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SHIPS OF THE ROYAL 1~1/_ \ 7-: STATEMENT OF LOSSES DURING THE · SECOND WORLD WAH.

3rd September, 1939 to 2nd September, I9<·.S ADMIRALTY

• SHIPS OF THE ROYAL STATEMENT OF LOSSES ' DURING THE . SECOND WORLD WAR

3rd September, 1939 to 2nd September, 1945

Crown Copyright Rmrved

• -LONDON: HIS MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE 1947 ' I M\J ~ 5. ?:. .. NitS H7 7/o3S

CONTENTS

PART I. WARSHIPS AND AUXILIARY VESSELS

I. List of losses arranged according to year and class ... ••. 3

II. Summary of losses by year and class ...... 37 '... " ' . . ' " . III. Analysis of causes of loss by' :classes ...... 40 I ~ . ·: - . . :· .-· IV. Summary of losses ~.y:·y~ar .~id cause ...... 42 ..... , .,.,"' ·-"'•''

v. Cla~ified nominal list of losses ••• ••• ...... 43

PART II. LANDING SHIPS, CRAFT AND BARGES • • I. . List of losses arranged according to year and class ...... 49

II. Summary of losses •.• ...... •.•• 63

INDEX ...... - 3

PART I

WARSHIPS AND AUXILIARY VESSELS

List of Losses Arran~ed accordin~ to Year. and Class (This return excludes Ships of the Dominion and Royal Indian )

• • NOTES LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS (i) (R) Signifies that the vessel was AfC Aircraft. requisitioned for Naval Service .. AJS Anti-Submarine (ii) Tonnage is Standard displacement DfC Depth Charge. · · unless otherwise stated. (E) Estimated.· (iii) Gross Registered Tonnage' is shown E/B E-Boat in italics. · ._ · E.M.B. Explosive Motor Boat. (iv) The list excludes Steam and Motor S.C. Surface Craft. boats and small requisitioned and SfM Submarine. acquired Craft when the known . TJB Torpedo Boat. tonnage is below Io tons. · UJB U-Boat. - -

Date of Date of Class Name Tonnage Comple· Loss How Lost and Where ' · tion

1939 .... ROYAL OAK ...... 29,150 I. 5.16 14 Oct. Sunk by U /B, torpedo in , Orkneys.

AIRCJIAFT CARRIER . COURAGEOUS ...... 22,500 . I 17 17 Sept. Sunk by U/B, torpedo, West (ex CRUISER), As /ljc of Ireland. • Carrier s. 5-28 ' DESTROYERS ' •... BLANCljiE · ...... 1,360 14- 2.31.- 13 Nov. Sunk by mine, ·Thames Estuary. GiPSY. Sunk by mine off Harwich. .. "' ...... 1,335 22. 2.36 21 Nov. DUCHESS ...... 1,375 27. 1·33 12 De~. Sunk in collision, W. S;otland. SUBMARINE ... OXLEY ...... 1,354 22. 7·27 10 Sept. Sunk by accident off Norway. ARMED MERCHANT LwALPINDI (R) ... x6,697 1925 23 Nov. Sunk by ScHARNHORST S.E. CRUISER. AsAMC of Iceland. . . . - 10-39. I

MoToR ToRPEDO No.6 ...... IS I7-II,36 16 Nov. Foundered in ba.d weather off BoAT, Sardinia.

TRAWLERS ... NouHERN ROVER (R) ... 655 1936 31 Oct. .:. . Overdue at , Orkneys. . 5 Nov• MAsTIFF ...... 520 16. 5.38 20 Nov. Sunk by mine, Thames Estuary. ARAGONITE. (R) , ., .... 3I5 .1934 ·22 Nov. Mined off Deal. WASHINGTON (R) ... ll09 1909 . 6 Dec. Sunk by mine en route for Yarmouth. WILLIAM HAL"LETT (R) ... :~oa l919 13 Dec. Mined, Tyne area. JAMES LUDFORD » ... 506 30, 4·19 14 Dec. Sunk by mine off Tyne. . EVELINA (R) ...... aoa 1919 } 16 Dec. Sunk, probably by mille, Tyne SEDGEFLY (R) ...... 520 1939 area.. DROI•IlO (R) ...... 380 J929 22 Dec. Sunk in collision, North of Whitby. - BARl3ARA ROBERTSON (R) 335 1919 23 Dec. Sunk by UfB, gunfire, North of Hebrides, W. . LocH DOON (R) ... 534 1937 is Dec. Sunk, probably by mine, off . Blyth. . ' BooM DEFENCE BAYONIT, ...... 6os x6. 3-39 21 Dec. Sunk by mine, Firth of Forth. VESSEL.

I'UG ... , NNP!A (R) ... . X55 1914 20 Dec. Sunk a.s result of explosion, ...... probably caused b:y mine, off . • Ra.msgate. - 6ogj8 .. • 4

Date of Date of Class Name Tonnage Comple­ Loss How Lost and Where tion

1939 • Rw OF HOPE (R) 10 Dec. • DRIFTERS !\lined, Thames Estuary0 GLEN ALBYN (R) PROMOTIVE (R) ... } 23 Dec. Mined, Loch• Ewe, W. Scotland. 0 OILER BIRCHOL ..• ... 1,IIj(E) 12. 9.17 29 Nov. Wrecked, Hebrides. AMMUNITION LucY BoRCHARDT 1.Bso 1905 14 Sept. } Huuts CARLO ... . •• 1,737 191I IS Sept. l\10URINO .•. !1,165 ' 1906 15 Sept. Cause and place unknown. STANLARD ,,. 1,737 1912 15 Sept. DUNMORE HEAD ;c,68:~ l8g8 29 Sept.

1940 AIRCRAFT CARRIER GLORIOUS 1.17 8 June Sunk by gunfire, SCHARN (ex CRUISER). As A/C HORST and GNEISENAU, !at Carrier of Narvik, Norway. IO. 3·30

CRUISERS ••• EFFINGHAM 9.550 9· 7-25 18 May Struck submerged rock, wrecked , Vestfiold, Norway. CALYPSO 8. 6.17 12 June Sunk by U fB, torpedo, South of Crete.

DESTROYERS GRENVILLE (Leader) 19 Jan. Sunk by mine, . ExMOUTH (Leader) 21 Jan. Sunk, probably U JB, torpedo Moray Firth. DARING ... 18 Feb. Sunk by UfB, torpedo, off Duncansby Head, N. Scot land. GLOWWORM 8Apr. Sunk by ADMIRAL HIPPll:R gunfire, off Norway. GuRKHA ••• 9Apr. Sunk by AfC, bombs, off Stav anger, Norway. HuNTER ••• •.. 1,340 10 Apr. Sunk by S.C., gunfire, in battle of Narvik. HARDY (Leader) II.I2.36 IO Apr. Driven ashore, gunfire, Narvik AFRIDI (Leader) 29. 4·38 3May Sunk by A/C, bombs, off Norway. VALENTINE (Leader) 27. 6.17 15 May Bombed, grounded and aban doned in River Schelde. WHITLEY ... ~.roo I.po.I8 19May Damaged by bombs, beached between Nieuport & Ostend: WESSEX ... I,lOO li. 5.18 24May Sunk by AfC, bombs, off Calais. GRAFTON 1,33.5 20. 3·36 29May Sunk by E/B, torpedo, off Dunkirk. GRENADE ' 28. 3·36 29May Sunk by A/C, bombs, in ' Dunkirk Harbour. WAKEFUL I,IOO 20.II.I7 29May Sunk by E/B, torpedo, off Dunkirk. BASILISK 1,360 HAVANT ...... 1,400 x!:x~:~~~ June Sunk 'by A/C, bombs, off KEITH (Leader) 1,400 20. 3.31 Dunkirk. ACASTA ..• 1,350 II. 2.30 June Sunk by SCHARNHORST and ARDENT ... 1,350 14. 4·30 GNEISENAU, gunfire, when returning from Norway. KHARTOUM 6.II.39 23 June Beached after damage by inter­ nal explosion caused b~ burst torpedo air vessel off Perim Harbour. WHIRLWIND 1,100 28. 3.18 5 ]1Jly Sunk by UfB, torpedo, S.W. of Ireland. EscoRT ... JO.I0.34 II July Sunk by U JB, torpedo, W. . Mediterranean. IMOGEN •.• 2; 6.37 16 July Damaged in collision, caught fire and abandoned off Dun­ . cansby Head, N. Scotland. BRAZEN ...... 20 July Sunk by A/C off Dover. CoDRINGTON (Leader) ... 27 July Bombed and sunk in Dover Harbour. WREN 1,120 27. 1.23 . 27 July Bombed and sunk off Aide­ burgh, Suffolk. DELIGHT JI. 1.33 29 July HOSTILE ... Bombed and sunk off Portland. 10. 9·36 23 Aug. • Mined and sunk off Cape Bon, Mediterranean. EsK ..• 1,375 IVANHOE 28. 9·34} I Sept. 1,370 24. 8.37 Sunk by mine, North Sea. . VENETIA 1,090 27,12,17 19 Oct. STURDY ... <:unk by mine, Thames Estuary. • 905 15.10.19 30 Oct. ACHE RON Wrecked, Tiree Is. W. Scotland. I-350 IJ.lO.Jl 17 Dec. Sunk by mine off Isle of Wight. 3.12.36 ~Dec. Sunk by mine off Pantellaria, Mediterrannean. 5

Date o£ Date of Class Name Tonnage Comple· Loss How Lost and Where tion ' • 1940 SUBMAjlNES SEAHORSE 2.10.33 xo Jan. Lost in Heligoland Bight. UNDINE ... ~I, 8.38 15 Jan. Lost in Heligoland Bight D fC., I lo S.C. Formally paid off. STARFISH 27.10.33 20 Jan. Lost in Heligoland Bight D/C., • S.C. Formally paid off. THISTLE ... 4· 7·39 • 14 Apr. Lost off Skudesnes, Norway, probably torpedoed, U/B. TARPON .. . I,090 22 Apr. Lost North Sea, probably mine. STERLET .. . 670 27 Apr. Lost, Skagerrak, cause un­ known . • UNITY ... 540 15.I0.38 29 Apr. - Lost, in collision, Tyne area. GRAMPUS 1,520 10. 3·37 24 June Lost in Mediterranean off Augusta, Sicily, cause un­ known. ODIN 21.12.29 27 June Lost in Gulf of Taranto, Medi· terranean, cause unknown. ORPHEUS ... 23. 9.30 27 June Lost, probably torpedoed by Italian SfM, between Malta and Alexandria. SHARK 3I.IZ.34 6 July Lost, AJC, off -5kudesnes, Nor· way. SALMON ... 8. 3·35 14 July Lost, probably mined, S.W. Norway. , PHOENIX I,<~75 3· 2.31 17 July Lost, off Sicily, cause unknown. NARWHAL 1,520 28. 2.36 I Aug. Lost, probably off Trondheim, Norway, cause unknown. For­ • mally paid off . OsWALD I. 5.29 I Aug. Rammed and sunk, 10 miles S.E. Spartevento Bay, by Italian destroyer. SPEARFISH Lost, probably by U /B, tor­ pedo, off Norway. Fonitally paid off. THAMES ... x,Bos 14· 9.32 3 Aug. Lost, off Norway, probably mi~~. RAINBOW x8. 1.32 19 Oct. Sunk off Calabria, S. Italy, by gunfire, Italian SJM. Form­ - ally paid off. TRIAD I,090 16. 9.39 20 Oct. Lost off Calabria, S. Italy, cause unknown. H. 49 25.10.19 27 Oct. Lost, D /C, off Dutch Coast, German A/S, S.C. Forroally paid off. SWORDFISH 28.1 X.32 16 Nov. Lost, off Ushant, cause un· known.· REGULUS 1,475 7.12.30 6 Dec. Lost, Otranto Strait, S. Italy, cause unknown. Formally paid off. TRITON ... g.n.38 18 Dec. Lost in S. Adriatic, probably mined. -

ARMED MERCHANT C;RINTH!A {R) ...... ZO,I477 1925 7 June Sunk by U/B, torpedo, West CRUISERS. As of Ireland. A.M.C. 1.40 ScorsTOU}'I (R) 1925 13 June Sunk by U/B, torpedo, N.W. As Approaches. A.M. C. • 9·39 1922 16 June Sunk by UfB, torpedo, S.Jt of As Iceland. A.M.C. II.39 TRANSYLVANIA (R) ... I6,923 1925 · 10 Aug. Sunk by U/B, torpedo, North As of Ireland. A.M. C. 10.39 DUNVEGAN CASTLE (R)... I5,007 1936 28 Aug. Sunk by U/B, torpedo, West As of Ireland. A.M.C. 12.39 • LAUR!J:NT!C (R) ... I927 3 Nov. Sunk by U/B, torpedo, N.W. I As Approaches. A.M.C. 10.39 PATROCLUS (R) ...... II,3I4 1923 4 Nov. Attacked by U /B (3rd). Sank As West of Ireland. A.M. C. • 1.40 JERVIS BAY (R): .. lg22 Sunk by ADMIRAL SHEER, N. As . • A.M.C . 6og58 • 6

Date of Date of Class Name Tonnage Comple­ Loss How Lost and Where · tion

1940 ARMED MERCHaNT FORl'AR (R) 1921 2 Dec. Sunk by U{B, torpedo,"'West CRUISERS (co.U), As of Ireland. A.M.C.

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ARMED BOARDING KING 0RRY (R) 1,877 1913 30May Sunk by A/C at Dunkirk. VESSELS ... VAN DYCK {R) ... 1921 10 June Lost in convoy, proba~ by air attack, Narvik area.

ANTI-AlRCRAl'T CURLEW ... 20.12.17 26May Sunk by A/C, bombs, off Ofot SHIP Fiord, Norway. ~·

AUXIUARY ANTI· CRESTED EAGLE (R) ... I,IIO 29May Sunk by A/C off Dunkirk. AlRCRAl'T SHIPS FOYLE BANK (R) s.saa 4 July Sunk by A/C at Portland. SLOOPS ...... BITTERN ... 1,190 30 Apr. Sunk by A/C, bombs, off Namsos, Norway. l'ENZANCE 1,025 15. 1.31 24 Aug. Sunk by UfB, · torpedo, N. DUNDEE ••• ... · 1,o6o 31. 3·33 15 Sept. } Atlantic. · CoRVETTE ... GoDETIA 940 15. 7·40 6 Sept. Sunk in collision off N. Ireland.

RivER .GUN BOAT MOSQUITO I June Sunk by A/C during with­ drawal from Dunkirk . • MlNELAYERS • .. l'EINCESS VICTORIA (R) 11,197 1939 18-19 May Mined, entrance to Humber. PORT NAPIER (R) •.. 9,6oo 1940 27 Nov. Lost by fire, Loch Alsh, W. Scotland.

NETLAYER ••• KYLEMORE (R) 319 21 Aug. Sunk by AfC, Harwich.

MINE DESTRUCTOR CORBURN 21 May Sunk by mine off Le Havre. VRSSEL.

·MINESWEEPERS ,., SPHINX ... 27. 7·39 3 Feb. Sunk by A/C, bombs, off N.E. Scotland. DUNOON ... 710. 19. 6.19 30 Apr. Sunk by mine off Great Yarmouth. BRIGHTON BELLE (R) ... 396 1900 28 May Sunk in collision with sub­ merged wreck in Downs. GRAFE FIELDS (R) Sunk by AfC, bombs, off 393 1936 } 29 May. WAVERLEY (R) .,. 537 !899 Dunkirk. DEVONIA (R) ... 61111 1905 31 May Beached and abandoned after damage by AfC, bombs, off Dunkirk. BRIGHTON QUEEN (R) ... 1905 i June Lost by gunfire off Dunkirk. SKIPJACK ...... 3· 5·34 I June Sunk by A/C. bombs, off Dunkirk. DUNDALK 710 2. 5-19 x6 Oct. Sunk by mine off Harwich. MERCURY (R) ... 6ZI 1934 25 Dec. Sank after damage by own mine, ~outh of Ireland.

DEGAUSSING SHIP BALMORE (R) 1920 II Nov. War Cause.

MOTOR TORPEDO No, 15 ... 24 Sept. } Sunk by mine, Thames Estuary BOATS. 106 ... 16 Oct.

17 ... x8 13. 3.39 21 Oct. Sunk by explosion, probably mine, off Ostend. · 16 ••• r8 • 3· 3.39 ' 31 Oct. Sunk by mine, Thames Est'bary

MoToRATTI!NDANT No. 5 12.10.36 26 Dec. Presumed sunk by mine off CRAn. N.E, Gnnfleet. ·

MOTOR LAUNCHES No. 109 ... 57 I. 8.40 30 Oct. Sunk by mine off Humber. 127 •.• 65. 7.1I.40 22 Nov. Sunk by mine, Thames Estuary III ... 57 27. 7·40 .25 Nov: Sunk, presumed mined, off Humber.

