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The '''list of shipwrecks in May 1943''' includes [[ship]]s sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during [[May 1943]].
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==1 May==
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|ship={{SS|Adelfotis||2}}
|flag={{flagicon|Greece}} [[Hellenic State (1941–44)|Greece]] <!--30 Apr 41 to 12 Oct 44-->
|desc=[[World War II]]: The cargo ship (5,838 GRT, 1917) was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] ({{coord|3|32|S|21|33|W}}) by {{GS|U-182||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of one of her 39 crew. Her captain was taken aboard ''U-182'' as a [[prisoner of war]].<ref name=Adelfotis>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2894.html |title=Adelfotis |publisher=Uboat |access-date=8 March 2012}}</ref>
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|ship={{MV|British Trust||2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy MW 27]]: The [[Tanker (ship)|tanker]] (8,466 GRT, 1939) was hit by a torpedo from a [[Heinkel He 111]] of [[Kampfgeschwader 26]] at approx. 20:00 hrs, her port side was opened for a third of her length and her cargo of oil caught fire. She listed heavily and sank within three minutes with the loss of 10 of her 69 crew, {{convert|30|nmi|km}} north north west of [[Benghazi]], [[Italian Libya|Libya]] ({{coord|32|40|N|19|53|E}}).<ref name=PEM>{{Cite web|url=http://samilitaryhistory.org/vol085nc.html|title=THE ERINPURA: BASOTHO TRAGEDY - South African Military History Society - Journal|website=samilitaryhistory.org}}</ref><ref name=Merchant490>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=490 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
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|ship={{SS|City of Singapore||2}}
|flag={{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy TS 37]]: The cargo ship (6,555 GRT, 1923) was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|75|nmi|km}} south west of [[Freetown]], Sierra Leone ({{Coord|7|55|N|14|16|W}}) by {{GS|U-515||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). All 97 crew were rescued by {{HMT|Arran|T06|6}} and {{HMT|Birdlip|T218|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}).<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2895.html |title=City of Singapore |publisher=Uboat |access-date=1 April 2012}}</ref> Her 97 crew survived.<ref>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=492 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref><!-- note that Jordan has an incorrect date - 1 Jan - for her loss-->
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|ship={{SS|Clan Macpherson|1929|2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy TS 37]]: The cargo ship (6,940 GRT, 1929) was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|75|nmi|km}} south west of Freetown ({{coord|7|58|N|14|14|W}}) by {{GS|U-515||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of four of her 140 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMT|Arran|T06|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2896.html |title=Clan Macpherson |publisher=Uboat |access-date=1 April 2012}}</ref>
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|ship=''Crusader''
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=The 101-[[gross register ton]], {{convert|73.4|ft|m|1|adj=on}} [[fishing vessel]] sank in the [[Shumagin Islands]] in the [[Territory of Alaska]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-c/|title=Alaska Shipwrecks (C) – Alaska Shipwrecks|website=alaskashipwreck.com}}</ref>
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|ship={{SS|Erinpura||2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy MW 27]]: The [[troopship]] (5,128 GRT, 1911) was hit by a bomb in her forward hatch or deck by aircraft from Kampfgeschwader 26 at approximately 20:15 hrs {{convert|30|nmi|km}} north north west of Benghazi ({{coord|32|40|N|19|53|E}}), and sank within four minutes with the loss of 942 lives (114 crew, 5 gunners and 822 troops).<ref name=PEM/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://samilitaryhistory.org/vol085nc.html |title=Erinpura |publisher=samilitaryhistory.org |access-date=23 May 2022}}</ref>
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|ship={{ship|Japanese gunboat|Keishin Maru||2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The ''Keishin Maru''-class auxiliary [[gunboat]] was sunk in the [[Pacific Ocean]] about {{convert|5|nmi|spell=in}} from [[Shioyazaki]], [[Fukushima prefecture]], Japan ({{coord|37|04|N|140|06|E}}) by {{USS|Pogy|SS-266|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) with the loss of one crewman.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Keishin_t.htm |title=Keishin Maru |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=7 January 2020}}</ref>
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|ship={{MV|Mokambo||2}}
|flag={{Flag|Belgium}}
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy TS 37]]: The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|75|nmi|km}} south west of Freetown ({{coord|7|58|N|14|14|W}}) by {{GS|U-515||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). She was taken in tow by {{HMS|Aimwell|W113|6}} and {{HMS|Oriana|W117|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}) but capsized and sank the next day at Freetown. All 57 crew survived.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/963.html |title=Mokambo |publisher=Uboat |access-date=1 April 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=The world's merchant fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=444 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
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|ship={{MV|Port Victor|1942|2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The [[reefer ship|refrigerated]] [[cargo liner]] (12,411 GRT, 1942) was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|47|49|N|22|02|W}}) by {{GS|U-107|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 19 of the 164 people aboard. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Wren|U28|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2897.html |title=Port Victor |publisher=Uboat |access-date=23 February 2012}}</ref>
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|ship=''Proletar''
|flag= {{flagicon image|Yugoslav Partisans flag (1942-1945).svg}} [[Yugoslav Partisans]]
|desc=World War II: The armed launch was captured by {{ship|Italian ship|NAP-24||2}} and  {{ship|Italian launch|MB-9||2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}), but she sank from battle damage.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=48457 |title=Yugoslavian Partisan Navy in WWII-Adriatic Sea (updated2021) |publisher=Soviet-Empire |access-date=4 September 2022 |archive-date=5 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220905002314/http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=48457 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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|ship={{ship|Soviet submarine|ShCh-323||2}}
|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Shchuka|submarine}} was sunk by a [[naval mine|mine]] in the [[Baltic Sea]] off [[Pawłowo, Sztum County|Petershof]] ({{coord|59|55|N|30|02|E}}) with the loss of 39 crew. There were 5 survivors. She was raised and scrapped in 1944.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/5070.html |title=ShCh-323 of the Soviet Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=1 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.deepstorm.ru/DeepStorm.files/17-45/sh%20X/Sh-323/Sh-323.htm |title=ShCh-323 |publisher=www.deepstorm.ru |access-date=2 May 2020}}</ref>
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|ship={{ship|German trawler|V 1241 Stangenwalde||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The ''[[Vorpostenboot]]'' was sunk in the North Sea off [[Terschelling]], [[Friesland]], Netherlands in a battle with {{ship|HMMGB|605}}, {{ship|HMMGB|606}}, {{ship|HMMGB|610}}, {{ship|HMMGB|612}}, {{ship|HMMTB|624}}, {{ship|HMMTB|630}} and {{ship|HMMTB|632}} (all {{naval|UK}}). 7 or 8 crew were killed or missing, and four other died of their wounds in the following days.<ref name=seekrieg194305>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/43-05.htm |title=Seekrieg 1943, Mai |access-date=22 June 2015 |last=Rohwer |first=Jürgen |author-link=Jürgen Rohwer |author2=Gerhard Hümmelchen |work=Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart |language=de }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/mtb-630-1st-may-1943.90485/ |title=V 1241 |publisher=ww2talk.com |access-date=1 May 2023}}</ref>
}}
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==2 May==
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|ship={{USCGC|CG-58012}}
|flag={{navy|USA|coast guard}}
|desc=The 58-foot [[patrol boat]] was sunk off the Mary Ann Rocks whistle buoy, [[Manomet, Massachusetts]] by an explosion in the engine room. All four crewmen survived.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USCG/VIII-LostCutters/ |title=The Coast Guard at War 8: Lost Cutters |publisher=Imbiblio |access-date=27 March 2013}}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Erna''
|flag={{flag|Denmark}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The coaster (81 GRT) struck a mine and sank in the Smaalandsfarvandet ({{coord|55|02|N|11|36|E}}). One of her three crew was killed.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sbib.dk/files/bibliotek/statistik/1943.pdf |title=Nordstrand |publisher=www.sbib.dk |access-date=23 May 2022}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|F 111 Sogliola|1924|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The auxiliary vessel was sunk by gunfire off Asinara Island, Italy by {{HMS|Safari|P211|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). There were six dead and 29 survivors.<ref name=seekrieg194305/><ref name=ItalianLosses>{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2014/02/cronologia-delle-perdite_14.html |title=Chronicle Italian Losses |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=7 May 2019}}</ref><ref name=Safari>{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3430.html |title=HMS Safari |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=7 May 2019}}</ref>
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|ship={{SS|Gneisenau|1935|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[ocean liner]] struck a [[naval mine|mine]] in the [[Baltic Sea]] ({{coord|54|38|00|N|12|25|01|E}}). She capsized and sank. The wreck was raised on 12 July 1950 and scrapped in Denmark.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?5480 |title=SS Gneisenau (+1943) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=22 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{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>
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|ship={{HMS|MTB 311}}
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=World War II: The [[Electric Launch Company|Elco]] 77' [[motor torpedo boat]] (30/54 t, 1942) was sunk in the [[Mediterranean Sea]] by a mine off [[Annaba|Bône]], [[French Algeria|Algeria]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/14050.html |title=HMS MTB 311 (MTB 311) |publisher=Uboat |access-date=2 May 2013}}</ref>
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|ship={{ship|Italian minesweeper|RD 12||2}}
|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|RD|minesweeper}} was sunk off [[Cape Bon]], [[French Tunisia|Tunisia]] by Allied aircraft. There were no casualties.<ref name=ClassRD>{{cite web |url=http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=779&tridit=lodenice&zobraz=A |title=Italian minesweeper class RD |publisher=Warshipsww2 |access-date=16 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140911001711/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=779&tridit=lodenice&zobraz=A |archive-date=11 September 2014 |url-status=usurped }}</ref><ref name=ItalianLosses/>
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|ship={{SS|Tamon Maru|1919|2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: Convoy No. 257: The transport was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Pacific Ocean]] ({{coord|27|18|N|121|38|E}}) by {{USS|Stingray|SS-186|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Eighty-one crewmen were killed.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.combinedfleet.com/Matsumoto_t.htm |title=Japanese Oilers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=2 May 2014}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|Finnish gunboat|Turunmaa||2}}
|flag={{navy|Finland}}
|desc=World War II: The [[gunboat]] was seriously damaged in an air raid south of [[Kotka]] and had to be beached. Crew casualties were one dead and nine wounded. The ship was immediately refloated and was fully repaired by 23 October 1943.<ref>{{cite book | last=Auvinen | first=Visa | title=Leijonalippu merellä | year=1983 | publisher=Satakunnan Kirjapaino Oy |location=Pori, Finland | language=Finnish | page=34 | isbn=951-95781-1-0}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{GS|U-465||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 [[Bay of Biscay]] north of [[Cape Finisterre]], Spain ({{Coord|44|48|N|8|58|W}}) by a [[Short Sunderland]] aircraft of [[No. 461 Squadron RAAF|461 Squadron]], [[Royal Australian Air Force]] with the loss of all 48 crew.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u465.htm |title=U-465 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=26 March 2012}}</ref> }}
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==3 May==
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|ship={{MV|Campobasso|1918|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The transport ship was shelled and sunk in the [[Mediterranean Sea]] off [[Kelibia]], [[French Tunisia|Tunisia]] by {{HMS|Nubian|F36|6}}, {{HMS|Paladin|G69|6}} and {{HMS|Petard|G56|6}} (all {{naval|UK}}). There were 73 dead and 30 survivors.<ref name=seekrieg194305/><ref name=ItalianLosses/><ref>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=457 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{USS|LCT-23}}
|flag={{navy|USA|1912}}
|desc=World War II: The [[Landing craft tank#Mark 5|LCT Mk 5]] was sunk at [[Algiers]], [[French Algeria|Algeria]] by an underwater explosion.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/19024.html |title=USS LCT 23 (LCT 23) |publisher=Uboat |access-date=3 May 2013}}</ref>
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|ship={{ship|Italian torpedo boat|Perseo|1935|2}}
|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Spica|torpedo boat|2}} was sunk east of [[Tunis]], [[French Tunisia|Tunisia]] by {{HMS|Nubian|F36|6}}, {{HMS|Paladin|G69|6}}, and {{HMS|Petard|G56|6}} (all {{naval|UK}}). 133 crew and passengers were killed. There were 83 survivors.<ref name=Spica>{{cite web |url=http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=365&tridit=lodenice&zobraz=A |title=Italian torpedo boat class Spica |publisher=Warshipsww2 |access-date=22 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140911061508/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=365&tridit=lodenice&zobraz=A |archive-date=11 September 2014 |url-status=usurped }}</ref><ref name=ItalianLosses/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2019/04/perseo.html |title=Perseo |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=7 May 2019}}</ref>
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==4 May==
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|ship={{SS|Aegir||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The cargo ship was sunk in the [[North Sea]] north of [[Juist]] by a mine laid by British aircraft.<ref name=seekrieg194305/><ref>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=465 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
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|ship={{ship|Russian schooner|Ilyich||2}}
|flag={{flag|Soviet Union}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The Soviet [[schooner]] was sunk in the [[Black Sea]] when holed by a dud torpedo from {{ship|German motor torpedo boat|S-102||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}).<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|Lorient|1921|2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy ONS 5]]: The cargo ship (4,737 GRT, 1921) straggled behind the convoy. She was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] south of [[Cape Farewell, Greenland]] ({{coord|54|04|N|44|18|W}}) by {{GS|U-125|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 43 crew.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2898.html |title=Lorient |publisher=Uboat |access-date=22 February 2012}}</ref>
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|ship=''Noku Maru''
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The [[fishing trawler|trawler]] was shelled and sunk in the [[Pacific Ocean]] by {{USS|Gudgeon|SS-211|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).<ref name=Gudgeon>{{cite DANFS |title=Gudgeon |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss211.txt |access-date=31 December 2011}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{USAT|Oneida}}
|flag={{army|USA|1912}}
|desc=World War II: The ship straggled behind her convoy and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|70|nmi|km}} north east of [[Cape Charles (headland)|Cape Charles]], [[Virginia]] ({{coord|31|24|N|75|20|W}}). Thirty-one people were rescued by {{USS|Andres|DE-45|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) but 31 others were lost.<ref>{{cite DANFS |title=Andres |url=http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/escorts/de45.htm |access-date=28 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.maritimequest.com/daily_event_archive/2012/05_may/04_usat_oneida.htm |title=Oneida |publisher=www.maritimequest.com |access-date=4 May 2021}}</ref><ref name=Jordan577>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=577 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{MV|Panam||2}}
|flag={{flag|Panama}}
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy NK 538]]: The [[tank ship|tanker]] straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of [[North Carolina]], United States (at {{coord|34|11|N|76|12|W}}), by {{GS|U-129|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of two of her 51 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{USS|SC-664}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2911.html |title=Panam |publisher=Uboat |access-date=28 February 2012}}</ref>
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|ship={{ship|Japanese tanker|San Clemente Maru||2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The ''San Clemente Maru''-class tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Pacific Ocean]] {{convert|50|nmi|km}} south east of [[Palau]] ({{coord|06|50|N|134|28|E}}) by {{USS|Seal|SS-183|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). One crewman was killed. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Hoei Maru|1922|2}} ({{army|Empire of Japan}}).<ref>{{cite DANFS |title=Seal |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss183.txt |access-date=30 December 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Toun_t.htm |title=Japanese Army Auxiliary Transports |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=29 November 2022}}</ref>
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|ship={{SS|Sizilien|1930|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[cargo ship]] was bombed and sunk off [[Terschelling]], [[Friesland]], Netherlands by [[Royal Air Force]] aircraft.<ref>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=478 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
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|ship={{SS|Spina Secondo||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The sailing vessel was sunk by gunfire off [[Kos]], [[Greece]] by {{HMS|Parthian|N75|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). The three crew survived the sinking.<ref name=ItalianLosses/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3400.html |title=HMS Parthian |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=7 May 2019}}</ref>
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|ship={{GS|U-109|1940|2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[German Type IX submarine|Type IXB submarine]] was [[depth charge]]d and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|47|22|N|22|40|W}}) by a [[Consolidated Liberator]] aircraft of [[No. 86 Squadron RAF|86 Squadron]], [[Royal Air Force]] with the loss of all 52 crew.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u109.htm |title=U-109 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 August 2022}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{GS|U-439||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=The [[German Type VII submarine|Type VIIC submarine]] collided with {{GS|U-659||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) and sank in the Atlantic Ocean west of [[Cape Ortegal]], Spain ({{coord|43|32|N|13|20|W}}) with the loss of nine of her 49 crew.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u439.html |title=U-439 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=25 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{GS|U-659||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=The [[German Type VII submarine|Type VIIC submarine]] collided with {{GS|U-439||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) in the Atlantic Ocean west of Cape Ortegal ({{coord|43|32|N|13|20|W}}) and sank with the loss of 44 of her 47 crew.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u659.htm |title=U-659 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=15 April 2012}}</ref> 
}}
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==5 May==
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|ship={{SS|Bonde|1936|2}}
