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The list of shipwrecks in August 1944 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 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 August 1944 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 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: Convoy HI-71: The was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea west of Vigan City, Philippines by . 4,755 troops and 135 crewmen were killed. (en)
  • World War II: The minesweeper was scuttled at Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France. (en)
  • The T 51-class motor torpedo boat was lost on this date. (en)
  • World War II: The Vorpostenboot was sunk in the North Sea off Langeoog by Bristol Beaufighter aircraft of 254 Squadron, Royal Air Force. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mozambique Channel by with the loss of all 92 crew. (en)
  • World War II: Battle of Audierne Bay: The Vorpostenboots were shelled and sunk off Audierne, Finistère, France by , and . (en)
  • World War II: The Sperrbrecher was scuttled, either in the Gironde or at Bordeaux. (en)
  • World War II: The incomplete was scuttled at Nantes, France. (en)
  • World War II: The Type R-25 minesweeper was scuttled at Varna, Bulgaria. (en)
  • World War II: The was sunk in an American air raid on Toulon, Var, France. (en)
  • World War II: The Type 1939/40 motor torpedo boat was sunk by aircraft, or scuttled at Constanța. (en)
  • World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper was torpedoed and sunk in the Yellow Sea off Incheon, Korea by . (en)
  • World War II: The minesweeper struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Zeebrugge, West Flanders, Belgium. (en)
  • World War II: The Vorpostenboot was sunk by Royal Navy warships in the Bay of Biscay north of the Île d'Yeu, France. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy H-33: The was torpedoed and sunk in the Celebes Sea north of the Celebes by . (en)
  • World War II: Convoy MOTA-23: The transport was torpedoed and sunk by . Ninety-six of 99 troops, ten gunners and all 70 crewmen were killed. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy EBC 72: The landing ship tank was damaged by a German glide bomb off Saint-Tropez, Var. She was beached and abandoned . (en)
  • World War II: The damaged Type 1939/40 motor torpedo boat was decommissioned at Constanța after being damaged earlier by a Soviet air attack. (en)
  • The sank off in the English Channel off Normandy, France. (en)
  • World War II: The troopship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Honshu by . (en)
  • The Type DM minelayer Marinefahrprahm was sunk on this date. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy FTM 69: The landing ship tank was torpedoed and damaged in the English Channel south east of St Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight by with the loss of eight crew and several German prisoners of war. She was taken in tow by and was beached at Ryde, Isle of Wight. HMS LST-404 later broke in two and was declared a total loss. Scrapped at Zeebrugge, West Flanders, Belgium in June 1948. (en)
  • World War II: The Sborul-class torpedo boat was sunk at Constanța by Soviet aircraft. (en)
  • World War II: The Type IXD1 submarine was sunk in the Bay of Biscay with the loss of all 56 crew. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy 4804: The transport was sunk in the Pacific Ocean north west of Chichijima by aircraft of Task Group 58.1, United States Navy. (en)
  • World War II: The Type R-151 minesweeper was scuttled at Varna, Bulgaria. R 163 was raised, repaired, and put in Soviet service as BO-54. (en)
  • The MAL 1A type landing fire support lighter was lost on this date. (en)
  • World War II: The sunk by a mine in the Gulf of Frejus off Saint-Tropez, Var, France . (en)
  • World War II: The minesweeper was scuttled at Saint-Malo. (en)
  • World War II: The RA 251-class minesweeper was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Antibes in a battle with Royal Navy ships. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy EBC 66: The Liberty ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Trevose Head, Cornwall by . All 71 crew were rescued by and . (en)
  • World War II: The Type D Marinefahrprahm was scuttled on the Rhone river. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy DKA 21: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mozambique Channel by with the loss of two of her 70 crew. The rest of the survivors reached land in their lifeboats. (en)
  • World War II: The minesweeper was scuttled, either in the Gironde or at Bordeaux. (en)
  • World War II: The Vorpostenboot was bombed and sunk at Pauillac by Allied aircraft. (en)
  • World War II: The Battle of Audierne Bay: The Alfred I-class Vorpostenboot was shelled and sunk off Audierne, Finistère, France by , and . (en)
