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 ROYAL NAVY VESSELS LOST AT SEA, 1939-45 - BY NAME

LA COMBATTANTE (destroyer escort) to MYRTLE (trawler) - L - Landing barges - Landing craft - Landing ships - M - MGBs - MLs - MTBs

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Note: These losses are from the original and uncorrected "British Vessels Lost at Sea, 1935-45", published by HMSO in 1947. Up-to-date information can be found for major warships by clicking on Royal Navy Ships; on all vessels by searching the internet using the prefix HMS

Key: Loss date are given as Year/Month/Day. In Brackets: R - Requisitioned for Royal Navy service; tonnage is either standard displacement or gross registered; date is date of completion.

Casualties for these vessels can be found in "Casualty Lists of the Royal Navy and Dominion Navies"

 

 

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LA COMBATTANTE, destroyer escort (ex-HALDON, on loan to French Navy, 1, 050t, 30/12/42) sunk by mine, North Sea, February 23, 1945

LA NANTAISE, trawler (R, 359) sunk in collision off SE England, July 8, 1945

LADY LILIAN, trawler (R, 581t, 1939) sunk by aircraft, W of Ireland, March 16, 1941

LADY SHIRLEY, trawler (R, 477t, 1937) sunk by U-boat, Gibraltar Straits, December 11, 1941

LADY SLATER, examination vessel (R, 273t, 1934) caught fire and became total loss, July 30, 1940

LADY SOMERS, ocean boarding vessel (R, 8, 194t, 1929) sunk by U-boat torpedo, N Atlantic, July 15, 1941

LADYBIRD, river gun boat (625t, 1916) dive-bombed and sunk, Tobruk, Libya, May 12, 1941

LAERTES, trawler (530t, 9/4/41) sunk by U-boat torpedo, Freetown area, W Africa, July 25, 1942

LAFOREY, destroyer (Leader, 1, 935t, 26/8/41) sunk by U-boat torpedo, North of Sicily, March 30, 1944

LAKE NEUFCHATEL, special service vessel (3, 859t, 1907) sunk as blockship, date unknown, 1940

LANCE, destroyer (1, 920t, 13/5/41) sunk by aircraft bombs at Malta, April 9, 1942. Subsequently salved

Landing barges

Landing barge No.332, 362 (total 2, BB 150t type) sunk by aircraft near Salcombe, S England, September 19, 1942

Landing barge No.382 (CC, 200t type) cause and place unknown, September 1942

Landing barge, emergency repair No.8, 17, 25-27, 57, 60 (total 7, 200t type) written off charge as result of damage caused in assault area during gale, Normandy Landings. Date given as 19th-25th June 1944

Landing barge, emergency repair No.12, 30, 32-34 (total 5, 200t type) written off. Date reported, June 1945

Landing barge, kitchen No. 8, sank in tow, English Channel, July 31, 1945

Landing barge, oiler No.4 (150t type) cause and place unknown, August 17, 1944

Landing barge, oiler No.6 (200t type) cause and place unknown, June 1944

Landing barge, oiler No.10 (150t type) written off charge as result of damage caused in assault area during gale, Normandy Landings. Date given as 19th-25th June 1944

Landing barge, oiler No.11, 21, 24, 26, 77, 82, 92, 95 (total 8, 150t type) written off. Date reported, June 1945

Landing barge, oiler No.13, 37, 63, 69, 88, 96 (total 6, 200t type) written off. Date reported, June 1945

Landing barge, oiler No.17 (150t type) swamped and sank in Arromanches Harbour during gale, N France, January 20, 1945

Landing barge, oiler No.30 (150t type) cause and place unknown, August 31, 1944

Landing barge, oiler No.46, 56, 81 (total 3, 200t type) written off charge as result of damage caused in assault area during gale, Normandy Landings. Date given as 19th-25th June 1944

Landing barge, oiler No.53 (200t type) cause and place unknown, August 9, 1944

Landing barge, oiler No.73 (150t type) cause and place unknown, August 9, 1944

Landing barge, oiler No.87 (200t type) cause and place unknown, July 11, 1944

Landing barge, ramped dumb No.43, 65 (total 2, 100t type) cause and place unknown, July 1, 1944

Landing barge, ramped dumb No.59 (150t type) sunk in Edinburgh Channel, Scotland, November 26, 1945

Landing barge, ramped dumb No.83 (100t type) sank on passage to Sheerness, SE England, May 23, 1944

Landing barge, ramped dumb No.114 (150t type) written off. Date reported, June 1945

Landing barge, vehicle (MkI) No.16, 51 (total 2, 150t type) lost through stress of weather (see also MkII No.16, 51 following) June 12, 1944

Landing barge, vehicle (MkI) No.52 (150t type) cause and place unknown, June 7, 1944

Landing barge, vehicle (MkI) No.83 (150t type) sunk in tow, August 19, 1944

Landing barge, vehicle (MkI) No.84 (150t type) cause and place unknown, June 26, 1944

Landing barge, vehicle (MkI) No.121, 175 (total 2, 150t type) cause and place unknown, July 1, 1944

Landing barge, vehicle (MkI) No.136, 149, 497 (total 3, 150t type) cause and place unknown, February 1944

Landing barge, vehicle (MkI) No.154 (150t type) sunk at moorings off Portsmouth, S England, August 14, 1944

Landing barge, vehicle (MkI) No.229, 266 (total 2, 150t type) cause and place unknown. Date reported, March 1944

Landing barge, vehicle (MkI) No.367 (150t type) wrecked on passage Dartmouth to Portland, S England, January 17, 1944

Landing barge, vehicle (MkII) No.1, 5, 9, 11, 31, 35, 42, 65, 72, 73, 75, 76, 99, 118, 211, 212 (total 16, 150t type) written off. Date, June 1945

Landing barge, vehicle (MkII) No.3, 27, 49, 61, 67, 94, 95, 103, 209, 214 (total 10, 150t type) written off charge as result of damage caused in assault area during gale, Normandy Landings. Date given as 19th-25th June 1944

Landing barge, vehicle (MkII) No.16, 20, 51 (total 3, 150t type) cause and place unknown, June 1944

Landing barge, vehicle (MkII) No.19, 28, 116, 122 (total 4, 150t type) cause and place unknown, July 29, 1944

Landing barge, vehicle (MkII) No.132 (200t type) written off, May 29, 1945

Landing barge, vehicle (MkII) No.137, 140, 157, 170 (total 4, 200t type) written off. Date reported, June 1945

Landing barge, vehicle (MkII) No.152 (200t type) written off. Date reported, May 1945

Landing barge, vehicle (MkII) No.172, 176, 206, 232 (total 4, 200t type) written off charge as result of damage caused in assault area during gale, Normandy Landings. Date given as 19th-25th June 1944

Landing barge, water No.1, 6 (total 2, 150t type) written off. Date reported, June 1945

Landing barge, water No.7 (150t type) written off charge as result of damage caused in assault area during gale, Normandy Landings. Date given as 19th-25th June 1944

Landing barge, water No.11 (150t type) cause and place unknown, September 12, 1944

Landing barge, water No.14 (150t type) cause and place unknown, August 27, 1944

Landing barge, water No.15 (200t type) written off charge as result of damage caused in assault area during gale, Normandy Landings. Date given as 19th-25th June 1944

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LAPWING, sloop (1, 460t, 21/3/44) sunk by U-boat torpedo off Kola Inlet, N Russia, March 20, 1945

LARK, sloop (1, 350t, 10/4/44) damaged beyond repair by torpedo, February 17, 1945

LARUT, armed trader (R, 894t, 1927) sunk by aircraft off E coast of Sumatra, January 22, 1942

LARWOOD, trawler (R, 453T, 1936) sunk by aircraft, W Coast of Norway, April 25, 1940

LATONA, cruiser minelayer (2, 650y, 4/5/41) attacked by aircraft, E Mediterranean, October 25, 1941

LAURENTIC, armed merchant cruiser (R, 18, 724t, 1927, AMC from 10/39) sunk by U-boat torpedo, NW Approaches, November 3, 1940

LAWFORD, frigate (1, 150t, 3/11/43) bombed and sunk on service as HQ ship, Normandy, June 8, 1944

Landing craft

LCA No.1, 2, landing craft assault (total 2, 11-13.5t each) lost in Home waters, June 14, 1940

LCA No.4, 18, (total 2, 11-13.5t each) lost in SS Clan Macalister, sunk by aircraft at Dunkirk, May 29, 1940

LCA No.6, (11-13.5t) cause and place unknown. Date loss reported, July 1940

LCA No.8, 15, (total 2, 11-13.5t each) lost at Dunkirk, May 31, 1940

LCA No.11, 14, (total 2, 11-13.5t each) lost in Home waters, June 9, 1940

LCA No.16, (11-13.5t) sunk by aircraft at Dunkirk, May 29, 1940

LCA No.28, (11-13.5t) lost during evacuation of Crete, May 1941

LCA No.31, 32, 38, 39, 45, 48, 40, 51, 60, 63, 64, 75, 79-81, 87, 105, 113, (total 18, 11-13.5t each) lost in Middle East. Date reported, August 1941

LCA No.33, 56, 146, (total 3, 11-13.5t each) lost in E Indies. Date reported, June 1944

LCA No.35, 55, 128, 135, 153, 167, 169, 176, 187-189, 218, 219, 222, 227, 235, 239, 244, 245, 259-261, 266, 269, 271, 286, 287, 301, 307, 309, 330, 321, 375, 423, 436, 447, 451, (total 37, 11-13.5t each) lost in Operation Torch, N Africa. Date approximate, November 1942

LCA No.37 52, 92, 94. 97, 102, 192, 209, 214, 215, 237, 247, 251, 262, 284, 314, 317, (total 17, 11-13.5t each) lost in Operation Jubilee, Dieppe Raid, August 19, 1942

LCA No.54, (11-13.5t) lost in E Indies. Date reported, July 1944

LCA No.59, 69, (total 2, 11-13.5t each) lost, Bombay area, June 15, 1944

LCA No.70 (11-13.5t) lost in Middle East, 1941

LCA No.78 (11-13t) lost in tow from Algiers to Djedjelli. Date reported, June 1943

LCA No.107 (11-13.5t) sunk, June 6, 1944

LCA No.119 (11-13.5t) sunk in home waters. Date reported July 1941

LCA No.121 (11-13.5t) cause and place unknown, December 24, 1941

LCA No.130 (11-13.5t) destroyed by fire at Marve. Date reported, May 1944

LCA No.138 (11-13.5t) lost in Home Waters, June 1942

LCA No.149 (11-13.5t) lost in India, November 16, 1944

LCA No.166 (11-13.5t) lost in Home Waters, April 10, 1942

LCA No.171, 208, 279, 289, 303, 320, 337, 339, 341, 349, 350, 352, 360, 367, 383, 387, 401, 409 418, 424, 431, 434, 442, 458, 462, 463, 476, 48.5, 494, 496, 503, 509, 318-520, 522, 525, 530, 535, 540, 566, 579, 581, 584, 586, 588-590, 592-594, 611, 613, 623, 637, 642, 649-652, 655, 661, 664, 665, 673, 683, 691, 692, 704, 705, 710, 717, 721, 722, 729, 731, 738, 748, 750, 768, 775, 779, 780, 788, 791, 792, 795-797, 803, 808-810, 812, 814, 815, 821, 825, 827, 835, 849, 853, 857, 859, 860, 867, 869-871, 879, 881, 886, 900, 903, 911, 913, 914, 918-920, 929, 933, 946, 949, 958, 978, 984, 998-1000, 1005, 1008, 1013, 1016, 1021, 1024, 1026-1028, 1034, 1050, 1057/1059, 1063, 1068, 1069, 1074, 1082, 1086, 1088, 1091, 1093, 1096, 1129, 1131, 1132, 1137, 1138, 1143, 1144, 1146, 1149-1151, 1155, 1156, 1213, 1215, 1216, 1251-1253, 1256, 1338-1341, 1343, 1372, 1379, 1381/1383 (total 184, 11-13.5t each) lost in Operation Neptune, Normandy Landings, N France, June-July 1944

