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- The MO-4-class patrol vessel was lost on this date. (en)
- The landing craft assault was lost on this date. (en)
- The G-5-class motor torpedo boat was lost on this date. (en)
- World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea with the loss of two crew. (en)
- World War II: The coaster was scuttled at Hong Kong. (en)
- World War II: Convoy ME 8: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean (en)
- World War II: The Thornycroft 55-foot-class motor torpedo boat was scuttled in Mirs Bay, Hong Kong. (en)
- World War II: The patrol boat struck a mine and sank in the Baltic Sea off Kolberg. (en)
- World War II: The Bar-class boom defence vessel was scuttled at Hong Kong. Raised, repaired and put in Japanese service as . (en)
- World War II: The cargo ship was bombed by Japanese aircraft and scuttled in the Pasig River, Philippines. (en)
- World War II: The naval trawler was torpedoed and sunk in the Strait of Gibraltar by with the loss of all 33 crew. (en)
- World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Hong Kong. Salvaged by Japan and returned to service as Shori Maru. (en)
- World War II: The coaster struck a mine and sank in the North Sea with the loss of 35 of her 41 crew. (en)
- World War II: Invasion of British Borneo : Invasion Convoy: The was torpedoed, her torpedoes caught fire and exploded, and was sunk about off Kuching in the South China Sea by with the loss of 120 of her 241 crew. 120 survivors were rescued by and . (en)
- World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Kuching. (en)
- World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Black Sea off Constanța, Romania. (en)
- World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Spurn Head, Yorkshire. All crew were rescued. (en)
- World War II: The patrol vessel , mistaken for a surfaced Japanese submarine, was shelled and sunk just after midnight in the Indian Ocean by with the loss of 23 crew. The 40 survivors, including 12 wounded, were rescued by HMS Glasgow. One died of wounds later. One barge she was towing/pushing was sunk with Prabhavati. Two barges were sunk by Glasgow after daylight. (en)
- World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of Gibraltar by and with the loss of all 45 crew. (en)
- World War II: The submarine was mined and sunk in the South China Sea off Tioman Island, (en)
- The cargo ship ran aground at Clatsop Beach, Oregon and was wrecked. (en)
- World War II: The passenger ship was shelled and sunk off Kerch by German shore-based artillery with the loss of seven crew and a number of soldiers. (en)
- World War II: Convoy TA 5: The passenger ship was torpedoed and sunk by in the Mediterranean Sea west of Alexandria, Egypt with the loss of at least 800 lives, mostly Italian and German prisoners of war. Many survivors were rescued by and a few by , but Salvia was sunk a few hours later with the loss of all aboard. (en)
- World War II: The minelayer was scuttled at Hong Kong. (en)
- World War II: The freighter was scuttled in the Philippines. (en)
- World War II: The icebreaker was hit by a German bomb that did not detonate until the ship returned to Kronstadt Harbour, sinking her. 13 crewmen killed. (en)
- The ocean liner ran aground off Libreville, French Equatorial Africa and was wrecked. (en)
- World War II: The tanker , already damaged by aerial bombing, was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by . 49 crewmen were killed and 34 survived. (en)
- World War II: The auxiliary net tender was probably bombed and sunk by the Japanese at the Cavite Navy Yard. Raised, repaired and put in Japanese service as Yamashiro Maru. (en)
- World War II: The cargo ship was shelled and damaged by and . She was consequently beached at Måløy Island. (en)
- World War II: The salvage tug was scuttled at Hong Kong. Raised, repaired and put in Japanese service as . (en)
- World War II: Continuation War: The minesweeper struck a mine and sank in Björkösund. She was later salvaged, repaired and returned to service. (en)
- World War II: Convoy HG 76: The was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by with the loss of 95 of her 120 crew. Survivors were rescued by and . (en)
- World War II: The examination vessel was bombed and damaged at Penang. She was abandoned the next day. (en)
- The patrol vessel ran aground on McNutts Island, Nova Scotia in a blizzard and was wrecked. (en)
- The D-3-class motor torpedo boats were lost on this date. (en)
- World War II: The was torpedoed and sunk in the Black Sea south south east of Varna, Bulgaria by Bulgarian or German aircraft and/or by Bulgarian submarine chasers. All 42 crewmen were killed. (en)
- World War II: The auxiliary patrol ship was lost on this date. (en)
