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The '''list of shipwrecks in August 1942''' includes all [[ship]]s sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during [[August 1942]].
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==1 August==
''For the foundering of the British cargo ship ''Lavington Court'' on this day, see the entry for [[List of shipwrecks in July 1942#19 July|19 July 1942]].''
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|ship={{SS|Clan Macnaughton|1921|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The [[cargo ship]] was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] {{convert|180|nmi|km}} east of [[Tobago]] ({{Coord|11|54|N|54|25|W}}) by {{GS|U-155|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of five of her 82 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{MV|Empire Bede||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).<ref name=CM>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1986.html |title=Clan Macnaughton |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 February 2012}}</ref>
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|ship=[[List of Empire ships - I - J#Empire Imp|''Empire Imp'']] 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The Maple-type [[tugboat|tug]] capsized and sank at [[Pembroke Dock]], [[Pembrokeshire]].<ref name=Empire328>{{cite book |last2=Sawyer |first2=LA |last1=Mitchell |first1=WH |year= 1990 |title=The Empire Ships |place=London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong |publisher=Lloyd's of London Press Ltd |isbn=1-85044-275-4 |edition=Second |page=328 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Empire Ocean||2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy ON 115]]: The cargo ship ran aground {{convert|1+1/2|nmi|km}} east of Shingle Head, [[Dominion of Newfoundland]]. She was on a voyage from [[Newport, Monmouthshire]] to [[Halifax, Nova Scotia]], [[Canada]]. She was refloated and taken in tow for [[Aquaforte]], Dominion of Newfoundland, but consequently sank off Aquaforte ({{coord|47|01|N|52|50|W}}).<ref name=Empire63>{{cite book |last2=Sawyer |first2=LA |last1=Mitchell |first1=WH |year= 1990 |title=The Empire Ships |place=London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong |publisher=Lloyd's of London Press Ltd |isbn=1-85044-275-4 |edition=Second |page=63 }}</ref>
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|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 334||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The Type A ''[[Marinefährprahm]]'' was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Bay of Iwan Baba]] by {{ship|Soviet torpedo boat|D-3||2}} and {{ship|Soviet torpedo boat|SM-3||2}} (both {{navy|Soviet Union}}). Twelve of her crew were killed and seven were rescued, one later dying of his wounds. ''F 334'' was raised, repaired and returned to service as an auxiliary.<ref name=seekrieg194208>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/42-08.htm |title=Seekrieg 1942, August |access-date=5 May 2015 |last=Rohwer |first=Jürgen |author-link=Jürgen Rohwer |author2=Gerhard Hümmelchen |work=Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart |language=de }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/landungsfahrzeuge/marinefaehrprahm/ausgabe.php?where_value=749 |title=F 334 |publisher=historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=1 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=53917 |title=Soviet Naval Battles-Black Sea during WWII (redone) |publisher=SovietEmpire |access-date=24 December 2019 |archive-date=27 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127172424/http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=53917 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Kalewa|1940|2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship collided with {{SS|Boringia|1930|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) and sank {{convert|300|nmi|km}} south of [[Cape Town]], [[Union of South Africa]] ({{coord|30|16|S|13|38|E}}). ''Kalewa'' was on a voyage from [[Glasgow]], [[Renfrewshire (historic)|Renfrewshire]] to [[Table Bay]].<ref name=Empire48>{{cite book |last2=Sawyer |first2=LA |last1=Mitchell |first1=WH |year= 1990 |title=The Empire Ships |place=London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong |publisher=Lloyd's of London Press Ltd |isbn=1-85044-275-4 |edition=Second |page=48 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Kastor|1921|2}} 
|flag={{flagicon|Greece}} [[Hellenic State (1941–44)|Greece]] <!--30 Apr 41 to 12 Oct 44-->
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by {{ship|Italian submarine|Enrico Tazzoli||2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}) with the loss of four of her 35 crew.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/verluste_griechenland/ausgabe.php?lang=1&rubrik=%&where_value=393|title = HMA}}</ref><ref name=Jordan525>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=525 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Kentar|1920|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|130|nmi|km}} south east of [[Barbados]] ({{coord|11|52|N|57|30|W}}) by {{GS|U-155|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of seventeen of her 79 crew.<ref name=Kentar>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1985.html |title=Kentar |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 February 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Krest'janin|1928|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Soviet Union}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Barents Sea]] {{convert|10|nmi|km}} west of [[Mezhdysharskiy Island]] ({{coord|71|08|N|52|19|E}}) by {{GS|U-601||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of seven of the 45 people aboard.<ref name=Krestjanin>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/3522.html |title=Krest'janin |publisher=Uboat |access-date=12 April 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Meiwa Maru||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The [[cargo ship]] as torpedoed and sunk in the [[Pacific Ocean]] {{convert|12|nmi|km}} south south east of Shiriya-saki, [[Hokkaido]] ({{Coord|41|12|N|141|36|E}}) by {{USS|Narwhal|SS-167|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).<ref name=Narwhal>{{cite DANFS | title = Narwhal (SS-167) | url = http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss167.htm | access-date = 29 December 2011 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''St. Simon'' 
|flag={{flag|Egypt|1922}}
|desc=World War II: The sailing ship as shelled and sunk in the [[Mediterranean Sea]] {{convert|35|nmi|km}} north west of [[Beirut]], [[Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon|Lebanon]] by {{GS|U-77|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her crew survived.<ref name=SS>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1987.html |title=St. Simon |publisher=Uboat |access-date=17 February 2012}}</ref> 
}}
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|ship={{ship|Soviet patrol boat|No. 225||2}}
|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}
|desc=The [[MO-class small guard ship#MO-2 type|''MO-2''-class]] [[patrol vessel]] was lost on this date.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}
}}
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==2 August==
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|ship={{SS|Flora II|1909|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The cargo ship was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] {{convert|60|nmi|km}} south east of [[Vestmannaeyjar]], Iceland ({{coord|62|45|N|19|07|W}}) by {{GS|U-254||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). All 30 people aboard were rescued by the [[fishing trawler]] ''Juni'' ([[File:Light Blue Flag of Iceland.svg|22px]] [[Kingdom of Iceland|Iceland]]).<ref name=Flora>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1990.html |title=Flora II |publisher=Uboat |access-date=13 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Maldonado|1919|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Uruguay}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|250|nmi|km}} south south east of [[Bermuda]] ({{coord|28|20|N|63|10|W}}) by {{GS|U-510||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). All 49 crew survived but her captain was taken [[prisoner of war|prisoner]]. Survivors were rescued by {{RMS|Capetown Castle}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}), a [[United States Navy]] ship, or reached land in their [[lifeboat (shipboard)|lifeboats]].<ref name=Maldonado>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?17496 |title=SS Maldonado (+1942) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=15 October 2011}}</ref><ref name=MaldonadoU510>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1992.html |title=Maldonado |publisher=Uboat |access-date=31 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|Soviet cruiser|Molotov||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Kirov|cruiser}} was torpedoed and severely damaged in the [[Black Sea]] by [[Heinkel He 111]] aircraft of 6 ''Staffeln'', ''[[Kampfgeschwader 26]]'', [[Luftwaffe]]. Repairs took until 31 July 1943 to complete.
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|ship={{ship|German minesweeper|R-9||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[R boat|Type R-2 minesweeper]] was sunk by British aircraft at [[Bardia]], [[Italian Libya|Libya]].<ref name="Warshipsww2.Eu">{{cite web |url=http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=759 |title=German coastal minesweeper type R-2 |website=warshipsww2.eu |access-date=2 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007025553/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=759 |archive-date=2014-10-07 |url-status=usurped}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|German minesweeper|R-11||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The Type R-2 minesweeper was sunk by British aircraft at Bardia.<ref name="Warshipsww2.Eu"/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Treminnard|1922|2}} 
|flag={{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|200|nmi|km}} east of [[Trinidad]] ({{coord|10|40|N|57|07|W}}) by {{GS|U-160|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 39 crew were rescued by {{SS|Rio San Juan|1936|2}} ({{flag|Argentina}}).<ref name=Treminnard>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1991.html |title=Treminnard |publisher=Uboat |access-date=2 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{MV|Zenyo Maru|1937|2}} 
|flag={{army|Empire of Japan}} 
|desc=World War II: The ''Zenyo Maru''-class anti-aircraft transport was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Malacca Strait]] ({{coord|05|36|N|99|53|E}}) north of [[Penang]], [[Japanese occupation of Malaya|Malaya]] by {{HNLMS|O 23}} ({{navy|Netherlands}}). 19 gunners and 6 crewmen killed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Zenyo_t.htm |title=Japanese Army Auxiliary Anti-Aircraft Transports |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=3 August 2014}}</ref> 
}}
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|ship={{ship|Soviet guard ship|No. 211||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}
|desc=World War II: The [[MO-class small guard ship|''MO''-class]] [[guard ship]] struck a [[naval mine|mine]] and sank in the [[Baltic Sea]].<ref name=seekrieg194208/>
}}
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|ship={{ship|Soviet guard ship|No. 225||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}
|desc=World War II: The ''MO''-class guard ship struck a mine and sank in the Baltic Sea.<ref name=seekrieg194208/>
}}
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==3 August==
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|ship={{SS|Belgian Soldier||2}} 
|flag={{Flag|Belgium}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: [[Convoy ON 115]]: The [[cargo ship]] was [[torpedo]]ed and damaged in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] by {{GS|U-553||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). She then straggled behind the convoy and was torpedoed and sunk either the next day, or on 7 August, {{convert|300|nmi|km}} east of [[Cape Race]] [[Dominion of Newfoundland]] ({{coord|45|52|N|47|13|W}}) by {{GS|U-607||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 21 of her 60 crew.<ref name=BS>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2000.html |title=Belgian Soldier |publisher=Uboat |access-date=7 April 2012}}</ref><ref name=Empire52>{{cite book |last2=Sawyer |first2=LA |last1=Mitchell |first1=WH |year= 1990 |title=The Empire Ships |place=London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong |publisher=Lloyd's of London Press Ltd |isbn=1-85044-275-4 |edition=Second |page=52 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Bombay'' 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The [[fishing trawler]] was and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south of Iceland (approximately {{coord|62|N|18|W}}) by {{GS|U-605||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all thirteen crew.<ref name=Bombay>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1993.html |title=Bombay |publisher=Uboat |access-date=12 April 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Dureenbee'' 
|flag={{flag|Australia|civil}}
|desc=World War II: [[Attack on the Dureenbee|Attack on the ''Dureenbee'']]: The fishing trawler was shelled and machine gunned, in the [[Pacific Ocean]] off [[Moruya, New South Wales]] by {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-175||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}) and ran aground after her crew were rescued by another fishing trawler.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/I-175.htm |title=Imperial Submarines |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=1 August 2023}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|RFA|Havsten}}
|flag={{naval|UK|RFA}}
|desc=World War II: The [[tank ship|tanker]] was torpedoed and shelled in the Atlantic Ocean by {{GS|U-160|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}} with the loss of two of her 33 crew. One of the survivors was taken as a [[prisoner of war]]. She was torpedoed and sunk on 6 August ({{coord|11|18|N|54|45|W}}) by {{ship|Italian submarine|Enrico Tazzoli}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}).<ref name=Jordan560>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=560 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{MV|Lochkatrine|1921|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy ON 115]]: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] east of [[Cape Race]], [[Dominion of Newfoundland]] ({{coord|45|52|N|46|44|W}}) by {{GS|U-552||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of nine of the 90 people aboard. Survivors were rescued by {{HMCS|Agassiz|K129|6}} and {{HMCS|Hamilton|I24|6}} (both {{naval|Canada|1911}}).<ref name=Lochkatrine>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1996.html |title=Lochkatrine |publisher=Uboat |access-date=6 April 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Monviso|1941|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The transport ship was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Mediterranean Sea]] off the coast of [[Italian Libya|Libya]] by {{HMS|Thorn|N11|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).<ref name=seekrieg194208/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Naniwa Maru|1937|2}} 
|flag={{Flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The ''Muko Maru''-class auxiliary transport ship was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Pacific Ocean]] off [[Chuuk Lagoon|Truk]], [[South Seas Mandate]] ({{coord|7|17|N|150|46|E}}) by {{USS|Gudgeon|SS-211|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) with the loss of 31 lives.<ref name=Gudgeon>{{cite DANFS | title = Gudgeon (SS-211) | url = http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss211.txt | access-date = 28 December 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Naniwa_t.htm |title=Naniwa Maru |publisher=combinedfleet.com |access-date=6 January 2021}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|German guard ship|HS 1 Schleswig-Holstein||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[guard ship]] was sunk in the [[English Channel]] off the coast of [[Brittany]], France by [[Royal Navy]] [[motor gun boat]]s.<ref name=seekrieg194208/>
}}
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|ship={{MV|Tricula|1936|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|250|nmi|km}} north east of [[Trinidad]] ({{coord|11|35|N|56|51|W}}) by {{GS|U-108|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 47 of her 58 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Rio San Juan|1936|2}} ({{flag|Argentina}}).<ref name=Tricula>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1994.html |title=Tricula |publisher=Uboat |access-date=23 February 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{GS|U-335||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[German Type VII submarine|Type VIIC]] [[submarine]] was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south east of the [[Faroe Islands]] by {{HMS|Saracen|P247|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) with the loss of 43 of her 44 crew.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/boats/u335.htm |title=U-335 |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=18 August 2023}}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Voikov''<!--needs dabbing--> 
|flag={{flag|Soviet Union}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk at [[Kerch]] by [[Luftwaffe]] aircraft.<ref name="shipsnostalgia.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/guides/Soviet_Merchant_Marine_Losses_in_WW2_%28Black_Sea%29 |title=Soviet_Merchant_Marine_Losses_in_WW2 |publisher=shipsnostalgia.com |access-date=18 August 2015 |archive-date=13 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190213030423/http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/guides/Soviet_Merchant_Marine_Losses_in_WW2_(Black_Sea) |url-status=dead }}</ref> 
}}
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|ship={{ship|Soviet minesweeper|No. 39||2}}
|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}
|desc=The auxiliary [[minesweeper]] was lost on this date.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}
}}
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|ship={{ship|Soviet submarine chaser|No. 212||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}
|desc= The ''MO-4''-class [[submarine chaser]] was sunk on this date.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==4 August==
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|ship={{SS|Empire Arnold||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: [[Convoy EF 6]]: The [[cargo ship]] was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] {{convert|500|nmi|km}} east of [[Trinidad]] ({{coord|10|45|N|52|30|W}}) by {{GS|U-155|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of nine of her 57 crew. Her captain was taken aboard ''U-155'' as a [[prisoner of war]], other survivors were rescued by {{SS|Dalvangen|1931|2}} ({{flag|Norway}}).
}}
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|ship={{MV|Havsten||2}} 
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=World War II: The [[tank ship|tanker]] was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|10|25|N|56|00|W}}) by {{GS|U-160|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of one of her 33 crew. ''Havsten'' was scuttled two days later ({{coord|11|18|N|54|45|W}}) by {{ship|Italian submarine|Enrico Tazzoli|1935|2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}).<ref name=Havsten>{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/havsten.html |title= M/T Havsten |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=14 January 2012}}</ref><ref name=HavstenU160>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1998.html |title=Havsten |publisher=Uboat |access-date=2 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{MV|Richmond Castle|1938|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The [[reefer ship|refrigerated cargo ship]] was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south east of [[Cape Farewell, Greenland]] ({{coord|50|25|N|35|05|W}}) by {{GS|U-176||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of fourteen of her 64 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Irish Pine|1919|2}} ({{flag|Ireland}}), {{SS|Hororata|1942|2}}<!--Confirmed by Lloyd's Register--> ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) and {{HMS|Sunflower|K141|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).<ref name=RC>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2001.html |title=Richmond Castle |publisher=Uboat |access-date=2 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{USS|Tucker|DD-374|6}} 
|flag={{navy|USA|1912}}
|desc=[[File:DD-374 sunk 5Aug1942 EspirituSanto NAN09-10-86.jpg|thumb|USS ''Tucker'']] World War II: The {{sclass|Mahan|destroyer}} struck a [[naval mine|mine]] late on 3 August and sank in the [[Pacific Ocean]] off [[Espiritu Santo]], [[New Hebrides]] with the loss of six of her 158 crew early on 4 August.