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy ONS 5]]: The cargo ship (1,570 GRT, 1936) was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] ({{coord|53|28|N|44|20|W}}) by {{GS|U-266||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of fourteen of her 26 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Tay|K232|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/bonde.html |title= D/S Bonde |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=9 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2899.html |title=Bonde |publisher=Uboat |access-date=14 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship= {{ship||Bristol City|1919|2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy ONS 5]]: The cargo ship (2,864 GRT, 1919) was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south of [[Cape Farewell, Greenland]] ({{coord|54|00|N|43|55|W}}) by {{GS|U-358||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of fifteen of her 49 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Loosestrife}} ({{naval|UK}}).<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2900.html |title=Bristol City |publisher=Uboat |access-date=17 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Daifuku Maru||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship (3,194 GRT) was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Yellow Sea]] ({{coord|38|37|N|122|38|E}}) by {{USS|Snook|SS-279|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Five crew and 10 passengers were killed.<ref name=Snook>{{cite DANFS |title=Snook |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss279.txt |access-date=4 January 2012}}</ref><ref name=JapLosses>{{cite web |url=http://www.op316.com/word/senbotukisenlist.pdf |title=Japanese Losses |publisher=www.op316.com |access-date=5 May 2023}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MV|Dolius||2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy ONS 5]]: The cargo ship (5,507 GRT, 1924) was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean east of [[Belle Isle, Newfoundland and Labrador|Belle Isle]], [[Dominion of Newfoundland|Newfoundland]] ({{coord|54|00|N|43|35|W}}) by {{GS|U-638||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of four of her 70 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Sunflower|K41|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2908.html |title=Dolius |publisher=Uboat |access-date=14 April 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 353||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The Type A ''[[Marinefahrprahm]]'' was sunk by a bomb in [[La Goulette]], Tunisia.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/landungsfahrzeuge/marinefaehrprahm/ausgabe.php?where_value=813 |title=F 353 |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=22 April 2023}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Fingal|1923|2}}
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship (2,137 GRT, 1923) was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Pacific Ocean]] off [[Coffs Harbour]], [[New South Wales]], Australia ({{coord|30|35|S|153|29|E}}) by {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-180||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}) with the loss of twelve of her 31 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{USS|Patterson|DD-392|6}} ({{naval|USA|1912}}).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.warsailors.com/singleships/fingal.html |title=Fingal |publisher=www.warsailors.com |access-date=5 May 2023}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Gharinda||2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy ONS 5]]: The cargo ship (5,306 GRT, 1919) was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|53|10|N|44|40|W}}) by {{GS|U-266||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). All 92 crew were rescued by {{HMS|Tay|K232|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2907.html |title=Gharinda |publisher=Uboat |access-date=14 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Japanese gunboat|Hakkai Maru||2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The ''Hakkai Maru''-class auxiliary [[gunboat]] was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Ise-Wan, [[Honshu]] ({{coord|34|11|N|137|41|E}}) by {{USS|Sawfish|SS-276|6}} ({{naval|USA|1912}}). 121 troops and 3 crewmen were killed. 121 survivors were rescued by {{ship|Japanese torpedo boat|Manazuru|1933|2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}).<ref>{{cite DANFS |title= Sawfish |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss276.txt |access-date=4 January 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/TakachihoM_t.htm |title=Hakkai Maru |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=2 October 2019}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Harbury||2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy ONS 5]]: The cargo ship (5,081 GRT, 1933) straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed, shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|500|nmi|km}} south of [[Cape Farewell, Greenland]] ({{coord|55|01|N|42|59|W}}) by {{GS|U-628||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of seven of her 49 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMT|Northern Spray|FY129|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2904.html |title=Harbury |publisher=Uboat |access-date=14 April 2012}}</ref><ref>{{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>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Harperley||2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy ONS 5]]: The cargo ship (4,586 GRT, 1930) was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|55|00|N|42|58|W}}) by {{GS|U-264||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of ten of her 49 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMT|Northern Spray|FY129|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). ''Harperley'' later sank at {{coord|55|03|N|42|56|W}}.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2902.html |title=Harperley |publisher=Uboat |access-date=14 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Hartwelson||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=The 3,087-[[gross register ton]] [[cargo ship]] ran aground on Bantam Rock off the coast of [[Maine]] and sank nearby in waters up to {{convert|30|ft}} deep without loss of life, {{convert|8|nmi}} south of [[Boothbay Harbor, Maine|Boothbay Harbor]], [[Maine]], at {{coord|43|43|47|N|069|37|26|W|name=''Hartwelson''}}.<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://wreckhunter.net/DataPages/hartwelson-dat.htm |title=Hartwelson | publisher=Hunting New England Shipwrecks |access-date=9 February 2021 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Holmbury|1925|2}}
|flag={{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship (4,566 GRT, 1925) was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|170|nmi|km}} west of [[Cape Palmas]], Liberia ({{coord|4|30|N|10|20|W}}) by {{GS|U-123|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of two of her 46 crew. The captain was taken aboard ''U-123'' as a [[prisoner of war]], other survivors reached land in their [[lifeboat (shipboard)|lifeboats]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2901.html |title=Holmbury |publisher=Uboat |access-date=24 February 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Kinko Maru||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship (1,264 t) was torpedoed and sunk in the Yellow Sea by {{USS|Snook|SS-279|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). 16 crew and 1 passenger were killed.<ref name=Snook/><ref name=JapLosses/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MV|Kreml|1932|2}}
|flag={{flag|Soviet Union|1936}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged {{convert|22|nmi|km}} south of Cape Koder by {{GS|U-9|1935|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). She was declared at [[total loss]].<ref name=Jordan575>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=575 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Maria Pia||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by {{HMS|Tactician|P314|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). All 16 crew survived.<ref name=seekrieg194305/><ref name=ItalianLosses/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|North Britain|1940|2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy ONS 5]]: The cargo ship (4,635 GRT, 1940) straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|55|08|N|42|43|W}}) by {{GS|U-707||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 35 of her 46 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMT|Northern Spray|FY129|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). ''North Britain''was on a voyage from [[Glasgow]], [[Renfrewshire (historic)|Renfrewshire]] to [[Halifax, Nova Scotia]], [[Canada]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2903.html |title=North Britain |publisher=Uboat |access-date=16 April 2012}}</ref><ref>{{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=103 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Italian minesweeper|RD 23||2}}
|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|RD|minesweeper}} was sunk at [[La Goulette]], [[French Tunisia|Tunisia]] by Allied aircraft.<ref name=ClassRD/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Italian minesweeper|RD 42||2}}
|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|RD|minesweeper}} was sunk at [[La Goulette]], [[French Tunisia|Tunisia]] by Allied aircraft.<ref name=ClassRD/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Italian minesweeper|RD 44||2}}
|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|RD|minesweeper}} was sunk at [[Bizerte]], Tunisia by Allied aircraft.<ref name=ClassRD/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Italian minesweeper|RD 57||2}}
|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|RD|minesweeper}} was sunk at [[La Goulette]], [[French Tunisia|Tunisia]] by Allied aircraft.<ref name=ClassRD/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|San Antonio|1930|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk by Allied [[Consolidated B-24 Liberator]] aircraft off [[Cape St Vito]], Italy. An Italian escort rescued 52 men of the around 80 aboard.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=888 |title=San Antonio |publisher=The Yard |access-date=26 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2016/01/groppo.html |title=Groppo |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=7 May 2019}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Selvistan||2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy ONS 5]]: The cargo ship (5,136 GRT, 1924) was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|53|10|N|44|40|W}}) by {{GS|U-266||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of six of her 46 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Tay|K232|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2905.html |title=Selvistan |publisher=Uboat |access-date=14 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Sempre Avanti||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The sailing vessel was sunk by a mine in the Mediterranean Sea while sailing from [[Trapani]] to [[Pantelleria]]. The crew survived the sinking.<ref name=ItalianLosses/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aidmen.it/topic/202-motoveliero-sempre-avanti-551943/ |title=Sempre Avanti |date=21 August 2015 |publisher=www.aidmen.it |access-date=9 May 2019}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-638||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy ONS 5]]: The [[German Type VII submarine|Type VIIC submarine]] was [[depth charge]]d and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north east of [[Dominion of Newfoundland|Newfoundland]] ({{coord|54|12|N|44|05|W}}) by {{HMS|Sunflower|K41|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) with the loss of all 44 crew.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u638.htm |title=U-638 |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=14 April 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Italian submarine chaser|VAS 223||2}}
|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|VAS 201|submarine chaser}} was beached/wrecked between [[Palermo]], [[Sicily]] and Bizerte, Tunisia after being damaged by Allied aircraft.<ref name=VAS201>{{cite web |url=http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=1278&tridit=lodenice&zobraz=A |title=Italian submarine chaser class VAS 201 |publisher=Warshipsww2 |access-date=6 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140911065023/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=1278&tridit=lodenice&zobraz=A |archive-date=2014-09-11 |url-status=usurped }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Wentworth|1919|2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy ONS 5]]: The cargo ship (5,212 GRT, 1919) was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|53|59|N|43|55|W}}) with the loss of five of her 47 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Loosestrife}} ({{naval|UK}}), which scuttled the ship.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2906.html |title=Wentworth |publisher=Uboat |access-date=17 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|West Madaket||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy ONS 5]]: The [[Design 1013 ship|Design 1013 cargo ship]] straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south of [[Cape Farewell, Greenland]] ({{coord|54|47|N|44|12|W}}) by {{GS|U-584||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). All 61 crew were rescued by {{HMS|Pink|K137|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2910.html |title=West Madaket |publisher=Uboat |access-date=9 April 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|West Maximus||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy ONS 5]]: The [[Design 1013 ship|Design 1013 cargo ship]] was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|55|10|N|43|00|W}}) by {{GS|U-264||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of six of the 62 people aboard. Survivors were rescued by {{HMT|Northern Spray|FY129|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2909.html |title=West Maximus |publisher=Uboat |access-date=14 March 2012}}</ref> 
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==6 May==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=6 May 1943 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Amazone||2}}
|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The cargo ship was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] off [[Miami, Florida]], United States ({{coord|27|21|N|80|04|W}}) by {{GS|U-333||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 14 of her 25 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{USS|PC-484}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). (Look 06/05/1942)
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Italian minelayer|FR-60||2}}
|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}
|desc=World War II: The auxiliary [[minelayer]] was scuttled at Bizerte, Tunisia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.warshipsww2.eu/shipsplus.php?language=E&period=&id=116170|title=French Castor, Italian FR-60|publisher=Warshipsww2.eu|access-date=7 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508025441/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/shipsplus.php?language=E&period=&id=116170|archive-date=8 May 2014|url-status=usurped}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Italian minesweeper|FR-74|C 81|2}}
|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The auxiliary [[minesweeper]], a former {{sclass|SC-1|submarine chaser}}, was scuttled at Bizerte, Tunisia.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Italian minesweeper|FR-75 Madame de Pompei||2}}
|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The auxiliary [[minesweeper]] was scuttled at Bizerte, Tunisia.<ref name=seekrieg194305/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Italian minesweeper|FR-77 Ravigan||2}}
|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}
|desc=World War II: The auxiliary [[minesweeper]] was scuttled at Bizerte, Tunisia.<ref>{{csr|register=MSI|id=6106706 |shipname=Seeteufel |access-date=11 June 2016}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Italian minesweeper|FR-78 Heron I||2}}
|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The auxiliary [[minesweeper]] was scuttled at Bizerte, Tunisia.<ref name=seekrieg194305/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Italian minesweeper|FR-79 Pen Men||2}}
|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The auxiliary [[minesweeper]] was scuttled at Bizerte, Tunisia.<ref name=seekrieg194305/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=[[French submarine Torquoise|''FR 116'']]
|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Requin|submarine}} was scuttled at Bizerte.<ref name=ItSubFR>{{cite web |url=http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=540 |title=Italian submarines French |publisher=Warshipsww2.Eu |access-date=10 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150110211236/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=540 |archive-date=10 January 2015 |url-status=usurped }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=[[French submarine Circé (1925)|''FR 117'']]
|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Circé|submarine|||1925|2}} was scuttled at Bizerte.<ref name=ItSubFR/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Halsey||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off [[Jupiter Inlet, Florida]] ({{coord|27|14|N|80|03|W}}) by {{GS|U-333||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). All 32 crew were rescued by American fishing vessels.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1612.html |title=Halsey |publisher=Uboat |access-date=16 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German landing craft|I-O-32||2}}
|flag=[[Luftwaffe]]
|desc=World War II: The ''Siebelgefäß'' landing craft was bombed and sunk at [[Marsala]].<ref name=LuftFF>{{cite web |url=http://www.ww2.dk/articles/flot.htm|title=Luftwaffe-Fahrenflotillen|publisher=WW2.dk |access-date=12 May 2016}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German landing craft|I-O-64||2}}
|flag=[[Luftwaffe]]
|desc=World War II: The ''Siebelgefäß'' landing craft was probably bombed and sunk at [[Marsala]].<ref name=LuftFF/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Java Arrow||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=World War II: The [[tank ship|tanker]] was torpedoed and damaged {{convert|8|nmi|km}} off [[Vero Beach, Florida]] ({{coord|27|35|N|80|08|W}}) by {{GS|U-333||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of two of her 47 crew. Survivors abandoned ship, and were rescued by {{USS|PC-483}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). ''Java Arrow'' was later towed into [[Port Everglades, Florida]]. Subsequently repaired and returned to service in 1943 as ''Kerry Patch''.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1613.html |title=Java Arrow |publisher=Uboat |access-date=16 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Onda''
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=World War II: the fishing vessel was sunk by gunfire in the Mediterranean Sea off [[Asinara|Asinara Island]], Italy ({{coord|40|58|N|08|20|E}}) by {{HMS|Safari|P211|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). Seven of her nine crew were killed.<ref name=seekrieg194305/><ref name=ItalianLosses/><ref name=Safari/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German landing craft|PiLB 102||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The PiLB 39 Type personnel landing craft was damaged beyond repair by an air attack at [[Reggio Calabria]], Italy.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/landungsfahrzeuge/pionierlandungsboot/ausgabe.php?where_value=125 |title=PiLB 102 |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=22 April 2023}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German landing craft|PiLB 104||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The PiLB 39 Type personnel landing craft was damaged beyond repair by an air attack at [[Reggio Calabria]], Italy.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/landungsfahrzeuge/pionierlandungsboot/ausgabe.php?where_value=127 |title=PiLB 104 |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=22 April 2023}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German landing craft|PiLB 124||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The PiLB 39 Type personnel landing craft was damaged beyond repair by an air attack at [[Reggio Calabria]], Italy.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/landungsfahrzeuge/pionierlandungsboot/ausgabe.php?where_value=146 |title=PiLB 124 |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=22 April 2023}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German landing craft|PiLB 125||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=The PiLB 39 Type personnel landing craft was lost on this date.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Italian minesweeper|RD 18||2}}
|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|RD|minesweeper}} was sunk off [[Cape Zebib]], Tunisia by Allied aircraft.<ref name=ClassRD/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Saint Sauveur|1933|2}}
|flag={{flagicon|France}} [[Vichy France]]
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk by Allied aircraft off [[Reggio di Calabria]], Italy. She was salvaged in September, repaired and entered Italian service in 1944 as ''Capo Faro''.<ref>{{cite book |title=The world's merchant fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=449 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German siebel ferry|SF 168||2}}
|flag=[[Luftwaffe]]
|desc=World War II: The [[Siebel ferry]] was bombed and sunk off [[Marsala]].