LCA No.182 (11-13.5t) cause and place unknown. Date reported, June 1944

LCA No.183, 258, 802, landing craft assault (Hedgerow) (total 3, 12t each) lost in Mediterranean, July 1, 1944

LCA No.193 (11-13.5t) lost during fall of Tobruk, June 20, 1942

LCA No.196 (11-13.5t) lost by enemy action, July 1942

LCA No.211 (11-13.5t) lost in Home Waters, April 1942

LCA No.212, 316. 505, 545 (total 4, 11-13t each) lost in Mediterranean. Date reported, November 1943

LCA No.222, 312 (total 2, 11-13t each) lost in Mediterranean. Date reported, June 1943

LCA No.226, 254, 347, 440, 487, 696, 753 (total 7, 11-13.5t each) cause and place unknown, 1944

LCA No.248, 400 (total 2, 11-13.5t each) lost in Mediterranean, July 1, 1944

LCA No.272 (11-13t) lost in Mediterranean, April 1943

LCA No.323, 394, 428, 697 (total 4, 11-13.5t each) lost in Operation Shingle, Anzio Landings, W Italy. Date approximate, January 1944

LCA No.326 (11-13.5t) lost in Mediterranean, 1944

LCA No.364, 382, 398, 417, 433, 459, 492, 526, 573, 761 (total 10, 11-13.5t each) cause and place unknown. Date reported, May 1944

LCA No.446 (11-13t) lost in heavy weather in Mediterranean, August 29, 1943

LCA No.551 (11-13.5t) lost in heavy weather, River Blackwater, Essex, SE England, November 7, 1944

LCA No.552 (11-13.5t) wrecked during exercises off E Scotland, February 9, 1944

LCA No.553 (11-13t) sunk in collision off Southampton, December 2, 1943

LCA No.577, 625 (total 2, 11-13.5t each) lost in Mediterranean. Date reported, September 1944

LCA No.614 (11-13.5t) lost in heavy weather, English Channel, November 29, 1944

LCA No.645, 646 (total 2, 11-13t) lost in heavy weather, English Channel, December 21, 1943

LCA No.671, 690, 965, 1072, landing craft assault (Hedgerow) (total 4, 12t each) lost in Operation Neptune, Normandy Landings, N France, June-July 1944

LCA No.672, 811, landing craft assault (Hedgerow) (total 2, 12t each) foundered during exercises off E Scotland, April 2, 1944

LCA No.675 (11-13t) lost during gale at Salerno, September 24, 1943

LCA No.689, landing craft assault (Hedgerow) (12t) sunk in Home Waters, March 13, 1944

LCA No.713, 725, 817, 831, 843, 1018, 1030, 1079, 1125, 1260 (total 10, 11-13.5t each) lost in Operation Infatuate, Walcheren Landings, Holland. Date given as 2nd-5th November 1944

LCA No.723 (11-13t) broke adrift from Hopetoun II, Port Edgar. Date approximate, December 1943

LCA No.726, 908 (total 2, 11-13.5t each) lost in Home Waters, March 1, 1944

LCA No.783. 790, 865 (total 3, 11-13.5t each) lost in Home Waters off E Scotland. Date reported, January 19, 1944

LCA No.813 (11-13t) lost during exercise in Home Waters, November 29, 1943

LCA No.841 (11-13.5t) sunk in operations off Holland, April 22, 1945

LCA No.845 (11-13.5t) became waterlogged and sank during exercises off Leith, E Scotland, January 29, 1944

LCA No.848, 1378 (total 2, 11-13.5t each) lost in heavy weather in Home Waters, September 26, 1944

LCA No.1112, 1153 (total 2, 11-13.5t) presumed lost during March 1945

LCA No.1161 (11-13.5t) lost through heavy weather at Leyte, Philippines, February 26

LCA No.1188 (11-13.5t) lost in Solomon Islands, SW Pacific, December 1944

LCA No.1211, landing craft assault (Obstruction Clearance) (13.5t) lost in Home Waters, presumed during 1945. Date reported, May 1945

LCA No.1304 (11-13.5t) lost in heavy weather in Home Waters, July 14, 1944

LCA No.1329, 1591 (total 2, 11-13.5t) lost overboard from LST off India, August 17, 1945

LCA No.1346, 1396 (total 2, 11-13.5t) lost in Mediterranean, presumed during 1945. Date reported, April 1945

LCA No.1393 (11-13.5t) lost in Operation Overlord, Normandy Landings, N France, July 3, 1944

LCA No.1433 (11-13.5t) smashed by heavy seas, Admiralty Islands, SW Pacific, March 30, 1945

LCA No.1472 (11-13.5t) lost at Leyte, Philippines, March 27, 1945

LCER No.1, 9, landing craft emergency repair (total 2, 10t each) lost in Mediterranean, October 1943

LCER No.5, 14, 21 (total 3, 10t each) cause and place unknown. Date reported, May 1944

LCER No.15 (10t) cause and place unknown, July 13, 1944

LCF No.1, landing craft flak (MkII) (500-540t) blew up and sank, Operation Neptune, Normandy Landings, N France, August 17, 1944

LCF No.2 (500-540 tons) lost in Operation Jubilee, Dieppe Raid, August 19, 1942

LCF No.13, landing craft flak (MkIII) (550t) bombed off Pantellaria, Central Mediterranean, total wreck, June 12, 1943

LCF No.15 (515-550t) mined in Convoy, Operation Brassard, Elba landings. Date given as 16th-17th June 1944

LCF No.31, landing craft flak (MkIV) (500-510t) lost in Operation Neptune, Normandy Landings, N France. Date reported, September 5, 1944

LCF No.37, 38 (total 2, 500-510t each) lost in Operation Infatuate, Walcheren landings, Holland, November 1, 1944

LCG(L) No.I, 2, landing craft gun (Large) (MkIII) (total 2, 500t each) lost in Operation Infatuate, Walcheren Landings, Holland, November 2, 1944

LCG(L) No.15 (627t) lost off Milford Haven, SW Wales, in heavy weather, April 25, 1943

LCG(L) No.16 (627t) lost off Milford Haven, SW Wales, in heavy weather, April 26, 1943

LCG(L) No.764, 831, 1062 (total 3, 530t each) lost in Operation Neptune, Normandy Landings, N France, July-August 1944

LCG(M) No.101, 102, landing craft gun (Medium) (MkIII) (total 2, 381t each) lost in Operation Infatuate, Walcheren Landings, Holland, November 1, 1944

LCH No.185, landing craft headquarters (384t) sunk by mine, Operation Neptune, Normandy Landings, N France, June 25, 1944

LCI(L) No.7, landing craft infantry (Large) (380-384t) sunk by aircraft off Algiers, April 21, 1943

LCI(L) No.99 (380-384t) sunk in convoy) presumed by U-boat, Operation Neptune, Normandy Landings, N France, August 14, 1944

LCI(L) No.102 (380-384t) damaged by gales and abandoned, Vis, Adriatic, November 11, 1944

LCI(L) No.105 (380-384t) torpedoed, Operation Neptune, Normandy Landings, N France, June 8, 1944

LCI(L) No.107 (380-384t) wrecked off Reggio, Italy, September 2, 1943

LCI(L) No.132 (380-384t) lost and formally paid off, June 17, 1944

LCI(L) No.162 (380-384t) exploded and sank en route for Algiers, February 7, 1943

LCI(L) No.273 (380-384t) sunk by aircraft, Anzio, W Italy, March 17, 1944

LCI(L) No.309 (380-384t) sunk by aircraft in Biscay area, October 23, 1943

LCI(S) No.511, landing craft infantry (small) (110t, beached at Portslade, Sussex, S England, total loss, February 2, 1944

LCI(S) No.512, 517, 524, 531, 540 (total 5, 110t each) lost in Operation Neptune, Normandy Landings, N France, June 1944

LCI(S) No.532 (110t each) lost in Operation Infatuate, Walcheren Landings, Holland, November 1, 1944

LCI(S) No.537 (110t) damaged beyond economical repair, June 1944

LCM No.1, landing craft mechanised (MkI) (30-37t) sunk in home waters, 1941

LCM No.10, 11, 14, 15, 18-20 (total 7, 30-37t each) presumed lost during operations at Narvik, Norway between 6th and 27th May, 1940 (Note: with thanks to Russell J Atkinson (26 Nov 2010) - Bernard Fergusson "The Watery Maze", The London Gazette "Operations in Norway" and LEH Maund "Assault from the Sea" all state that only one LCM(1) was used in the 1940 Narvik operations, namely "MLC20" a 1938 Thornycroft design. The other tank landing craft were 1926-1929 designed MLC (Motor Landing Craft) designed by J. Samuel White Company. Six of them were used in total.)

LCM No.12, 22 (total 2, 30-37t each) abandoned at Dunkirk, June 2, 1940

LCM No.17 (30-37t) abandoned at Dunkirk, June 3, 1940

LCM No.23-25, 34, 45 (total 5, 30-37t each) lost in Middle East, August 1942

LCM No.26 (30-37t) sunk in Mediterranean, off Libya, January 2, 1943

LCM No.31 (30-37t) lost in Home Waters. Date reported, October 1942

LCM No.32, 55, 67, 95, 96, 103, 107, 108 (total 8, 30-37t each) lost in Middle East. Date reported, August 1941

LCM No.33 (30-37t) damaged beyond repair in Home Waters, December 20, 1943

LCM No.38 (30-37t) lost in Mediterranean. Date reported, April 1942

LCM No.46 (30-37t) capsized and sank, E. Indies, May 5, 1942

LCM No.51, 53 (total 2, 30-37t) lost in Middle East, March 1942

LCM No.56 (30-37t) lost in Operation Jubilee, Dieppe Raid, August 19, 1942

LCM No.58 (30-37t) sunk in Mediterranean, off Libya, January 25, 1943

LCM No.61 (30-37t) sunk in Benghazi Harbour through heavy weather, February 8, 1943

LCM No.63-65, 69, 72, 73, 190, 147, 153, 161, 169, 186 (total 12, 30-37t each) lost in Operation Torch, N. Africa, November 1942

LCM No.76, lost in E Indies. Date reported, March 1944

LCM No.80 (30-37t) stranded off Benghazi, total loss, February 6, 1943

LCM No.82, 97 (total 2, 30-37t each) lost in Middle East, August-September 1941

LCM No.84, 90, 93, 119, 122, 135, 137 (total 7, 30-37t each) lost in Middle East, June 1942

LCM No.89 (30-37t, believed lost in tow en route to Colombo, Ceylon (Shri Lanka) October 22, 1942

LCM No.91 (30-37t) lost in E Indies. Date reported, June 1944

LCM No.98 (30-37t) lost by enemy action in Benghazi area, December 6, 1942

LCM No.106 (30-37t) lost at Crete, May 1941

LCM No.110, 113, 145, 146, 148 (total 5, 30-37t each) lost during fall of Tobruk, June 20, 1942

LCM No.127, 128, 165, 168, 180, 191, 203, 216, 226, 229, 231, 241, 251, 281, 316, 319, 330, 335, 337, 338, 345, 346, 348, 355, 357, 377, 382, 383, 408, 409, 419, 421, 425, 443, 444, 466 (total 36, 30-37t each) lost in Operation Neptune, Normandy Landings, N France, June-July 1944

LCM No.131, 182, 183, 207, 209 (total 5, 30-37t each) lost in E Indies. Date reported, May, 1944