}}
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|ship={{GS|U-372||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[German Type VII submarine|Type VIIC submarine]] was [[depth charge]]d and sunk in the [[Mediterranean Sea]] off [[Haifa]], [[Mandatory Palestine|Palestine]] by a [[Vickers Wellington]] aircraft of [[No. 221 Squadron RAF|221 Squadron]], [[Royal Air Force]] and by {{HMS|Croome|L62|6}}, {{HMS|Sikh|F82|6}}, {{HMS|Tetcott|L99|6}} and {{HMS|Zulu|F18|6}} (all {{naval|UK}}). Her 48 crew survived.<ref name=U372>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u372.htm |title=U-372 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=18 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Vincent Comoleyre'' 
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=World War II: The [[fishing vessel]] struck a mine and sank in the [[Bay of Biscay]]<ref name=seekrieg194207>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/42-07.htm |title=Seekrieg 1942, Juli |access-date=4 May 2015 |last=Rohwer |first=Jürgen |author-link=Jürgen Rohwer |author2=Gerhard Hümmelchen |work=Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart |language=de }}</ref> 
}}
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==5 August==
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|ship={{SS|Arletta|1925|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: [[Convoy ON 115]]: The [[tank ship|tanker]] straggled behind the convoy. She was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] south south west of [[Cape Race]], [[Dominion of Newfoundland]] ({{coord|44|44|N|55|22|W}}) by {{GS|U-458||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 36 of her 41 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{USCGC|Menemsha|WAG-39|6}} ([[File:Ensign of the United States Coast Guard (1915–1953).png|22px]] [[United States Coast Guard]]).<ref name=Arletta>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2004.html |title=Arletta |publisher=Uboat |access-date=26 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{MV|Brasil Maru|1939|2}} 
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Argentina Maru|transport ship}} was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Pacific Ocean]] {{convert|130|nmi|km}} north west of [[Chuuk Lagoon|Truk]], [[South Seas Mandate]] ({{coord|09|51|N|150|46|E}}) by {{USS|Greenling|SS-213|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Her captain, 56 crewmen and an unknown number of passengers were killed. There were 212 survivors: {{Ship|Japanese gunboat|Choan Maru No. 2 Go||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}) rescued 54 survivors on 15 August, and 53 on 29 August, {{Ship|Japanese patrol ship|Takunan Maru No. 10||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}) rescued 52, a further 52 survivors reached [[Ono Island (Fiji)|Ono Island]] on 16 August, and one was rescued and captured by USS ''Greenling'' after the sinking.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Brasil_t.htm |title=Brasil Maru |publisher=combinedfleet.com |access-date=6 January 2021}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{MV|Draco|1938|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}
|desc=World War II: The [[coastal trading vessel|coaster]] was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|325|nmi|km}} east of [[Barbados]] ({{coord|11|05|N|53|30|W}}) by {{GS|U-155|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her sixteen crew survived. They were either rescued by {{MV|Athelbrae||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) or landed in [[Suriname (Dutch Colony)|Suriname]] in their [[lifeboat (shipboard)|lifeboat]].<ref name=Draco>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2002.html |title=Draco |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 February 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 134||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=The Type A ''[[Marinefahrprahm]]'' was sunk on this date. She was later salvaged and used as an auxiliary.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}
}}
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|ship={{SS|Pohjanlahti|1889|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Finland}}
|desc=[[Continuation War]]: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the [[Baltic Sea]] northwest of [[Liepāja]], Latvia by {{ship|Soviet submarine|S-7||2}} ({{navy|Soviet Union}}).<ref name=seekrieg194208/><ref>{{csr |register=MSI |id=5614414 |shipname=Pohjanlahti |access-date=24 October 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Shoju Maru|1920|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off [[Marcus Island]] by {{USS|Pike|SS-173|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).<ref name=Pike>{{cite DANFS | title = Nautilus | url = http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss173.txt | access-date = 29 December 2011 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Spar|1924|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy SC 94]]: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|53|05|N|43|38|W}}) by {{GS|U-593||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of three of her 39 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Nasturtium|K107|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) and {{HMCS|Orillia|K119|6}} ({{naval|Canada|1911}}).<ref name=Spar>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2003.html |title=Spar |publisher=Uboat |access-date=10 April 2012}}</ref> 
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==6 August==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=6 August 1942 |sort=}}
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|ship=''Ezzet''
|flag={{flag|Egypt|1922}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The sailing ship as shelled and sunk in the [[Mediterranean Sea]] by {{GS|U-77|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}).<ref name=Ezzet>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2006.html |title=Ezzet |publisher=Uboat |access-date=17 February 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{MV|Mamutu||2}} 
|flag={{flag|Australia|civil}} 
|desc=World War II: The inter-island transport was shelled and sunk in the [[Gulf of Papua]] {{convert|30|nmi|km}} west of Bramble Bay ({{coord|09|11|S|144|12|E}}) by {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-33||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}). The submarine machine gunned survivors in the water. Eighty-two passengers, her [[Sea captain|master]], and 31 of her crew were killed.<ref name="Imperial Submarines">{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/RO-33.htm |title=Imperial Submarines |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=11 February 2020 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Nita|1913|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Mediterranean Sea]] ({{coord|35|15|N|12|17|E}}) by British aircraft. She was refloated in 1954 and scrapped.<ref name=Jordan534/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Soviet minesweeping boat|OVR-6||2}}
|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}
|desc=The [[minesweeper|minesweeping boat]] was lost on this date.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Ohio Maru|1920|2}} 
|flag={{army|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Daifuku Maru No. 1|transport ship}} was torpedoed and sunk in the [[South China Sea]] ({{coord|13|51|N|113|15|E}}) {{convert|250|mi}} east north east of Camranh Bay, [[French Indochina]] by {{USS|Tautog|SS-199|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Thirty-eight passengers, two guards and 72 of her crew were killed.<ref name=Tautog>{{cite DANFS | title = Tautog (SS-199) | url = http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss199.htm | access-date = 28 December 2011 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Palau Maru||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The [[transport ship]] was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off [[Chuuk State|Truk]], [[South Seas Mandate]] by {{USS|Greenling|SS-213|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).<ref name=seekrieg194208/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MV|Rozewie|1938|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Poland|state}}
|desc=World War II: The [[coastal trading vessel|coaster]] was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|11|00|N|57|30|W}}) by {{GS|U-66|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of three of her eighteen crew.<ref name=Rozewie>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2007.html |title=Rozewie |publisher=Uboat |date=16 February 2011}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{HMS|Thorn|N11|6}} 
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=World War II: The [[British T-class submarine|T-class submarine]] was [[depth-charge]]d and sunk in the [[Mediterranean Sea]] south west of [[Gavdos]] Island, [[Hellenic State (1941–44)|Greece]] by {{ship|Italian torpedo boat|Pegaso|1936|2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}) with the loss of all 61 crew.
}}
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|ship={{GS|U-210||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[German Type VII submarine|Type VII submarine]] was rammed and sunk by {{HMCS|Assiniboine|I18|6}} ({{naval|Canada|1911}}) with the loss of six of her 43 crew.
}}
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|ship={{GS|U-612||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=The [[German Type VII submarine|Type VIIC submarine]] collided with {{GS|U-444||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) and sank in the [[Bay of Danzig]] off [[Gotenhafen]] with the loss of two of her 45 crew. She was raised, repaired and returned to service as a training boat in May 1943.<ref name=U612>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u612.htm |title=U-612 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=13 April 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German submarine chaser|UJ 1211 Rau X||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[submarine chaser]] struck a [[naval mine|mine]] and sank in the [[Baltic Sea]] off [[Espoo]], Finland.<ref name=seekrieg194208/>
}}
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|ship={{Ship||Wawaloam|schooner|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=World War II: The [[schooner]] was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|460|nmi|km}} south of [[Cape Race]], [[Dominion of Newfoundland]] by {{GS|U-86|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). All seven crew were rescued by {{SS|Irish Rose|1918|2}} ({{flag|Ireland}}).<ref name=Wawaloam>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2008.html |title=Wawaloam |publisher=Uboat |access-date=20 February 2012}}</ref> 
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==7 August==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=7 August 1942 |sort=}}
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|ship={{SS|Arthur W. Sewall|1926|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The [[tank ship|tanker]] was [[torpedo]]ed, shelled and sunk in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] ({{Coord|8|27|N|34|21|W}}) by {{GS|U-109|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 36 crew were rescued by {{SS|Athina Livanos|1936|2}} ({{flagicon|Greece}} [[Hellenic State (1941–44)|Greece]]).<ref name=AWS>{{Cite web|url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/arthurwsewall.html |title=D/S Arthur W. Sewall |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=7 January 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MV|Breñas|1933|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=World War II: The [[cargo ship]] was torpedoed, shelled and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|8|38|N|53|45|W}}) by {{GS|U-108|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). She later sank at {{coord|10|20|N|56|10|W}} with the loss of one of her 34 crew. Survivors were rescued by ''U-108'' and landed at [[Trinidad]], except for her captain, who was taken as a [[prisoner of war]].<ref name=Brenas2>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2009.html |title=Breñas |publisher=Uboat |access-date=23 February 2012}}</ref> ''Breñas'' was on a voyage from [[Ascension Island]] to Trinidad.<ref name=Merchant320>{{cite book |first=Roger |last=Jordan |year= 1999 |title=The World's Merchant Ships 1939 |place=London |publisher=Chatham House |isbn=1-86176-023-X |page=320 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Delfshaven|1930|2}} 
|flag={{Flag|Netherlands}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|7|24|N|25|37|W}}) by {{GS|U-572||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of one of her 39 crew.<ref name=Delfshaven>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2010.html |title=Delfshaven |publisher=Uboat |access-date=9 April 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Lise|1920|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Denmark}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a [[naval mine|mine]] and sank in the [[North Sea]] off [[Wangeroog]], [[Nazi Germany|Germany]].<ref name=seekrieg194208/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship||Marigoula|schooner|2}} 
|flag={{flagicon|Greece}} [[Hellenic State (1941–44)|Greece]]
|desc=World War II: The [[schooner]] was shelled and sunk in the [[Mediterranean Sea]] by {{HMS|Proteus|N29|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).<ref name=seekrieg194208/>
}}
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|ship={{HMS|MTB 44||6}} 
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|White 73'|motor torpedo boat}} was sunk off [[Dover]], [[Kent]] by [[Kriegsmarine]] surface vessels.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/16775.html |title=HMS MTB 44 of the Royal Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=7 August 2013}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{HMS|MTB 237||6}} 
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|Vosper 72'|motor torpedo boat}} was sunk off [[Barfleur]], [[Manche]], France by Kriegsmarine surface vessels.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/16889.html |title=HMS MTB 237 of the Royal Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=7 August 2013}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|Japanese net tender|Shofuku Maru No.1||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The [[net tender]] was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Pacific Ocean]] near [[Wotje Atoll]], [[Marshall Islands]] by {{USS|Tambor|SS-198|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}).<ref name=seekrieg194208/><ref name=Tambor>{{cite DANFS |title=Tambor (SS-198) |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss198.htm |access-date=28 December 2011}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|German minesweeper|Sperrbrecher 170 Maria S. Müller||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The ''[[Sperrbrecher]]'' struck a mine and sank in the North Sea north west of [[Ostend]], [[West Flanders]], Belgium.<ref name=seekrieg194208/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Wachtfels|1928|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off [[Sicily]], [[Kingdom of Italy|Italy]] ({{coord|36|55|N|24|10|E}}) by {{HMS|Proteus|N29|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).<ref name=NH041242>{{cite web |url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4204-44APR-DEC.htm |title=Naval Events, April-December 1942 (in outline only) |publisher=Naval History |access-date=28 December 2011}}</ref><ref name=Merchant479>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=479 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==8 August==
{{For|the loss of the Japanese cargo ship ''Kasima Maru'' on this date|List of shipwrecks in July 1942#31 July}}
{{shipwreck list begin |date=8 August 1942 |sort=}}
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|ship={{SS|Anneberg|1902|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: [[Convoy SC 94]]: The [[cargo ship]] was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] ({{coord|56|30|N|32|14|W}}) by {{GS|U-379||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 38 crew were rescued by {{HMCS|Battleford|K165|6}} ({{naval|Canada|1911}}), {{HMS|Nasturtium|K91|6}} and {{HMS|Primrose|K91|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}).<ref name=Anneberg>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2012.html |title=Anneberg |publisher=Uboat |access-date=19 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Bifuku Maru|1899|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Pacific Ocean]] off the [[Kuril Islands]] by {{USS|Narwhal|SS-167|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).<ref name=seekrieg194208/><ref name=Narwhal/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship||Firesia|schooner|2}} 
|flag={{flagicon|Greece}} [[Hellenic State (1941–44)|Greece]] <!--30 Apr 41 to 12 Oct 44-->
|desc=World War II: The [[schooner]] was shelled and sunk in the [[Mediterranean Sea]] by {{HMS|Proteus|N29|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).<ref name=seekrieg194208/>
}}
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|ship={{USS|George F. Elliott|AP-13|6}} 
|flag={{navy|USA|1912}}
|desc=[[File:USS GF Elliott (AP-13) burning off Guadalcanal 1942.jpg|thumb|USS ''George F. Elliott'']]
World War II: The {{sclass|Heywood|attack transport}} was hit by a [[Mitsubishi G4M]] aircraft in [[Ironbottom Sound]], [[Solomon Islands]]. She was subsequently scuttled due to damage sustained.
}}
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|ship={{SS|Kaimoku|1919|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy SC 94]]: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|56|30|N|32|14|W}}) by {{GS|U-379||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of four of her 50 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMCS|Battleford|K165|6}} ({{naval|Canada|1911}}).<ref name=Kaimoku>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2015.html |title=Kaimoku |publisher=Uboat |access-date=19 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Kelso|1924|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy SC 94]]: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south east of [[Cape Farewell, Greenland]] ({{coord|56|30|N|32|14|W}}) by {{GS|U-176||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of three of her 44 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMCS|Battleford|K165|6}} ({{naval|Canada|1911}}).<ref name=Kelso>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2013.html |title=Kelso |publisher=Uboat |access-date=2 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MV|Kotoku Maru|1937|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the [[South China Sea]] ({{coord|7|01|N|147|07|E}}) by [[United States Army Air Force]] aircraft.<ref name=Jordan543>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=543 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Meiyo Maru|1910|2}} 
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The ''Shoan Maru''-class auxiliary transport was torpedoed and sunk {{convert|14|nmi|km}} west of [[Cape St. George]], [[New Britain]] ({{coord|04|50|S|152|40|E}}) by {{USS|S-38|SS-143|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) with the loss of 373 lives.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Meiyo_t.htm |title=Meiyo Maru |publisher=combinedfleet.com |access-date=6 January 2021}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Mount Kassion|1918|2}} 
|flag={{flagicon|Greece}} [[Hellenic State (1941–44)|Greece]] <!--30 Apr 41 to 12 Oct 44-->
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy SC 94]]: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south east of Cape Farewell ({{coord|56|30|N|32|14|W}}) by {{GS|U-176||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 54 crew were rescued by {{HMS|Primrose|K91|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).<ref name=MK>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2016.html |title=Mount Kassion |publisher=Uboat |access-date=2 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Nikkei Maru||2}} 
|flag={{Flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The [[cargo liner]] was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Kii Channel]] by {{USS|Silversides|SS-236|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).<ref name=Silversides>{{cite DANFS | title = Silversides | url = http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss236.txt | access-date = 28 December 2011 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Trehata|1928|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy SC 94]]: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south east of Cape Farewell ({{coord|56|30|N|32|14|W}}) by {{GS|U-176||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 31 of her 56 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Inger Lise|1939|2}} ({{flag|Norway}}).<ref name=Trehata>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2014.html |title=Trehata |publisher=Uboat |access-date=2 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-379||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[German Type VII submarine|Type VIIC submarine]] was [[depth charge]]d and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south east of Cape Farewell ({{coord|57|11|N|30|57|W}}) by {{HMS|Dianthus|K95|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) with the loss of 40 of her 45 crew.<ref name=U379>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u379.htm |title=U-379 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=19 March 2012}}</ref> 
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==9 August==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=9 August 1942 |sort=}}
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|ship={{USS|Astoria|CA-34|6}} 
|flag={{navy|USA|1912}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: [[Battle of Savo Island]]: The {{sclass|New Orleans|cruiser}} was shelled and sunk in [[Ironbottom Sound]], [[Solomon Islands]] by [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] [[cruiser]]s. The wreck was located in February 2015.
}}
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|ship={{HMAS|Canberra|1927|6}} 
|flag={{naval|Australia|1913}}
|desc=World War II: Battle of Savo Island: The {{sclass2|County|cruiser}} was shelled and severely damaged by Imperial Japanese Navy cruisers. She was scuttled by {{USS|Ellet|DD-398|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MV|Dalhousie|1940|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The [[cargo ship]] was captured in the [[South Atlantic Ocean]] south east of the [[Abrolhos Archipelago|Abrolhos Islands]], [[Vargas Era|Brazil]] ({{coord|20|22|S|24|40|W}}) by {{ship|German auxiliary cruiser|Stier||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). She was then scuttled by ''Stier'' with [[torpedo]]es. Her 37 crew were taken as [[prisoners of war]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?137037 |title=MV Dalhousie cargo ship 1940-1942 |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=9 August 2014}}</ref><ref name=Empire30>{{cite book |last2=Sawyer |first2=LA |last1=Mitchell |first1=WH |year= 1990 |title=The Empire Ships |place=London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong |publisher=Lloyd's of London Press Ltd |isbn=1-85044-275-4 |edition=Second |page=30 }}</ref><ref name=Merchant494>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=494 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{USS|Jarvis|DD-393|6}} 
|flag={{navy|USA|1912}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Bagley|destroyer}}was torpedoed and damaged by aircraft on 8 August, then bombed, torpedoed and sunk in the [[Solomon Sea]] {{convert|40|nmi|km}} off [[Guadalcanal]], Solomon Islands ({{coord|09|42|S|158|59|E}}) on 9 August by Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft with the loss of all 233 crew.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|ML 301}} 
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=World War II: The [[Fairmile B motor launch]] was sunk by an explosion at [[Freetown]], Sierra Leone.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/14491.html |title=HMS ML 301 of the Royal Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=9 August 2013}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|RFA|Malmanger}} 
|flag={{naval|UK|RFA}}
|desc=World War II: The [[tank ship|tanker]] was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] ({{coord|7|13|N|26|30|W}}) by {{GS|U-130|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of two of her 34 crew. Two survivors were taken aboard ''U-130'' as [[prisoners of war]], the rest reached land in their [[lifeboat (shipboard)|lifeboats]].<ref name=Malmanger>{{cite web|url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/malmanger.html |title=D/T Malmanger |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=28 January 2012}}</ref><ref name=MalmangerU130>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2020.html |title=Malmanger |publisher=Uboat |access-date=28 February 2012}}</ref><ref name=Jordan562>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=562 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Mendanau|1922|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|400|nmi|km}} south west of Freetown ({{coord|4|45|N|18|00|W}}) by {{GS|U-752||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 69 of her 85 crew. Three survivors were taken aboard ''U-752'' as [[prisoners of war]].<ref name=Mendanau>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2019.html |title=Mendanau |publisher=Uboat |access-date=19 April 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{USS|Quincy|CA-39|6}} 
|flag={{navy|USA|1912}}
|desc=World War II: Battle of Savo Island: The {{sclass|New Orleans|cruiser}} was shelled and sunk in [[Ironbottom Sound]] off Guadalcanal by Imperial Japanese Navy cruisers with the loss of 370 of her 807 crew.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Radchurch|1910|2}} 
|flag={{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy SC 94]]: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south east of [[Cape Farewell, Greenland]] ({{Coord|56|15|N|32|00|W}}) by {{GS|U-176||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of two of her 42 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMCS|Battleford|K165|6}} ({{naval|Canada|1911}}).<ref name=Radchurch>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2018.html |title=Radchurch |publisher=Uboat |access-date=2 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MV|San Emiliano||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|450|nmi|km}} west of [[Trinidad]] ({{coord|7|22|N|54|08|W}}) by {{GS|U-155|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 40 of her 48 crew. Survivors were rescued by a [[United States Army]] ship.<ref name=SE>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2021.html |title=San Emiliano |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 February 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Sigyn|1920|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Sweden}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a [[naval mine|mine]] and sank in the [[North Sea]] off [[Den Helder]], [[North Holland]], Netherlands ({{Coord|52|55|N|4|34|W}}). Her crew survived.<ref name=seekrieg194208/><ref name=Jordan573>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=573 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Stenso''<!-- needs dabbing--> 
|flag={{flag|Soviet Union}}
|desc=The cargo ship was wrecked in [[Lake Ladoga]]. There were no casualties.<ref name="ReferenceB">{{cite web |url=http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/guides/Soviet_Merchant_Marine_Losses_in_WW2 |title=Soviet_Merchant_Marine_Losses_in_WW2 |publisher=shipsnostalgia.com |access-date=17 August 2015}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German trawler|V 5103 Taifun||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc= The [[naval trawler]]/''[[Vorpostenboot]]'' collided with {{SS|Fjæra|1869|2}} ({{flag|Norway}}) and sank.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.warsailors.com/homefleet/shipsi.html#isflora|title = Norwegian Homefleet - Ships starting with I}}</ref><ref name=Taifun>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?16553 |title=V-5103 Taifun (+1942) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=21 August 2023 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{USS|Vincennes|CA-44|6}} 
|flag={{navy|USA|1912}}
|desc=World War II: Battle of Savo Island: The {{sclass|New Orleans|cruiser}} was shelled, torpedoed and sunk in Ironbottom Sound off Guadalcanal by Imperial Japanese Navy cruisers with the loss of 332 of her 952 crew. 