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German siebel ferry|SF 195||2}}
|flag=[[Luftwaffe]]
|desc=World War II: The [[Siebel ferry]] was bombed and sunk off [[Marsala]].<ref name=LuftFF/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German siebel ferry|SF 201||2}}
|flag=[[Luftwaffe]]
|desc=World War II: The [[Siebel ferry]] was bombed and sunk off [[Marsala]].<ref name=LuftFF/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German siebel ferry|SF 202||2}}
|flag=[[Luftwaffe]]
|desc=World War II: The [[Siebel ferry]] was bombed and sunk off [[Marsala]].<ref name=LuftFF/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German siebel ferry|SF 213||2}}
|flag=[[Luftwaffe]]
|desc=World War II: The [[Siebel ferry]] was bombed and sunk off [[Marsala]].<ref name=LuftFF/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German siebel ferry|SF 222||2}}
|flag=[[Luftwaffe]]
|desc=World War II: The [[Siebel ferry]] was bombed and sunk off [[Marsala]].<ref name=LuftFF/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German siebel ferry|SF 226||2}}
|flag=[[Luftwaffe]]
|desc=World War II: The [[Siebel ferry]] was bombed and sunk off [[Marsala]].<ref name=LuftFF/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Italian torpedo boat|Tifone||2}}
|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Ciclone|torpedo boat|2}} was heavily damaged by American aircraft off Tunisia and was grounded. Six crew were killed. She was scuttled at the small fishing port of [[Korbous]] the next day.<ref name=ItalianLosses/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=360&tridit=lodenice&zobraz=A |title=Italian torpedo boat class Animoso |publisher=Warshipsww2 |access-date=28 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141014032603/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=360&tridit=lodenice&zobraz=A |archive-date=2014-10-14 |url-status=usurped }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2015/07/tifone.html |title=Tifone |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=10 May 2019}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-125|1940|2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[German Type IX submarine|Type IXC submarine]] was rammed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|52|30|N|45|20|W}}) by {{HMS|Oribi|G66|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). She was then shelled and sunk by {{HMS|Snowflake|K211|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). All 54 crew took to their lifeboats, but the [[British Admiralty|Admiralty]] forbade the British ships to rescue them and they subsequently died.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-192||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[German Type IX submarine|Type IXC/40 submarine]] was [[depth charge]]d and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south east of [[Cape Farewell, Greenland]] ({{coord|53|06|N|45|02|W}}) by {{HMS|Loosestrife|K105|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) with the loss of all 55 crew.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-438||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[German Type VII submarine|Type VIIC submarine]] was depth charged and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|52|00|N|45|10|W}}) by {{HMS|Pelican|L86|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) with the loss of all 48 crew.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-531||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[German Type IX submarine|Type IXC/40 submarine]] was depth charged and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north east of [[Dominion of Newfoundland|Newfoundland]] ({{coord|52|48|N|45|18|W}}) by {{HMS|Vidette|D48|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-630||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[German Type VII submarine|Type VIIC submarine]] was depth charged and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north east of Newfoundland ({{coord|52|31|N|44|50|W}}) by {{HMS|Vidette|D48|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) with the loss of all 47 crew.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u630.htm |title=U-630 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=14 April 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{USS|YF-575}}
|flag={{navy|USA|1912}}
|desc=The self-propelled covered [[Lighter (barge)|lighter]] ran aground and sank off [[Atlantic City, New Jersey]].<ref name=USNChron1943>{{cite web |url= http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/USN-Chron/USN-Chron-1943.html |title=Official Chronology of the US Navy in WWII |publisher=Ibiblio |access-date=6 May 2014}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==7 May==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=7 May 1943 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMAS|Adele}}
|flag={{naval|Australia|1913}}
|desc=The [[armed yacht]] (288 GRT, 1906) was wrecked on a breakwater at the entrance to [[Port Kembla, New South Wales]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/13700.html |title=Armed Yacht HMAS Adele |publisher=Uboat |access-date=7 May 2014}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Albina||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The sailing vessel was damaged beyond repair by gunfire south of [[San Lucido]], Italy by {{HMS|Unrivalled|P45|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). The crew survived, only one was wounded.<ref name=seekrieg194305/><ref name=ItalianLosses/><ref name=Unrivalled>{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3553.html |title=HMS Unrivalled |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=10 May 2019}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MV|Berakit||2}}
|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship (6,608 GRT, 1924) was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Indian Ocean]], east of the [[Felidhu Atoll]] in the [[Maldives]] at the entrance to One and Half Degree Channel ({{coord|3|40|N|75|20|E}}) by {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-27||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}). Her [[Ship captain|master]] was taken as a [[prisoner of war]]; four crewmen were killed.<ref>{{csr|register=MSI|id=5606167|shipname=Berakit |access-date=12 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/I-27.htm |title=Imperial Submarines |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=30 June 2022}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Gouverneur General Pasquier||2}}
|flag={{flagicon|France}} [[Vichy France|Vichy French]]
|desc=World War II: The [[cargo liner]] was sunk by [[naval mine|mines]] in the [[South China Sea]] off the coast of [[French Indochina]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Gouverneur General Pasquier | url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?178117 |publisher=Wrecksite.eu | access-date=7 May 2014}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German destroyer|Hermes|ZG-3|2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Vasilefs Georgios|destroyer|2}}, badly damaged in a British air attack on 30 April 1943, was [[Scuttling|scuttled]] at [[La Goulette]], [[Tunisia]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=267 |title=German Destroyers Ex-Greek |publisher=Warshipsww2.Eu |access-date=29 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211084158/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=267 |archive-date=11 December 2013 |url-status=usurped }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German landing craft|KT 5||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The ''[[Marinefahrpram]]'' was shelled in the Mediterranean Sea off [[Cape Bon]], [[French protectorate of Tunisia|Tunisia]]. She sank two days later.<ref name=seekrieg194305/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German landing craft|KT 9||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The ''Marinefahrpram'' was shelled in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Bon. She sank two days later.<ref name=seekrieg194305/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German landing craft|KT 21||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The ''Marinefahrpram'' was shelled in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Bon. She sank two days later.<ref name=seekrieg194305/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Laconikos||2}}
|flag={{flagicon|Greece}} [[Hellenic State (1941–44)|Greece]] <!--30 Apr 41 to 12 Oct 44-->
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy SL 128]]: The cargo ship (3,803 GRT, 1914) was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north east of the [[Azores]], Portugal ({{coord|41|40|N|18|13|W}}) by {{GS|U-89|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 23 of her 34 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Shippigan|J212|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2912.html |title=Laconikos |publisher=Uboat |access-date=20 February 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Soviet patrol boat|MO-209||2}}
|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}
|desc=World War II: The [[MO-class small guard ship#MO-4 type|''MO-4''-class]] [[patrol vessel]] was sunk by a mine off [[Gogland]] in the Gulf of Finland ({{coord|60|04|N|27|14|W}}).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cmboat.ru/vov07-05-1943/ |title=Soviet Naval Chronicle, 7 May 1943 |publisher=cmboat.ru |access-date=22 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://heritage-institute.ru/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/%D0%9E%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2-%D0%90.-%D0%92._%D0%A1%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B4-%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE-%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%A7%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C-4.pdf |title=Baltic Wrecks |publisher=heritage-institute.ru |access-date=22 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://russ-flot.narod.ru/x-0014_MO-IV.htm |title=MO-4 class |publisher=russ-flot.narod.ru |access-date=22 April 2023}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Italian motor torpedo boat|MS 22||2}}
|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The ''MS 11''-class [[MAS boat|MS boat]] was sunk off [[Tunis]], Tunisia by Allied aircraft.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=903&tridit=lodenice&zobraz=A |title=Italian motor torpedo boat Type MS 11 |publisher=Warshipsww2 |access-date=6 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140910195711/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=903&tridit=lodenice&zobraz=A |archive-date=2014-09-10 |url-status=usurped }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Soviet motor torpedo boat|No. 106||2}}
|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}
|desc=The Sh-4 Type motor torpedo boat was lost on this date.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Samuel Jordan Kirkwood||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=World War II: The [[Liberty ship]] torpedoed and sunk in the [[South Atlantic]] {{convert|125|nmi|km}} south east of [[Ascension Island]] ({{coord|15|00|S|7|00|W}}) by {{GS|U-195||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). All 71 people aboard were rescued by a [[United States Army]] rescue boat.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsS.html |title=Liberty Ships - S |publisher=Mariners |access-date=6 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2913.html |title=Samuel Jordan Kirkwood |publisher=Uboat |access-date=8 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Shinsei Maru No. 3||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Yellow Sea by {{USS|Snook|SS-279|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).<ref name=seekrieg194305/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Sirvall||2}}
|flag={{flag|Sweden}}
|desc=World War II: The [[ore carrier]] struck a mine and sank in the [[Baltic Sea]] off [[Rügen]], Germany. There was no casualty.<ref name=seekrieg194305/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?149391 |title=Sirvall |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=7 May 2019}}</ref><ref name=SwedishLosses>{{cite web |url=https://scientometrics.flov.gu.se/files/SOU19222015/SOU%201963_60%20-%20Svenska%20handelsflottans%20krigsf%C3%B6rluster%20under%20det%20andra%20v%C3%A4rldskriget.txt |title=Swedish losses  |publisher=scientometrics.flov.gu.se |access-date=27 April 2023}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Tamon Maru No. 5||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the off Benten Zaki, Honshu, Japan ({{coord|40|05|N|141|53|E}}) by {{USS|Wahoo|SS-238|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). 11 crew were killed.<ref name=JapLosses/><ref name=USNChron1943/><ref name=Wahoo>{{cite DANFS |title=Wahoo |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss238.txt |access-date=1 January 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Tosei Maru||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship (4,363 t) was torpedoed and sunk in the Yellow Sea ({{coord|35|58|N|123|31|E}}) by {{USS|Snook|SS-279|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). 38 crew were killed.<ref name=seekrieg194305/><ref name=JapLosses/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-447||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[German Type VII submarine|Type VIIC submarine]] was depth charged and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of [[Gibraltar]] ({{coord|35|30|N|11|55|W}}) by two [[Lockheed Hudson]] aircraft of [[No. 233 Squadron RAF|233 Squadron]], [[Royal Air Force]] with the loss of all 48 crew.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u447.htm |title=U-447 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=26 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-663||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[German Type VII submarine|Type VIIC submarine]] was depth charged and damaged in the [[Bay of Biscay]] west of [[Brest, France|Brest]], [[Finistère]], France by [[Short Sunderland]] aircraft of [[No. 10 Squadron RAAF|10 Squadron]], [[Royal Australian Air Force]]. She sank the next day with the loss of all 49 crew.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u663.htm |title=U-663 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=15 April 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Italian submarine chaser|VAS 231||2}}
|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|VAS 231|submarine chaser}} was sunk off Tunis by Allied aircraft.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=1279&tridit=lodenice&zobraz=A |title=Italian submarine chaser class VAS 231 |publisher=Warshipsww2 |access-date=6 May 2015 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140911065435/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=1279&tridit=lodenice&zobraz=A |archive-date=11 September 2014 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''[[French destroyer L'Audacieux|ZF5]]''
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The training hulk, the former French {{sclass|Le Fantasque|destroyer}} ''L'Audacieux'', was bombed and sunk at [[Bizerte]], Tunisia by British aircraft.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/6045.html |title=FR L'Audacieux of the French Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=7 May 2013}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==8 May==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=8 May 1943 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Camerata|193|2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The [[cargo ship]] (4,875 GRT, 1931) was sunk at anchor at [[Gibraltar]] with [[limpet mine]] by Italian [[frogmen]]. She was declared a [[constructive total loss]], but was repaired in 1950 and entered Spanish service as ''Campo Grande''.<ref name=Merchant490/><ref name=AdmRec6>{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=sWXTTtl6jiIC&dq=Ship:+HMS+Surprise,+1942&pg=PA171 |title=List of Admiralty records Vol. 6 |year=1964 |publisher=Kraus-Tomson/Googlebooks |access-date=23 June 2020}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|HMT|Daneman}}
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=The [[naval trawler]] (516 GRT, 1937) struck an [[iceberg]] and sank under tow the next day in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] south of [[Greenland]] ({{coord|58|03|N|44|00|E}}). Six of her 48 crew died.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/6337.html |title=HMS Daneman |publisher=U boat |access-date=8 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://historicalrfa.org/ships-starting-with-g |title=RFA Growler |publisher=historicalrfa.org |access-date=18 January 2019}}</ref><ref name=RNCas4305>{{cite web |url=https://www.naval-history.net/xDKCas1943-05MAY.htm |title=Royal Navy casualties May 1943 |publisher=historicalrfa.org |access-date=18 January 2019}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Japanese destroyer|Kagerō|1938|2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Kagerō|destroyer}} was heavily damaged by an American mine in Blackett Strait south west of [[Rendova]], [[Solomon Islands]] ({{coord|8|08|S|156|55|E}}). She was further damaged by American aircraft and sank in the evening. There were 18 dead and 36 wounded.<ref name=DD15>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/desdiv15.htm |title=The Destruction of DesDiv 15 |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=8 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/kagero_t.htm |title=Kagero |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=8 May 2023}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Japanese destroyer|Kuroshio||2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Kagerō|destroyer}} struck several American mines and sank in Blackett Strait south west of [[Rendova]], [[Solomon Islands]] ({{coord|8|08|S|156|55|E}}) with the loss of 83 lives.<ref name=DD15/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/kurosh_t.htm |title=Kuroshio |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=8 May 2023}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Liv|1896|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was [[torpedo]]ed and damaged at [[Porto Torres]], [[Sardinia]] by {{HMS|Safari|P211|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). She was bombed and sunk the next day by [[Royal Air Force]] aircraft. ''Liv'' was raised post-war. She was scrapped at [[La Spezia]], [[Liguria]] in January 1948.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/liv.html |title=D/S Liv |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=26 January 2011}}</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={{MV|Mahsud||2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The ship (7,540 GRT, 1917) was sunk at anchor at [[Gibraltar]] with [[Limpet mine]] by Italian [[frogmen]].<ref name=AdmRec6/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Japanese destroyer|Oyashio||2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Kagerō|destroyer}} was disabled by a [[naval mine|mine]] in Blackett Strait south west of [[Rendova]], [[Solomon Islands]] and then further damaged by American aircraft, sinking in the evening. There were 91 dead.<ref name=DD15/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/oyashi_t.htm |title=Oyashio |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=8 May 2023}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German landing craft|PiLB 251||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The PiLB 40 type landing craft was sunk by a bomb at [[Bizerta]], Tunisia.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/landungsfahrzeuge/pionierlandungsboot/ausgabe.php?where_value=72 |title=PiLB 251 |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=23 April 2023}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Pat Harrison||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=World War II: The [[Liberty ship]] was damaged by an Italian [[limpet mine]] by Italian [[Frogmen]] at [[Gibraltar]]. She was beached but declared a [[constructive total loss]]. Scrapped in 1951. Two crewmen were killed.<ref name=AdmRec6/><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsP.html |title=Liberty Ships - P |publisher=Mariners |access-date=6 January 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Peppino Palomba||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by {{HMS|Safari|P211|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).<ref name=seekrieg194305/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Sumida Maru||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off [[Madang]] with the loss of 18 lives.<ref name=seekrieg194305/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://hush.gooside.com/name/s/Su/sumida.html |title=Sumida Maru |publisher=hush.gooside.com |access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Tomioka Maru||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off [[Madang]].<ref name=seekrieg194305/>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==9 May==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=9 May 1943 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Japanese gunboat|Aso Maru|1932|2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The ''Fuji Maru''-class auxiliary [[gunboat]] was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk in the [[Sulu Sea]] south of [[Negros (island)|Negros]], Philippines ({{coord|09|09|N|122|50|E}}) by {{USS|Gar|SS-206|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). The submarine commander reported around 75 survivors in the water and ordered to machine-gun them, sinking a lifeboat that opened fire on the submarine and estimating having killed about half. A Japanese source says only one crew was killed.<ref name=JapLosses/><ref name=Gar>{{cite DANFS |title=Gar |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss206.txt |access-date=31 December 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/AsoM_t.htm |title=Aso Maru |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=6 May 2023}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MV|Corneville|1930|2}}
