: Bombay Explosion: The ship was lost as a result of the explosion of Fort Stikine at Bombay, India. Two crew members were killed. (en)
  • The Type C2 Marinefährprahm was sunk on this date. (en)
  • World War II: The Fairmile D motor torpedo boat was shelled and sunk in the English Channel off Cape Barfleur, France by Kriegsmarine destroyers. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy UGS 37: The Liberty ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Derna, Libya by All 72 crew were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea off Cape Varella, French Indochina by . (en)
  • World War II: The fishing vessel was shelled and sunk in the Norwegian Sea west of the Lofoten Islands by . All eight people on board were taken on board U-711 as prisoners and were held by the Gestapo until the end of the war. (en)
  • World War II: The Standard Merchant Type 1K ore carrier was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean west of Saipan by the submarine . Two troops and an unknown number of others were killed. (en)
  • World War II: The was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean south of Cape Ashizuri, Japan by . (en)
  • World War II: Convoy TAMA-17: The Takegawa Maru-class auxiliary transport ship was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea west of the Luzon Strait by . Seven crewmen were killed. Lost with the ship are 17 Daihatsu landing barges and two lighters. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk by aircraft at the Deutsche Werke yard in Kiel, Germany. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy M-27: The Akita Maru-class auxiliary transport was torpedoed and sunk in the Philippine Sea by . 28 passengers and 5 crewmen killed. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy SHISA-17: The Kumagawa Maru-class auxiliary collier/oiler was bombed and sunk in the South China Sea north east of Cape St. Jacques Lighthouse, French Indochina, by Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft of the 308th Bomb Group, United States Fourteenth Air Force. Thirty-eight troops and 43 crewmen were killed. (en)
  • World War II: The landing craft personnel (ramped) was lost during an exercise at Mandapam, India. (en)
  • World War II: The rescue ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Gedser, Denmark. (en)
  • World War II: Bombay Explosion: The Fort ship was severely damaged by the explosion of Fort Stikine at Bombay, India. She was subsequently used as a hulk until scrapped in 1948. A crewman was killed. (en)
  • World War II: The submarine chaser, a former , was scuttled at Venice, Italy after being damaged by Allied aircraft. Raised, repaired and returned to Italian service post-War. (en)
  • Bergen explosion: The ammunition transport was sunk off Bergen by an accidental explosion. One hundred and fifty-eight people were killed. About 4,800 were wounded. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy SHISA-17: The tanker was bombed and sunk in the South China Sea north east of Cape St. Jacques Lighthouse, French Indochina, by Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft of the 308th Bomb Group, United States Fourteenth Air Force. Eighteen crewmen were killed. (en)
  • The Siebelgefäß landing craft was sunk on this date. (en)
  • World War II: The Type R-25 minesweeper was sunk in the Pilava-Konigsberg Canal by mines. (en)
  • The vessel sank south of Marathon Key, Florida at . (en)
  • World War II: Convoy H-22: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Philippine Sea by . Nineteen troops and nineteen crewmen were killed. (en)
  • World War II: The transport was sunk in an air raid on Rabaul, New Guinea by Consolidated B-24 Liberator and North American B-25 Mitchell aircraft of the United States Thirteenth Air Force. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank off Warnemünde, Germany. Two crew were killed. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and set afire in the Black Sea by Soviet aircraft. She was a total loss. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off Egersund, Norway by . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off Lista, Norway by . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea south of Oneglia, Italy by . (en)
  • The cargo ship struck a rock in the Guia Narrows and was beached . She was declared a total loss. (en)
  • The 70-gross register ton, scow sank in the Gulf of Alaska approximately off Cape Spencer on the coast of the Territory of Alaska. (en)
  • World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south west of Iceland by and with the loss of all 50 crew. (en)
  • The auxiliary submarine chaser was lost on this date. (en)