LCM No.136 (30-37t) cause and place unknown. Date reported, February 1945

LCM No.138 (30-37t) lost, English Channel, July 7, 1944

LCM No.139 (30-37t) lost through heavy weather in Middle East, November 20, 1942

LCM No.140 (30-37t) lost in Middle East, July 1942

LCM No.181 (30-37t) lost in Azores, Date reported, November 1943

LCM No.192, 234, 254, 279, 282, 327, 329, 367 (total 8, 30-37t each) lost in Home Waters. Date reported, February 1944

LCM No.212, 215, 218, 219, 243, 272, 277, 285, 288, 324 (total 10, 30-37t each) lost oveseas. Date reported, May 1944

LCM No.232 (30-37t) lost in Mediterranean. Date approximate, October 1943

LCM No.263 (30-37t) wrecked on beach, Operation Neptune, Normandy Landings, N France, September 11, 1944

LCM No.270, 339, 359, 422 (total 4, 30-37t) lost from "Asa Lothrop". Date reported, February 1945

LCM No.295 (30-37t) lost overseas, June 1944

LCM No.340, 424 (total 2, 30-37t each) lost overboard from "John L Manson" in Mount's Bay, Cornwall, SW England, November 19, 1944

LCM No.354, 493 (total 2, 30-37t) lost in operations on Arakan Coast, Burma. Date reported, June 1945

LCM No.501, 510, 516, landing craft mechanised (MkIII) (total 3, 52t each) lost in Middle East, August 1942

LCM No.508, 509, 519, 522, 523, 532, 537, 547, 620 (total 9, 52t each) lost in "Southern Empress", torpedoed in convoy, N Atlantic, 13 October, 1942

LCM No.518, 520, 528, 539, 543. 551, 555, 556, 558, 564, 567, 569, 571, 572, 574, 581, 584, 590, 592, 593, 595, 596, 606, 609, 624, 635 (total 26, 52t each) lost in Operation Torch, N Africa, November 1942

LCM No.525, 559, 591, 650, 907 (total 5, 52t each) lost overseas, presumed during 1944

LCM No.527, 534, 540, 588, 1029, 1045, 1071, 1083, 1123, 1171, 1205 (total 11, 52t each) lost overseas. Date reported, May 1944

LCM No.531, 535, 568, 587, 627, 628, 631, 641, 908, 929, 1053.1059, 1062, 1088, 1098, 1108, 1120, 1127, 1128, 1139, 1145, 1146, 1161, 1175, 1189, 1197, 1200, 1207, 1208, 1212, 1220, 1221, 1227, 1232, 1233, 1240, 1244, 1278, 1282, 1293, 1297, 1397 (total 42, 52t each) lost in Operation Neptune, Normandy Landings, N France, June-July 1944

LCM No.545, 938, 1044 (total 3, 52t) lost in Mediterranean. Date approximate, October 1943

LCM No.577 (52t) lost in Operation Overlord, Normandy Landings, N France, June 1944

LCM No.583 (52t) lost in Mediterranean. Date reported, November 1943

LCM No.611, 613, 632-634, 636 (total 6, 52t each) lost in "Empire Tarpon", off N.W. Scotland, October 14, 1942

LCM No.618, 640 (total 2, 52t each) lost in Mediterranean, August 9, 1944

LCM No.623, 910, 930, 1022, 1064, 1173, 204 (total 7, 52t each) lost in Operation Shingle, Anzio Landings, W Italy. Date approximate, January 1944

LCM No.1011 (52t) lost in Mediterranean. Date reported, March 1945

LCM No.1092 (52t) cause and place unknown. Date reported, June 1945

LCM No.1101 (52t each) wrecked near Aden, en route to India, November 15, 1944

LCM No.1115, 1130 (total 2, 52t each) lost in Mediterranean. Date reported, June 1944

LCM No.1131 (52t) lost in Arromanches Area, Normandy, January 23, 1945

LCM No.1165, 1182 (total 2, 52t) lost in Home Waters. Date approximate, October 1943

LCM No.1185 (52t) lost, presumed during 1945. Date reported, July 1945

LCM No.1313, 1314, 1373, 1378 (total 4, 52t each) lost on passage from USA to India. Date reported, April 1944

LCM No.1319, 1327 (total 2, 52t each) lost on Arakan Coast, Burma, April 1945

LCM No.1380, 1381 (total 2, 52t each) lost in Mediterranean. Date reported, May 1944

LCP No.1110, 1121, landing craft personnel (MkII) (total 2, 3.8t each) lost in Aegean operations, May 1945

LCP No.1113 (3.8t each) damaged in gale at Maddalena, Sardinia and written off. Date reported, June 1945

LCP(L) No.7, 18, landing craft personnel (Large) (total 2, 8-11t each) lost in Home Waters, October 6, 1944

LCP(L) No.8, 263, 287, 577 (total 4, 8-11t each) lost overseas. Date reported, May 1944

LCP(L) No.11 (8-11t) lost on passage from Brest to Cherbourg, January 18, 1945

LCP(L) No.13, 14, 21-23, 40, 51, 121, 132, 139, 170, 175, 176, 187, 189, 197, 199, 208, 272, 280, 282, 285, 286, 289, 309, 312, 528, 556 (total 28, 8-11t each) lost in Operation Neptune, Normandy Landings, N France, June-July 1944

LCP(L) No.17 (8-11t) lost by fire at Chittagong, India, January 3, 1943

LCP(L) No.24-27, 38, 82 (total 6, 8-11t each) lost in Home waters, 1941

LCP(L) No.29 (8-11t) lost by fire in Middle East, September 15, 1942

LCP(L) No.30 (8-11t) lost in air raid on Liverpool. Date given as 20th-21st December, 1940

LCP(L) No.36 (8-11t) lost by fire at Chittagong, India. Date given as 24th-25th December 1942

LCP(L) No.42, 45, 8I, 157, 164, 174, 210, 212 (total 8, 8-11t each) lost in Operation Jubilee, Dieppe Raid, August 19, 1942

LCP(L) No.52 (8-11t) lost by fire, Portsmouth Area, S England, October 11, 1944

LCP(L) No.57 (8-11t) bombed at Tobruk, March 1942

LCP(L) No.59, 71 (total 2, 8-11t each) lost through heavy weather while at anchor, Middle East, September 2, 1941

LCP(L) No.63 (8-11t) lost in Middle East. Date reported, August 1941

LCP(L) No.64 (8-11t) lost during fall of Tobruk, June 20, 1942

LCP(L) No.65 (8-11t) lost in bad weather off Alexandria, Egypt, June 30, 1942

LCP(L) No.66, 356, 373 (total 3, 8-11t each) lost in Operation Shingle, Operation Anzio. Date approximate, January 1944

LCP(L) No.80 (8-11t) broke adrift during gale in Home Waters, January 15, 1943

LCP(L) No.83 (8-11t) lost by fire at Newhaven, S England, September 2, 1942

LCP(L) No.84, 85, 88, 97, 98, 110, 118, 128, 137, 145, 146, 149, 162, 163, 198, 200, 230/233, 235, 238, 239, 241, 242, 246, 247, 269, 293. 294 (total 30, On loan to US Navy, 8-11t each) lost in Operation Neptune, Normandy Landings, N France, August-September 1944

LCP(L) No.87 (8-11t) lost in Home Waters, February 25, 1943

LCP(L) No.93 (8-11t) destroyed by fire at Shoreham, S England, July 10, 1942

LCP(L) No.106 (8-11t) wrecked off Tobruk, March 4, 1943

LCP(L) No.107-109 (total 3, 8-11t each) lost in home waters in transit from USA, May 1941

LCP(L) No.117 (8-11t) lost in Home Waters, March 1942

LCP(L) No.126 (8-11t) burnt out, August 1943

LCP(L) No.127, 134 (total 2, 8-11t each) lost in Operation Infatuate, Walcheren Landings, Holland. Date reported, December 1944

LCP(L) No.133 (8-11t) lost in Schelde River Area, Belgium, November 5, 1944

LCP(L) No.136 (8-11t) caught fire and blew up during exercises off Southampton, S England, December 8, 1943

LCP(L) No.138, 507, 543, 544, 550, 560, 562, 565, 566, 568, 573, 575, 576, 759 (total 14, 8-11t each) lost in Operation Torch, N Africa, November 1942

LCP(L) No.152 (8-11t) wrecked during exercises in Home Waters, February 24, 1944

LCP(L) No.180-185 (total 6, 8-11t each) lost at Singapore, February 1942

LCP(L) No.193, 194 (total 2, 8-11t each) lost overboard through heavy weather in Home waters, December 1941

LCP(L) No.203-206 (total 4, 8-11t each) lost at Sourabaya, Java, January 1943

LCP(L) No.209 (8-11t) lost in Seaford Bay, S England, November 6, 1942

LCP(L) No.229, 298/300, 303/305, 308, 310 (total 9, 8-11t each) lost in Home Waters, July 1944

LCP(L) No.267 (8-11t) sunk by mine off Cherbourg, N France, July 8, 1944

LCP(L) No.276, 277 (total 2, 8-11t each) lost in transit, March 1943

LCP(L) No.302 (8-11t) wrecked E of Ostend, Belgium, November 5, 1944

LCP(L) No.316 (8-11t) sunk at Bombay, September 12, 1943

LCP(L) No.323 (8-11t) destroyed in explosion at Bombay, April 14, 1944

LCP(L) No.325 (8-11t) sunk at Bombay, September 4, 1943

LCP(L) No.344, 378 (total 2, 8-11t each) sunk at Akyab, Burma, May 29, 1945

LCP(L) No.348 (8-11t) destroyed by fire in India, September 15, 1944

LCP(L) No.360, 367 (total 2, 8-11t each) lost during exercises at Mandapam, India. Date reported, April 1944

LCP(L) No.540, 760 (total 2, 8-11t each) lost overseas, presumed during 1944

LCP(L) No.541 (8-11t) lost off Isle of Wight, S England. Date given as 28th-29th February 1944

LCP(L) No.764 (8-11t) lost in Home Waters, March 18, 1945

LCP(M) No.14, landing craft personnel (Medium) (7t) Date reported, November 1943

LCP(M) No.17 (7t) lost off Isle of Wight, January 5, 1943

LCP(R) No.578, landing craft personnel (Ramped) (9-11t) lost at Inveraray, W Scotland, December 13, 1942

LCP(R) No.584 (9-11t) sunk in Home Waters, May 1944

LCP(R) No.603, 620, 629, 721, 783, 794, 837, 850, 858, 901, 909, 1009, 1029, 1036 (total 14, 9-11t) lost in Operation Torch, N. Africa. Date approximate, November 1942

LCP(R) No.613, 661, 1035 (total 3, (9-11t) lost overboard from "Hilary", December 22, 1943

LCP(R) No.614, 634, 663, 824, 844, 912. 913, 995 (total 8, 9-11t each) lost overseas. Date reported, May 1944

LCP(R) No.616 (9-11t) broke adrift and badly holed in Home Waters, January 22, 1944

LCP(R) No.617 (9-11t) sunk in Home Waters, September 15, 1942

LCP(R) No.622 (9-11t) sunk in Home Waters, September 24, 1942

LCP(R) No.640, 735, 978, 982, 987, 989, 991, 993, 1023 (total 9, 9-11t) lost overseas, presumed during 1944

LCP(R) No.643 (9-11t) lost at Naples, Italy. Date approximate, May 1944

LCP(R) No.652, 669 (total 2, 9-11t each) lost in Home Waters, presumed during 1944

LCP(R) No.673, 680, 684, 685, 689, 692, 693, 727 (total 8, 9-11t each) lost in "Marietta E", sunk by U-boat in convoy, Indian Ocean, March 4, 1943

LCP(R) No.683 (9-11t) lost in action off coast of France. Date reported, July 1944

