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The list of shipwrecks in August 1942 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 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 August 1942 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 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 Tenryu Maru-class auxiliary collier/oiler was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean 94 miles west of Truk, Caroline Islands at by . One crewman killed. (en)
  • World War II: Operation Pedestal: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 20 miles off Cape Bon, Tunisia (en)
  • World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south east of the Faroe Islands by with the loss of 43 of her 44 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The Type A Marinefährprahm was sunk in the Sea of Azov off Yeisk . (en)
  • World War II: Convoy SG 6: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and damaged in the Belle Isle Strait by with the loss of 12 of her 54 crew. She was abandoned by survivors, who were rescued by or reached land in their lifeboat. Arlyn was sunk later that day by . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo liner was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the São Paulo Lighthouse by with the loss of 36 of the 181 people on board. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy TAW 12: The Design 1022 cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south of Cape Maysi, Cuba by with the loss of 3 passengers and 5 of her 41 crew. Survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo liner was torpedoed and sunk in the Black Sea off Tuapse by . 924 crew and passengers killed. 130 crew and passengers rescued. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south of Freetown, Sierra Leone by with the loss of all 40 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Marcus Island by . (en)
  • World War II: The coastal steamer requisitioned by the War Shipping Administration and transferred to the U.K. under lend lease burned at pier while loading in Philadelphia. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy TAW 12J: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Caribbean Sea (en)
  • World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea south east of Pantelleria, Italy by and with the loss of eight of her 47 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the São Paulo Lighthouse, Bahia, Brazil by with the loss of 20 of her 36 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The was bombed and sunk near of Santa Isabel Island by US Marine Corps SBD Dauntlesss from Henderson Field. 60 troops and 62 crew killed. 135 troops and 135 crew rescued by . (en)
  • The 20-gross register ton, fishing vessel sank north of Port Alice on Heceta Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. (en)
  • The Vorpostenboot ran aground on Naissaar, Soviet Union and was wrecked. (en)
  • World War II: The transport was torpedoed and sunk west of Cape St. George, New Britain by . 342 troops and 31 crew were killed. (en)
  • World War II: The harbor icebreaker was scuttled at Temryuk by the Red Army. (en)
  • World War II: The Type VII submarine was rammed and sunk by with the loss of six of her 43 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The Daifuku Maru No. 1-class transport was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea east north east of Camranh Bay, French Indochina by . 38 passengers, 2 guards and 72 crewmen killed. (en)
  • World War II: The sailing ship was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea north west of Beirut, Lebanon by . All crew survived. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy ON 115: The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean by . She then straggled behind the convoy and was torpedoed and sunk the next day east of Cape Race Newfoundland by with the loss of 21 of her 60 crew. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy EF 6: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean east of Trinidad by with the loss of nine of her 57 crew. Her captain was taken on board U-155 as a prisoner of war, other survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: The Zenyo Maru-class anti-aircraft transport was torpedoed and sunk in the Malacca Strait north of Penang by . 19 gunners and 6 crewmen killed. (en)
  • World War II: The net tender was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean near Wotje Atoll, Marshall Islands by . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south of Monrovia, Liberia by with the loss of one of the 44 people on board. The captain was taken on board U-130 as a prisoner of war. The rest of the survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: Convoy PG 6: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Windward Passage west of Haiti by . (en)
  • World War II: Convoy SL 118: The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean west of Cape Finisterre, Spain, at by the submarine with the loss of one of her 96 crew. Her survivors abandoned ship, but some of them late reboarded her. City of Manila later broke in two and sank. All 95 survivors were rescued by the steamer and the trawler . (en)
  • World War II: Operation Pedestal: The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by enemy action with the loss of 32 of the 85 people on board. (en)
  • World War II: Operation Pedestal: The cable ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by and and MAS 554 and MAS 557 . Survivors were rescued by and . (en)
  • World War II: The ore carrier was torpedoed and sunk in the Baltic Sea off Västervik by L 3 . There were 33 dead and 7 survivors. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Bon, Algeria. (en)
  • World War II: The seized Danish cargo ship Colombia, , under War Shipping Administration operation by United States Lines was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by . All 46 crew were rescued by and . (en)