TRAWLERS KINGSTON CaRNELIAN ... 550 1934 5 Jan. Sunk in collision, East of Gibraltar Straits. VALDORA {R) ·:· 25I 1916 u Jan. Believed sunk by A/C, Cromer area. FoRT RoYAL ... 550 I93I } 9 Feb. ROBERT BoWEN (R) ... 1190 1918 Sunk by A/C, off Aberdeen. FtFESH!RE (R) ... 540 1938 20 Feb. Sunk by AfC, East of Orkneys. BENVOL!O (R) ... 35Z 1930 23' Feb. Sunk by mine off Humber. PERIDOT ... 550 1933 15 Mar. Suek by mine off Dover. LocH AssATER (R) ZIO 1910 22 Mar. Sunk by British mine, East Coast of Scotland. RUTLANDSHIRE (R) 1936 20 Apr. Attacked by A/C, grounded, 0 Namsos, Norway. 7

- Date of Date of Class Name Tonnage Comple· Loss How Lost and Where .. tion ~ 1940 TRAWLERS• (con(.) BRAD )\IAN (R) ... 4511 1937 25 Apr. Sunk by A/C. West Coast of Norway. HAMMOND (R) 453 1936 25 Apr.* Sunk by AfC, . Aa.ndalsnes, • Norway. LARWOOD (R) ... 453 1936 25 Apr.• ·} Sunk by A/C, West Coast of • CAPE S!RETOKO (R) 590 1939 28 Apr.' Norway: CAPE CHELYUSKIN 550 1936 29 Apr. Sunk. by A/C, bombs, off Norway. }ARDINE (R} 4511 1936 30 Apr. Sunk by ov;n after • damage by A/C, West Coast of Norway. WARWICKSHIRE (R) 466 1936 30 Apr. Sunk by AfC, Trondheim area., Norway. AsTON VILLA (R) 546 1937 } 3 May· Sunk by A/C off Norway. GAUL ...... 550 1936 ST. GoRAN (R) .. . 565 1936 3 May Sunk by A/C, Namsos, Norway. LOCH NAVER (R) l!78 1919 6May Sunk in collision off Ha.rtlepool. RIFSNES (R) ...... 431 1932 20 Ma.y Sunk by A/C off Ostend. CAPE PASSARO (R) 590 1939 21 May Sunk by A/C, Narvik area, MELBOURNE (R) 466 1936 22 May } Norway. CHARLES BOYES (R) ... ago 1918 25 Ma.y Sunk by mine, East Coast of England. THOMAS BARTLETT . (R) 1190 1918 28May Sunk by British mine off Calais. THURINGIA ...... 550 1933 28 Ma.y Sunk by mine, North Sea.. Sunk by AJC, bombs, off CALVI (R) ...... 363 1930 } 29 Ma.y POLLY JOHNSON (R) .. . 1190 1918 Dunkirk. ST. ACHILLEUS (R) .. . 484 '!934 3·I May Sunk by mine, Dunkirk area.. ARGYLLSHIRE (R) , ., Sunk by EjB, during evacua­ 540 1938 } 1 June STELLA DoRADO ... 550 1935 tion from Dunkirk. BLACKBURN RoVERS (R) 43!1 1934 2 June Sunk by UfB or mine, North Sea.. WESTELLA 550 1934 2 June Torpedoed or mined off Dunkirk. JUNIPER ... 505 9·3-40 8 June Sunk by ADMIRAL HIPPER; gunfire, off Norway. SISAPON (R) 3116 1928 IZ June Mined off Hamch. ~ MYRTLE.,; 550 1928 14 June Sunk by ...mine, . · Thames Estuary. MuRMANsK (R) 348 1929 17 June Grounded at Brest and aban· doned. CAYTON WYKE ... 550 1932 8 July Sunk by S.C., torpedo, off Dover. CRESTFLOWER .. , 550 1930 19 July Foundered after damage by A/C off Portsmouth. CAMPINA (R) ... 1189 1913. 22 July Mined off Holyhea.d. FLEMING (R) •.• 356 1929 24 Jqly Sunk by AfC, Thames Estuary. KINGSTON GALENA 550 1934 } 24 July Sunk by A/C off Dover. _ RODINO (R) ... 330 1913 STAUNTON (R) ... 1183 1908 28 July Presumed blown up by mag. netic mine, Thames Estuary. !;APE FINISTERRE (R) ... 590 1939 2 Aug. Sunk by A/C off Harwich. DRUMMER (R) • .. .,, ll97 I915 4 Aug._ Mined off Brightlingsea, Essex. MARSON A (R) • • • .. . 276 1gi8 4 Aug. Sunk by mine off Cromarty. 0SWALDIAN (R) .. . z6o 1917 4Aug. Mined, Bristol Channel. RIVER Ct.YDE, (R) .. . 1176 19!9 5 Aug. Sunk by mine off Aldeburgh, Suffolk. PYRoPE (R) 395 1932 12 Aug., Sunk by A/C, Thames Estuary. TAMARISK 545 1925 12 Aug. Sunk by AJC, bombs, Thames • Estuary. ELIZABETH ANGELA (R) ll53 192S· 13 Aug. Sunk by A/C in Downs. RESPARKO (R) , .. l!48 ' 1916 20 Aug. Sunk by A/C a.t Falmouth. RoYALo (R) ... 1148 1916 , I Sept. 5unk by mine off S. Cornwall. DERVISH (R) ... 346 19Il 9 Sept. Mined off Humber. . Sunk as blockship. HARVEST MoON ~ .. 73 1904 9 Sept. LocH INVER (R} 356 1930 24 Sept. Probably mined, Harwich area.. STELLA SiRIUS ... 550 1934 25 Sept. Sunk by bombs during air raid . on Gibraltar. RECOIL (R) 344 1938' 28 Sept. Lost on patrol, presumed mined, . CoMET (R} ... • .• 30I 1924 30 Sept. Sunk by mine off Falmouth. KING_5TON SAPPHIRE (R) 356 1929 5 Oct. Sunk by U JB, torpedo, Straits of Dover. SEA KING- (R) ... 1916 9 Oct. Sunk by underwater explosion ... in Grimsby Roads. RESOLVO (R) ... 1913 · 12 Oct. Sunkbymine, Thames Estuary. WARWICK DEEPING 1934 12 Oct. Sunk by S.C., torpedo, English Channel. Sunk by mine, English Channel. LoRD it'AMP (R) ... 1935 14 Oct. KiNGSTON CA!RNGORM(R) 1935 18 Oct, • Sunk by mine, English Channel.

• Subsequently salved. 60958 • . - 8

Date of Date of Class Name Tonnage Comple­ Loss How Lost and Where tion ---~--'--"'-----l---1--::------+-'------1940 • .. TRAWLERS (cont.) VEUA (R) 19 Oct. Sunk, presumed mine~ Har­ wich Area. WAVEFLOWER ••• 55° 21 Oct. Sunk by S'nine off Aldeburgh, Suffolk. o HICKORY...... 22 Oct. Sunk by mine, English Channel. JOSEPH Bt!TTON (R) 22 Oct. Sunk by mine off Al<\iburgh, Suffolk. LORD.INCHCAPB (R) .. . 338 1924 25 Oct.• Sunk by mine off . TILBURY NEsS (R) .. . '79 1918 1 Nov. Sunk by A/C, Thames Estuary. R.INOVA (R) ...... 429 1931 2 Nov. Sunk by mine off F~lmouth. WilliAM W&SNEY (R) .. . 364 1930 7 Nov. Sunk by mine off Orlordness. KINGSTON ALAI.ITB ... 550 1933 10 Nov. Sunk by mine off Plymouth. STEllA ORION (R) ... 4I7 1935 II Nov. Mined, Thames Estuary. DUNGENESS (R) ... 1163 1914 15 Nov. Bombed and total loss off Haisborough, Norfolk. ARSENAL ... 1933 x6 Nov. Sunk in collision oft Clyde. FoNTENOY (R) ... 19I8 19 Nov. Sunk by A/C off Lowestoft. ETHEL TAYLOR (R) 1917 22 Nov. Mined off Tyne. AMETHYST ... 1934 24 Nov. Sunk by mine, Thames Estuary CoNQUISTADOR (R) 1915 25 Nov. Sunk in collision, Thames Estuary. KENNYMORE (R) 19I4 2.5 Nov. Mined, Thames Estuary. ELtt (R) ... 1902 27 Nov. Mined at Plymouth. MANX PRINCE (R) 1910 28 Nov. CALVERTON (R) 1913 29 Nov. } ll!ined, entrance to Humber. CHESTNUT 21, 5-40 30 Nov. Sunk by mine off N. Foreland, Kent. CAPRICORNUS (R) 1119' 1917 7 Dec. Sunk by mine off S.E. England. CoRTINA (R) ... III3 1913 7 Dec. Sunk in collision off Humber. REFUNDO (R) ... 1158 1917 x8 Dec. Sunk by mine off Harwich. PELTON (R) ... 358 1925 24 Dec. Sunk by EfB off Yarmouth. BANDOLERO ... 913 1935 30 Dec. Sunk in collision, Gulf of . Sollum, Egypt• WHALERS ••• , SEVRA (R) 1929 6Nov. A.N. 2 (R) 1926 8 Nov. } Mined off Falmouth. YACHTS .... ••• PRINCESS (R) ... 1924 n Jan. Sunk in collision, Bristo Channel. AIIIULREE (R) ••• 1938 1 June Sunk in collision, Dover Straits GRIVE (R) 1905 1 June Sunk by A/C during with drawal from Dunkirk. BooMERANG VI (R) 19 1938 8 June LOst by tire. l'ELLAG II (R) ... 44 1937 10 June Presumed lost at Dunkirk. CAMPEADOR V (R) 195 1938 22 June Sunk by mine oft Portsmouth WARRIOR II (R) I,II/4 1904 11 July Sunk by A/C off Portland. GULZAR (R) ••• 197 1934 29 July Sunk in air attack, Dover Harbour. WHITE Fox II (R) :13 1933 27 Aug. Lost by fire. EMELLE (R) .•. ' ... 43 1916 31 Aug. Cause and place not known. RHODORA (R) ... 687 1929 7 Sept. Lost in collision, Bristol ChanDBI. SHASHI III (R) I 55 7 Sept. Lost by fire. SAPPHO (R) 387 30 Sept. Presumed torpedoed, Falmouth area. AtSHA (R) 117 1934 II Oct. Sunk, believed mined, Thames Approaches. GAEL (R) 101 24 Nov. Mined, entrance to Humber.

BoOM DEFENCE LocH SHIN (R) 1155 1930 26May Capsized at Harstad, N

GATE VESSEL , ... PLACIDAS FAROULT (R) 136 3o-31 Oct. Cause an.d place unknown. • GtrARDSHIP LoRMONT (R) 1.56! 1927 7 Dec. Sunk in collision off Humber. TtrGS FAIRPLA.Y Two (R) 118z 1921 2 Mar .. Wrecked on Yorkshire Coast. ST. ABBS ... 550 5- 3-19} I June ST. FAGAN ... 550 7- 7-19 Sunk by A/C, at Dunkirk. ' TWENTE {R) ... 239 1937 12 June Lost through enemy action. CoRINGA (R) ... 1194 1914 23 June Lost in Atlantic, cause un- known. SAUCY (R) ;.: 1918 4 Sept. SALVAGE KING (R) Mined, Firth of Forth. 1925 12 Sept. Grounded West of Duncansby DANUBE III (R) Head, N.E. Scotland. 13 Oct. Mined off Sheerness . • Subsequently salved. • 9

Date of Date of Class Name Tonnage Comple­ Loss How Lost and Where tion .. ------~------1-----~-----l------~------• 1940 TUGS W.ont.) SEAGEM (R) 1939. 30 Oct. · Missing, presumed lost. (approx.) •MURIA (R) ... 192 1914 8 Nov. Sunk by mine off N. Foreland. • GuARDSMAN (R) 10Z 1905 15 Nov. Sunk by mine off N. Foreland. MoORING VESSEL STEADY ... 758 !8, 4.16 17 July Sunk by mine off Newhaven. • (deep) DRIFTERS RlANT (R) 95 1919 25 Jan. Lost in bad weather off West Coast, Scotland. • MAIDA (R) 107 I914 16 Mar. Sunk by mine off East Coast, England. GoLDEN DAWN (R) 8o I913 4Apr. Sunk at Ardrossan, W. Scot­ land. BoY RoY (R) ... 95 I91I 28May Bombed, beached and aban­ doned in Dunkirk Harbour. OCEAN REWARD (R) ,, 95 I912 28 May .Sunk in collision off Dover. PAXTON (R) ... 9Z I91I 28 May Damaged by AfC, and beached at Dunkirk. CoMFORT (R) 6o 29May Rammed and sunk by accident (Net) off Dover. GIRL PAMELA (R) 93 1912 29May Sunk in collision off Dunkirk. NAUTILUS (R) ... 64 1929 29 May Sunk at Dunkirk. (Net) FAIR BREEZE (R) · 9Z 1925 I June Struck wreck off Dunkirk. LoRD CAVAN (R) 96 1915 1-2 June Sunk by gunfire off Dunkirk. OCEAN LASSIE (R) 96 1919 4 June Sunk by mine off Harwich. DEWEY EVE (R) 109 I9I6 9 June · Sunk in collision, Scapa, Orkneys. OCEAN SUNLIGHT (R) ... I3I 1929 . 13 June Mined off Newhaven. CHARDE (R) .. , 99 1919 21 June Sunk in collision at Ports­ mouth. EMBRACE (R) , , 94 1907 2 Aug. Grounded, total loss, at Loch Alsh, W. Scotland. YouNG Sm (R) 100 1912 xo Aug. Sunk in collision, Moray Firth, E. Scotland. · MANX LAD (R) Z4 1937 16 Aug. Sunk by mine off Holyhead. ALFRED CoLEBROOK ... 56 1912 9 Sept. Sunk as blockship, Richborough Channel, S.E. England. WHITE DAISY (R) 79 1910 25 Sept. Sunk. SCOTC!I THISTLE (R) , .. 84 1913 fr-7 Oct.. Grounded, total loss, Thames Estuary. SUMMER RosE (R) 96 1919 13 Oct. · Sunk by mine off Sunderland. APPLE TREE (R) 84 1907 15 Oct. Sunk in collision, Oban Har. bour. DUT!IIES (R) ". . " Bg 1914 25 Oct. Sunk by AJC, at Montrose. PERSEVERE (R) ... 19·8 1937 27 Oct. Mined, Firth of Forth. HARVEST GLEANER (R) .. , 96 1918 28 Oct. Sunk by AfC, East Coast, England. TORBAY II (R) 83 1910 I Nov Sunk by A{C ofi Dover. G!?ODWILL (R) ". 118 2 Nov. Sunk. (Net) REED (R) .. . 99 19II 7Nov. Mined, Thames Estuary. SHIPMATES (R) .. . 8z 19II 14 Nov. Sunk by A/C. Dover Harbour. THE BoYs (R) .. . 93 1914 14 Nov. Sunk in heavy weather in . Downs, S.E. England. Go AHEAD (R) .. , IOO 1919 18 Nov. Sunk in collision, Sheerness. XMAS RosE (R) 96 1918 21 Nov. Sunk by mine, Thames Estuary. • YouNG FisHERMAN (R) 95 1914 29 Nov. Grounded, total loss, Oban, W. Scotland. , CARRY ON (R) •.. : 93 1919 17 Dec. Sunk by mine, Sheerness. PROFICIENT (R) 57 19 Dec. Grounded, tot~ loss, Whitby, Yorkshire. LORD HOWARD (R) g8 1917 24 Dec. Sunk in collision, Dover Har· bour. TRuE AccoRD (R) 1921 26 Dec. Sunk in collision, Yarmouth Area.

Sunk after grounding Narvik, TA NKERS &OILERS BoARD ALE ". 8,406(E) 7· 7·37 30 Apr. ... Norway. OLEANDER 7.048 8 June Sunk in Harstead Bay, Norway, ." " . - after being damaged , and ' beached (26th May). repair by WAR SEPOY 6. 2.19 19 July Damaged beyond ." ... 5.574 AfC, off Dover.

< FR!liGHTERS ". CAPE HowE (R) ... 4.443 1930 21 June Sunk by UfB, S.W. Approaches ' W!LLAMIJI'TE VALLEY (R) 4.702 1928 29 June }

MAINDY HILL (R) 1,918 19!I 9Mar. Sunk in collision off Hartlepool. CoL LIERS ,, ... ". Sunk by German Raider,lndhtn KING CITY (R) 4.744 1928 15 Aug. ". .. (approx.) Ocean. Sunk by enemy action. GLYNWEN R) ... •... 1,076 1923 14 Oct. • IO . . Date of Date of Class Name Tonnage Comple· Loss How Lost and Where tion

1940 • MOTOR CANAL AMBLEVE • 30May Ran aground Dunkirk. BoATS. YsER =} • EscAUT } Lost at Dunkirk. SEMOIS •

EXAMINATION LADY SLATER {R) 373 1934 30 July Caught fire and becam• total VESSEL. loss.

BALLOON BARRAGE BOREALIS (R) ... 45I 1930 10 Aug. Sunk. VEssiL. • SPECIAL SERVICE DURHAM CASTLE 1904 26 Jan. Sunk by mine off Cromarty on VESSELS. way to Scapa. . BRANKSEA 314 1890 to Feb. Sunk off Girdleness on way to Scapa. Cause unknown. !LSENSTEIN 8,:u6 1904 18 Feb. Sunk as blockship at Scapa. BusK 367 1906 19 Feb. Sunk as blockship. CARRON 1,017 1894 3 Mar. Sunk as blockship at Scapa. G<>NDOLIER 250 1886 18-25 Mar. Sunk as blockship. REDSTONE 3,110 1918 2 May Sunk as blockship at Scapa. FLORENTINO 1,8za 1921 25 May Sunk as blockship at Zeebrugge, Belgium. MASHOBRA (R) ... , 8,324 1920 25 May Damaged by A/C, and beached !lt Narvik. TRANSEAS ... 1,499 1924 25 May ATLANTIC GUIDE Sunk as blockships at Zee­ 1,943 1924 27May brugge, Belgium. BORODINO ... 111,004 19U 27 May } Eov. NISSEN {R) 3,063 1921 } Sunk as blockships . . HOLLAND (R) ... 1,251 1919 3 June WESTCOVE .. . 2,735 1912 3 June Sunk as blockship at Dunkirk. GOURKO .. . 1.975 19XI · 4 June Mined off Dunkirk. PACIFICO .. . 687 1905 4 June Sunk as blockship at Dunkirk. JACOBUS , .. 1,262 1920 10 June Sunk as blockship at Dieppe. KAUPO {R) ..• 2,po 1888 IO June Sunk as blockship. RrvER TYNE .. . 1.$25 1920 Io June Sunk as blockship at Dieppe. TWEEDLE DEE .. . 163 1925 } I July Sunk as blockships. T:wEEDLEDUM ... x6j 1925 JAMES 83 ... 397 1926 3 July• Sunk as blockship. EMERALD WINGS 2,139 1920 5 July Sunk as blockship at Scapa. (date of arrival) JMfES 9 ... as 1924 '8July } . UMVOTI {R) .. . 5;183 1903 29 July Sunk as blockships . MOREA .. . 1,968 16 Aug. MINNIE DE LARINAGA ... 5.046 7--9 Sept.• Total loss from A/C, London Docks. EMPIRE SE.i.MAN 1,927 1922 4 Dec. Sunk, cause unknown. GAMBHIRA ... 5.357 1919 JUNIATA ... 1,139 1918 LAKE NEUCHATEL 3.859 1907 -Sunk as blockships, presumed LYCEA 2,338 1924 during "940· MARTIS ...... '2,483 1894 . MOYLE 1,761 1907 1941 BARHAM ...... 31,100 . 4-10.15 25 Nov. Sunk by U /B, torpedoes, off Sollum, Egypt. PRINCE OF WALES ... 35,000 31. 3-41 10 Dec. Sunk by Japanese toliledo­ carrying A/C, E. Coast of Malaya.

BATTLE CRUISERS HooD ... 42,100 xs. 5-20 24May Sunk in action with BISMARCK, N. Atlantic. REPULSE 7· 8.16 10 Dec. Sunk by Japanese torpedo­ carrying A/C. E. Coast of Malaya.

MONITOR .. , TERRO!i. ... 2. 8.16 23 Feb. Bombed (22nd) and sunk off Derna, Libya.

AIRCRAFT CARRIER ARK ROYAL ... 22,000 14 Nov. Torpedoed (13th) by UfB and sunk,, W. Mediterranean.

AUXILIARY AIR· AUDACITY {ex HANN• II,Ooo 1939 As 21 Dec. Sunk by UfB, torpedo, N. CRAPT CARRIER. OVER) (German prize (deep) A/C Car- Atlantic. Vessel). rier 9.41 .

CRUISERS ... SouTHAMPTON ... 9,100 6. 3-37 II Jan. Stnk by dive bombers, East of Malta.