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==10 August==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=10 August 1942 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Cape Race|1930|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: [[Convoy SC 94]]: The [[cargo ship]] was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] ({{coord|56|45|N|22|50|W}}) by {{GS|U-660||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). All 63 people aboard were rescued by {{HMS|Dianthus|K107|6}} and {{HMS|Nasturtium|K95|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}).<ref name=CR>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2024.html |title=Cape Race |publisher=Uboat |access-date=15 April 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Condylis|1914|2}} 
|flag={{flagicon|Greece}} [[Hellenic State (1941–44)|Greece]] <!--30 Apr 41 to 12 Oct 44-->
|desc=World War II: Convoy SC 94: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|57|00|N|22|30|W}}) by {{GS|U-438||2}} and {{GS|U-660||2}} (both {{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of nine of her 36 crew.<ref name=Condylis>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2026.html |title=Condylis |publisher=Uboat |access-date=25 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Soviet gunboat|Dnestr||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}
|desc=World War II: The auxiliary [[gunboat]] was sunk in the [[Azov Sea]] at [[Temryuk]] by [[Luftwaffe]] aircraft.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kchf.ru/ship/kanonerki/dnestr.htm |title=Dnestr |publisher=kchf.ru |access-date=8 October 2019}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|ST|Empire Birch||2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The [[Tugboat|tug]] struck a [[Naval mine|mine]] in the [[Indian Ocean]] {{convert|150|nmi}} north of [[Lourenço Marques]], [[Portuguese East Africa]] ({{coord|24|45|S|34|47|E}}) and was beached and abandoned. She then slid off the beach and sank in deep water.<ref name=Empire317>{{cite book |last2=Sawyer |first2=LA |last1=Mitchell |first1=WH |year= 1990 |title=The Empire Ships |place=London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong |publisher=Lloyd's of London Press Ltd |isbn=1-85044-275-4 |edition=Second |page=317 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Empire Reindeer||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: Convoy SC 94: The [[Design 1037 ship]] was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|57|00|N|22|30|W}}) by {{GS|U-660||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 65 crew were rescued by {{HMS|Dianthus|K107|6}} and {{HMS|Nasturtium|K95|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}).<ref name=Empire416>{{cite book |last2=Sawyer |first2=LA |last1=Mitchell |first1=WH |year= 1990 |title=The Empire Ships |place=London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong |publisher=Lloyd's of London Press Ltd |isbn=1-85044-275-4 |edition=Second |page=416 }}</ref><ref name=ER>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2029.html |title=Empire Reindeer |publisher=Uboat |access-date=15 April 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 133||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The Type A ''[[Marinefährprahm]]'' was sunk in the [[Sea of Azov]] off [[Yeisk]], [[Soviet Union]].<ref name="Red Fleet,Black Sea">{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=53917&sid=cf2e067f65c3cd13e8ea4c14698c3173 |title=Red Fleet,Black Sea |publisher=soviet Empire |access-date=17 July 2017}}</ref> (other sources say she was surrendered in 1944).{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Japanese netlayer|Fukuei Maru No. 15|1939|2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The ''Fukuei Maru No. 10''-class auxiliary [[netlayer]] was bombed and sunk by [[Lockheed Hudson]] bomber aircraft of [[No. 13 Squadron RAAF|13 Squadron]], [[Royal Australian Air Force]] off [[Beco, East Timor|Beco]], [[Portuguese Timor]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Fukuei15_t.htm |title=Japanese Auxiliary Netlayers|publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=20 February 2023}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Japanese cruiser|Kako||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Furutaka|cruiser}} was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Pacific Ocean]] off [[Simbari Island]], [[New Ireland (island)|New Ireland]] ({{coord|02|28|S|152|11|E}}) by {{USS|S-44|SS-155|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) while returning to base from the Battle of Savo Island, with the loss of 68 crew. Her captain and 649 crew were rescued by {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Aoba||2}}, {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Furutaka||2}}, and {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Kinugasa||2}} (all {{navy|Empire of Japan}}).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Kako_t.htm |title=Imperial Cruisers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=9 August 2013}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Kharouf'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Mandatory Palestine}}
|desc=World War II: The sailing ship was shelled and sunk in the [[Mediterranean Sea]] by {{GS|U-77|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her crew survived.<ref name=Kharouf>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2017.html |title=Kharouf |publisher=Uboat |access-date=17 February 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MV|Medon|1923|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off [[Pará]], [[Vargas Era|Brazil]] ({{Coord|9|26|N|38|28|W}}) by {{ship|Italian submarine|Reginaldo Giuliani||2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}). Her 64 crew survived. Sixteen survivors were rescued by {{SS|Reedpool|1924|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).<ref name=Reedpool>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2190.html |title=Reedpool |publisher=Uboat |access-date=1 April 2012}}</ref><ref name=Merchant504>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=504 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Oregon|1920|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: Convoy SC 94: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and damaged by {{GS|U-660||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of two of her 42 crew. Survivors abandoned ship and were rescued by {{HMS|Dianthus|K95|6}} and {{HMS|Nasturtium|K107|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}). ''Oregon'' was later torpedoed and sunk by {{GS|U-438||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}).<ref name=Oregon>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2027.html |title=Oregon |publisher=Uboat |access-date=25 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Italian submarine|Scire|1938|2}} 
|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Adua|submarine}} was sunk in the [[Mediterranean Sea]] {{convert|5|mi|km}} off [[Haifa]], [[Mandate for Palestine|Palestine]] ({{coord|33|00|N|34|00|E}}) by {{HMS|Islay|T172|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?99501 |title=Scire Submarine 1938-1942 |publisher=WreckSite.eu |access-date=10 August 2013}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Sevastopol|1896|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Soviet Union}}
|desc=World War II: The [[cargo liner]] was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Black Sea]] off [[Tuapse]] by {{ship|German schnellboot|S 102||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 924 of her 1,054 passengers and crew.<ref name=seekrieg194208/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MV|Strabo||2}} 
|flag={{Flag|Netherlands}}
|desc=World War II: The [[coastal trading vessel|coaster]] was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|250|nmi|km}} east of [[Georgetown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines|Georgetown, Saint Vincent]] ({{coord|7|29|N|54|05|W}}) by {{GS|U-155|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her thirteen crew survived.<ref name=Strabo>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2023.html |title=Strabo |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 February 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship||Vivian P. Smith|schooner|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The [[schooner]] was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|140|nmi}} east of the [[Turks and Caicos Islands]] ({{coord|21|50|N|68|40|W}}) by {{GS|U-600||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 11 crew survived.<ref name=VPS>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2022.html |title=Vivian P. Smith |publisher=Uboat |access-date=12 April 2012}}</ref> 
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Unnamed
|flag=[[Luftwaffe]]
|desc=World War II: The [[Siebel ferry]] (possibly ''SF 119'' or ''SF 123'') was mined in the Sea of Azov off [[Jeisk]], Soviet Union.<ref name="Red Fleet,Black Sea">{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=53917&sid=cf2e067f65c3cd13e8ea4c14698c3173 |title=Red Fleet,Black Sea |publisher=soviet Empire |access-date=17 July 2017}}</ref><ref name="ww2.dk"/>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==11 August==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=11 August 1942 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|Eagle|1918|6}} 
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=[[File:HMS Eagle sinking 1942.jpg|thumb|HMS ''Eagle'']]
[[World War II]]: [[Operation Pedestal]]: The [[aircraft carrier]] was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk in the [[Mediterranean Sea]] {{convert|72|nmi|km}} south of [[Cape Salinas]], [[Majorca]], Spain ({{coord|38|03|00|N|3|1|12|E}}) by {{GS|U-73|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 131 of her 791 crew.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Empire Hope||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy WS 21]]: The [[reefer ship|refrigerated]] [[cargo liner]] was bombed and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea off [[Galeta Island (Algeria)|Galeta Island]], [[French Algeria|Algeria]] by [[Heinkel He 111]] and [[Junkers Ju 88]] aircraft of the [[Luftwaffe]]. Her crew abandoned the burning ship and were rescued by {{HMS|Penn|G77|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). ''Empire Hope'' was torpedoed and further damaged the next day by {{ship|Italian submarine|Bronzo||2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}). She was declared a hazard to shipping and was scuttled by {{HMS|Bramham|L51|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).<ref name=Empire129-31&183>{{cite book |last2=Sawyer |first2=LA |last1=Mitchell |first1=WH |year= 1990 |title=The Empire Ships |place=London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong |publisher=Lloyd's of London Press Ltd |isbn=1-85044-275-4 |edition=Second |pages=129–31, 183 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MV|Kuban|1931|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Soviet Union|1936}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk in a [[Luftwaffe]] air raid on [[Novorossiysk]].<ref name=seekrieg194208/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Marie Jo''
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=The [[fishing vessel]] sank in [[Mill Bay, Alaska|Mill Bay]] on the [[Southcentral Alaska|south-central]] coast of the [[Territory of Alaska]] ({{coord|57|49|30|N|152|20|30|W|name=Mill Bay}}).<ref name=alaskashipwrecksm>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-m/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (M)]</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{Ship|RFA|Mirlo}} 
|flag={{naval|UK|RFA}}
|desc=World War II: The [[tank ship|tanker]] was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] {{convert|870|nmi|km}} off [[Freetown]], Sierra Leone ({{coord|6|04|N|25|53|W}}) by {{GS|U-130|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 36 crew were rescued by {{HMS|Banff|Y43|6}}, {{HMS|Boreas|H77|6}} and {{HMT|Canna}} (all {{naval|UK}}).<ref name=Mirlo>{{cite web|url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/mirlo.html |title=D/T Mirlo |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=28 January 2012}}</ref><ref name=Jordan562>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=562 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Vimeira|1927|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|450|nmi|km}} south west of the [[Cape Verde Islands]], Portugal ({{coord|10|03|N|28|55|W}}) by {{GS|U-109|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of seven of her 44 crew. Her captain was taken aboard ''U-109'' as a [[prisoner of war]]. Other survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Crocus|K49|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) {{MV|Siranger|1939|2}} ({{flag|Norway}}) and {{SS|Sylvia de Larrinaga|1925|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).<ref name=Vimeira>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2032.html |title=Vimeira |publisher=Uboat |access-date=16 August 2021}}</ref> 
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==12 August==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=12 August 1942 |sort=}}
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|ship=''Anapa'' <!--needs dabbing-->
|flag={{flag|Soviet Union}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The [[tugboat|tug]] was sunk in the [[Kerch Strait]] by [[Luftwaffe]] aircraft.<ref name="shipsnostalgia.com"/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Boltenhagen|1912|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[cargo ship]] was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk in [[Flekkefjord]] ({{coord|59|08|N|6|25|E}}) by {{HMS|Sturgeon|73S|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).<ref name=NH041242/><ref name=Merchant467>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=467 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Brisbane Star|1937|2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: [[Operation Pedestal]]: The [[cargo ship]] was torpedoed and damaged in the [[Mediterranean Sea]] by the {{ship|Italian submarine|Dessiè||2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}).<ref name=Empire129-31/>
}}
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|ship={{HMS|Cairo|D87|6}} 
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=World War II: Operation Pedestal: The {{sclass2|C|cruiser}} was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off [[Bizerta]], [[French Algeria|Algeria]] by {{ship|Italian submarine|Axum||2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}) with the loss of 24 of her crew.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Italian submarine|Cobalto||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}
|desc=World War II: Operation Pedestal: The {{sclass|Acciaio|submarine}} was [[depth charge]]d by {{HMS|Ithuriel|H05|6}} and {{HMS|Pathfinder|G10|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}), then rammed and sunk in the [[Mediterranean Sea]] ({{coord|37|39|N|10|00|E}}) by HMS ''Ithuriel''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?144723 |title=Cobalto Submarine 1942-1942 |publisher=WreckSite.eu |access-date=13 August 2013}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Italian submarine|Dagabur||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}
|desc=World War II: Operation Pedestal: The {{sclass|Adua|submarine}} was rammed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea ({{coord|37|18|N|1|58|E}}) off [[Algiers]], Algeria by {{HMS|Wolverine|D78|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?142207 |title=Dagabur Submarine 1937-1942 |publisher=WreckSite.eu |access-date=13 August 2013}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MV|Deucalion||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|United Kingdom |civil}}
|desc=World War II: Operation Pedestal: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea by Luftwaffe aircraft, and then torpedoed by another enemy aircraft, {{convert|5|nmi|km}} west of the Cani Rocks, with the loss of one of the 153 people aboard. {{HMS|Bramham|L51|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) rescued survivors and scuttled the ship.<ref name=seekrieg194208/><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?30638 |title=MV Ducalion cargo ship 1930-1942 |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=16 August 2014}}</ref><ref name=Merchant495>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=495 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|Foresight|H68|6}} 
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=World War II: Operation Pedestal: The [[E and F-class destroyer|F-class destroyer]] was torpedoed and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea ({{coord|37|40|N|10|00|W}}) by a [[Savoia-Marchetti SM.79]] aircraft of 132 Gruppo, ''[[Regia Aeronautica]]''. She was scuttled by {{HMS|Tartar|F43|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) on 13 August.<ref name=seekrieg194208/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/4387.html |title=HMS Foresight of the Royal Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=18 November 2018 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Georg L. M. Russ|1938|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in Norwegian waters ({{coord|58|42|N|5|27|E}}) by {{HMS|Unshaken|P54|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).<ref name=NH041242/><ref name=Merchant470>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=470 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|Kenya}}
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=World War II: Operation Pedestal: The {{sclass|Fiji|cruiser}} was torpedoed and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea by {{ship|Italian submarine|Dessiè||2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}). She was then torpedoed and damaged by the submarine {{ship|Italian submarine|Alagi||2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}).<ref name=Empire129-31/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Manzanillo|1915|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Cuba}}
|desc=World War II: [[Special Convoy 12]]: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Gulf of Mexico]] south of [[Key West, Florida]], United States ({{coord|24|20|N|81|50|W}}) in {{convert|10|fathom|lk=in}} of water by {{GS|U-508||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 23 of her crew.<ref name=Manzanillo>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2036.html |title=Manzanillo |publisher=Uboat |access-date=30 March 2012}}</ref><ref name="Pineapple Press/Googlebooks">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6j6kjZQReqkC&q=ship%3A++David+Kemps%2C+1897&pg=PA198 |title=Shipwrecks of Florida: A comprehensive listing |year=1998 |publisher=Pineapple Press/Googlebooks |isbn=9781561641635 |access-date=25 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Ogaden|1905|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea {{convert|9|nmi|km}} off the [[Ras El Tin Palace]], Egypt by {{HMS|Porpoise|N14|6}} ({{naval|United Kingdom}}) with the loss of three lives. There were about 200 survivors. ''Ogaden'' was on a voyage from [[Benghazi]] to [[Tobruk]], [[Italian Libya|Libya]].<ref>{{csr|register=MSI|id=1121213|shipname=Ogaden |access-date=3 December 2012}}</ref><ref name=Jordan534/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Ohio|1940|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: [[Operation Pedestal]]: The [[tank ship|tanker]] was torpedoed and damaged by {{ship|Italian submarine|Axum||2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}), further damaged by many near misses, plus hit by a crashing [[Junkers Ju 87]] aircraft of the Luftwaffe, and had a Junkers Ju 88 aircraft skip off the water and onto the deck, plus at least one bomb hit. She was towed into [[Grand Harbour]], Malta on 15 August where her cargo was unloaded. She then split in two and sank in shallow water. Used for storage and as a barracks. ''Ohio'' was refloated and scuttled {{convert|10|mi|spell=in}} offshore on 19 September 1946.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?97312 |title=SS Ohio tanker 1940-1946 |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=15 August 2014}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Santiago de Cuba|1908|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Cuba}}
|desc=World War II: [[Special Convoy 12]]: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Gulf of Mexico south of Key West ({{coord|24|20|N|81|50|W}}) by {{GS|U-508||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of ten of her 29 crew.<ref name=SdC>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2035.html |title=Santiago de Cuba |publisher=Uboat |access-date=30 March 2012}}</ref><ref name="Pineapple Press/Googlebooks">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6j6kjZQReqkC&q=ship%3A++David+Kemps%2C+1897&pg=PA198 |title=Shipwrecks of Florida: A comprehensive listing |year=1998 |publisher=Pineapple Press/Googlebooks |isbn=9781561641635 |access-date=25 May 2020}}</ref> 
}}
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==13 August==
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|ship={{SS|Almeria Lykes|1940|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: [[Operation Pedestal]]: The [[cargo ship]] was bombed and damaged by [[Luftwaffe]] aircraft and later [[torpedo]]ed and sunk in the [[Mediterranean]] Sea off [[Cape Bon]], [[french Tunisia|Tunisia]] ({{Coord|36|40|N|11|35|E}}) by {{ship|German torpedo boat|S 30||2}}, {{ship|German torpedo boat|S 36||2}} (both {{navy|Nazi Germany}}), {{ship|Italian torpedo boat|MAS 554||2}} and {{ship|Italian torpedo boat|MAS 557||2}} (both {{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}). Her 94 crew were rescued by {{HMS|Eskimo|F75|6}} and {{HMS|Somali|F33|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?16017 |title=SS Almeria Lykes cargo ship 1940-1942 |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=13 August 2014}}</ref><ref name=Jordan578>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=578 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|Italian cruiser|Bolzano||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Trento|cruiser}} was torpedoed and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea by {{HMS|Unbroken|P42|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). She was beached on [[Panarea]]. She was refloated in September and towed to Naples.