- World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper was sunk by German artillery off Kerch . (en)
- World War II: The boom defence vessel was scuttled at Hong Kong. (en)
- World War II: Attack on Pearl Harbor: The midget submarine ran aground a number of times near the entrance to Pearl Harbor. Her two-man crew temporarily was overcome by chlorine gas leaking from her battery. Her crew abandoned ship after lighting scuttling charges which failed to detonate. Her commanding officer survived and was captured, becoming the first prisoner-of-war captured by the United States in World War II; her other crewman drowned. (en)
- World War II: The hulk of the discarded ex-armored cruiser was scuttled as a blockship at Subic Bay in the Philippines to prevent its capture by Japanese forces. (en)
- The PK-115 Type MO-2 patrol boat was lost on this date. (en)
- World War II: The tanker was bombed and damaged on the 22nd in the Bay of Biscay by a Short Sunderland aircraft of 10 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force. The next day, she was torpedoed and sunk at Cariño, Spain by Bristol Beaufort aircraft of 22 Squadron, Royal Air Force. One crew was killed. (en)
- The torpedo boat was holed by ice and sank in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued by the minesweeper (en)
- World War II: 1st Lingayen Invasion Unit: The Choyo Maru-class auxiliary transport was torpedoed by . The ship blew up, broke in two and sank in Lingayen Gulf . Two crew were killed. (en)
- World War II: The motor torpedo boat was sunk at Hong Kong by Japanese landing craft. (en)
- The cargo ship ran aground on Brazil Shoal — a reef off Grand Manan, New Brunswick, Canada — and was wrecked at . There were no casualties. (en)
- World War II: The ferry was bombed and sunk at Penang by Japanese aircraft. (en)
- World War II: The river gunboat was shelled and sunk at Shanghai, China by . Six of the 18 crew aboard were killed. (en)
- World War II: The coaster was bombed and sunk in Manila Bay, Philippines by Japanese aircraft. All crew were taken as prisoners of war. (en)
- World War II: The cargo ship was sunk in the Philippine Sea east of Samar Island by Japanese aircraft. (en)
- World War II: The tanker was bombed and sunk in the Gulf of Davao by Japanese aircraft. One crewman was killed. (en)
- World War II: The Type IXC submarine was depth charged, torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of Madeira, Portugal by ships of the 36th Escort Group and Grumman Martlet aircraft of 802 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm based on . All 55 crew were rescued by . (en)
- World War II: The Type IXC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape St. Vincent, Portugal by with the loss of all 51 crew. (en)
- The G-5-class motor torpedo boats were lost on this date. (en)
- World War II: British Borneo Invasion Convoy: The three landing barges capsized when lowered into the water from a transport during a storm off Miri. 19 Imperial Japanese Army troops were killed and 15 were missing. (en)
- World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Hong Kong. Raised, repaired and put in Japanese service as Nissho Maru. (en)
- World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea south of the Balearic Islands, Spain by with the loss of three crew. (en)
- World War II: The vessel's rudder was damaged by and ran aground at Monterey, California. (en)
- World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Hong Kong. Raised, repaired and put in Japanese service as Chikuzan Maru. (en)
- World War II: The coaster was torpedoed and sunk in the Barents Sea by . (en)
- World War II: The lighter was scuttled at Kuching. (en)
- World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Spartel, Morocco by Fairey Swordfish aircraft of 812 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm with the loss of 44 of her 45 crew. The survivor was rescued by . (en)
- World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea with the loss of nine crew. (en)
- The Type A Marinefährprahm was damaged by heavy seas between Tripoli and Benghazi, Libya and was later scuttled. The whole crew was rescued. (en)
- World War II: The collier was bombed and sunk in the North Sea by Luftwaffe aircraft. All crew were rescued. (en)
- World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Hong Kong. Raised, repaired and put in Japanese service as Kyuryu Maru. (en)
- World War II: The freighter was scuttled at Hong Kong. (en)
- World War II: The vorpostenboot was shelled and sunk by and . Salvaged in 1942, repaired and returned to service as a fish transport in 1944. (en)
- The landing craft personnel (large) were lost sometime in December. (en)
- World War II: The was scuttled in Manila Bay, Philippines following damage received in an Imperial Japanese Navy air raid on Cavite Navy Yard. (en)