LCP(R) No.707 (9-11t) lost by enemy action in Home Waters, February 22, 1945

LCP(R) No.723 (9-11t) lost in Mediterranean Date reported, June 1944

LCP(R) No.738 (9-11t) lost during storm in Mediterranean, April 9, 1945

LCP(R) No.753, 771, 795 (total 3, 9-11t each) lost during beaching exercises in Home Waters, December 19, 1943

LCP(R) No.769 (9-11t) lost in Mediterranean. Date reported, June 1943

LCP(R) No.780, 782 (total 2, 9-11t each) lost in "Sembilan", sunk by U-boat, Indian Ocean, April 17, 1943

LCP(R) No.781 (9-11t) lost in collision, Home Waters, February 14, 1944

LCP(R) No.805, 806 (total 2, 9-11t each) cause and place unknown. Date reported, November 1944

LCP(R) No.832 (9-11t) lost in tow in Mediterranean. Date reported, June 1945

LCP(R) No.840 (9-11t) lost by enemy action in Home Waters, March 28, 1945

LCP(R) No.854 (9-11t) cause and place unknown. Date reported, June 1944

LCP(R) No.866 (9-11t) destroyed by fire at Bombay, April 14, 1944

LCP(R) No.867 (9-11t) wrecked at Mandapam, S India across from Ceylon, June 1944

LCP(R) No.879 (9-11t) wrecked at Bombay, September 12, 1943

LCP(R) No.894, 896 (total 2, 9-11t each) lost in Operation Neptune, Normandy Landings, N France, June 1944

LCP(R) No.895 (9-11t) damaged and sunk, Portsmouth area, S England, June 1944

LCP(R) No.905 (9-11t) lost in bad weather in Home Waters, June 19, 1944

LCP(R) No.965 (9-11t) lost in tow in Mediterranean. Date reported, July 1945

LCP(R) No.966 (9-11t) damaged en route to Anzio, W Italy. Date reported, June 1944

LCP(R) No.970 (9-11t) lost in Home Waters. Date reported, June 1944

LCP(R) No.971 (9-11t) lost in collision in Home Waters, July 28, 1944

LCP(R) No.979 (9-11t) lost when in use as ship's boat in Eastern Theatre, March 5, 1945

LCP(R) No.999 (9-11t) sunk in gale in Home Waters, September 26, 1944

LCP(R) No.1008 (9-11t) damaged and sunk in heavy weather in Home Waters, August 1942

LCP(R) No.1011 (9-11t) lost in collision in Home Waters, October 21, 1944

LCP(R) No.1012 (9-11t) sunk in collision in Home Waters, August 1942

LCP(R) No.1018 (9-11t) lost in Scheldt area, Holland, January 26, 1945

LCP(R) No.1019 (9-11t) sunk during heavy weather in Salerno Bay, Italy, September 28, 1943

LCP(R) No.1026 (9-11t) sunk in Mediterranean, March 23, 1944

LCP(S) No.1, landing craft personnel (small) (6t) cause and place unknown, 1944

LCP(S) No.9 (6t) Driven ashore at Weymouth, S England, April 6, 1944

LCP(S) No.25, 50, 61, 73, 101, 135, 137 (total 7, 6t each) cause and place unknown Date reported, May 1944

LCP(S) No.60 (6t) wrecked in Azores, January 25, 1944

LCP(S) No.74 (6t) lost overboard at Messina, Sicily. Date reported, May 1944

LCP(S) No.76 (6t) lost on passage, March 13, 1944

LCP(S) No.116 (6t) lost during exercises in Home Waters, December 22, 1943

LCP(S) No.129 (6t) lost by fire at Hythe, S England, November 10, 1944

LCP(S) No.136 (6t) lost in Operation Neptune, Normandy Landings, N France, June 1944

LCP(S) No.183 (6t) wrecked in Mediterranean. Date reported, July 1944

LCP(Survey) No.154, landing craft personnel (Survey) (9t) cause and place unknown. Date reported, July 1944

LCS(L) No.201, landing craft support (Large) (MkI) (23t) lost in collision, English Channel, September 1943

LCS(L) No.252, 256, 258, "Landing craft support (Large) (MkII) (total 3, 112t each) lost in Operation Infatuate, Walcheren Landings, Holland, November 1, 1944

LCS(M) No.1, landing craft support (Medium) (MkI) (9-11t) cause and place unknown, 1941

LCS(M) No.4, 6, 15, 18, 19, 22 (total 6, 9-11t each) lost during fall of Tobruk, June 20, 1942

LCS(M) No.9 (9-11t) lost in Operation Jubilee, Dieppe Raid, August 19, 1942

LCS(M) No.11, 14 (total 2, 9-11t) lost in Operation Torch, N Africa, November 1942

LCS(M) No.16 (9-13.5t) lost in India, August 29, 1943

LCS(M) No.17 (9-13.5t) sunk by enemy action, Mayu River, Burma, April 25, 1943

LCS(M) No.23 (9-13.5t) lost on patrol, Mayu River, Burma, March 1943

LCS(M) No.28, landing craft support (Medium) (MkII) (12.5t) lost in Operation Torch, N Africa, November 1942

LCS(M) No.30 (12.5t) lost in operations on Arakan Coast, Burma. Date reported, June 1945

LCS(M) No.42, landing craft support (Medium) (MkIII) (13.5t) cause and place unknown, August 25, 1944

LCS(M) No.46 (13.5t) lost in Operation Shingle, Anzio Landings, W Italy. Date approximate, January 1944

LCS(M) No.47 (13.5t) cause and place unknown, June 1944

LCS(M) No.49 (13.5t) cause and place unknown 1944

LCS(M) No.54 (13.5t) cause and place unknown, July 1, 1944

LCS(M) No.59 (13.5t) cause and place unknown. Date reported, May 1944

LCS(M) No.69 (13.5t) sunk during exercises off E Scotland, March 3, 1944

LCS(M) No.75, 76, 80, 81, 83, 91, 99, 101, 103, 108, 114 (total 11, 13.5t each) lost in Operation Neptune Normandy Landings, N France, June 1944

LCS(M) No.148 (13.5t) lost in operations on Arakan Coast, Burma. Date reported, June 1945

LCT (Armoured) No.2039, landing craft tank (Armoured) (MkV) (290-295t) cause and place unknown, June 1944

LCT (Armoured) No.2263 (290-295t) cause and place unknown, July 15, 1944

LCT (Armoured) No.2273, 2301, 2402 (total 3, on loan to US Navy, 290-295t each) lost in Operation Neptune, Normandy Landings, N France, June 1944

LCT (Armoured) No.2428 (290-295t) lost in Operation Neptune. Normandy Landings, N France, June 1944

LCT (Armoured) No.2454 (290-295t) ran ashore in Lyme Bay, English Channel, in heavy gale. Wrecked, October 13, 1944

LCT No.1, 12, 15, 19, landing craft tank (MkI) (total 4, 372t each) lost in Middle East. Date reported, August 1941

LCT No.2, 7 (total 2, 372t each) lost after leaving Tobruk, Libya. Date given as 12th-13th, October 13, 1941

LCT No.3 (372t) presumed lost in attack on Kos, Dodecanese October 11, 1943. Formally paid off, later recovered and redesignated N.S.C.(L)94

LCT No.5 (372t) lost in Home waters. Date reported, August 1941

LCT No.6, 20 (total 2, 372t each) lost in Middle East, June 1941

LCT No.8 (372t) lost in Middle East, July 29, 1941

LCT No.10 (372t) lost by enemy action, Middle East, July 17, 1941

LCT No.11 (372t) lost in Middle Fast, December 16, 1941

LCT No.14 (372t) lost in Home waters, August 12, 1941

LCT No.16 (372t) lost in Suda Bay, Crete, June 2, 1941

LCT No.102, 103, landing craft tank (MkII) (total 2, 450t each) lost in Home waters, October 10, 1941

LCT No.105, 109 (total 2, 450t each) lost in Home waters, November 4, 1941

LCT No.106, 107 (total 2, 450-453t each) sunk in Benghazi Harbour as result of heavy weather, January 6, 1943

LCT No.110, 143 (total 2, 450t each) lost in Home waters, November 1941

LCT No.115 (450-453t) sunk by aircraft off Casteloriso, Aegean, October 28, 1943

LCT No.119, 150 (total 2, 450-453t each) lost at Tobruk, June 20, 1942

LCT No.120 (450-453t) lost in heavy weather, November 20, 1942

LCT No.121, 124, 126, 145, 159 (total 5, 450-453t each) lost in Operation Jubilee, Dieppe Raid, August 19, 1942

LCT No.129 (450-453t) cause and place unknown. Date reported, November 1944

LCT No.155 (450-453t) lost on passage to Gibraltar, March 1942

LCT No.326, landing craft tank (MkIII) (625-649t) lost by weather or mine off Isle of Man, February 2, 1943

LCT No.328 (625-640t) mined off W Greece, December 5, 1944

LCT No.329 (625-640t) damaged beyond economical repair, November 23, 1943

LCT No.332 (625-640t) lost off Gijon, N Spain, after engine failure, November 16, 1943

LCT No.333, 343, 385 (total 3, 625-640t) sunk in gale off Land's End, SW England, November 14, 1943

LCT No.353 (625-649t) sunk by aircraft at Syracuse, Sicily, July 27, 1943

LCT No.357, landing craft tank (MkIII) (625-640t) lost in Suda Bay, Crete, as result of explosion, May 29, 1945

LCT No.358 (625-649t) lost in Mediterranean, June 18, 1943

LCT No.375 (625-640t) sunk in Mediterranean. Date reported, February 1944

LCT No.377 (625-640t) lost, probably mined, on passage Marseilles to Maddalena, Sardinia, October 1944

LCT No.381 (625-649t) missing from convoy after attack by E-boats, English Channel, February 27, 1943

LCT No.387 (625-640t) mined off W Italy, July 17, 1944

LCT No.390 (625-640t) cause and place unknown, July 9, 1944

LCT No.391 (625-649t) formally paid off. Date approximate, October 1, 1943

LCT No.395 (625-649t) mined and grounded in Mediterranean, June 18, 1943

LCT No.403 (625-649t) lost through stress of weather off Barra Head, Outer Hebrides, February 24, 1943

LCT No.418 (625-640t) lost in gale off NW France, November 16, 1943

LCT No.427 (625-640t) cause and place unknown, August 1944

LCT No.480, 488, 491, 494, 7014, 7015 (total 6, 625-640t each) lost through stress of weather off Land's End, SW England. Date given as 18th-19th October 1944

LCT No.492 (625-640t) capsized and sank, Red Sea, March 6, 1945

LCT No.511, landing craft tank (MkIV) (611-640t) broke back while in tow, July 9, 1944

LCT No.524, 715, 750, 809, 886, 947 (total 6, 611-640t) lost in Operation Neptune, Normandy Landings, N France, June 1944

LCT No.547 (611-640t) foundered off Malta, July 8, 1943

LCT No.553 (611-640t) lost in Mediterranean, October 1, 1943

LCT No.572, 626 (total 2, 611-640t) lost in Mediterranean, September 9, 1943

LCT No.583 (611-640t) lost in Mediterranean, November 4, 1943

LCT No.589 (611-640t) destroyed to avoid capture, Mediterranean, June 16, 1944

LCT No.609 (611-640t) abandoned after damage by weather off Ostend, Belgium, November 6, 1944

LCT No.618 (611-640t) lost in Mediterranean, October 2, 1943

LCT No.621 (611-640t) lost in Mediterranean, October 7, 1943

LCT No.624 (611-640t) formally paid off, September 8, 1943

LCT No.631 (611-640t) broke back, August 17, 1944

LCT No.689 (611-640t) destroyed by explosion, July 20, 1944

LCT No.757 (611-640t) formally paid off, July 10, 1944

LCT No.789, 839, 1133 (total 3, 611-640t) lost in Operation Infatuate, Walcheren Landings, Holland, November 2, 1944

