N
NAIAD,
light cruiser (5, 450t, 24/7/40) sunk by U-boat torpedo, E
Mediterranean, March 11, 1942
NAIEM, small miscellaneous
craft, sunk at Tobruk, Libya, January, 1943
NAPIA, tug (R, 155t, 1914)
explosion, probably mined off Ramsgate, December 20, 1939
NARWHAL, submarine (1, 520t,
1936) lost, probably off Trondheim, Norway, cause unknown.
Formally
paid off, August 1, 1940
NAUTILUS, drifter (R, 64t, 1929)
sunk at Dunkirk, May 29, 1940
Naval auxiliary boat No.47,
cause and place unknown. Date reported, January 1945
Naval auxiliary boat No.48,
cause and place unknown. Date reported, January 1945
Naval auxiliary boat No.49,
cause and place unknown. Date reported, January 1945
Naval auxiliary boat No.58,
cause and place unknown. Date reported, January 1945
Naval auxiliary boat No.59,
cause and place unknown. Date reported, January 1945
Naval servicing boat No.9 (on
loan to USN, 20t, 12/40) sunk, September 14, 1942
Naval servicing boat No.30 (8t,
1918) sunk, November 8, 1943
Naval servicing boat No.38 (20t)
capsized and sank after damage, February 9, 1945
NELL JESS, dumb barge (96t,
1902) wrecked, English Channel, May, 1943
NEPTUNE,
light cruiser (7, 175t, 1934) sunk by mine off Tripoli,
Libya, December 19, 1941
NESTOR, destroyer (on loan to
RAN, 1, 760t, 12/2/41) sunk by aircraft bombs, E
Mediterranean, June
15, 1942
NEVA, collier (R, 1, 456, 1928)
presumed sunk by U-boat, N Atlantic, January 22, 1943
NEW SPRAY, drifter (R, 70t,
1912) lost in gale off Sheerness, January 3, 1941
NIGER,
minesweeper (815t, 1936) mined off Iceland,
July 6, 1942
NISR, drifter (R) cause and
place unknown, September 16, 1943
NJEGOS, special service vessel
(R, 4, 393t, 1908) sunk as blockship, March 1944
NOGI, trawler (R, 299t, 1923)
sunk by aircraft off Norfolk, June 23, 1941
NORFALK, special service vessel
(5, 672t, 1919) sunk as blockship, June 24, 1944
NORJERV, special service vessel
(5, 600t, 1919) sunk as blockship, June 26, 1944
NORNES, drifter (R, 1902) cause
and place unknown, August 14, 1943
NORSEMANN, special service
vessel (R) cause and place unknown, December, 1941
NORSJOEN, special service vessel
(R) wrecked on enemy coast, November 19, 1941
NORTHCOATES, trawler (R, 277t)
sank in tow through stress of weather, English Channel,
December 2, 1944
NORTHERN ISLES, trawler (R,
655t, 1936) ran aground while on loop patrol off Durban, S
Africa,
total loss, January 19, 1945
NORTHERN PRINCESS, trawler (R,
on loan to USN, 655t, 1936) sunk, cause unknown, W Atlantic,
March 7,
1942
NORTHERN ROVER, trawler (R,
655t, 1936) overdue at Kirkwall, Orkneys by this date,
November 5, 1939
NOSS HEAD, drifter (22t net)
cause and place unknown, September 9, 1943:
NOSS HEAD,
Campbeltown-registered CN144 from Carradale, Argyllshire.
lost at
Freetown, Sierra Leone - tank engine being lowered into
the hold, strop
snapped and engine smashed through the wooden hull (Finlay
Oman in
email dated 29 March 2004 - loss described by his father,
vessel was
owned by his grandfather)
NOT MANN, drifter (R) cause and
place unknown, January 11, 1944
NOTTS COUNTY, trawler (R, 541t,
1937) sunk by mine or U-boat, S of Iceland, March 8, 1942
NYHOLT, tanker/oiler (R, 8,
087t, 1931) sunk by U-boat, West Atlantic, January 17, 1942
NYKEN, harbour duty vessel (R,
111t) damaged, W Scotland area, constructive total loss,
January, 1942
NYULA, yacht (R, 48t, 1936)
collision off Tyne, May 2, 1941
O
OCEAN LASSIE, drifter (R, 96t,
1919) sunk by mine off Harwich, June 4, 1940
OCEAN RETRIEVER, drifter (R,
95t, 1912) mined, Thames Estuary, SE England, September 22,
1943
OCEAN REWARD, drifter (R, 93t,
1912) sunk in collision off Dover, May 28, 1940
OCEAN SUNLIGHT, drifter (R,
131t, 1929) mined off Newhaven, June 13, 1940
ODESSA, dumb barge, sunk for
boom defence purposes, believed in 1942
ODIN, submarine (1, 475t, 1929)
lost in Gulf of Taranto, S Italy, cause unknown, June 27,
1940
OLEANDER, tanker/oiler (7, 048t)
damaged and beached on 26th May, sunk in Harstad Bay,
Norway, June 8,
1940
OLGA E EMBIRICOS, collier (R, 4,
677t, 1922) sunk by U-boat, Gulf of Aden, January 29, 1944
OLNA, tanker/oiler (12, 667t,
1921) bombed and set on fire, Crete, May 18, 1941
OLYMPUS, submarine (1, 475,
1930) sunk by mine off Grand harbour, Malta, May 8, 1942
ORACLE, yacht (745t) destroyed
by fire off Liverpool, NE England, January 29, 1944
ORFASY, trawler (545t, 14/7/42)
lost, probably by U-boat torpedo off W Africa, October 22,
1943
ORKAN, destroyer (ex-MYRMIDON,
on loan to Polish Navy, 1, 920t, 5/12/42) sunk by U-boat
torpedo, N
Atlantic, October 8, 1943
ORMONDE, trawler (R, 250t, 1906)
sunk by aircraft off E coast of Scotland, February 16, 1941
ORPHEUS, submarine (1, 475t,
1930) lost, probably torpedoed by Italian submarine between
Malta and
Alexandria, June 27, 1940
OSWALD, submarine (1, 475t,
1929) rammed and sunk by Italian destroyer, 10 miles SE
Spartevento
Bay, August 1, 1940
OSWALDIAN, trawler (R, 260t,
1917) mined, Bristol Channel, August 4, 1940
OTHELLO, boom defence vessel (R,
201t, 1907) mined, Humber, April 11, 1941
OUSE, trawler (462t, 1917)
mined, Tobruk, Libya, February 20, 1941
OXLEY, submarine (1, 350t, 1927)
sunk by accident off Norway, September 10, 1939
P
P.L.M. 21, collier (R, 5, 400,
1921) grounded off Milford Haven, SW Wales. Subsequently
sank, December
3, 1944
P-32, submarine (540t, 3/5/41)
formally paid off, August 23, 1941
P-33, submarine (540t, 30/5/41)
presumed mined off Tripoli, Libya, August 20, 1941
P-36, submarine (540t, 24/9/41)
sunk by aircraft during raid on Malta harbour, April 1, 1942
P-38, submarine (540t, 17/10/41)
lost, possibly mined, Gulf of Hammamet, Tunisia, February
25, 1942
P-39, submarine (540t, 16/11/41)
sunk by aircraft bombs at Malta, March 26, 1942
P-48, submarine (540t, 18/6/42)
lost, possibly mined, Gulf of Tunis, January 4, 1943
P-222, submarine (715t, 4/5/42)
lost, probably by surface craft depth-charges off Naples, W
Italy,
December 12, 1942
P-311, submarine (1, 090t,
7/8/42) lost, possibly mined off Maddalena, Sardinia,
January 8, 1943
P-514, submarine (530t, 1918)
rammed and sunk by own forces, W Atlantic, June 21, 1942
P-715, submarine (ex-GRAPH,
German prize vessel, 880t) dismantled, broke adrift and lost