  • World War II: Convoy LW 38: The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea by with the loss of three of her 92 crew. She was beached at Haifa, Palestine but subsequently sank. The wreck was scrapped in June 1952. (en)
  • World War II: The tanker was sunk of Cape Spada, Crete by Royal Air Force aircraft. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Den Helder, North Holland, Netherlands. (en)
  • World War II: The T-class submarine was depth-charged and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea south west of Gavdos Island, Greece by with the loss of all 61 crew. (en)
  • World War II, Battle of Milne Bay: Royal Australian Air Force aircraft sank the transport at the eastern end of Milne Bay at the eastern end of New Guinea with several hundred Imperial Japanese Army infantrymen aboard. About 300 of the infantrymen were killed. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy SC 94: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by and with the loss of nine of her 36 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The motor boat was captured and scuttled in the Matochkin Strait by . (en)
  • World War II: The Type XIV submarine was depth charged and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean by a Consolidated PBY Catalina aircraft of the United States Navy Squadron VP-73 with the loss of two of her 54 crew. She was scuttled by her crew, who were rescued by the trawler Skaftfellingur and later transferred to and as prisoners of war. (en)
  • World War II: Battle of Dikson: The guard ship was shelled, damaged and beached to prevent sinking at Dikson by . (en)
  • The auxiliary gunboat was sunk by the Luftwaffe at Temryuk in the Azov Sea. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was sunk at Kerch by German aircraft. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo liner was torpedoed and sunk in the Kii Channel by . (en)
  • World War II: The auxiliary gunboat was scuttled by her crew in the Azov Sea after running out of ammunition. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk by in the Mediterranean en route from Benghazi to Tobruk in Libya. (en)
  • World War II: The MO-class guard ship struck a mine and sank in the Baltic Sea. (en)
  • World War II: Dieppe Raid: The was wrecked and abandoned at Dieppe. Either LCT 124 or LCT 145 was salvaged and put in German service as Dieppe . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Kara Sea north west of Dikson Island by with the loss of all hands. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in Norwegian waters by . (en)
  • World War II: Dieppe Raid: The landing craft assault was lost at Dieppe. (en)
  • World War II: The tug was sunk by a mine in the Danube River Estuary. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was sunk in a Luftwaffe air raid on Novorossiysk. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by . (en)
  • World War II: Convoy TAW 3: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Caribbean Sea west of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba by with the loss of five of her 28 crew. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy SL 119: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of Gibraltar by with the loss of 11 of her 86 crew. Survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: Dieppe Raid: The was wrecked and abandoned at Dieppe. (en)
  • World War II: The gunboat was torpedoed and sunk in the East China Sea off Formosa by . (en)
  • World War II: Attack on the Dureenbee: The trawler was shelled and machine gunned, in the Pacific Ocean off Moruya, New South Wales, Australia by and ran aground after her crew were rescued by another trawler. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy ON 115: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean east of Cape Race, Newfoundland by with the loss of nine of the 90 people on board. Survivors were rescued by and . (en)
  • World War II: The troopship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea north west of Port Said, Egypt by with the loss of 49 of the 1,123 people on board. Survivors were rescued by and . (en)
  • World War II: Dieppe Raid: The anti-aircraft fire support was wrecked at Dieppe. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy SC 94: 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 and . (en)
  • World War II: The submarine chaser struck a mine and sank in the Baltic Sea off Espoo, Finland. (en)
  • World War II: The Type R-41 minesweeper was sunk by Soviet Ilyushin Il-4 aircraft in the Gulf of Finland. (en)
  • World War II: Battle of Savo Island: The was shelled and sunk in Ironbottom Sound off Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands by Japanese cruisers, with the loss of 370 of her 807 crew. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy SC 94: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and damaged by with the loss of two of her 42 crew. Survivors abandoned ship and were rescued by and . Oregon was later torpedoed and sunk by . (en)
  • World War II: The Fairmile A motor launch sunk by a mine in Dover Strait. (en)
  • World War II: Operation Pedestal: The was rammed and sunk by in the Mediterranean Sea off Algiers. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Sicily, Italy by . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south south east of Bermuda by (en)
  • World War II: The was sunk by Kriegsmarine surface vessels off Dover. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy TAW 12J: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Caribbean Sea north west of Barlovento Point, Cuba by with the loss of seven of her 47 crew. Survivors were rescued by a United States Navy patrol boat. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy TAW 12: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south of Cape Maysi by with the loss of 23 of her 37 crew. Survivors were rescued by the convoy's escorts. (en)