}}
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|ship={{SS|California|Los Angeles, 1920|2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed, shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|9|24|N|33|02|W}}) by {{ship|Italian submarine|Reginaldo Giuliani||2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}) with the loss of one of her 36 crew.<ref name=Jordan579>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=579 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Clan Ferguson|1938|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: Operation Pedestal: The cargo ship was torpedoed and severely damaged in the [[Mediterranean Sea]] {{convert|20|nmi|km}} north of [[Zembra]], Tunisia by [[Junkers Ju 88]] aircraft of the Luftwaffe. She was then torpedoed and sunk by {{ship|Italian submarine|Alagi||2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}) with the loss of 32 of the 85 people aboard.<ref name=NH041242/><ref name=Merchant493>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=493 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Cripple Creek|1919|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] {{convert|400|nmi|km}} off Sierra Leone ({{coord|4|55|N|18|30|W}}) by {{GS|U-752||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of one of her 52 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|St. Winstan|T105|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) on 16 August.<ref name=CC>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2040.html |title=Cripple Creek |publisher=Uboat |access-date=19 April 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Delmundo|1919|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy TAW 12]]: The [[Design 1022 ship]] was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|18|nmi|km}} south of [[Cape Maysi]], Cuba ({{coord|19|55|N|73|49|W}}) by {{GS|U-600||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of three passengers and five of her 41 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Churchill|I45|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).<ref name=Delmundo>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2039.html |title=Delmundo |publisher=Uboat |access-date=12 April 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Dorset|1934|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: Operation Pedestal: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea {{convert|25|nmi|km}} north west of [[Linosa]], [[Kingdom of Italy|Italy]] ({{coord|36|12|N|12|49|E}}) by [[Heinkel He 111]], [[Junkers Ju-87]] and Junkers Ju-88 aircraft of the Luftwaffe and [[Savoia-Marchetti S.79]] aircraft of the ''[[Regia Aeronautica]]''. All 101 people aboard survived.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://maltagc70.wordpress.com/2012/08/13/13-august-1942-raf-fly-179-sorties-to-protect-pedestal/ |title=13 August: 1942 RAF flies 179 sorties to protect Pedestal |publisher=WordPress |access-date=13 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140815020339/http://maltagc70.wordpress.com/2012/08/13/13-august-1942-raf-fly-179-sorties-to-protect-pedestal/ |archive-date=15 August 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=Empire129-31/><ref name=Merchant495>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=495 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Everelza|1921|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Latvia}}
|desc=World War II: Convoy TAW 12: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|18|nmi|km}} south of Cape Maysi ({{coord|19|55|N|73|49|W}}) by {{GS|U-600||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 23 of her 37 crew. Survivors were rescued by the convoy's escorts.<ref name=Everelza>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2038.html |title=Everelza |publisher=Uboat |access-date=12 April 2012}}</ref> <br>''More: [[Latvian Mercantile Marine during World War II]]''
}}
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|ship={{SS|Glenorchy|1939|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: Operation Pedestal: The cargo ship torpedoed and damaged by Junkers Ju-88 aircraft of the Luftwaffe. She was subsequently sunk in the Mediterranean Sea north west of the [[Kelibia Lighthouse]], [[French Algeria|Algeria]] by {{ship|Italian motor torpedo boat|MS-31||2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}) with the loss of nine of her seventeen crew. Survivors were taken as [[prisoners of war]].<ref>Greene & Massignani (1998). ''The naval war in the Mediterranean, 1940-1943.'' Chatham Publishers, p. 254. {{ISBN|1861760574}}</ref><ref name=Empire129-31>{{cite book |last2=Sawyer |first2=LA |last1=Mitchell |first1=WH |year= 1990 |title=The Empire Ships |place=London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong |publisher=Lloyd's of London Press Ltd |isbn=1-85044-275-4 |edition=Second |pages=129–31 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{HMS|Manchester|15|6}} 
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=World War II: Operation Pedestal: The {{sclass2|Town|cruiser|||1936}} was torpedoed and disabled by [[E-boat|MS boat]]s ''MS-16'' and ''MS-22'' (both {{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}) and then scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Bon, {{convert|4|mi|km}} east of Kelibia, Tunisia ({{Coord|36|50|N|11|10|E}}).<ref name=seekrieg194208/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/1234.html |title=HMS Manchester of the Royal Navy|publisher=Uboat |access-date=13 August 2014}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Medea|1916|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy WAT 13]]: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Caribbean Sea]] ({{coord|19|54|N|74|16|W}}) by {{GS|U-658||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of five of her 28 crew. Survivors were rescued by a [[United States Navy]] vessel.<ref name=Medea>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2037.html |title=Medea |publisher=Uboat |access-date=15 April 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|R. M. Parker Jr.|1919|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=World War II: The [[tank ship|tanker]] was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Gulf of Mexico]] {{convert|25|nmi|km}} south of [[Isles Dernieres, Louisiana]] ({{Coord|28|50|N|90|42|W}}) by {{GS|U-170||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 44 crew were rescued by {{ship|USC&GS|Pioneer|1929|6}} ({{flagcountry|United States|1912}}).<ref name=RMPJr>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2041.html |title=R.M. Parker Jr. |publisher=Uboat |access-date=6 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{MV|Rochester Castle||2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: Operation Pedestal: The [[reefer ship|refrigerated cargo ship]] was torpedoed and damaged by Regia Marina [[motor torpedo boat]]s. She was further damaged by Heinkel He-111, Junkers Ju-87 and Junkers Ju-88 aircraft of the Luftwaffe and Savoia-Marchetti S.79 aircraft of the ''Regia Aeronautica''.<ref name=Empire129-31/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Santa Elisa||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=World War II: [[Operation Pedestal]]: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea {{convert|20|nmi|km}} off Cape Bon ({{Coord|36|48|N|11|23|E}} by [[MAS boat|''MAS 564'']] ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}). Four Royal Army gunners were killed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?142448 |title=SS Santa Elisa cargo ship 1941-1942 |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=13 August 2014}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{MV|Waimarama||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=[[File:SS Waimarama explodes.jpg|thumb|''Waimarama'']] World War II: Operation Pedestal: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea ({{Coord|35|25|N|12|00|E}}) by Junkers Ju 88 aircraft of the Luftwaffe with the loss of 93 of the 95 people aboard.<ref name=NH041242/><ref name=Jordan515>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=515 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{MV|Wairangi|1935|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: [[Operation Pedestal]]: The [[cable ship]] was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea ({{Coord|36|34|N|11|15|E}}) by {{ship|German motor torpedo boat|S-36||2}} and {{ship|German motor torpedo boat|S-30||2}} (both {{navy|Nazi Germany}}) and [[MAS boat|''MAS 554'']] and [[MAS boat|''MAS 557'']] (both {{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}). Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Eskimo|F75|6}} and {{HMS|Somali|F33|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59483 |title=SS Wairangi cable ship 1935-1942 |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=13 August 2014}}</ref><ref name=Jordan515/>
}}
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==14 August==
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|ship={{SS|Arabistan|1929|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The [[ocean liner]] was shelled and sunk in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] {{convert|500|mi}} east of [[Aracaju]], [[Vargas Era|Brazil]] ({{coord|11|30|S|26|00|W}}) by {{ship|German auxiliary cruiser|Michel||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 65 of her 67 crew. Survivors were made [[prisoners of war]] and eventually turned over to the [[Empire of Japan|Japanese]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?134799 |title=Arabistan Ocean Liner 1929-1942 |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=30 November 2014}}</ref><ref name=Merchant485>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=485 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Empire Corporal||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy TAW 12J]]: The [[tank ship|tanker]] was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk in the [[Caribbean Sea]] ({{coord|21|45|N|76|10|W}}) {{GS|U-598||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of six of her 55 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{USS|PT-498}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).
}}
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|ship={{SS|Hachigen Maru||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Celebes Sea]] by {{USS|Seawolf|SS-197|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).<ref name=Seawolf>{{cite DANFS | title = Swordfish | url = http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss197.txt | access-date = 30 December 2011 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Michael Jebsen|1927|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: Convoy TAW 12J: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Caribbean Sea north west of [[Barlovento Point]], Cuba ({{coord|21|45|N|76|10|W}}) by {{GS|U-598||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of seven of her 47 crew. Survivors were rescued by a [[United States Navy]] patrol boat.<ref name=MJ>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2042.html |title=Michael Jebsen |publisher=Uboat |access-date=11 April 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{USS|S-39|SS-144|6}} 
|flag={{navy|USA|1912}}
|desc=The [[United States S-class submarine|S-class]] submarine ran aground on a reef in the [[Coral Sea]] south of Rossel Island, [[Louisiade Archipelago]]. Her crew were rescued by {{HMAS|Katoomba||2}} ({{naval|Australia|1913}}) on 16 August.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/4834.html |title=USS S-39 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=14 August 2013}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Sylvia de Larrinaga|1925|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] ({{coord|10|49|N|33|35|W}}) by {{ship|Italian submarine|Reginaldo Giuliani||2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}) with the loss of three of her 53 crew.<ref name=Vimiera>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2032.html |title=Vimiera |publisher=Uboat |access-date=23 February 2012}}</ref><ref name=Jordan512>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=512 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|German trawler|V 1807 Wagram||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=The [[naval trawler]]/''[[Vorpostenboot]]'' struck a [[naval mine|mine]] and sank.<ref name=Wagram>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?16555 |title=V-1807 (Wagram) (+1942) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=21 August 2023 }}</ref>
}}
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==15 August==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=15 August 1942 |sort=}}
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|ship={{SS|Balladier|1919|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: [[Convoy SC 95]]: The [[cargo ship]] was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] {{convert|550|nmi|km}} south east of Iceland ({{coord|55|23|N|24|32|W}}) by {{GS|U-705||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of thirteen of her 45 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Norluna|1920|2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}).<ref name=Balladier>{{cite web|url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2045.html |title=Balladier |publisher=Uboat |access-date=16 April 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Chervona Ukraina||2}} 
|flag={{flag|Soviet Union}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk at [[Sukham]] by [[Luftwaffe]] aircraft. Two of her crew killed.<ref name="shipsnostalgia.com"/>
}}
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|ship={{MV|Lerici|1941|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed in the Mediterranean Sea {{convert|120|mi|km}} north of Ras Amir, Libya ({{coord|34|35|N|21|32|E}}) by {{HMS|Porpoise|N14|6}} ({{naval|United Kingdom}}). She sank the next day.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?136936 |title=MV Lerici cargo ship 1941-1942 |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=15 August 2014}}</ref><ref name=Jordan533/>
}}
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|ship={{ship|Soviet submarine|M 97||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}
|desc=World War II: The [[Soviet M-class submarine|M-class]] [[submarine]] was [[depth charge]]d and sunk in the [[Gulf of Finland]] ({{coord|59|50|N|24|30|E}}) by [[VMV-class patrol boat|''VMV 5'']] ({{naval|Finland}}).<ref name=M97>{{cite web |title=M-97 |url= http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/4963.html |publisher=Uboat |access-date=28 December 2011}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|German minesweeper|R-89||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[R boat|Type R-41]] [[minesweeper]] was sunk off [[Ålesund (town)|Ålesund]], Norway by British aircraft.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web |url=http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=762 |title=German coastal minesweeper type R-41 |website=warshipsww2.eu |access-date=2 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007024640/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=762 |archive-date=2014-10-07 |url-status=usurped}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|German minesweeper|R-106||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The Type R-41 minesweeper was sunk in the [[Gulf of Finland]] by [[soviet Union|Soviet]] [[Ilyushin Il-4]] aircraft.<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://wio.ru/fleet/sunk/baltic.htm |title=ships sunk in the Baltic by soviet aircraft |publisher=Rufleet |access-date=2 September 2017}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Rekord||2}} 
|flag={{flag|Soviet Union}}
|desc=World War II: The [[tugboat|tug]] (100 t) was sunk at [[Sukhumi]] by Luftwaffe aircraft. Five of her crew were killed.<ref name="shipsnostalgia.com"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=1KWQ-jr0hyuq3c7yt6FYN_GGtECM&hl=ru&ll=43.0183854219594%2C41.04327442556693&z=11 |title=Rekord |publisher=www.google.com |access-date=15 October 2024}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|Yugoslav minesweeper|S-1||2}} 
|flag={{flagicon|Independent State of Croatia}} [[Navy of the Independent State of Croatia|Croatian Navy]]
|desc=World War II: The auxiliary [[minesweeper]] was [[naval mine|mined]] in the [[Sea of Azov]] off [[Yeisk]], [[Soviet Union]].<ref name="Red Fleet,Black Sea">{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=53917&sid=cf2e067f65c3cd13e8ea4c14698c3173 |title=Red Fleet,Black Sea |publisher=soviet Empire |access-date=17 July 2017}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Shturman||2}} 
|flag={{flag|Soviet Union}}
|desc=World War II: The [[cargo liner]] was sunk at [[Temryuk]] by Luftwaffe aircraft.<ref name="shipsnostalgia.com"/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Soviet submarine chaser|No. 210||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}
|desc=The ''MO-4''-class [[submarine chaser]] was sunk on this date.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}
}}
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==16 August==
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|ship={{SS|Annibal Benévolo|1905|2}} 
|flag={{flagicon|Brazil|1883}} [[Vargas Era|Brazil]]
|desc=[[World War II]]: The [[cargo liner]] was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] {{convert|15|nmi|km}} off the mouth of the [[Real River (Brazil)|Real River]] ({{coord|11|41|S|37|21|W}}) by {{GS|U-507||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 150 of the 154 people aboard.