on West
Coast of Islay, W Scotland, March 20, 1944
PACIFIC0, special service vessel
(687t, 1905) sunk as blockship at Dunkirk, June 4, 1940
PAKENHAM, destroyer (Leader, 1,
550t, 4/2/42) sunk by own forces after damage in action with
destroyers
off Sicily, April 16, 1943
PANDORA, submarine (1, 475t,
1930) sunk by aircraft during raid on Malta harbour, April
1, 1942
PANORAMA, boom defence vessel
(548t, 1919) overdue at Bathurst, W Africa, October 30, 1942
PANOS, special service vessel
(4, 900t, 1920) sunk as blockship, February 8, 1944
PANTHER, destroyer (1, 540t,
12/12/41) sunk by aircraft bombs, Scarpanto Strait,
Dodecanese, October
9, 1943
PARKHAVEN, special service
vessel (4, 803t, 1920) sunk as blockship, June 1944
PARKLAAN, special service vessel
(3, 807t, 1911) sunk as blockship, June 1944
PARKTOWN, whaler (R, 250t, 1929)
sunk by E-boats off Tobruk, Libya, June 21, 1942
PARTHIAN, submarine (1, 475t,
1931) lost, possibly mined, S Adriatic, August 11, 1943
PARTISAN, dumb barge, sunk for
boom defence purposes, believed in 1942
PARTRIDGE, destroyer (1, 540t,
22/2/42) sunk by U-boat torpedo, W Mediterranean, December
18, 1942
PATIA, auxiliary fighter ship
(R, 5, 355t, 1922) sunk by aircraft off Northumberland,
April 27, 1941
PATROCLUS, armed merchant (R,
11, 314t, 1923, AMC from 1/40) attacked by U-boat on the
3rd. sank W of
Ireland, November 4, 1940
PAXTON, drifter (R, 92t, 1911)
damaged by aircraft and beached at Dunkirk, May 28, 1940
PELLAG II, yacht (R, 44t, 1937)
presumed lost at Dunkirk, June 10, 1940
PELTON, trawler (R, 358t, 1925)
sunk by E-boat off Yarmouth, December 24, 1940
PENELOPE,
light cruiser (5, 270t, 1936) sunk by U-boat
torpedo, Anzio area, W Italy, February 18, 1944
PENGAWAL, tug, sunk by aircraft,
Durian Straits, Singapore, February 14, 1942
PENGHAMBAT, motor launch. lost
or destroyed to prevent falling into enemy hands at
Singapore,
February, 1942
PENINGAT, motor launch (R) lost
or destroyed to prevent falling into enemy hands at
Singapore,
February, 1942
PENTLAND FIRTH, trawler (on loan
to USN, 900t, 1934) collision off New York, USA, September
19, 1942
PENYLAN, destroyer escort (1,
050t, 31/ 8/42) sunk by E-boat torpedo, English Channel,
December 3,
1942
PENZANCE, sloop (1, 025t, 1931)
torpedoed by German U-boat, North Atlantic, August 24, 1940
PERICLES, tanker/oiler (R, 8,
324, 1936) lost in heavy weather on passage to Alexandria,
Egypt, April
14, 1941
PERIDOT, trawler (550t, 1933)
mined off Dover, February 15, 1940
PERSEUS, submarine (1, 475t,
1930) mined off Zante, W Greece, December 1, 1941
PERSEVERE, drifter (R, 19t,
1937) mined, Firth of Forth, October 27, 1940
PETEREL,
river gun boat (310t, 1927) sunk by Japanese
Forces at Shanghai, December 8, 1941
PETRONELLA, Water boat (R, 2,
770t, 1927) mined off Pireaus, Greece, October 15, 1944
PEUPLIER, tug (R) sunk, Plymouth
area, SW England. Date given as 29th-30th April 1941
PHILISTINE, dumb barge, sunk for
boom defence purposes, believed in 1942
PHINEAS BEARD, trawler (R, 278t,
1918) sunk by aircraft off E coast of Scotland, December 8,
1941
PHOENIX, submarine (1, 475t,
1931) lost off Sicily, cause unknown, July 17, 1940
PICOTEE, corvette (900t,
5/9/1940) presumed lost, probably torpedoed by U-boat off
Iceland,
August 12, 1941
PIERRE DESCELLIERS, trawler (R,
153t, 1933) sunk by aircraft bombs off Salcombe, SW England,
August 13,
1942
PINE, trawler (545t, 3/7/40)
sunk by E-boat torpedo off Selsey Bill, Sussex, January 31,
1944
PINTAIL, sloop (580t, 1939)
mined off Humber, June 10, 1941
PLACIDAS FAROULT, gate vessel
(R, 136t, 1927) cause and place unknown. Date given as
30th-31st
October 1940
PLUMLEAF, tanker/oiler (5, 916t,
1917) sunk by aircraft bombs, Malta, April 4, 1942
POLLY JOHNSON, trawler (R, 290t,
1918) sunk by aircraft bombs off Dunkirk, May 29, 1940
POLYANTHUS, corvette (1, 015t,
23/4/41) sunk by U-boat torpedo, North Atlantic, September
20, 1943
PORPOISE, submarine (1, 500t,
1933) sunk, probably by aircraft, Malacca Strait, E Indies.
Date
approximate, January 19, 1945
PORT NAPIER, minelayer (R, 9,
600t, 1940) lost by fire, Loch Alsh, W Scotland, November
27, 1940
POZARICA, auxiliary
anti-aircraft ship (4, 540t, 7/3/41) damaged by aircraft
torpedo attack
off Bougie, Algeria on 29th January 1943, capsized, February
13, 1943
PREMIER, drifter (R, 14t, 1918)
Collided with No 10 Holme Hook Buoy, Humber, E England and
sunk,
February 3, 1943
PRINCE LEOPOLD, Landing ship
infantry (small) LSI(S) (R, 2, 938t, 1930) torpedoed by
U-boat,
capsized and sank, English Channel, July 29, 1944
PRINCE
OF WALES,
battleship (35, 000t, 31/3/41) sunk by
Japanese torpedo-aircraft, E coast of Malaya SE Asia,
December 10, 1941
PRINCE PHILIPPE, raiding craft
carrier, later designated LCP(L) (R, 2, 938t, 1939) sunk in
collision
off W Scotland, July 15, 1941
PRINCESS VICTORIA, minelayer (R,
2, 179t, 1939) mined, entrance to R Humber, E England. Date
given as
18th-19th May 1940
PRINCESS, yacht (R, 730t, 1924)
sunk in collision, Bristol Channel, January 11, 1940
PROFICIENT, drifter (R, 57t)
grounded Whitby, Yorkshire. Total loss, December 19, 1940
PROMOTIVE, drifter (R, 78t,
1908) mined, Loch Ewe, W Scotland, December 23, 1939
PUCKERIDGE, destroyer (1, 550t,
30/7/41) sunk by U-boat torpedo, W Mediterranean, September
6, 1943
PUNJABI, destroyer (1, 870t,
29/3/39) sunk after collision, N Atlantic, May 1, 1942
PYLADES, minesweeper (1, 110t,
27/11/43) sunk by human torpedo off Normandy, July 8, 1944
PYROPE, trawler (R, 295t, 1932)
sunk by aircraft, Thames Estuary, SE England, August 12,
1940
Q
QUAIL, destroyer (1, 705t,
7/1/43) sank in tow, Bari to Taranto, after damage by mine
(15th Nov
1943), June 18, 1944
QUEENWORTH, mine destructor
vessel (3, 010t, 1925) sunk by aircraft, North Sea, May 9,
1941
QUENTIN, destroyer (1, 705t,
15/4/42) sunk by aircraft torpedo, W Mediterranean, December
2, 1942
QUORN, destroyer escort (1,
000t, 21/9/40) sunk by human torpedo or mine off Normandy,
August 3,
1944
R
RAHMAN, whaler (R, 209t, 1926)
lost or destroyed, Batavia, March 1, 1942
RAINBOW, submarine (1, 475t,
1932) sunk off Calabria, S Italy, by gunfire of Italian
submarine.