  • The cargo ship collided with in the Atlantic Ocean off Santa Catarina, Brazil . Both ships sank. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy FTM 74: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel north west of Cap d'Antifer, Seine Maritime, France by with the loss of four of her 63 crew. Survivors were rescued by and . (en)
  • World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Bay of Biscay off La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France by a Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft of 53 Squadron, Royal Air Force and by . All 52 crew survived. (en)
  • World War II: The Liberty ship was torpedoed and damaged in the English Channel off Normandy, France. She was declared a constructive total loss. (en)
  • World War II: The RA 251-class minesweeper, a former VAS 301-class submarine chaser was sunk in Genoa Bay by Royal Navy ships. (en)
  • World War II: The destroyer was bombed and sunk by aircraft off Le Verdon-sur-Mer, Gironde by Bristol Beaufighter aircraft of 236 Squadron, Royal Air Force and 404 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force. (en)
  • The KM-4-class river minesweeping launch was sunk on this date. (en)
  • World War II: The hulk of the decommissioned armored cruiser was bombed and sunk at Brest, France, by Royal Air Force aircraft. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy Namo 103: The Tsushima Maru-class auxiliary transport was torpedoed and sunk south west of Suwanosejima by with the loss of 1,529 passengers, including 682 children being evacuated from Okinawa, and 21 gunners and 24 crewmen. Later, only 59 of the children were saved. (en)
  • World War II: The was scuttled incomplete at Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France sometime in August. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk by aircraft at Stettin, Germany. Wreck scrapped in 1945–1946. (en)
  • World War II: The was torpedoed and sunk in the Philippine Sea off Bataan by . One hundred and thirty-four crewmen, including her captain, were killed. (en)
  • World War II: The landing craft tank was sunk in the English Channel by a Kriegsmarine Marder midget submarine. (en)
  • World War II: The Vorpostenboot struck a mine and sank in the English Channel off La Pallice. (en)
  • World War II: The minesweeper was bombed and destroyed at Le Havre, Seine-Inférieure, France in an Allied air raid. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Bassens, Gironde, France. Wreck scrapped in 1945. (en)
  • World War II: The Anshu Maru-class transport ship was torpedoed and sunk in south end of the Strait of Makassar by . Aboard were 1,513 Javanese laborers to repair the Japanese airfield at Makassar and 540 other passengers. 1,239 laborers, 273 passengers and 28 gunners and crewmen were killed. (en)
  • World War II: The uncompleted was scuttled at Port-de-Bouc, Bouches-du-Rhône. (en)
  • The KFK-2-class naval drifter was sunk on this date. (en)
  • World War II: The transport ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean by . (en)
  • World War II: Battle of Port Cros: The was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Port Cros, Var by . There were 99 survivors. (en)
  • World War II: The survey ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Gulf of Finland by with the loss of 25 of her 32 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea south of Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France by . (en)
  • World War II: The Fairmile B motor launch was shelled and sunk north of Biak, New Guinea by . (en)
  • World War II: The ammunition transporter was bombed and sunk in the Banda Sea by Consolidated PBY Catalina aircraft of the United States Navy. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy ETC 70: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel south east of St. Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight by with the loss of four of her 41 crew. Survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Cape Erimo, Hokkaidō by . (en)
  • World War II: The Type IXC submarine was scuttled at Lorient, Morbihan, France. The wreck was raised and scrapped in 1946. (en)
  • World War II: The was sunk in an Allied air raid on Genoa, Italy. (en)
  • World War II: The Vorpostenboot was shelled and sunk at Brest, Finistère, France. (en)
  • World War II: The was depth charged and sunk in Dasol Bay by Imperial Japanese Navy ships with the loss of all 60 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Indian Ocean off Dar es Salaam, Tanganyika by . Her captain was taken aboard U-198 as a prisoner of war. The rest of her 42 crew reached land in their lifeboats. (en)
  • World War II: The tanker was scuttled at Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France. (en)
  • World War II: The transport was torpedoed and sunk in the entrance to Davao Gulf east of Mindanao by . A total of 42 people were killed. (en)
  • World War II: The was torpedoed and sunk in the Philippine Sea off Bataan by and . 73 crewmen were killed. (en)
  • World War II: The minesweeper was sunk in the Bay of Biscay off Brest, Finistère, France by an Allied air attack. (en)