• Subsequently salved, • • • Date of Date of How Lost and Where Class Name Tonnage Comple· Loss tion •• 1941 CRUISERS (conld),.. BbNAVENTURE .,, 31 Mar. Sunk by UJB, torpedoes, South of Crete. • • • FIJI 8,000 I7. 5·40 22 May Sunk by AJC, bombs, during • evacuation of Crete. GLOUCESTER g,6oo 3I· 1.39 22·May Sunk by AJC, bombs, during • evacuation of Crete. YoRK 8,250 I. 5·30. 22 May Lost at Suda Bay, Crete after damage on various dates by E.M.B. and AJC. - DuNEDIN IQ.I9 24 Nov. Sunk by UJB, torpedo, between W, Africa and Brazil . .. Sunk by U /B, torpedo, off GALATEA 14 Dec. Alexandria. , Sunk by mine off Tripoli, NEPTUNE 7.!75 19 Dec. . Libya. . Damaged by mine (xoth) and DESTROYERS ... GALLANT taken in tow. Later bombed · and sunk in Malta Harbour. Sunk by AjC, off Tobruk, DAINTY ... 1,375 22.12.32 24 Feb.. Libya. Sunk by explosion presumed ExMooR I,OOO l.U.40 25 Feb. EJB, torpedo, of! Lowestoft. Torpedoed by destroyer, East MoHAWK 7. 9.38 16 Apr. of Tunisia. Sunk by own Forces. · Sunk by A/C, bombs, during DIAMOND 3.II.32 } 27 Apr. evacuation of Greece. WRYNECK g.II,I8 Mined in entrance to Grand jERSEY ... ,. ... ' 28. 4·39 2 May ... Harbour, Malta. · }UNO ... 1,760 25. 8.39 2I May Sunk by AJC, bombs, during GREYHOUND .. . 1,335 I. 2.36 22 May .. . 1,760 26.10.39 22 May } battle of Crete. . KELLY (Leader) x,j6o 23. 8.39 23 May . Sunk by AJC, bombs, N. MASHONA ,.. 1,870 30. 3·39 28 May· Atlantic. Sunk by AJC, bombs, off Crete. HEREWARD 9.12.36 .29 May 30· 6.37 29May Sunk by own forces after being lMl'ERIAL bombed, of! Crete. Sunk AfC, bombs, off W ATERHEN (On loan to x.xoo 17. p8 29 June jJY Sollum, Egypt. . R.A.N.). II July Sunk by A/C, bombs, off Sidi DEFENDER Ba.rra.ni, Egypt. 23 July Sunk during air attack on FEARLESS _ convoy, Central Mediterran­ ean. · Sunk by UJB, torpedo, S.W. of BATH (On loan to R.NoR. 1,060 21. 3·19 i:9 Aug. Ireland. N.}. . Sunk by UJB, torpedo, N. I,I90 28. 2.20 18 Oct. BROADWATER ... Atlantic. 27 Oct. Foundered after being torpe­ COSSACK ... 1,870 doed by U/B (23rd), West of Gibraltar. 10.10.39 19 Dec. Mined off Tripoli, Libya, and KANDAHAR subsequently sunk by own forces. Sunk by UJB, torpedo, N 1,190 19. 5·19 19 Dec. STANLEY Atlantic.

• 12 Feb. Lost, Bay of Biscay. Formally SUBMARINES SNAPPER paid of!. 3 May Presumed mined, of! Cape Bon, UsK Tunisia. 13 May Presumed Sunk by D/C, S.C. UNDAUNTED of! Tripoli, Libya. 19 July Rammed and sunk by trawler UMPIRE ... xo .• 7·4I North Sea, of! the Wash. 22 July Presumed lost between Tunisia UNION and Pantellaria.. 4Aug. Rammed by Italian destroyer CACHALOT off Cyrenaica. Formally Paid of!. 20 Aug. Presumed mined off Tripoli, P. 33 Libya. } Formally paid of!. P. 32 ... 23 Aug. 2 Nov. Lost W. Mediterranean, on TETRARCH passage Malta to Gibraltar. I Dec. Mined of! Zante, W. Greece. PERSEUS I5. 4·30 Presumed mined, Bay of 2!. 2.19 24 Dec. H. 3I .. !1 Biscay. Sunk by surface raider, mid· VoLTAII\E (R) ... 13,301 4 Apr. ARMED MERCHANT (Approx.} Atlantic. CRUISERS. ' • • 12 - Date of Date of Class Name Tonnage Comple­ Loss How Lost and Where tion ------r------:----1-~---~----~------.. 1941 • ARMED MERCHANT CoMORIN· (R) ... 15,241 1925 6Apr. Destroyed by fire, N. Atlantic. CRUISERS (cont.) AsAMC • 1.40 RAJPUTANA (R) ... r6,644 1g26 13 Apr. Sunk by UJB, torpedo,• West AsAMC of Iceland. 12.Jg SALOPIAN (R) , .. ... I0,$49 1g26 13 May Sunk by UfB, torpedo, N. As MIG Atlantic, 10•3g • • ARMED BoARDING RosAURA (R) ... 1,jjil 18 Mar. Sunlc by mine off Tobruk, VESSELS Libya. CHAKDINA (R) ... 3,033 lg14 5 Dec. Sunk by A/C, E. Mediterranean CHANTALA (R) ... 3,IZg lg20 7 Dec. Sunk by mine, Tobruk Harbour

OCEAN BOARDING CRISPIN (R) .. . j,Oj1 lg3s 3 Feb. Sunk by U(B, torpedo, N. VESSELS. MANISTEE (R) .. . 5.368 1920 24 Feb. Atlantic, CAMITO (R) .. . 6,833 lgi5 6May } Sunk by U/B, torpedo, N. LADY SoMERs (R) 8,194 192g 15 July Atlantic. Jl.fALVERNIAN (R) 3,133 Ig37 19 July Abandoned after being bombed

AUXILIARY FIGHTER PATIA (R) 5.355 1g22 27 Apr. Sunk by A/C. off Northumber CATAPULT SHIPS. land. SPR!NGBANK (R) 5.155 27 Sept. Sunk by U/B, torpedo, N. Atlantic.

ANTI-AIRCRAFT CALCUTTA ...... 4,200 21. S.!g I June Sunk by A/C, bombs, during SHIP. • • evacuation of Crete.

AuXILIARY ANTI· HELVELLYN (R) 1g37 20 Mar. Sunk by A/C, London Docks AIRCRAFT SHIP.

SLOOPS GR!MSBY ggo 17. 5·34 25 May Sunk by A/C. off Tobruk Libya. AUCKLAND 24 June Sunk by A/C, bombs, off Tobruk, Libya.

CoRVETTES PINTAIL ... sBo 28.11.39 10 June Sunk by mines off Humber. PtC(JI'EI! .. , goo 5· g,40 12 Aug. Presumed lost, probably tor pedoed by U /B, off Iceland ZINNIA ... goo JO. 3.41 23 Aug. Sunk by U/B, torpedo, N Atlantic. FLEUR DE LYS ... goo 26. 8.40 14 Oct. Sunk by UJB, torpedo, West of Gibraltar. · GLADIOLUS 6. 4·40 16 Oct. Presumed torpedoed by U/B N, Atlantic. WINDFLOWER (On loan goo 7 Dec. Sunk by collision in fog, W to R.C.N.). Atlantic. SALVIA ... gs5 20, 9·40 24 Dec. Sunk by U /B. torpedo, off Egypt: AUXILIARY A Is KAMPAR (R) 971 1915 13 Dec. Destroyed by A/C at Penang VESSEL, • after damage (12th.)

RivER GuN BOATS LADYBIRD 5.16 12 May Dive bombed and sunk, Tobruk Libya. GNAT • ... 12.15 21 Oct. Torpedoed by U/B off Bardia Libya. Total loss. " PETERI!L 310 8 Dec. Sunk by Japanese Forces at . Shanghai . MOTH I.I6 12 Dec. TERN IS.II.27 19 Dec. } Scuttled at Hong Kong. CiCALA ... 2.16 . 21 Dec. Sunk by A/C, bombs, Hong Kong. ROBIN 23. 7·34 25 Dec. Scuttled at Hong Kong. CoNVOY SERVICE FIONA (R) 18 Apr. Sunk by A/C off Sidi Barrani SHIPS. Egypt. CHAKLA (R) ... ~ 3,08I 29 Apr. Sunk by A/C. Tobruk Harbour Libya. MINELAYERS LATONA ... 4· 5·41 25 Oct. •Attacked by A/C, E. Mediter ranean. REDSTART 28.1o.38 19 Dec, Scuttled at Hong Kong. NErLAYER TONBRIDGE (R) 22 Aug. Sunk by A/C off Yarmouth J'orfolk. MINE DESTRUCTOR QUED;NWORTH ... 3,0!0 1925 9May VESSELS. CoRFIELD Sunk by A/C, North Sea, 3,000 1937 8 Sept. Sunk by mine explosion off Humber. 13

Date of Date of Class Name Tonnage Comple­ Loss How Lost and Where tion •. ------l------~--·l------~------~-~--~~~-~~-~------• 1941 M!NES\IIEEPERS ... HUNTLEY 710 22. 5·19 31 Jan. Sunk by A/C, E. Mediterranean SouTHSEA (R). .. . Bzs 1930 16 Feb. Mined and beached off Tyne. • Constructive total loss. MARMION (R) .. , 409 19Q6 9Apr. Sunk by A/C at Harwich. • Salved but constructive total loss. FERMOY ... 710 4May Sunk by A/C. bombs, in dock at Malta. STOKE ...... 710 30.10.18 7May Sunk by A/C at Tobruk. C!TY OF ROCHESTER .. , · I94 ' 1904 19May Sunk by aerial mine. • W!DNES ;.. ... 710 17. 9.18 2oMay Bombed and beached in Suda Bay, Crete. SNAEFELL {R) .. , 1907 5 July Sunk by AJC, Tyne Area. BANKA {R) 1914 10 Dec. Sunk by mine or AjC, E. Coast ~f Malaya.

MOTOR No. 39 ... 226 26. 4·41 7 Aug. Mined and sunk, Thames Estu­ MINESWEEPER. ary ••

MoToR TORPEDO No. 4I .. . 33 I4 Feb. Sunk by mine, North Sea. BoATS .. 28 .. . 37 7 March· Lost by tire~ 67 .. . 17 213 .. . 17 23 May- Sunk by AJC, destroyed or 214 .. . 17 2 June beached, in Suda Bay, Crete. 216 .. . 17 217 .. . 17 68 .. . 17 14 Dec. Sunk in collision off Libya. 8 .. . 18 16 Dec. Destroyed by tire during raid on Hong-Kong. 12 .. . x8 3· 8.38} 20 Dec. Sunk in action with Japanese 26 .. . 13·8 10. 9-38 Landing Craft, Hong-Kong.

7 .. . IS 31. 26 Dec, Scuttled at Hong-Kong. g ... . I8 8.10.378.38} 10 .. . IS II, 7.38 II .. . IS 26. 7·38 26 Dec. Scuttled at Hong-Kong. 27 .. . 13·8 1~. 9·38

MoTOR A/S BoATS No. 3 ... 19 13. 6.39 28 Feb. . Beached after damage by mine, Suez Canal. 30 ... 23 18. 1).41 14 Dec. Fouled' boom and sank, Humber.

MoTOR GuN BoATS No. 12 ... 3 Feb. Sunk by mine, Milford Haven. (approx.) g8 ... June Lost in air raid on HoRNET. (approx.) Destroyed by tire, Portland go .. . 33 16 July 92 .. . 33 Harbour. 62 .. . 28 9Aug. Lost in collision, North Sea,

MoTOR LAUNCHES No. 1003 ... Lost in torpedoed ship in 3· 1.4I} zo Apr. Atlantic. • 1037"· 3· 1.41 . . 10II ... 16.11.40 'Io May Bombed and sunk on passage from Suda Bay to Sphakia, Crete. 1030 ... ·u.u.4o 28 May Lost on passage from Suda Bay, Crete. Sunk by mine, English Channel. • 144 .. . 73 I2. I r.4o 22 Sept. , 288 .. . 73 19. 8.4I • II Oct. Lost through stress of weather, off Hartlepool. ' 219 ... 73 17. 5.41 2I Nov. Grounded off Stornoway, N.W. • Scotland. Constructive total loss.

TRAWLERS .. , . DESIREE (R) ... JII3 I912 16 Jan. Mined, Thames Estuary. RELONZO (R) .... 1145 1914 20 Jan. Mined, Crosby Channel, Liver- pool. LUDA LADY {R) 234 1914 22 Jan. Mined, Humber area. • DAROGAH (R) .. . ll3I 1914 27 Jan. Mined, Thames Estuary. ALMOND...... 505 20. 8.40 2 Feb. Sunk by mine off Falmouth. ARCTIC TRAPPER (R) ... 352 1928 3 Feb. Sunk by A/C off Ramsgate. TouRMALINE ... 641 I935 5 Feb. Sunk by A/C. off N. Foreland, Kent. RUBENS (R) ,,, I. 320. 1937 13 Feb. Sunk by A/C, Western Approaches. (R) .. , 250 1906 16 Feb. Sunk by A/C off E. Coast of Scotland. OusE ...• ... 462 8.17 20 Feb. Sunk by mine, Tobruk, Libya. LINCOLN CITY ·(R) 398 . 1933 21 Feb. Sunk by AJC, Faroe Islands. REMILLO (R) .. , :~66 1917 27 Feb. Sunk by mine, Humber. ST. DoNATS (R) ... 349 1924 l Mar. Sunk in collision off Humber. COBBERS {R) .... f475 1919 3 Mar. Sunk by AJC, North Sea. • 14

Date of Date of Class Name Tonnage Comple­ Loss How Lost and Where tion

1941 • TRAWLERS (cont.) ... KERYADO (R) ... 11511 1920 6Mar. } Sunk by mine, English'thannel. GULLFOSS ... 730 1929 9Mar. LADY LILIAN (R) 58I.. 1939 16 Mar: Sunk b:f A/C, West of Ireland. Dox (R) ... 35 1931 20 Mar. Sunk by enemy actionll ASAMA (R) ... 303 1929 21 Mar. Sunk by A/C in attack on Plymouth. LORD SELBORNE (R) ... 1147 1917 31 Mar. Sunk by mine, Humber, , CRAMOND ISLAND (R) .. , r8o 1910 2 Apr. Sunk by A/C off St. Abb's Head FORTUNA (R) ...... 1159 1906 2-3 Apr. } E. Scotland. RocHE BoNNE (R) ,,, :158 1913 7Apr. Sunk by A/C of\, the Lizard, Cornwall. KoPANES (R) ... 35I 1915 19 Apr. Sunk by A/C off Tyne. TOPAZE , .. 6o8 193.5 20 Apr. Lost in collision off Clyde. CAROLINE (R) ... 253 1930 28 Apr. Sunk by mine oft Milford Haven. JEAN FREDERIC (R) ... 329 19I9 I May Sunk by A/C off Start Point, English Channel. Ar.BEJllC (R)· ... :186 1910 JMay Sunk in collision off Scapa, Orkneys. BEN GAIRN (R) 1134 1916 4May Sunk by parachute mine, Lowestoft. SUSARION (R) .. . z6o 1917 7May Sunk by A/C off Humber. SILICIA (R) .. . B50 19I3 8May Mined off Humber. VAN 0RLEY (R) 3511 1927 May Declared a constructive total loss. EVESHAM (R} ... 1139 1915 27 May Sunk by A/C oti Yarmouth, Norfolk. , SINDONIS 913 29May Sunk by A/Cat Tobruk. (deep) AsH ... sos '5 June Sunk by mine, Thames Estuary. REsMILO (R) 11158 20 June Sunk by AfC at Peterhead, E. Scotland. BEECH ...... 540 1929 22 June Sunk by A/C in , N. Scotland, NoGI (R) 1199 1923 23 June Sunk by A/C off Norfolk. TRANIO (R) 875 1918 26 June Sunk by A/C bombs, whilst in tow, North Sea. (R) 3il4 1917 27 June Sunk by A/C off Yarmouth, Norfolk. AKRANES (R) ... 358 1929 4 July Sunk by A/C, Bridlington Bay, Yorkshire. AGATE ... 1934 6Aug. Grounded, total loss, off Cromer Norfolk. LoRINDA (R) 1928 20 Aug. Sank through engine trouble and fires off freetown, W. Africa. BRORA ... 530 4· 6.41 6 Sept. Grounded, total loss, Hebrides, W. Scotland. STRATHBORVE (R) .. , az6 1930 6 Sept. Mined off Humber. MARCONI (R) , . , ... 323 1916 20 Sept. Lost in collision off Harwich. EILEEN DUNCAN (R) .. , ilil3 1910 } 30 Sept. Sunk by A/C, N. Shields. STAR OF DEVERON (R) 320 1915 ALDER ••• ~·· •.. s6o 1929 22 Oct. Grounded, total loss, E. Scot- land. EMILION (R) tlOI 1914 24 Oct. Mined, Thames Estuary. ... 530 II, 6,.p 6 Nov. Foundered after grounding (29 Oct.) off Buchan Ness, E. Scotland. • Fli.ANCOLIN (R) 33111 1916 12 Nov. Sunk by A/C off Cromer, Norfolk . ST. APOLLO (R) ...• 580 1940 22 Nov., Sunk in collision off Hebrides W. Scotland. MILFOJ.I.D EARL (R) 19I9 } 8 Dec. Sunk by A/C .off East Coast PHINEAS BEAJ.I.D (R) ... 1918 Scotland, LADY SHIRLEY (R) 1937 II Dec. Sunk by U /B, Gibraltar Straits. HENJ.I.IETTE (R) ... 1906 26 Dec. Sunk by mine oti Humber.

WHALERS SouTHI!li.N FLOE (R) ... 344 II Feb, Sunk by mine off Tobruk Libya. SAli.NA (R) ... :z68 1930 25 Feb. Sunk by mine, Suez Canal. • Kos XXIII (R) 353 1937 23 May Total loss in Suda Bay, Crete. (approx.) SYVEaN (R) 307 1937 27May Sunk' by enemy action on passage from Crete area. · Kos XXII (R) 353 1937 2 June Sunk on passage from Crete (date area. ·reported) THORBJ.I.YN (R) , .. 305 1936 19 Aug. Sunk by A/C off Tobruk, Libya Kos XVI (R) .. . 258 1932 24 Aug. Sunk in collision, North Sea. Sl{UDD 3 (R) .. . :145 1929 27 Aug. Sunk by AfC, Tobruk, Libya. WHIPPET (R) .. , 353 1937 4 Oct. Bombed and sunk. EGELAND (R) •M 153 1912 ~ 29 Nov. Grounded, Coast total loss. I5

Date of Date of · Name Tonnage Comple­ Loss How Lost and Where /ad tion .~------·r------+--~-~--r-----~------• 1941 YACH'IS ... • •• MOLLUSC (R) . ., . 597 1906 17 Mar. Sunk by A/C off Blyth, North­ umberland. Wu.NA (R) 461 1939 24 Mar .. Abandoned after A/C attack, • Portsmouth . SURF (R) ...... 496 1902 6Apr. Sunk by A/C at Piraeus. TORRENT (R) . '.. • •• 336 . I930 6Apr. Mined and sunk off Falmouth. YoRKSHIRE BEL):.]!. (R) s6 1938 II Apr .. Sunk by mine, Humber entrance. CALANTHE (R) 370 !898 24 Apr. Sunk by A/C off Milos, Greece. NYULA (R) 48 1936 2 May Sunk in collision off Tyne. • VtVA II (R) su 1929 8May Sunk by A/C off N. Coast of Cornwall. SEA ANGLER (R) 113 - 19May Destroyed by fire. HANYARDS (R) •.. 16·5 • 1931 21 May Cause and place unknown. ROSAJ3ELLE ••• sas . 1901 II :Pee. - Sunk by explosion, probably torpedoed by U fB, Straits of Gibraltar.

BooM DEFENCE OTHELLO (R) II Apr. Sunk by mine, Humber. VESS:&LS. . ALDGATE BARLIGHT 19 Dec. Scuttled at Hong Kong. - ·WATERGATE

GATE VBSSEL KING HENRY (R) 1611 1900 13 June Sunk by A/C off Lowestoft.

AccoMMODATION· GYPsY (R) a6z II May Sunk at Tower Pier during air SHIP. raid on London ..