  • World War II: The transport ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Truk South Pacific Mandate by . 4 passengers and 27 crew were killed. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy SG 6F: The passenger ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Belle Isle Strait by with the loss of 7 passengers and 7 crewmen of the 562 people on board. Survivors were rescued by , and or reached shore in their lifeboats. (en)
  • World War II: The was lost to unknown causes in late August in the Bay of Biscay. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy No.152: The transport was torpedoed and sunk in the East China Sea north of Formosa by . 26 passengers and 12 crew killed. (en)
  • World War II: Operation Wunderland: The icebreaker was shelled and sunk in the Kara Sea off Russky Island by . 79 killed, 19 taken as prisoners of war, and 1 rescued by Soviets. (en)
  • World War II: Operation Pedestal: The was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Bizerta, Algeria by with the loss of 24 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by with the loss of two of her 64 crew. Survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: Convoy SC 94: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by with the loss of four of her 50 crew. Survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south east of Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland by . All 30 people on board were rescued by the trawler Juni . (en)
  • World War II: Convoy SC 94: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by . All 65 crew were rescued by and . (en)
  • World War II: The transport ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Truk by . (en)
  • World War II: The tanker was torpedoed, shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by . All 36 crew were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: Operation Pedestal: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged by Junkers Ju 88 aircraft of the Luftwaffe in the Mediterranean Sea. rescued survivors and scuttled the ship. (en)
  • World War II: Battle of Milne Bay: The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged by . She was later scuttled by . (en)
  • World War II: Operation Pedestal: The was torpedoed and disabled by MS boats MS-16 and MS-22 and then scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Bon, east of Kelibia, Tunisia . (en)
  • World War II: The sailing ship was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed by and beached at Corfu, Greece. Scrapped post-war. (en)
  • World War II: Battle of the Eastern Solomons: The aircraft carrier was bombed, torpedoed and sunk by aircraft from with the loss of 120 of her 924 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The Liberty ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Caribbean Sea off Trinidad by with the loss of one of her 53 crew. Survivors were rescued by a United States Navy patrol boat. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship , carrying about 3,200 British prisoners of war, was torpedoed by the submarine in the Mediterranean Sea off Greece. She was towed to Pylos Greece, and beached. She later was towed to Venice, Italy, and sunk there as a blockship. (en)
  • World War II: The coaster was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean east of Georgetown, Saint Vincent by . All thirteen crew survived. (en)
  • World War II: The schooner was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south of Cape Race, Newfoundland by . All seven crew were rescued by . (en)
  • The Siebel ferry was lost on this date. (en)
  • The auxiliary guard ship was lost on this date. (en)
  • The auxiliary gunboat was sunk on this date. (en)
  • The auxiliary minelayer was sunk as a target. (en)
  • The auxiliary minesweeper was lost on this date. (en)
  • The guard ship was lost on this date. (en)
  • The landing craft mechanized was lost. (en)
  • The landing craft personnel (ramped) was lost. (en)
  • The landing craft tank was lost. (en)
  • The minesweeping boat was lost on this date. (en)
  • The naval trawler/Vorpostenboot was on this date. (en)
  • World War II: Battle of Savo Island: The was shelled, torpedoed and sunk in Ironbottom Sound off Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands by Japanese cruisers, with the loss of 332 of her 952 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The was sunk by mines in the Baltic near Suursaari. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy SC 95: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south east of Iceland by with the loss of thirteen of her 45 crew. Survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Kattegat. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was . (en)
  • World War II: The Type R-2 minesweeper was sunk by British aircraft at Bardia. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Baltic Sea off Swinemünde, Germany. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south west of Freetown, Sierra Leone by with the loss of seven of her 73 crew. Survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off the Kuril Islands by . (en)
  • World War II: Convoy SC 95: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by with the loss of nine of her 38 crew. (en)
  • The MO-2-class patrol vessel was lost on this date. (en)
  • World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean by . She was then torpedoed and sunk by . (en)
  • World War II: Dieppe Raid: Convoy 2437: The armed tanker was heavily damaged by gunfire by motor Launch off Dieppe and was beached. (en)
  • World War II: The steam tug struck a mine in the Indian Ocean along the coast of Portuguese East Africa north of Lourenço Marques and was beached and abandoned. She then slid off the beach and sank in deep water. (en)
  • World War II: The Type R-151 minesweeper was rammed and sunk in the English Channel off Calais, France by , (en)
  • World War II: Battle of Savo Island: The was shelled and heavily damaged by Japanese cruisers. She was scuttled by . (en)
  • World War II: The troopship was torpedoed and sunk off Aracaju by with the loss of 270 of the 306 people on board. (en)