Formally paid off, October 19, 1940
RAJPUTANA, armed merchant (R,
16, 641t, 1926, AMC from 12/39) sunk by U-boat torpedo, W of
Iceland,
April 13, 1941
RAUB, armed trader (R, 1, 161t,
1926) sunk by aircraft off E coast of Sumatra, January 22,
1942
RAWALPINDI, armed merchant (R,
16, 697t, 1925, AMC from 10/39) gunfire of German
battlecruiser
"Scharnhorst" SE of Iceland, November 23, 1939
RAY OF HOPE, drifter (R, 98t,
1925) mined, Thames Estuary, October 12, 1939
RECEPTIVE, drifter (R, 86t,
1913) mined, Thames Estuary, July 3, 1941
RECOIL, trawler (R, 344t, 1938)
lost on patrol, presumed mined, English Channel, September
28, 1940
RED GAUNTLET, trawler (R, 338t,
1930) sunk by E-boats, North Sea, August 5, 1943
REDRESS, dumb barge, sunk for
boom defence purposes, believed in 1942
REDSTART, minelayer (498t, 1938)
scuttled at Hong Kong, December 19, 1941
REDSTONE, special service vessel
(3, 110t, 1918) sunk as blockship at Scapa Flow, May 2, 1940
REED, drifter (R, 99t, 1911)
mined, Thames Estuary, SE England, November 7, 1940
REFUNDO, trawler (R, 338t, 1917)
sunk by mine off Harwich, December 18, 1940
REGENT, submarine (1, 475t,
1930) sunk by surface craft, Straits of Otranto, SE Italy,
April 16,
1943
REGULUS, minesweeper (1, 010t,
20/5/44) sunk by mine, Corfu Channel, Greece, January 12,
1945
REGULUS, submarine (1, 475t,
1930) lost, Otranto Strait, S Italy, cause unknown. Formally
paid off,
December 6, 1940
REIDAR, balloon barrage vessel
(R, 1915) constructive total loss, December 28, 1942
RELONZO, trawler (R, 245t, 1914)
mined, Crosby Channel, Liverpool, January 20, 1941
REMILLO, trawler (R, 266t, 1917)
mined, Humber, February 27, 1941
REPULSE,
battlecruiser (33, 250, 1916) sunk by Japanese
torpedo-aircraft, E coast of Malaya SE Asia, December 10,
1941
RESMILO, trawler (R, 258t, 1917)
sunk by aircraft at Peterhead, E. Scotland, June 20, 1941
RESOLVO, trawler (R, 231t, 1913)
sunk by mine, Thames Estuary, October 12, 1940
RESPARKO, trawler (R, 248t,
1916) sunk by aircraft at Falmouth, August 20, 1940
RESPITE, dumb barge, sunk for
boom defence purposes, believed in 1942
REVENGE, dumb barge, sunk for
boom defence purposes, believed in 1942
RHODORA, yacht (R, 687t, 1929)
lost in collision, Bristol Channel, September 7, 1940
RIANT, drifter (R, 95t, 1919)
lost in bad weather off West Coast, Scotland, January 25,
1940
RIFSNES, trawler (R, 431t, 1932)
sunk by aircraft off Ostend, May 20, 1940
RINOVA, trawler (R, 499t, 1931)
sunk by mine off Falmouth, November 1, 1940
RISTANGO, boom defence vessel
(R, 178t, 1913) fouled Medway boom, Sheerness, November 14,
1940
RIVER CLYDE, trawler (R, 276t,
1919) sunk by mine off Aldeburgh, Suffolk, August 5, 1940
RIVER TYNE, special service
vessel (1, 525t, 1920) sunk as blockship at Dieppe, June 10,
1940
ROBERT BOWEN, trawler (R, 290t,
1918) sunk by aircraft off Aberdeen, February 9, 1940
ROBIN,
river gun boat (226t, 1934) scuttled at Hong
Kong, December 25, 1941
ROCHE BONNE, trawler (R, 258t,
1913) sunk by aircraft off the Lizard, Cornwall, April 7,
1941
ROCKINGHAM, destroyer (1, 190t,
1919) sunk by mine, E Scotland, September 27, 1944
RODINO, trawler (R, 230t, 1913)
sunk by aircraft off Dover, July 24, 1940
ROLFSBERG, collier (R, 1, 831t,
1915) sunk in collision, Firth of Forth, E Scotland, July
13, 1945
ROODE ZEE, tug (R, 468t) sunk by
E-boat torpedo off Dungeness, SE England, April 24, 1944
ROSA, drifter (R, 83t, 1908)
cause and place unknown, September 11, 1943
ROSABELLE, yacht (525t, 1901)
sunk by explosion, probably torpedoed by U-boat, Straits of
Gibraltar,
December 11, 1941
ROSAURA, armed boarding vessel
(R, 1, 552t, 1905) mined off Tobruk, Libya, March 18, 1941
ROSE VALLEY, drifter (R, 100t,
1918) sunk in collision, December 16, 1943
ROSE, corvette (on loan to Royal
Norwegian Navy, 1, 060t, 31/10/41) sunk in collision, W
Atlantic,
October 26, 1944
ROSEMONDE, trawler (R, 364t,
1910) probably torpedoed by U-boat, Atlantic, January 22,
1942
ROSEWOOD, tanker/oiler (R, 5,
989t, 1931) torpedoed and presumed sunk, March 9, 1943
ROWAN TREE, drifter (R, 91t,
1917) grounded and capsized, entrance to Lowestoft harbour,
November
21, 1941
ROYAL
OAK,
battleship (29, 150t, 1916) sunk by U-boat
torpedo, Scapa Flow, Orkneys, October 14, 1939
ROYALO, trawler (R, 248t, 1916)
sunk by mine off S Cornwall, September 1, 1940
RUBENS, trawler (R, 320t, 1937)
sunk by aircraft, Western Approaches, February 13, 1941
RUBY, harbour duty vessel (R,
46t, 1902) wrecked in gale, Scapa Flow, Orkneys, October 9,
1942
RUTLANDSHIRE, trawler (R, 458t,
1936) attacked by aircraft and grounded, Namsos, Norway,
April 20, 1940
RYPA, drifter (R, 31t) sunk Loch
Ewe, W Scotland, April 12, 1941
RYSA, trawler (545t, 13/8/41)
sunk by mine off Maddalena, Sardinia, December 8, 1943
S
SAHIB, submarine (715t, 13/5/42)
scuttled after depth-charge attack off Cape Milazzo Sicily,
April 24,
1943
SALMON, submarine (670t, 1935)
lost, probably mined, SW Norway, July 14, 1940
SALOPIAN, armed merchant (R, 10,
549t, 1926, AMC from 10/39) sunk by U-boat torpedo, N
Atlantic, May 13,
1941
SALTERS GATE, special service
vessel (3, 900t, 1924) sunk as blockship, February 11, 1944
SALVAGE KING, tug (R, 1164t,
1923) grounded W of Duncansby Head, NE Scotland, September
12, 1940
SALVIA, corvette (955t, 20/9/40)
sunk by U-boat torpedo off Egypt, December 24, 1941
SALVIKING, salvage vessel (1,
490t, 27/1/43) sunk by U-boat torpedo, Indian Ocean,
February 14, 1944
SAMBHUR, whaler (R, 223t, 1926)
stranded off Colombo, Ceylon, May 5, 1942
SAMPHIRE, corvette (1, 015t,
30/6/41) sunk by U-boat torpedo, Western Mediterranean,
January 30, 1943
SAN FRANCISCO, dumb barge (241t
deep) cause and place unknown, date approximate, November
1943.