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship (4,544 GRT, 1930) was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Gulf of Guinea]] {{convert|30|nmi|km}} off [[Takoradi]], [[Gold Coast (British colony)|Gold Coast]] ({{coord|4|50|N|1|10|W}}) by {{GS|U-515||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). All 41 crew survived.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2914.html |title=Corneville |publisher=Uboat |access-date=1 April 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Jimmu Maru||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The oiler was torpedoed and damaged in the [[Pacific Ocean]] off [[Ofunato]] on the north east coast of [[Honshu]] by {{USS|Wahoo|SS-238|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). She was run ashore near [[Hirota Village]] ({{coord|38|52|N|141|43|E}}) and abandoned as a Constructive Total Loss.<ref name=Wahoo/><ref name="Japanese Army Auxiliary transports">{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Takao3204_t.htm |title=Japanese Army Auxiliary transports |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=1 December 2022}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Kanbe|1941|2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy TS 38]]: The cargo ship (6,244 GRT, 1941) was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] {{convert|60|nmi|km}} south of [[Monrovia]], Liberia by {{GS|U-123|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 66 of her 71 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Rio Francoli||2}} ({{flag|Spain|1938}}).<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2915.html |title=Kanbe |publisher=Uboat |access-date=24 February 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{Ship|HMS| MTB 61}}
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=World War II: The Vosper 70{{'}}-class [[motor torpedo boat]] (40/47 t, 1942) was wrecked in the [[Mediterranean Sea]] off [[Kelibia]], Tunisia, with the loss of one crew.<ref name=RNCas4305/><ref>{{cite web |title=HMS MTB 61 (MTB 61) |url=https://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/16746.html |website=uboat.net |access-date=3 August 2021}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German landing craft|PiLB 258||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The PiLB 40 type landing craft was lost off [[Cape Bon]], Tunisia.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/landungsfahrzeuge/pionierlandungsboot/ausgabe.php?where_value=79 |title=PiLB 258 |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=23 April 2023}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Santa Maria Salina||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The [[coastal trading vessel|coaster]] was torpedoed and sunk south-east off [[Lipari]], Italy by {{HMS|Unrivalled|P45|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). There were 48 dead and 46 survivors.<ref name=seekrieg194305/><ref name=Unrivalled/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German siebel ferry|SF 147||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[Siebel ferry]] was sunk by a destroyer off [[Cape Bon]], Tunisia.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/landungsfahrzeuge/siebelfaehre/ausgabe.php?where_value=125 |title=SF 147 |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=23 April 2023}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German siebel ferry|T 35 Seeaal|SF 35|2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[Siebel ferry]] was sunk by a destroyer off [[Cape Bon]], Tunisia.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/landungsfahrzeuge/siebelfaehre/ausgabe.php?where_value=71 |title=T 35 Seeaal |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=23 April 2023}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Takao Maru||2}}
|flag={{army|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The British WWI C Class standard cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off [[Ofunato]] on the north east coast of [[Honshu]] ({{coord|38|57|N|141|49|E}}) by {{USS|Wahoo|SS-238|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Two crewmen were killed.<ref name=Wahoo/><ref name=StanL>{{cite web |url= http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/WWIStandardShipsL-W.htm#L-M-N |title=WWI Standard Built Ships L - W |publisher=Mariners |access-date=8 May 2011}}</ref><ref name="Japanese Army Auxiliary transports">{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Takao3204_t.htm |title=Japanese Army Auxiliary transports |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=1 December 2022}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Italian submarine chaser|VAS 212||2}}
|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}
|desc=World War II: The ''VAS 201''-class [[submarine chaser]] was sunk at [[Palermo]], [[Sicily]] by Allied aircraft.<ref name=VAS201/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Italian submarine chaser|VAS 213||2}}
|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}
|desc=World War II: The ''VAS 201''-class [[submarine chaser]] was sunk at [[Palermo]], [[Sicily]] by Allied aircraft.<ref name=VAS201/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Italian submarine chaser|VAS 229||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}
|desc=World War II: The ''VAS 201''-class [[submarine chaser]] was sunk at [[Palermo]], [[Sicily]] by Allied aircraft.<ref name=VAS201/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Italian submarine chaser|VAS 230||2}}
|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}
|desc=World War II: The ''VAS 201''-class [[submarine chaser]] was sunk at [[Palermo]], [[Sicily]] by Allied aircraft.<ref name=VAS201/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMCS|Vercheres}}
|flag={{naval|Canada|1911}}
|desc=The auxiliary minesweeper (157 GRT, 1901) was destroyed by fire at [[Sorel-Tracy|Sorel]], Quebec.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.forposterityssake.ca/Navy/HMCS_VERCHERES.htm |title=Vercheres |publisher=www.forposterityssake.ca |access-date=23 April 2023}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==10 May==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=10 May 1943 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 344||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The Type A ''[[Marinefahrprahm]]'' was sunk by Allied aircraft in the port of Pantelleria.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/landungsfahrzeuge/marinefaehrprahm/ausgabe.php?where_value=792 |title=F 344 |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=11 May 2022}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MV|Kinai Maru|1930|2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: Convoy 4508: The ''Kinai Maru''-class auxiliary transport was [[torpedo]]ed and damaged in the [[Pacific Ocean]] {{convert|243|nmi|km}} east of [[Saipan]] ({{coord|14|33|N|149|23|E}}) by {{USS|Plunger|SS-179|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Only one crew was killed. About 400 troops and passengers were taken off by ''Tatsutake Maru'', she is torpedoed and sunk while taking them off. ''Kinai Maru'' was shelled and sunk by USS ''Plunger'' the next day ({{coord|14|33|N|149|23|E}}).<ref name=Plunger>{{cite DANFS |title=Plunger |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss179.txt |access-date=30 December 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Kinai_t.htm |title=Kinai Maru |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=6 January 2021}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{Ship|HMS|MTB 264}}
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=World War II: The [[Electric Launch Company|Elco]] 70' [[motor torpedo boat]] (27/32 t, 1941) was sunk by a [[naval mine|mine]] in the [[Mediterranean Sea]] off [[Sousse]], [[French Tunisia|Tunisia]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/14079.html |title=HMS MTB 264 (MTB 264) |publisher=Uboat |access-date=10 May 2013}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMAS|Maroubra}}
|flag={{naval|Australia|1913}}
|desc=World War II: The diving/stores ship (49 GRT, 1930) was strafed by nine Imperial Japanese Navy [[Mitsubishi A6M Zero]] fighter aircraft at [[Millingimbi]], Northern Territories, [[Australia]]. She caught fire and sank. There were no casualty.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?56708 |title=Maroubra (+1943) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.environment.gov.au/shipwreck/public/wreck/wreck.do?key=3502&fbclid=IwAR0QUnRUAby_kLyemL0I-YoX5Y20ubOSCnDuct5gpkFMp5spVXy93T_8isQ |title=Maroubra HMAS |publisher=environment.gov.au |access-date=10 May 2022}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Soviet patrol boat|SKA-098||2}}
|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}
|desc=World War II: The patrol boat was sunk by a mine off Cape Myskhako in the Black Sea. Six of her 22 crew were killed.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mk.ru/old/article/2007/10/05/77300-ohotnik-vyihodit-na-svyaz.html |title=SKA-098 |date=5 October 2007 |publisher=www.mk.ru |access-date=14 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Tatsutake Maru||2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: Convoy 4508: The ''Tatsutake Maru''-class ammunition ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean {{convert|243|nmi}} east of Saipan ({{coord|14|33|N|149|23|E}}) by {{USS|Plunger|SS-179|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) while taking troops and passengers off {{MV|Kinai Maru||2}}. Four crewmen and many evacuees of ''Kinai Maru'' were killed. Survivors were rescued by {{ship|Japanese torpedo boat|Hiyodori||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}).<ref name=Plunger/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Tatsutake_t.htm |title=Tatsutake Maru |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=6 January 2021}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==11 May==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=11 May 1943 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Antigone|1928|2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: [[Convoy SC 129]]: The cargo ship (4,545 GRT, 1928) was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] {{convert|300|nmi|km}} north west of the [[Azores]], Portugal ({{coord|40|30|N|32|30|W}}) by {{GS|U-402||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of three of her 46 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Melrose Abbey||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).<ref name=Grado/><ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2917.html |title=Antigone |publisher=Uboat |access-date=20 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Grado|1918|2}}
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy SC 129]]: The cargo ship (3,082 GRT, 1918) was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|40|30|N|32|30|W}}) by {{GS|U-402||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). All 36 crew were rescued by {{SS|Melrose Abbey||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).<ref name=Grado>{{cite web |url= http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/grado.html |title= D/S Grado |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=13 January 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German landing craft|I-O-41||2}}
|flag=[[Luftwaffe]]
|desc=World War II: The ''Siebelgefäß'' landing craft was bombed and sunk at [[Pantelleria]].<ref name=LuftFF/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{Ship|HMS|ML 133}}
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=The [[Fairmile B motor launch]] (76/86 t, 1940) was destroyed in a fire off the west coast of [[Scotland]] with the loss of one crew.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/14307.html |title=HMS ML 133 (ML 133) |publisher=Uboat |access-date=11 May 2013}}</ref><ref name=RNCas4305/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Nailsea Meadow||2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship (4,962 GRT, 1937) was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Indian Ocean]] {{convert|40|nmi|km}} south of [[Port St Johns]], [[British Cape Colony|Cape Colony]] ({{coord|32|04|S|29|14|E}}) by {{GS|U-196||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of two of her 44 crew. Survivors were rescued by ''R-6'' ([[File:Ensign of the South African Air Force 1940-1951.svg|25px]] [[South African Air Force]]).<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2918.html |title=Nailsea Meadow |publisher=Uboat |access-date=8 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Russian minesweeper|No. 404||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Soviet Union}}
|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper, while under tow from engine failure, was bombed by German fighters and grounded in shallow water.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=53532&sid=ec16fbbd66e5228fae413809b1e3c6b7 |title=Soviet Naval Battles-Arctic Sea during WW2 (updated 2019) |publisher=Sovietempire.com |access-date=20 December 2019 |archive-date=29 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329134917/http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=53532&sid=e203710b64fa76af8cb82ba381c3acb6 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Partinico|1912|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The [[cargo ship]] was bombed and sunk by Allied aircraft at [[Catania]].<ref>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=461 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German siebel ferry|SF 225||2}}
|flag=[[Luftwaffe]]
|desc=World War II: The [[Siebel ferry]] was bombed and sunk at [[Pantelleria]].<ref name=LuftFF/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Tinhow||2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship (5,232 GRT, 1913) was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Mozambique Channel]] ({{coord|25|15|S|33|30|E}}) by {{GS|U-181||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 75 of the 230 people aboard. Survivors were rescued by Portuguese fishing vessels.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2919.html |title=Tinhow |publisher=Uboat |access-date=8 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-528||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[German Type IX submarine|Type IXC/40]] submarine was [[depth charge]]d and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|46|55|N|14|44|W}}) by [[Handley Page Halifax]] aircraft of [[No. 58 Squadron RAF|58 Squadron]], [[Royal Air Force]] and {{HMS|Fleetwood|U47|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) with the loss of eleven of her 56 crew.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u528.html |title=U-528 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=4 April 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MV|Yodogawa Maru|1939|2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: Convoy R-09: The ''Shinko Maru''-class auxiliary collier/[[Oiler (ship)|oiler]] was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Pacific Ocean]] north east of [[Manus Island]] ({{coord|00|40|N|148|55|E}}) by {{USS|Grayback|SS-208|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Two crewmen were killed.<ref>{{cite DANFS |title=Gar |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss208.txt |access-date=31 December 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Yodogawa_t.htm |title=IJN Auxiliary colliers/oilers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=20 October 2022}}</ref> 
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==12 May==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=12 May 1943 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MV|Brand|1927|2}}
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: [[Convoy HX 243]]: The cargo ship (4,819 GRT, 1927) straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] ({{coord|47|19|N|24|41|W}}) by {{GS|U-603||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of three of her 42 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMCS|Morden|K170|6}} ({{naval|Canada|1911}}).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/brand.html |title= M/S Brand |publisher=www.warsailors.com |access-date=13 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2921.html |title=Brand |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=13 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Fort Concord||2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy HX 237]]: The [[Fort ship]] (7,138 GRT, 1942) straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|46|05|N|25|20|W}}) by {{GS|U-456||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 37 of her 56 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMCS|Drumheller|K167|6}} ({{naval|Canada|1911}}) and {{GS|U-103|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/FortA.html |title=Fort Ships A-J |publisher=Mariners |access-date=5 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2920.html |title=Fort Concord |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=13 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{Jsub|I-31||2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The [[Type B1 submarine]] was [[depth charge]]d, shelled and sunk in the [[Pacific Ocean]] {{convert|5|nmi|km|spell=in}} north east of Chichagof Harbor, [[Attu Island]], [[Alaska]], United States ({{coord|52|08|S|177|38|E}}) by {{USS|Edwards|DD-619|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Lost with all 95 hands.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/I-31.htm |title=Imperial Submarines |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=29 August 2022 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Italian motor torpedo boat|MAS 572||2}}
|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}
|desc=The ''MAS 552''-class [[MAS boat]] was sunk in the [[Black Sea]] south of the [[Crimea]] in a collision with {{ship|Italian motor torpedo boat|MAS 566||2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=902&tridit=lodenice&zobraz=A |title=Italian motor torpedo boat Type MAS 552 |publisher=Warshipsww2 |access-date=4 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140910195717/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=902&tridit=lodenice&zobraz=A |archive-date=2014-09-10 |url-status=usurped }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|MMS 89|J589|6}}
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|MMS|minesweeper}} was sunk in the [[Mediterranean Sea]] by a mine off [[Bizerte]], Tunisia. One crew died of wounds.<ref name=RNCas4305/><ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/13798.html |title=HMS MMS 89 (J 589) |publisher=Uboat |access-date=12 May 2013}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Soviet minesweeper|RTShch-119||2}}
|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}
|desc=World War II: The K-15/M-17-class river minesweeping launch belonging to the Volga military flotilla was sunk by a mine near Ekaterinovka, Asthrakan Oblast, Russia. All eight crew were killed.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://blog-matveev.livejournal.com/616485.html |title=RTShch-119 |publisher=blog-matveev.livejournal.com |access-date=23 April 2023}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MV|Sandanger|1938|2}}
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy HX 237]]: The tanker (9,432 GRT, 1938) straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] (approximately {{coord|49|N|21|W}}) by {{GS|U-221||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of twenty of her 39 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMCS|Kootenay|H75|6}} ({{naval|Canada|1911}}).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/sandanger.html |title=M/T Sandanger |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=7 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2923.html |title=Sandanger |publisher=Uboat |access-date=10 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Soviet guard ship|SKR-31||2}}
|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}
|desc=World War II: The auxiliary [[guard ship]] was sunk by German [[Focke-Wulf Fw 190]] fighter-bomber aircraft off [[Cape Tsyp-Navolok]]. 51 crew were killed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.polarpost.ru/forum/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=4746 |title=SKR-31 |publisher=www.polarpost.ru |access-date=13 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Sumatra Maru|1917|2}}
|flag={{army|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The ''Celebes Maru No. 1''-class transport was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk in the [[Pacific Ocean]] in a shallow water cove off Bulusan, [[Luzon]], Philippines ({{coord|12|44|N|124|08|E}}) by {{USS|Gudgeon|SS-211|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). One man was killed. Abandoned as a [[constructive total loss]] on 27 May.<ref name=Gudgeon/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Sumatra_t.htm|title=Japanese Army Auxiliary Transports |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=12 May 2014}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Soviet motor torpedo boat|TKA-21||2}}
|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}
|desc=World War II: The A-2 (Higgins 78')-class motor torpedo boat was sunk by German [[Focke-Wulf Fw 190]] fighter-bomber aircraft off [[Cape Tsyp-Navolok]]. Two crew were killed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.polarpost.ru/forum/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=4749 |title=TKA-21 |publisher=www.polarpost.ru |access-date=23 April 2023}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-89|1941|2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[German Type VII submarine|Type VIIC submarine]] was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|46|30|N|25|40|W}}) by a [[Fairey Swordfish]] aircraft of [[811 Naval Air Squadron|811 Squadron]], [[Fleet Air Arm]], based on {{HMS|Biter|D97|6}} and by {{HMS|Broadway|H90|6}} and {{HMS|Lagan|K259|6}} (all {{naval|UK}}) with the loss of all 48 crew.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/boats/u89.htm |title=U-89 |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=12 May 2023}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-186||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[German Type IX submarine|Type IXC/40 submarine]] was depth charged and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north of the [[Azores]], Portugal ({{coord|41|54|N|31|49|W}}) by {{HMS|Hesperus|H57|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) with the loss of all 53 crew.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/boats/u186.htm |title=U-186 |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=12 May 2023}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-456||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[German Type VII submarine|Type VIIC submarine]] was damaged in the Atlantic Ocean by a [[Mark 24 Mine|Fido homing torpedo]] dropped by a [[Consolidated B-24 Liberator]] aircraft of [[No. 86 Squadron RAF|86 Squadron]], [[Royal Air Force]]. She dived in an effort to evade an attack by {{HMS|Opportune|G80|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) but was lost with all 49 crew.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/boats/u456.htm |title=U-456 |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=12 May 2023}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==13 May==
''For the loss of the Italian cargo ship ''Paolo'' on this date, see the entry for [[List of shipwrecks in February 1943#28 February|28 February 1943]].''