LCT No.875 (611-640t) sunk by enemy action, June 8, 1944

LCT No.901 (611-640t) broke back, July 24, 1944

LCT No.936 (611-640t) broke back through stress of weather off Lowestoft, E England, October 30, 1944

LCT No.943 (611-640t) sunk, October 1944

LCT No.967 (611-640t) mined, June 13, 1944

LCT No.976 (611-640t) abandoned with broken back, Schelde River area, Belgium, November 7, 1944

LCT No.1022 (611-640t) wrecked through stress of weather off Dungeness, SE England, November 17, 1944

LCT No.1023 (611-640t) damaged beyond economical repair, July 23, 1944

LCT No.1029 (611-640t) blew up, possibly mined, while at anchor off Skegness, E England, January 16, 1944

LCT No.1039 (611-640t) broke back, August 5, 1944

LCT No.1045 (611-640t) broke in two while in tow, English Channel, October 25, 1944

LCT No.1074 (611-640t) mined, English Channel, August 25, 1944

LCT No.1076 (611-640t) broke in two, August 5, 1944

LCT No.1092 (611-640t) broke back while in tow, August 10, 1944

LCT No.1171 (611-640t) sunk off N European Coast, October 23, 1944

LCT No.1187, landing craft tank (MkV) (291-311t) lost in transit from USA, November 1942

LCT No.1238, landing craft tank (MkIV) (611-640t) mined in Rangoon River, Burma, May 2, 1945

LCT No.2006 (291-311t) lost in transit from USA, October 13, 1942

LCT No.2049, 2229, 2307 (total 3, on loan to US Navy, 291-311t each) lost in Operation Neptune, Normandy Landings, N France, June 6, 1944

LCT No.2054, 2312 (total 2, 291-311t) lost in transit from USA, December 1942

LCT No.2190, 2192, 2284 (total 3, 291-311t each) lost in transit from USA, October 28, 1942

LCT No.2231 (291-311t) lost in LST-79, sunk off Corsica, September 30, 1943

LCT No.2239, 2267, 2344 (total 3, 291-311t each) lost in "Vestfold" torpedoed in convoy, N Atlantic, January 17, 1943

LCT No.2281 (291-311t) lost in transit from USA, October 27, 1942

LCT No.2331 291-311t) broke back, July 1944

LCT No.2335 (291-311t) lost in "Daghild" torpedoed in convoy, N Atlantic, February 7, 1943

LCT No.2341 (291-311t) lost in "Bonneville" torpedoed in convoy, N Atlantic, March 10, 1943

LCT No.2398 (291-311t) lost in "Gorgas", March 1943

LCT No.2461 291-311t) capsized and sunk by gunfire, Bay of Bengal, November 1944

LCT No.2480 (291-311t) lost in "Fort Lamy" torpedoed in convoy, N Atlantic, March 8 1943

LCT No.2498 (291-311t) lost in Operation Neptune, Normandy Landings, N France, June 1944

LCT No.7011, landing craft tank (MkIII) (625-640t) lost in Operation Infatuate, Walcheren Landings, Holland, November 2, 1944

LCT No.7057, 7064, landing craft tank (MkIII) (total 2, 625-640t each) cause and place unknown, July 16, 1944

LCT No.7089, landing craft tank (MkIII) (625-640t) hit obstruction in Boulogne Harbour, N France, total loss, December 6, 1944

LCT(R) No.457, landing craft tank (Rocket) (600t) mined off Ostend, Belgium, November 5, 1944

LCV No.579, landing craft vehicle (10-11t) lost at Inverary, W Scotland, December 13, 1942

LCV No.584 (10-11t) sunk off Inellan, W Scotland, March 15, 1943

LCV No.597 (10-11t) lost in Home Waters, September 12, 1942

LCV No.719 (10-11t) cause and place unknown, June 1944

LCV No.752, 754 (total 2, 10-11t each) lost in Fidelity, sunk N Atlantic, December 30, 1942

LCV No.798 (10-11t) lost in Home Waters, September 25, 1942

LCV No.801 (10-11t) broke adrift and holed, Portsmouth area, S England, October 18, 1944

LCV No.802 (10-11t) lost in tow in Home Waters, August 2, 1945

LCV No.814 (10-11t) lost in Home Waters, January 30, 1945

LCV No.825 (10-11t) blew up during exercise off W Scotland. Date given as 21st-22nd May 1943

LCV No.894 (10-11t) lost on service with Royal Army Service corps, CTC, Rothesay, Scotland. Date reported, February, 1944

LCV(P) landing craft vehicle (Personnel) No.1016, 1029, 1031, 1033, 1044-1046, 1049, 1054, 1056, 1062, 1065, 1084, 1088, 1093, 1098, 1101, 1102, 1104, 1106, 1111, 1114, 1117, 1120-1122, 1124, 1129, 1132, 1133, 1139, 1146, 1153, 1155, 1157, 1159, 1165, 1170-1172, 1184, 1188, 1201, 1204, 1211, 1216, 1218, 1242, 1245, 1246, 1248, 1249, 1251, 1255, 1260, 1262, 1264, (total 57, 10.5-13.5t each) lost in Operation Neptune, Normandy Landings, N France. Date approximate, June 1944

LCV(P) No.1040 (10-13t) capsized off Newhaven, S England after engine room flooding, November 1, 1943

LCV(P) No.1066 (10.5-13.5t) lost during exercises, Richborough area, Kent, SE England, February 1944

LCV(P) No.1103 (10.5-13.5t) abandoned at Chichester, S England, November 20, 1944

LCV(P) No.1129 (10.5-13.5t) sunk, Portsmouth area, S England, November 25, 1944

LCV(P) No.1167 (10-11t) lost, Channel Islands, English Channel, July 15, 1945

LCV(P) No.1191 (10.5-13.5t) cause and place unknown, January 1945

LCV(P) No.1228 (10.5-13.5t) lost in Home Waters, November 27, 1944

LCV(P) No.1288 (10.5-13.5t) lost in Home Waters, July 13, 1944

LCV(P) No.1358 (10-11t) lost by stranding, E Mediterranean, April 1945

 

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LE DUE PAOLE, drifter, cause and place unknown, February 21, 1944

LEDA, minesweeper (815t, 1938) sunk by U-boat torpedo, Greenland Sea, September 20, 1942

LEGEND, drifter (R) Cause and place unknown. Believed Scapa Flow area, December 28, 1942

LEGION, destroyer (1, 920t, 19/12/40) sunk by aircraft, Malta Harbour, March 26, 1942

LEIV EIRIKSSON, tanker/oiler (R, 9, 952t, 1936) sunk by U-boat, West Indies, June 27, 1942

LETTIE, tug (R, 89t, 1914) sunk, cause unknown, off St. Abb's Head, E Scotland, November 9, 1941

LEYLAND, trawler (857t, 1936) collision, Gibraltar Bay, November 25, 1942

LI WO, minesweeper (R, 707t, 1938) lost by enemy action or destroyed at Singapore, February-March 1942

LIGHTNING, destroyer (1, 920t, 28/5/41) sunk by E-boat torpedo, Central Mediterranean, March 12, 1943

LILY, naval auxiliary boat, sunk in collision off Portland, S England. Date given as 24th-25th December 1943

LIMBOURNE, destroyer escort (1, 050t, 24/10/42) sunk by own forces after damage by E-boat torpedoes, English Channel, October 23, 1943

LINCOLN CITY, trawler (R, 398t, 1933) sunk by aircraft, Faroe Islands, February 21, 1941

LIPIS, armed trader (R, 845t, 1927) believed lost by enemy action, off Singapore, February 11, 1942

LITIOPA, tanker/oiler (R, 5, 356, 1917) sunk by U-boat off W Africa, October 22, 1943

LIVELY, destroyer (1, 920t, 20/7/41) sunk by aircraft, E Mediterranean, May 11, 1942

LOCH ALSH, trawler (R, 358t, 1926) sunk by aircraft, Humber Area, January 30, 1942

LOCH ASSATER, trawler (R, 210t, 1910) British mine, E coast of Scotland, March 22, 1940

LOCH DOON, trawler (R, 534t, 1937) probably mined, off Blyth, North Sea, December 25, 1939

LOCH INVER, trawler (R, 356t, 1930) probably mined, Harwich area, September 24, 1940

LOCH NAVER, trawler (R, 278t, 1919) sunk in collision off Hartlepool, May 6, 1940

LOCH SHIN, boom defence vessel (R, 255t, 1930) capsized at Harstad, Norway, after being damaged by aircraft and beached, May 26, 1940

LORD AUSTIN, trawler (R, 473t, 1937) mined and sunk, Seine Bay, Normandy, June 24, 1944

LORD CAVAN, drifter (R, 96t, 1915) sunk by gunfire off Dunkirk. Date given as 1st-2nd June, 1940

LORD HAILSHAM, trawler (891t, 1934) sunk by E-boats, probably torpedoed, English Channel, February 27, 1943

LORD HOWARD, drifter (R, 98t, 1917) collision, Dover Harbour, December 24, 1940

LORD INCHCAPE, trawler (R, 338t, 1924) sunk by mine off Plymouth, later salvaged, October 25, 1940

LORD SELBORNE, trawler (R, 247t, 1917) mined, Humber, March 31, 1941

LORD SNOWDON, trawler (R, 444t, 1934) collision off Falmouth, April 13, 1942

LORD ST. VINCENT, drifter (R, 115t, 1929) mined, Thames Estuary, July 7, 1941

LORD STAMP, trawler (R, 448t, 1935) sunk by mine, English Channel, October 14, 1940

LORD STONEHAVEN, trawler (R, 444t, 1934) sunk during E-boat attack off Eddystone, English Channel, October 2, 1942

LORD WAKEFIELD, trawler (825t deep, 1933) sunk by aircraft off Normandy, July 29, 1944

LORINDA, trawler (R, 348t, 1928) engine problems and fire off Freetown, W Africa, August 20, 1941

LORMONT, Guardship (R, 1, 561t, 1927) sunk in collision off Humber, December 7, 1940

LOYALTY, minesweeper (940t, 22/4/43) sunk by mine, or U-boat torpedo, English Channel, August 22, 1944

Landing ships

LST No.79, landing ship tank (Class II) (2, 750t, 17/7/43) sunk by aircraft off Corsica, September 30, 1943

LST No.80 (2, 750t, 19/7/43) mined in English Channel and sank off Ostend, Belgium, March 20, 1945

LST No.178 (2, 750t) mined on passage to Corfu, grounded and became total wreck, February 24, 1945

LST No.305 (2, 750t, 7/12/42) sunk by U-boat torpedo during Operation Shingle, Anzio Landings, W Italy, February 20, 1944

LST No.362 (2, 750t, 23/11/42) sunk by U-boat torpedo, Biscay area, March 2, 1944

LST No.364 (2, 750t, 7/12/42) torpedoed by U-boat off Ramsgate, S England, February 22, 1945

LST No.407 (2, 750t, 31/12/42) damaged beyond repair by weather in Mediterranean, April 24, 1944

LST No.411 (2, 750t, 8/1/43) mined or torpedoed (31st December 1943) on passage from Maddalena to Bastia, Sardinia. Abandoned owing to heavy weather, January 1, 1944

LST No.414 (2, 750t, 20/1/43) torpedoed by aircraft off Cani Rocks, Tunisia. Beached off Bizerta, August 15, 1943

LST No.418 (2, 750t, 1/2/43) sunk after two underwater explosions, Operation Shingle, Anzio Landings, W Italy, February 16, 1944

LST No.420 (2, 750t, 16/2/43) sunk by mine off Ostend, November 7, 1944

LST No.422 (2, 750t, 5/2/43) mined and sunk in Operation Shingle, Anzio Landings, W Italy, January 26, 1944

LST No.429 (2, 750t, 21/2/43) lost by fire, Mediterranean, July 3, 1943

 