- World War II: Sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse: The was bombed and sunk in the South China Sea east of Kuantan, Malaya by Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft. with the loss of 327 of her 1,521 crew. (en)
- The damage control training ship , a former , was scuttled in the Pacific Ocean by while being towed from San Diego to Pearl Harbor. (en)
- World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the East China Sea south of Samah, China by . 3 crewmen and 25 gunners were killed. (en)
- World War II: The trawler was bombed and sunk in the North Sea by Luftwaffe aircraft. All ten crew were rescued. (en)
- World War II: The Type 1916 minesweeper struck a mine and sank in the Baltic Sea off Kolberg. Ten crew were killed. (en)
- World War II: Attack on Pearl Harbor: Possibly the midget submarine that was depth charged and sunk in Keehi Lagoon near Pearl Harbor. (en)
- World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Hong Kong ? 25/12/1941. (en)
- World War II: The struck a mine and sank in the Ionian Sea off Zante Cephalonia, Greece with the loss of 60 of her 61 crew. (en)
- World War II: Patani Siam Invasion Unit: The Tosan Maru-class auxiliary transport was torpedoed and sank in shallow water, at Pattani, Siam in the Gulf of Siam by . Refloated in April 1942, towed to Hong Kong for repairs that were finished in December 1942. Returned to service. (en)
- World War II: Operation Archery: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk at Måløy Island by and . (en)
- World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Estepona, Spain by with the loss of 14 of her 35 crew. (en)
- World War II: The coaster was bombed and sunk in the North Sea off the coast of Norway by Allied aircraft with the loss of all six crew. (en)
- World War II: The was bombed and sunk at Hong Kong by Japanese aircraft with the loss of one crew member. Survivors were rescued by MTB 10 . (en)
- World War II: The ocean liner was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea off Kuching, Sarawak by . Ten crewmen and many troops were killed. (en)
- World War II: The patrol boat/naval trawler was torpedoed, or shelled, and sunk off Rolvsøy by with all hands . (en)
- The coaster foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Mersa Matruh, Egypt. All crew were rescued. (en)
- World War II: The MO-4-class patrol vessel was bombed and sunk in the Strait of Kerch by Luftwaffe aircraft. (en)
- World War II: The was sunk by Imperial Japanese Navy surface ships south of the Saddle Islands, near the mouth of the Yangtze River. (en)
- World War II: The presidential yacht was bombed and sunk at Fort Mills, Corregidor Island by Japanese aircraft. (en)
- World War II: Convoy SC 58: The collided with in the Grand Banks and sank with the loss of 23 of her 85 crew. Survivors were rescued by and . (en)
- World War II: The minesweeper was bombed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay off Brest, Finistère, France by Royal Air Force aircraft. (en)
- The motor anti-submarine boat sank after hitting the Humber boom. (en)
- World War II: Convoy SC 58: The cargo ship ran aground on the Pluckington Bank and broke her back. (en)
- World War II: The naval trawler struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Spurn Head, Yorkshire. There were no casualties. (en)
- World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Aegean Sea off Cape Babakele, Turkey by with the loss of one crew member. (en)
- World War II: The passenger ship struck a mine and sank in Manila Bay off Corregidor Island, Philippines. Of the approximately 1,200 people on board, 275 survivors rescued by , USS PT-34, and . (en)
- The Type VIIC submarine was accidentally rammed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea west of Crete by with the loss of all 43 crew. (en)
- World War II: The tug/auxiliary minesweeper was bombed and sunk at Hong Kong by Japanese aircraft. (en)
- World War II: Attack on Pearl Harbor: The was torpedoed and sunk by Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft with the loss of 429 of her 1,398 crew. (en)
- World War II: The naval trawler was bombed and sunk at Vostochnaya Liza by Junkers Ju 88 aircraft of the Luftwaffe. The whole crew survived, some being wounded. (en)
- World War II: Vigan Invasion Force: The Type 1A Standard transport was bombed and damaged off Pandan, near Vigan, Luzon by Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft of the Far East Air Forces' 14th Bomb Squadron. She was beached at Aparri, Philippines. Later refloated, repaired, returned to service. (en)
- World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea off Badoc, Philippines by . (en)
- World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Ionian Sea by . One crew was killed and some were wounded. (en)