  • The K-15/M-17-class river minesweeping launch was sunk on this date. (en)
  • The auxiliary river minesweeper was sunk on this date. (en)
  • The landing craft personnel (large) were lost sometime in August or September. (en)
  • The naval trawler/Vorpostenboot was lost on this date. (en)
  • World War II: The ammunition transport was sunk at Halmahera, New Guinea by Consolidated PBY Catalina aircraft of the United States Navy. (en)
  • World War II: The escort ship was scuttled at Marseille. (en)
  • World War II: The minesweeper was bombed and sunk at Pauillac by Allied aircraft. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy HI-71: The transport was torpedoed and damaged in the Pacific Ocean by . She was beached near Port Currimao, Luzon. She is pulled off and towed to Manila, arriving on the 21st. (en)
  • World War II: The Fairmile C motor gun boat was sunk by a mine off Normandy. (en)
  • World War II: The Sperrbrecher was sunk as a blockship in the Gironde. Raised in 1947 and scrapped. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy DN 68: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Indian Ocean east south east of Durban, South Africa by with the loss of eight of her 102 crew. Survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: The Type 1939/40 E-boat sunk in the Sulina branch by a Soviet air attack. (en)
  • World War II: The passenger ship was torpedoed and sunk at Port-du-Bouc, Bouches-du-Rhône by a Kriegsmarine vessel. Refloated post-war, repaired and returned to service at La Marseillaise. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy MI-12: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in Paluan Bay by . A total of 65 troops and three crewmen were killed. (en)
  • World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged, mined and sunk in the Bay of Biscay at La Rochelle by a Handley Page Halifax aircraft of 502 Squadron, Royal Air Force with the loss of twelve of her 52 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Bay of Biscay west of Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Inférieure, France by with the loss of all 52 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The Vorpostenboot was sunk at Les Sables-d'Olonne in an air raid by the Royal Air Force. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled, either in the Gironde or at Bordeaux. (en)
  • World War II: The minesweeper was bombed and sunk at Brest, Finistère, France in a Royal Air Force air raid. (en)
  • World War II: The tanker struck a mine and sank in the Seine Bay. (en)
  • World War II: The Schnellboot struck a mine and sank in the Black Sea off Burgaz, Romania. (en)
  • World War II: The auxiliary minelayer was sunk in an Allied air raid on Genoa, Italy. (en)
  • World War II: The Sperrbrecher was bombed and sunk at Royan, Charente-Maritime, France by Allied aircraft. (en)
  • World War II: The R boat was scuttled in the Seine at Paris. (en)
  • World War II: The Type D Marinefahrprahm was sunk by an air attack on the Rhone river near Avignon, France. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled, either in the Gironde or at Bordeaux, Gironde. (en)
  • World War II: Battle of La Ciotat: The armed yacht was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off La Ciotat, Bouches-du-Rhône, France by , and or . (en)
  • World War II: Convoy MI-15: The minelayer was torpedoed and sunk in the Bashi Channel by with the loss of all 148 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The MAL 1A type landing fire support lighter was sunk by a Soviet bomber in Lake Peipus. One crewman killed. (en)
  • World War II: The Type R-25 minesweeper was sunk by Soviet aircraft in the Gulf of Finland. (en)
  • World War II: The Artilleriefährprahm was sunk at IJmuiden, North Holland, Netherlands in an air raid by the Royal Air Force. Later refloated, repaired and returned to service. (en)
  • World War II: The escort ship was sunk at Toulon by United States Army Air Force aircraft. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy TAMO-23: The oiler was torpedoed and sunk in South China Sea by . Four crewmen were killed. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy HI-71: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea off Cape Bolinao, Luzon by and . (en)
  • World War II: The coastal tanker struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off "Lepsoe", Norway. (en)
  • World War II: The auxiliary submarine chaser was torpedoed and sunk in the Molucca Sea south of the Celebes Islands, Netherlands East Indies by . (en)
  • World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the English Channel south of Brighton, Sussex, United Kingdom by , and with the loss of 45 of her 46 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The Vorpostenboot was scuttled, either in the Gironde or at Bordeaux. (en)
  • The MAL 1 type landing fire support lighter was lost on this date. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy MI-12: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in Paluan Bay by , and . Two gunners, 96 passengers and 29 crewmen were killed. (en)