TuGs ••• Sr. CYRus ••• 8zo 22 Jan. Sunk by mine off Humber. PEUPLIER (R) ••• 29-30 Apr. Sunk. IRENE VERNICOS, (R) ... June Constructive total loss. (approx.) AssuRANCE 18 Oct. Grounded, total loss, Lough Foyle, N. Ireland. HELEN BARJ3ARA 21 Oct. Abandoned in sinking con­ dition, due to heavy weather. LETTIE (R) 9Nov. Sunk, cause unknown, off St. Abb's Head, E. Scotland. INDIRA (R) 15 Dec. Sunk during air attack on Hong Kong.

SALVAGE VESSEL,.. VIKING (R) , • ... 6Apr. Sunk by AfC, Piraeus, Greece.

SCHOONERS • •• KEl'llALLINIA (R) ... 13 Aug. . Foundered off Alexandria. . . KANTARA (R) ••• • .• 26 Sept. Cause and place unknown. MARIA DI GIOVANNI (R) 22 Nov. Grounded, West of Tobruk, Libya,

DRlPTERS ,,, NEW SPRAY (R) 1912 3 Jan. Lost in gale off Sheerness. DUSKY QUEEN (~) 1920' 9 Jan. Grounded, constructive total loss, Dover Straits. U J3EROUS (R) ... 1918 II Jan. Grounded off Londonderry. MIDAS (R) 1<)10 3 Feb. · Sunk in collision off Dungeness. IMBAT (R) 19I8 4 Feb. Sunk in collision, Scapa, Ork­ neys. Bov ALAN (R) ••• 109 10.Feb. Sunk in collision, Thames Estuary. GLOAMING (R) ... ••• III (Net) 20 Mar. Mined off Humber. • SoiZIK (R) ••• 20 Mar. Lost by enemy action.·· (R) ...... 711 s·Apr. Mined in Humber Estuary. D' ARcY Cool'ER (R) ••• z:a6 9 Apr. Sunk by AfC, Harwich. RYPA .(R) ... 3I 12 Apr. YOUNG ERNIE (R) 88 1924 18 Apr. Sunk in collision oft Tyne. GOWAN HILL (R) g6 1920 7 May Sunk by A/C, Greenock. THISTLE (R) ••• 79 1904 8 May Mined oft Lowestoft. U!3ERTY (R) ••• 93 1912 8 May Sunk by A/C oft Lowestoft. M.A. WEST (R) g6 1919 14 May Sunk by A/C oft Norfolk Coast. JEWEL (R) ... 84 1908 18 May Sunk by mine off Belfast Lough. AURORA II (R) 24 May · Sunk by A/Cat Tobruk, Libya. CoR JESU (R) ••• 8 June Sunk in air attack off Alnmouth, 97 Northumberland. DEVON COUNTY (R) ... 86 . 1910 I July } RECEPTIVE (R) ...... 86. 1913 3 July . Sunk by mine, Thames Estuary. LORD ST. VINCENT (R) II5 1929 7 July FERTILE VALE (R) .. . 9I 1917 17 July Sunk in collision off River Tay, E. Scotland. CarusnNE RosE (R) .. . - IO Sept. Grounded, Knap Rock, AtgyV, W. Scotland. 19II 14 Oct. Sunk in collision, Thames Estu- FORERUNNER (R) ary. Constructive total loss. MONARDA (R) ...... 1916 8 Nov. Foundered, Thames Estuary. • 16

Date of Date of Class Name· Tonnage Comple­ Loss How Lost and Where tion ----f------t--:--r--'"i----::--1·------.. 1941 • ' DRIFTERS (coni.) BoY ANDREW (R) 97 9 Nov. Lost in collision, Firth ot Forth, E. Scotland, Bw. (R) u Nov. Presumedo lost. HARMONY (R) ...... 24 (Net) 15 Nov. Lost in collision off olnver­ gordon, N .E. Scotland. Row AN TREE (R) • 1917 21 Nov. Grounded and capsized, en­ trance to Lowestoft Harbour FISHER GIRL (R) 8s 1914 25 Nov. Sunk by A/C, Falmouth· Har­ bour. F!SKAREN (R) ... 23 Dec. s~~~a!~. collision, OBelfast, N.

ToKEN (R) 23 Dec. Grounded, broke up in gale, Skerry Sound, Orkneys.

TENDER ... CHABOOK (R) ... .. • 22 Mar. Formally paid off. (Tender to SHEBA)

TANKERS & PERICLES (R) .. , 8,334 14 Apr. Lost in heavy weather on OiLERS. passage to Alexandria. OLNA ...... 13,667 20.10.2! 18 May Bombed and set on fire, Crete. jOHN P. PEDERSEN (R) 6,n8 1930 zoMay Sunk by UjB, N. Atlantic. CAIRNOALE ••• 8,I39 26. 1.39 30 May Sunk by U/B, torpedo, West of Gibraltar Straits. StLDRA (R) 7.313 19 Aug. Sunk by U/B off W. Africa. DARKDALE 8,145 22 Oct. Sunk by explosion, believed torpedoed by UfB, St. Helena. WAR MEHtAR ... s.soa 20 Nov. Torpedoed and sunk off Yar· mouth.

StORI! CARRIERS ULSTER PRiNCE (R) ... 3.791 1930 25 Apr. Grounded off Nauplia. and attacked by A/C during evac­ uation from Greece. TUNA (R) 66a Sept. date Constructive total loss after (reported) fire at Aden. TiBERIO (R) 1137 1902 23 Dec. Foundered of! Mersa Matruh, Egypt.

ARMAMENt STORE EsCAUT (R) 1,087 Sunk by A/C off Suez. CARRIER.

CoLLIERS ... BorusK (R) .. . 1919 31. Jan. War Cause. BELHAVEN (R) .. . 1921 13-I4 Mar.• Sunk by bombs during air raid on Clyde.

EXAMINATION No. 4 (R) Feb. Sunk by enemy action. VESSELS. (approx.) IO (R) z8z 7 June Mined off entrance to Milford • Haven. 1'uNG Wo (R) ... 1,337 1914 13 Dec. Abandoned as result of enemy action,

BALLOON B>~.RRAGE SATURNUS (R) .. , 300 1935 I May Constructive total loss. VESSEL.

SPECIAL SERVICE MINNIE DE LARINAGA ... 1914 s Feb. Sunk as blockship at Dover. VESSELS. FIDELIA...... • .. 1891 5 May Sunk by AfC, Lowestoft Har· bour. VITA (R) .. . 22 Sept. Cause and place unkno~n. NoRSJOEN (R) .. . I9 Nov. Wrecked on enemy coast. l<.ANTUNG (R) .. . Sunk as blockships in Anking 9 Dec. MACAO (R) .. . = } Harbour. NORSEMANN (R) Dec. Cause and place unknown.

SMALL MtS~'llLLAN· AGHIOS PANTALEIMON (R) 105 30 May , Presumed lost. EOUS CRAFT. DANEHILL ... • •• 14 I Dec. Formally paid off.

ARMED TRADER ... KuDAT (R) 30 Dec. Sunk by A/C at Port Swetten­ ham, Malaya. I942 AIRCI!.AFT CARRIERS HERMES ...... 10,850 18. 2.24 9 Apr. , Sunk by Japanese A/C of! Ceylon. EAGLE ...... 22,6oo 20. 2.24 II Aug. Sunk by U fB, torpedo, W. Medi· terranean.

(AUXILIARY AIR· AVENGER Sunk by UfB, torpedo, West of CRAFT CARRIER). Gibraltar Straits.

CRUISERS EXETER ... 8,390 23. 7·31 I Mar. ~Sunk in action with Japanese S.C., Java Seas. NAIAD 5.450 • 24· 7·40 II Mar. Sunk by U/B, torpedo, E. Mediterranean, • Subsequently Salved. . . Date of Date of '· Class. Name Tonnage Comple­ How Lost and Where tion Loss .. 1942· C

DESTROYERS VIMIERA ...... x,ogo 19. 9.17 . 9 Jan. Sunk by mine, Thames Estuary. GURK!lA (ex LARNE} 1,920 18. 2.41 · 17 Jan. Sunk by U /B, , torpedo, E. Mediterranean. MATABE!.E x,87o 25. 1.39 17 Jan. Sunk by .. U/B, torpedo,: Barent's Sea., Arctic. THANET ••• I,ooo 30. 8.19 · 27 Jan. Sunk in action with Japanese S.C., off Malaya. BEl-MONT I,190. 22.1,2,19 31 Jan. Sunk by U /B, torpedo, W. Atlantic. MAoru 1,870 30.II,38 II/12 Feb, Sunk during air raid on Grand ' . Harbour, Malta. El-ECTRA 13. 9·34 27 Feb. Su11k by S.C., gunfire, Java Sea. JUPITER 1,760 zs.' 6:39 27 Feb. Sunk by torpedo, Java Sea. ENCOUNTER 1,375 2.ll.34 ·I Mar, Sunk in action, S.C., Java Sea. STRONGHOl-D 905 2. 7·19 2 Mar. Sunk in action, S.C., South of Java. VORT!GERN x,ogo 2,5. 1.18 15 Mar.. Sunk by EJB, torpedo, off Cromer. HEYTHROP z,o5o 21. 6.41 20 Mar. Sunk by . U JB, torpedo, E. Mediterranean. SOUTHWO!.D x,o5o. 9.10.41 24 Mar. Sunk by mine off Malta. JAGUAR 1,760 12. 9·39 26 Mar. Sunk by U fB, torpedo, E. Medi-' .terranean. LEGION 1,920 26 Mar. Sunk by A/C, Malta Harbour. CAMPE!.TOWN x,o90 28 Mar. Sunk as explosion vessel at St. 1

1942 :PI!STROYERS (coni.) MARTIN ,., ...... 1,920 4· 4-42 10 Nov. Sunk i:>y U/B, torpedo, w. Mediterranean. f) QUENTIN...... 1,705 .. IS. 4·42 a Dec. Sunk by A.C, torpedo, w. Mediterranean. I'ENYLAN ...... I,oso 3I, 8.42 3 Dec. Sunk by E/B, torpedOj• English Channel. BLEAN ...... I,oso 2J.8 ..f2 uDec. Sunk by UfB, torpedo, West of ' . Oran, Algeria . FIREDRAKB ...... I,35_o 30. 5·35 16 Dec. Sunk by U/B, torpedo, N. Atlantic. PARTRIDGE ...... I,540 22. 2 ..f2 I8 Dec. Sunk by UfB, ~torpedo, W. Mediterranean. AeRATES ...... 1,350 27- 3-30 31 Dec. Sunk by S.C. gunfire, when . escorting convoy, Barent'• Sea, Arctic. • ' SUBMARINES ... TRIUMPH ...... 1,090 2. 5-39 20Jan. Lost, possibly mined, Aegean Sea. Formally Paid Off. TEMI'I!ST , .. ... 1,090 6.I2. .f1 . 13 Feb. Sunk by D/C, Italian S.C., Approx. Gulf of Taranto. P.38 ...... 540 17.10.41 25 Feb. Lost, possibly mined, Gulf of Hammamet, Tunisia. P.39 ...... 540 16.II.41 26 Mar. Sunk by AjC, bombs, at Malta. P.36 Sunk by A/C during r.Ud on ...... 540 24- 9-41} I Apr• PANDORA ". ... 1.475 30. 6.30 Malta Harbour. UPHOLDER ...... 540 31.I0.40 14 Apr. Lost, Probably S.C., DjC, off . Tripoli. . JASTRZAB-(u P.ssr) (on Soo 9- 7-23 2May Sunk by gunfire, own forces, loan to Polish Navy). · .. .. N. Norway, Arctic Ocean, after accidental damage. URGE ...... 540 12.12.40 6Ma.y Lost, possibly mined, E. Mediterranean. OLYMPUS ...... 1,475 14. 6.30 8May Sunk by mine off Grand . Harbour, Malta• P.5I4 ... .•t• ... 530 . 7.IO.I8 21 June Rammed and Sunk by own Forces, W. Atla.n tic, THORN ...... 1,090 26. 8.41 II Aug. Lost, probably mined, Libya, E. Mediterranean. Formally Paid Off. TALISMAN ...... 1,093 29. 6.40 t8 Sept. Lost, in Sicilian Channel. Formally Paid Off. . UNIQUE ...... 540 27. 9-40 24 Oct. Lost, cause unknown, West of . Gibraltar Straits. UNBEATEN ...... 540 20.JI.40 u Nov. Lost, possibly by own forces, Bay of Biscay. UTMOST ... .,...... 540 17- 8.40 24 Nov. Lost, probably by S.C., DjC, . off Cape Marittimo, West of Sicily. P,222 ...... 715 4· S-42 I2 Dec.. Lost, probably by S.C. DjC, off . . Naples • TRAVELLER ...... 1,090 . 10. 4-42 12 Dec.. Lost, probably by D/C from . . . . Italian T.B., Gulf of Taranto. . . Formally paid off • CHARIOTS ... No. VI ...... 1·2· . 8. 9-42} Lost in Operation TITLE (pro- 31 Oct. jected attack on TIRPITZ in No. VIII ...... 1•2* n. 9.42 Ofot Fiord; Norway). AHMED MERCHANT HEcTOR (R) ...... II,I98 1924 5 Apr.-. Bombed and set on fir~t during CRUISER. air raid on Colombo.

ANTI-AlRCRAFl' CAIRO ...... 4,200 14.10.19 12 Aug. Sunk by U/B, torpedo, off SHIPS,, Bizerta, Tunisia. CoVENTRY ...... 4.290 21. 2.18 • 14 Sept. Sunk by dive bombers, E. Mediterranean. CURAI(OA ...... f,::igo 18, 2.18 2 Oct•. Lost in_ oollision, N.W. Ap- proaches.

AUXILIARY ANTI- TYNWALD ...... 3.650 I.IO ..fl 12 Nov, Sunk by mine, off Bougie, AIRCRAFT SHIP. (deep) .. Algeria. - SLOOP ...... IBIS ... . 1,300 30. 8.41 10 Nov•. Sunk by AJC, W. Mediterranean .. ' ··~ CqRVETTES ... ARBUTUS ...... goo 12.10.40 5 Feb.. Sunk by UJB, torpedo, N. Atlantic. ALYSSE (ex ALYSSUM) (On 950 17. 6,41 . 8 Feb. Sunk by UJB, torpedo, w. loan to Free French Atlantic. Force). - . ' ... SpiKENARD (On loan goo 7· 4-41 n Feb. eBunk by UjB, torpedo, N. .. R.C.N.)...... Atlantic • - -

. • Submerged. . 11 . . Date of · Date of Class Name Talmage Comple­ Loss How Lost and Where tion •• 1942 CoRVETTES (cont.) Hc1LLYHOCK 9 Apr. Sunk by A/C, bombs, East of • Ceylon. • AURICULA sMay Mined in Courrier Bay, • ·. Madagascar . • MIMOSA (On loan to Free I,OI5 II, 5,41 9 June Sunk by UfB, torpedo, W. French Force). Atlantic. GARDENIA ... 1,015 z4: 5-40 · 9 Nov. Sunk in collision with . own Forces, off Oran, Algeria .. MoNTBRETIA (On loan to 1,0I.5 29. 9·41 18 Nov. Sunk by ' U /B, torpedo, N, R. Nor. N.). Atlantic. . MARIGOLD 1,015 28. 2.41 9Dec, Sunk by AfC, torpedo, West of • · · Gibraltar Straits. SNAPDRAGON 19 Dec. Sunk by AfC, bombs, Central · Mediterranean. ·

CUTTERS , .. ... CULVER ... 1,546 31 Jan. Sunk by UfB, torpedo, N. · Atlantic. . HARTLAND 1,546 1928 } !)unk by gunfire, Oran Harbour. WALNEY I,546 1930 I . 8 Nov.

AUXILIARY A/S SHu KWANG (R) 788 1924 13 Feb. Sunk by A/C, Dutch East VESSELS. Indies. SIANG Wo (R) ... ll,$95 1926 13 Feb. Bombed and beached, Dutch East Indies. KUALA (R) 954 19II 14 Feb, Sunk by A/C, Dutch East · Indies. · TIEN KWANG (R) 787 I925 Feb. Lost or destroyed to prevent · · falling into enemy hands, Singapore Area. MATA HAR1 (R). I,OZO 1915 -28 Feb. · Sunk by A/C in Sunda Strait, · Java Sea.

PATROL VESSEL ,., GIANG BEE (R) '1908 Feb. · Lost, or destroyed to prevent falling into enemy hands, · Singapore Area.

RIVER GUN BOATS ScORPION 700 Sunk by gunfire from Japanese S.C., Banka Straits, Sumatra, after attack by A/C (gth). DRAGONFLY 5· 6.39 · 14 Feb. Sunk by AfC, bombs, after- GRASSHOPPER ,,, 13. 6.39 14 Feb. } leaving Singapore. " MINELAYER ··-· KUNG Wo (R) ... 1921 14 Feb. "Sunk by AfC, bombs, near . " · Lingga Archipelago •. Singa- ~o~e Area;,.

MINESWEEPERS ... HUA TONG (R) aBo 13 Feb. Sunk by A/C in Palembang · (approx.) · River, Sumatra. · CHANGTEH (R) ... 14 Feb. Sunk by AfC, bombs, Singapore ···Area. KLIAS (R) 1,5 Feb, Scuttled at Palembang. Sumatra. }ARAK (R) 17 Feb. Sunk by AfC, bombs, Singapore · Area. MALACCA (R) .. . IZIO 18 Feb. Scuttled in Tjemako River Sumatra. Fun Wo (R) .. . 953 Lost by enemy action ot Lr Wo (R) .. . 707 destroyed to prevent falling :~;~} Feb.-Mar, into enemy hands at Singa­ SIN AIK LEE (R) ... zg8 1928 TAPAH (R) ,, ... !i108 1926 pore: ScoTT HARLEY (R) .•• ' · 6ao· 1913 · 3 Mar. ·Sunk, probably by S.C., Indian· Ocean. · Sunk by A/C, bombs, during 'ABINGDON- ·.... ' 710 6.It.I8 · 5 Apr. .... raid on Malta. · Sunk by mine off Great FITZROY .. , ~.. 8oo i. 7·19 27May ... Yarmouth. GOSSAMER 8r5 31. 3-38 24 June · Sunk by A/C, bombs, in Kola Inlet, N. Russia. - Sunk by mine off Iceland. ~ 815 4· 6.36 · 6 July NIGER .. Sunk by U torpedo, Green· LEDA 815 19. 5·38 20 Sept. fB, · .. land Sea. · Sunk by mine, E. Mediter­ CROMER ... 4· 4·41 gNov...... ranean. Sunk by U /B, torpedo, off ALGERINE 23· 3·42 rs Nov. Bougie, Algeria. 22. 6.39 31 Dec: · Sunk by S.C, gunfire, Barents BRAMBLE Sea, 'Arctic, Rammed in convoy, sank olf MoToR: MINE­ No. r8o ..~ ...... 226 29. 1.42 13 Feb. SWEEPERS. Tyne. 226 zg.u.4I 4 Mar. Scuttled, South of Java, to 51 ...... prevent falling into enemy •· hands. • 20

Date of Date of Name Tonnage Comple­ Loss How Lost and Where tion

1942 226 6. 7.42 12 July• Sunk mA/C. attack, Brixham, MotoR Ml)IE- No. 174 ... .·~· ·~· SWEEPERS (coftl.) ' Devon. <·

DEGAUSSING SHIP DAISY (R) so zs Apr. Lost t:hrough heavy weather at Greenock. •

STI!AII GUN BoA't No. 7 135 n. 3.42 19 June Sunk in action with S.C. ~· English Channel.