  • World War II: The Sperrbrecher struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Den Helder, North Holland, Netherlands. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by with the loss of one of her 39 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The tanker was damaged off Cape Spada, Crete by Royal Air Force aircraft and was beached the next day. (en)
  • World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean west of Manila, Philippines by . (en)
  • The cargo ship was wrecked in Lake Ladoga. No casualties. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in Flekkefjord, Norway by . (en)
  • World War II: The was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Simbari Island, New Ireland by while returning to base from the Battle of Savo Island with the loss of 34 of her 616 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The inter-island transport was shelled and sunk in the Gulf of Papua west of Bramble Bay by . The submarine machine gunned survivors in the water. 82 passengers, her master, and 31 crewmen killed. (en)
  • World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by with the loss of 30 of her 51 crew. Survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea, west of the Antikithera Channel in position 35°41'N, 23°01'Eby . (en)
  • World War II: The auxiliary submarine chaser was sunk near Vikalla reef in the Gulf of Finland by with the loss of 22 lives. (en)
  • World War II: The coaster was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean east of Barbados by . All sixteen crew survived. They were either rescued by or landed in Suriname in their lifeboat. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy TAW 15: The tanker was torpedoed and damaged in the Caribbean Sea south of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba by . She was beached the next day at Guantanamo Bay. Later repaired, returned to service in February 1943. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was captured by , along with all 37 on board, in the South Atlantic Ocean. She was then scuttled by Stier with torpedoes. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy ON 115: The tanker straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south south west of Cape Race, Newfoundland by with the loss of 36 of her 41 crew. Survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was sunk at Sukham by German aircraft. Two crew killed. (en)
  • World War II: The was torpedoed and damaged by in the Mediterranean Sea. She was beached on the island of Panarea. Refloated in September and towed to Naples. (en)
  • World War II: The refrigerated cargo liner was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the mouth of the Real River by with the loss of 131 of the 142 people on board. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Indian Ocean east of One and a Half Degree Channel by . 2 gunners and 12 crewmen killed. (en)
  • World War II: Battle of Savo Island: The was shelled and sunk in Ironbottom Sound, Solomon Islands by Japanese cruisers. Wreck located in February 2015. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Spada, Crete by Royal Air Force aircraft. (en)
  • The 38-ton, wooden scow was stranded and lost at Iron Creek in Norton Sound, Territory of Alaska. The wreck report does not specify at which of several places of the name the wreck took place. (en)
  • The tug capsized and sank at Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy WAT 15: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Caribbean Sea south east of Port Morant, Jamaica by with the loss of thirteen of her 44 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The was shelled and sunk by Kriegsmarine surface craft off Gravelines, France. (en)
  • World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged, rammed and sunk in the Caribbean Sea (en)
  • World War II: The scow was torpedoed and sunk by off Odessa . (en)
  • The naval trawler/Vorpostenboot was lost on this date. (en)
  • World War II: The minelayer was shelled, torpedoed and sunk in the White Sea south east of Bear Island, Norway by , , and . 132 crewmen killed. The R.N. Destroyers rescued 60 survivors. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north of Cayenne, French Guiana by with the loss of 25 of the 60 people on board. Survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: The tanker was torpedoed, shelled and sunk in the Caribbean Sea north east of Tobago by . (en)
  • World War II: The sailing ship was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by . All crew survived. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Formosa Straits by . (en)
  • World War II: The tugboat was sunk at Sukham by German aircraft. Five crew were killed./ (en)
  • World War II: The ocean liner was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 500 miles east of Aracuju, Brazil by . 65 crewmen killed. Two of her crew were made prisoners of war and eventually turned over to the Japanese. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy TAW 15: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Caribbean Sea south south east of Guantanamo Bay by with the loss of 26 of her 59 crew. Survivors were rescued by and . (en)
  • World War II: Convoy ONS 122: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south east of Cape Farewell by with the loss of 31 of her 51 crew. Survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: Convoy SL 119: The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean north west of Lisbon by . The ship was scuttled the next day by , whilst rescued the 68 crew. (en)