  • World War II: The minesweeper struck a mine and sank in the English Channel off Le Havre. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was sunk at Bremen in an air raid by the Royal Air Force. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank at the mouth of the Elbe with the loss of four lives. (en)
  • The submarine chaser, a converted Type A Marinefahrprahm, was sunk on this date. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy HI-71: The was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea off Cape Bolinao, Luzon by and . Most of her crew were lost and about 790 passengers perish; but her captain and just over 400 crew and passengers survive. (en)
  • World War II: The Type R-218 minesweeper was scuttled at Varna, Bulgaria. (en)
  • World War II: The Type 1940 minesweeper was scuttled at Bordeaux, Gironde, France. (en)
  • World War II: The tanker was bombed and sunk in an Allied air raid on Savona. (en)
  • World War II: Battle of Port Cros: The was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Port Cros by , and . (en)
  • World War II: The Sperrbrecher was bombed and sunk at Brest in an air raid by the Royal Air Force. (en)
  • World War II: The was severely damaged by a mine and beached off Juno Beach, Calvados, France. Later declared a constructive total loss. (en)
  • The cargo ship collided with in the Atlantic Ocean off Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States and was beached. Later repaired and returned to service. (en)
  • World War II: The torpedo boat, a former , was torpedoed and sunk in the Aegean Sea by . (en)
  • World War II: The sailing vessel was shelled and sunk at Heraklion by . (en)
  • World War II: The tanker was scuttled Nantes, France. The wreck was raised and broken up in 1949. (en)
  • World War II: The Vorpostenboote were scuttled at Brest. (en)
  • The Type C2T tanker Marinefahrprahm was sunk on this date. (en)
  • The Type C2T Marinefahrprahm tanker was sunk on this date. (en)
  • World War II: The was torpedoed and sunk in the East China Sea off the Amakusa Islands by . (en)
  • World War II: The coaster was set afire at Le Havre in an air raid by aircraft of Bomber Command. (en)
  • World War II: Operation Dragoon: The Fairmile B motor launch struck a mine and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Var. (en)
  • World War II: The auxiliary submarine chaser was torpedoed and sunk in the Moro Gulf off Zamboanga City, Philippines by . (en)
  • World War II: The Liberty ship was torpedoed and damaged in the English Channel by Kriegsmarine schnellboote and was declared a constructive total loss. (en)
  • World War II: The tanker was scuttled as a blockship in the River Seine at Sahurs, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was raised in August 1945 but found to be uneconomic to repair and was scrapped in 1947. (en)
  • World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was bombed and destroyed at Toulon by Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft of the United States Army Air Force. (en)
  • World War II: The was sunk in the English Channel off Normandy by a Kriegsmarine Marder midget submarine. (en)
  • World War II: The minesweeper, a former , was scuttled in the Seine at Paris. (en)
  • World War II: Operation Dragoon: The struck a mine and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Var. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean south of Hokkaido by . (en)
  • World War II: Battle of La Ciotat: The was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off La Ciotat by . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mozambique Channel by with the loss of 23 of her 55 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The sloop was torpedoed and sunk in the Barents Sea by with the loss of 203 of her 217 crew. Survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: The Type VII submarine was bombed and sunk at Toulon by Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft of the United States Army Air Force. She was raised in 1945, repaired and entered Marine Nationale service in 1946 as Millé. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy ETC 72: The coaster was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel south east of St. Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight by with the loss of six of her seventeen crew. Survivors were rescued by and a Royal Navy motor launch. (en)
  • World War II: The KFK-2-class naval drifter/submarine chaser was scuttled at Constanța. (en)
  • World War II: The incomplete was bombed and sunk at Brest, Finistère, France by United States Army Air Forces aircraft. The wreck was scrapped post-war. (en)
  • World War II: The Type 1939/40 torpedo boat burned during a Soviet air attack on the shipyard at Constanța where she was being repaired. (en)
  • World War II: The Sperrbrecher was scuttled off Bordeaux. (en)
  • World War II: The minesweeper was sunk at Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein in an air raid by Royal Air Force aircraft. She was later refloated and repaired. (en)