MotoR ToRPEDO No. 47 ... 33 8. HI I7 Jan. Sunk in action by S.C., oft ·BoATS, Gris Nez, N.E.,France. 74 ... 33 17.12.41 ~s Mar. Lost after leaving St. Nazaire. · (approx.) 215 ... 17 6.12.40 29 Mar. Paid off, presumed lost. 220 ... 35 30. 7·41 13May Sunk in action with EfB. oft Ambleteuse, N.E. France. 338 ... I6May Wrecked by fire and explosion, Trinidad. 259 .. . 32 June Lost in tow in Mediterranean. 201 .. . 38·6 27,II.4I 15 June Sank after action with S.C. 44 .. . 33 I. 4·4I 7 Aug. } Dover Straits. 237 .. . 38·6 I8. 6.42 7 Aug. Sank after action with S.C., off Barlleur, France. 43 ... 33 18 Aug. Sunk by S.C. off Gravelines, N.E. France. 218 ... 35 g. 6.4I · ·I8 Aug. Sunk by S.C. and mine, Dover Straits. 308 .. .. 34•4 310 .. . 38 14 Sept. Lost probably by A/C. attack, 312 ... 34•4 Tobruk. . 314 .. . 34'4 29 .. . 34 6 Oct. Sank after collision when in action with E/B's. North Sea. 87 .. . 38·6 IZ. 6.42 31 Oct. } Sunk by mine, North Sea. 30 .. . 34 II, 7·40 IS Dec. z8 Mar. Sunk by own forces at St. Nazaire, as no longer service­ able. 328 ... 2I July Lost during attack on enemy convoy, Dover Straits. 6oi ... {14 July Sunk by enemy action, Dover Straits. 501 ... 27 JUly Sun!( after internai explosion, off Lands End, Cornwall. 335 ... 10/II Sept. Seriously damaged, set on fire in action with S.C., North Sea. IS ••. 30 30 Sept. Sunk by gunfire, S.C., off Terschelling, Holland. 78 ... 33 2/3 Oct. Attacked by S.C., gunfire, off Holland, beached and abandoned. 76 .. . 33 14. 5-42 6 Oct. Sunk by EjB, North Sea. 19 .. . 30 - zS. 7.41 6 Nov. Bombed and wrecked on slip­ way.

MoTOR LAU!iiCHES K:ELANA (R) 88 - .. 16 Jan. Sunk by A/C. Malaya. J'ENGHAMBAT .. . Lost or destroyed to prevent PE!ill!iiGAT (R) .. . =} Feb. ·falling into enemy bands at Singapore. . No. 3II ... 73 29.h.4I 14 Feb. Sunk by Japanese gunfire, Banka Straits, Sumatra. 73 27.II.40 . IS Feb. Destroyed by fire and ex­ plosion, Gibraltar Harbour. 310 ...... 73 zg.II.ofi, I5 Feb, Lost by enemy action, S.C;, Tjebia Island. Io6:z 40 1.42 I6 Ft:b1 Sunk by gunfire, Banka Straits, · Sumatra. .. x Mar. . Sunk in action, Tanjong Priok, Java. I29 ...... 73 · x.po.4o 22 Mar. Sunk by A.C. bombs, off . Algeria • 457 ... . 73 2I.II.4~. 28 :Mar. Sunk in action, St. Nazaire. 156 73 . 18.12.40 Sunk by own forces at St. 2JO ,.. ••• ... 73 26. 6.41 '28 Mar. N azaire as no longer service­ 446 ,.. "' "' 73 ZI.II.41 able. I77 ...... 73 12.40 No. 192 (On loan to Free 73 x. 8.41 French Force), 28 Mar. G Missing, presumed sunk, at St. No. 262 (On loan to Free 73 x8. 6.41 Nazaire. · French Force1. --~------~~-7~~~~-~----~------­• Subsequently salved., 2I

Date of Date of Class Name Tonnage Comple­ Loss How Lost and Where .. tion • 1942 MOTOR L~NCHES No. 267 (On loan to Free 73 25. 7;41" (cont.) French Force). N01 268 (On loan to Free 73 17. 7·41 French Force) • 28 Mar. Missing, presumed sunk, at St • Nazaire. No. 298 ... •.. 73 21.II.41 306 ...... 73 '18.12.41 447 ...... 73 8. 1.42 28 Mar. Sunk in action, St. Nazaire. 16o ...... 73 27.12.40 6May Sunk by A/C. bombs, Brixham, S. Devon.... 130 ... 73 9.10.40 7May Sunk by gunfire during en­ • . gagement off Malta. · 301 ... 73 9 Aug. Sunk by explosion, Freetown Area. 103 .. . 57 24 Aug. Sunk by mine, Dover Straits. 352 .. . 73 14 Sept. Sunk by AJC, Tobruk, Libya. 353 .. . 73 II53 40 Sept. Destroyed by enemy action en route for Turkey. 339 ... 73 7 Oct. Sunk by S.C., torpedo, North Sea~ 73 28. 5·41 29 Nov. Gutted by fire.

TRAWLERS ... IRVANA (R) 1917 16 Jan. Sunk by .A/C off Yarmouth, Norfolk. ERIN (R) ... Sunk by explosion, Gibraltar 394 1933 } 18 Jan. HONJO (R) ,., 308 1928 Harbour. R?SEMONDE (R) 364 1910 22 Jan. Probably torpedoed by UjB, Atlantic. "' LocH ALSH (R) 358 1926 30 Jan. CAPE SPARTEL (R) 346 1929 2 Feb. } . Sunk by AfC, Humber Area. Cl.OUGHTON WYKE (R) 334 1918 . 2 Feb, BoTANIC ...... 670 1928 } (deep) x8 Feb. 'Sunk by A/C, bombs, North WARLAND 406 Sea. (deep) NORTHERN PRINCESS (R) 655 1936 7Mar. Sunk, cause unknown, W. (On loan to U.S.N.). Atlantic. Nons CoUNTY (R) ... 54f 1937 8Mar. Sunk by mine or VJB, South of Iceland. STELLA CAPELLA 815 1937 19 Mar. Missing, Iceland Area. (deep) I Mined and sunk, North of I SoLOMoN (R) ... 357 1928 Apr. Cromer. ST. CATHAN (R) (On loan 565 1936 II Apr. Sunk in collision off S. Carolina, to U.S.N.). U.S.A. LoRD SNOWDON (R) •• , 444 1934 13 Apr. Sunk in collision off Falmouth; CoR.AL •.• ... . .• 705 1935 Apr. . } Sunk by A/C during raid on jADE ... ,., .,, 630 1933 21 Apr. Malta. SENATEUR DUHAMEL (On ' 913 1927 6May Sunk in collision off Wilming­ loan to U.S.N.) (R) ... ton, U.S.A. BEDFORDSHIRE (On loan 913 ' 1935 II May Sunk by U /B off Cape Lookout, to U.S.N.). (deep) N. Carolina. BEN ARDNA (R) ... ia!il6 12 May · Sunk in collision, Tyne Area. AGHIOS GEORGIOS IV (R) 164 8 June Sunk in Mozambique Channel. KINGSTON CEYLONITE 940 1935 15 June Sunk by mine off Chesapeake (On loan to U.S.N.). Bay, U.S.A. TRANQUIL' (R) 1194 16 June Sunk in collision off Deal. ' SWORD DANCE ... 530 5 July . Sunk in collision, Moray Firth, E. Scotland, · MANOR (R) • ... 314 9 July Sunk during E/B attack, English Channel. LAERTES 530 g. 4·41 ,25 July Sunk by U /B, torpedo, Free· town Area.•·· ··• PIERRE DESCELLIERS (R) I 53 1933 13 Aug. Sunk by A/C, bombs, off ' Salcombe. WATERFLY (R) ... 1931 17 Sept. Sunk by A/C off Dungeness. ALOUETTE (R) ... 1939 19 Sept. Sunk by U JB, torpedo, off Portugal. PENTLAND FIRTH (On goo 1934 19 Sept. Sunk in collision off New York. loan to U.S.N.). (deep) LORD STONEHAVEN (R) , 444 1934 2 Oct. Sunk during EjB attack off Eddystone, English Channel. INVERCLYDE (R) ... ~ 1115 1914 16 Oct. Sank in tow off Beachy Head. ULLSWATER ...... 555 15.II.39 19 Nov. Sunk by EJB, probably tor­ pedoed, English Channel. LEYLAND 857 1936 25 Nov. Sunk in collision, Gibraltar (deep) Bay. . BEN ROSSAL• (R) e6o 1929 29 Nov.* Sank at moorings.

• Subsequently salved. • 2:2

Date of Date of Class Name Tonnage Comple­ How Lost and Where tion Loss 1942 • TRAWLERS (cont.) JASPER ••• 596 1932 I Dec. Sunk by E{B., torpecto, English Channel. BENGAU 88o • (deep) 1937} CANNA ... 545 1· HI 5 Dec. Su11k by explosion •at Lagos, SPANIARD 88o 1937 Nigeria. (deep)

••• SoTRA (R) 3I3 1925 29 Jan. · Sunk by A/C., oil Bardia, Libya. TRANG (R) ;. .. zos I9Ia 14 Feb. Set on fire and abandoned Cooper Channei., Singapore. RAliiiiAN (R) 1109 1926 I Mar. Lost or destroyed, Batavia. GEIIIAS (R) 207 1925 2Mar. Scuttled, Tjilatjap, ] ava. }ERANTUT (R) •.. III? 1927 8 Mar. Scuttled, Palembang, Sumatra. SHERA (R) 1153 I929 gMar. Capsized in heavy and pack ice, Barents Sea, JERAIII (R) BIO Mar. Presumed lost, Singapore Area. SULLA (R) 115I 25 Mar. Sunk, probably by S.C., Barents Sea. Formally paid off. sv.uu (R) . . z68 .. I930} 8 Apr• THORGRIIII (R) ..• 305 I936 Sunk by A/C.. at Alexandria. SAMBHUR (R) ... 11113 1926 . sMay Stranded oil Colombo. CoCKER (R) 305 1936 . 3 June Sunk by U{B. off Bardia Libya. PARKTOWN (R) B50 I929 21 June Sunk by E{B.'s off Tobruk Libya. YACHTS -· SILVIA (R) IS Feb. Constructive total loss. SURPRISE ... I8g6 28 Feb. Caught fire and capsized at Lagos, West Africa. SONA ,.. .'JI9 4 Jan• Sunk by A/C. during attack on . . Poole, Dorset . THAUA ••• I6I II Oct. Sunk in collision Lymn of Lome, West Scotland. Boo111 DEFENCE DOWGATE .••. 290 x88.II.J5} Feb. Lost or destroyed to prevent VESSELS. LUDGATE 290 I .II.J5 falling into enemy hands at Singapore. CHORLEY (R) 1914 25 Apr. Foundered off Start Point Devon. TUNISIAN (R) ..• 1930 9 July Mined and sunk, Harwich Area.. . I919 30 Oct.• Overdue at Bathurst, W. Africa Formally paid off.

NAVALSERVICrNG · No. 9 (On loan. to· U.S. 20 -.12.40 14 Sept. Sunk. BoAT. Authorities).

DESTROYER DEKrr HEcLA , •• · ... 10,850 u Nov. Sunk by U/B., Torpedo, West SHIP,· of Gibraltar Straits. SUBMAiuNE MEDWAY ... qc,6so 6. 7.29 30 June Sunk by UJB., torpedo, off DEI'OT SHIP Alexandria.

BooM AccoMMODA• Sur Wo {R) x8g6 Feb. Lost or destroyed to prevent TION SHIP. falling into enemy hands at Singapore. . , BASE SHIP ... ANKING (R) 1925 3 Mar. Sunk by gunfire from Japanese S.C., South of ] ava, Indian Ocean. TuGs ,., DAISY (R) ... .. ~ 2 Jan• Foundered on passage from Alexandria to Tobruk, l'ENGAWAL I4 Feb. Sunk by A/C., Durian Straits Singapore. ST. BRI!OCK 8IO i4 Ft;b. Sunk by A/C., bombs, off Sumatra. ST.Jusr 8IO • 1919 q Feb. Sunk by A/C., Durian Straits Singapore. Wo KWANG (R). 350 Feb. Assumed lost at Singapore. VAILLANT (R) .. , 58 15 Feb. Formally paid off. YIN PING (R) ... , .. 1914 15 Feb. Sunk by·gunfire. ST. SAMI'SON (R) 45I I9I9 . 7 Mar. Foundered in Red Sea . ADEPT ~·· ••• 700 ,;.·3·42 I7 Mar. Grounded, total loss, Hebrides WEST CocKI!R ... W, Scotland. 3o.8.r9 6 Apr. EMILY (R) 7 Apr. JSunk by A/C. during raid on HI!LLI!SPONT Apr. Malta. J.T.A. 6 (R) Apr.• Constructive total loss. U i t I i. Ul - Subsequently salved,• • Date of Date of · Class Name· Tonnage Comple• Loss How Lost and Where .. tion • 1942 TliGS (COt!/.) ANDROMEDA (R) , 18 Apr. Sunk by A/C during raid on Malta. c ..3o8 •.• II May 154 · } Sunk by mine oti Malta . ST. ANGELO 150 1935 3QMay • (deep) VISION ... 18 Jun. Sunk at Mersa Matruh, Egypt. ALAISIA (R) :zo Jun. Lost by enemy action at Tobruk, Libya, . J.T.A. 1 (R) .. . J.T.A. 7 (R) .. . 20 Jun. Lost at Tobruk, Libya. • J.T.A. 14 (R) .. . . . ST. 0LAVES (R) '" 468 21 Sept. Grounded, total loss, off Dun· cansby Head, N.E. Scotland. CAROLINE MOLLER (R) 444 7 Oct. Torpedoed and sunk by E/B's, .... North Sea. BAIA (R) 3 Nov. Lost in tow between Mogadishu and Mombasa. . I ST. IssEv Bra 28.12.18 :z8 Dec. Sunk, probably by U /JJ. oft . Benghazi, Libya.

MOORING VESSEL MooR Apr. Blown up and Sunk by enemy action at Malta.

DJtlFTERS: ••• UN!CITY (R) g6 1919 31 Jan. Capsized and sank while on sweeping duties of Blyth. Bov Roy (R) ... -· ·110 II Feb•. · Cause.and place unknown. :VICTORIA I (R) .. . 25 Mar. Sunk by enemy action. CATHERINE (R) .. , 8 Jun. Foundered in Scapa area, Orkn~ys. TRUSTY STAR •• , ... 1920 10 1une } . Mined oti Malta: JUSTIFIED • .. • ., 1925 16 June HIGHLAND QUEEN (R) , 2<>-2I June , Sc~ttled during fall of Tobruk, Libya. INTREPEDE (R) ... ,.. 13 Aug •. Sunk by A/C oti Salcombe. GoLDEN SUNBEAM (R) 1920. 19 Aug .. • Sunk in Collision oti Dungeness, English Channel. WINSOME (R) ... 1902 xS Nov. Sunk at Fairlie, totai loss. LEGEND (R) 28 Dec.-. Cause and place unknown. Sunk by UfB, W. Atlantic. TANKERS AND NYHOLT (R) ... 8,087 1931 17 Jan. 21 Feb. , Sunk by UfB off Venezuela. OILERS.: CIRCE SHELL (R) .... 8,110.'1 ·1931 FlNNANGER (R) .· 1928 24 Feb. Sunk by U/B, N ..Atlantic. 9.55I Lost on , N.W. Batavia. WAR S!RDAR .. . 5.Sr8 -. 2.20 X Mar. FRANCOL. .. . a,6a3: !8.U.I7 3 Mar. Sunk by gunfire, Japanese .··. . (E) , S:C.; South of Java. Sunk by U /B, torpedo, en SLAVOL ... 11,6113 I,II.l7 26 Mar. ~ute for Tobruk, Libya. Sunk by UfB, W. Atlantic. SVENOR (R) 7,616 1931 27 Mar. AfC, , . PLUMl.EAP' 5,9r6. II. ·3.17 4 Apr. Sunk by bombs, at Malta. SANDAR (R) 7,6!J4 1928 2 May Sunk by U/B oti Tobago, W. Indies . .SunkbyUfB, oftBarbados, W. . BETH (i} 6,8.5a 1930 t8May Indies. a,646 2I May Torpedoed byUfB, N. Atlantic. MONTENOL Sunk by oWIJ. .forces... ' 17. 9·37 26May Sunk, Cause unknown, Barents . Sea, Arctic. 8,350 31May Sunk by U /B, torpedo, S. DINSDALE . Atlantic. · . Sunk by U/B. N. Atlantic. SUMDAL (R) ...... 7,374 1931 15 Jun. ANDREA BROVIG (R) ... IO,I73 . 1940 23 Jun. } Sunk by UfB, W. Indies. . ' . LEIV EIRIKSSON (R) ... 9,9511 1936 ' 27 Jun. 1937 25 Jul. Sunk by UfB, oti W. Africa. TANKEXPRESS (R) ... I0,095 Sunk by UfB, W. Atlantic. HAVSTEN (R) ...... 6,I6I 1930 3 Aug. Sunk by UfB. off W. Africa. MALMANGER (R) ... 7,078 1920 9 Aug. 1922 u Aug •. Sunk by U fJ!,, off W. Africa. MIRLO (R) , .. • .. • 7.455 Cause and place unknown . THELMA (R) : ...... 8,197 1937 . 26 Aug. 1931 30 Aug . Sunk by UfB, off Tobago, . VA.RDAAS (R) ... ~ ... 8,176. W. Indies. 10 Sunk by UfB, N. Atlantic. SvEVE (R) ... 6,313 1930 Sept. 1938 3 Nov. Sunk by U/B. Caribbean Sea. THORSHAVET (R) ... :rr,ors Sunk by U fB, off Socotra, ... . 6,323 1933 3 Dec • BELITA (R) ... .Arabian Sea. Sunk by A/C, bombs, at STAG!IOUND (R) DISTILLING .SHIP Torquay...... ' 24 Sept. Cause and place unknown • w AT~R CARRIER. KALGA!I (~ ... 21. Mined off Singapore. ZANNIS L. CAMBANIS (R) 1920 Jan. CoLLIERS 18 Sept.• Sunk by A/C, at Dartmouth. FERNWOOD (;R) ... 1923 I Subsequently salved. • Date of · Date of Name. Tonnage Comple- Loss How Lost and Where tion • F.t.EET AIR ARM ST. BRIAC (R) ... ll,3III Sunk by mine off A~deen, E TARGET VESSEL, Scotland... EXAllllNATION SoLEN (R) Feb. Presumed lost at Singljpore. VESSEL.

BALLOON BARRAGE RmDU (R) 19.15 28 Dec. Constructive total loss. VESSEL.

SPECIAl.· SERV!Cl!: CoLLING DOC Mar. Sunk as Blockshlf· VESSELS. MARS (R) May (date . reported) }eause and place unknown. FRI!:YA I (R) 1934 a May }OIC:ER (R). 16 July Lost in tow in heavy weather. SJO (R) ... Dec. (Date reported) }Cause and place unknown. ARTHUR (R) I Dec. AsEL I (R) 19I9 x:r Dec. FIDEUTY (R) ... 30 Dec. Probably torpedoed by UfB N. Atlantic.