  • thumb|Waimarama World War II: Operation Pedestal: The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by enemy action with the loss of 93 of the 95 people on board. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy TAW (S): The Design 1013 cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean northeast of Isla Margarita, Venezuela, at by the submarine with no loss of her 39 crew or the four members of the convoy commodore's staff, but the convoy commodore was killed. Survivors were rescued by the steamer . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Salvador, Bahia, Brazil by with the loss of six of her 31 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Pará, Brazil by . Sixteen survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: The tugs Komiles and Komsomolets and the barges P-4 and Sh-500 were sunk in the Pechora Sea near Matveev Island by . There were 305 dead from those aboard the four vessels and only 23 survivors, who were rescued by the tug Nord and the minesweepers T-54 and T-62 . Komsomolets, which sank in shallow waters, was later salvaged and returned to service. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo liner was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the mouth of the Real River by with the loss of 150 of the 154 people on board. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean east of Tobago by with the loss of five of her 82 crew. Survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: The fishing vessel struck a mine and sank in the Bay of Biscay (en)
  • The Type VIIC submarine collided off Gotenhafen, Germany in the Bay of Danzig with and sank with the loss of two of her 45 crew. She was raised, repaired and returned to service as a training boat in May 1943. (en)
  • World War II: The minesweeper struck a mine and sank in the Scheldt. (en)
  • World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Haifa, Palestine by a Vickers Wellington aircraft of 221 Squadron, Royal Air Force and by . , and . All 48 crew survived. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy SC 94: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by . All 63 people on board were rescued by and . (en)
  • World War II: Battle of Milne Bay: The Ro-33-class submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Coral Sea south east of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea by . Lost with all 70 hands. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Celebes Sea by . (en)
  • World War II: The was sunk by a mine of a flaking barrage, probably laid by the minelayers and . (en)
  • World War II: Convoy SC 94: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south east of Cape Farewell, Greenland by . All 54 crew were rescued by . (en)
  • More: Latvian Mercantile Marine during World War II (en)
  • World War II: The guard ship was sunk in the English Channel off the coast of Brittany, France by Royal Navy motor gun boats. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Pantellaria by . (en)
  • World War II: Operation Pedestal: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged by German aircraft and later torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Bon, Tunisia by German E-boats. Survivors were rescued by and . (en)
  • World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by with the loss of two of her 34 crew. Two survivors were taken on board U-130 as prisoners of war, the rest reached land in their lifeboats. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy SL 118: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north east of the Azores, Portugal by . All 44 people on board were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II, Battle of Milne Bay: Royal Australian Air Force aircraft forced the landing barges to strand themselves on the coast of Goodenough Island in the D'Entrecasteaux Islands off the eastern end of New Guinea. About 350 Japanese personnel aboard the barges were left stranded on Goodenough Island. (en)
  • World War II: The Japanese Type L submarine was depth charged and damaged by two Consolidated PBY Catalina flying boats from Patrol Squadron 42 (VP-42) and Patrol Squadron 43 (VP-43) , then depth-charged, shelled and sunk in the Bering Sea five miles north of Cape Shaw on Atka Island in the Aleutian Islands by the destroyer . Sixty of her crew were killed, including her commanding officer. Five crewmen were rescued by Reid. (en)
  • World War II: The Vorpostenboot struck a submarine-laid mine and sank in the Bay of Biscay, west of Lacanau, France . (en)
  • World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north east of Trinidad by with the loss of 47 of her 58 crew. Survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo liner was sunk at Temryuk by German aircraft. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Baltic Sea north east of Rügen, Germany. (en)
  • World War II: The trawler was and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south of Iceland by with the loss of all thirteen crew. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy SC 97: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by with the loss of five of her 54 crew. Survivors were rescued by and . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Black Sea off Sochi by and . Five crew killed. 37 crew rescued. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south west of Freetown, Sierra Leone by with the loss of 69 of her 85 crew. Three survivors were taken on board U-752 as prisoners of war. (en)
  • The collided in the Atlantic Ocean off Nova Scotia, Canada, with and sank with the loss of 197 of her 208 crew. (en)
  • The 28-gross register ton, fishing vessel sank in Mill Bay on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska. (en)
  • World War II: Dieppe Raid: The was wrecked and abandoned at Dieppe. Either LCT 124 or LCT 145 was salvaged and put in German service as Dieppe . (en)
  • World War II: The Fugas-class minesweeper was sunk by mines in the Baltic Sea near Suursaari. (en)
  • World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean approximately north east of Cayenne, French Guiana by with the loss of all 41 crew and 8 gunners. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Barents Sea west of Mezhdysharskiy Island by with the loss of seven of the 45 people on board. (en)