Subsequently salved
SANDAR, tanker/oiler (R, 7,
624t, 1928) sunk by U-boat off Tobago, West Indies, May 2,
1942
SANDOY, ferry service vessel (R,
49t, 1940) lost, cause and place unknown, probably Iceland,
December
11, 1942
SANDVIKHORN, ferry service
vessel (R, 78t nett, 1917) sunk in collision, Londonderry, N
Ireland,
January, 1944
SANTA, whaler (R, 355t, 1936)
mined W of Maddalena, Sardinia, November 23, 1943
SAPPHO, yacht (R, 387t) presumed
torpedoed, Falmouth area, September 30, 1940
SARACEN, submarine (715t,
27/6/42) sunk by surface craft depth-charges off Bastia,
Corsica,
August 18, 1943
SARGASSO, yacht (R, 223t, 1926)
mined off Isle of Wight, England, June 6, 1943
SARNA, whaler (R, 268t, 1930)
mined, Suez Canal, Egypt, February 25, 1941
SATURNUS, balloon barrage vessel
(R, 200t, 1935) wrecked, Isle of Man, constructive total
loss, May 1,
1941
SAUCY, tug (R, 597t, 1918)
mined, Firth of Forth, September 4, 1940
SCORPION, river gun boat (700t,
1938) aircraft attack on the 9th, sunk by gunfire from
Japanese surface
craft, Banka Straits, February 13, 1942
SCOTCH THISTLE, drifter (R, 84t,
1913) grounded, Thames Estuary. Total loss, date given as
6th-7th
October 1940
SCOTSTOUN, armed merchant (R,
17, 046t, 1925, AMC from 9/39) sunk by U-boat torpedo, NW
Approaches,
June 13, 1940
SCOTT HARLEY, minesweeper (R,
620t, 1913) sunk, probably by surface craft, Indian Ocean,
March 3, 1942
SEA ANGLER, yacht (R, 33t)
destroyed by fire, Plymouth area, SW England, May 19, 1941
SEA KING, trawler (R, 321t,
1916) sunk by underwater explosion in Grimsby Roads, October
9, 1940
SEAGEM, tug (R, 92t, 1939)
missing, presumed lost (approx), October 30, 1940
SEAHORSE, submarine (640t, 1933)
lost in Heligoland Bight, North Sea, January 10, 1940
SEDGEFLY, trawler (R, 520t,
1939) believed mined, Tyne area, North Sea, December 16,
1939
SEMOIS, motor canal boat. lost
at Dunkirk. Date approximate, June 1, 1940
SENATEUR DUHAMEL, trawler (R, on
loan to USN, 913t, 1927) collision off Wilmington, USA, May
6, 1942
SENGA, harbour tender (R) sunk
in collision off Londonderry, N Ireland, June 21, 1944
SESAME, tug (700t, 18/1/44) sunk
by E-boat torpedo off Normandy, June 11, 1944
SEVRA, whaler (R, 953t, 1929)
mined off Falmouth, SW England, November 6, 1940
SGB No.7, steam gun boat (135t,
11/3/42) sunk in action with surface craft, English Channel,
June 19,
1942
SHARK, submarine (670t, 1934)
lost to aircraft off Skudenses, Norway, July 6, 1940
SHASHI III, yacht (R, 155t) lost
by fire, September 7, 1940
SHERA, whaler (R, 253t, 1929)
capsized in heavy swell and pack ice, Barents Sea, Arctic,
March 9, 1942
SHIPMATES, drifter (R, 82t,
1911) sunk by aircraft, Dover harbour, November 14, 1940
SHU KWANG, auxiliary
anti-submarine vessel (R, 788t, 1924) sunk by aircraft,
Dutch East
Indies, February 13, 1942
SHUN AN, small craft (R) lost or
destroyed to prevent falling into Japanese hands, Singapore,
February
1942
SIANG WO, auxiliary
anti-submarine vessel (R, 2, 595t, 1926) bombed and beached
Dutch East
Indies, February 13, 1942
SICKLE, submarine (715t,
1/12/42) sunk, probably mined, anti-Kithera Channel, Greece.
Date
approximate, June 18, 1944
SIKH, destroyer (1, 870t,
12/10/38) sunk by gunfire, shore batteries, Tobruk, Libya,
September
14, 1942
SILDRA, tanker/oiler (R, 7,
313t, 1927) sunk by U-boat off W Africa, August 19, 1941
SILICIA, trawler (R, 250t, 1913)
mined off Humber, May 8, 1941
SILVIA, yacht (R) constructive
total loss, February 15, 1942
SIMOOM, submarine (715t,
30/12/42) lost, Dardanelles Approaches. Date approximate,
November 19,
1943
SIN AIK LEE, minesweeper (R,
198t, 1928) lost by enemy action or destroyed at Singapore,
February-March 1942
SINDONIS, trawler (913t, 1934)
sunk by aircraft at Tobruk, Libya, May 29, 1941
SIREHEI, special service vessel
(3, 888t, 1907) sunk as blockship, February 26, 1944
SISAPON, trawler (R, 326t, 1928)
mined off Harwich, June 12, 1940
SJO, special service vessel (R,
1938) cause and place unknown, December 1942
SKIPJACK, minesweeper (815t,
1934) German bombers off Dunkirk, June 1, 1940
SKUDD 3, whaler (R, 245t, 1929)
sunk by aircraft, Tobruk, Libya, August 27, 1941
SLAVOL, tanker/oiler (2, 623t,
1917) sunk by U-boat torpedo, sailing for Tobruk, Libya,
March 26, 1942
SLEMDAL, tanker/oiler (R, 7,
374t, 1931) sunk by U-boat, North Atlantic, June 15, 1942
SNAEFELL, minesweeper (R, 466t,
1907) sunk by aircraft, Tyne Area, July 5, 1941
SNAPDRAGON, corvette (955t,
28/10/40) sunk by aircraft bombs, Mediterranean, December
19, 1942
SNAPPER, submarine (670t, 1935)
lost, Bay of Biscay, formally paid off, February 12, 1941
SOIZIK, drifter (R) lost by
enemy action, believed Europe, March 20, 1941
SOLEN, examination vessel (R)
presumed lost at Singapore, February 1942
SOLITAIRE, tug (91t, 1904)
capsized and sank off Normandy, June 20, 1944
SOLOMON, trawler (R, 357t, 1923)
mined, N of Cromer, April 1, 1942
SOMALI, destroyer (Leader, 1,
870t, 7/12/38) sunk in tow after U-boat torpedo (20th) off
Iceland,
September 24, 1942
SONA, yacht (519t, 1922) sunk by
aircraft during attack on Poole, Dorset, S England, January
4, 1942
SOTRA, whaler (R, 313t, 1925)
sunk by aircraft off Bardia, Libya, January 29, 1942
SOUTHAMPTON,
light cruiser (9, 100t, 1937) sunk by dive
bombers, E of Malta, January 11, 1941
SOUTHERN FLOE, whaler (R, 344t,
1936) mined off Tobruk, Libya, February 11, 1941
SOUTHERN FLOWER, whaler (R,
328t, 1928) torpedoed by U-boat off Reykjavik, Iceland,
March 3, 1945
SOUTHERN PRIDE, whaler (R, 582t,
1936) stranded, total loss off Sierra Leone, June 16, 1944
SOUTHSEA, minesweeper (R, 825t,
1930) mined and beached off Tyne, constructive total loss,
February 16,
1941
SOUTHWOLD, destroyer escort (1,
050t, 9/10/41) sunk by mine off Malta, March 24, 1942
SPANIARD, trawler (880t, 1937)
explosion, Lagos, Nigeria, December 5, 1942
SPARTAN,
light cruiser (5, 770t, 10/8/43) sunk by aircraft
glider-bomb off Anzio, W Italy, January 29, 1944
SPEARFISH, submarine (670t,
1936) lost, probably by U-boat torpedo off Norway. Formally
paid off,
August 2, 1940
SPERCHEIOS, whaler (ex-NOBLE
NORA, on loan to R Hellenic Navy, R 160t) capsized and sank
off Greece,
April 3, 1945
SPHINX,
minesweeper (875t, July 1939) German bombers
off NE Scotland, February 3, 1940