SMALL BoY PETER 5 Feb. Lost by fire• M:!SCEl..t.ANEOUS SHUN AN (R) ... Feb. Lost or destroyed to prevent CRAFT. falling into enemy hands at Singapore. MATCHLOCK Sunk by mine at Canton. Date unknown.

TRANSPORT ZoODOCHOS PlGH1 (R) ... 13 March. Sunk by enemy action, E VESSELS. Mediterranean. TER.PS!THEA (R) I$7 1919 29 Apr. Mined at Famagusta, Cyprus Fuoux (R) 9I 13 June Cause and place unknown. ARMED TRADERS LARUT (R) . • •• Sunk by A/C off East Coast RAUB (R) • ... 22 Jan. Sumatra. VYNI!:R BROOKE (R) 14 Feb. Sunk by AJC off Banka Straits Sumatra. LIPIS (R) ...... 1927 Feb. Believed lost off Singapore by enemy action.

HUBOUR DUTY NYKEN (R) III Jan. (date Constructive total loss. ,VESSELS•. reported)

' ' CHRYSOLITE (R) : 1934 15 July.. Cause and place unknown. VASSILIKI (R) .. , 23 July Sunk by U/B on passage from . . . .. Beirut to Famagusta. R~y (R) 46 1902 9 Oct. Wrecked in gale, Scapa Flow Net. Orkneys. BRODRI!:NE (R) .. , 1922 26 Dec•. Sunk in collision, Hvalfiord Iceland. F'JIRRY SERVICE SANDOY (R) 49 u Dec •.. Cause and place unknown. VESSEL. .. .. DtwB BARGES ... CELT ••• CoOLIE ••• CoSSACK.,, DERVISH MAoRI ... t:' MATABELE Sunk for boom def~nce pur ODESSA .. , ... , poses, presumed in 1942, PARTISAN PHILISTINE REDRESS RESPITE ... REVENGE VALENCIA ... DART~OUTH (R) 226 1923 .2 Oct .. Sunk as blockshlp. (deep) (E)

1943 AIRCRAFT CARRIER . DASHEI\ ... 27 Mar. (EscoaT Sunk, probably due to petro explosion, South of Cumbrae CAI\R1Eit). Island, W. Scotland. CRUISER ,,, '... CHARYBDIS ... Sunk by E/B, toipedoes, Eng lish Channel. DESTROYERS. ... HARVESTEI\ ... 1,400. 25.3·40 II Mar. Sunk by UJB, torpedo, N Atlantic. LIGHTNING · .. ·,., ,.. .1,920 28.5.41 ,;.2 Mar. Sunk by E/B, torpedo Central Mediterranean. ' Date of Date of Class Nam~ Tonnage Comple­ Loss How Lost and Where tion

l943 DESTIOYERS (cont.) BEVERLEY .. • ... 1,lc;)O n Apr. Sunk py U/B, torpedo, N. Atlantic. , EsKDALE (on loan to r,oso 3l· 7·42 14 Apr. Sunk by EfB, torpedo, off R. Nor. N.) •• Liiii.rd Head, Cornwall . • PAKENHAM (Leader) .. , X,550. .I6 Apr •. . S"nk by own forces after. damage in action with de· .. stroyers off Sicily. '·-' PucKERIDGE 1,050 . 30. 7·4! 6 Sept; .Sunk by UfB, torpedo, W. . Mediterranean. INTREPID ... . 1,370, 29 .. 7·37 27 Sept. .(;unk by AfC, in Leros Harbour • Dodecanese. 0RKAN (ex MYRMIDON) 1,920 5-12.4~ . 8 Oct... Sunk by U/B, torpedo, N. (On loan to Polish Atlantic•.. Navy). PANTHER 1,540 I2.IZ.41• 9 Oct. SunkbyA/C, b'ombs, Scarpanto ..!'trait, Dodecanese .. . HtrRWORTH ... 1,050 5.10.41 22 Oct. Sunk by mine off Ka!imno, Dodecanese. LIMBOURNE 23 Oct;. .Sunk by own forces after damage by EfB, torpedoes, · English Channel. EcLIPSE ... 24 Oct.. Sunk by mine off Kalixnno, Dodecanese. Sunk by A/C. glider bomb, off DULVERTON 13 Nov•. Kos, Dodecanese. Sunk by UfB., torpedo, West HOLCOMBE 1,050. 12 Dec; Mediterranean. TYNEDALE I,OOO Sunk by UfB., torpedo, N. HuRRicANE 1,400 24 Dec. Atlantic.

540. 18. 6.42 . 4 Jan. Lost, possibly mined, Gulf of SuBMARINEs ... P. 48 Tunis. 1,090. 7· 8.42 8 Jan, . ;Lost, possibly mined, off Mad· P. 3II dhlena, Sardinia. 540 20. 2-43 24 Feb. Lost by accident, Firth of VANDAL ... . Clyde, W. Scotland. ·- 540 12.12.41 24 Feb. Lost, probably mined1 Bodo UaEDD (ex P. 4I) (On area, Norway. loan to R. Nor. N.). (approx.) 1,093 :zo. 6.40 10 Mar. Lost, cause unknown, Gulf of TIGRIS ••• • •. Naples. r,o9o x.u.4o 13 Mar. ?unk by S.C., DJC, off Cape THUNDERBOLT ... Milazzo, Sicily. Lost, probably mined, off Sar· TURBULENT 23 Mar. (approx.) dinia. • 1,475, II.I1.30 x6 Apr, . ~unk by S.C., Straits of REGENT ... ~to. . 715 8.42 21 Apr. Scuttled after D /C attack, W. SPLENDID s. Coast of Corsica. 24 Apr. Scuttled after D /C attack off SAHIB 7I5 13· 5·42 Cape Milazzo, Sicily. 30Mayt Failed to surface during exer· UNTAMED 540 I4· 4·43 cises off Campbeltown. Lost, possibly mined, S. 1,475 . . I3o l-31 n Aug. PARTHIAN ! Adriatic. · Sunk by S.C., D/C, off Bastia, 715 27· 6.42 r8 Aug. SARACEN " . Corsica. II Oct. Lost, probably mined, Gulf of USURPER ••. 540 .2. 2-43 (approx.) Genoa. Lost, possibly mined, Aegean 1,ogo . 29. 8.42 17 Oct. • TROOPER Sea. Lost, .. Dardanelles Approach S!MOOM ... 19 Nov. (approx.)

21, 1-43 17 Sept. X CRAFT ... xs 29·8* 29·8* 29.12.42} xs 2I. 1.43 22 Sept. Lost in attack on Tirpitz, X6 29·8*. Kaa Fiord, Alten Fiord, 14. 1.43 X7 29·8* Norway. 29·8* 8. 2-43 3 Oct. X IO 15 Oct. X9 29·8* 29· 1.43 I ·2* 6.10.42 CHARIOTS.,,. •·• No. XV ...... Lost in Operation PRINCIPAL XVI ...... I •2* 10.10.42 {Palermo, Italy). XIX ...... I·z* '16.10.42 . 2 Jan. XXII ...... I •2* 29.10.42 XXIII I •2* 23.I0.42 Lost in Operation PRINCIPAL X ...... I·:z* 15. 9.42 8jan. {Maddalena, Sardinia). XVIII .. . , .. I •2* 14.10.42 Lost in Operation WELCOME . xq ...... I• :z* 30, 9·42 I9 Jan. (Tripoli). " XIII ...... I •2° 30. 9.42.

• Submerged. ' , t Subsequently s:tved and ren!J,med VITALITY. • a6

Date of Date of Name Tonnage Comple­ Loss How Lost and Where tion 1943 • CHARIOTS (coni.). No. UI ... 14· 5-43} 22 Nov: Jettisoned in heavy weatl\f!r in LVII 29. 6.43 attack on German shipping in Norwegian Fiords. • WELMAN CRAFT ... No. 10 ...... 9 Sept. Accidently lost during exer· cises. 45 .. . 2•4" 46 ...... 2•4° ;: ~:!~} 22 Nov.. Lost during attack on Bergen 47 .. . 2·4" 2. 9-43 Harbour, Norway. 48 .. . 2•4° IJ. 9·43 · · ~ AUXILIARY Awn- POZARICA ..... 13 Feb. Capsized after torpedo attack AIRCRAFT SHIP. '' by A/C off Bougie, Algeria (29 Jan.).

SLOOP ... EGRET ...... 1,250 IO.U.J8 27 Aug. Sunk by A/C, glider bomb, off N.W. Spain.

FRIGATE ...... ITCH!!N ••• 23 Sept. Sunk by UfB, torpedo, N. Atlantic.

CORVETTES • .. SAMPHIRI! ...... 1,015 JO, 6.41 30 jaiL' Sunk by UfB, torpedo, W. Mediterranean. ERICA ...... 955 7· 8.40 9 Feb... Sunk by mine, N.E. of Ben­ ghazi, Libya. PoLYANTHUs 20 Sept. Sunk by UfB, torpedo, N. Atlantic.

MINELAYERS .. , CORNCRAKE 700 7.12.42 25 Jan. Foundered in bad weather, N . ·Atlantic. WELSHMAN ... z,6so. 25. 8.41 I Feb,. Sunk by U [B. torpedo, off Libya. ABDIEL ...... 2,650 15. 4.41 10 Sept.. Sunk by mine in Taranto Bay, S. Italy.

MINESWl!EPERS ... HYTHE ... 6o5 5· 3-42 II Oct. Sunk by UfB, torpedo, off Bougie, Algeria. CROMARTY 23 Oct., Sunk by mine, Western Ap­ . proaches to Straits of Boni- facio, Mediterranean, HEBE ... 815 ·. 23.10.37 22 Nov. Sunk by mine off Bari, E. Italy. F'ELIXSTOWI!: 656 n. 7.41 18 Dec. Sunk by mine off Sardinia. CLACTON ... 6oS . 4· 6.42 31 Dec .. Sunk by mine off Corsica.

B.Y.M.S. MINE- No. 2019 ... 290 15. 8.42 19 Sept. Mined and beached off Cotrone, SWl!EPER, Italy.

MOTOR No. 89 ... 240 S· 1.42 12 May Sunk by mine off Bizerta, MlNESWl!EPERS, .. Tunisia. 70 ... 240 18. 5 ..j2 24 Sept. Sunk, believed by mine, in Gulf of Taranto, S. Italy.

MOTOR TORPEDO No. 105 ... . 9·. -.8.40 I Jan• Taken in tow and sunk by own BoATS. forces. 262 ...... 32 24 Feb. Formally paid off. 622 .. . 95 -.10.42 10 March Sunk by S.C. when attacking . convoy off Terschelling, Hol- land. c 631 ...... 95 14 March' Grounded during attack on (On loan to R.Nor.N.) ships in Norwegian Fiords. 63 ...... 35 2 April Sunk in collision off Benghazi. 64 ... .•• ·-·· 35 267 ...... 32 2 April Damaged in rough weather on passage, Benghazi to Malta. Sunk by own forces. 639 .... 95 · 22. 1.43 28 April Sunk by A/C, Central Mediter· ranean, 3II ··• 34•4 17. 2•42 2May Sunk by mine, Central Mediter- ranean. 61 ... 35 9· 1.42 9May Lost by stranding in attack on . Motor . Barges at.. .Kelibia, . Tunisia. 264 ...... iO. May · Sunk by mine off Sousse, . Tunisia. 316 ... 34•4 12. Juf2 1i July : Sunk by torpedo from Italian . cruiser off Reggio, S. Italy. 288 ... 40 26. 3·43 ix/zz J~iy Sunk by A/C, Augusta, Sicily. 665 ...... 95 · H3 zs.Aug. Su~ by gunfire, shore batteries, Messina, Sicily. 77 ... 38•6 28. 5-42 8 Sept. Sunk by A/C off Vibo Valencia, S.W. Italy• • Submerged. • ' .

Date of Date of Class Name Tonnage Comple- Loss How Lost and Where tion •• • 1943 Mo~R ToRPEDO No. 636 ...... 95 1-43 15 Oct. Sunk by S.C. off Elba,W. Italy. · :BOATS (coni,). 356 ... ·:· ... 37 I, 7-43 16 Oct. Sunk by S.C. off Holland. • 669 ...... 95 29. 4·43 26 Oct. Sunk by S.C. off Norwegian coast. • 6o6 ... ~ .. ... 90 1· 7-42 3/4 Nov. Sunk by S.C. of! Hook of Holla.nd. 222 ••• 38·6 15· 2.42 gj1o Nov. Sunk by mine, North Sea.. (On loan toR. N~th. N.j'. 230 ...... 38·6 . 5· 5-42 9/1o Nov. Rammed by M.T.B.u2 in . action, North Sea. . • '626 ... 95 8.42} (On loan toR. N~r. N.i:· 22 Nov. Lost by fire, Lerwick, Shetland. 686 .... •.. . .. 95 g. 6.43 73 ...... 38·6 3-10.41 24 Nov. Sunk by AJC, Maddalena., Sar- dinia.. 357 ...... 37 25. 8.43 24 Dec. Sunk by accident after damage . . by S.C. (23rd). .

MoTOR GUN BOATS No. 109 ...... 37 30. 9-42 25 Feb. Mined and severely damaged . (7fu). Formally paid of! . 79 ...... 37 24· 7·42 28 Feb. . Sunk in action with S.C., Hook of Holland area. IIO ••• ...... 37- 14-ll-42 29 May Sunk in action with S.C. in vicinity of Dunkirk. 648 ...... 90 1-43 14 June Sunk by A/C, Pantellaria, Cen~ - tral Mediterranean. 644 ...... 90 12.42 , 26 June Mined between Marsala and ... . Mazzara, Sicily. Sunk by own forces. . 641 ... 90 29.12.42 14/15 July Sunk by gunfire from battery ...... on Italian mainland, Straits · of Messina. . 64 ... 28 II. 2.41 8 Aug.• Foundered on patrol in heavy ...... - weather between Ostend and U.K.

6Mar. Rammed and sunk by accident, MoToR .LAUNCHES No. 251 ...... - ... 75•5 7·41 Atlantic. II57 ...... 40 30.12.42} Apr. Lost in shipment • 1212 ...... 40 .. IX.12.42 133 ...... 75•5 12.12.40. nMay Destroyed by fire and explosion ... W. Scotland. • 1154 ...... 40 30, 1-43 14May . Sunk by mine at Bizerta., Tunisia. 108 .,...... 66 4· 7-40 5 Sept. Sunk by mine, English Channel 1015 ••• ...... 40 24. 2.41 . Oct. . Lost due to heavy gales, E. Mediterranean. .• 835 ••• ...... 75•5 8. 8.43. uOct. Sunk by AJC,, Leros, - 579 ...... 75•5 3··6·43 26 Oct. } Dodecanese. 1054 '" ...... 40 6,11.41 Nov. Total loss. 1244 ...... 40. 20. 8.43 Nov. Lost on passage . 1289 ...... 40: 2:7-43 Nov. } 358 ...... 75•5 9·42 12 Nov. Lost oft Leros, Dodecanese. 126 ...... 75•5 19, .9.40 .27Nov. Lost after damage by U/B, torpedo, W. Italy. 1388 ...... 40 2!).Il.43 24 Dec. Grounded of! Hartlepool. 1121 .,, ...... 40' IO. 7.42 31 Dec. Formally paid of!. " Sunk by EJB, torpedo, w. l'RAW.LERS ... HoRATIO ... • •• < 545 27. 1.41. 7 Jan. . Mediterranean . ... 54.5 12. 6.42 7 Jan. Sunk by torpedo, U JB, or A/C. JUEA ...... W. Mediterranean. KxNGSTO:!'! J ACIN.TH (R) 356 1929 12 Jan. Mined oft Portsmouth. Sunk by explosion, probably STEONSAY , ,. ... 545 24· 4·42 5 Feb. .. mine, of! Phillppeville, W. Mediterranean. . 409 1930 7Feb, Probably sunk by U/B of! Gape. TEII.VANI (R) . ... Bougaroni, Algeria. . torpedo, N. ·BREDON ,;-; . 750 29· 4·42 8 Feb. Sunk by -UJB, ' ...... Atlantic. Attacked by E/Bs, probably LoED HAILSHAI\4 ... . 8gi 1934 27 Feb• (deep) torpedoed, English Channel. Sunk by mine, North Sea. , MOEAVIA (R) ... 306 1917 14 Mar. ... 21.10.42 16 Mar. Foundered on passage to U.K. CAMPOBELLO ...... 545 after being badly damaged at Quebec. ' and foundered, Jl96 I9IZ 31 Mar. Ran aground CAULGNIA (R) ...... Rye Bay, Sussex. oft 1,004 1915 15 Apr. Sunk by E/B, torpedo, - ' ADONIS ...... Lowestoft. . . • Subsequently salved. ' • Date of Date of Class Name Tonnage Comple­ Loss How Lost and Where tion 1943 • TRAWLERS (cont.) ... 590 15. 4·43 22 Apr. Sunk in collision, North Sc;a. . DANENAN 1,050 1937 . 8May Believed to have struck sub­ (deep) merged ice. Abandoned after being taken in tow, N. Atlan· tic. · HONG LAN (R) ... 104 - :z6May Foundered off Adam's Bridge, between India and Ceylon. Formally paid off. RED GAUNTLET (R) ... 338 • 1930 5 Aug. Sunk by E/Bs, North Sea. ZEE MEEUW (R) 21 Sept. Sunk in collision, Gravesend Reach, Thames. "" DoNNA Noox (R) 307 1916 25 Sept. Sunk in collision, North Sea. FRANC T!REUR ·(R) 314 1916 25 Sept. Sunk by E/B off Harwich. A.RACARI (R) ••• 114.5 1908 . 3 Oct. Grounded, total loss, Filicudi Island, North of Sicily; MEROR (R) !150 1905 . 3 Oct. Mined, Humber area, 0RFASY ... 545 . 14. 7-42 22 Oct. Lost, probably by U/B tor- pedo, off W. Africa. WilliAN STEPHEN (R) .. . 1135 1917 25 Oct. Sunk by E/B off Cromer. . AVANTURINE (R) .. . 1196 1930 I Dec. Sunk by E/Bs off Beachy Heed, RYSA...... • •• 545 IJ. 8.41 . 8 Dec. Sunk by mine off Maddalena, Sardinia. KiNGSTON BERYL (R) ... 356 1928 .:zs Dec. Mined, N.W. Approaches • WHALERS ••• ... Bono (R) 351 4 Jan. Mined off E. Coast of Scotland. HARSTAD (R) ... 1158 27 Feb. Sunk by E/B, English Channel. SANTA (R) 35.5 23 Nov. Mined, West of Maddalena, . Sardinia.

YACHTS ••• ... SARGASSO (R) ... 11113 6 June Mined off Isle of Wight. ATTENDANT (R) 357 Nov. (date Cause and place unknown. reported)

Booll DEFENCE F AEIOUS (R) 230 l6}an. Sunk. VESSELS. (deep) BARFLAKE 75° 2J. 9·42 22 Nov. Sunk by mine, Naples. BARRAGE VESSELS B.V.42 ... 9.12.18 .:zz Dec, Lost by explosion, Leith Docks, E. Scotland. NAVAL SERVICING No. 30 ... 8 8 Nov. Sunk. BoAT.

NAVAL AUXILIARY LILY 24--'.15 Dec.. Sunk in collision off Portland. BoAT,

... HORSA •.• . 700 16 Mar• . Grounded, total loss, Osftes Rock, E. Iceland. CoRY BROS (R) ... 38 9Aug. . Constructive, total loss. TIENTSIN (R) .. , 26 Oct. . Foundered, Red Sea, on passage . to Massawa.