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|ship={{SS|Klaus Howaldt||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The cargo ship was [[torpedo]]ed by [[Handley-Page Hampden]] aircraft of [[No. 455 Squadron RAAF|455 Squadron]], [[Royal Australian Air Force]] south of [[Lista]], Norway ({{coord|58|03|45|N|6|39|15|E}}), and was beached or sank.<ref name=seekrieg194305/><ref>{{csr|register=MSI|id=5613963|shipname=Klaus Howaldt |access-date=30 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=472 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Mambí||2}}
|flag={{flag|Cuba}}
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy NC 18]]: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] {{convert|6|nmi|km}} north of [[Manatí, Cuba]] ({{coord|21|25|N|76|40|W}}), by {{GS|U-176||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 23 of her 34 crew.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2924.html |title=Mambi |publisher=Uboat |access-date=2 March 2012}}</ref><ref name=Nickeliner>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2925.html |title=Nickeliner |publisher=Uboat |access-date=2 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|Italian submarine|Mocenigo||2}}
|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Marcello|submarine}} was bombed and sunk in the port of [[Cagliari]], [[Sardinia]] by [[United States Army Air Force]] aircraft. The whole crew survived.<ref name=USNChron1943/><ref name=Mocenigo>{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2018/09/mocenigo.html |title=Mocenigo |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=14 May 2019}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Nickeliner||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy NC 18]]: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|6|nmi|km}} north of Manati ({{coord|21|25|N|76|40|W}}) by {{GS|U-176||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). All 31 crew were rescued by a Cuban [[submarine chaser]].<ref name=Nickeliner/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Santa Rita|1908|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at [[Cagliari]] by United States Army Air Forces bomber aircraft. She was refloated after the war but was sunk in 1946 by a mine while being towed to a naval shipyard for repairs.<ref name=Mocenigo/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gravitazero.org/history/pianosa/pianosa_4.htm |title=Santa Rita |publisher=www.gravitazero.org |access-date=14 May 2019 |archive-date=7 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107065454/http://www.gravitazero.org/history/pianosa/pianosa_4.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{GS|U-753||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[German Type VII submarine|Type VIIC submarine]] was depth charged and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|48|37|N|22|39|W}}) by a [[Short Sunderland]] aircraft of [[No. 423 Squadron RCAF|423 Squadron]], [[Royal Canadian Air Force]] and also by {{HMCS|Drumheller|K167|6}} ({{naval|Canada|1911}}) and {{HMS|Lagan|K259|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) with the loss of all 47 crew.
}}
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==14 May==
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|ship={{SS|Agata||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at [[Olbia]] by United States Army Air Forces [[North American B-25 Mitchell]] bomber aircraft of the [[310th Bombardment Group]].<ref name=seekrieg194305/><ref name="medawv4p32">{{Harvnb|Shores|Massimello|Guest|Olynyk|2018|p=32}}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Anna Maria II''
|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}
|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper was sunk by Allied aircraft off [[Katakolo]], Greece, with the loss of four lives.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2013/10/anna-maria-ii.html |title=Anna Maria II |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=14 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|AHS|Centaur}}
|flag={{army|Australia}}
|desc=[[File:Centaur (ARTV09088).png|thumb|Propaganda poster based on the sinking of AHS ''Centaur'']]
([[File:Flag of the Red Cross.svg|40px]] [[International Committee of the Red Cross|Red Cross]]): World War II: The [[hospital ship]] (3,222 GRT, 1924) was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk in the [[Pacific Ocean]] off [[Queensland]] ({{coord|27|16|59|S|153|59|13|E}}), probably by {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-177||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}), with the loss of 332 of the 396 people aboard.
}}
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|ship={{SS|Città di Trieste||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at [[Civitavecchia]] by United States Army Air Forces [[Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress]] aircraft of the [[2d Bomb Wing|2nd]] and [[99th Air Base Wing#World War II|99th Bomb Groups]].<ref name=seekrieg194305/><ref name="medawv4p32"/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Erice||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Civitavecchia by American aircraft.<ref name=seekrieg194305/><ref name="medawv4p32"/>
}}
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|ship=''HDML 1154''
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=World War II: The [[Harbour Defence Motor Launch]] (44/52 t, 1943) was sunk by a [[naval mine|mine]] off of [[Bizerte]], [[French Tunisia|Tunisia]], with the loss of six crew.<ref name=RNCas4305/><ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/15109.html |title=HMS HDML 1154 (ML 1154) |publisher=Uboat |access-date=14 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hmsmedusa.org.uk/HDML_Boats_1150-1199.html |title=HDML 1154 |publisher=www.hmsmedusa.org.uk |access-date=8 October 2019 |archive-date=8 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191008131304/http://www.hmsmedusa.org.uk/HDML_Boats_1150-1199.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|German minesweeper|M-8|1937|2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[minesweeper]] was torpedoed and sunk in the [[North Sea]] off [[Hook of Holland]], [[South Holland]], Netherlands ({{coord|52|03|N|03|51|E}}) by {{Ship|HMMTB|232}} ({{naval|UK}}). 53 crew were killed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=755 |title=German Escort minesweeper type M-1935 |publisher=Warshipsww2.Eu |access-date=16 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140513025714/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=755 |archive-date=13 May 2014 |url-status=usurped }}</ref><ref>{{csr|register=MSI|id=6110837|shipname=M-8 |access-date=21 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Waffen/Bilderseiten/Minensucher/M8.htm |title=M-8 |publisher=www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de |access-date=13 February 2019}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|Soviet submarine|M-122||2}}
|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}
|desc=World War II: The [[Soviet M-class submarine|M-class]] [[submarine]] was sunk off the Rybachiy Peninsula ({{coord|69|56|N|32|53|E}}) by [[Focke-Wulf Fw 190]] aircraft of [[Jagdgeschwader 5]], [[Luftwaffe]], with the loss of all 22 crew.<ref name=seekrieg194305/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/4984.html |title=M-122 of the Soviet Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=14 May 2013}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Mira|1908|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Civitavecchia by American aircraft.<ref name=seekrieg194305/><ref name="medawv4p32"/> She was later refloated.<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>
}}
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|ship={{Jsub|Ro-102||2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Ro-100|submarine}} was sunk in the Pacific Ocean {{convert|5|nmi|km}} west of [[Lae]] New Guinea by {{USS|PT-150}} and {{USS|PT-152}} (both {{navy|USA|1912}}. Lost with all 42 hands.<ref name=seekrieg194305/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/RO-102.htm |title=Imperial Submarines |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=29 August 2022 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|San Jose|1930|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk at [[Olbia]], [[Sardinia]], Italy in an Allied air raid. Refloated post-war, repaired and returned to service in 1950.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=891 |title=San Jose |publisher=The Yard |access-date=26 February 2017}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-235||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[German Type VII submarine|Type VIIC submarine]] was sunk at [[Kiel]], [[Schleswig-Holstein]] in an American air raid. Two crew were killed. She was subsequently raised, repaired and returned to service.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u235.htm |title=U-235 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=10 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{GS|U-236||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[German Type VII submarine|Type VIIC submarine]] was sunk at Kiel in an American air raid. There were no casualties. She was subsequently raised, repaired and returned to service.<ref name=seekrieg194305/><ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u236.htm |title=U-236 |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=15 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-237||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[German Type VII submarine|Type VIIC submarine]] was sunk at Kiel in an American air raid. There were no casualties. She was subsequently raised, repaired and returned to service.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u237.htm |title=U-237 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=10 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{GS|U-640||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, Greenland]] ({{coord|60|32|N|31|05|W}}) by a [[Consolidated PBY Catalina]] aircraft of the [[United States Navy]] with the loss of all 49 crew.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u640.htm |title=U-640 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=14 April 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==15 May==
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|ship={{SS|Cormull|1942|2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The [[coastal trading vessel|coaster]] struck a [[naval mine|mine]] in the [[North Sea]] {{convert|16|nmi|km}} north east of [[Great Yarmouth]], [[Norfolk]] and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from [[Blyth, Northumberland]] to [[London]]. Subsequently repaired and returned to service.<ref>{{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=246–47 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Indus Maru|1918|2}}
|flag={{army|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: Convoy No. 3207: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Sulu Sea]] south of [[Negros (island)|Negros]] ({{coord|13|07|N|121|49|E}}) by {{USS|Gar|SS-206|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Between the ''Indus Maru'' and ''Meikai Maru'' sinkings, 1,648 survivors were rescued by {{ship|Japanese escort ship|Matsuwa||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}).<ref name="Gar"/><ref name=Meikai>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Meikai_t.htm |title=Meikai Maru |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref><ref name=Jordan542>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=542 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Irish Oak|1919|2}}
|flag={{Flagcountry|Republic of Ireland}}
|desc=[[File:SS Irish Oak.jpg|thumb|''Irish Oak'' after being torpedoed by ''U-607'', painting by Kenneth King, [[National Maritime Museum of Ireland]]]]
World War II: The [[Design 1019 ship|Design 1019 cargo ship]] (5,589 GRT, 1919) was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] ({{coord|47|51|N|25|53|W}}) by {{GS|U-607||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). All 33 crew were rescued by {{SS|Irish Plane||2}} ({{flag|Ireland}}).