  • World War II: The was expended as a target in the Mediterranean Sea. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Kirkenes, Norway by Soviet aircraft. There were one dead and two wounded. (en)
  • World War II: The was scuttled at Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. (en)
  • World War II: The minelayer was scuttled at Marseille. (en)
  • The Fairmile D motor torpedo boat was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north of Ireland in a collision with . (en)
  • World War II: The tanker struck a mine and sank off Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy EBC 82: The Type N3-S-A1 cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel north of Cherbourg, Manche, France by with the loss of sixteen of her 35 crew. Survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: The auxiliary submarine chaser was torpedoed and sunk in the Davao Gulf by . (en)
  • World War II: The seaplane carrier was sunk by Allied bombers at Toulon, France. She was refloated in 1945 and scrapped in 1950. (en)
  • The Type AT tanker Marinefahrprahm was sunk on this date. (en)
  • World War II: The was sunk at La Pallice, Charente-Maritime, France in an air raid by the Royal Air Force. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea off Formosa by . (en)
  • World War II: The minesweeper was sunk at La Pallice, Charente-Maritime, France in an Allied air raid. (en)
  • The naval drifter/auxiliary minesweeper was lost sometime in August. (en)
  • World War II: The Sperrbrecher was bombed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay off Lorient, Morbihan, France by Allied aircraft. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Ceram Island by Consolidated PBY Catalina aircraft of the United States Army Air Force. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy TAMA-24: The transport was torpedoed and sunk off north north east of Cape Bojeador by . Sixteen crewmen were killed. (en)
  • World War II: The Vorpostenboot was scuttled at Bordeaux. (en)
  • The No. 19-class landing tender was lost on this date. (en)
  • World War II: The RA 51-class minesweeper was sunk by a mine in the Irben Strait sometime in August . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the East China Sea off Formosa. (en)
  • World War II: The Artilleriefährprahme were sunk in the English Channel off Fécamp, Seine-Inférieure, France by Royal Navy motor torpedo boats and United States Navy PT boats. (en)
  • The tanker was severely damaged at Trincomalee, Ceylon by a torpedo accidentally fired by . One crew was killed.She was subsequently repaired and returned to service. (en)
  • World War II: The patrol boat was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Honshu by . (en)
  • World War II: The Type C2A Marinefährprahm was scuttled in the Danube at Turnu Măgurele, Romania. (en)
  • World War II: The Vorpostenboot was scuttled at Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France. (en)
  • World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the English Channel south of Brighton, Sussex, United Kingdom by and with the loss of 47 of her 52 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Halmahera, New Guinea by North American B-25 Mitchell aircraft of the United States Army Air Force. (en)
  • World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the English Channel off Le Havre, Seine-Inférieure, France by with the loss of 48 of her 49 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The minesweeper was sunk in the English Channel off Berck-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, France by Allied aircraft. (en)
  • The Type C2M minelayer Marinefahrprahm was sunk on this date. (en)
  • The landing craft mechanized was lost on this date. (en)
  • World War II: The Type 1940 minesweeper was sunk at Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein by British aircraft. Later raised. (en)
  • World War II: The Sperrbrecher was sunk by Allied aircraft at Brest. (en)
  • World War II: Battle of Crete: The Harbour Defence Motor Launch was sunk by an ammunition explosion in Poole area. Three crew were killed. (en)
  • World War II: The Sperrbrecher was scuttled at Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Inférieure, France. (en)
  • The foundered on this date. (en)
  • The sank while under tow. (en)
  • The was lost on this date. (en)
  • The KM-2 Type motor launch was lost on this date. (en)
  • The R Type minesweeper was lost on this date. (en)
  • The Siebel ferry was sunk on this date. (en)
  • The Sperrbrecher was sunk on this date. (en)
  • The Type A Marinefahrprahm was sunk on this date. (en)
  • The Type B Marinefahrprahm was sunk on this date. (en)
  • The Type C Marinefahrprahm was sunk on this date. (en)
  • The Type C2 Marinefahrprahm was sunk on this date. (en)
  • The Type D Marinefahrprahm was sunk on this date. (en)
  • The Type VIIC submarine was in a collision with (en)
  • The Vorpostenboot was sunk on this date. (en)