REscUE SHIP ... ST. SuNNivA (R) 1931 22 Jan. Marine cause.

DRIFTERS .. • PREMIER (R) ,1918 3 Feb. Collided with No. 10 Holme Hook Buoy, Humber, and sank. UT PROSIM (R) •.• 2 Mar. Sunk by gunfire in Dqfer Harbour. GOLDEN GiFT (R) 1910 6 Apr. Sunk in collision in Oban Bay, W. Scotland. THORA (R) 1930 26 Apr. Fouled boom in bad· weather, Grimsby. NORNES (R) ... 1902 14 Aug. } Noss HEAD ...... aa Net 9 Sept. RosA (R) .. . 83 1908 n Sept. Cause and place unknown. NrsR (R) .. . 16 Sept. BRAE FLETT (R) ... 54 Net 1902 22 Sept. . OCEAN RETRIEVER (R) 95 1912 22 Sept. . Mined, Thames Estuary. GoLDEN EFFORT (R) .. , 86 1914 23 Sept. Sunk, cause unknown, off Greenock. CHANCELLOR (R) ll4 1916 30 Oct. Sunk in tow, RosE VALLEY (R) IOO 1918 16 Dec. Sunk in collision. J'ANKERS AND ALBERT L. ELLSWORTH 8,309 1937 8 Jan, OILERS, (R). (approx.) } Su:k by UJB off W. Africa. MINISTER WEDEL (R) ... 6,833 1930 · 9 Jan. RosEwooo (R) ... •.. 5.989. 1931 9Mar. Torpedoed and presumed sunk. HALLANGER (R)...... 9.551 1928 30 Mar. Sunk by U/B, W. Mediter· ranean. ALCIDES (R) 7.634 1930 2 4ug. Sunk · by Japanese Raider, (approx.) Indian Ocean • • • • Date of Class Name Date of Tonnage Comple­ Loss· How Lost and Where tion

•• 1943 TANKERS AND • THoRSHOVDI (R) 9.944 1937 4Aug. War cause. · OltER$ (cont.) MARit_ (R) ,., 5.542 1918 4 Oct. Sunk by UJB, off Benghazi, • Libya. LITIOPA (R) 5.356 1917 22 Oct, Sunk by UJB off W. Africa. • ' VICTUALLING MORAY (R) . ... 206 1918 13 Mar. Foundered off Milford Haven. STORE SHIP.

WATER CARRIER EMPIRE ARTHUR (R) ,,. 760 1942 22 Nov. Capsized and sank, Freetown, 1 W. Africa . • COL):.IER ...... NEVA (R) 1928 22 Ja~. Presumed sunk by U/B, N. Atlantic, . . WATER BOATS ISB]ORN (R) .... 13May Sunk . CEciL (R) 18 Dec. Constructive total loss. SPECIAL SERVICE FElOY (R) ... Jan, . VESSELS. GULQBORG (R) ... 22 Jan. } Cause and place unknown, BERGHOLM (R) .... ,193'5 23 Mar. BRATTHOLM (R) 1937 3oMar. DAH Pu (R) .... 1922 28 June Torpedoed by U/B, Muscat H~rbour, E. Coast of Arabia. EvANGEL1STRl-A 23 Sept. Sunk by enemy action. (CHIOS 345) (R). Bl,LLDORJI. (R) ... SQUALLY (R) ... u Nov. Sunk by enemy action. WESTWICK (R) ,, .. SMALL MlSCEL• NAIEM ... Jan. Sunk at Tobruk. . LANEOUS .CRAFT. FOLIOT •• , ··-·· 33 .17 Nov. Sunk in Collision. . . (R) ... Dec. Cause and place unknown. HARBOUR DutY St. ANNE .·~· 37 VEsSEL, Wrecked, English ChanneL DUMB, BARGES ... NELL JESS 9:6 1902 May CL,'I.CtON ... '. 196' Nov.* · (deep) (approx.) (E). ' FouR ... 204 Nov. (deep) (approx.) . (E). G~EENFINCH . 218 Nov.* (deep) (approx.) (E). Cause and place un)mown. . ' M.o~1c4 ... '233 Nov.• (deep) (approx.) I (l~}. , SAN FRANCISCO 241 Nov. (deep) (approx.) (E). UTOPIA ... :;!~6 Nov. (deep) 1 . (approx.). . . •. (E).. .. ' ~ 1944. 29 Jan. Sunk by A/C, Glider Bomb, off CRUISERS . ; . ... SPARTAN Anzio, W. Italy, I ... 18 Feb. Sunk by U/B, torpedo, Anzio ... PENELOPE area, W. Italy. DuRBAN ... 4,850 . 3I.I0.2X gJune Sunk as blockship for Mulberry \ '." Harbour, Normandy. D~AGON ...... 4,85o 16. 8.x8 8 July Damaged by human torpedo (on loan to Polish Navy) off Normandy. Constructive total loss.

5· 8.39 23 Jan. Sunk by A/C, torpedo, off DESTROYERS .JANUS ... Anzio, W. Italy. • 14. 8.43 30 Jan.' Sunk by U/B, torpedo, Barents HARDY (Leader) Sea, Arctic. 20, ~.18 . 20 Feb. Sunk by UfB, torpedo, off WARWICI,{ ... "' . .. ·.r,xoo N. Cornwall. 25. 6.37 25 Feb. Sunk by A/C, glider bomb, off INGLEFIELD (Leader) · 1,530 . . Anzio, W. Italy, Sunk by UfB, torpedo, Barents MAHRATTA 8. 4·43 25 Feb. I , . · Sea, Arctic. 26, 8.41 30 Mar. Sunk by UfB, torpedo, North LAFORE'\!' (Leader) . . ( "' of Sicily, 18. 3-44 6 June . Sunk by S.C., torpedo, off SVENNA (ex SHARK) .. , ·r. 1,710 Normandy.· . JOn lo!J.n to R.- Nor. N.) ·I· . · . . ' . ' -- -- a • Subsequently Salved,

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1944 DESTROYERS (cont.) WRESTLER I,IOO 6 June Damaged 'beyond repait: by mine off Normandy. ( BOADICEA 13 June Sunk by JI./C, torpedo, off Portland, English Chanf!el. QUAIL 18 June Sank in tow, Bari to Taranto, after damage by mine (15th Nov. 1943). FURY 18. 5·35 21 June Damaged beyond repair by mine off Normandy. !>WIFT 6.12.43 24 June Sunk by mine off Normandy. <· Js1s -· 1,370 2. 6.37 :zo July Sunk by human .torpedo, or QuoRN ... I.ooo :u. 9·40 3 Aug. } mine off Normandy. RocKINGHAIIII 1,190 31. 7·19 27 Sept. Sunk by mine, E. Scotland. AI.DENHAI4 1,050 5· 2.42 14 Dec. Sunk by mine, N.E. Adriatic.

SUBMARINES P. 715 (e~ GRAPH) ••• 88o 20 Mar. Dismantled, broke adrift and (German Prize vessel). (sub­ lost on West Coast of lsiay, merged) W. Scotland. STONI!HI!NGE 715 22 Mar. Lost on patrol, probably off (approx.) Nicobar Islands, Indian Oc. SvRns ... 715 28 Mar. Sunk by mine off Bodo, Nor­ way. SiCKLE ... ·715 18 June Sunk, probably mined, Anti­ (approx.) Kithera Channel, Greece. • B.l (e~ SUNFISH) ... 6']o 27 July Lost on passage to U.S.S.R. (On loan to Soviet Navy) with Soviet crew. STRATAGEM ... • •• 22 Nov. Sunk by S.C., D/C, off Malacca, East Indies. X CRAFT •••.. ••• X. 22 7 Feb. Lost in collision, Pentland Firth, N. Scotland.

CIIARIOTS ... No. LVIII 1•2* LX ... x·a• 22 June Lost in attack on Spezia. LXXIX 1•94° Lost in operation, Puket Har- LXXX 1•94* 28 Oct. bour. AUXILIARY ANTI­ GLEN AVON (R) -1912 2 Sept. Foundered in gale, Seine Bay, AIRCRAFT SHIP. . Normandy.

SLOOPS ... WOODPECKER ... 27 Feb. Stem blown off (2oth) by tor0 pedo. Capsized and sank in tow, N. Atlantic. KITE I. 3-43 21 Aug. Sunk by U/B, torpedo, Green­ . land Sea. FRIGATES ... TWI!I!D ... 1.375 aS. 4·43 7 Jan. Sunk by UfB, torpedo, N. GoULD ••• 1,6oo 18. 9·43 · I Mar. } Atlantic. LAWFORD r,rso 3.II,;43 . 8 June Bombed and sunk on service as H.Q. ship, Normandy. BLACKWOOD 29. 3·43} 15 June .Sunk by U {B, torpedo, English MouRNE ... 30. 4·43 Channel. • BICKERTON 17.10.43 . 22 Aug. Sunk by U{B, torpedo, Barents Sea, Arctic. BULLEN ... 1,300 25.10.43 6 Dec. Sunk by U{B, torpedo, N.W. Scotland .... . CAPEL 16. 8.43 26 Dec. Sunk by UfB, torpedo.!> off Cherbourg. CoRVETTES ... ASPHODEL 1,015 II. 9.40 9Mar. Sunk by U{B, torpedo, N. · Atlantic. HURST CASTLE , •• l,o6o 9· 6.44 I Sept. Sunk by U {B, torpedo, .off N. W. Ireland. ROSE ...... i,o6o a6 Oct. Sunk in collision, W. Atlantic. (On loan to R. Nor. N.) ' TUNSBERG CASTLE ... I,o6o 12 Dec • Sunk by mine off N. Russia. • (eif SHREWSBURY CASTLE) (On loan to R. Nor. N.)

NETLAYER .. • MINSTER. (R) 8 June Sunk by mine, Seine Bay, Normandy. MINESWI!EPERS ... CATO ... I,UO 29. 7·43 6July MAGIC ... I,Ilo a8.xo.43 Sunk by human torpedo, off PYLADEs 6July x,uo 27.II.43 8 July } Normandy. LoYALTY ...... 940 22·4·43 22 Aug. Sunk by mine, or U fB, torpedo, English Channel. BRITOHART ...... 815 HUSSAR ... Sunk by accident in attack by ...... Bxs friendly aircraft off Normandy

• Sl!bmerged. • • Date of Date of Class :t:fame Tonnage Comple­ Loss How Lost and Where tion .. 1944 B.Y.M.S. MINE· •No. 2022 ... 290 12, 9·42 16 Aug. . Lost, after damage by mine, SWIIEPERS. Frejus Gulf, S. France. 2255 5 Oct. , Sun~ by mine, Boulogne. · • 2030 .. · 290 30. 7.42 8 Oct. Sunk by mine off Le Havre. 2077 ... . 290 7· 7-43 25 Oct. . Sunk by mine, Gulf of Corinth, . Greece. ~

MOTOR .MINE· No. 229 '255 25 •.10.42 13 June } Sunk by mine off Normandy. SWEEPERS. 8 255 8. 1.4I 24 June 1019 ... 360, 23·. 8.43 2 July. Sunk by mine off Cherbourg .. • 55 255 3· 9·41 IO July Sunk by mine off Normandy. · II7 255 7· 4·42 . I Sept. Sunk by mine, Civita Vecchia, W. Italy. . ' . 255 8•. 3-43 I4 Sept. Stranded on rocks in Le Rance River, St. Malo, N. France. '· ' 170 255 7· 9·42 I2 Oct. Sunk by mine off Gorgona ' ' . Island, W. Italy. IOI 255 6: 2.43 29 Nov. Sunk by mine of! Salonika, Greece. 257 255 9.10.43 II Dec. Sunk by mine, River Schelde, Holland.

MOTOR TORPEDO 37 a: 9.42 15/16 Max. Sunk by S.C., whilst attacking , BOATS. convoy between Calais and Boulogne, 37 3I. 5-43 25/26 Max. Sunk in collision, North Sea. 38:6 30. 3·42 31 Max •. Sunk by enemy action off Ijmuiden and Helder. ' 95 . 18 A)JI. .Cut in two in collision off N. Ireland. 95 I6. 5•43 24 Apr. Sunk in torpedo attack on destroyers off Barfteur, N. France. 95 sMay Damaged by. friendly A/C English Chaunel, and sub· sequently sunk by own forces . '. 97 28 May .• .Sunk by accident, English 732 ...... Channel. Sunk in collision, English Chan· 4· 3-43 6 June . nel. Sunk when attacking convoy . 95 7-43 9/lO June of! Holland. - 37 23. 9·43 II June. Sunk by accident in torpedo attack by friendly aircraft off Normandy. . . Damaged by Beaufighters and 97 30. 5·44 26 June 734 ... eventually sunk by own .. forces, North Sea. 85 26/27 June Sunk by mine, Leghom-Spezia axea. Sunk by mine off Normandy. 460 (On loan to 22. 3-44 3 July R.C.N.). 666 ...... xo. 6.43 4/5 July Sunk by S.C. off Holland. 95 Sunk by mine off Normandy. 463 (On loan to 41 25. H4 8 July R.C.N.). . Sunk by S.C. off Normandy. 434 ... •.. 37 25. 1.43 9 July 7.10.43 23/24 July Sunk by S.C., gunfire, when .. 372 ...... • 47 patrolling off Cape Loviste, Adriatic. Sunk in collision off Normandy, 14· 2.42 26/27 July 412 ... 37 Rammed by E/B off Normandy. 430 .. . 37 x6.II.42 26/27 July 38·6 IO. 9.42 18 Aug. Lost in collision off Harwich. 93 .. . Sunk by S.C •. off .Ymuiden, 360 .. . 31 30. 6.43} I Oct. . 18. 3·43 Holland. 347 .. . 37 Grounded on Levron Island, 287 .. . 36·5' 12. 3·43 24 Nov. 4.10.43 Adriatic, and subsequently 371 ... destroyed by own forces. to8 29 Dec... Sunk by mine off River -782 ... Schelde, Holland.

II June Sunk, possibly mined, off MoTOR GUN BoATS·. No. .17 ... . Normandy. . 28 June Sunk by mine off Normandy. 326 ... 16 Aug. Sunk by mine or torpedo off 313 .. ~ ' . Normandy. Sunk by mine • off Maestra go 8. 3-43 10 Oct. '663 ...... ' Point, ~.E. Adriatic. (t Sunk by mine off Dieppe. · MOTOR LAUNCHES l!'{o. :no . (On loan to 75 •5 7• 4.41 15 Feb. R. Nor. N.). • 32

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1944 MoTOR LAuNCHES 2J.I0.41 20 Feb. Lost tbrollgh grounding in Gulf of Kos, Aegean. , (cont.~ · 75•5 I. 6.43 5 Mar. Destroyed by internal explo­ sion, Beitut Harbour, Syria, 1380 .,, . 40 r6. 9·43 May Missing in Aegean. ' Destroyed by petrol fire and 265 ... 7.5. J. 30. .5·41} 1 July 287 .... 75•5 23, 8.41 explosion, Freetown, W. Africa, 443 •.• 75•5 u July Mined off Vada, W. Italy. Fore part blown oil. 563 .•• 75•5 3· .3-43 16 Aug. Sunk by mine oil .(.'rejus, S. France. · II79 ... 4· 3-43 21 Aug. Sunk off Rio Bueno, Jamaica, in hutricane. 2!6 ..• 75·5 28, 5·41 28 Sept. Foundered in heavy weather after being mined (rgth), North Sea. 1227 ... s Oct. Sunk by S.C. off Piraeus, Greece. 1057 ... 13 Oct. Lost through detonation of demolition charges oil Kilin· dini, E. Africa. 75·5 2, 8..... 15 Oct. Sunk by mine off Piraeus, Greece. 916 ••• 75'5 16, 9·44 8Nov. Sunk by mine at Wa.J.soorden, Holland.

J;RAWLERS ... WALUSEA 545 6Jan, Sunk by S.C., torpedo, off Mounts Bay, Cornwall. PINE 545 31 Jan, Sunk by E/B, torpedo, oil Selsey Bill, Sussex. CAP D'A1mFI!R (R) ••• 13 Feb. Sunk by EjBs off Humber. WYOMING (R) ... 3011 2oMay Mined and sunk off Harwich. BIRDUP ... • .. 750 13 June Sunk by UJB, torpedo, off W. Africa. LoRD AUSTIN (R) 473 1937 24 June Mined and sunk, Seine Bay, Normandy. GANILLY ... .545 3· 9·43 S July Sunk by mine, English Channel. TEXAS ... 301 19 July Sunk in collision, Jamaica _Area. LoRD WAKEFIELD 825 1933 29 July Sunk by A/C off Normandy. (deep) .... 545 JO, 4·43 3 Aug. Sunk by human torpedo oil Normandy. CHOICE (R) I97 25 Aug. Foundered, total wreck, Arro, manches, Normandy, MIRABELLE (R) .. , 17 Sept, Rammed and sunk by accident. VIDONIA (R) ... 60ct. .Sunk ·· in collision, English Channel. CoLSAY ... 554 4· 3·44 2 Nov, Sunk by human torpedo off . Ostend. TRANSVAAL (R) ... :.150 18 Nov,. ¥oundered .in gale, English Channel. · NoRTHCOAT.ES (R) 2 Dec. Sank in tow, through stress of . weather, English Channel• . MOTOR FISHING No. 70 ... 43•5 I, S-43 27 Feb. Lost after striking submerged VESSELS. . object. en route for Cas- teloriso, Dodecanese. • 1032 .. . 93 -. 2-44 13 Sept, Sunk in tow. ll7 .. . 50 30,12,43 IoJ Oct. Sunk by explosion, probably . mine, off Pasha. Island, N . . Aegean. ' . WHALERS ••• ... MAA41Y (R) ... 27 Mar. Sunk by UfB oil Ceylon. FIRMAMENT (R) .. ; 30 May. Grounded, total loss, off .. Alexandria. SouTHERN PRIDE (R) ... 16 June. Stra.nded, total loss, off Sierra Leone. BEVER (R) 1930 30 Nov.. Sunk : by mine oil Pireaus, Greece.