  • World War II: During a voyage with a cargo of acetone from Portland, Oregon, to Vladivostok in the Soviet Union via Akutan in the Aleutian Islands, the 2,864-gross register ton cargo liner was sunk by an unidentified submarine – almost certainly – in the North Pacific Ocean approximately southeast of Dutch Harbor, Territory of Alaska. She exploded and sank in less than a minute, with 13 crewmen killed. The other 29 crewmen abandoned ship in a lifeboat, but only nine of them remained alive when the steamer Ola rescued them six days later. Pavlin Vinogradovs master did not survive. (en)
  • World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south west of Iceland by and with the loss of all 51 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Aegean Sea off Heraklion, Greece by . (en)
  • World War II: During a voyage from Port Townsend, Washington, to Dutch Harbor, Territory of Alaska, with a cargo of highly flammable cargo of fuel, the Liberty ship, operating as a cargo ship for the United States Army was torpedoed by and broke in two in the Pacific Ocean at , approximately southeast of Sanak Island in the Fox Islands subgroup of the Aleutian Islands. The bow section sank. The stern section was scuttled by the patrol frigate . A passenger, 14 embarked personnel of the United States Navy Armed Guard, and 40 crewmen were killed. Her 15 survivors were rescued by the cargo ship FP 41 . (en)
  • World War II: Bombay Explosion: The ship was lost as a result of the explosion of Fort Stikine at Bombay, India. 15 of the people aboard were killed. (en)
  • World War II: The was damaged by a mine off Capraia, Italy . Scuttled by TA29 when attacked by Royal Navy motor torpedo boats. (en)
  • World War II: The Type IXC submarine was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by Grumman TBF Avenger and Grumman F4F Wildcat aircraft based on with the loss of 56 of her 57 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel off Saint-Brieuc, Côtes-du-Nord, France by with the loss of 124 of her 219 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean north west of Chichi-jima by . (en)
  • The PiLB 41 type landing craft was lost on this date. (en)
  • thumb|U-550 World War II: The IXC/40 submarine was depth charged, shelled, rammed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by , and with the loss of 44 of her 56 crew. Survivors were taken as prisoners of war by USS Joyce. (en)
  • The StuBo42 type landing craft/motor launch was destroyed by fire in Braila, Rumania. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy RA 59: The Liberty ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Barents Sea off Bear Island, Norway by with the loss of 43 of the 234 people on board. Survivors were rescued by and , which scuttled the still-floating stern section of the ship. (en)
  • World War II: The G-5-class motor torpedo boat was shelled and sunk by German and Romanian surface ships in the Black Sea. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean by . (en)
  • World War II: Bombay Explosion: The ship was lifted by the tsunami caused by the explosion of Fort Stikine and broke in two when slammed down on a dock at Bombay, India. (en)
  • The Vorpostenboot suffered a boiler explosion and sank in the North Sea off IJmuiden, North Holland, Netherlands. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy SHISA-17: The London Maru-class transport was bombed and sunk in the South China Sea north east of Cape St. Jacques Lighthouse, French Indochina, by Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft of the 308th Bomb Group, United States Fourteenth Air Force. Two crewmen were killed. (en)
  • The landing craft mechanized were lost in transit from the United States to India sometime in April. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Barents Sea off Kirkenes, Norway. (en)
  • World War II: The Vorpostenboot was sunk in the North Sea by British aircraft. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy SC 157: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy due to steering gear defects. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by with the loss of one of her 55 crew. Survivors were rescued by and . (en)
  • The landing craft assault foundered during an exercise off Great Britain. (en)
  • The PiLB 40 type landing craft was lost on this date. (en)
  • World War II: The artillery training ship was bombed and destroyed by fire at Stettin in an American air raid. (en)
  • World War II: The Type J1 submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Bismarck Sea west north west of New Hanover, off Emirau Island by . Lost with all 111 hands. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy Higashi-Matsu No. 4: The cargo liner was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off the Nanpō Islands by . One passenger died. (en)
  • The armed yacht/submarine chaser was lost on this date. (en)
  • World War II: The Kaichū type submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Pacific Ocean south of Truk by and . She was lost with all 74 crew. (en)
  • World War II: Bombay Explosion: The landing craft personnel (large) was destroyed by the explosion of Fort Stikine . (en)
