L
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
L - continued
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
L - continued
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
L - concluded
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
M - continued
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
M - continued
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