}}
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|ship={{MV|Araraquara|1927|2}} 
|flag={{flagicon|Brazil|1883}} [[Vargas Era|Brazil]]
|desc=World War II: The [[reefer ship|refrigerated]] cargo liner was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|20|nmi|km}} off the mouth of the Real River ({{coord|12|00|S|37|19|W}}) by {{GS|U-507||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 131 of the 142 people aboard.<ref name=Araraquara>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2048.html |title=Araquara |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Baependy|1899|2}} 
|flag={{flagicon|Brazil|1883}} [[Vargas Era|Brazil]]
|desc=World War II: The [[troopship]] was torpedoed and sunk {{convert|20|nmi|km}} off [[Aracaju]] ({{coord|11|50|S|37|00|W}}) by {{GS|U-507||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 270 of the 306 people aboard.<ref name=Baependy>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2047.html |title=Baependy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Daniel'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Mandatory Palestine}}
|desc=World War II: The sailing ship was shelled and sunk in the [[Mediterranean Sea]] by {{GS|U-77|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her crew survived.<ref name=Daniel>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2050.html |title=Daniel |publisher=Uboat |access-date=17 February 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Helen|1899|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Finland}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a [[naval mine|mine]] and sank in the [[Baltic Sea]] north east of [[Rügen]], [[Nazi Germany|Germany]].<ref name=seekrieg194208/>
}}
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|ship={{ship|German minesweeper|R 184||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[R boat|Type R-151]] [[minesweeper]] was rammed and sunk in the [[English Channel]] off [[Calais]], France by {{ship|HMMGB|330}} ({{naval|UK}}). At least five sailors were killed. Twenty-five survivors were captured by the British.<ref name=seekrieg194208/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/minensucher/ausgabe.php?where_value=1461 |title=R 184 |publisher=historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=13 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/crewlisten/ww2/eingabe.php |title=Kriegsmarine crews |publisher=historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=13 April 2023}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|German minesweeper|Sperrbrecher 60 Elster||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The ''[[Sperrbrecher]]'' struck a mine and sank in the [[North Sea]] off [[Den Helder]], [[North Holland]], Netherlands.<ref name=seekrieg194208/>
}}
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|ship={{MV|Suecia|1912|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Sweden}}
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy SC 95]]: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|55|43|N|25|58|W}}) by {{GS|U-596||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of nine of her 38 crew.<ref name=Suecia>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2049.html |title=Suecia |publisher=Uboat |access-date=11 April 2012}}</ref> 
}}
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|ship=Unnamed
|flag=[[Luftwaffe]]
|desc=The [[Siebel ferry]] (possibly ''SF 119'' or ''SF 123'') was lost in the [[Sea of Azov]] off [[Mariupo]], [[Soviet Union]].<ref name="Red Fleet,Black Sea">{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=53917&sid=cf2e067f65c3cd13e8ea4c14698c3173 |title=Red Fleet,Black Sea |publisher=soviet Empire |access-date=17 July 2017}}</ref><ref name="ww2.dk">{{cite web |url=http://www.ww2.dk/articles/flot.htm|title=Luftwaffe-Fahrenflotillen|publisher=WW2.dk |access-date=17 July 2017}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==17 August==
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|ship={{SS|Arará||2}} 
|flag={{flagicon|Brazil|1883}} [[Vargas Era|Brazil]]
|desc=[[World War II]]: The [[cargo ship]] was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] {{convert|9|nmi|spell=in}} off the São Paulo Lighthouse, [[Bahia]] ({{coord|13|20|S|38|49|W}}) by {{GS|U-507||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 20 of her 36 crew.<ref name=Arara>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2055.html |title=Arará |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship||Ausonia|schooner|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The [[schooner]] was shelled and sunk in the [[Mediterranean Sea]] off [[Orosei]], [[Sardinia]] by {{HMS|Safari|P211|6}} ({{naval|United Kingdom}}).<ref name=seekrieg194208/><ref name="Barrow Submarine Association">{{cite web|url=http://www.rnsubs.co.uk/Boats/BoatDB2/index.php?BoatID=337|title=Barrow Submarine Association|publisher=MSubs|access-date=17 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819090846/http://www.rnsubs.co.uk/Boats/BoatDB2/index.php?BoatID=337|archive-date=19 August 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|Japanese guard ship|Eifuku Maru No. 3 GO||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: [[Raid on Makin Island]]: The auxiliary [[guard ship]] was lost on this date. {{USS|Nautilus|SS-168|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) shelled and sank a landing [[barge]] and a small patrol vessel with her 6-inch deck gun. This is the only Japanese warship lost on this date.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/tokiwa_t.htm |title=Japanese minelayers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=9 April 2023}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Fort La Reine||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy PG 6]]: The [[Fort ship]], on her maiden voyage, was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Windward Passage]] west of Haiti ({{coord|18|08|N|75|20|W}}) by {{GS|U-658||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of three of her 44 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Pimpernel|K71|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) and a [[United States Navy]] patrol boat.<ref name=FortKS>{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/FORT_K.html |title=Fort Ships K-S |publisher=Mariners |access-date=5 January 2012}}</ref><ref name=FLR>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2061.html |title=Fort La Reine |publisher=Uboat |access-date=15 April 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Itagiba||2}} 
|flag={{flagicon|Brazil|1883}} [[Vargas Era|Brazil]]
|desc=World War II: The [[cargo liner]] was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|9|nmi|km}} off the São Paulo Lighthouse ({{coord|13|20|S|38|40|W}}) by {{GS|U-507||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 36 of the 181 people aboard.<ref name=Itagiba>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2056.html |title=Itagiba |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Jericho''
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=The [[fishing vessel]] was destroyed by fire {{convert|1/2|nmi|m}} west of the entrance to [[Hawk Inlet]] ({{coord|58|05|30|N|134|46|30|W|name=Hawk Inlet}}) in the [[Alaska Territory]].<ref name=alaskashipwrecksj>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-j/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (J)]</ref>
}}
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|ship={{Ship|ST|Komiles||2}},<br>{{ship|ST|Komsomolets||2}},<br>''P-4'' and<br>''Sh-500'' 
|flag={{flag|Soviet Union}}
|desc=World War II: The [[tugboat|tugs]] ''Komiles'' and ''Komsomolets'' and the barges ''P-4'' and ''Sh-500'' were sunk in the [[Pechora Sea]] off [[Matveev Island]] ({{coord|69|30|N|58|32|E}}) by {{GS|U-209||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). There were 305 dead from those aboard the four vessels and only 23 survivors, who were rescued by ''Nord'' ({{flag|Soviet Union}}) and {{ship|Soviet minesweeper|T-54||2}} and {{ship|Soviet minesweeper|T-62||2}} (both {{navy|Soviet Union}}). ''Komsomolets'', which sank in shallow waters, was later salvaged and returned to service.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2051.html |title=Komiles |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=24 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Komsomolets |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2052.html |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=28 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2053.html |title=Sh-500 |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=24 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2054.html |title=P-4 |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=24 October 2019}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Laguna|1923|2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: Convoy PG 6: The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged west of [[Anse-d'Hainault]], Haiti by {{GS|U-658||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). ''Laguna'' put in to a port. She was subsequently repaired and returned to service.<ref name=Merchant171>{{cite book |first=Roger |last=Jordan |year= 1999 |title=The World's Merchant Ships 1939 |place=London |publisher=Chatham House |isbn=1-86176-023-X |page=171 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{MV|Louisiana|1937|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=World War II: The [[tank ship|tanker]] was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean approximately {{convert|300|nmi|km}} north east of [[Cayenne]], [[French Guiana]] by {{GS|U-108|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 41 crew and eight gunners.<ref name=Louisiana>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?156681 |title=MV Louisiana (+1942) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=15 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Louisiana |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2062.html |website=uboat.net |access-date=1 August 2021}}</ref><ref name=Jordan582>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=582 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{MV|Nino Bixio||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The [[cargo ship]], carrying about 3,200 British prisoners of war, was torpedoed by the [[submarine]] {{HMS|Turbulent|P211|6}} ({{naval|United Kingdom}}) in the Mediterranean Sea off [[Greece]]. She was towed to [[Pylos]] Greece, and beached. She later was towed to [[Venice]] and sunk there as a [[blockship]]. 
}}
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|ship={{SS|Princess Marguerite|1925|2}} 
|flag={{flagicon|Canada|1921}} [[Canada]]
|desc=World War II: The [[troopship]] was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Mediterranean Sea]] north west of [[Port Said]], Egypt ({{coord|32|03|N|32|47|E}}) by {{GS|U-83|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 49 of the 1,123 people aboard. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Hero|H99|6}} and {{HMS|Kelvin|F37|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}).<ref name=PM>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2058.html |title=Princess Marguerite |publisher=Uboat |access-date=19 February 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Samir||2}} 
|flag={{flag|Egypt|1922}}
|desc=World War II: Convoy PG 6: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Windward Passage west of Haiti ({{coord|18|30|N|75|20|W}}) by {{GS|U-658||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}).<ref name=Samir>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2057.html |title=Samir |publisher=Uboat |access-date=15 April 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{MV|Triton|1930|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy SL 118]]: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north east of the [[Azores]], Portugal ({{coord|39|31|N|22|43|W}}) by {{GS|U-566||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). All 44 people aboard were rescued by {{SS|Baron Dunmore|1933|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).<ref name=Triton>{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/triton.html |title=D/S Triton |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=8 February 2012}}</ref><ref name=TritonU566>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2060.html |title=Triton |publisher=Uboat |access-date=9 April 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{MV|Wuri|1940|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine, broke in two, and sank in the [[Kattegat]] off [[Aalborg]], Denmark ({{Coord|56|53|30|N|10|31|42|E}}) with the loss of 65 lives. The stern section was refloated in 1943 and taken to Copenhagen, where it was subsequently sunk by saboteurs. It was salvaged post-war, repaired and entered Swedish service in 1946 as ''Madame Butterfly''.<ref name=seekrieg194208/><ref name=Jordan554>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=554 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==18 August==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=18 August 1942 |sort=}}
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|ship={{SS|Balingkar|1921|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: [[Convoy SL 118]]: The [[cargo ship]] was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] ({{coord|41|34|N|19|49|W}}) by {{GS|U-214||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of two of her 93 crew.<ref name=Balingkar>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2064.html |title=Balingkar |publisher=Uboat |access-date=9 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{MV|Blankaholm|1930|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Sweden}}
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy TAW 3]]: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Caribbean Sea]] {{convert|95|nmi|km}} west of [[Guantánamo Bay]], Cuba ({{coord|19|41|N|76|50|W}}) by {{GS|U-553||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of five of her 28 crew.<ref name=Blankaholm>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2063.html |title=Blankaholm |publisher=Uboat |access-date=7 April 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|C. F. Liljevalch|1920|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Sweden}}
|desc=World War II: The [[ore carrier]] was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Baltic Sea]] off [[Västervik]] by [[Soviet submarine L-3|''L 3'']] ({{navy|Soviet Union}}). There were 33 dead and 7 survivors.<ref>{{csr|register=MSI|id=3006360|shipname=C.F. Liljevalch |access-date=4 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.konditori100.se/SiWW2/sww2lscs.htm |title=Swedish WWII losses |publisher=konditori100.se |access-date=21 October 2019}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{MV|Empire Bede||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy TAW 13]]: The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Caribbean Sea ({{coord|19|41|N|76|50|W}}) by {{GS|U-553||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of two of her 45 crew. She was scuttled by gunfire from {{HMS|Pimpernel|K71|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).
}}
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|ship={{ship|German patrol boat|V 406 Hans Loh||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The ''[[Vorpostenboot]]'' struck a submarine-laid mine and sank in the [[Bay of Biscay]], west of [[Lacanau]], [[Gironde]], France ({{coord|45|02|N|1|33|W}}).<ref>{{csr|register=MSI |id=5608328 |shipname=V.406 |access-date=26 April 2015}}</ref><ref name=VF1-20>{{cite web |url=http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/km/vboote/vfl1-20.htm |title=Vorpostenflottillen 1939 - 1945 |publisher=Württembergische Landesbibliothek |language=de |access-date=25 April 2015}}</ref> 
}}
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|ship={{SS|Hatarana|1917|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: Convoy SL 118: The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|41|07|N|20|32|W}}) by {{GS|U-214||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 108 crew were rescued by {{SS|Corabella|1937|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) and {{HMS|Pentstemon|K61|6}} ({{naval|UK}}), which scuttled ''Hatarana''.<ref name=Hatarana>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2067.html |title=Hatarana |publisher=Uboat |access-date=9 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|John Hancock||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=World War II: Convoy TAW 13: The [[Liberty ship]] was torpedoed and sunk in the Caribbean Sea {{convert|95|nmi|km}} west of Guantánamo Bay ({{coord|19|41|N|76|50|W}}) by {{GS|U-553||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 49 crew were rescued by a [[Royal Navy]] [[corvette]].<ref name=LibJo>{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsJo.html |title=Liberty Ships - Joaquin - Johns |publisher=Mariners |access-date=6 January 2012}}</ref><ref name=JH>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2066.html |title=John Hancock |publisher=Uboat |access-date=7 April 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{HMS|MTB 43}} 
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|White 73'|motor torpedo boat|2}} was shelled and sunk by [[Kriegsmarine]] surface craft off [[Gravelines]], [[Nord (departements)|Nord]], France.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/16774.html |title=HMS MTB 43 of the Royal Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=18 August 2013}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{HMS|MTB 218}} 
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|Vosper 70'|motor torpedo boat|2}} struck a [[naval mine|mine]] and sank in the [[Strait of Dover]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/16754.html |title=HMS MTB 218 of the Royal Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=18 August 2013}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Perseo|1921|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off [[Cape Carbonara]], {{convert|15|nmi|km}} south of Serpentara, [[Sardinia]] by {{HMS|Safari|P211|6}} ({{naval|United Kingdom}}).<ref name="Barrow Submarine Association"/><ref>{{csr|register=MSI|id=5605528|shipname=Perseo |access-date=3 August 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{MS|Rosolino Pilo|1942|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea {{convert|50|nmi|km}} south of [[Pantellaria]] by {{HMS|United|P44|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3552.html|title=HMS United (P 44) of the Royal Navy - British Submarine of the U class - Allied Warships of WWII - uboat.net}}</ref><ref name=Jordan535>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=535 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|Soviet submarine|Shch-138||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}
|desc=The {{sclass|Shchuka|submarine}} sank in the [[Amur]]. She was refloated in July 1943.<ref name=Cherneyshev>{{Cite book |title=Погибли без боя. Катастрофы русских кораблей XVIII–XX вв. |trans-title=They died without a fight. Catastrophes of Russian ships of the XVIII-XX centuries |language=Russian |first=Alexander Alekseevich |last=Chernyshev |publisher=Veche |year=2012 |url=http://www.maxima-library.org/mob/b/389880?format=read }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==19 August==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=19 August 1942 |sort=}}
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|ship={{HMS|Berkeley|L17|6}} 
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: [[Dieppe Raid]]: The {{sclass2|Hunt|destroyer}} was bombed by a [[Focke-Wulf Fw 190]] aircraft of 10 ''Staffeln'', ''[[Jagdgeschwader 2]]'', [[Luftwaffe]], then [[torpedo]]ed and sunk in the [[English Channel]] off [[Dieppe]], [[Seine-Inférieure]], [[France]] by {{HMS|Albrighton|L12|6}} ({{naval|United Kingdom}}), with the loss of 15 of her 146 crew and an unknown number of embarked Canadian soldiers.<ref>{{Cite book|title = Tragedy at Dieppe: Operation Jubilee, August 19, 1942|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=uxeWBQAAQBAJ|publisher = Douglas & McIntyre|date = 2013-04-02|isbn = 9781553658351|first = Mark|last = Zuehlke}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title = Luftwaffe Fighter-Bombers Over Britain: The Tip and Run Campaign, 1942-43|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=q1zfo63_KRYC|publisher = Stackpole Books|date = 2010-01-01|isbn = 9780811706919|first1 = Chris|last1 = Goss|first2 = Peter|last2 = Cornwell|first3 = Bernd|last3 = Rauchbach}}</ref><ref name=Berkeley>{{cite web |url=http://www.hmscavalier.org.uk/L17/ |title=HMS Berkeley (L17) |publisher=HMS Cavalier |access-date=15 October 2011}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|British Consul||2}} 
|flag={{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy TAW (S)]]: The [[Tank ship|tanker]] was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk in the [[Caribbean Sea]] off [[Port of Spain]], [[Trinidad]], ({{coord|11|58|N|62|38|W}}) by {{GS|U-564|1941|2}} with the loss of two of the 42 people aboard. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Clarkia|K88|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).
}}
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|ship={{SS|City of Manila|1916|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy SL 118]]: The [[cargo ship]] was torpedoed and damaged in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] west of [[Cape Finisterre]], [[Spain]], ({{Coord|43|21|N|18|20|W}}) by {{GS|U-406||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of one of her 96 crew. Survivors abandoned ship, but some of them later reboarded her. ''City of Manila'' later broke in two and sank. All 95 survivors were rescued by {{SS|Empire Voice||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) and the [[Naval trawler]] {{HMT|Gorleston|Y92|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).<ref name=CoM>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2075.html |title=City of Manila |publisher=Uboat |date=21 March 2011}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{MV|Cressington Court|1929|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north east of [[Belém]], [[Vargas Era|Brazil]], ({{coord|7|58|N|46|00|W}}) by {{GS|U-510||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of eight of her 44 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Woensdrecht||2}} ({{flag|Netherlands}}).<ref name=CC2>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2017.html |title=Cressington Court |publisher=Uboat |access-date=31 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Empire Cloud||2}} 
|flag={{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: Convoy TAW (S): The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the [[Caribbean Sea]] northeast of [[Trinidad]] by {{GS|U-564||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of three of her 54 crew. She sank at {{coord|10|54|N|62|10|W}} on 21 August while under [[Towing|tow]].