  • World War II: The Seeteufel-class naval whaler/Vorpostenboot was torpedoed and damaged by Soviet aircraft. She was taken under tow, but later that day was bombed and sunk off Vardo by Soviet aircraft. 17 of her 54 crew were killed. (en)
  • World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was bombed and sunk at Toulon, Var France during an American air raid. (en)
  • World War II: The was torpedoed and sunk in the Indian Ocean off the Nicobar Islands by . (en)
  • World War II: The minesweeper, a KFK-class naval drifter, struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium. (en)
  • World War II: Take Ichi convoy: The transport was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea by . 2,586 troops, 2 passengers, and 63 crewmen killed. 860 troops survived, or took down an entire 3,189-man Imperial Japanese Army regiment including its commander. (en)
  • World War II: The was bombed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Iwo Jima by a Mitsubishi G3M "Nell" bomber of the 901 Air Group, Imperial Japanese Navy. (en)
  • World War II: The factory ship was set on fire and severely damaged in Kåfjord following an Allied attack on . The wreck was laid up, and scuttled in October 1944 by German forces. Raised in 1947, extended and returned to service in 1950 as Sande. (en)
  • World War II: The Marinefährprahm was sunk in the North Sea west of Fugloy, Faroe Islands by British aircraft. She was later salvaged and repaired. (en)
  • World War II: The Type A Artilleriefährprahm was bombed and sunk at Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France by Allied aircraft. (en)
  • World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off Karmsund, Norway by with the loss of 42 of her 50 crew. (en)
  • The Mk 2 landing ship tank was run aground off Naples, Italy and was not repaired. Returned to the United States Navy in May 1945. (en)
  • World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by a Consolidated PBY Catalina aircraft of 162 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force with the loss of all 51 crew. (en)
  • World War II: Bombay Explosion: The ship was lost as a result of the explosion of Fort Stikine at Bombay, India. (en)
  • World War II: The minesweeper struck a mine and sank in the German Bight. (en)
  • World War II: The river Sperrbrecher was bombed by Soviet aircraft in the Black Sea and had to be run aground north of Sulina. She was then abandoned. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo liner was torpedoed and sunk in the Philippine Sea by . (en)
  • World War II: The auxiliary minelayer struck a mine and sank in the Baltic Sea. (en)
  • World War II: The naval trawler was bombed and sunk in the Barents Sea off Makkaur, Norway by Soviet aircraft. (en)
  • The No. 1-class landing boat was lost on this date. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy Higashi Matsu No. 5: The Miike Maru-class auxiliary transport was torpedoed and damaged in the Pacific Ocean off Palau by . She caught fire from a fuel leak, was abandoned and sank two days later. Nine passengers, seven gunners and two crew were killed. Survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the East China Sea by with all hands. (en)
  • World War II: The light cruiser was torpedoed and damaged in the Pacific Ocean off Sonsorol Island, southwest of Palau at , by the submarine . She sank the next day. Nineteen crewmen were killed. Survivors were rescued by the destroyer . (en)
  • World War II: The Type IXC/40 submarine struck a mine and sank in the Baltic Sea off Swinemünde, Pomerania, with the loss of nine of her 44 crew. Salvaged in August 1944 and cannibalized for parts. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk by aircraft off Fuglo, south of Bodø, Norway. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean by . (en)
  • World War II: Bombay Explosion: The cargo ship was severely damaged by the explosion of Fort Stikine and was declared a total loss. (en)
  • World War II: The coaster was shelled and sunk in the Malacca Strait by . (en)
  • World War II: The transport ship struck a mine and sank in the Yangtze-kiang. (en)
  • World War II: The was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean south south east of Guam by . Lost with all hands. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy TAMA-17: The tanker ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean by . Four crewmen were killed. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the South Atlantic by with the loss of two of the 68 people on board. Survivors were rescued by or reached land in their lifeboat. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Baltic Sea off Darß, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. (en)
  • World War II: The Type B Marinefährprahm was sunk at Stettin during an American air raid. (en)