  • The auxiliary guard ship was lost on this date. (en)
  • The auxiliary minesweeper was lost on this date. (en)
  • The auxiliary minesweeper was sunk on this date. (en)
  • The auxiliary river gunboat was sunk on this date. (en)
  • The guard ship was sunk on this date. (en)
  • The landing craft assault was lost on this date. (en)
  • The landing craft tank was lost on this date. (en)
  • The minesweeper was sunk on this date. (en)
  • The naval trawler was lost on this date. (en)
  • The naval trawler was lost sometime in August. (en)
  • The ship was sunk at Hustadvika, Norway. (en)
  • World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Bay of Biscay by a Short Sunderland of 461 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force and also by with the loss of one of her 43 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The Type R-151 minesweepers were scuttled at Varna, Bulgaria. (en)
  • World War II: The was bombed and sunk in Acqua Fredda Bay, Italy by Allied aircraft. Eight crew were killed. (en)
  • World War II: The Type R-25 minesweeper was sunk by aircraft off Milos, Greece. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy TAMO-29: The Fukuju Maru-class auxiliary transport was torpedoed and sunk in the East China Sea south of Shushan Island by . 28 crewmen killed. (en)
  • World War II: The hydrographic survey ship was shelled and sunk in the Kara Sea by with the loss of eighteen of her 22 crew. Survivors were taken aboard U-957 as prisoners of war. (en)
  • World War II: The wreck of the Hinko Maru-class auxiliary transport was torpedoed and destroyed where she was beached in Futami Bay, Chichijima by US Navy aircraft. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Banda Sea by North American B-25 Mitchell aircraft of the Royal Netherlands Air Force. (en)
  • World War II: The R boat was scuttled in the Seine at Paris, France. (en)
  • The Type C2 Marinefahrprahm was sunk sometime in August. (en)
  • World War II: The Type R-218 minesweeper was sunk in the English Channel by surface ships. (en)
  • The naval trawler sank in the English Channel off Normandy, France. (en)
  • World War II: The was scuttled at Bordeaux. (en)
  • World War II: The was scuttled west of Marseille. (en)
  • World War II: convoy MASA-10: The Delagoa Maru-class transport was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea off French Indochina by . Six crewmen and 509 troops were killed. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy EBC 66: The was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Trevose Head by with the loss of 30 of her 96 crew. Survivors were rescued by and . (en)
  • World War II: The Sperrbrecher was sunk at Brest by Allied aircraft. (en)
  • World War II: The minesweeper struck a mine and sank in the English Channel off La Pallice, Seine-Inférieure, France. (en)
  • World War II: The Type 1939/40 motor torpedo boat was sunk by British ships. (en)
  • World War II: The Sperrbrecher was scuttled and Nantes, France. (en)
  • World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Bay of Biscay by with the loss of 28 of her 47 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The patrol boat was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Honshu by . (en)
  • World War II: The Type 1939 E-boat was sunk in the Adriatic Sea between Korčula and Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia by , and . Two crewmen were killed and nine wounded. (en)
  • World War II: The was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel by with the loss of 59 of her 90 crew. Survivors rescued by and . (en)
  • World War II: The passenger ship was bombed and set afire at Kiel in an Allied air raid. (en)
  • World War II: The Vorpostenboot was sunk in the Gironde by Bristol Beaufighter aircraft of 235 and 248 Squadrons, Royal Air Force. (en)
  • World War II: The motor schooner was torpedoed and sunk at Constanţa, Romania by with the loss of 305 lives. (en)
  • The naval trawler/auxiliary minesweeper was lost sometime in August. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Sea of Okhotsk off Sakhalin by . (en)
  • World War II: The Type IXD2 submarine was sunk in the Indian Ocean near the Seychelles by and with the loss of all 66 crew and two prisoners of war. These were the captains of and . (en)
  • World War II: The Type R-151 minesweeper was sunk off Calais, France, by , , and . (en)
  • World War II: The Vorpostenboot was torpedoed and sunk in the Arctic Sea off Kirkenes, Norway by . (en)
  • World War II: The Sperrbrecher was shelled and destroyed at La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime by , and . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. Refloated in December 1946 repaired and returned to service. (en)
  • World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the East China Sea south of Shanghai, China by . (en)
  • World War II: The was torpedoed and sunk in the Philippine Sea off Bataan, Philippines by . One hundred and fifty-four crewmen were killed and wounded. (en)