- The ran aground on the Kwajalein Reef, Marshall Islands and was wrecked. All 60 crewmen rescued by . (en)
- The tug sank. She was subsequently salvaged, repaired and returned to service. (en)
- World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Pier 7, Manila by Japanese aircraft. (en)
- World War II: The passenger/cargo ship was scuttled at Manila, Philippines. (en)
- The cargo ship collided with in the Atlantic Ocean and sank with the loss of 17 crew. (en)
- World War II: The was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by . 138 crewmen were killed and 125 rescued. (en)
- World War II: The tanker was torpedoed, shelled and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Pitcairn Island by and . (en)
- thumb|USS UtahWorld War II: Attack on Pearl Harbor: The target ship , a former , was torpedoed and sunk by Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft with the loss of 58 of her 519 crew. (en)
- The Siebel ferry was wrecked on this date. (en)
- The auxiliary minesweeper sank on this date. (en)
- The cargo ship foundered south of Hokkaido. (en)
- The cargo ship sank in the Gulf of Guinea. (en)
- The landing craft tank foundered off Sollum. (en)
- The patrol boat foundered off Hogland. (en)
- The tug sank at Bizerta, Tunisia. (en)
- World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth with the loss of one crew member. (en)
- World War II: The cargo ship was sunk at Canton. (en)
- World War II: The tug was scuttled at Hong Kong. (en)
- World War II: A schooner was destroyed with Molotov cocktails by Soviet Special Landing Forces during a raid on Yevpatoria, Crimea. (en)
- World War II: Convoy SC 56: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south of Iceland by with the loss of all 43 crew. (en)
- World War II: The troopship was bombed and sunk by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of 113 lives. (en)
- World War II: The passenger ship was scuttled at Hong Kong. (en)
- World War II: The was bombed and damaged off Luzon by Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft of the Far East Air Forces' 14th Bomb Squadron. She was beached at Aparri, Philippines . Declared a total loss. (en)
- World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Great Belt off the coast of Denmark. (en)
- World War II: The boom defence depot ship, a former , was scuttled at Hong Kong. (en)
- World War II: The cargo ship was hit by Japanese submarine and ran aground near Monterey Bay, California. (en)
- World War II: The BPB 60-foot-class motor torpedo boats were scuttled in Mirs Bay, Hong Kong. (en)
- World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Hong Kong. Raised, repaired and put in Japanese service as Awa Maru. (en)
- The Type 1915 minesweeper disappeared northeast of Rugen in a snowstorm, possibly sunk by a mine. All 85 hands were lost. (en)
- World War II: The cargo liner struck a mine and sank in the Ullsfjorden, Norway. 30 of her 38 crew, and 257 of 300 German soldiers she was carrying at the time of her loss were killed. (en)
- World War II: The tugboat was sunk at Hong Kong by enemy action. (en)
- World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off the mouth of the Humber. All crew were rescued. (en)
- The , motor vessel sank at Dayville , Territory of Alaska. (en)
- World War II: The incomplete s were scuttled on the stocks at Hong Kong. (en)
- World War II: The armed yacht was torpedoed and sunk in the Strait of Gibraltar by with the loss off 30 of her 48 crew. Survivors were rescued by . (en)
- World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Lowestoft, Suffolk. All crew were rescued. (en)
- World War II: Attack on Pearl Harbor: One disappeared in or near Pearl Harbor after firing its torpedoes at . The other entered the harbor and fired torpedoes at U.S. ships. She was fired upon by the seaplane tenders and and the repair ship , then was rammed, depth charged, and sunk by the destroyer in Pearl Harbor northwest of Ford Island. (en)
- World War II: The submarine struck a mine and sank off Troman Island with the loss of all but one crew. 41 men were lost. (en)
- World War II: The receiving ship was scuttled at Hong Kong. (en)
- World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the South China Sea east of the Natuna Islands, Dutch East Indies by Japanese aircraft with the loss of eight lives. (en)
- World War II: The tugboat was rammed and sunk off the east coast of Florida by . (en)
- World War II: The dredger was bombed and sunk at Kerch by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of about 450 troops of the 51st Army. 200 people were rescued. (en)
- World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the harbor of Mariveles, Bataan, Manila Bay, Philippines by Japanese aircraft with the loss of eight crew and two U.S. Marines. (en)