  • World War II: The barge struck a mine and sank in the Black Sea . (en)
  • World War II: The was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea off the Hon Doi Islands, Cape Varella, French Indochina by . (en)
  • World War II: The CHa-1-class auxiliary submarine chaser was sunk at Truk by American aircraft. (en)
  • World War II: The salvage vessel was torpedoed and sunk in the Strait of Malacca by . (en)
  • The harbor tug was swamped and foundered south west of Oahu, Hawaii while under tow from Pearl Harbor to Palmyra Island. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the South Atlantic west south west of Cape Point, South Africa by with the loss of two of her 51 crew. Survivors were rescued by and . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the South China Sea south of Hainan, China. (en)
  • World War II: The Sperrbrecher struck a mine and was severely damaged off Brest, Finistère, France. (en)
  • World War II: Bombay Explosion: The landing craft personnel (ramp) was burnt out as a result of the explosion of Fort Stikine at Bombay, India. (en)
  • World War II: The transport was sunk at Sabang, Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies by aircraft from and . A crewman was killed. (en)
  • World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean by . (en)
  • World War II: The gunboat was damaged in a collision with NB-8 Kornat and was scuttled to prevent capture in the area of Mljet and Korčula. (en)
  • World War II: The was sunk in the Makassar Strait south of Balikpapan Borneo by a mine. Thirteen crewmen were killed. Survivors were rescued by the heavy cruiser and the light cruiser . (en)
  • World War II: The guard ship was torpedoed and sunk at Kos by Royal Navy motor torpedo boats. (en)
  • World War II: The landing craft personnel (small) was wrecked at Weymouth, England. (en)
  • World War II: The was torpedoed and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea off Algiers, Algeria by Luftwaffe aircraft. Her crew lost 17 killed and 12 wounded. She was towed to Oran and then to New York, where she was condemned. A section of her stern was used to repair . (en)
  • World War II: The transport was sunk in an air raid on Rabaul by Consolidated B-25 Liberator and North American B-25 Mitchell aircraft of the United States Thirteenth Air Force. 32 crew members were killed. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean north of Borneo by . (en)
  • World War II: The submarine chaser was torpedoed and sunk in the Strait of Malacca by . (en)
  • World War II: The Type C2M minelaying Marinefährprahm was sunk in the Black Sea by Soviet aircraft. (en)
  • World War II: The CHa-1-class auxiliary submarine chaser was sunk at Wake Island by Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft of VB-109, United States Navy. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy OKI-509: The was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean by the submarine . (en)
  • World War II: The Type C2 Marinefährprahm was sunk in the Black Sea by Soviet aircraft. (en)
  • World War II: The Type IX submarine was depth charged, shelled, rammed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by and with the loss of 27 of her 55 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The was torpedoed and damaged in Milne Bay, New Guinea, by Japanese aircraft. She consequently became a storage hulk. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Seto Inland Sea by the submarine . (en)
  • World War II: The Schnellboot was sunk by south of Beachy Head. 13 crew were killed. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Hollandia, New Guinea by Douglas A-26 Invader, Consolidated B-24 Liberator, North American B-25 Mitchell and Martin B-26 Marauder aircraft of the United States Fifth Air Force. (en)
  • World War II: The MZ-A landing craft was sunk by Allied fighter-bombers off Piombino, Italy. One crew was killed. (en)
  • World War II: The Liberty ship struck a mine and was damaged in the Mediterranean Sea off Salerno, Italy. She was beached at Naples but broke in two and was declared a constructive total loss. (en)
  • World War II: The transport ship was sunk in an air raid on Truk by Consolidated B-24 Liberator and North American B-25 Mitchell aircraft of the United States Seventh Air Force. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was sunk at Stettin during an American air raid. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo liner was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean east of Okinawa, Japan by . (en)
  • World War II: The Minsei Maru-class auxiliary minelayer was bombed and sunk at Truk by US Navy aircraft. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy UGS 38: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea northeast of Algiers, Algeria by aircraft of the Luftwaffe. One crew member was lost. (en)
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