  • World War II: The Type R-151 minesweepers were scuttled in the Black Sea off Constanța, Romania. R 205 was raised, repaired, and put in Soviet service as BO-52. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was sunk at Poreč, Yugoslavia in an Allied air raid. (en)
  • World War II: The MAL 1A type landing fire support lighter was scuttled at Dorpat to prevent capture. (en)
  • thumb|Richard Montgomery in July 2011 World War II: The Liberty ship ran aground in the Thames Estuary and was declared a total loss. She still remains there as of due to her cargo of live ammunition being deemed too dangerous to salvage. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank off Kristiansand, Norway. (en)
  • World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was lost on patrol in the Arctic Ocean or Norwegian Sea with the loss of all 51 crew. Cause unknown. (en)
  • World War II: The Type 1940 minesweeper was bombed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay off Gironde, France, by British aircraft. (en)
  • World War II: The Type VIIC/41 submarine was scuttled at Toulon, Var, France with the loss of two crew. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Arctic Sea off Kirkenes, Norway by or . (en)
  • World War II: The minesweeper was bombed and sunk in the Gironde Estuary, France, by de Havilland Mosquito aircraft of Coastal Command, Royal Air Force. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy MOTA-23: The transport was torpedoed and damaged by . The partially flooded ship drifted ashore with 210 troops and four crewmen killed. The ship was abandoned about three months later. (en)
  • World War II: The coaster was sunk at Stettin, Pomerania in an air raid by the Royal Canadian Air Force. (en)
  • The auxiliary submarine chaser was lost in a collision off Lista, Norway with the loss of 14 lives. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was sunk in an air attack at Rabaul. (en)
  • World War II: The Type 1940 minesweeper was bombed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay off Île Noirmoutier, Finistère, France by Bristol Beaufighter aircraft of 236 Squadron, Royal Air Force and 404 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force. (en)
  • World War II: The net tender was sunk at Le Havre in an air raid by aircraft of Bomber Command. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was sunk in the Pacific Ocean north east of Ceram Island, Netherlands East Indies by Bristol Beaufighter aircraft of the Royal Australian Air Force. (en)
  • World War II: The Sperrbrecher was wrecked during/after an air attack at Royan, France. (en)
  • World War II: The wandered into a German minefield and sank in Narva Bay west of the Kurgalsky Peninsula with the loss of 114 lives. (en)
  • World War II: The minesweeper was bombed and sunk in the English Channel off Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine France by Allied aircraft. (en)
  • World War II: The tanker was scuttled, either in the Gironde or at Bordeaux. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy 4804: The Ryunan Maru-class auxiliary transport was shelled/bombed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean north west of Chichijima, at the north end of the Ogasawara Islands, by and US Navy aircraft. 61 troops and 83 crewmen were killed. (en)
  • The Type C2 Marinefahrprahm was wrecked on this date. (en)
  • World War II: The minesweeper struck a mine and sank in the Gironde Estuary. (en)
  • World War II: The Liberty ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Indian Ocean by with the loss of two of her 68 crew. Survivors were rescued by and . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Kirkenes in a Soviet air raid. (en)
  • World War II: The Vorpostenboot was scuttled at Saint-Malo. (en)
  • World War II: The sank at Königsberg, East Prussia during fitting out, or was shelled and sunk off Les Sables-d'Olonne by . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the South China Sea off Hong Kong by Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft of the United States Fourteenth Air Force. (en)
  • World War II: The Type D Marinefahrprahm was sunk on this date. Salvaged and put in Soviet service as in June 1945. (en)
  • World War II: The Sperrbrecher was scuttled at Saint-Nazaire. (en)
  • World War II: The submarine chaser was scuttled at Constanța. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy MI-15: The transport was torpedoed and sunk in the Bashi Channel by with the loss of three crewmen. (en)
  • World War II: The was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel south east of the Isle of Wight by with the loss of 55 of her 85 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The auxiliary ship was bombed and sunk by aircraft off Nantes, France. The wreck was raised and broken up in February 1945. (en)
  • World War II: The Type R-151 minesweeper was scuttled at Varna, Bulgaria. R 206 was raised, repaired, and put in Soviet service as BO-53. (en)
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