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LUCY BORCHARDT, ammunition hulk (1, 850t, 1905) cause and place unknown, September 14, 1939

LUDA LADY, trawler (R, 234t, 1914) mined, Humber area, January 22, 1941

LUDGATE, boom defence vessel (290t, 1935) lost or destroyed to prevent falling into Japanese hands at Singapore, February 1942

LYCIA, special service vessel (3, 338t, 1924) sunk as blockship, date unknown, 1940

LYNGHAUG, special service vessel (2, 839t, 1919) sunk as blockship, February 26, 1944

M

M.A. WEST, drifter (R, 96t, 1919) sunk by aircraft off Norfolk Coast, May 14, 1941

MAALOY, whaler (R, 249t) sunk by U-boat off Ceylon, March 27, 1944

MACAO, special service vessel (R) sunk as blockship in Anking Harbour, December 9, 1941

MAGIC, minesweeper (1, 110t, 28/10/43) sunk by human torpedo off Normandy, July 6, 1944

MAHRATTA, destroyer (1, 920t, 8/4/43) sunk by U-boat torpedo, Barents Sea, Arctic, February 25, 1944

MAIDA, drifter (R, 107t, 1914) mined, East Coast. England, March 16, 1940

MAINDY HILL, collier (R, 1, 918t, 1911) sunk in collision off Hartlepool, March 9, 1940

MALACCA, minesweeper (R, 210t, 1927) scuttled in Tjemako River, Sumatra, February 18, 1942

MALMANGER, tanker/oiler (R, 7, 078t, 1920) sunk by U-boat off West Africa, August 9, 1942

MALVERNIAN, ocean boarding vessel (R, 3, 133t, 1937, abandoned after being bombed, North Atlantic, July 19, 1941

MANCHESTER SPINNER, special service vessel (4, 767t, 1918) sunk as blockship, March 25, 1944

MANCHESTER, light cruiser (9, 400t, 1938) sunk by E-boat torpedo off Kelibia Roads, Tunisia, August 13, 1942

MANISTEE, ocean boarding vessel (R, 5, 368t, 1920) sunk by U-boat torpedo, N Atlantic, February 24, 1941

MANOR, trawler (R, 314t, 1913) sunk during E-boat attack, English Channel, July 9, 1942

MANORA, Harbour defence vessel (R, 1936) lost through fouling boom, December 17, 1944

MANX LAD, drifter (R, 24t, 1937) sunk by mine off Holyhead, August 16, 1940

MANX PRINCE, trawler (R, 221t, 1910) mined, entrance to Humber, November 28, 1940

MAORI, destroyer (1, 870t, 30/11/38) sunk during air raid on Grand Harbour, Malta. Date given as 11th-12th February 1942

MAORI, dumb barge, sunk for boom defence purposes, believed in 1942

MARCELLE, boom defence vessel (R, 64t, 1923) mined, Bristol Channel, November 10, 1940

MARCONI, trawler (R, 322t, 1916) lost in collision off Harwich, September 20, 1941

MARIA DI GIOVANNI, schooner (R) grounded, W of Tobruk, Libya, November 22, 1941

MARIGOLD, corvette (1, 015t, 28/2/41) sunk by aircraft torpedo, Gibraltar Straits, December 9, 1942

MARIPOSA, special service vessel (3, 800t, 1914) sunk as blockship, March 27, 1944

MARIT, tanker/oiler (R, 5, 542t, 1918) sunk by U-boat off Benghazi, Libya, October 4, 1943

MARMION, minesweeper (R, 409t, 1906) sunk by aircraft at Harwich April 9, 1941. Salvaged but constructive total loss

MARS, special service vessel (R, 1938) reported lost in May, cause and place unknown, May 1942

MARSONA, trawler (R, 276t, 1918) mined off Cromarty, August 4, 1940

MARTIN, destroyer (1, 920t, 4/4/42) sunk by U-boat torpedo W Mediterranean, November 10, 1942

MARTIS, special service vessel (2, 483t, 1894) sunk as blockship, date unknown, 1940

MARY VI, transport vessel (R, 13t) destroyed by fire, February 2, 1945

MASHOBRA, special service vessel (R, 8, 324t, 1920) damaged by aircraft and beached at Narvik, May 25, 1940

MASHONA, destroyer (1, 370t, 30/3/39) sunk by aircraft bombs, N. Atlantic, May 28, 1941

MASTIFF, trawler (520t, 1938) mined, Thames Estuary, November 20, 1939

MATA HARI, auxiliary anti-submarine vessel (R, 1, 020t, 1915) sunk by aircraft in Sunda Strait, Java Sea, February 28, 1942

MATABELE, destroyer (1, 870t, 25/1/39) sunk by U-boat torpedo, Barent's Sea, Arctic, January 17, 1942

MATABELE, dumb barge, sunk for boom defence purposes, believed in 1942

MATCHLOCK, small craft (70t) sunk by mine at Canton, China, date unknown, 1942

MAYCREST, special service vessel (5, 900t, 1913) sunk as blockship, June 30, 1944

MEDWAY, submarine depot ship (14, 650t, 1929) sunk by U-boat torpedo off Alexandria, Egypt, June 30, 1942

MELBOURNE, trawler (R, 466t, 1936) sunk by aircraft, Narvik area, Norway, May 22

MERCURY, minesweeper (R, 621t, 1934) damaged by own mine, S of Ireland, December 25, 1940

MEROR, trawler (R, 250t, 1905) mined, Humber area, E England, October 3, 1943

MFV No.70, motor fishing vessel (43t, 1/5/43) lost after striking submerged object en route for Casteloriso, Dodecanese, February 27, 1944

MFV No.117 (50t, 30/12/43) sunk by explosion, probably mine, off Pasha Island, N Aegean, October 14, 1944

MFV No.1032 (93t, 2/44) sunk in tow, September 13, 1944

Motor Gun Boats

MGB No.12, motor gun boat (31, 10/8/40) mined, Milford Haven, February 3, 1941

MGB No.17 (30t, 19/12/40) sunk, possibly mined, off Normandy, June 11, 1944

MGB No.18 (30t, 22/5/41) sunk by surface craft gunfire off Terschelling, Holland, September 30, 1942

MGB No.19 (30t, 28/7/41) bombed and wrecked on slipway, November 6, 1942

MGB No.62 (28t, 31/12/40) lost in collision, North Sea, August 9, 1941

MGB No.64 (28t, 11/2/41) foundered on patrol in heavy weather between England and Ostend, August 8, 1943. Subsequently salved

MGB No.76 (33t, 14/5/42) sunk by E-boat, North Sea, October 6, 1942

MGB No.78 (33t, 8/6/42) surface craft gunfire off Holland, beached and abandoned. Date given as 2nd-3rd October 1942

MGB No.79 (37t, 24/7/42) sunk in action with surface craft, Hook of Holland area, February 28, 1943

MGB No.90 (33t) destroyed by fire, Portland Harbour, July 6, 1941

MGB No.92 (33t) destroyed by fire, Portland Harbour, July 6, 1941

MGB No.98, lost in air raid on coastal forces base HMS Hornet, June 1941

MGB No.99, constructive total loss, April 1945

MGB No.109 (37t, 30/9/42) mined and severely damaged on the 7 February 1943. Formally paid off, February 25, 1943

MGB No.110 (37t, 14/11/42) sunk in action with surface craft in Dunkirk area, May 29, 1943

MGB No.313 (67t, 12/6/41) sunk by mine or torpedo off Normandy, August 16, 1944

MGB No.314 (67t, 26/6/41) damaged in action and sunk by own forces at St. Nazaire, March 28, 1942

MGB No.326 (67t, 18/8/41) sunk by mine off Normandy, June 28, 1944

MGB No.328 (67t, 13/10/41) lost during attack on enemy convoy, Dover Straits, July 21, 1942

MGB No.335 (67t, 3/10/41) set on fire in action with surface craft, North Sea, seriously damaged. Date given as 10th-11th September 1942

MGB No.501 (19/5/42) Internal explosion off Lands End, Cornwall, July 27, 1942

MGB No.601 (85t, 9/3/42) sunk by enemy action, Dover Straits, July 24, 1942

MGB No.641 (90t, 29/12/42) sunk by shore battery gunfire from Italian mainland, Straits of Messina. Date given as 14th-15th July 15 1943

MGB No.644 (90t, 12/42) mined between Marsala and Mazzara, Sicily, sunk by own forces, June 26, 1943

MGB No.648 (90t, 1/43) sunk by aircraft, Pantellaria, Central Mediterrranean, June 14, 1943

MGB No.663 (90t, 8/3/43) sunk by mine off Maestra Point, NE Adriatic, October 10, 1944

MGB No.2002 (93t, 5/7/43) sunk by mine on passage Aberdeen to Gothenburg, Sweden, May 12, 1945

MGB No.2007 (93t, 28/8/43) broke in two off Aberdeen, Scotland, after grounding (22nd) May 24, 1945

 

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MIDAS, drifter (R, 89t, 1910) collision off Dungeness, February 3, 1941

MILFORD EARL, trawler (R, 290t, 1919) sunk by aircraft off E coast of Scotland, December 8, 1941

MIMOSA, corvette (Free French Navy, 1, 015t, 11/5/42) sunk by U-boat torpedo, W Atlantic, June 9, 1942

MINISTER WEDEL, tanker/oiler (R, 6, 833t, 1930) sunk by U-boat off W Africa, January 9, 1943

MINNIE DE LARINAGA, special service vessel (5, 046t, 1914), total loss from aircraft attack, London Docks, 7th-9th September 1940. Subsequently salved. (Also included as sunk as blockship at Dover, February 5, 1941)

MINSTER, netlayer (R, 707t, 1924) sunk by mine, Seine Bay, Normandy, June 8, 1944

MIRABELLE, trawler (R, 203t, 1918) rammed and sunk by accident, September 17, 1944

MIRLO, tanker/oiler (R, 7, 455t, 1922) sunk by U-boat, off West Africa, August 11, 1942

Motor Launches

ML No.103, motor launch (57t, 28/6/40) mined, Dover Straits, English Channel, August 24, 1942

ML No.108 (66t, 4/7/40) mined, English Channel, September 5, 1943

ML No.109 (57t, August 1940) mined, off Humber, October 30, 1940

ML No.111 (57t, July 1940) presumed mined, off Humber, November 25, 1940

ML No.126 (75t, 19/9/40) lost after damage by U-boat torpedo, W Italy, November 27, 1943

ML No.127 (65t, 7th Nov 1940) mined, Thames Estuary, November 22, 1940

ML No.129 (73t, 14/10/40) sunk by aircraft bombs off Algeria, March 22, 1942

ML No.130 (73t, 9/10/40) sunk by gunfire during engagement off Malta, May 7, 1942

ML No.133 (75t, 12/12/40) lost by fire and explosion, W Scotland, May 11, 1943

ML No.144 (73t, 12/11/40) mined, English Channel, September 22, 1941

ML No.156 (73t, 18/12/40) damaged in action and sunk by own forces at St. Nazaire, March 28, 1942

ML No.160 (73t, 27/12/40) sunk by aircraft bombs, Brixham, S Devon, May 6, 1942

ML No.169 (73t, 27/11/40) fire and explosion, Gibraltar Harbour, February 15, 1942

ML No.177 (73t, 12/40) missing presumed sunk at St Nazaire, March 28, 1942

ML No.183 (75t, 10/2/41) sunk after collision with East Pier, Dieppe, N France, February 11, 1945

ML No.192 (Free French Navy, 73t, I/8/41) missing presumed sunk at St Nazaire, March 28, 1942

ML No.210 (on loan to Royal Norwegian Navy, 75t, 7/4/41) sunk by mine off Dieppe, February 15, 1944