}}
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|ship={{SS|Meikai Maru||2}}
|flag={{Army|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: Convoy No. 3207: The ''Peking Maru''-class auxiliary transport ship was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Sulu Sea]] south of [[Negros (island)|Negros]], Philippines ({{coord|13|10|N|121|50|E}}) by {{USS|Gar|SS-206|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Twelve crewmen were killed. Between the ''Indus Maru'' and ''Meikai Maru'' sinkings, 1,648 survivors were rescued by {{ship|Japanese escort ship|Matsuwa||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}).<ref name=seekrieg194305/><ref name=Gar/><ref name=Meikai/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Maroussio Logothetis||2}}
|flag={{flagicon|Greece}} [[Hellenic State (1941–44)|Greece]] <!--30 Apr 41 to 12 Oct 44-->
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship (4,669 GRT, 1913) was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|5|28|N|14|28|W}}) by {{GS|U-105|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 25 of her 39 crew. One crew member was taken aboard ''U-105'' as a [[prisoner of war]]. Other survivors were rescued by a [[Consolidated PBY Catalina]] aircraft of [[No. 270 Squadron RAF|270 Squadron]], [[Royal Air Force]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2926.html |title=Maroussio Logothetis |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/verluste_griechenland/ausgabe.php?lang=1&rubrik=%&where_value=319 |title=Maroussio Logothetis |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Snurp II'' 
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=The fishing vessel (126 GRT, 1943) sank in [[Skorafjorden]], Norway due to overloading.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/homefleet/shipss1.html |title=Norwegian Homefleet - WW II, Ships starting with Sa through Sn |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=10 February 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-176||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[German Type IX submarine|Type IXC submarine]] was depth charged and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{coord|23|21|N|80|18|W}}) by {{ship|Cuban submarine chaser|CS-13||2}} ({{navy|Cuba}}) with the loss of all 53 crew.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-266||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 ({{coord|45|28|N|10|20|W}}) by a [[Handley Page Halifax]] aircraft of [[No. 58 Squadron RAF|58 Squadron]], [[Royal Air Force]] with the loss of all 47 crew.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u266.htm |title=U-266 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=14 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|German submarine chaser|UJ 2213 Heureux||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The naval trawler/submarine chaser was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off [[Monaco]] by {{HMS|Sickle|P224|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). There were 46 dead and 70 survivors.<ref name=seekrieg194305/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.plongee-infos.com/chaque-jour-une-epave-15-mai-1943-le-chasseur-de-sous-marins-uj-2213-a-monaco/ |title=UJ 2213 |date=15 May 2018 |publisher=www.plongee-infos.com |access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
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==16 May==
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|ship={{SS|Cities Service Boston|1921|2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at [[Bass Point (Australia)|Bass Point]], [[New South Wales]], Australia. She was a [[total loss]].<ref name=Jordan576>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=576 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|Italian submarine|Enrico Tazzoli|1935|2}}
|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The {{sclass|Calvi|submarine}} was depth charged and sunk by a [[Handley Page Halifax]] aircraft of [[No. 58 Squadron RAF|58 Squadron]], [[Royal Air Force]].<ref name=seekrieg194305/>
}}
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|ship={{ship|Finnish motor torpedo boat|Raju||2}}
|flag={{navy|Finland|name=Merivoimat}}
|desc=The {{sclass|Syöksy|motor torpedo boat}} was wrecked off Koivisto.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=886 |title=Finnish motor torpedo boat Syosky class |publisher=Warshipsww2.Eu |access-date=31 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220044428/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=886 |archive-date=20 February 2015 |url-status=usurped }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-182||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[German Type IX submarine|Type IX submarine]] was [[depth charge]]d and sunk by {{USS|MacKenzie|DD-614|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) with the loss of all 61 crew and two [[prisoners of war]]. The latter were the captains of {{SS|Adelfotis||2}} ({{flag|Greece}}) and {{SS|Aloe||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).<ref name=Adelfotis/><ref>{{cite DANFS |title=DD-614 |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/destroy/dd614txt.htm |access-date=30 December 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u182.htm |title=U-182 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=8 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2846.html |title=Aloe |publisher=Uboat |access-date=8 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{GS|U-463||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[German Type XIV submarine|Type XIV submarine]] was depth charged and sunk in the [[Bay of Biscay]] ({{coord|45|57|N|11|40|W}}) by a [[Handley Page Halifax]] aircraft of [[No. 58 Squadron RAF|58 Squadron]], [[Royal Air Force]] with the loss of all 57 crew.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|William K. Vanderbilt||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=World War II: The [[Liberty ship]] was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Pacific Ocean]] off [[Suva]], [[Fiji]] ({{coord|18|41|S|175|07|E}}) by {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-19||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}). The [[lifeboat (shipboard)|lifeboats]] were [[machine gun]]ned by ''I-19'' but only one crewman was killed in the sinking.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsW.html |title=Liberty Ships - W |publisher=Mariners |access-date=6 January 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==17 May==
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Spanish destroyer|Alsedo|1922|2}}
|flag={{navy|Spain|1938}}
|desc=The {{sclass|Alsedo|destroyer}} was severely damaged by fire at [[Ferrol, Galicia|Ferrol]].<ref name=seekrieg194305/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Aymeric||2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: [[Convoy ONS 7]]: The cargo ship (5,196 GRT, 1919) was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] ({{coord|59|42|N|41|39|W}}) by {{GS|U-657||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 53 of her 78 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Copeland||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) and {{HMT|Northern Wave|FY153|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2929.html |title=Aymeric |publisher=Uboat |access-date=15 April 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Bygdøy|1921|2}}
|flag={{Flag|Norway}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship (1,252 GRT, 1921) struck a [[naval mine|mine]] and sank in [[Öresund]]. All fourteen crew survived.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.warsailors.com/homefleet/shipsb2.html |title=Norwegian Homefleet - WW II, Ships starting with Bo through Bø |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=8 February 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|England Maru|1919|2}}
|flag={{army|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: Convoy P-512: The ''Daifuku Maru No. 1''-class transport (5,829 t, 1919) was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Pacific Ocean]] ({{coord|00|45|S|148|30|E}}) by {{USS|Grayback|SS-208|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Two hundred and thirty-two troops and thirteen crewmen were killed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/England_t.htm |title=England Maru |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=6 May 2023}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MS|Eurostadt||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[tank ship|tanker]] was torpedoed and sunk by {{Ship|Soviet submarine |S-56||2}} ({{navy|Soviet Union}}) off [[Vadsø (town)|Vadsø]], Norway. 11 of her 26 crew were killed.<ref name=seekrieg194305/><ref>{{csr |register=MSI |id=5607723 |shipname=Eurostadt |access-date=27 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=La marine soviétique en guerre |first=Claude |last=Huan |publisher=Economica |year=1991 |isbn=978-2717819205}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|Spanish cruiser|Galicia|1927|2}}
|flag={{navy|Spain|1938}}
|desc=The {{sclass|Almirante Cervera|cruiser}} was severely damaged by fire at [[Ferrol, Galicia|Ferrol]].<ref name=seekrieg194305/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|H.M. Storey|1921|2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=World War II: The [[oil tanker]] was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Pacific Ocean]] off [[Vanuatu]] ({{coord|17|30|S|173|02|E}}) by {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-25||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}). The 63 made it to [[lifeboat (shipboard)|lifeboats]], two crewman killed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.world-war.co.uk/warloss_863usa.php3|title=world-war.co.uk War Loss}}</ref><ref>[http://ww2f.com/threads/today-in-the-history-of-the-pacific-theater.4493/page-13 Today in the History of the Pacific Theater, May 17, 1943]</ref><ref name=Jordan581>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=581 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|Soviet gunboat|Krasnyy Dagestan||2}}
|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}
|desc=World War II: The auxiliary river gunboat was damaged beyond repair by a mine near Gusiny Island on the Volga River. Two sailors were killed.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://proza.ru/2022/06/11/436 |title=Krasnyy Dagestan |publisher=proza.ru |access-date=23 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.navy.su/1850-1917/kanboat/pravda/index.htm |title=Krasnyy Dagestan |publisher=www.navy.su |access-date=23 April 2023}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Kyphissia||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the [[North Sea]] off [[Texel]], [[North Holland]], Netherlands by [[Bristol Beaufighter]] aircraft of [[Coastal Command]], [[Royal Air Force]].<ref name=seekrieg194305/>
}}
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|ship={{ship|Spanish destroyer|Lazaga|1922|2}}
|flag={{navy|Spain|1938}}
|desc=The {{sclass|Alsedo|destroyer}} was severely damaged by fire at [[Ferrol, Galicia|Ferrol]].<ref name=seekrieg194305/>
}}
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|ship={{ship|German minesweeper|M-414||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[M-class minesweeper (Germany)|Type 1940]] [[minesweeper]] was torpedoed and sunk off Texel by Bristol Beaufighter aircraft of Coastal Command.<ref name=seekrieg194305/><ref>{{csr|register=MSI|id=6116032|shipname=M-414 |access-date=4 August 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|Spanish cruiser|Mendez Nuñez|1924|2}}
|flag={{navy|Spain|1938}}
|desc=The {{sclass|Blas de Lezo|cruiser}} was severely damaged by fire at [[Ferrol, Galicia|Ferrol]].<ref name=seekrieg194305/>
}}
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|ship={{ship|Spanish cruiser|Miguel de Cervantes|1930|2}}
|flag={{navy|Spain|1938}}
|desc=The {{sclass|Almirante Cervera|cruiser}} was severely damaged by fire at [[Ferrol, Galicia|Ferrol]].<ref name=seekrieg194305/>
}}
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|ship={{MV|Northmoor||2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy LMD 17]]: The cargo ship (4,392 GRT, 1928) was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Indian Ocean]] ({{coord|28|27|S|32|43|E}}) by {{GS|U-198||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of twelve of her 39 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMT|St Loman|FY276|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2928.html |title=Northmoor |publisher=Uboat |access-date=8 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|German landing craft|PiLB 66||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=The PiLB 39 Type personnel landing craft ran aground between Palermo and Messina in a storm. She was later scuttled.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/landungsfahrzeuge/pionierlandungsboot/ausgabe.php?where_value=9 |title=PiLB 66 |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=23 April 2023}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-128|1941|2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=[[File:U-128 17-5-43.jpg|thumb|''U-128'']]
World War II: The [[German Type IX submarine|Type IXC submarine]] was depth charged and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|10|00|N|35|35|W}}) by {{USS|Jouett|DD-396|6}} and {{USS|Moffett|DD-362|6}} (both {{navy|USA|1912}}) with the loss of seven of her 54 crew.
}}
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|ship={{GS|U-646||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[German Type VII submarine|Type VIIC submarine]] was depth charged and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south east of Iceland ({{coord|62|10|N|14|37|W}}) by a [[Lockheed Hudson]] aircraft of [[No. 269 Squadron RAF|269 Squadron]], [[Royal Air Force]] with the loss of all 46 crew.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u646.htm |title=U-646 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=14 April 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{GS|U-657||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[German Type VII submarine|Type VIIC submarine]] was depth charged and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean east of [[Cape Farewell, Greenland]] ({{coord|58|54|N|42|33|W}}) by {{HMS|Swale|K217|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) with the loss of all 47 crew.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u657.htm |title=U-657 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=15 April 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|German trawler|V 1110 Hermann Hinrichs||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The ''[[Vorpostenboot]]'' was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off [[Vlieland]], [[Friesland]], Netherlands by Bristol Beaufighter aircraft of Coastal Command. Eight crew were killed.<ref name=seekrieg194305/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://wrakkenmuseum.nl/wrakken/hermann-hinrich-v-1110 |title=V 1110 |publisher=wrakkenmuseum.nl |access-date=29 April 2020}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Woosung Maru||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=The Standard British WWI C-class cargo ship ran aground on a reef and sank off [[Chiba Prefecture]], [[Honshu]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?161581 |title=Woosung Maru cargo ship 1919-1943 |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=17 May 2014}}</ref> }}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==18 May==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=18 May 1943 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|Barwick}}
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=The [[tugboat|rescue and salvage tug]] was engulfed by flames when the [[tank ship|tanker]] {{MV|Delphinula|1939|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) exploded at [[Alexandria]], Egypt. Her crew lost two killed, five who died from their wounds, five missing presumed killed and five wounded. She remained afloat, was repaired and resumed service in January 1944.<ref name=Empire161>{{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=161 }}</ref><ref name=Barwick>{{cite web |url=https://blandfordschoolsmemorial.co.uk/signalman-henry-fletcher-hmt-barwick-rn/|title=Barwick |date=9 November 2018 |publisher=blandfordschoolsmemorial.co.uk |access-date=9 May 2023}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{MV|Delphinula|1939|2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The [[tank ship|tanker]] was driven ashore on 9 May near [[Alexandria]], Egypt. She was on a voyage from [[Haifa]], [[Mandatory Palestine|Palestine]] to Alexandria. As her cargo was taken out to lighten her, oil splilled around her and caught fire on 18 May, burning the tanker and two tugs. The fire was extinguished on 20 June and the twisted wreck broke in two on 21 July. She was declared a [[constructive total loss]]. Four crew were killed.<ref name=RNCas4305/><ref name=Empire161/><ref name=Barwick/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?206687 |title=Delphinula |publisher=wrecksite.eu |access-date=9 May 2023}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Empire Eve||2}}
|flag={{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The [[CAM ship]] (5,979 GRT, 1941) was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk in the [[Mediterranean Sea]] off [[French Algeria|Algeria]] ({{coord|36|37|N|00|46|E}}) by {{GS|U-414||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of five of her 61 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Barfoil|Z194|6}} and a [[landing craft tank]] (both {{naval|UK}}).
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship= {{SS|H. M. Storey||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=World War II: The [[tank ship|tanker]] was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Pacific Ocean]] ({{coord|17|30|S|173|02|E}}) by {{Jsub|I-25||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}). Two crewmen were killed. The 63 survivors were rescued by {{USS|Fletcher|DD-445|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}).<ref name=seekrieg194305/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/I-25.htm |title=Imperial Submarines |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=29 August 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=United States Merchant Marine Casualties of World War II, rev ed. |first=Robert M. |last=Browning |year=2017 |page=248 |isbn=978-0-7864-4600-1}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|German minesweeper|M-345||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[M-class minesweeper (Germany)|Type 1940]] [[minesweeper]] was bombed and sunk in the [[North Sea]] off [[Dunkerque]], [[Nord (département)|Nord]], France by a [[Handley Page Hampden]] aircraft of [[Coastal Command]], [[Royal Air Force]].<ref name=seekrieg194305/><ref>{{csr|register=MSI|id=6116009|shipname=M-345 |access-date=27 July 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|German landing craft|PiLB 54||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The PiLB 39 Type personnel landing craft was sunk by an air attack at [[Trapani]], Sicily.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/landungsfahrzeuge/pionierlandungsboot/ausgabe.php?where_value=108 |title=PiLB 54 |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=23 April 2023}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|Italian minesweeper|RD 16||2}}
|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|RD|minesweeper}} was sunk at [[Trapani]], [[Sicily]] by Allied aircraft. She was raised, repaired and returned to service 1944–1945.<ref name=ClassRD/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Italian minesweeper|RD 38||2}}
|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|RD|minesweeper}} was sunk at [[Trapani]], [[Sicily]] by Allied aircraft. She was raised, repaired and returned to service 1944–1945.<ref name=ClassRD/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Taurus||2}}
|flag={{Flag|Egypt|civil}}
|desc=The [[tugboat|harbour tug]] was engulfed by flames when the [[tank ship|tanker]] {{MV|Delphinula|1939|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) exploded at [[Alexandria]], Egypt, and was abandoned.<ref name=Empire161/><ref name=Barwick/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Terushima Maru||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Pacific Ocean]] by {{USS|Pollack|SS-180|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}).<ref name=Pollack>{{cite DANFS |title=Pollack |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss180.txt |access-date=30 December 2011}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|German trawler|V 1106 Ernst von Briesen||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The ''[[Vorpostenboot]]'' was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off [[Borkum]] ({{coord|55|36|N|6|04|E}}) by [[Bristol Beaufighter]] aircraft of Coastal Command with the loss of 5 lives.<ref name=seekrieg194305/><ref>{{cite book |title=Die deutschen Kriegsschiffe, 1815-1945, Band 8 |first=Erich |last=Gröner |year=1993 |page=187 |isbn=3-7637-4807-5}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==19 May==
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|ship={{Ship||Angelus|schooner|2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The three-masted [[schooner]] (255 GRT, 1912) was shelled and sunk in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] ({{coord|38|40|N|64|00|W}}) by {{GS|U-161|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of eight of her ten crew. Survivors were rescued by {{USS|Turner|DD-648|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).<ref>{{cite web |url= https://plimsoll.southampton.gov.uk/shipdata/pdfs/43/43a0681.pdf |title=Lloyd's Register, Sailing Vessels |publisher=Plimsoll Ship Data |access-date=6 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2932.html |title=Angelus |publisher=Uboat |access-date=6 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|ST|Enrica||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The tug was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk off [[Pizzo Calabro]], Italy ({{coord|38|45|N|16|00|E}}) by {{HMS|Unbroken|P42|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). There were 13 dead and 8 survivors.<ref name=ItalianLosses/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3550.html |title=HMS Unbroken |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=16 May 2019}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 309||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The Type A ''[[Marinefahrprahm]]'' was sunk by Soviet aircraft off [[Anapa]] ({{coord|45|04|N|36|53|E}}). All crew were rescued, one of them wounded.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/landungsfahrzeuge/marinefaehrprahm/ausgabe.php?where_value=693 |title=F 309 |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=19 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 367||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The Type A ''[[Marinefahrprahm]]'' was sunk by Soviet aircraft off [[Anapa]] ({{coord|44|53|N|37|20|E}}). All aboard were rescued, one of them wounded.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/landungsfahrzeuge/marinefaehrprahm/ausgabe.php?where_value=788 |title=F 367 |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=19 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Général Bonaparte||2}}
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=World War II: The [[passenger ship]] was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by {{HMS|Sportsman|P229|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) with the loss of 137 lives. The 147 survivors were rescued by {{ship|German torpedo boat|TA10||2}} and {{ship|German torpedo boat|TA11||2}} (both {{navy|Nazi Germany}}).<ref name=seekrieg194305/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://alamer.fr/DOCUMENTS/1093.jpg |title=Général Bonaparte |publisher=alamer.fr |access-date=20 May 2022}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|G. G. 370 Marina||2}}
|flag={{flag|Sweden}}
|desc=World War II: The fishing boat was heavily damaged by a mine in the [[Kattegat]] west of [[Skagen]], Denmark, and sank before reaching land. There was no casualty.<ref name=SwedishLosses/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Russian tugboat|Pervansh||2}}
|flag={{flag|Soviet Union}}
|desc=World War II: The tug was sunk in the [[Black Sea]] off [[Sochi]] by {{ship|German motor torpedo boat|S-49||2}} and {{ship|German motor torpedo boat|S-72||2}} (both {{Navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 21 lives.<ref>{{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=3 May 2017 |archive-date=7 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170407140025/http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=53917&sid=51fe816ad5790396a8359efb83ac1c60 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://diver.company/cf-6pervans |title=Pervansh |publisher=diver.company |access-date=21 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://obd-memorial.ru/html/advanced-search.htm |title=Soviet casualties |publisher=obd-memorial.ru |access-date=21 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{GS|U-273||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 ({{coord|59|25|N|24|33|W}}) by a [[Lockheed Hudson]] aircraft of [[No. 269 Squadron RAF|269 Squadron]], [[Royal Air Force]] with the loss of all 46 hands.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/boats/u273.html |title=U-273 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=20 May 2022}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{GS|U-954||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[German Type VII submarine|Type VIIC submarine]] was [[hedgehog (weapon)|hedgehogged]] and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south east of [[Cape Farewell, Greenland]] ({{coord|54|54|N|34|19|W}}) by {{HMS|Jed|K235|6}} and {{HMS|Sennen|Y21|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}) with the loss of all 47 crew.