- World War II: The tanker was shelled and sunk in the Pacific Ocean by with the loss of 32 lives. Eight crewmen survive the sinking and the 38-day voyage in the lifeboat to Tarawa. (en)
- World War II: The auxiliary minelayer was scuttled at Hong Kong. (en)
- World War II: The fishing vessel was shelled and sunk off Mylingen, Norway by . (en)
- The harbor vessel was sunk in a collision in the harbour at Manila, Philippines. (en)
- World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Manila. (en)
- World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Barents Sea off Petsamo, Finland by with the loss of one life. (en)
- thumb|Absaroka World War II: The lumber carrier was torpedoed and damaged in the Pacific Ocean off Point Fermin, California by . She was beached off Fort MacArthur. One crewman was killed by shifting cargo. (en)
- World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by with the loss of one of her 35 crew. (en)
- thumb|USS ArizonaWorld War II: Attack on Pearl Harbor: The was bombed and sunk by Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft with the loss of 1,177 of her 1,400 crew after her forward ammunition magazine ignited from an armor-piercing bomb. (en)
- The MO-4-class patrol vessels were lost on this date. (en)
- World War II: The tanker was torpedoed, shelled, and sunk in the Pacific Ocean four miles south of Piedras Blancas Lighthouse California by . All crew were rescued. (en)
- World War II. The coaster was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Drepano, Greece by . (en)
- World War II: The fishing boat struck a mine and sank in the Bristol Channel off Minehead, Somerset with the loss of two crew. (en)
- World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Hong Kong. Raised, repaired and put in Japanese service as Gyoryu Maru. (en)
- World War II: Convoy HG 76: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by with the loss of 34 of the 38 people on board. (en)
- World War II: The tanker was scuttled at Hong Kong. She was later salvaged by the Japanese, repaired and entered Japanese service as . (en)
- World War II: The Philippines Government Revenue/Customs cutter was bombed and sunk by Japanese aircraft. Raised, repaired, put in service as PB-105 . (en)
- World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Hong Kong. (en)
- World War II: The tanker struck a mine and sank in the North Sea with the loss of one of her 54 crew. (en)
- World War II: The coaster struck a mine and sank in the Bristol Channel . All four crew survived. (en)
- World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Manila by Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft. The 45 crew were taken as prisoners of war. (en)
- World War II: The coaster collided with another ship at Tripoli, Libya and sank. (en)
- World War II: The was scuttled at Hong Kong. She was later salvaged by the Japanese and entered Imperial Japanese Navy service as Suma. (en)
- World War II: The gunboat was scuttled at Hong Kong. (en)
- World War II: The tanker was shelled, torpedoed and damaged in the Pacific Ocean off Cape Mendocino, California by with the loss of five crew. Survivors reached the Blunt's Reef Lightship and were rescued by . Emidio drifted to the north west and came ashore at Crescent City, California. The wreck was refloated, towed to Long Beach, California, and scrapped in 1969. (en)
- World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea off Mindoro, Philippines by with the loss of 41 of her 50 crew. (en)
- The minesweeping tug was lost sometime in December. (en)
- World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by . All 57 crew were rescued, 13 of them by . (en)
- World War II: The MO-4-class patrol vessel was shelled and sunk by coastal artillery off Reed-Burun. (en)
- World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Manila by Japanese aircraft. She was later salvaged, repaired and entered Japanese service as Kaihan Maru. (en)
- World War II: The survey vessel was bombed and damaged in Manila Bay by Japanese aircraft. She was bombed again on each of the next two days and was beached. (en)
- World War II: The tanker was torpedoed near Cape Disappointment in the Pacific Ocean by and ran aground. Later salvaged. (en)
- World War II: The freighter was scuttled in the Philippines. Raised, repaired, put in Japanese service. (en)
- World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Negro, Morocco by . All 41 crew were rescued by . (en)
- World War II: The M-class submarine was depth charged and sunk by the destroyer Regele Ferdinand . (en)
- World War II: The ferry was scuttled at Hong Kong. (en)