}}
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|ship={{ship|German submarine chaser|UJ-1404 Franken||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: [[Dieppe Raid]]: Convoy 2437: The auxiliary [[submarine chaser]] was severely damaged by gunfire by LCF(L)s and rammed by the [[motor gunboat]] {{ship|HMS MGB|338}} ({{naval|UK}}) off Dieppe and was abandoned. The blazing wreck was shelled and sunk by {{HMS|Brocklesby|L42|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) ({{coord|49|56|N|1|4|E}}). HMS ''Brocklesby'' rescued 25 of her crew. There were nineteen dead.<ref>{{csr|register=MSI|id=5614700|shipname=Uj.1404 |access-date=19 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2BZhDwAAQBAJ&q=sperrbrecher+137&pg=PT256 |title=Hitler's forgotten flottillas, Kriegsmarine security flottillas |date=30 April 2018 |publisher=Googlebooks |isbn=9781473882416 |access-date=22 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uboatarchive.net/Int/UJ1404INT.htm |title=UJ 1404 |publisher=uboatarchive.net |access-date=24 October 2019}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|German tanker|Franz||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: Dieppe Raid: Convoy 2437: The armed tanker was severely damaged by gunfire from {{HMS|ML 346}} ({{naval|UK}}) off Dieppe and was beached.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2BZhDwAAQBAJ&q=sperrbrecher+137&pg=PT256 |title=Hitler's forgotten flottillas, Kriegsmarine security flotillas |date=30 April 2018 |publisher=Googlebooks |isbn=9781473882416 |access-date=22 March 2019}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship||Jacyra|barque|2}} 
|flag={{flagicon|Brazil|1883}} [[Vargas Era|Brazil]]
|desc=World War II: The [[barque]] was stopped in the [[South Atlantic]] off [[Itacaré]] ({{coord|14|30|S|38|40|W}}) by {{GS|U-507|||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) and sunk by explosive charges after her six crew had been ordered into a [[Lifeboat (shipboard)|lifeboat]].<ref name=Jacyra>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?14920 |title=Jacyra (+1942) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=15 October 2011}}</ref><ref name=JacyraU507>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2070.html |title=Jacyra |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Juneta''
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=The [[fishing vessel]] was lost after colliding with the [[motor vessel]] ''Rolph'' ({{flag|United States|1912}}) in [[Blank Inlet]] ({{coord|55|16|N|131|09|W|name=Blank Inlet}}) in the [[Alaska Territory]].<ref name=alaskashipwrecksj>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-j/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (J)]</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|LCA 37}} 
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=World War II: Dieppe Raid: The [[landing craft assault]] was lost at Dieppe.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|LCA 52}}
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=World War II: Dieppe Raid: The [[landing craft assault]] was lost at Dieppe.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|LCA 92}}
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=World War II: Dieppe Raid: The [[landing craft assault]] was lost at Dieppe.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|LCA 94}} 
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=World War II: Dieppe Raid: The [[landing craft assault]] was lost at Dieppe.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|LCA 97}} 
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=World War II: Dieppe Raid: The [[landing craft assault]] was lost at Dieppe.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|LCA 102}} 
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=World War II: Dieppe Raid: The [[landing craft assault]] was lost at Dieppe.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|LCA 192}} 
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=World War II: Dieppe Raid: The [[landing craft assault]] was lost at Dieppe.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|LCA 209}} 
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=World War II: Dieppe Raid: The [[landing craft assault]] was lost at Dieppe.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|LCA 214}}
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=World War II: Dieppe Raid: The [[landing craft assault]] was lost at Dieppe.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|LCA 215}} 
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=World War II: Dieppe Raid: The [[landing craft assault]] was lost at Dieppe.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|LCA 237}} 
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=World War II: Dieppe Raid: The [[landing craft assault]] was lost at Dieppe.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|LCA 247}} 
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=World War II: Dieppe Raid: The [[landing craft assault]] was lost at Dieppe.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|LCA 251}} 
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=World War II: Dieppe Raid: The [[landing craft assault]] was lost at Dieppe.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|LCA 284}}
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=World War II: Dieppe Raid: The [[landing craft assault]] was lost at Dieppe.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|LCA 314}} 
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=World War II: Dieppe Raid: The [[landing craft assault]] was lost at Dieppe.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|LCA 317}} 
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=World War II: Dieppe Raid: The [[landing craft assault]] was lost at Dieppe.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|LCM 56}}
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=The [[landing craft mechanized]] was lost.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|LCS(M) 9}}, 
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=World War II: Dieppe Raid: The [[landing craft support (mortar)]] was lost at Dieppe.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|LCF(L) 2}} 
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=World War II: Dieppe Raid: The anti-aircraft fire support {{sclass2|LCT 2|landing craft tank}} was wrecked at Dieppe.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/17630.html |title=HMS LCT 122 of the Royal Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=19 August 2013}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship= {{HMS|LCP(L) 81}} 
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=World War II: [[Dieppe Raid]]: The [[LCPL|Landing Craft, Personnel (Large)]] was lost at Dieppe.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship= {{HMS|LCP(L) 157}}
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=World War II: Dieppe Raid: The Landing Craft, Personnel (Large) was lost at Dieppe.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship= {{HMS|LCP(L) 164}}
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=World War II: Dieppe Raid: The Landing Craft, Personnel (Large) was lost at Dieppe.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship= {{HMS|LCP(L) 174}} 
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=World War II: Dieppe Raid: The Landing Craft, Personnel (Large) was lost at Dieppe.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship= {{HMS|LCP(L) 210}}
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=World War II: Dieppe Raid: The Landing Craft, Personnel (Large) was lost at Dieppe.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship= {{HMS|LCP(L) 212}}
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=World War II: Dieppe Raid: The Landing Craft, Personnel (Large) was lost at Dieppe.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|LCT 121}} 
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=World War II: Dieppe Raid: The {{sclass2|LCT 2|landing craft tank}} was wrecked and abandoned at Dieppe.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/17629.html |title=HMS LCT 121 of the Royal Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=19 August 2013}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|LCT 124}} 
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=World War II: Dieppe Raid: The {{sclass2|LCT 2|landing craft tank}} was wrecked and abandoned at Dieppe. Either ''LCT 124'' or ''LCT 145'' (see below) was [[Marine salvage|salvaged]] and put into German service as ''Dieppe''.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/17632.html |title=HMS LCT 124 of the Royal Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=19 August 2013}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|LCT 126}} 
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=World War II: Dieppe Raid: The {{sclass2|LCT 2|landing craft tank}} was wrecked and abandoned at Dieppe.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/17634.html |title=HMS LCT 126 of the Royal Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=19 August 2013}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|LCT 145}} 
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=World War II: Dieppe Raid: The {{sclass2|LCT 2|landing craft tank}} was wrecked and abandoned at Dieppe. Either ''LCT 124'' (see above) or ''LCT 145'' was salvaged and put into German service as ''Dieppe''.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/17653.html |title=HMS LCT 145 of the Royal Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=19 August 2013}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|LCT 159}} 
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=World War II: [[Dieppe Raid]]: The {{sclass2|LCT 2|landing craft tank}} was sunk at Dieppe.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/17667.html |title=HMS LCT 159 of the Royal Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=19 August 2013}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{Ship|Soviet minesweeper|No. 574||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}
|desc=World War II: The [[minesweeper]] was sunk in the [[Black Sea]] by {{ship|German minesweeper|R-36||2}}, {{ship|German minesweeper|R-37||2}}, and {{ship|German minesweeper|R-166||2}} (all {{navy|Nazi Germany}}).<ref name=ReferenceF>{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=53917&sid=cf2e067f65c3cd13e8ea4c14698c3173 |title=Red Fleet,Black Sea |publisher=soviet Empire |access-date=10 August 2017}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{Ship|Soviet minesweeper|No. 578||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}
|desc=World War II: The minesweeper was sunk in the Black Sea by {{ship|German minesweeper|R-36||2}}, {{ship|German minesweeper|R-37||2}}, and {{ship|German minesweeper|R-166||2}} (all {{navy|Nazi Germany}}).<ref name=ReferenceF/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Sea Gull D.'' 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The [[sailing ship]] was damaged by gunfire in the [[Caribbean Sea]] at {{coord|11|38|N|67|42|W}} by {{GS|U-217||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of three of the 74 people aboard. The damaged ship rendezvoused with {{SS|Kassos|1939|2}} ({{flag|Switzerland}}) which rescued the survivors and salvaged the cargo. ''Sea Gull D'' was abandoned and left to sink.<ref name=SGD>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2069.html |title=Sea Gull D |publisher=Uboat |access-date=9 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|West Celina|1919|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy TAW 5]]: The [[Design 1013 ship|Design 1013 cargo ship]] was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|95|nmi|km}} northeast of [[Isla Margarita]], Venezuela, ({{coord|11|45|N|62|30|W}}) by {{GS|U-162|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with no loss of her 39 crew or the four members of the [[convoy commodore]]'s staff, but the convoy commodore was killed. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Maracaibo|1899|2}} ({{flag|Venezuela|1930}}).<ref name=WC>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2072.html |title=West Celina |publisher=Uboat |access-date=6 March 2012}}</ref><ref name=Jordan587>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=587 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==20 August==
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German trawler|V 312 Hanseat||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=The ''[[Vorpostenboot]]'' ran aground on [[Naissaar]], [[Soviet Union]] and was wrecked.<ref name=Gronerp225>{{cite book |last1=Gröner |first1=Erich |title=Die deutschen Kriegsschiffe 1815-1945 |volume=8/I: Flußfahrzeuge, Ujäger, Vorpostenboote, Hilfsminensucher, Küstenschutzverbände (Teil 1) |date=1993 |publisher=Bernard & Graefe |location=Koblenz |isbn=3-7637-4807-5 |language=de |page=225}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Nord||2}} 
|flag={{flag|Soviet Union}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The harbor [[icebreaker]] was scuttled at [[Temryuk]] by the [[Red Army]].<ref name="shipsnostalgia.com"/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German siebel ferry|SF 334||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=The [[Siebel ferry]] was lost on this date.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German minelayer|Skagerrak||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=The auxiliary [[minelayer]] was sunk as a target.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-464||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[German Type XIV submarine|Type XIV submarine]] was [[depth charge]]d and damaged in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] by a [[Consolidated PBY Catalina]] aircraft of Squadron VP-73, [[United States Navy]] with the loss of two of her 54 crew. She was scuttled by her crew, who were rescued by the [[fishing trawler]] ''Skaftfellingur'' ([[File:Light Blue Flag of Iceland.svg|22px]] [[Kingdom of Iceland|Iceland]]) and later transferred to {{HMS|Castleton|I23|6}} and {{HMS|Newark|G08|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}) as [[prisoners of war]]. 
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Soviet guard ship|Voykov||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}
|desc=The [[guard ship]] was lost on this date.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==21 August==
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Soviet gunboat|Burlak||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The auxiliary [[gunboat]] was scuttled by her crew in the [[Azov Sea]] off [[Temryuk]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kchf.ru/ship/kanonerki/burlak.htm |title=Burlak |publisher=kchf.ru |access-date=8 October 2019}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|City of Wellington|1925|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The [[cargo ship]] was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] south west of [[Freetown]], Sierra Leone ({{coord|7|29|N|14|40|W}}) by {{GS|U-506||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of seven of her 73 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Velox|D34|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).<ref name=CoW>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2076.html |title=City of Wellington |publisher=Uboat |access-date=27 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{USS|Lakatoi}} 
|flag={{navy|USA|1912}}
|desc=The auxiliary transport, a [[coastal trading vessel|coaster]], capsized and sank in a storm in the [[Pacific Ocean]] off the coast of [[New Caledonia]] with the loss of a crew member Survivors sailed to New Caledonia, landing {{convert|5|nmi|km|spell=in}} from Pam Head.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?18042 |title=Lakatoi cargo ship 1938-1942 |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=21 August 2014}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MV|Pozarica|1941|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}} 
|desc=World War II: The [[tank ship|tanker]] was attacked and severely damaged by British aircraft {{convert|12|nmi|km}} north of [[Paxos]], [[Hellenic State (1941–44)|Greece]].<ref name=Jordan549>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=549 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Shinsei Maru No. 6|1904|2}} 
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}} 
|desc=World War II: The ''Tenryu Maru''-class auxiliary [[collier (ship type)|collier]]/[[tank ship|oiler]] was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Pacific Ocean]] {{convert|94|mi}} west of [[Chuuk Lagoon|Truk]], [[Caroline Islands]] ({{coord|07|02|N|158|03|E}}) by {{USS|Tambor|SS-198|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). A crew member was killed.<ref name=Tambor/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Shinsei6_t.htm |title=IJN Converted Collier/Oilers |publisher=combinedfleet.com |access-date=18 October 2022}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Soviet gunboat|Ural||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}
|desc=The auxiliary [[gunboat]] was sunk on this date.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==22 August==
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{USS|Blue|DD-387|6}} 
|flag={{navy|USA|1912}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: [[Battle of Guadalcanal]]: The {{sclass|Bagley|destroyer}} was [[torpedo]]ed and damaged in the [[Pacific Ocean]] off [[Guadalcanal]], [[Solomon Islands]] by {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Kawakaze|1936|2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}) with the loss of nine of her 158 crew. She was scuttled the next day.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Chaika'' 
|flag={{flag|Soviet Union}}
|desc=World War II: The [[motor boat]] was captured and scuttled in the [[Matochkin Strait]] by {{GS|U-456||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}).<ref name=Chaika>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/3573.html |title=Chaika |publisher=Uboat |access-date=26 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Italian torpedo boat|Generale Antonio Cantore||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}
|desc=World War II: The [[Generali-class destroyer|''Generale Antonio Cantore''-class]] [[torpedo boat]] struck a [[naval mine|mine]] and sank north-east of [[Bomba, Libya|Bomba]], [[Italian Libya|Libya]]. The mine was one of a number laid 17 days previously by {{HMS|Porpoise|N14|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).<ref>{{csr|register=MSI|id=6132013 |shipname=Generale Antonio Cantore |access-date=6 June 2015}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MV|Hammaren|1930|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Sweden}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed, shelled and sunk in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] {{convert|40|nmi|km}} off [[Salvador, Bahia|Salvador]], [[Vargas Era|Brazil]] ({{coord|13|00|S|38|15|W}}) by {{GS|U-507||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of six of her 31 crew.<ref name=Hammaren>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2077.html |title=Hammaren |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 March 2012}}</ref><ref name=Jordan572>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=572 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{USS|Ingraham|DD-444|6}} 
|flag={{navy|USA|1912}}
|desc=The {{sclass|Gleaves|destroyer}} collided with {{USS|Chemung|AO-30|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off [[Nova Scotia]], [[Canada]] with the loss of 197 of her 208 crew.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Tatsuho Maru||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: Convoy No.152: The ''Tatsuwa Maru''-class auxiliary transport was torpedoed and sunk in the [[East China Sea]] about {{convert|18|nmi|km}} north of [[Formosa]] ({{coord|25|52|N|121|29|E}}) by {{USS|Haddock|SS-231|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Twenty-six passengers and 12 of her crew were killed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Tatsuho_t.htm |title=Tatsuho Maru |publisher=combinedfleet.com |access-date=6 January 2021}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-654||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[German Type VII submarine|Type VIIC submarine]] was [[depth charge]]d and sunk in the [[Caribbean Sea]] north of [[Colón, Panama]] by a [[Douglas B-18 Bolo]] aircraft of the [[45th Bombardment Squadron]], [[United States Army Air Forces]] with the loss of all 44 crew.<ref name=U654>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u654.htm |title=U-654 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=15 April 2012}}</ref> 
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==23 August==
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Ankara|Akers, 1906|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The [[scow]] was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk off [[Odessa]] [[Soviet Union]] ({{coord|44|49|N|30|12|E}}) by {{Ship|Soviet submarine |M-36||2}} ({{navy|Soviet Union}}).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/4951.html |title=M-36 of the Soviet Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=7 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=53387&sid=87dc208d7f79c1ee0a86901ed1e2494b |title=Soviet submarines in the Black sea in WWII (rework-update 2019) |publisher=Sovietempire.com |access-date=20 May 2019}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Soviet gunboat|Bug||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}
|desc=World War II: The auxiliary [[gunboat]] was scuttled by her crew in the [[Azov Sea]] after running out of ammunition.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kchf.ru/ship/kanonerki/bug.htm |title=Bug |publisher=kchf.ru |access-date=8 October 2019}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Soviet gunboat|Don||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}
|desc=World War II: The auxiliary gunboat was scuttled by her crew in the Azov Sea at [[Temryuk]], after running out of ammunition.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kchf.ru/ship/kanonerki/don.htm |title=Don |publisher=kchf.ru |access-date=8 October 2019}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Hamla|1929|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The [[cargo ship]] was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] south of [[Freetown]], Sierra Leone ({{coord|5|30|N|15|00|W}}) by {{GS|U-506||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 40 crew.<ref name=Hamla>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2078.html |title=Hamla |publisher=Uboat |access-date=27 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German minesweeper|M 3206 Neubau||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[minesweeper]] struck a [[naval mine|mine]] and sank in the [[Scheldt]].<ref name=seekrieg194208/> 
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Soviet guard ship|Shturman||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}
|desc=The [[guard ship]] was lost on this date.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==24 August==
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Soviet guard ship|Burya||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The {{sclass|Uragan|guard ship}} was sunk by [[naval mine|mines]] in the [[Baltic Sea]] near [[Suursaari]].<ref name="Google books">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TpDlFI453RcC&q=Soviet+torpedo+boat+Burya&pg=PA189 |title=Chronology of the War at sea 1939-1945 |isbn=9781591141198 |access-date=24 August 2014|last1=Rohwer |first1=Jürgen |year=2005 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Kujbyshev||2}} 
|flag={{flag|Soviet Union}}
|desc=World War II: The [[cargo ship]] was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk in the [[Kara Sea]] north west of [[Dikson Island]] ({{coord|73|52|N|77|40|E}}) by {{GS|U-601||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all hands.<ref name=Kujbyshev>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2079.html |title=Kujbyshev cargo ship |publisher=Uboat |access-date=12 April 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|Soviet submarine|M-33||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Soviet Union|1935}}
|desc=World War II: The [[Soviet M-class submarine|M-class]] [[submarine]] was sunk by a mine of a flanking barrage laid by the minelayers {{ship|NMS|Amiral Murgescu}} and {{ship|NMS|Dacia||2}} (both {{navy|Kingdom of Romania}}).<ref>Mikhail Monakov, Jurgen Rohwer, ''Stalin's Ocean-going Fleet: Soviet Naval Strategy and Shipbuilding Programs'', p. 266</ref>
}}
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|ship={{HMS|ML 103}} 
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=World War II: The [[Fairmile A motor launch]] was sunk by a mine in the [[Strait of Dover]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/14192.html |title=HMS ML 103 of the Royal Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=24 August 2013}}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Medvezhonok'' 
|flag={{flag|Soviet Union}}
|desc=World War II: The harbour [[tugboat|tug]] was shelled and sunk in the [[Kara Sea]] ({{coord|73|52|N|77|40|E}}) by {{GS|U-601||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all hands.<ref name=Medvezhonok>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/3581.html |title=Medvezhonok |publisher=Uboat |access-date=12 April 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Moena|1923|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] ({{coord|13|25|N|57|15|W}}) by {{GS|U-162|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of four of her 87 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{MV|Cromarty|1936|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).<ref name=Moena>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2080.html |title=Moena (Dutch Steam merchant) |publisher=Uboat.net |access-date=6 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Nathaniel Bacon||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=The [[Liberty ship]] collided with {{SS|Esso Belgium|1937|2}} ({{flag|Belgium}}) at [[New York City|New York]] and was beached. She was subsequently repaired and returned to service.<ref name=LibN>{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsN.html |title=Liberty Ships – N - O |publisher=Mariners |access-date=6 November 2016}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Otowasan Maru|1937|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The [[tank ship|tanker]] was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean west of [[Manila]], [[commonwealth of the Philippines|Philippines]] by {{USS|Seawolf|SS-197|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).<ref name=seekrieg194208/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Peter von Danzig||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the [[Kattegat]].<ref>{{csr|register=MSI|id=5604013|shipname=Peter von Danzig |access-date=13 April 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Ryūjō||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: [[Battle of the Eastern Solomons]]: The [[aircraft carrier]] was bombed, torpedoed and sunk by aircraft from {{USS|Saratoga|CV-3|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) with the loss of 120 of her 924 crew.