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==20 May==
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|ship={{MV|Bangkok Maru|1937|2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The ''Bangkok Maru''-class [[armed merchant cruiser]] (5,351 t, 1937) was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk in the [[Pacific Ocean]] off [[Jaluit Atoll]], [[Marshall Islands]] ({{coord|06|47|N|169|42|E}}) by {{USS|Pollack|SS-180|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Four hundred and ninety-six troops and six crewmen were killed. Survivors were rescued by {{ship|japanese destroyer|Ikazuchi|1931|2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}).<ref name=JapLosses/><ref name=Pollack/><ref>{{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=259 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Bangkok_t.htm |title=Bangkok Maru |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=6 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fold3.com/image/29073542 |title=Pollack Patrol Report |publisher=www.fold3.com |access-date=6 May 2023}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Benakat|1935|2}}
|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The [[tank ship|tanker]] (4,763 GRT, 1935) was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk in the [[South Atlantic]] ({{Coord|6|05|S|12|56|W}}) by {{GS|U-197||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). All 44 crew survived.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2934.html |title=Benakat |publisher=Uboat |access-date=8 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{HMS|Fantome|J224|6}}
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Algerine|minesweeper}} (850/1,125 t, 1943) struck a [[naval mine|mine]] in the [[Mediterranean Sea]] off [[Cape Bon]], [[French Tunisia|Tunisia]]. One crew died of wounds. She was declared a [[constructive total loss]].<ref name=seekrieg194305/><ref name=RNCas4305/>
}}
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|ship={{GS|U-258||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[German Type VII submarine|Type VII submarine]] was [[depth charge]]d and sunk in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] ({{coord|55|18|N|27|49|W}}) by a [[Consolidated B-24 Liberator]] aircraft of [[No. 120 Squadron RAF|120 Squadron]], [[Royal Air Force]] with the loss of all 49 crew.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u258.htm |title=U-258 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=13 March 2012}}</ref> }}
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==21 May==
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|ship={{SS|Bologna|1920|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The cargo ship was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk in the [[Adriatic Sea]] ({{coord|38|34|N|15|44|E}}) by {{HMS|Unbroken|P42|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). ''Bologna'' was on a voyage from [[Naples]] to [[Messina]], [[Sicily]].<ref name=seekrieg194305/><ref>{{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=211 }}</ref><ref name=Jordan528>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=528 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|Italian landing craft|MZ 733||2}}
|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}
|desc=World War II: The Type A ''[[Marinefahrprahm]]'' was sunk by Allied aircraft off Capo Granitola, Sicily. Seven crew were killed. The 12 survivors were rescued by ''MAS 544'' ({{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/landungsfahrzeuge/marinefaehrprahm/ausgabe.php?where_value=1218 |title=MZ 733 |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=20 May 2022}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-303||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[German Type VII submarine|Type VIIC submarine]] was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off [[Toulon]], [[Var (department)|Var]], France ({{coord|42|50|N|6|00|E}}) by {{HMS|Sickle|P224|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) with the loss of twenty of her 48 crew. }}
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==22 May==
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|ship={{SS|Alpera|1920|2}} 
|flag={{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The [[cargo ship]] was bombed and sunk {{convert|15|nmi|km}} off [[Cape St. Vincent]], Portugal by [[Luftwaffe]] aircraft. All 35 crew survived.<ref>{{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={{HMS|LCV 825}}
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=The [[LCVP (United States)|landing craft vehicle]] blew up during exercises off west Scotland. One crew was killed.<ref name=BritLosses>{{cite web |url= http://www.naval-history.net/WW2BritishLossesbyDate2.htm |title=Royal Navy vessels lost at sea, January 1942- December 1943|publisher=Naval-history.net |access-date=19 May 2017}}</ref><ref name=RNCas4305/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Sainte Irène||2}}
|flag={{Flagicon|France}} [[Vichy France]]
|desc=The cargo ship, requisitioned by the French, then under German command, carrying a cargo of {{convert|250|lb|kg|abbr=on}} bombs, was wrecked on Grune aux Dardes, [[Nantes]], [[Loire Atlantique]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?82888 |title= SS Arnold Maersk [+1943] |publisher=Wrecksite.eu |access-date=25 August 2015}}</ref><ref>With Constant Care--: A.P. Møller: Shipowner 1876-1965 page 182</ref><ref>{{citation |title=Dictionnaire des naufrages dans la Manche |year=2008 |author=YvesDufiel}}</ref><ref name="Jordan446">{{cite book |title=The world's merchant fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=446 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|Soviet submarine|ShCh-408||2}}
|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Shchuka|submarine}} was shelled and sunk in the [[Baltic Sea]] by {{ship|German landing craft|F 189||2}}, {{ship|German landing craft|F 188||2}}, and {{ship|German landing craft|F 191||2}}  all ({{Navy|Nazi Germany}}). All 41 crew members were lost. The wreck was discovered in 2016, confirming shelling.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=53730&sid=988abb615bce883cfe7f5e68e54c72d7 |title=soviet Naval Battles-Baltic Sea during WW2 (Updated 2019) |publisher=RedFleet |access-date=18 December 2019 |archive-date=2 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802214532/http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=53730&sid=988abb615bce883cfe7f5e68e54c72d7 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://balticvaryag.ru/shch-408/ |title=ShCh-408 |publisher=balticvaryag.ru |access-date=23 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|Soviet guard ship|SKA-041||2}}
|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}
|desc=World War II: The [[guard ship]] was bombed and sunk in the [[Black Sea]] off [[Gelendzhik]] by [[Junkers Ju 87]] aircraft of ''[[1 Fliegerkorps]]'', [[Luftwaffe]]. 14 crew were killed.<ref name=seekrieg194305/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://obd-memorial.ru/html/ |title=OBD Memorial |publisher=obd-memorial.ru |access-date=22 May 2019}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{GS|U-569||2}}
|flag={{Navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[German Type VII submarine|Type VIIC submarine]] was depth charged and damaged in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] by two [[Grumman TBM Avenger]] aircraft based on {{USS|Bogue|CVE-9|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) with the loss of 21 of her 46 crew. She was consequently scuttled ({{coord|50|40|N|35|21|W}}) due to damage received.<ref>{{cite DANFS |title=Bogue |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/carriers/cve9.htm |access-date=12 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u569.htm |title=U-569 |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=9 April 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==23 May==
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|ship={{ship|Italian submarine|Leonardo da Vinci|1939|2}}
|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The {{sclass|Marconi|submarine}} was [[depth charge]]d and sunk in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] west of Portugal ({{coord|42|16|N|15|40|W}}) by {{HMS|Active|H14|6}} and {{HMS|Ness|K219|6}} (both {{naval|UK}})<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.history.navy.mil/library/online/sublosses/sublosses_italian.htm |title=US Submarine losses-Italian Casualties |publisher=History.Navy.mil |access-date=25 May 2013}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{USS|Niagara|PG-52|6}}
|flag={{navy|USA|1912}}
|desc=World War II: The PT boat tender, a former [[gunboat]], was bombed and damaged in the [[Pacific Ocean]] ({{coord|11|00|S|163|00|E}}) east south east of San Cristobal Island by Japanese aircraft. All 136 crew were rescued by {{USS|PT-146}} and {{USS|PT-147}} (both {{navy|USA|1912}}). She was scuttled by {{USS|PT-147}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).
}}
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|ship={{SS|Oost-Vlaanderen||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The ship (421 GRT, 1921) was en route from [[Saint Malo]] to [[Guernsey]] when it was attacked by the [[Royal Air Force]] and damaged {{convert|1.5|mi|km}} from St Peter Port harbour, [[Guernsey]] [[Channel Islands]] ({{coord|49|26|S|02|30|W}})<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.shipspotters.nl/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=1869 |title=OOST-VLAANDEREN 1931 |access-date=2015-09-03 |archive-date=2016-01-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105020514/http://www.shipspotters.nl/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=1869 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.divernetxtra.com/wrecks/0602channel.htm |title=Channel Changer |access-date=2015-09-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923215257/http://www.divernetxtra.com/wrecks/0602channel.htm |archive-date=2015-09-23 |url-status=usurped }}</ref> 
}}
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|ship={{USS|PT-165}}
|flag={{navy|USA|1912}}
|desc=World War II: The [[Electric Launch Company|Elco]] 80' [[PT boat]] was scuttled as a result of damage from the torpedoing and sinking of [[tank ship|tanker]] {{SS|Stanvac Manila||2}} ({{flag|Panama}}) that the PT boat was being carried on as deck cargo.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/10209.html |title=USS PT 165 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=23 May 2013}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{USS|PT-173}}
|flag={{navy|USA|1912}}
|desc=World War II: The [[Electric Launch Company|Elco]] 80' [[PT boat]] was scuttled as a result of damage from the torpedoing and sinking of tanker {{SS|Stanvac Manila||2}} ({{flag|Panama}}) that the PT boat was being carried on as deck cargo.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/10226.html |title=USS PT 173 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=23 May 2013}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Stanvac Manila||2}}
|flag={{flag|Panama}}
|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Pacific Ocean]] {{convert|100|nmi|km}} south of [[Nouméa]], [[New Caledonia]] ({{coord|23|45|S|166|30|E}}) by {{Jsub|I-17||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}). Eight crew, three gunners and one passenger were killed. Eighty-five men were rescued by {{USS|Preble|DD-345|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.aukevisser.nl/others/id396.htm |title=Stanvac Manila (I) (1941-1943) |publisher=Aukevisser |access-date=23 May 2013}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{GS|U-752||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[German Type VII submarine|Type VIIC submarine]] was sunk in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] ({{coord|51|40|N|29|49|W}}) by a rocket attack from [[Fairey Swordfish]] aircraft of [[819 Naval Air Squadron|819 Squadron]], [[Fleet Air Arm]] based on {{HMS|Archer|D78|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) with the loss of 29 of her 46 crew.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u752.htm |title=U-752 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=19 April 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==24 May==
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|ship={{SS|Nirvo|1919|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk by Allied aircraft at [[Olbia]], [[Sardinia]]. She was refloated in 1946, repaired and returned to service.<ref name=Jordan534/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Shinko Maru||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk in an air attack at [[Rabaul]], [[New Guinea]].<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mBpF94zRT28C&q=Shinko+maru+No.+2%2C+1945&pg=PA146 |title=Rabaul's forgotten fleet |publisher=googlebooks |access-date=23 April 2019|isbn=9780646173948 |year=1994 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Tana|1921|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship (5,535 GRT, 1921) was bombed and sunk off [[Olbia]], [[Sardinia]], Italy by Allied aircraft. She was raised in 1946 but sank whilst under tow to [[Genoa]].<ref name=Tana>{{cite web |url= http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/tana.html |title=T/S Tana |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=8 February 2012}}</ref> }}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==25 May==
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|ship={{ship|Italian torpedo boat|Groppo||2}}
|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The {{sclass|Ciclone|torpedo boat}} was bombed and sunk at [[Messina]], [[Sicily]] by [[United States Army Air Force]] aircraft. There was no casualty aboard.<ref name=ItalianLosses/><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?178250 |title=RM Groppo (+1943)|publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=25 May 2013}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Haneström V av Göta|1908|2}}
|flag={{flag|Sweden}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk by a mine off [[Warnemünde]], Germany. Two crew were killed. She was raised three months later and repaired.<ref name=SwedishLosses/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Soviet patrol boat|MO-016||2}}
|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}
|desc=World War II: The [[MO-class small guard ship#MO-4 type|''MO-4''-class]] [[patrol vessel]] was sunk by artillery off [[Malaya Zemlya]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cmboat.ru/vov25-05-1943/|title=MO-016 |publisher=cmboat.ru |access-date=23 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kchf.ru/ship/mo/pk95.htm |title=MO-016 |publisher=www.kchf.ru |access-date=23 April 2023}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|German minesweeper|Sperrbrecher 173 (Westland)||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The ''[[Sperrbrecher]]'' (1,258 GRT, 1926) struck a [[Naval mine|mine]] in the [[North Sea]] off [[Ameland]], [[Friesland]], Netherlands and was beached.<ref name=seekrieg194305/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-414||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]] north west of [[Ténès]], [[French Algeria|Algeria]] ({{coord|36|31|N|0|40|E}}) by {{HMS|Vetch|K132|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) with the loss of all 47 crew.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u414.htm |title=U-414 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=23 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{GS|U-467||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[German Type VII submarine|Type VIIC submarine]] was depth charged and sunk in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] south east of Iceland ({{coord|62|25|N|14|52|W}}) by a [[Consolidated PBY Catalina]] aircraft of the [[United States Navy]] with the loss of all 46 crew.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u467.htm |title=U-467 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=26 March 2012}}</ref> }}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==26 May==
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|ship={{HMS|Hong Lam}}
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=The auxiliary minelayer/naval trawler (104 GRT, 1928) foundered due to a leak in the engine room off [[Adam's Bridge]] between India and Ceylon. The whole crew survived.<ref name=BritLosses/><ref>{{cite book |title=British Warship Losses in the Modern Era |first=David |last=Hepper |publisher=Seaforth Publishing |year=2022 |page=246 |isbn=978-1399097666}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|Romanian river ship|Ismail||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Romania}}
|desc=World War II: The passenger river ship was sunk by a mine at km 72 of the [[Danube]], between [[Brăila]] and [[Vylkove|Vâlcov]], Romania. Five passengers were killed.<ref name=SovEmp>{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=55255&sid=b64d81afc6dc3bf6ebf262ded5ddeaf9 |title=Soviet torpedo bomber victories during WWII |publisher=www.soviet-empire.com |access-date=29 April 2023 |archive-date=27 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327183807/http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=55255&sid=b64d81afc6dc3bf6ebf262ded5ddeaf9 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=Marina125>{{cite book |title=Marina română in al doilea război mondial: 1942-1944 |first=Nicolae |last=Koslinski |publisher=Editura Făt-Frumos |year=1996 |page=125 |isbn=973-552-033-8}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Kagi Maru||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The cargo ship (2,341 t) was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk in the [[Pacific Ocean]] west of [[Kyushu]] by {{USS|Saury|SS-189|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). 29 crew were killed.<ref name=JapLosses/><ref name=Saury>{{cite DANFS |title=Saury |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss189.txt |access-date=30 December 2011}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|Soviet gunboat|Krasnogvardeets||2}}
|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The auxiliary river gunboat was sunk by a mine near Bezymyanny Island on the Volga River. 11 people were killed, and 11 were injured, 1 of them later died of his wounds.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://proza.ru/2022/06/18/265 |title=Krasnogvardeets |publisher=proza.ru |access-date=23 April 2023}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Monte Santo||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo was bombed and sunk by [[Lockheed P-38 Lightning]] aircraft of the [[United States Army Air Force]] at [[La Maddalena]], Italy. There was no casualty aboard.<ref name=ItalianLosses/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://lamaddalena.info/correva-lanno-1943/ |title=La Maddalena 1943 |date=30 October 2017 |publisher=lamaddalena.info |access-date=16 May 2019}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Shoei Maru||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The auxiliary [[gunboat]] (3,580 t) was torpedoed and sunk off [[Guam]] by {{USS|Whale|SS-239|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) with the loss of one crewman.<ref name=seekrieg194305/><ref name=Whale>{{cite DANFS |title=Whale |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss239.txt |access-date=1 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/ChounM_t.htm |title=Choun Maru |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=6 May 2023}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Tainan Maru||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Japan by {{USS|Pogy|SS-266|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). 27 crew were killed.<ref name=seekrieg194305/><ref name=JapLosses/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-436||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]] west of [[Cape Ortegal]], Spain ({{coord|43|49|N|15|56|W}}) by {{HMS|Hyderabad|K212|6}} and {{HMS|Test|K239|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}) with the loss of all 47 crew.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u436.htm |title=U-436 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=25 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==27 May==
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|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 328||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The Type A ''[[Marinefahrprahm]]'' was sunk by Soviet bombers east of Scheljesny-Rog, Kuban ({{coord|45|05|N|36|45|E}}). There were 6 wounded. She was salvaged by the Soviets in 1944 and put in service as {{ship|Soviet landing ship|BDB-1||2}} ({{navy|Soviet Union}}).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/landungsfahrzeuge/marinefaehrprahm/ausgabe.php?where_value=741 |title=F 328 |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=23 April 2023}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Kochi Maru|1920|2}}
|flag={{army|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: Convoy K-519:The Kochi Maru class auxiliary transport ship was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean 75 nms north west of Palau ({{coord|08|28|N|134|06|E}}) by {{USS|Finback|SS-230|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Two passengers, 3 gunners and 39 crewmen are killed.<ref name=seekrieg194305/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Kochi_t.htm |title=Japanese Army Auxiliary Transports |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=29 November 2022}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|French destroyer|Léopard||2}}
|flag={{navy|Free France}}
|desc=The {{sclass|Chacal|destroyer}} ran aground and was wrecked off [[Tobruk]], [[Italian Libya|Libya]].