ML No.216 (75t, 28/5/41) foundered in heavy weather after being mined (19th) North Sea, September 28, 1944

ML No.219 (73t, 17/5/41) grounded off Stornoway, NW Scotland, constructive total loss, November 21, 1941

ML No.230 (75t, 28/3/41) sunk in collision, August 17, 1945

ML No.242 (73t, 28/5/41) gutted by fire, November 29, 1942

ML No.251 (75t, 7/41) rammed and sunk accidentally, Atlantic area, March 6, 1943

ML No.262 (Free French Navy, 73t, 18/6/41) missing presumed sunk at St Nazaire, March 28, 1942

ML No.265 (75t, 30/5/41) destroyed by petrol fire and explosion, Freetown, W Africa, July 1, 1944

ML No.267 (Free French Navy, 73t, 25/7/41) missing presumed sunk at St Nazaire, W France, March 28, 1942

ML No.268 (Free French Navy, 73t, 17/7/41) missing presumed sunk at St Nazaire, W France, March 28, 1942

ML No.270 (73t, 26/6/41) damaged in action and sunk by own forces at St. Nazaire, March 28, 1942

ML No.287 (75t, 23/8/41) destroyed by petrol fire and explosion, Freetown, W Africa, July 1, 1944

ML No.288 (73t, 19/8/41) heavy weather off Hartlepool, October 11, 1941

ML No.298 (73t, 21/11/41) missing presumed sunk at St Nazaire, W France, March 28, 1942

ML No.301 (73t, 2/12/41) expIosion, Freetown area, W Africa, August 9, 1942

ML No.306 (73t, 18/12/41) missing presumed sunk at St Nazaire, W France, March 28, 1942

ML No.310 (73t, 29/11/41) lost in action with surface craft, Tjebia Island, February 15, 1942

ML No.311 (73t, 29/11/41) sunk by Japanese gunfire. Banka Straits, Sumatra, February 14, 1942

ML No.339 (73t, 16/10/41) sunk by surface craft torpedo, North Sea, October 7, 1942

ML No.352 (73t, 9/6/42) sunk by aircraft, Tobruk, Libya, September 14, 1942

ML No.353 (73t, 26/5/42) sunk by aircraft, Tobruk, Libya, September 14, 1942

ML No.358 (75t, 9/42) lost off Leros island, Dodecanese, November 12, 1943

ML No.387 (75t, 1/6/43) destroyed by internal explosion, Beirut Harbour, Syria, March 5, 1944

ML No.443 (75t. 11/41) mined off Vada, W Italy, fore part blown off, July 12, 1944

ML No.446 (73t, 21/11/41) damaged in action and sunk by own forces at St. Nazaire, March 28, 1942

ML No.447 (73t, 8/1/42) sunk in action, St. Nazaire, March 28, 1942

ML No.457 (73t, 21/11/41) sunk in action, St. Nazaire, March 28, 1942

ML No.466 (75t, 31/3/42) sunk by mine off Walcheren, Holland, March 25, 1945

ML No.558 (75t, 12/2/43) mined, N Adriatic, total loss, May 5, 1945

ML No.563 (75t, 3/3/43) sunk by mine off Frejus, S France, August 16, 1944

ML No.579 (75t, 3/6/43) sunk by aircraft, Leros island, Dodecanese, October 26, 1943

ML No.591 (75t, 18/4/44) foundered in tidal wave, Sittang River estuary, Burma, May 9, 1945

ML No.835 (75t, 8/8/43) sunk by aircraft, Leros island, Dodecanese, October 12, 1943

ML No.870 (75t, 2/8/44) sunk by mine off Piraeus, Greece, October 15, 1944

ML No.891 (75t, 28/3/44) sunk by mine, Kyauk Pyu, N of Ramree Island, Burma, January 24, 1945

ML No.905 (75t, 10/5/44) foundered in tidal wave, Sittang River estuary, Burma, May 9, 1945

ML No.916 (75t, 16/9/44) sunk by mine at Walsoorden, Holland, November 8, 1944

ML No.1003 (40t, 3/1/41) on board ship torpedoed and lost in Atlantic, April 20, 1941

ML No.1011 (40t, 16/11/40) bombed and sunk on passage from Suda Bay to Sphakia, Crete, May 10, 1941

ML No.1015 (40t, 24/2/41) lost in heavy weather, Eastern Mediterranean, October 1943

ML No.1030 (40t, 11/11/40) lost on passage from Suda Bay, Crete, May 28, 1941

ML No.1037 (40t, 3/1/41) on board ship torpedoed and lost in Atlantic, April 20, 1941

ML No.1054 (40t, 6/11/41) total loss, November 1943

ML No.1057 (40t, 30/9/41) lost through detonation of demolition charges off Kilindini, E Africa, October 13, 1944

ML No.1062 (40t, 9/42) sunk by gunfire, Banka Straits, Sumatra, February 16, 1942

ML No.1063 (40t, 1/42) sunk in action, Tanjong Priok, Java, March 1, 1942

ML No.1083 (40t, 23/10/41) lost through grounding in Gulf of Kos, Aegean, February 20, 1944

ML No.1121 (40t, 10/7/42) formally paid off, December 31, 1943

ML No.1153 (40t, 18/8/42) destroyed by enemy action en route for Turkey, September 1942

ML No.1154 (40t, 30/1/43) mined at Bizerta, Tunisia, May 14, 1943

ML No.1157 (40t, 30/12/42) lost in shipment, April 1943

ML No.1163 (46t, 31/12/42) sunk by torpedo, probably surface craft, Mulat Island, NE Adriatic, January 5, 1945

ML No.1179 (40t, 4/3/43) sunk off Rio Bueno, Jamaica, in hurricane, August 21, 1944

ML No.1212 (40t, 30/12/42) lost in shipment, April 1943

ML No.1227 (44t, 24/11/42) sunk by surface craft off Piraeus, Greece, October 5, 1944

ML No.1244 (40t, 20/8/43) lost on passage, November 1943

ML No.1289 (40t, 2/7/43) lost on passage, November 1943

ML No.1380 (40t, 16/9/43) missing in Aegean, March 1944

ML No.1388 (40t, 25/11/43) grounded off Hartlepool, December 24, 1943

ML No.1417 (46t, 28/3/44) sunk by mine, in tow, off Flushing, Holland, February 15, 1945

 

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MMS No.8, motor minesweeper (255t, 8/1/41) sunk by mine off Normandy, June 24, 1944

MMS No.39 (226t, 26/4/41) mined and sunk, Thames Estuary, August 7, 1941

MMS No.51 (226t, 29/11/41) scuttled S of Java to prevent capture by Japanese, March 4, 1942

MMS No.55 (255t, 3/9/41) sunk by mine off Normandy, July 10, 1944

MMS No.68 255t, 28/12/41) sunk by mine off Cephalonia, Greece, February 4, 1945

MMS No.70 (240t, 18/5/42) believed mined in Gulf of Taranto, Italy, September 24, 1943

MMS No.89 (240t, 5/1/42) mined off Bizerta, Tunisia, May 12, 1943

MMS No.101 (255t, 6/2/43) sunk by mine off Salonika, Greece, November 29, 1944

MMS No.117 (255t, 7/4/42) sunk by mine, Civita Vecchia, W Italy, September 1, 1944

MMS No.168 (255t, 5/7/42) sunk by mine in Genoa Harbour, Italy, June 25, 1945

MMS No.170 (255t, 7/9/42) sunk by mine off Gorgona Island, W Italy, October 12, 1944

MMS No.174 (226t, 6/7/42) sunk in aircraft attack, Brixham, Devon, July 12, 1942. Later salvaged

MMS No.180 (226t, 29/1/42) rammed in convoy, sank off Tyne, February 13, 1942

MMS No.229 (255t, 25/10/42) sunk by mine off Normandy, June 13, 1944

MMS No.248 (255t, 11/9/43) sunk by mine off River Schelde, Holland, January 30, 1945

MMS No.257 (255t, 9/10/43) sunk by mine, River Schelde, Holland, December 11, 1944

MMS No.278 (255t, 8/3/43) stranded on rocks in La Rance River, St Malo, N France, September 14, 1944

MMS No.1019 (360t, 23/8/43) sunk by mine off Cherbourg, July 2, 1944

MODLIN, special service vessel (3, 569t, 1906) sunk as blockship, February, 1944

MOHAWK, destroyer (1, 870t, 1938) torpedoed by destroyer, East of Tunisia, sunk by own forces, April 16, 1941

MOLLUSC, yacht (R, 597t, 1906) sunk by aircraft off Blyth, Northumberland, March 17, 1941

MONARDA, drifter (R, 109t, 1916) foundered, Thames Estuary, November 8, 1941

MONICA, dumb barge (233t deep) cause and place unknown, date approximate, November 1943 . Subsequently salved

MONTBRETIA, corvette (Royal Norwegian Navy, 1, 015t, 29/9/41) sunk by U-boat torpedo, N Atlantic, November 18, 1942

MONTENOL, tanker/oiler (2, 646t, 1917) torpedoed by U-boat, North Atlantic, sunk by own forces, May 21, 1942

MOOR, mooring vessel (767t, 1919) blown up and sunk by enemy action, Malta, April 1942

MORAVIA, trawler (R, 306t, 1917) mined, North Sea, March 14, 1943

MORAY, victualling store ship (R, 206t, 1918) foundered off Milford Haven, SW Wales, March 13, 1943

MOREA, special service vessel (1, 968t) sunk as blockship, August 16, 1940

MOSQUITO, river gun boat (585t, April 1940) German aircraft off Dunkirk, while withdrawing from Dunkirk, June 1, 1940

MOTH, river gun boat (625t, 1916) scuttled at Hong Kong, December 12, 1941

Motor anti-submarine boat No.3 (19t, 1939) beached after mine damage, Suez Canal, February 28, 1941

Motor anti-submarine boat No.30 (23t, 18/8/41) fouled boom and sank, Humber, December 14, 1941

Motor attendant craft No 5 (1936) presumed mined off NE Gunfleet, December 26, 1940

MOURINO, ammunition hulk (2, 165t, 1906) cause and place unknown, September 15, 1939

MOURNE, frigate (1, 365t, 30/4/43) sunk by U-boat torpedo, English Channel, June 15, 1944

MOYLE, special service vessel (1, 761t, 1907) sunk as blockship, date unknown, 1940

Motor Torpedo Boats

MTB No.6, motor torpedo boat (18t, 1936) foundered in bad weather off Sardinia, W Mediterranean, November 16, 1939

MTB No.7 (18t, 1938) scuttled at Hong Kong, December 26, 1941

MTB No.8 (18t, 1937) destroyed by fire during raid on Hong Kong, December 16, 1941

MTB No.9 (18t, 1937) scuttled at Hong Kong, December 26, 1941

MTB No.10 (18t, 1938) scuttled at Hong Kong, December 26, 1941

MTB No.11 (18t, 1938) scuttled at Hong Kong, December 26, 1941

MTB No.12 (18t, 1938) sunk in action with Japanese landing craft, Hong Kong, December 20, 1941

MTB No.15 (18t, 1939) mined, Thames Estuary, SE England, September 24, 1940

MTB No.16 (18t, 1939) mined, Thames Estuary, October 31, 1940

MTB No.17 (18t, 1939) probably mined, off Ostend, Belgium, October 21, 1940

MTB No.26 (14t, 1938) sunk in action with Japanese landing craft, Hong Kong, December 20, 1941

MTB No.27 (14t, 1938) scuttled at Hong Kong, December 26, 1941

MTB No.28 (37t, 10/7/40) lost by fire, March 7, 1941

MTB No.29 (34t, 2/6/40) sunk after collision when in action with E-boats, North Sea, October 6, 1942

MTB No.30 (34t, 11/7/40) mined, North Sea, December 18, 1942

MTB No.41 (33t, 7/11/40) mined, North Sea, February 14, 1941

MTB No.43 (33t, 13/1/41) sunk by surface craft off Gravelines, NE France, August 18, 1942