  • World War II: The was depth charged and sunk in the Solomon Sea by . Lost with all 71 hands. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed, shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by with the loss of two of the 33 people on board. Survivors were rescued by a Royal Navy ship. (en)
  • The MO-4-class submarine chaser was sunk on this date. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy WAT 13: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Caribbean Sea by with the loss of five of her 28 crew. Survivors were rescued by a United States Navy vessel. (en)
  • World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south west of the Cape Verde Islands, Portugal by with the loss of seven of her 44 crew. The captain was taken on board U-109 as a prisoner of war. Other survivors were rescued by and . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk by in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Carbonara, 15 miles south of Serpentara, Sardinia. (en)
  • World War II: Dieppe Raid: Convoy 2437: The auxiliary submarine chaser was heavily damaged by gunfire by LCFs and rammed by the motor gunboat off Dieppe and was abandoned. The blazing wreck was shelled and sunk by . Brocklesby rescued 25 crewmen. There were 19 dead. (en)
  • World War II: The high speed transport, a former , was bombed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean near Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands by Japanese aircraft with the loss of 51 of her 100 crew. (en)
  • World War II: Dieppe Raid: The landing craft, personnel (large) was lost at Dieppe. (en)
  • World War II: The M-class submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Gulf of Finland by VMV 5 . (en)
  • World War II: The schooner was shelled and sunk by in the Mediterranean off Orosei, Sardinia. (en)
  • World War II: The schooner was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by . (en)
  • World War II: The Fairmile B motor launch was sunk by an explosion at Freeport. (en)
  • World War II: The M-class submarine was sunk by a mine of a flanking barrage laid by the minelayers and . (en)
  • World War II: Convoy PG 6: The Fort ship , on her maiden voyage, was torpedoed and sunk in the Windward Passage west of Haiti by with the loss of three of her 44 crew. Survivors were rescued by and a United States Navy patrol boat. (en)
  • World War II: Dieppe Raid: The landing craft assault was lost at Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France. (en)
  • World War II: The sailing ship was damaged by gunfire in the Caribbean Sea at by the submarine with the loss of three of the 74 people on board. The damaged ship rendezvoused with the steamer which rescued the survivors and salvaged the cargo. Sea Gull D was abandoned and left to sink. (en)
  • World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south east of Cape Farewell by with the loss of 40 of her 45 crew. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy SL 119: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north west of Lisbon, Portugal by with the loss of 21 of her 84 crew. Survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: The Type A Marinefährprahm was torpedoed and sunk in the Bay of Iwan Baba by and . 12 crew were killed and 7 rescued, one later dying of his wounds. Raised, repaired and returned to service as an auxiliary. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Wangeroog, Lower Saxony, Germany. (en)
  • World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Freetown, Sierra Leone by . All 36 crew were rescued by , and . (en)
  • World War II: The barque was stopped in the South Atlantic off Itacaré by the submarine and sunk by explosive charges after her six crew had been ordered into a lifeboat. (en)
  • World War II: The schooner was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean east of the Turks and Caicos Islands by . All 11 crew survived. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy SL 118: The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean by . All 108 crew were rescued by and , which scuttled Hatarana. (en)
  • World War II: The auxiliary gunboat was scuttled by her crew at Temryuk, in the Azov Sea after running out of ammunition. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by with the loss of four of her 87 crew. Survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: Special Convoy 12: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Gulf of Mexico south of Key West, Florida in of water by with the loss of 23 crew. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy TAW 13: The Liberty ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Caribbean Sea west of Guantanamo Bay by . All 49 crew were rescued by a Royal Navy corvette. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south east of Barbados by with the loss of seventeen of her 79 crew. (en)
  • World War II: Dieppe Raid: The landing craft support (mortar) was lost at Dieppe. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Santa Maria di Leuca, Apulia by Royal Air Force aircraft. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy SL 118: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by with the loss of two of her 93 crew. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy TAW 15: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Caribbean Sea south of Guantanamo Bay by with the loss of ten of her 47 crew. Survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: Convoy SC 94: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south east of Cape Farewell by with the loss of 31 of her 56 crew. Survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean by with the loss of one of her 33 crew. The ship was scuttled two days later by . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo liner was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Guam by . (en)