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Romanian barge|Mihai Viteazu||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Romania}}
|desc=World War II: The passenger river ship was sunk by a mine at km 49 of the [[Danube]], near [[Isaccea]], Romania. There were 50 dead or wounded.<ref name=SovEmp/><ref name=Marina125/>
}}
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|ship={{ship|German patrol boat|O. Re-35||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The auxiliary patrol boat was sunk by a mine in the [[Baltic Sea]].<ref name=SovEmp/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German motor torpedo boat|S-507||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=The ''S 501''-class motor torpedo boat was sunk in a collision in the [[Black Sea]] off [[Feodosia]].
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MV|Sicilia|1934|2}}
|flag={{Flag|Sweden}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was captured in the [[Indian Ocean]] ({{coord|24|31|S|35|12|E}}) by {{GS|U-181||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). The 23 crew were ordered to abandon ship, after which she was scuttled.<ref name=Sicilia>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2933.html |title=Sicilia |publisher=Uboat |access-date=8 March 2012}}</ref> 
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==28 May==
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|ship={{SS|Agwimonte|1941|2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: [[Convoy CD 20]]: The [[Type C1 ship|Type C1 cargo ship]] was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk in the [[South Atlantic]] ({{coord|34|57|S|19|33|E}}) by {{GS|U-177||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). All 69 crew were rescued by {{ship|HMSAS|Vereeniging|T72|6}} ({{navy|South Africa|1922}}) and a [[South African Army]] rescue boat.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2938.html |title=Agwimonte |publisher=Uboat |access-date=7 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MV|Akatsuki Maru|1938|2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The auxiliary [[tank ship|oiler]] was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Pacific Ocean]] west of [[Kyushu]] ({{coord|27|40|S|125|55|E}}) by {{USS|Saury|SS-189|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Thirty-five crewmen were killed.<ref name=Saury/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Italian torpedo boat|Angelo Bassini||2}}
|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}
|desc=World War II: The [[torpedo boat]] was bombed and sunk at [[Livorno]] by American aircraft. There was no casualties among her crew.<ref name=seekrieg194305/><ref name=ItalianLosses/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Italian torpedo boat|Antares||2}}
|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Spica|torpedo boat|2}} was bombed and heavily damaged at Livorno by American aircraft. She was grounded to avoid sinking and was never repaired. There was no casualty.<ref name=Spica/><ref name=ItalianLosses/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Caralis D8||2}}
|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The armed merchant cruiser was bombed and sunk at Livorno by American aircraft.<ref name=seekrieg194305/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''[[French sloop Commandante Rivière|FR 52]] ''
|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Élan|sloop|0}} [[Sloop-of-war|sloop]] was sunk at Livorno by Allied aircraft. Raised by the Germans, renamed ''SG 22''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=752 |title=French escort minesweeper type Elan |publisher=Warshipsww2.Eu |access-date=28 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141229034440/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=752 |archive-date=2014-12-29 |url-status=usurped }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Florida|1937|2}}
|flag={{Flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy BT 14]]: The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] {{convert|125|nmi|km}} east of [[Fortaleza]], Brazil ({{coord|3|56|S|36|43|W}}) by {{GS|U-154|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her back broken, she was abandoned by her 69 crew, who were rescued by {{USS|PC-592}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). ''Florida'' was taken in tow by {{USS|Saucy|PG-65|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). She was later repaired and returned to service.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2937.html |title=Florida |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 February 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Gimma||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Livorno by American aircraft.<ref name=seekrieg194305/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|John Worthington|1920|2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy BT 14]]: The tanker was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|125|nmi|km}} east of Fortaleza ({{coord|3|52|S|36|48|W}}) by {{GS|U-154|1941|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). She put in to [[Trinidad]] and was subsequently taken to [[Galveston, Texas]]. The ship was declared a [[constructive total loss]] and was not repaired She was scrapped in 1944.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2936.html |title=John Worthington |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 February 2012}}</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>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MV|Kamikawa Maru|1937|2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The ''Kamikawa Maru''-class [[seaplane tender]] was torpedoed and damaged in the [[Pacific Ocean]] 225 miles north north west of Kavieng, New Ireland ({{coord|01|36|S|150|24|E}}) by {{USS|Scamp|SS-277|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) She was finished off by USS ''Scamp'' in the early hours of the next day. Thirty-nine crewmen and three [[Imperial Japanese Army]] civilian employees were killed.<ref name=Scamp>{{cite DANFS |title=Scamp |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss277.txt |access-date=4 January 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Romanian lighter|Kriti||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Romania}}
|desc=World War II: The lighter was sunk by a mine in the [[Black Sea]].<ref name=SovEmp/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Lercara|1922|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The [[cargo ship]] was bombed and sunk at Livorno by [[United States Army Air Force]] aircraft. She was refloated in 1946, repaired and returned to French service as ''Chef Mécanicien Armand Blanc''.<ref>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |pages=462 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Nirva||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Livorno by American aircraft.<ref name=seekrieg194305/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Polluce||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Livorno by American aircraft.<ref name=seekrieg194305/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Seiki Maru||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off the [[Aleutian Islands]], [[Alaska]], United States by {{USS|S-41|SS-146|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).<ref name=seekrieg194305/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MV|Storaas|1929|2}}
|flag={{Flag|Norway}}
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy CD 20]]: The tanker (7,886 GRT, 1929) was torpedoed and sunk in the Indian Ocean ({{coord|34|57|S|19|33|E}}) by {{GS|U-177||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of three of her 45 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{ship|HMSAS|Vereeniging|T72|6}} ({{navy|South Africa|1922}}).<ref name=Storaas>{{cite web |url= http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/storaas.html |title=M/T Storaas |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=7 February 2012}}</ref><ref name=StoraasU177>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2939.html |title=Storaas |publisher=Uboat |access-date=7 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Tiziano||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Livorno by American aircraft.<ref name=seekrieg194305/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-304||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, Greenland]] by a [[Consolidated B-24 Liberator]] aircraft of [[No. 120 Squadron RAF|120 Squadron]] [[Royal Air Force]] with the loss of all 46 crew.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u304.htm |title=U-304 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=15 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-755||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[German Type VII submarine|Type VIIC submarine]] was attacked with rockets and sunk in the [[Mediterranean Sea]] north of [[Mallorca]], Spain ({{Coord|39|58|N|1|41|E}}) by a [[Lockheed Hudson]] aircraft of [[No. 608 Squadron RAF|608 Squadron]], Royal Air Force with the loss of 40 of her 49 crew.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u755.htm |title=U-755 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=19 April 2012}}</ref> }}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==29 May==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=29 May 1943 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Eisho Maru||2}} <!--not Eiski Maru-->
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The cargo ship was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk in the [[Pacific Ocean]] ({{coord|17|35|N|110|45|E}}) by {{USS|Tambor|SS-198|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}).<ref name=seekrieg194305/><ref name=Tambor>{{cite DANFS |title=Tambor |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss198.htm |access-date=31 December 2011}}</ref><ref name=Jordan528/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Gondul||2}}
|flag={{flag|Sweden}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship (1,259 t) struck a [[naval mine|mine]] and sank in the [[Baltic Sea]] off [[Wismar]], Germany. The whole crew was saved.<ref name=seekrieg194305/><ref name=SwedishLosses/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.faktaomfartyg.se/gondul_1928.htm |title=Gondul |publisher=www.faktaomfartyg.se |access-date=26 June 2024}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MV|Hopetarn|1939|2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship (5,231 GRT, 1939) was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Indian Ocean]] ({{coord|30|50|S|39|32|E}}) by {{GS|U-198||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of seven of her 44 crew. One survivor was taken aboard ''U-198'' as a [[prisoner of war]], the rest were rescued by {{SS|Nirvana||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}). She was on a voyage from [[Calcutta]], [[British Raj|India]] to a British port.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2940.html |title=Hopetarn |publisher=Uboat |access-date=8 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{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=115 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{Ship|HM MGB|110}}
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=World War II: The BPB 72' [[motor gun boat]] (37/46 t, 1942) was sunk by Kriegsmarine warships off [[Dunkirk]] with the loss of 11 crew.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/17501.html |title=HMS MGB 110 (MGB 110) |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 May 2013}}</ref><ref name=RNCas4305/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Shoko Maru||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: Convoy No. 266: The cargo ship (5,385 GRT 1940) (a.k.a. ''Matsue Maru'') was torpedoed and sunk in the [[East China Sea]] ({{coord|29|50|N|129|35|E}}) by {{USS|Saury|SS-189|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}). All aboard (57 crewmen and four watchmen) were killed.<ref name=Saury/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/ShokoL_t.htm |title=Shoko Maru |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=6 January 2021}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==30 May==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=30 May 1943 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Enna|1922|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The cargo ship was attacked and sunk at [[Naples]] by British aircraft. She was refloated in 1947 and scrapped.<ref>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=460 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Flora MacDonald||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=World War II: The [[Liberty ship]] was [[torpedo]]ed and damaged in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] ({{coord|7|15|N|13|20|W}}) by {{GS|U-126|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of seven of her 70 crew. She arrived afire at [[Freetown]], Sierra Leone on 6 June and was declared a [[constructive total loss]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsF.html |title=Liberty Ships - F |publisher=Mariners |access-date=6 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2941.html |title=Flora MacDonald |publisher=Uboat |access-date=27 February 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Hakozaki Maru||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a [[naval mine|mine]] and sank off [[Shanghai]], China.<ref name=seekrieg194304>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/43-04.htm |title=Seekrieg 1943, April |access-date=8 June 2015 |last=Rohwer |first=Jürgen |author-link=Jürgen Rohwer |author2=Gerhard Hümmelchen |work=Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart |language=de }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{USS|LCT-28}}
|flag={{navy|USA|1912}}
|desc=World War II: The [[Landing craft tank#Mark 5|LCT Mk 5]] struck a mine and sank in the [[Mediterranean Sea]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/19029.html |title=USS LCT 28 (LCT 28) |publisher=Uboat |access-date=30 May 2013}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''[[Evan Thomas, Radcliffe and Company#The Second World War|Llancarfan]]''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship (4,910 GRT, 1937) was bombed and sunk by Axis aircraft {{convert|2|nmi|km}} south of [[Cape St. Vincent]]. All 49 crew survived.<ref>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=488 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref> She was on a voyage from Glasgow to Lisbon and Malta with coal and coke. 
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German tugboat|Netty||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[tugboat]] was bombed and sunk in the [[Black sea]] by a [[Soviet Naval Air Force]] [[Douglas A-20 Havoc]] aircraft.<ref name=SovEmp/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Takamisan Maru||2}}
|flag={{army|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: Convoy SA-25: The ''Takamisan Maru''-class auxiliary transport ship was either torpedoed and sunk by {{USS|Saury|SS-189|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}), or by a US mine, off the mouth of [[Yangtze River]] ({{coord|31|20|N|122|39|E}}). Survivors were rescued by {{ship|Japanese submarine chaser|Kaii||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}).<ref name=Saury/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/takamisan_t.htm |title=Takamisan Maru |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=6 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Takamisan_t.htm |title=Japanese Army Auxiliary Transports |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=29 November 2022}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MV|Toni II|1932|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The damaged cargo ship was set afire in an Allied air raid on [[Naples]], Italy and was burnt out.<ref name=Jordan563>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=563 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|Untamed|P58|6}}
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=The [[British U-class submarine|U-class submarine]] sank in the [[Firth of Clyde]] with the loss of all 35 crew. She was raised on 5 July, repaired and re-entered service as HMS ''Vitality''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.scottishshipwrecks.com/hms-untamed/ |title=Untamed |publisher=www.scottishshipwrecks.com |access-date=26 June 2024}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==31 May==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=31 May 1943 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Athene''
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=The trawler sank in the upper [[Florida Keys]].<ref>{{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><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?25955 |title=H. H. Conway (+1944) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=25 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-440||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]] west of [[Cape Ortegal]], [[Spain]] ({{coord|45|38|N|13|04|W}}) by a [[Short Sunderland]] aircraft of [[No. 210 Squadron RAF|201 Squadron]], [[Royal Air Force]] with the loss of all 46 crew.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u440.html |title=U-440 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=25 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-563||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[German Type VII submarine|Type VIIC submarine]] was depth charged and sunk in the [[Bay of Biscay]] ({{coord|46|35|N|10|40|W}}) by [[Handley Page Halifax]] and [[Short Sunderland]] aircraft of [[No. 10 Squadron RAAF|10 Squadron]], [[Royal Australian Air Force]], and [[No. 58 Squadron RAF|58]] and [[No. 228 Squadron RAF|228 Squadrons]], [[Royal Air Force]] with the loss of all 49 crew.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u563.html |title=U-563 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=8 April 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==Unknown date==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=Unknown date 1943 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|French submarine|Calypso|1926|2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The {{sclass|Circé|submarine|||1925}} was either scuttled as a [[blockship]] or sunk by Allied bombing at a North African port between 9 and 13 May.<ref name=seekrieg194305/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|French minesweeper|Fracas||2}}
|flag={{navy|France}}
|desc=World War II: The ''Clameur''-class minesweeping tug was scuttled sometime in May.
 }}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Italian submarine|Gorgo||2}}
|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Flutto|submarine}} was lost for an unknown reason in the western [[Mediterranean Sea]] between 15 and 31 May with all 48 hands. The [[depth charge]] attack off [[Oran]], [[French Algeria|Algeria]] by {{USS|Nields|DD-616|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) on 21 May that has long been considered to have sunk her was probably against a German submarine.<ref>{{cite DANFS |title=DD-616 |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/destroy/dd616txt.htm |access-date=30 December 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2015/04/gorgo.html |title=Gorgo |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=21 January 2021}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MV|Hermes|1922|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was either scuttled as a blockship or sunk by Allied bombing at a North African port between 9 and 13 May.<ref name=seekrieg194305/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|French submarine|Nautilus|1930|2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Saphir|submarine|||1928}} was either scuttled as a blockship or sunk by Allied bombing at a North African port between 9 and 13 May.<ref name=seekrieg194305/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Ste. Monique|1937|2}}
|flag={{flagicon|France}} [[Vichy France]]
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk as a [[blockship]] at [[Bizerta]], Algeria.<ref name=Jordan558>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=558 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|French submarine|Turquoise|1929|2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Saphir|submarine|||1928}} was either scuttled as a blockship or sunk by Allied bombing at a North African port between 9 and 13 May.<ref name=seekrieg194305/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Unnamed motor torpedo boats
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=Both un-named Kleinst 42 Type torpedo motor boats (midget MTBs) built were lost sometime in May.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-209||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[German Type VII submarine|Type VIIC submarine]] was attacked and damaged on 4 May by a [[Consolidated PBY Catalina]] aircraft of the [[Royal Canadian Air Force]]. She was subsequently lost on or about 7 May, possibly due to damaged received, with the loss of all 46 crew.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u209.htm |title=U-209 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=9 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-381||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[German Type VII submarine|Type VIIC submarine]] disappeared on patrol in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] south of Greenland sometime between 9 and 21 May with the loss of all 47 crew.
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==References==
{{reflist|20em}}
* {{cite book|last1=Shores|first1= Christopher|last2= Massimello|first2= Giovanni|last3= Guest|first3= Russell|last4= Olynyk|first4= Frank|last5= Bock|first5= Winfried |last6=Thomas |first6=Andy |title=A History of the Mediterranean Air War 1940–1945: Volume Four: Sicily and Italy to the Fall of Rome: 14 May, 1943 – 5 June 1944|year=2018|location= London|publisher= Grub Street|isbn=978-1-911621-10-2}}

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