MTB No.44 (33t. 1/4/41) sunk in action with surface craft, Dover Straits, English Channel, August 7, 1942

MTB No.47 (33t, 8/7/41) sunk in action with surface craft off Gris Nez, NE France, January 17, 1942

MTB No.61 (35t, 9/1/42) lost, stranded in attack on motor barges off Kelibia, Tunisia, May 9, 1943

MTB No.63 (35t, 18/2/42) lost in collision off Benghazi, Libya, April 2, 1943

MTB No.64 (35t, 23/2/42) lost in collision off Benghazi, Libya, April 2, 1943

MTB No.67 (17t, 19/4/40) sunk by aircraft, destroyed or beached, Suda Bay, Crete. Date given as 23rd May-2nd June 1941

MTB No.68 (17t, 19/4/40) sunk in collision off Libya, December 14, 1941

MTB No.73 (38t, 3/10/41) sunk by aircraft, Maddalena, Sardinia, November 24, 1943

MTB No.74 (33t, 17/12/41) lost after leaving St. Nazaire, W France. Date approximate, March 28, 1942

MTB No.77 (38t, 28/5/42) sunk by aircraft off Vibo Valencia, SW Italy, September 8, 1943

MTB No.87 (38t, 12/6/42) mined, North Sea, October 31, 1942

MTB No.93 (38t, 10/9/42) lost in collision off Harwich, E England, August 18, 1944

MTB No.105 (9t, 8/40) taken in tow and sunk by own forces, January 1, 1943

MTB No.106 (June 1940) mined, Thames Estuary, SE England, October 16, 1940

MTB No.201 (38t, 27/11/41) sunk in action with surface craft, Dover Straits, English Channel, June 15, 1942

MTB No.213 (17t, 24/10/40) sunk by aircraft, destroyed or beached, Suda Bay, Crete. Date given as 23rd May-2nd June 1941

MTB No.214 (17t, 10/40) sunk by aircraft, destroyed or beached, Suda Bay, Crete. Date given as 23rd May-2nd June, 1941

MTB No.215 (17t, 6/12/40) paid off, presumed lost, March 29, 1942

MTB No.216 (17t, 3/1/41) sunk by aircraft, destroyed or beached, Suda Bay, Crete. Date given as 23rd May-2nd June 1941

MTB No.217 (17t, 7/1/41) sunk by aircraft, destroyed or beached, Suda Bay, Crete. Date given as 23rd May-2nd June 1941

MTB No.218 (35t, 9/6/41) sunk by surface craft and mine, Dover Straits, August 18, 1942

MTB No.220 (35t, 30/7/41) sunk in action with E-boat off Ambleteuse, NE France, May 13, 1942

MTB No.222 (Royal Netherlands Navy, 38t, 15/2/42) mined, North Sea. Date given as 9th-10th November 1943

MTB No.230 (38t, 5/5/42) rammed by MTB 222 in action, North Sea. Date given as 9th-10th November 1943

MTB No.237 (38t, 18/6/42) sunk after action with surface craft off Barfleur, France, August 7, 1942

MTB No.241 (38t, 30/3/42) sunk by enemy action off ljmuiden and Helder, March 31, 1944

MTB No.242 (40t, 23/10/42) sunk whilst being towed to Malta, July 1945

MTB No.243 (40t, 18/11/42) sunk as target. Date reported, July 1945

MTB No.248 (41t, 4/3/43) sunk in collision, English Channel, June 6, 1944

MTB No.255 (36t, 30/7/43) lost by fire and explosion, Ostend harbour, Belgium, February 14, 1945

MTB No.259 (32t) lost in tow in Mediterranean, June 1942

MTB No.261 (32t) sunk at Alexandria, August 26, 1945

MTB No.262 (32t) formally paid off, February 24, 1943

MTB No.264 (32t) mined off Sousse, Tunisia, May 10, 1943

MTB No.267 (32t) damaged in heavy weather on passage from Benghazi to Malta, sunk by own forces, April 2, 1943

MTB No.287 (36t, 12/3/43) grounded on Levron Island, Adriatic, and subsequently destroyed by own forces, November 24, 1944

MTB No.288 (40t, 26/3/43) sunk by aircraft, Augusta, Sicily. Date given as 21st-22nd July 1943

MTB No.308 (34t, 31/1/42) probably aircraft attack off Tobruk, Libya, September 14, 1942

MTB No.310 (38t, 10/2/42) probably aircraft attack off Tobruk, Libya, September 14, 1942

MTB No.311 (34t, 17/2/42) mined, Central Mediterranean, May 2, 1943

MTB No.312 (34t, 21/2/42) probably aircraft attack off Tobruk, Libya, September 14, 1942

MTB No.314 (34t, 2/3/42) probably aircraft attack off Tobruk, Libya, September 14, 1942

MTB No.316 (34t, 12/3/42) torpedoed by Italian off Reggio, S Italy, July 17, 1943

MTB No.338, fire and explosion, Trinidad, West Indies, May 16, 1942

MTB No.347 (37t, 18/3/43) sunk by surface craft off Ymuiden, Holland, October 1, 1944

MTB No.352 (37t, 31/5/43) sunk in collision, North Sea. Date given as 25th-26th March 1944

MTB No.356 (37t, 1/7/43) sunk by surface shps off Holland, October 16, 1943

MTB No.357 (37t, 25/8/43) sunk accidentally after damage by surface craft on the 23rd, December 24, 1943

MTB No.360 (37t, 30/6/43) sunk by surface craft off Ymuiden, Holland, October 1, 1944

MTB No.371 (4/10/43) grounded on Levron Island, Adriatic, and subsequently destroyed by own forces, November 24, 1944

MTB No.372 (47t, 7/10/43) sunk by surface craft gunfire when patrolling off Cape Loviste, Adriatic. Date given as 23rd-24th July 1944

MTB No.412 (37t, 14/2/42) sunk in collision off Normandy. Date given as 26th-27th July 1944

MTB No.417 (37t, 8/9/42) sunk by surface vessel whilst attacking convoy between Calais and Boulogne. Date given as 15th-16th March 1944

MTB No.430 (37t, 16/11/42) rammed by E-boat off Normandy. Date given as 26th-27th July 1944

MTB No.434 (37t, 25/1/43) sunk by surface craft off Normandy, July 9, 1944

MTB No.438 (37t, 31/3/43) lost by fire and explosion, Ostend harbour, Belgium, February 14, 1945

MTB No.444 (37t, 21/7/43) lost by fire and explosion, Ostend harbour, Belgium, February 14, 1945

MTB No.448 (37t, 23/9/43) sunk by accident in torpedo attack by friendly aircraft off Normandy, June 11, 1944

MTB No.459 (on loan to RCN, 41t, 2/3/44) lost by fire and explosion, Ostend harbour, Belgium, February 14, 1945

MTB No.460 (on loan to RCN, 41t, 22/3/44) sunk by mine off Normandy, July 3, 1944

MTB No.461 (on loan to RCN, 41t, 15/3/44) lost by fire and explosion, Ostend harbour, Belgium, February 14, 1945

MTB No.462 (on loan to RCN, 41t, 25/3/44) lost by fire and explosion, Ostend harbour, Belgium, February 14, 1945

MTB No.463 (on loan to RCN, 41t, 25/3/44) sunk by mine off Normandy, July 8, 1944

MTB No.465 (on loan to RCN 41t, 31/3/44) lost by fire and explosion, Ostend harbour, Belgium, February 14, 1945

MTB No.466 (on loan to RCN 41t, 18/4/44) lost by fire and explosion, Ostend harbour, Belgium, February 14, 1945

MTB No.494 (44t, 9/11/44)R ammed and sunk by E-boats, North Sea, April 7, 1945

MTB No.605 102t, 16/6/42) foundered after striking sub/merged obstruction on passage Ostend to Dover, February 17, 1945

MTB No.606 (90t, 7/7/42) sunk by surface craft off Hook of Holland. Date given as 3rd-4th November 1943

MTB No.622 (95t, 10/42) sunk by surface craft in attack on convoy off Terschelling, Holland, March 10, 1943

MTB No.626 (Royal Norwegian Navy, 95t, 8/42) lost by fire, Lerwick, Shetland Islands, November 22, 1943

MTB No.631 (Royal Norwegian Navy, 95t, 8/42) grounded during attack on ships in Norwegian Fiords, March 14, 1943

MTB No.635 (102t, 11/42) sunk as target. Date reported, July 1945

MTB No.636 (95t, 1/43) sunk by surface craft off Elba, W Italy, October 15, 1943

MTB No.639 (95t, 22/1/43) sunk by aircraft, Central Mediterranean, April 28, 1943

MTB No.640 (85t, 1/11/42) sunk by mine, Leghorn/Spezia area, NW Italy. Date given as 26th-27th June 1944

MTB No.655 (102t, 1/43) sunk by mine, Quarnero Gulf, NE Adriatic, March 21, 1945

MTB No.665 (95t, 5/43) sunk by shore battery gunfire, Messina, Sicily, August 15, 1943

MTB No.666 (95t, 10/6/43) sunk by surface craft off Holland. Date given as 4th-5th July 1944

MTB No.669 (95t, 29/4/43) sunk by surface craft off Norwegian coast, October 26, 1943

MTB No.671 (95t, 16/5/43) sunk in torpedo attack on destroyers off Barfleur, N France, April 24, 1944

MTB No.681 (95t, 7/43) sunk when attacking convoy off Holland. Date given as 9th-10th June 1944

MTB No.686 (95t, 9/6/43) lost by fire, Lerwick, Shetland Islands, November 22, 1943

MTB No.690 (102t, 15/9/43) lost after striking wreck, January 18, 1945

MTB No.697 (102t, 7/43) sunk by mine off Krk Island, NE Adriatic, April 17, 1945

MTB No.705 (102t, 7/8/43) sunk by mine, Maknare Channel, NE Adriatic, March 23, 1945

MTB No.707 (95t, 11/43) cut in two in collision off N Ireland, April 18, 1944

MTB No.708 (95t, 11/43) damaged by friendly aircraft English Channel, and subsequently sunk by own forces, May 5, 1944

MTB No.710 (102t, 18/9/43) sunk by mine near Zara, NE Adriatic, April 10, 1945

MTB No.712 (102t, 10/2/44) formally paid off, July 19, 1945

MTB No.715 (on loan to Royal Norwegian Navy, 102t, 9/12/43) sunk by explosion at Fosnavaag, Norway, May 19, 1945

MTB No.732 (97t, 17/4/44) sunk by accident, English Channel, May 28, 1944

MTB No.734 (97t, 30/5/44) damaged by Beaufighters and eventually sunk by own forces, North Sea, June 26, 1944

MTB No.776 (108t, 8/44) lost by fire and explosion, Ostend harbour, Belgium, February 14, 1945

MTB No.782 (108t, 25/10/44) sunk by mine off River Schelde, Holland, December 29, 1944

MTB No.789 (108t, 17/10/44) lost by fire and explosion, Ostend harbour, Belgium, February 14, 1945

MTB No.791 (108t, 4/11/44) lost by fire and explosion, Ostend harbour, Belgium, February 14, 1945

MTB No.798 (108t, 16/10/44) lost by fire and explosion, Ostend harbour, Belgium, February 14, 1945

MTB No.5001 (102t, 18/12/44) sunk by E-boats, North Sea, April 7, 1945

 

M - concluded

MURIA, tug (R, 192t, 1914) sunk by mine off N. Foreland, SE England, November 8, 1940

MURMANSK, trawler (R, 348t, 1929 ) grounded at Brest and abandoned, June 17, 1940

MYRTLE, trawler (550t, 1928) sunk by mine, Thames Estuary, June 14, 1940

 

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