}}
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|ship={{SS|Seikai Maru|1920|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Pacific Ocean]] off [[Kinkasan]] by {{USS|Guardfish|SS-217|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).<ref name=Guardfish2>{{cite DANFS | title = Guardfish (SS-217) | url = http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss217.txt | access-date = 31 December 2011 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|Soviet minesweeper |T-204 Fugas||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Fugas|minesweeper}} was sunk by mines in the Baltic Sea near Suursaari.<ref name="Google books"/>
}}
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|ship={{MS|Tourcoing|1924|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Baltic Sea off [[Swinemünde]].<ref name=HomeTo>{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/homefleet/shipst2.html |title=Norwegian Homefleet - WW II, Ships starting with To through Ty |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=11 February 2012}}</ref><ref name=Jordan566>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=566 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==25 August==
{{For|the scuttling of Sperrbrecher 14 ''Brockenheim'' on this day|List of shipwrecks in June 1942#22 June}}
{{shipwreck list begin |date=25 August 1942 |sort=}}
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|ship={{MV|Abbekerk|1939|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The [[cargo ship]] was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] ({{coord|52|05|N|30|50|W}}) by {{GS|U-604||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of two of her 64 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Wallflower|K44|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).<ref name=Abbekerk>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2089.html |title=Abbekerk |publisher=Uboat |access-date=12 April 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Amakura|1924|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy WAT 15]]: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Caribbean Sea]] {{convert|90|nmi|km}} south east of [[Port Morant]], Jamaica ({{coord|17|46|N|75|52|W}}) by {{GS|U-558||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of thirteen of her 44 crew.<ref name=Amakura>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2082.html |title=Amakura |publisher=Uboat |access-date=8 April 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship||Aleksandr Sibiryakov|icebreaker|2}} 
|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}
|desc=World War II: [[Operation Wunderland]]: The [[icebreaker]] was shelled and sunk in the [[Kara Sea]] off [[Russky Island (Kara Sea)|Russky Island]] by {{ship|German cruiser|Admiral Scheer||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Seventy-nine people were killed, nineteen were taken as [[prisoners of war]], and one was rescued by the Soviets.<ref name="ReferenceB">{{cite web |url=http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/guides/Soviet_Merchant_Marine_Losses_in_WW2 |title=Soviet_Merchant_Marine_Losses_in_WW2 |publisher=shipsnostalgia.com |access-date=17 August 2015}}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''B D Co. No. 4'' 
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=The [[scow]] was stranded and lost at Iron Creek in [[Norton Sound]], [[Territory of Alaska]]. The wreck report does not specify at which of several places of the name the wreck took place.<ref>[http://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-b/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (B) Retrieved 11 September 2018]</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Cuba Maru|1926|2}} 
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=The {{sclass|Cuba Maru|transport ship}} ran aground on a reef in the [[Sea of Okhotsk]] in dense fog ({{coord|46|23|N|143|37|E}}) {{convert|13|nmi|lk=in}} east of Kita-Shiretoko-Mishchi. The vessel broke in two during a [[typhoon]] on 28 August, and sank on 29 August.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Cuba_t.htm |title=Japanese Transports |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=24 August 2013}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Empire Breeze||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy ON 122]]: The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean by {{GS|U-176||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of one of her 49 crew. She sank on or after 27 August. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Irish Willow|1918|2}} ({{flag|Ireland}}).<ref>{{cite web |title=Empire Breeze |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2088.html |website=uboat.net |access-date=16 August 2021}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Harmonides|1920|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Indian Ocean]] east of the One and a Half Degree Channel ({{coord|1|47|N|77|27|E}}) by {{Jsub|I-165||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}). Two gunners and twelve of her crew were killed.<ref name=StanA>{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/WWIStandardShipsA-K.htm#A |title=WWI Standard Built Ships A-K |publisher=Mariners |access-date=8 May 2011}}</ref> There were 71 survivors.<ref name=Merchant498>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=498 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Katvaldis|1907|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy ONS 122]]: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south east of [[Cape Farewell, Greenland]] ({{coord|48|55|N|35|10|W}}) by {{GS|U-605||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of three of her 43 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Stockport|1911|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).<ref name=Katvaldis>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2083.html |title=Katvaldis |publisher=Uboat |access-date=12 April 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|MV|Kinryu Maru||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: [[Battle of the Eastern Solomons]]: The transport ship was bombed and sunk {{convert|40|nmi|km}} north east of [[Santa Isabel Island]] ({{coord|07|47|S|160|13|E}}) by [[United States Navy]] aircraft. Survivors were rescued by {{Ship|Japanese destroyer|Mutsuki||2}}, {{Ship|Japanese destroyer|Yayoi|1925|2}}, {{Ship|Japanese patrol boat|PB-01||2}}, and {{Ship|Japanese patrol boat|PB-02||2}} (all {{navy|Empire of Japan}}). ''Kinryu Maru'' was scuttled with a torpedo launched by ''Mutsuki'' while the destroyer was sinking.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Kinryu_t.htm |title=Japanese Auxiliary Cruisers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=25 August 2013}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{Ship|Japanese destroyer|Mutsuki||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: Battle of the Eastern Solomons: The {{sclass|Mutsuki|destroyer}} was bombed and sunk {{convert|40|nmi|km}} north east of Santa Isabel Island ({{coord|07|47|S|160|13|E}}) by four [[Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress]] aircraft of the [[United States Army Air Force]] while assisting {{MV|Kinryu Maru||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}). She scuttled ''Kinryu Maru'' and was in turn scuttled by {{Ship|Japanese destroyer|Yayoi|1925|2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}). Forty-one of her crew were killed and eleven were wounded.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Mutsuk_t.htm |title=Long Lancers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=25 August 2013}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|Japanese gunboat|Senyo Maru||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The [[gunboat]] was torpedoed and sunk in the [[East China Sea]] off [[Formosa]] by {{USS|Growler|SS-215|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).<ref name=Growler>{{cite DANFS | title = Growler (SS-215)) | url = http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss215.txt | access-date = 28 December 2011 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Sheaf Mount|1924|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: Convoy ONS 122: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south east of Cape Farewell ({{coord|48|55|N|35|10|W}}) by {{GS|U-605||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 31 of her 51 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Stockport|1911|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).<ref name=SM>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2085.html |title=Sheaf Mount |publisher=Uboat |access-date=12 April 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Showa Maru|1920|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Celebes Sea]] by {{USS|Seawolf|SS-197|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).<ref name=Seawolf/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Stad Amsterdam||2}} 
|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}
|desc=World War II: Convoy WAT 15: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Caribbean Sea ({{coord|16|39|N|73|15|W}}) by {{GS|U-164|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of three of her 38 crew.<ref name=SA>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2084.html |title=Stad Amsterdam |publisher=Uboat |access-date=6 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Trolla|1923|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy ON 122]]: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|48|55|N|35|10|W}}) by {{GS|U-438||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of six of her 22 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HNoMS|Potentilla|K214|2}} ({{navy|Norway}}).<ref name=Trolla>{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/trolla.html |title=D/S Trolla |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=8 February 2012}}</ref><ref name=TrollaU438>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2081.html |title=Trolla |publisher=Uboat |access-date=25 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|German minelayer|Ulm||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[minelayer]] was shelled, torpedoed and sunk in the [[White Sea]] south east of [[Bear Island (Norway)|Bear Island]], and {{convert|210|nmi|km}} north of [[North Cape (Norway)|Nordkapp]], Norway by {{HMS|Marne|G44|6}}, {{HMS|Martin|G35|6}}, and {{HMS|Onslaught|G04|6}} (all {{naval|UK}}) with the loss of 132 of her crew. The Royal Navy destroyers rescued 60 survivors.<ref name=Rodman>{{cite DANFS | title = DD-456 | url = http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/destroy/dd456txt.htm | access-date = 14 January 2012 }}</ref><ref name=Merchant479>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=479 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Viking Star|1919|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|160|nmi|km}} south south west of [[Freetown]], Sierra Leone ({{coord|6|00|N|14|00|W}}) by {{GS|U-130|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of seven of her 61 crew.<ref name=VS>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2086.html |title=Viking Star |publisher=Uboat |access-date=28 February 2012}}</ref> 
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==26 August==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=26 August 1942 |sort=}}
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|ship={{SS|Beechwood|1940|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The [[cargo ship]] was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] south of [[Monrovia]], Liberia ({{coord|5|30|N|14|04|W}}) by {{GS|U-130|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of one of the 44 people aboard. Her captain was taken aboard ''U-130'' as a [[prisoner of war]]. The rest of the survivors were rescued by {{ship|RFA|Fortol}} ({{naval|UK|RFA}}).<ref name=Beechwood>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2090.html |title=Beechwood |publisher=Uboat |access-date=28 February 2012}}</ref> ''Beechwood'' was on a voyage from [[Haifa]], [[Mandatory Palestine|Palestine]] to [[Lourenço Marques]], Mozambique.<ref name=Empire84>{{cite book |last2=Sawyer |first2=LA |last1=Mitchell |first1=WH |year= 1990 |title=The Empire Ships |place=London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong |publisher=Lloyd's of London Press Ltd |isbn=1-85044-275-4 |edition=Second |page=84 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|Soviet guard ship|Deznev||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}
|desc=World War II: [[Battle of Dikson]]: The [[guard ship]] was shelled and damaged at [[Dikson Island]] by {{ship|German cruiser|Admiral Scheer||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). She was beached to prevent sinking.<ref name="ReferenceB"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=53532&sid=278e43a1141022593259496232c31827 |title=Red Fleet,Baltic Sea |publisher=soviet Empire |access-date=11 August 2017}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Empire Kumari||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy LW 38]]: The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the [[Mediterranean Sea]] ({{coord|31|58|N|34|21|E}}) by {{GS|U-375||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of three of her 92 crew. She was beached at [[Haifa]], [[Mandatory Palestine|Palestine]] but subsequently sank. The wreck was scrapped in June 1952.<ref name=Empire438>{{cite book |last2=Sawyer |first2=LA |last1=Mitchell |first1=WH |year= 1990 |title=The Empire Ships |place=London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong |publisher=Lloyd's of London Press Ltd |isbn=1-85044-275-4 |edition=Second |page=438 }}</ref><ref name=EK>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2091.html |title=Empire Kumari |publisher=Uboat |access-date=19 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{MV|Nankai Maru|1933|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II, [[Battle of Milne Bay]]: [[Royal Australian Air Force]] aircraft sank the [[Transport ship]] at the eastern end of [[Milne Bay]], at the eastern end of [[New Guinea]], with several hundred [[Imperial Japanese Army]] [[infantry]]men aboard. About 300 of the infantrymen were killed.<ref name=diamondww2history>Diamond, Jon, "Fighting Back in Papua New Guinea," ''WW2 History'', April 2018, pp. 57-58.</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|Soviet submarine|Shch-208||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Soviet Union|1935}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Shchuka|submarine|2}} was sunk by a [[naval mine|mine]] of a flaking barrage, probably laid by the minelayers {{ship|NMS|Amiral Murgescu}} and {{ship|NMS|Dacia|}} (both {{navy|Kingdom of Romania}}).<ref>Mikhail Monakov, Jurgen Rohwer, ''Stalin's Ocean-going Fleet: Soviet Naval Strategy and Shipbuilding Programs 1935-1953'', p. 266</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|German submarine chaser|UJ-1216 Star XXI||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The auxiliary [[submarine chaser]] was sunk near the Vikalla reef in the [[Gulf of Finland]] by {{ship|Soviet motor torpedo boat|TK-152||2}} ({{navy|Soviet Union}}) with the loss of 22 lives.<ref name=seekrieg194208/><ref name=Pinguin2>{{cite web| url=http://www.warsailors.com/raidervictims/pinguin2.html |title=Norwegian Victims of Pinguin, Capture of the Norwegian Whaling Fleet, Jan. 14, 1941 |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=5 May 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=https://sergiovillaggio.livejournal.com/178833.html |title=UJ-1216 |publisher=sergiovillaggio.livejournal.com |access-date=14 January 2020}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Teinshun Maru||2}} 
|flag={{Flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Formosa Straits]], [[East China Sea]], about {{convert|100|nmi}} north north west of [[Keelung]], [[Formosa]] ({{coord|26|53|N|121|23|E}}) by {{USS|Haddock|SS-231|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).<ref name=Haddock>{{cite DANFS | title = Haddock (SS-231) | url = http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss231.txt | access-date = 28 December 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Teishun_t.htm |title=Ex-French vessels in Japanese service |publisher=combinedfleet.com |access-date=4 March 2023}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|RFA|Thelma}} 
|flag={{naval|UK|RFA}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed, shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|13|20|N|58|10|W}}) by {{GS|U-162|1941|2}} with the loss of two of the 33 people aboard. Survivors were rescued by a [[Royal Navy]] ship.<ref name=Thelma>{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/thelma.html |title=D/S Thelma |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=8 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Thelma |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2092.html |website=uboat.net |access-date=16 August 2021}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Seven unnamed vessels
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II, [[Battle of Milne Bay]]: [[Royal Australian Air Force]] aircraft forced the seven [[Landing craft|landing barges]] to strand themselves on the coast of [[Goodenough Island]] in the [[D'Entrecasteaux Islands]] off the eastern end of [[New Guinea]]. About 350 Japanese personnel aboard the barges were left stranded on Goodenough Island.<ref name=diamondww2history/>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==27 August==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=27 August 1942 |sort=}}
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|ship={{SS|Chatham|1936|2}} 
|flag={{Flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: [[Convoys SG-6/LN-6|Convoy SG 6F]]: The [[passenger ship]] was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk in the [[Belle Isle Strait]] ({{coord|51|53|N|55|48|W}}) by {{GS|U-517||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of seven passengers and seven of her crew of the 562 people aboard. Survivors were rescued by {{USS|Bernadou|D-153|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}), {{USCGC|Mojave|WPG-47|6}} ([[File:Ensign of the United States Coast Guard (1915–1953).png|22px]] [[United States Coast Guard]]) and {{HMCS|Trail|K174|6}} ({{naval|Canada|1911}}) or reached shore in their [[lifeboat (shipboard)|lifeboats]].<ref name=Chatham>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2093.html |title=Chatham |publisher=Uboat |access-date=1 April 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Clan Macwhirter|1918|2}} 
|flag={{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy SL 119]]: The [[cargo ship]] was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] west of [[Gibraltar]] ({{coord|35|45|N|18|45|W}}) by {{GS|U-156|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of eleven of her 86 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{ship|Portuguese sloop|Pedro Nunes|A528|2}} ({{naval|Portugal}}).