- World War II: British Borneo Invasion Convoy: The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the South China Sea off Kuching, Sarawak by and beached. She was refloated in September 1942, towed to Singapore, repaired there and returned to service in September 1943. (en)
- World War II: The coaster was scuttled at Manila, Philippines. She was later salvaged, repaired and entered Japanese service as Paran Maru. (en)
- The naval whaler ran aground at Seiskjær in Bodø area, Norway and later sank. (en)
- World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by with the loss of all 37 crew. (en)
- World War II: The passenger ship was bombed and sunk in the Visayan Sea off Cebu at about by Japanese aircraft. (en)
- World War II: A lighter belonging to Luzon Stevedoring Co. was scuttled via capsizing by the US Navy in Manila Bay. (en)
- World War II: The was bombed and damaged at Hong Kong by Japanese aircraft and was beached. She was subsequently salvaged by the Japanese and entered service in 1942 as Patrol Boat No. 101. (en)
- World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea north of Point Negri, Morocco by with the loss of 41 of her 43 crew. (en)
- World War II: The was shelled and sunk by in the South China Sea. (en)
- World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Manila, Philippines by Japanese aircraft. She was later salvaged, repaired and entered Japanese service as Hatsu Maru. (en)
- World War II: The anti-submarine ship was bombed and damaged at Penang, Malaya by Japanese aircraft. She was bombed again the next day and sunk. All crew were rescued. (en)
- World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled as a blockship at Anking, China. (en)
- World War II: The steamer was scuttled in Manila Bay, the Philippines. (en)
- World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by and with the loss of all 47 crew. (en)
- The K-193 Type ZK patrol boat was lost on this date. (en)
- World War II: The was torpedoed and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea off Suda Bay, Crete by and was towed close to shore where she capsized and sank with a loss of 20 crewmen. (en)
- World War II: The collided with in the Pacific Ocean off Wake Island, United States and sank. Three sailors were picked up by Ro-62, but 63 others are killed. (en)
- World War II: The lighthouse tender was bombed and sunk in the Pasig River at Manila, Philippines by Japanese aircraft. (en)
- World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Bristol Channel south of Cardiff, Glamorgan with the loss of three crew. (en)
- World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea off Cape Ca Mau, French Indo-China by . (en)
- World War II: The Virsaitis-class minesweeper struck a mine and sank in the Gulf of Finland off Hanko. Seventy crewmen and 150 troops were rescued, but 130 troops were killed. (en)
- World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged at Manila by Japanese aircraft. She sank the next day. (en)
- World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by with the loss of 13 of her 52 crew. Survivors were rescued by . (en)
- World War II: The submarine was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea west of Kuching, Borneo by . (en)
- World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the North Sea off Den Helder, North Holland, Netherlands by Royal Air Force aircraft with the loss of 12 lives. (en)
- World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled or bombed and sunk at Hong Kong. She was salvaged by the Japanese, repaired and entered service as Haruna Maru. (en)
- thumb|USS ShawWorld War II: Attack on Pearl Harbor: The was bombed and sunk while drydocked in USS by Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft. She was later refloated, repaired and returned to service. (en)
- World War II: The incomplete Thornycroft 65-foot-class motor torpedo boats were bombed and destroyed on the stocks at Cavite Navy Yard, Manilla, Philippines. (en)
- World War II: The armed merchant cruiser was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea, north of Benghazi, Libya by Force K, Royal Navy. rescued 21 survivors, while 66 others were rescued by the destroyer . There were 9 or 11 dead. (en)
- World War II: The patrol vessel was shelled and sunk off the Kerch Peninsula by shore-based artillery. All aboard were rescued by the cruiser Krasny Krim . (en)
- World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Celebes Sea (en)
- World War II: The vessel was reported as bombed and sunk at Hong Kong by Japanese aircraft, but other sources say it was sunk by Japanese artillery or point out that they might have also been targeted by British artillery from Kowloon . (en)
- World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Hong Kong. (en)
- World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Benghazi, Libya by Royal Air Force aircraft. (en)