SPIDER BOY, naval auxiliary boat
(14t) cause and place unknown, January 14, 1944
SPIKENARD, corvette (RCN, 900t,
7/4/41) sunk by U-boat torpedo, N Atlantic, February 11,
1942
SPLENDID, submarine (7157,
8/8/42) scuttled after depth-charge attack, W Coast of
Corsica, April
21, 1943
SPRINGBANK, auxiliary fighter
ship (R, 5, 155t, 1926) sunk by U-boat torpedo, N Atlantic,
September
27, 1941
SQUALLY, special service vessel
(R) sunk by enemy action, November 11, 1943
SQUIRREL,
minesweeper (940t, 16/8/44) damaged by mine
off Puket, Siam (Thailand) sunk by own forces, July 24, 1945
ST ABBS, tug (550t, 1919) sunk
by aircraft at Dunkirk, June 1, 1940
ST ACHILLEUS, trawler (R, 484t,
1934) sunk by mine, Dunkirk area, May 31, 1940
ST ANGELO, tug (150t, 1935) sunk
by mine off Malta, May 30, 1942
ST ANNE, harbour duty vessel (R,
37t) cause and place unknown, December 1943
ST APOLLO, trawler (R, 580t,
1940) collision off Hebrides, W Scotland, November 22, 1941
ST BREOCK, tug (810t), sunk by
aircraft bombs off Sumatra, February 14, 1942
ST BRIAC, Fleet Air Arm target
vessel (R, 2, 312t, 1924) sunk by mine off Aberdeen, E
Scotland, March
12, 1942
ST CATHAN, trawler (R, on loan
to USN, 565t, 1936) collision off S Carolina, USA, April 11,
1942
ST CYRUS, tug (810t, 1919) mined
off Humber, January 22, 1941
ST DONATS, trawler (R, 349t,
1924) collision off Humber, March 1, 1941
ST FAGAN, tug (550t, 1919) sunk
by aircraft at Dunkirk, June 1, 1940
ST GORAN, trawler (R, 565t,
1936) sunk by aircraft, Namsos, Norway, May 3, 1940
ST ISSEY, tug (810t, 1918) sunk,
probably by U-boat off Benghazi, Libya, December 28, 1942
ST JUST, tug (810t, 1919)
scuttled in Palembang Harbour, February 14, 1942
ST OLAVES, tug (R, 468t, 1919)
grounded, total loss off Duncansby Head, NE Scotland,
September 21, 1942
ST SAMPSOM, tug (R, 451, 1919)
foundered in Red Sea, March 7, 1942
ST SUNNIVA, rescue ship (R, 1,
368t, 1931) marine cause, January 22, 1943
STAGHOUND, distilling ship (R,
468t, 1894) sunk by aircraft bombs, Torquay, March 27, 1942.
Subsequently salved
STANLARD, ammunition hulk (1,
737t, 1912) cause and place unknown, September 15, 1939
STANLEY, destroyer (1, 190t,
1919) sunk by U-boat torpedo, N Atlantic, December 19, 1941
STANWELL, special service vessel
(5, 800t, 1914) sunk as blockship, June 29, 1944
STAR OF DEVERON, trawler (R,
220t, 1915) sunk by aircraft, N Shields, September 30, 1941
STARFISH, submarine (640t, 1933)
lost in Heligoland Bight, North Sea, depth-charged by
surface craft.
Formally paid-off, January 20, 1940
STAUNTON, trawler (R, 283t,
1908) presumed blown up by magnetic mine, Thames Estuary,
July 28, 1940
STEADY, Mooring Vessel (758t,
1916) sunk by mine oft Newhaven, S England, July 17, 1940
STELLA CAPELLA, trawler (815t,
1937) missing, Iceland area, March 19, 1942
STELLA DORADO, trawler (550t,
1935) sunk by E-boat during evacuation from Dunkirk, June 1,
1940
STELLA ORION, trawler (R, 417t,
1935) mined, Thames Estuary, November 11, 1940
STELLA SIRIUS, trawler (550t,
1934) sunk by bombs during air raid on Gibraltar, September
25, 1940
STERLET, submarine (670t, 1938)
lost, Skagerrak, cause unknown, April 27, 1940
STOKE, minesweeper (710t, 1918)
sunk by aircraft at Tobruk, Libya, May 41, 1941
STONEHENGE, submarine (715t,
15/6/43) lost on patrol, probably off Nicobar Islands,
Indian Ocean,
Date approximate, March 22, 1944
STRATAGEM, submarine (715t,
9/10/43) sunk by surface vessel depth-charges off Malacca,
East Indies,
November 22, 1944
STRATHBORNE, trawler (R, 216t,
1930) mined off Humber, September 6, 1941
STRONGHOLD, destroyer (905t,
1919) sunk in action, surface craft, South of Java, March 2,
1942
STRONSAY, trawler (545t,
24/4/42) sunk by explosion, probably mined off
Phillipeville, Western
Mediterranean, February 5, 1943
STURDY, destroyer (905t, 1919)
wrecked, Tiree Island, W Scotland, October 30, 1940
SUI WO, boom accomodation ship
(R, 2, 672t, 1896) lost or destroyed to prevent falling into
Japanese
hands at Singapore, February 13, 1942
SULLA, whaler (R, 251t, 1928)
sunk, probably by surface craft, Barents Sea, Arctic, March
25, 1942
SUMMER ROSE, drifter (R, 96t,
1919) mined off Sunderland, October 13, 1940
SUPPORTER, drifter (R, 88t,
1914) grounded off Newhaven, S England. Total loss, date
given as
4th-5th November 1944
SURF, yacht (R, 496t, 1902) sunk
by aircraft at Piraeus, Greece, April 6, 1941
SURPRISE, yacht (1, 144t, 1896)
caught fire and capsized, Lagos, Nigeria, W Africa, February
18, 1942
SUSARION, trawler (R, 260t,
1917) sunk by aircraft off Humber, May 7, 1941
SVANA, whaler (R, 268t, 1930)
sunk by aircraft off Alexandria, Egypt, April 8, 1942
SVENNER, destroyer (ex-SHARK, on
loan to Royal Norwegian Navy, 1, 710t, 18/3/44) sunk by
surface ship
torpedo off Normandy, June 6, 1944
SVENOR, tanker/oiler (R, 7,
616t, 1931) sunk by U-boat, West Atlantic, March 27, 1942
SVERRE, balloon barrage vessel
(R, 1938) foundered in two off E Coast of England, January
2, 1945
SVEVE, tanker/oiler (R, 6, 313t,
1930) sunk by U-boat, North Atlantic, September 10, 1942
SWIFT, destroyer (1, 710t,
6/12/43) sunk by mine off Normandy, June 24, 1944
SWORD DANCE, trawler (530t,
20/1/41) collision, Moray Firth, E Scotland, July 5, 1942
SWORDFISH, submarine (640t,
1932) lost off Ushant, cause unknown, November 16, 1940
SYLVIA, special service vessel
(R) lost by enemy action, September 20, 1944
SYRTIS, submarine (715t,
23/4/43) sunk by mine off Bodo, Norway, March 28, 1944
SYVERN, whaler (R, 307t, 1937)
sunk by enemy action on passage from Crete area, May 27,
1941
T
TALISMAN, submarine (1, 090t,
29/6/40) lost, in Sicilian Channel. Formally paid off,
September 18,
1942
TAMARISK, trawler (545t, 1925)
sunk by aircraft bombs, Thames Estuary, August 12, 1940
TANEVIK, balloon barrage vessel
(R) foundered in tow from Methil to Buckle, E Scotland,
January 19, 1945
TANKEXPRESS, tanker/oiler (R,
10, 95t, 1937) sunk by U-boat off West Africa, July 25, 1942
TAPAH, minesweeper (R, 208t,
1926) lost by enemy action or destroyed at Singapore,
February-March
1942
TARPON, submarine (1, 090t,
8/2/40) lost North Sea, probably mined, April 22, 1940
TEMPEST, submarine (1, 090t,
6/12/41) sunk by depth-charges, Italian surface craft, Gulf
of Taranto.