}}
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|ship={{ship|German auxiliary minelayer|Cobra||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The auxiliary [[minelayer]] was sunk at [[Schiedam]], [[South Holland]], Netherlands, by aircraft.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=1142 |title=Minelayers, requisitioned German |website=warshipsww2.eu |access-date=2 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808053139/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=1142 |archive-date=8 August 2014 |url-status=usurped }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Deilpi||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off [[Cape Spada]], [[Crete]], [[Hellenic State (1941–44)|Greece]], by [[Royal Air Force]] aircraft.<ref name=seekrieg194208/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Else|1900|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Denmark}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a [[naval mine|mine]] and sank in the [[Kattegat]] off [[Samsø]].<ref name=seekrieg194208/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Esso Aruba|1931|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy TAW 15]]: The [[tank ship|tanker]] was torpedoed and damaged in the [[Caribbean Sea]] {{convert|120|nmi|km}} south of [[Guantánamo Bay]], Cuba ({{coord|18|09|N|74|38|W}}) by {{GS|U-511||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). She was beached the next day at Guantánamo Bay. She was later repaired, returned to service in February 1943.<ref name=EA>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2095.html |title=Essp Aruba |publisher=Uboat |access-date=31 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Istria|1921|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Spada ({{coord|33|33|N|23|41|E}}) by Royal Air Force aircraft.<ref name=seekrieg194208/><ref name=Jordan533>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=533 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{Mv|Manfredo Campiero|1925|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea, west of the Antikithera Channel ({{coord|35|41|N|23|01|E}}) by {{HMS|Umbra|P35|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3545.html|title=HMS Umbra (P 35) of the Royal Navy - British Submarine of the U class - Allied Warships of WWII - uboat.net}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Paolina|1911|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Mediterranean Sea {{convert|6|nmi|km}} off [[Cape Bon]], [[French Algeria|Algeria]].<ref name=seekrieg194208/><ref name=Jordan534/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Raeter|1900|2}} 
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=The [[coastal trading vessel|coaster]] ran aground at [[Hustadvika]], Norway. Salvage attempts were abandoned on 3 September and she was declared a [[total loss]].<ref name=HomeP>{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/homefleet/shipsp.html |title=Norwegian Homefleet - WW II, Ships starting with P |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=10 February 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MV|Rotterdam|1925|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}
|desc=World War II: Convoy TAW 15: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Caribbean Sea {{convert|120|nmi|km}} south of Guantánamo Bay ({{coord|18|09|N|74|38|W}}) by {{GS|U-511||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of ten of her 47 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{USS|SC-522}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).<ref name=Rotterdam>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2096.html |title=Rotterdam |publisher=Uboat |access-date=31 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship=[[German trawler V 208 R. Walther Darré|V 208 ''R. Walther Darré'']]
|flag={{Navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The ''[[Vorpostenboot]]'' was sunk at [[Dieppe]], [[Seine-Inférieure]], France by Allied aircraft. She was refloated, repaired and returned to service.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gröner |first1=Erich |title=Die deutschen Kriegsschiffe 1815-1945 |volume=8/I: Flußfahrzeuge, Ujäger, Vorpostenboote, Hilfsminensucher, Küstenschutzverbände (Teil 1) |date=1993 |publisher=Bernard & Graefe |location=Koblenz |isbn=3-7637-4807-5 |language=de |page=212}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|San Fabian|1922|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: Convoy TAW 15: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Caribbean Sea {{convert|120|nmi|km}} south south east of Guantánamo Bay ({{coord|18|09|N|74|38|W}}) by {{GS|U-511||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 26 of her 59 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{USS|Lea|DD-118|6}} and {{USS|PC-38}} (both {{navy|USA|1912}}).<ref name=SF>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2098.html |title=San Fabian |publisher=Uboat |access-date=31 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Tokai Maru|1930|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo liner (8,365 GRT) was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Pacific Ocean]] off [[Guam]] by {{USS|Snapper|SS-185|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).<ref name=Snapper>{{cite DANFS | title = Snapper | url = http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss185.txt | access-date = 30 December 2011 }}</ref> 
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==28 August==
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|ship={{SS|Arlyn|1919|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: [[Convoy SG 6]]: The [[cargo ship]] straggled behind the convoy. She was [[torpedo]]ed and damaged in the [[Belle Isle Strait]] ({{coord|51|44|N|55|40|W}}) by {{GS|U-165|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of twelve of her 54 crew. She was abandoned by the survivors, who were rescued by {{SS|Harjurand|1919|2}} ({{flag|Panama}}) or reached land in their [[lifeboat (shipboard)|lifeboat]]. ''Arlyn'' was sunk later that day by {{GS|U-517||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}).<ref name=Arlyn>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2099.html |title=Arlyn |publisher=Uboat |access-date=6 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{Ship|Japanese destroyer|Asagiri|1929|2}} 
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Fubuki|destroyer}} was bombed and sunk near of [[Santa Isabel Island]] ({{coord|08|00|S|160|10|E}}) by [[Douglas SBD Dauntless]] aircraft of the [[United States Marine Corps]] from Henderson Field. Sixty troops and 62 of her crew were killed; 135 troops and 135 crew were rescued by {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Amagiri|1930|2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Asagir_t.htm |title=Long Lancers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=28 August 2013}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|City of Cardiff|1918|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy SL 119]]: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] north west of [[Lisbon]], Portugal ({{coord|40|20|N|16|02|W}}) by {{GS|U-566||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 21 of her 84 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Rochester|L50|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).<ref name=CoC>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2100.html |title=City of Cardiff |publisher=Uboat |access-date=9 April 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Laramie|1921|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=World War II: The [[tank ship|tanker]] was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean by {{GS|U-165|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). She was then torpedoed and sunk by {{GS|U-517||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}).<ref name=seekrieg194208/>
}}
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|ship={{ship|ST|Smardan||2}} 
|flag={{flag|Kingdom of Romania}}
|desc=World War II: The [[tugboat|tug]] was sunk by a [[naval mine|mine]] in the [[Danube|Danube Estuary]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=53917 |title=FR 1 class river minesweepers,Germany |publisher=SovietEmpire |access-date=23 December 2019 |archive-date=27 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127172424/http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=53917 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{Ship|Japanese transport|Tokyo Maru||2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=The ''Canberra Maru''-class auxiliary transport ran aground off [[Yanagijima]]. She was refloated late on 29 August.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Tokyo_t.htm |title=Japanese Transports |publisher=combinedfleet.com |access-date=7 January 2023}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{GS|U-94|1940|2}} 
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[German Type VII submarine|Type VIIC submarine]] was [[depth charge]]d, rammed and sunk in the [[Caribbean Sea]] ({{coord|17|40|N|74|30|W}} by a [[Consolidated PBY Catalina]] aircraft of the [[United States Navy]] and by {{HMCS|Oakville|K178|6}} ({{naval|Canada|1911}}) with the loss of nineteen of her 45 crew.
}}
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|ship={{SS|Zuiderkerk|1922|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}
|desc=World War II: Convoy SL 119: The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean north west of Lisbon ({{coord|40|20|N|16|02|W}}) by {{GS|U-566||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). The ship was scuttled the next day by {{HMS|Erne|U03|6}}, whilst {{HMS|Leith|L36|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}) rescued her 68 crew.<ref name=Zuiderkerk>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2103.html |title=Zuiderkerk |publisher=Uboat |access-date=9 April 2012}}</ref> 
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==29 August==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=29 August 1942 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|Eridge|L68|6}} 
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=[[File:HMS Eridge Brought Safely Back To Harbour. 29 August 1942, Alexandria Harbour. the British Hunt Class Destroyer As She Was Towed Back To Harbour After Being Torpedoed by a German E-boat. A13534.jpg|thumb|HMS ''Eridge'' at harbour after being torpedoed, Alexandria, 29 August 1942]]
[[World War II]]: The {{sclass2|Hunt|destroyer}} was [[torpedo]]ed and severely damaged in the [[Mediterranean Sea]] off [[RAF El Daba|El Daba]], Egypt by {{ship|Italian torpedo boat|MTSM-228||2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}). She was towed to [[Alexandria]] by {{HMS|Aldenham|L22|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) where she was declared a [[constructive total loss]]. HMS ''Eridge'' served as a [[depot ship]] for the rest of the war and was scrapped in 1946.
}}
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|ship={{Jsub|I-123||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|I-121|submarine}} was [[depth charge]]d and sunk in the [[Solomon Sea]] ({{coord|09|21|S|160|43|E}}) by {{USS|Gamble|DD-123|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Lost with all 71 hands.<ref name=Gamble>{{cite DANFS |title=DD-123 | url = http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/destroy/dd123txt.htm |access-date=15 January 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|John Cadwalader|1926|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The [[coastal trading vessel|coaster]] was destroyed by fire at [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]], United States.<ref>{{cite book |last=House Committee on Merchant Marine & Fisheries |year=1947 |title=Control of Merchant Ships: Hearings |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |page=31 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fvsf8JIb1WoC&pg=PA31 |access-date=24 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Willoughby |first=Malcolm Francis |year=1957 |title=The U.S. Coast Guard in World War II |location=Annapolis, Maryland |publisher=United States Naval Institute |isbn=978-1-59114-606-3 |lccn=57009314 |page=69 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3GIgDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA69 |access-date=24 November 2020}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Malaita|1933|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Australia|civil}}
|desc=World War II: [[Battle of Milne Bay]]: The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged by {{Jsub|Ro-33||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}). ''Malaita'' was later scuttled by {{HMAS|Arunta|I30|6}} ({{naval|Australia|1913}}).<ref name=seekrieg194208/>
}}
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|ship={{Jsub|Ro-33||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: [[Battle of Milne Bay]]: The [[Kaichū type submarine#Kaichū VI (Ro-33 class)|''Ro-33''-class]] [[submarine]] was depth charged and sunk in the [[Coral Sea]] {{convert|10|nmi|km}} south east of [[Port Moresby]], Papua New Guinea ({{coord|09|36|S|147|06|E}}) by {{HMAS|Arunta|I30|6}} ({{naval|Australia|1913}}). Lost with all 70 hands.<ref name="Imperial Submarines"/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Topa Topa|1920|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|350|nmi|km}} north of [[Cayenne, French Guiana]] ({{coord|10|16|N|51|30|W}}) by {{GS|U-66|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 25 of the 60 people aboard. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Clan Macinnes|1920|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).<ref name=TT>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2104.html |title=Topa Topa |publisher=Uboat |date=16 February 2011}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==30 August==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=30 August 1942 |sort=}}
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|ship={{USS|Casco|AVP-12|6}} 
|flag={{navy|USA|1912}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The {{sclass|Barnegat|seaplane tender}} was [[torpedo]]ed and damaged in [[Nazan Bay]] by {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-61||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}) with the loss of five of her crew. She was beached, but was refloated on 12 September. Subsequently repaired and returned to service.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{USS|Colhoun|DD-85|6}} 
|flag={{navy|USA|1912}}
|desc=World War II: The [[high speed transport]], a former {{sclass|Wickes|destroyer}}, was bombed and sunk in the [[Pacific Ocean]] near [[Guadalcanal]], [[Solomon Islands]] ({{coord|9|24|S|160|01|E}}) by [[empire of Japan|Japanese]] aircraft with the loss of 51 of her 100 crew.
}}
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|ship={{SS|Jack Carnes|1942|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=World War II: The [[tank ship|tanker]] was torpedoed and damaged in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] ({{coord|45|35|N|28|02|W}}) by {{GS|U-705||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). She was torpedoed and sunk the next day ({{coord|41|35|N|29|01|W}}) by {{GS|U-516||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with no loss during the sinking. Survivors sail off in two [[lifeboat (shipboard)|lifeboats]], one with four gunners and 24 of her crew reached the [[Azores]] on 5 September. The other lifeboat, containing ten gunners and 28 of her crew, is never seen again.<ref name=JC>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2113.html |title=Jack Carnes |publisher=Uboat |access-date=1 April 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Jan Tomp|1903|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Soviet Union}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Black Sea off [[Sochi]] by {{ship|German schnellboot|S 28||2}} and {{ship|German schnellboot|S 102||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of five of her 42 crew.<ref name="shipsnostalgia.com"/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Monstella|1918|2}} 
|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed by {{HMS|Rorqual|N74|2}} ({{naval|United Kingdom}}) and beached at [[Corfu]], [[Hellenic State (1941–44)|Greece]].<ref>{{csr|register=MSI|id=1142400|shipname=Monstella |access-date=2 December 2012}}</ref> She subsequently became a [[target ship]]. She was refloated in 1947 and scrapped in 1948.<ref name=Jordan534>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=534 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Nichiryo Maru''
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: Thecargo ship was sunk in the [[Bering Sea]] approximately {{convert|140|nmi|km}} west north west of [[Attu Island]], [[Territory of Alaska]], by American aircraft.<ref name=alaskashipwrecksn>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-n/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (N)]</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Sanandrea|1908|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship (5,077 GRT) was bombed and sunk at [[Santa Maria di Leuca]] by [[Royal Air Force]] aircraft.<ref name=seekrieg194208/>
}}
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|ship={{MV|Sir Huon|1928|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Panama}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|10|52|N|54|00|W}}) by {{GS|U-66|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 46 crew were rescued by {{SS|Tambour||2}} ({{flag|Panama}}) and {{SS|13 de Diciembre|1935|2}} ({{flag|Argentina|civil}}).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/10969 |title=Sir Huon |author=Maritime Administration |work=Ship History Database Vessel Status Card |publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration |accessdate=21 September 2021}}</ref><ref name=SH>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2106.html |title=Sir Huon |publisher=Uboat |date=16 February 2011}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Star of Oregon||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=World War II: The [[Liberty ship]] was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Caribbean Sea]] off [[Trinidad]] ({{coord|11|48|N|59|45|W}}) by {{GS|U-162|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of one of her 53 crew. Survivors were rescued by a [[United States Navy]] [[patrol boat]].<ref name=LibSe>{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsSe.html |title=Liberty Ships - Se |publisher=Mariners |access-date=6 January 2012}}</ref><ref name=SoO>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2107.html |title=Star of Oregon |publisher=Uboat |access-date=6 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|RFA|Vardaas}} 
|flag={{naval|UK|RFA}}
|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed, shelled and sunk in the [[Caribbean Sea]] north east of [[Tobago]] ({{Coord|11|35|N|60|40|W}}) by {{GS|U-564||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}).<ref name=Vardaas>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2108.html |title=Vardaas |publisher=Uboat |access-date=8 April 2012}}</ref> Her 41 crew survived.<ref name=Jordan566>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=566 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|West Lashaway||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=World War II: The [[Design 1013 ship]] was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|10|30|N|55|10|W}}) by {{GS|U-66|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of four passengers, eight gunners and 26 of her crew killed in the sinking or who died during the ordeal after the sinking. Most survivors, a woman and four children who were passengers, a gunner and eleven of her crew, were rescued by {{HMS|Vimy|D33|6}} ({{naval|United Kingdom}}) on 18 September. A crew member was rescued by a [[West Indies]] [[fishing boat]] on 24 September.<ref name=WL>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2105.html |title=West Lashaway |publisher=Uboat |date=16 February 2011}}</ref> 
}}
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|ship={{ship|Soviet submarine chaser|No. 059||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}
|desc=The ''MO-4''-class [[submarine chaser]] was sunk on this date.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==31 August==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=31 August 1942 |sort=}}
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|ship={{MV|Bronxville|1929|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: [[Convoy SC 97]]: The [[cargo ship]] was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] ({{coord|57|13|N|33|40|W}}) by {{GS|U-609||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 39 crew were rescued by {{SS|Perth|1915|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).<ref name=Bronxville>{{cite web|url= http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/bronxville.html |title= M/S Bronxville |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=9 January 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Capira|1920|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Panama}}
|desc=World War II: Convoy SC 97: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|57|13|N|33|40|W}}) by {{GS|U-609||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of five of her 54 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMCS|Drumheller|K167|6}} ({{naval|Canada|1911}}) and {{SS|Perth|1915|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).<ref name=Capira>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2111.html |title=Capira |publisher=Uboat |access-date=13 April 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Ducca Degli Abruzzi||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The [[tank ship|tanker]] was damaged off [[Cape Spada]], [[Crete]], [[Hellenic State (1941–44)|Greece]] by [[Royal Air Force]] aircraft and was beached the next day.<ref name=seekrieg194208/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Eihuku Maru|1918|2}} <!--Not Eifuku Maru, cross-checked with Lloyd's Register-->
|flag={{Flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the [[South China Sea]] off [[Formosa]] ({{Coord|25|43|N|122|38|E}}) by {{USS|Growler|SS-215|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).<ref name=Growler/><ref name=Jordan541>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=541 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Jennie''
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=The [[fishing vessel]] sank north of [[Port Alice, Alaska|Port Alice]] ({{coord|55.8264|N|133.6028|W|name=Port Alice}}) on [[Heceta Island]] in the [[Alexander Archipelago]], [[Territory of Alaska]].<ref name=alaskashipwrecksj>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-j/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (J)]</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Picci Fassio||2}} 
|flag={{Flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The tanker was sunk of Cape Spada by Royal Air Force aircraft.<ref name=seekrieg194208/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{Jsub|Ro-61||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The [[Japanese Type L submarine]] was [[depth charge]]d and damaged by two [[Consolidated PBY Catalina]] [[flying boat]]s from [[VP-42|Patrol Squadron 42 (VP-42)]] and [[VP-43|Patrol Squadron 43 (VP-43)]] (both {{navy|USA|1912}}), then depth-charged, shelled and sunk in the [[Bering Sea]] {{convert|5|mi|spell=in}} north of [[Cape Shaw]] ({{coord|52|07|N|174|30|W|name=Cape Shaw}}) on [[Atka Island]] in the [[Aleutian Islands]], Territory of Alaska ({{coord|52|36|N|173|57|W}}) by {{USS|Reid|DD-369|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Sixty of her crew were killed, including her [[commanding officer]]. Five crewmen were rescued by USS ''Reid''.<ref name=Reid>{{cite DANFS | title = DD-369 | url = http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/destroy/dd369txt.htm | access-date = 18 January 2011 }}</ref><ref name=alaskashipwrecksr>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-r/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (R)]</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Winamac|1926|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|10|36|N|54|34|W}}) by {{GS|U-66|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 30 of her 51 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{MV|Empire Lugard||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).<ref name=Winamac>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2112.html |title=Winamac |publisher=Uboat |date=16 February 2011}}</ref> 
}}
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==Unknown date==
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|ship={{HMS|LCM 23}}
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=The [[landing craft mechanized|Landing Craft, Mechanized]],was lost.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|LCM 24}}
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=The Landing Craft, Mechanized was lost.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|LCM 34}}
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=The Landing Craft, Mechanized was lost.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|LCM 45}}
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=The Landing Craft, Mechanized was lost.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|LCM 510}}
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=The Landing Craft, Mechanized was lost.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|LCM 516}}
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=The Landing Craft, Mechanized was lost.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|LCP(R) 1008}}
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=The [[Landing Craft Personnel (Ramped)]] was lost.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}
}}
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|ship={{ship|Soviet submarine|M-173||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}
|desc=The [[Soviet M-class submarine|M-class]] [[submarine]] was lost off the coast of [[Norway]] sometime between 6 and 18 August.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/4987.html |title=M-173 of the Soviet Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=1 August 2013}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Italian submarine|Morosini||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}
|desc=The {{sclass|Marcello|submarine}} was lost to unknown causes in late August in the [[Bay of Biscay]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.history.navy.mil/library/online/sublosses/sublosses_italian.htm |title=Italian Casualties |publisher=History.Navy.Mil |access-date=5 August 2013}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-578||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=The [[German Type VII submarine|Type VIIC submarine]] was lost on patrol in the [[Bay of Biscay]] on or after 6 August with the loss of all 40 crew. Cause unknown.<ref name=U578>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u578.htm |title=U-578 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=9 April 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''163'' 
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The [[auxiliary ship]] was sunk by gunfire in the [[Pacific Ocean]] by {{USS|Pompano|SS-181|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) sometime after 23 August.<ref name=Pompano>{{cite DANFS |title=Pompano |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss181.txt |access-date=30 December 2011}}</ref>
}}
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{shipevents|1942}}
{{WWII shipwrecks}}

[[Category:Lists of shipwrecks by year|1942-08]]
[[Category:Maritime incidents in August 1942| ]]