- The cargo ship ran aground near Luleå, Sweden. She was refloated but consequently sank in the Baltic Sea . Her crew survived. (en)
- The cargo ship sank in the Wadden Sea between Terschelling and Ameland, Friesland in a storm. All 19 crew were saved. (en)
- World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper was damaged by German aircraft and beached at Kuchugury, Kerch Peninsula. (en)
- World War II The former World War I Design 1023 ship converted to a scow was bombed and sunk by Japanese aircraft at Wake Island. (en)
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World War II: Continuation War: The troopship, a converted , was sunk when she struck three mines, and then was hit by a shell from Finnish coast artillery while evacuating troops from the Hanko naval base. Only 1,740 of the 5,589 people on board could be rescued, some of them by , , , and five Soviet Navy patrol boats. The ship then drifted half-submerged till beaching at Lohusalu bay, Estonia where its wreck is still partly above water. About 3,000 were captured and 841 were killed. Raised, towed to Tallinn in July 1945 and scrapped. (en)
- World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean by . (en)
- The PT boat was lost to grounding off cape Santiago, Luzon, Philippine Islands. (en)
- The minesweeper/naval trawler was lost on this date. (en)
- World War II: The passenger ship was sunk by a mine in the Black Sea east of Burgas, Bulgaria. (en)
- The MO-4-class motor anti-submarine boats were lost on this date. (en)
- World War II: Attack on Pearl Harbor: The was bombed and damaged by Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft. Initially assessed as a total loss, she was later repaired and returned to service. (en)
- World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Kuching, Sarawak. (en)
- World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and stranded in the South China Sea south west of Hong Kong by . (en)
- World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north of Madeira, Portugal by and with the loss of two of her 44 crew. (en)
- World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Manila by Japanese aircraft. She was later salvaged, repaired and entered Japanese service as Manbo Maru. (en)
- World War II: Convoy TA 5: The was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea west of Alexandria, Egypt by with the loss of all 106 crew, and all the survivors rescued from . (en)
- World War II: Battle of Guam: The was scuttled in Agana Harbor. (en)
- World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Hong Kong. Raised, repaired and put in Japanese service as Kensei Maru. (en)
- World War II: The coaster struck a mine and sank in the Irish Sea north east of the Tuskar Rock Lighthouse. All crew were rescued by the Rosslare lifeboat. (en)
- World War II: The three-masted auxiliary powered motor schooner cargo coaster was bombed and sunk at Manila by Japanese aircraft. (en)
- World War II: The freighter was scuttled at Hong Kong. Raised, repaired, put in Japanese service as Gyoryu Maru. (en)
- World War II: The motor schooner, serving as a pearling boat mother ship, was bombed and sunk by a Dutch Naval Air Force Dornier Do 24 aircraft east of Halmahera Island. Ten crewmen killed. Six survivors rescued by Celebes Maru No. 3 . (en)
- World War II: Battle of Wake Island: The patrol boat was run aground on Wake Island, United States to land troops and was destroyed by shore guns that killed 2 crew and wounded 7. (en)
- World War II: The tanker struck a mine and sank in the Black Sea off Sevastopol. (en)
- The cargo ship foundered in a gale in Fugloyarfjørður, Faroe Islands with the loss of all 25 people on board. (en)
- World War II: The tanker was stopped, torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by with the loss of three crew. (en)
- World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Hong Kong. Raised, repaired and put in Japanese service as Fusei Maru. (en)
- World War II: Under pursuit by Japanese ships and aircraft the United States Navy-chartered passenger ship was run aground on Shaweishan Island off the Yangtze River delta at to rip her bottom out and deny her use to the Japanese. President Harrison struck the edge of the island on her port side and then rolled off. The impact ripped a hole long, but does not reach the engine room spaces. The ship almost turned over, but righted herself. Strong currents then carried her off the rocks and she settled on a mud bank. The crew and Marines aboard abandoned ship, but the ship's exposed turning propeller splits one lifeboat in half, killing three men and severely injuring many others. The ship was refloated, repaired and put in service by the Japanese as Kakko Maru. (en)
- World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper struck a mine and sank in the South China Sea off Tioman Island, Philippines with the loss of 43 of her 49 crew. (en)