Date approximate, February 13, 1942
TENEDOS, destroyer (1, 000t,
1919) sunk by aircraft during attack on Colombo, April 5,
1942
TERN, river gun boat (262t,
1917) scuttled at Hong Kong, December 19, 1941
TERPSITHEA, transport vessel (R,
157t, 1919) mined at Famagusta, Cyprus, April 29, 1942
TERROR, Monitor (7, 200t, 1916)
bombed (22nd) and sunk off Derna, Libya, February 23, 1941
TERVANI, trawler (409t, 1930)
probably sunk by U-boat off Cape Bougaroni, Algeria,
February 7, 1943
TETRARCH, submarine (1, 095t,
15/2/40) lost W Mediterranean, on passage Malta to
Gibraltar, November
2, 1941
TEXAS, trawler (301t) sunk in
collision, Jamaica Area, July 19, 1944
THALIA, yacht (161t, 1904)
collision Lymn of Lorne, W Scotland, October 11, 1942
THAMES, submarine (1, 805t,
1932) lost off Norway, probably mined, August 3, 1940
THANET, destroyer (1, 000t,
1919) sunk in action with Japanese surface craft off Malaya,
January
27, 1942
THE BOYS, drifter (R, 93, 1914)
sunk in heavy weather in Downs, SE England, November 14,
1940
THELMA, tanker/oiler (R, 8,
297t, 1937) cause and place unknown, August 26, 1942
THISTLE, drifter (R, 79t, 1904)
mined off Lowestoft, May 8, 1941
THISTLE, submarine (1, 090t,
1939) lost off Skudenses, Norway, torpedoed by U-boat, April
14, 1940
THOMAS BARTLETT, trawler (R,
290t, 1913) sunk by British mine off Calais, May 28, 1940
THOMAS CONNOLLY, boom defence
vessel (R, 290t, 1918) sunk by mine, Sheerness, December 17,
1940
THORA, drifter (R, 37t, 1930)
fouled boom in bad weather, Grimsby, England, April 26, 1943
THORBRYN, whaler (R, 305t, 1936)
sunk by aircraft off Tobruk, Libya, August 19, 1941
THORGRIM, whaler (R, 305t, 1936)
sunk by aircraft off Alexandria, Egypt April 8, 1942
THORN, submarine (1, 090t,
26/8/41) lost, probably mined, Libya, E Mediterranean.
Formally paid
off August 11, 1942
THORSHAVET (R, 11, 015t, 1938)
sunk by U-boat, Caribbean Sea November 3, 1942
THORSHOVDI, tanker/oiler (R, 9,
944t, 1937) war cause, August 4, 1943
THUNDERBOLT, submarine (1, 090t,
2/11/40) sunk by surface craft depth-charges off Cape
Milazzo, Sicily,
March 13, 1943
THURINGIA, trawler (550T, 1933)
sunk by mine, North Sea, May 28, 1940
TIBERIO, store carrier (R, 237t,
1902) foundered off Mersa Matruh, Egypt, December 23, 1941
TIEN KWANG, auxiliary
anti-submarine vessel (R, 787t, 1925) lost or destroyed to
falling into
enemy hands, Singapore Area February 1942
TIENTSIN, tug (R) foundered, Red
Sea, on passage to Massawa, October 26, 1943
TIGRIS, submarine (1, 090t,
20/6/40) lost, cause unknown, Gulf of Naples, March 10, 1943
TILBURY NESS, trawler (R, 279t,
1918) sunk by aircraft, Thames Estuary, November 1, 1940
TOKEN, drifter (R, 89t, 1914)
grounded, Skerry Sound, Orkney Islands, broke up in gale,
December 23,
1941
TONBRIDGE, netlayer (R, 683t,
1924) sunk by aircraft off Yarmouth. Norfolk, August 22,
1941
TOPAZE, trawler (608t, 1935)
collision off Clyde, April 20, 1941
TORBAY II, drifter (R, 83t,
1910) sunk by aircraft off Dover, November 1, 1940
TORRENT, yacht (R, 336t, 1930)
mined off Falmouth, April 6, 1941
TOURMALINE, trawler (641t, 1935)
sunk by aircraft off N Foreland, Kent, February 5, 1941
TRANG, whaler (R, 205t, 1912)
fired and abandoned, Cooper Channel, Singapore February 14,
1942
TRANlO, trawler (R, 275t, 1918)
in tow and sunk by aircraft bombs, North Sea, June 26, 1941
TRANQUIL, trawler (R, 294t,
1912) collision off Deal June 16, 1942
TRANSEAS, special service vessel
(1, 499t, 1924) sunk as blockship at Zeebrugge, Belgium, May
25, 1940
TRANSVAAL, trawler (R, 250t)
foundered in gale, English Channel, November 18, 1944
TRANSYLVANIA, armed merchant (R,
16, 923t, 1925, AMC from 10/39) sunk by U-boat torpedo, N of
Ireland,
August 10, 1940
TRAVELLER, submarine (1, 090t,
10/4/42) lost, probably by depth-charges from Italian
torpedo boat Gulf
of Taranto. Formally paid off December 12, 1942
TREERN, whaler (on loan to SANF,
R, 247t, 1929) sunk by mine off E Coast of Greece, January
12, 1945
TRIAD, submarine (1, 090t,
16/9/39) lost off Calabria, S Italy, cause unknown, October
20, 1940
TRINIDAD,
light cruiser (8, 000t, 14/10/41) sunk by own
forces after damage by torpedo carrying aircraft, Barent's
Sea, Arctic
May 15, 1942
TRITON, submarine (1, 095t,
1933) lost in S Adriatic, probably mined, December 18, 1940
TRIUMPH VI, transport vessel (R,
46t, 1903) sunk in collision, Rosyth area, Scotland,
December 15, 1944
TRIUMPH, submarine (1, 090t,
2/5/39) lost, possibly mined, Aegean Sea. Formally paid off
January 20,
1942
TROOPER, submarine (1, 090t,
29/8/42) lost, possibly mined, Aegean Sea, October 17, 1943
TRUE ACCORD, drifter (R, 92t,
1921) collision, Yarmouth Area, December 26, 1940
TRUSTY STAR, drifter (96t, 1920)
mined off Malta June 10, 1942
TUNA, store carrier (R, 662t,
1907) fire at Aden, constructive total loss (Colledge - loss
date
13/07/41), September, 1941
TUNG WO, examination vessel (R,
1, 337t, 1914) abandoned as a result of enemy action off
Penang,
Malaya, December 13, 1941
TUNISIAN, boom defence vessel
(R, 238t, 1930) mined, Harwich area July 9, 1942
TUNSBERG CASTLE, corvette
(ex-SHREWSBURY CASTLE, on loan to Royal Norwegian Navy, 1,
060t,
29/4/44) sunk by mine off N Russia, Arctic, December 12,
1944
TURBULENT, submarine (1, 090t,
2/12/41) lost, probably mined off Sardinia. Date
approximate, March 23,
1943
TWEED, frigate (1, 375t,
28/4/43) sunk by U-boat torpedo, N Atlantic, January 7, 1944
TWEEDLEDEE, special service
vessel (163t, 1925) sunk as blockship, July 1, 1940
TWEEDLEDUM, special service
vessel (163t, 1925) sunk as blockship, July 1, 1940
TWENTE, tug (R, 239t, 1937) lost
through enemy action, June 12, 1940
TYNDALE, destroyer escort (1,
000t, 2/12/40) sunk by U-boat torpedo, W Mediterranean,
December 12,
1943
TYNWALD, auxiliary anti-aircraft
ship (3, 650t, 1/10/41) mined off Bougie, Algeria November
12, 1942
U
UBEROUS, drifter (R, 92t, 1918)
grounded off Londonderry, N Ireland, January 11, 1941
UBERTY, drifter (R, 93t, 1912)
sunk by aircraft off Lowestoft, May 8, 1941
ULLSWATER, trawler (555t,
15/11/39) sunk by E-boat, probably torpedoed, EngIish
Channel November
19, 1942
ULSTER PRINCE, store carrier (R,
3, 791t, 1930) grounded off Nauplia, Greece, attacked by
aircraft
during evacation, April 25, 1941
UMPIRE, submarine (540t,
10/7/41) rammed and sunk by trawler in North Sea off the
Wash, July 19,
1941
UMVOTI, special service vessel
(R, 5, 183t, 1903) sunk as blockship, July 29, 1940
UNBEATEN, submarine (540t,
20/11/40) lost, possibly by own forces, Bay of Biscay
November 21, 1942
UNDAUNTED, submarine (540t,
30/12/40) presumed sunk by depth charges, surface craft off
Tripoli,
Libya, May 13, 1941
UNDINE, submarine (540t, 1938)
lost in Heligoland Bight, North Sea, depth-charged by
surface craft.