  • World War II: Battle of Guadalcanal: The was torpedoed and damaged in the Pacific Ocean off Guadalcanal by with the loss of nine of her 158 crew. She was scuttled the next day. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy WS 21: The refrigerated cargo liner was bombed and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea off Galeta Island, Algeria by Heinkel He 111 and Junkers Ju 88 aircraft of the Luftwaffe. The crew abandoned the burning ship and were rescued by . The ship was torpedoed and further damaged the next day by . She was declared a hazard to shipping and was scuttled by . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Kattegat off Aalborg, Denmark. (en)
  • World War II: Battle of the Eastern Solomons: The transport was bombed and sunk 40 miles northeast of Santa Isabel Island by US Navy aircraft. Survivors rescued by , , , and . She is scuttled with a torpedo launched by Mutsuki while the destroyer is sinking. (en)
  • thumb|HMS Eagle World War II: Operation Pedestal: The aircraft carrier was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea south of Cape Salinas, Majorca, Spain by with the loss of 131 of her 791 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The auxiliary minelayer was sunk at Schiedam, the Netherlands, by aircraft. (en)
  • World War II: The Sperrbrecher struck a mine and sank in the North Sea north west of Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium. (en)
  • World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of Trinidad by with the loss of 40 of her 48 crew. Survivors were rescued by a United States Army ship. (en)
  • World War II: Special Convoy 12: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Gulf of Mexico south of Key West, Florida in of water by with the loss of ten of her 29 crew. (en)
  • World War II: Operation Pedestal: The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by with the loss of nine of her seventeen crew. The survivors were taken as prisoners of war. (en)
  • World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper was bombed and sunk at Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium in an Allied air raid. (en)
  • The 14-gross register ton, fishing vessel was lost after colliding with the motor vessel Rolph in Blank Inlet in Southeast Alaska. (en)
  • Continuation War: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk by northwest of Liepāja, Latvia. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy SC 94: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south east of Cape Farewell, Greenland by with the loss of three of her 44 crew. Survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: The refrigerated cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south east of Cape Farewell, Greenland by with the loss of fourteen of her 64 crew. Survivors were rescued by , and . (en)
  • World War II: The was sunk by Kriegsmarine surface vessels off Barfleur, France. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy ONS 122: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south east of Cape Farewell, Greenland by with the loss of three of her 43 crew. Survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean east of Trinidad by . All 39 crew were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: The Vorpostenboot was sunk at Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France by Allied aircraft. She was refloated, repaired and returned to service. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed, shelled and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean by . She later sank at with the loss of one of her 34 crew. Survivors were rescued by U-108 and landed at Trinidad, except for her captain, who was taken as a prisoner of war. (en)
  • World War II: The Type R-41 minesweeper was sunk by British aircraft off Alesund. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy ON 122: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by with the loss of six of her 22 crew. Survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: The 2,700-ton cargo ship was sunk by U.S. aircraft in the Bering Sea approximately west-northwest of Attu Island. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean south south east of Shiriya-saki, Hokkaido by . (en)
  • World War II: Convoy TAW 13: The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Caribbean Sea by with the loss of two of her 45 crew. She was scuttled by gunfire from . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea off Formosa by . (en)
  • World War II: Convoy SC 94: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by . All 38 crew were rescued by , and . (en)
  • The auxiliary transport, a coastal freighter , capsized and sank in a storm in the Pacific Ocean off New Caledonia. One crewman killed. The survivors sailed to New Caledonia, landing from Pam Head. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Kinkasan by . (en)
  • World War II: The struck a mine and sank in Dover Strait. (en)
  • World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper was mined in the Sea of Azov off Yeisk. (en)
  • World War II: The auxiliary gunboat was scuttled by her crew off Temryuk, in the Azov Sea. (en)
  • World War II: The transport ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya by . (en)
  • World War II: Operation Pedestal: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by German aircraft. (en)
  • World War II: The harbour tug was shelled and sunk in the Kara Sea by with the loss of all hands. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy SC 94: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south east of Cape Farewell, Greenland by with the loss of two of her 42 crew. Survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: The tugboat was sunk in Kerch Strait by German aircraft. (en)
  • World War II: The Siebel ferry was mined in the Sea of Azov off Jeisk. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy TAW (S): The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Caribbean Sea off Port of Spain, Trinidad, at by the submarine with the loss of two of the 42 people on board. Survivors were rescued by the corvette . (en)
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