- World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk by , in the South China Sea west of Barigayos Point, Luzon, Philippines. All crew were rescued. (en)
- World War II: The incomplete steamer was launched and sunk at Hong Kong. Raised, finished and put in Japanese service. (en)
- World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Manila. She was later raised, repaired and entered Japanese service as Himeno Maru. (en)
- World War II: The salvage ship was scuttled at Hong Kong. Raised, repaired and put in Japanese service as Sagami Maru. (en)
- World War II: Attack on Pearl Harbor: The harbor tug was sunk while drydocked in when , also in the drydock, was bombed and sunk by Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft. She was later refloated, repaired and returned to service. (en)
- World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled or sunk at Hong Kong. Salvaged by the Japanese sometime in 1942–1943, repaired and put in Imperial Japanese Army service as Gyoei Maru. (en)
- The KM-2 type motor launch was lost sometime in December. (en)
- World War II: The transport/depot ship was bombed and sunk in the Klang Straits off Port Swettenham, Malaya by Japanese aircraft with the loss of three crew. (en)
- World War II: The ferry launch was bombed and sunk during the Imperial Japanese Navy air raid on Cavite Navy Yard. (en)
- World War II: Invasion of British Borneo : Invasion Convoy: The was bombed, blew up and sunk with all hands in the South China Sea off Miri, Sarawak by Dornier Do 24 aircraft of GVT-7, Royal Dutch Naval Air Group. (en)
- World War II: The BPB 60-foot-class motor torpedo boat was bombed, set on fire, and sunk at Hong Kong by Japanese aircraft. (en)
- The accommodation ship caught fire at Danzig-Neufahrwasser with the loss of 28 lives and was declared a total loss. She was subsequently used as a target ship. Scrapped in 1951. (en)
- World War II: The coaster was torpedoed and sunk north west of Suda Bay, Crete by . (en)
- World War II: First Battle of Sirte: The struck a mine and was sunk off Sirte with the loss of all but one of her 767 crew. (en)
- World War II: Battle of Wake Island: The was sunk off Wake Island, United States by shore based artillery with the loss of 168 crew. Only one survivor was rescued. (en)
- World War II: The vorpostenboot was shelled and sunk by . Sixteen of her 20 crew were taken as prisoners of war. The wreck was raised and scrapped in October 1942. (en)
- World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged, rammed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by with the loss of 22 of her 42 crew. (en)
- World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in Manila Bay by Japanese aircraft. All crew were taken as prisoners of war. (en)
- World War II: Vigan Invasion Force: The was strafed, blown up, and sunk off Pandan, near Vigan, Philippines by a Seversky P-35 aircraft of the Far East Air Forces' 34th Pursuit Squadron. The ship's explosion blew a wing off the airplane and it crashed into the sea. (en)
- World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Hong Kong. Raised, repaired and put in Japanese service as Bisan Maru. (en)
- World War II: The may have been torpedoed and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea off Alexandria, Egypt by . She was torpedoed and sunk at by with the loss of 469 crew. A total of 144 survivors were rescued by and . (en)
- World War II: The lighthouse tender was bombed and sunk at Manila, Philippines by Japanese aircraft. She was later raised by the Imperial Japanese Army. (en)
- The tug/auxiliary minesweeper was lost on this date. (en)
- World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Capo Vito by . (en)
- World War II: The tanker was shelled, but all shells missed, no damage, off Monterey Bay in the Pacific Ocean by . (en)
- World War II: The vorpostenboot was shelled and sunk off Lofoten, Norway by . (en)
- The auxiliary patrol ship was lost in the Black Sea. Depending on sources, it disappeared in a storm or was sunk by a mine. (en)
- World War II: Convoy SC 57: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by with the loss of ten of the 66 people on board. Survivors were rescued by . (en)
- World War II: Sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse: The was bombed and sunk in the South China Sea east of Kuantan by Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft with the loss of 508 of her 967 crew. (en)
- World War II: The water carrier was scuttled at Hong Kong. (en)
- World War II: The naval trawler was bombed and sunk in Lunan Bay, Angus by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of five of her ten crew. (en)
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