Formally paid-off, January 15, 1940
UNICITY, drifter (R, 96 t, 1919)
capsized and sank on sweeping duties off Blyth January 31,
1942
UNION, submarine (540t, 22/2/41)
presumed lost between Tunisia and Pantellaria, July 22, 1941
UNIQUE, submarine (540t,
27/9/40) lost, cause unknown, W of Gibraltar Straits October
24, 1942
UNITY, submarine (540t, 1938)
lost in collision, Tyne area, April 29, 1940
UNTAMED, submarine (540t,
14/4/43) failed to surface during exercises off Campbeltown,
Scotland,
May 30, 1943. Raised and renamed "Vitality"
UPHOLDER, submarine (540t,
31/10/40) lost, probably surface craft depth-charges off
Tripoli, Libya
April 14, 1942
UREDD, submarine (on loan to
Royal Norwegian Navy, 540t, 12/12/41) lost, probably mined,
Bodo area,
Norway. Date approximate, February 24, 1943
URGE, submarine (540t, 12/12/40)
lost, possibly mined, E Mediterranean May 6, 1942
USK, submarine (540t, 11/10/40)
presumed mined off Cape Bon, Tunisia, May 3, 1941
USURPER, submarine (540t,
2/2/43) lost, probably mined, Gulf of Genoa, NW Italy. Date
approximate, October 11, 1943
UT PROSIM, drifter (R, 91t,
1925) sunk by gunfire in Dover harbour, March 2, 1943
UTMOST, submarine (540t,
17/8/40) lost, probably by surface craft depth-charges off
Cape
Marittimo, W of Sicily November 24, 1942
UTOPIA, dumb barge (226t deep)
cause and place unknown, date approximate, November 1943 .
Subsequently
salved
V
VAILLANT, tug (R, 58t) formally
paid off February 15, 1942
VALDORA, trawler (R, 251t, 1916)
believed sunk by German aircraft, Cromer area, January 12,
1940
VALENCIA, dumb barge, sunk for
boom defence purposes, believed in 1942
VALENTINE, destroyer (Leader, 1,
090t, 1917) bombed, grounded and abandoned in River Scheldt,
Begium,
May 15, 1940
VAMPIRE, destroyer (on loan to
RAN, 1, 090t, 1917) sunk by aircraft bombs, E of Ceylon
April 9, 1942
VAN DYCK, armed boarding vessel
(R, 13, 241t, 1921) lost in convoy probably by German air
attack,
Narvik area, Norway, June 10, 1940
VAN ORLEY, trawler (R, 352t,
1927) sunk by air attack, Liverpool, NW England. Raised and
declared a
constructive total Ioss, May 4, 1941
VANDAL, submarine (540t,
20/2/43) lost by accident, Firth of Clyde, W Scotland,
February 24, 1943
VARDAAS, tanker/oiler (R, 8,
176t, 1931) sunk by U-boat off Tobago, West Indies August
30, 1942
VASSILIKI, harbour duty vessel
(R) sunk by U-boat on passage from Beirut to Famagusta July
23, 1942
VELIA, trawler (R, 290T, 1914)
sunk, presumed mined, Harwich Area, October 19, 1940
VENETIA, destroyer (1, 090t,
1917) sunk by mine, Thames Estuary, SE England, October 19,
1940
VERA RADCLIFFE, special service
vessel (5, 600t, 1925) sunk as blockship, March 30, 1944
VERVAIN, corvette (1, 020t,
9/6/41) sunk by U-boat torpedo off S Ireland, February 20,
1945
VESTAL, minesweeper (940t,
10/9/43) sunk by aircraft off Puket, Siam (Thailand), July
26, 1945
VETERAN, destroyer (1, 120t,
1919) sunk by U-boat torpedo, N Atlantic September 26, 1942
VICTORIA I, drifter (R) sunk by
enemy action March 25, 1942
VIDONIA, trawler (R, 276t) sunk
in collision, English Channel, October 6, 1944
VIKING, salvage vessel (R) sunk
by aircraft, Piraeus, Greece, April 6, 1941
VIMIERA, destroyer (1, 090t,
1917) sunk by mine, Thames Estuary January 9, 1942
VINLAKE, special service vessel
(3, 938t, 1913) sunk as blockship, February 21, 1944
VISION, tug, sunk at Mersa
Matruh, Egypt June 18, 1942
VITA, special service vessel (R)
cause and place unknown, September 22, 1941
VIVA 11, yacht, yacht (R, 521t,
1929) sunk by aircraft off N coast of Cornwall, May 8, 1941
VOLTAIRE, armed merchant (R, 13,
301t, 1923, AMC from 1/40) gunfire of German surface raider,
mid-Atlantic, April 4, 1941
VORTIGERN, destroyer (1, 090t,
1918) sunk by E-boat torpedo off Cromer, E England March 15,
1942
VYNER BROOKE, armed trader (R,
1, 670t, 1928) sunk by aircraft off Banka Straits, Sumatra
February 14,
1942
W
WAKEFUL, destroyer (1, 100t,
1917) sunk by E-boat torpedo off Dunkirk, France, May 29,
1940
WALLASEA, trawler (545t,
31/7/43) sunk by surface craft torpedo off Mounts Bay,
Cornwall,
January 6, 1944
WALNEY, ex-US Coastguard cutter
(1, 546t, 1930) sunk by gunfire, Oran harbour November 8,
1942
WAR DIWAN, tanker/oiler (5,
550t, 1919) sunk by mine, River Schelde, Holland, December
16, 1944
WAR MEHTAR, tanker/oiler (5,
502, 1920) torpedoed off Yarmouth, November 20, 1941
WAR SEPOY, tanker/oiler (5,
574t, 1919) damaged by aircraft off Dover. Constructive
total loss,
July 19, 1940
WAR SIRDAR, tanker/oiler (5,
518t, 1920) lost on reef, NW Batavia March 1, 1942
WARLAND, trawler (406t) sunk by
aircraft bombs, North Sea February 18, 1942
WARRIOR II, yacht (R, 1, 124t,
1904) sunk by aircraft off Portland, July 11, 1940
WARWICK DEEPING, trawler (350t,
1934) sunk by surface craft torpedo, English Channel,
October 12, 1940
WARWICK, destroyer (1, 200t,
1918) sunk by U-boat torpedo off W Cornwall, SW England,
February 20,
1944
WARWICKSHIRE, trawler (R, 466t,
1936) sunk by aircraft, Trondheim area, Norway, April 30,
1940
WASHINGTON, trawler (R, 209t,
1909) mined in North Sea on passage to Yarmouth, December 6,
1939
WATERFLY, trawler (R, 387t,
1931) sunk by aircraft off Dungeness, SE England September
17, 1942
WATERGATE, boom defence vessel
(290t, 1934) scuttled at Hong Kong, December 19, 1941
WATERHEN, destroyer (on loan to
RAN, 1, 100t, 1918) sunk by aircraft bombs off Sollum,
Egypt, June 29,
1941
WAVEFLOWER, trawler (550t, 1929)
sunk by mine off Aldeburgh, Suffolk, October 21, 1940
WAVERLEY, minesweeper (R, 537t,
1899) sunk by German bombers off Dunkirk, N France, May 29,
1940
Welman craft No.10, Midget
submarine (2.4t, 12/5/43) lost by
accident
during exercises, September 9, 1943
Welman craft No.45 (2.4t,
2/9/43) lost during attack on Bergen harbour, Norway,
November 22, 1943
Welman craft No.46 (2.4t,
2/9/43) lost during attack on Bergen harbour, Norway,
November 22, 1943
Welman craft No.47 (2.4t,
2/9/43) lost during attack on Bergen harbour, Norway,
November 22, 1943
Welman craft No.48 (2.4t,
2/9/43) lost during attack on Bergen harbour, Norway,
November 22, 1943
WELSHMAN,
cruiser minelayer (2, 650t, 25/8/41) sunk by
U-boat torpedo off Libya, February 1, 1943
WESSEX, destroyer (1, 100t,
1918) sunk by aircraft bombs off Calais, France, May 24,
1940
WEST COCKER, tug (229t, 1919)
sunk by aircraft during raid on Malta April 6, 1942
WESTCOVE, special service vessel
(2, 735t, 1912) sunk as blockship at Dunkirk, June 3, 1940
WESTELLA, trawler (550t, 1934)
torpedoed or mined off Dunkirk, June 2, 1940
WESTWICK, special service vessel
(R, 18T, 1935) sunk by enemy action, November 11, 1943
WHIPPET, whaler (ex-Kos XXI, R,
353t, 1937) bombed and sunk, October 4, 1941
WHIRLWIND, destroyer (1, 100t,
1918) sunk by U-boat torpedo, SW of Ireland, July 5, 1940
WHITE DAISY, drifter (R, 79t,
1910) sunk, probably near Lerwick, September 25, 1940
WHITE FOX II, yacht (R, 23t,
1933) lost by fire, August 27, 1940
WHITLEY, destroyer (1, 100t,
1918) damaged by bombs, beached between Nieuport and Ostend,
Belgium,
May 19, 1940
WIDNES, minesweeper (710t, 1913)
bombed and beached in Suda Bay, Crete, May 20, 1941
WILD SWAN, destroyer (1, 120t,
19) sunk by aircraft bombs, Western Approaches in Atlantic
June 17, 1942
WILLAMETTE VALLEY, freighter (R,
4, 702t, 1928) sunk by U-boat, SW Approaches, June 29, 1940
WILLIAM HALLETT, trawler (R,
202t, 1919) mined, Tyne area, North Sea, December 13, 1939
WILLIAM STEPHEN, trawler (R,
935t, 1917) sunk by E-boat off Cromer, E England, October
25, 1943
WILLIAM WESNEY, trawler (R,
364t, 1930) sunk by mine off Orfordness, E England, November
7, 1940
WILNA, yacht (R, 461t, 1939)
abandoned after aircraft attack, Portsmouth, March 24, 1941
WINDFLOWER, corvette (RCN, 900t,
4/2/41) sunk by collision in fog, W Atlantic, December 7,
1941
WINHA, special service vessel
(3, 391, 1904) sunk as blockship, March 1944
WINSOME, drifter (R, 46t, 1902)
sunk at Fairlie, total loss November 18, 1942
WO KWANG, tug (R, 350t, 1927)
assumed lost at Singapore February 1942
WOODPECKER, sloop (1, 350t,
14/12/42) stern blown off by torpedo(20th), capsized and
sank in tow, N
Atlantic, February 27, 1944
WREN, destroyer (1, 120t, 1923)
bombed and sunk off Aldeburgh, Suffolk, E England, September
27, 1940
WRESTLER, destroyer (1, 100t,
1918) damaged beyond repair by mine off Normandy, June 6,
1944
WRYNECK, destroyer (1, 100t,
1918) sunk by aircraft bombs during evacuation of Greece,
May 27, 1941
WYOMING, trawler (R, 302t, 1915)
mined and sunk off Harwich, E England, May 20, 1944
X
X-Craft X-05, Midget
submarine (29.8t, 29/12/42) lost in attack on
"Tirpitz", Kaa
Fiord, Alten Fiord, Norway, September 22, 1943
X-Craft X-06 (29.8t, 21/1/43)
lost in attack on "Tirpitz", Kaa Fiord, Alten Fiord, Norway,
September
22, 1943
X-Craft X-07 (29.8t, 14/1/43)
lost in attack on "Tirpitz", Kaa Fiord, Alten Fiord, Norway,
September
22, 1943
X-Craft X-08 (29.8t, 21/1/43)
lost in attack on "Tirpitz", Kaa Fiord, Alten Fiord, Norway,
September
17, 1943
X-Craft X-09 (29.8t, 29/1/43)
lost in attack on "Tirpitz", Kaa Fiord, Alten Fiord, Norway,
October
15, 1943
X-Craft X-10 (29.8t, 8/2/43)
lost in attack on "Tirpitz", Kaa Fiord, Alten Fiord, Norway,
October 3,
1943
X-Craft X-22 (29.8t, submerged
31/10/43) lost in collision, Pentland Firth, N Scotland,
February 7,
1944
XMAS ROSE, drifter (R, 96t,
1918) mined, Thames Estuary, SE England, November 21, 1940
Y
YEWDALE, collier (R, 823t, 1929)
marine cause, October 3, 1944
YIN PING, tug (R, 1914) sunk by
gunfire February 15, 1942
YORK,
heavy cruiser (8, 250, 1930)
lost at Suda Bay, Crete after damage on various dates by
explosive
motor boats and aircraft, May 22, 1941
YORKSHIRE BELLE, yacht (R, 56t,
1938) mined, Humber entrance, April 11, 1941
YOUNG ERNIE, drifter (R, 88t,
1924) collision off Tyne, April 18, 1941
YOUNG FISHERMAN, drifter (R,
95t, 1914) grounded, Oban, W Scotland. Total loss, November
29, 1940
YOUNG SID, drifter (R, 100t,
1912) sunk in collision. Moray Firth, E. Scotland, August
10, 1940
YSER, motor canal boat, ran
aground Dunkirk, May 30, 1940
Z
ZANNIS L CAMBANIS, collier (R,
5, 317t, 1920) mined off Singapore January 21, 1942
ZEE MEEUW, trawler (R) sunk in
collision, Gravesend Reach, Thames, SE England, September
21, 1943
ZINNIA, corvette (900t, 30/3/41)
sunk by U-boat torpedo, N Atlantic, August 23, 1941
ZOODOCHOS PIGHI, transport
vessel (R, 170t) sunk by enemy action, E Mediterranean March
13, 1942
ZULU, destroyer (1, 870t,
6/9/38) sunk by aircraft bombs, E Mediterranean September
14, 1942