YACHtS fU ••• ORACLE ••• ...... 745 :29 Jan•. Destroyed by .fire oil Liverpool. BREDA ...... 1,207 18 Feb, Sank after collision, Campbel· . town Loch, . ' ... NAVAL AUXILIARY SPIDER Boy I4 14 Jan, Cause and place unknown. BoAT. I Q TRAINING SHIP CENTURION. -. s.r3 9 June Sunk as blockship for Mulberry (Ex BATTLESHIP) Harbour, Normandy, . . • •

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... 1944 TUGS ...... _gDHERENT ...... 700 30. 3·42 14 Jan. Foundered, N. Atlantic. • RooDE ZEE (R) ... 468 - 24 Apl. Sunk by E/B, torpedo, of! - Dungeness. ~ESAME ...... 700 I8. 1-44 II June Sunk by EfB, torpedo, off • Normandy; SoLITAIRE ...... 91 I904 zo June Capsized and sank of! Nor· . mandy . SALVAGE VBSSllL SAL VIKING ...... 1,490 27. Io43 14 Feb. Sunk by U fB, torpedo, Indian . Ocean. • DR!Pl'ERS ...• Nor MANN (R) ...... - - II Jan. Cause and place unknown. LE DUE PAOLE (R) ... - - 2I Feb. } FORECAST (R) ...... 96 I925 xo Apr. Sunk at Greenock. - . GLEAM (R) ...... 57 . I922 IS June Sunk in collision. FAIRHAVEN (R) ...... 96 1919 5 Sept. Foundered, N .E. Atlantic. SUPPORTER (R) ...... 88 1914 4-5 Nov. Grounded off Newhaven. Total - loss. HARBOUR TENDER SENGA (R) ...... 2I Jan.* Sunk in collision off London· -- derry. OILER ...... WAR DIWAN ...... s.SS1 22, 8.I9 x6 Dec. Sunk by mine, River Schelde, Holland.

w ATER CARRIER ... GllNERAAL VAN DER 1,Z13 1929 If Apr. Marine cause. HEIJDEN (R). - ' cOLLII!RS ,, ... OLGA E. EMBIRICOS (R) 4.677 I922 29 Jan. Sunk by U /B; {tulf of Aden. !OANNIS FAFAt.lOS (R) ... 5.670 19I9 5 Sept. War cause. YEWDALE (R) ...... 823 1929 3 Oct. Marine cause. P.L.M. 21 (R) ...... 5,400 1921 3 Dec. Grounded of! Milford Haven. Subsequently sank . . w ATER BOATS ... GENERAAL VAN SWIETEN 1,300 I928 14 Apr. Marine cause.· · CHANT 69 (R) ...... 400 1944 14 June Capsized of! Normandy. PETRONELLA (R) ... 3,770 1927 15 Oct. Mined off Pireaus,... Greece. ' E XAMINATION FRATTON (R) ...... 757 1925 18 Aug. Sunk at anchor by underwater VESSEL, explosion, probably torpedoed • by S.C., Seine Bay, Nor· mandy. sPECIAL SERVICE DovER HILL· ...... 5,8:r5 1918 7 Feb. . VESSELS. FLOWERGATE ...... 5,ZOO 19II 7 Feb. 8 Feb. ' BECHEVILLE ...... 4,300 1924 PANOS ...... 4.900 1920 8 Feb. ELSWICK PARK ...... 4,ZOO 1920 10 Feb. SALTERSGATE ...... 3,900 1924 II Feb. ALYNBANK (R) ...... 5.157 .1925 Feb. EMPIRE BUNTING ... 6.448 1919 Feb. .. EMPIRE DEFIANCE ... 4.633 1909 Feb. • EMPIRE ... 5,300 1920 Feb. . . EMPIRE MOORHEN ... 5,617 1919 Feb. EMPIRE TAMAR ...... 6,581 1907 Feb. EMPIRE W ATERHEN ... 6,004 1920 Feb. INGMAN (R) ...... 3,169 1907 Feb. MoDLI!;' ...... 3.569 1906 Feb. .. VINLAKE ...... ··-· 3.938 1913 21 Feb. LYNGI!AUG ...... ll,839 1919 26 Feb. SIREHEI ...... 3,888 1907 ' 26 Feb. EMPIRE TANA ...... 6,148 1923 Mar. Sunk as blockships. GEORGIOS . P...... 4.osa 1903 Mar. NJEGOS (R) ...... 4.393 1908 Mar. WrNHA ...... 3.391 1904 ·Mar. MANCHESTER SPINNER ... 4.767 1918 25 Mar. MARIPOSA ...... 3,800 1914 27 Mar. BENDORAN ...... s.6oo 19:1'9 28 Mar. VERA RADCLIFFE ... 5,6oo 1925 30 Mar. FORBIN (R) ...... 7.391 1922 Apr. !NNERTON ...... 5,300 1919 16 Apr. BELGIQUE ...... 4,6o6 1902 June EMPIRE BITTERN ... B,soo 1902 June PARKHAVEN ...... 4,803 1920 June PARKLAAN ...... 3,807 1911 June NoRFALK ...... 5,67a 1919 24 June • - - NORJERV ...... s.6oo 1919 26 June STANWELL ...... 5,8oo 1914 29 June MAYCRESTJ ...... 5.900 1913 130 June BosWORTH...... 6,6711 1919 4 Sept. • ' I . - -·-. '. ' ·-· ·- .. - •• Subsequently salved. c 34

Class Name Tonnage Comple-"""of I DLossateof How Lost !lnd Where tion ~~~-~-~-1------~---~---~ -:------~.------1944 SPECIAL SERVICE SYLVIA (R) ...... zo Sept. Lost by• enemy action,.., VESSELS (COlli.) DUPLEX (R) .•• .. . 4 Oct. Cause and place unknown, GRETHE MORTENSEN (R) 35 19<13 7 Nov. Abando~~oed in sinking condition off N. FOTeland, Kent;,

SMALL MISCELU.• AYIOS JOANNIS (CHIOS IS Dec. Cause and place unknown. NEOUS CRAFT. 466) (R). EUSTATHIOS GH!OKIS (R) 16 Dec. Constructive total loss.

TRANsPORT EV ANGELISTRIA (SAMOS 25 Jan. Constructive total loss. VESSELS. 82) (R). «> TRIUMPH VI (R) IS Dec. Sunk in collision, area. HARBOUR DEFENCE MANORA (R) 17 Dec. Lost through fouling boom. VESSEL,

HARBOUR DUTY ISMINI (R) J6 Oct. Cause and place unknown. VESSEL.

FERRY SERVICE SANDV!KHORN (R) 78 Jan. Sunk in collision, Londonderry. VESSEL. (Net)

SAILING BARGES •., DELTA ... 1898 Nov. Sank at Harty Point, Sheppey. DuNDONALD so 1897 29 Nov. Foundered when moored off Chatham. E.F.Q. ... Dec, Sank at Sheerness.

1945 DESTROYERS .., DEIATELNYI (ex 1,190 16 Jan. Sunk by UfB, torpedo, Arctic ) (On loan Ocean. to Soviet Navy). LA CoMBATTANTE (ex 1,050 :z3 Feb. Sunk by mine, North Sea. HALDON) (On loan to French Navy). SUBMARINE '" ... 1,500 II. 3·33 19 Jan. Sunk, probably by A/C, (Approx.) Malacca Strait, E. Indies.

CIIARIOTS .... No. V I. 9.42 June Lost, W. Scotland. (date reported) XI ... 1·2* 19. 9-42 XIV 1·2* 5-10.42 XVII 1•2* 3-10.42 June XX ... 1•2* 16.10.42 (date Lost at Malta. XXI 1•2* 19.10.42 reported) XXIV 1·2* 17.11.42 ·XXV 1•2* 23.1!.42 XXIX 1•2* 18. 1.43 June XXXI 1·2* 19. 1.43 (date Lost, W. Scotland. XXXIV 1•2* 8. 2-43. repoi:ted) SLOOPS ... LARK 1,350 JO, 4•44 17 Feb. Damaged beyond repair by torpedo. • LAPWING 21. 3·44 2oMar. Sunk by U /B, torpedo, off Kola Inlet, N. Russia. FRIGATE .. , ... GOODALL ... 1,150 oJ.I0.43 29 Apr. Torpedoed by UfB, off Kola Inlet, N. Russia. S\jPk by own forces. . · CoRVETTES DENBIGH CASTLE 1,060 _30.12.y mine or U /B torpedo, grounded, total loss, BLUEBELL N. Russia. I,o6o 17 Feb. · Sunk by UfB, torpedo, Barents VERVAIN Sea, Arctic. 20 Feb. Sunk by UfB, torpedo, off S. Ireland. .. MINESWEEPERS ... REGULUS ... - t•• 1,010 20· 5·44 12 Jan. .Sunk by mine, Corfu Channel, GUVSBOROUOH (On Joan Greece. to R.C.N.). 22. 4·42 17 Mar. Sunk by U/B, torpedo, Bay of Biscay. SQUIRREL 940 16. 8.44 24 July Damaged by mine off Puket, VESTAL ... · Siam, sunk by own forces. - 940 10, 9·43 26 JuJy Sunk by A/C, off Puket, Siam. B.Y.M.S. MINE· No. 2053 , 290 II. 6.43 28 Apr. pSunk by mine off Porto Corsini, Moron. MINE­ No. 248 ... N.E. Italy. SWEEPERS. ~55 II. 9·43 30 Jan. Sunk by mine off River Schelde, Holland. • Submerged. 35

Date of Date of Class No.me Tonnage Comp!e­ Loss How Lost and Where tion .~--~~--~----~~~=-~~-~-~-~-~·~·~- • 1945 MOTOR .,MINE· No. 68 ... 255 4 Feb. Sunk by mine ·off Cephalonia, SWEEPEUS (cont.) Greece. 0 x68 ... 25 June Sunk by mine in Genoa Har· lrour, Italy. 0 I MoTOR TORPEDO No. 690 .. . 102 15. 9-43 t8 Jan. Lost after striking wr_eck; BoATS. 255 .. . 36 JO; 7·43 438 ..• 37 31. 3-43 444 ... 37 21. 1-43 459 (On Joan to 41 2. 3-44 R.C.N.). 461 (On loan to 15. 3-44 R.C.N.). 462 (On Joan to 25- 3-44 R.C.N.). x4 Feb. Lost by fire and explosion,, 465 (On loan to 31- 3-44 Ostend Harbour. R.C.N.). 466 (On Joan to 18. 4·44 R.C.N.). 776 ...... to8 8.44 789 ... 108 17-I0-44 791 ... 108 4o1I·44 798 ... 108 16.10.44 6os ..• 102 16. 6.42 17 Feb. Foundered after striking sub­ merged obstruction 'on pas­ • sage Ostend to Dover. 102 21 Mar. Sunk by mine, Quar.nero Gulf, 655 ... N .E. Adriatic. Sunk by mine, Maknare Chan­ 705 ... ~ ... 102 23 Mar. nel, N .E. Adriatic. g.1I.44 7 Apr. Rammed and sunk by E[Bs, 494 ... 44 North Sea. 5001 ... 108 18.12-44 "7 Apr. Sunk by E/Bs, .North Sea. 102 18. 9-43 10 Apr. Sunk by mine near Zara, N.E. 710 ... Adriatic. . , 102 -. 7-43 17 Apr. Sunk by mine off Krk Island, 697 ... N.E. Adriatic.· Sunk by explosion at Fosna­ 715 ... .·.. 102 9.12.43 xgMay (On loan to R. Nor. N.) .. vaag, Norway. 243 ...... 18.11.42} July ( (date Sunk as targets. 635 ..• 102 -.11.42 reported) 40 2J.I0.42 July Sunk whilst being towed to 242 ... Malta. 10. 2.44 19 July Formally paid off. 712 -~- Sunk at Alexandria. 261 ... 26Aug. Constructive total loss. :\loToR GUN BOATS . No. 99 · .. . -- Apr. 93 5- 7-43 12 May Sunk by mine on passage 2002 ...... Aberdeen to Gothenburg, Sweden. Broke in two off Aberdeen 2007--- ···. after grounding (zznd).

5 Jan. Sunk by torpedo, probably · :\{oTOR LAUNCHES No. II6J ... ••'• S.C., Mulat Island, N.E. Adriatic. · I 28. 3-44 24 Jan. Sunk by mine, Kyauk Pyu, ... 8gt ...... 75•5 North of Ramree Island, ' ' Burma. - II Feb. Surtk after collision with East Pier, Dieppe, N. France. 28. 3-44 15 Feb. Sunk by mine, in tow, off 1417 ... Flushing. 25 Mar. · Sunk by mine off Walcheren, 466 ... 75•5 Holland. , Mined, N. Adriatic, total loss. 12, 2.43 5 May 558.. .. 75•5 Foundered in tidal wave, Sit­ 591 .. . 75•5 18. 4·44} 9 May tang River estuary, Burma, 75•5 IQ. 5-44 -905 .. . 17 Aug. Sunk in collision. 230 .. . 75•5 28. 3-41 324 1917 ·2 Jan. Torpedoed by U /B at anchor TRAWLERS ,. , HA YBURN WYKE (R) .. , off Ostend, Belgium. 655 1936 19 Jan. Ran aground while on loop (R) ... patrol off Durban, S. Africa. Total loss. Sunk in collision, Seine Bay, 286 1919 21 Jan. COMPUTATOR (R) Normandy. Damaged by mine. Sank in 304 1914 3 Feb. ARLEY (Rf ... tow, North Sea. Sunk by U [B, torpedo, English sao 12.10.39 24 Feb. ELLESMERE Channel. 0 Date of Date of Class Name Tonnage Comple­ Loss How Lost and Where tion

1945 TRAWLERS (colll.) · EBOR WYKE (R) ... 348 1929 2 May Presum~d torpedoed by U/B . off E. Coast of lcelan\1. CORIOLANUS 545 6. 2.41 S May Sunk by.,mine, N. Adriatic. HlLDASAY 545 JO. 9.41 21 June Grounded on reef near Kilin dini, total loss. e EUZABETH Tl!ERESB (R) .rs6 1934 4 July Sunk. LA NANtAISII: (R) ... 359 - 8 July Sunk in collision off S.E England. KoRD (R) 3511 1930 10 July Sunk by mine off Limrd Head Cornwall. ¢ WIIALERS ••• ... TREERN (R) ...... 1147 1929 u Jan. Sunk by mine off E. Coast of (On loan to S.A.N.F.) Greece. SoUTHERN FLoWER (R) 328 1928 3 Mar. Torpedoed by U/B off Reyk javik, Iceland. SPERCHEIOS (ex NOBLE .r6o 3 Apr. Capsized and sank off Greece Non) (R). (On loan to R.H.N.)

NAVAL SERVl<:lNG No. 38 ... 20 9 Feb. Capsized and sank after dam BoAt, age•

NAVAL AUXILURY No. 47 ... • BoAtS, 48 ..• Jan. 49 ... (date Cause and place unknown. • s8 ... reported) 59 ...

TuGs ... HESPERIA I,II8 2[, 5·43 9 Feb. Grounded off Libya. AlliGATOR 395 6. 2.41 Mar. Cause and place unknown. (date • reported) AtHLETE ... 17 July Sunk by mine off Leghorn Italy.

DlUF'l'ERS ... • •• GoLDEN WEST (R) 15 Jan. Foundered in Aberdeen Har bour, E. Scotland. HIGH (R) ••• 1919 30 Mar. Foundered oft N. Wales. BROADLAND (R) 1913 6 June Lost in heavy weather, N Atlantic.

FuELLING SBIP ... ILtON CASTLE (R) I Aug. Cause and place unknown.

COLLIER ...... ROLFSBORG (R) ••• .r,83.r 1915 13 July Sunk in collision, Firth of Forth, E. Scotland.

BALLOON BARRAGE SVERRE (R) 2 Jan. Foundered off E. · Coast VESSELS, England. TANEVIK (R) 19 Jan. Foundered in tow from Methil to Buclrie, E. Scotland. SPECIAL SERVICE ARMENIER (R) ... Apr. Scuttled. VESsEL,

TRANSPORt VESSEL MARY VI (R) ... I3 2 Mar. Destroyed by fire.

HARBOUR DUtY AYIOS JOANNIS (CHIOS 13 Apr. Cause and place unknown. VESSEL. II6) (R). 4! TRAIN FERRY ... DAFFODIL ••• :Z,jOO 18 Mar. Sank after being mined off Dieppe (x7tb). .II. SUMMARY OF LOSSES-BY YEAR AND CLASS ' .. , .. 3rd Sept., Ist Ja.n., Total ~ Class • I939 to I940 I94l I942 I943 I944 1945 to ·Number Total Displacement • Jist Dec., 15th Aug., • Lost Tonnage lost 1939 I945 - ' No. No. No. No. ·No. No. No. No. Tons BATTJ:.ESHIPS I ...... ~· 0 ' ...... 2 - -- - - "3 95,250 BATTJ:.E CRUISERS ...... 2 - 2 • MONITOR - -· - - - 75.350 ...... ···; ...... - I I 7,200 AIRCRAFT CARRIERS .. . I -· I - - - - ...... 1 2 - 5 I00,450 AUXIJ:.IARY AIRCRAFT CARRIERS ...... I I I - - CRUISER...... -- - - 3 38.570 (deep) ...... - 2 8 8 I 4 23 I64,230 DESTROYERS ...... 3 34 22 46 16 16 - 2 I39 I95.I30 ' SUBMARINES ...... I 23 XI is I6 6 I 76 67,673 { 88o (Sub.) XCRA.n ...... 6 I CHARIOTS - - - - - 7 208•6 (Sub.) ...... - 2 1I 4 II 28 35 ·08 (Sub.)

3rd Sept., ' 1st Jan., Total ' CLASS 1939 to 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 to Numbers Total Displacement 31st Dec., . 15th Aug., Los; Tonnage lost - 1939 . 1945 No.• No. No. No. No. . No • No. No. Tons MOTOR L.\UNCHES ... .. '. 16 14 9 4,819•4 ... ." ...... - 3 7 30 79 88 (d) . 36.314 TRAWJ,.ER~ • - . ~. ·- ...... II 92 25 I6 II 2,5I 10,000 (deep) .'·' 57 39 . { 57.435 .MOTOR FISHING ·VESSELS ...... - - -- - 3 T"" 3 186·5 • WHAL~S ' ...... - ;2 10 13 3 4 3 35 9.659 YACHT .••.• ...... - 15 u 4 2 2 , - 34 13,403•5 (c) '" 3.793 BOOM DEFENCE VESS.ELS ...... I 5 4 s ' 2 - - I7 230 (deep) .. { 1,848

BARRAGE V ESS.E!-S ~ ".'!."...... ~ . ... 1 I 270 GATE VESSELS ... ------... .. , ...... I I 2 :198 NAVAL SERVICING BOA.TS - - - - ...... I I - I I ' 48 NAVAL AUXILIARY BOATS ... - - - - 3 ...... I I 14 (e) DESTROYER - - - - 5 7 ...... - I I Io,Sso SUBMARINE DEPOT SHiP ··-· ·-·· - - - -- ...... - I I 14,650 ACCOMMODATION SHIP - _, - - ... " ...... - - - I - I 361 BooM AccOMMODATIOl\1. SHIP . - - ...... - I - I :1,67:1 TRAINING SHIP - - - - ...... - . I I .{3ASE SHIP ,. - - - - - 25.500 .,...... , I - I GUARDS\f!P - - - - - 3.4711 .• ...... ~ - ·-· ...... ------I 1,561 UGS ... .., ... 6.6sB ...... I II 7 25 3 4 3 54 . ISO (deep) · { 11,o8o (J) SALVAGE VESSELS , ...... l I 1 RESCUE SHIP ...... ' - - - - 2 1,490 (c) ...... - - - I - 1 1,368 MOORING VESSELS - - ...... I I 2 767 - - - - - { 758 (deep) ScHooNifRs ...... ,. -· ...... - - 3 - - - - 3 1,:167 (d) DRIF.l'ERS ...... 7Z9Z•9 ...... 3 38 33 II 13 6 3 107 TENDERS ...... { 273 (net) (g) TANKERS AND OILERS ... - - l I 2 - (b) ...... ~ 3 - - 8 I - 0 FUELLING SHIP ...... _, 7 25 - 45 331,496 OIL DISTILLING SHIP ... - - I 1 (b) ...... _.. ,. - - - .... I - l STORE C..~RRIERS ...... ------468 'VICTUALLING STORE S';,_IP ...... - - 3 - - - - 3 .f,690 wATER CARRIERS ... - - - I I flo6 ...... - - - ~ ARMAMENT STORE CARRIER ...... - I I I - 3 I,973 (c) ...... - I - I .(,087 AMMUNITION HuLKs ...... II ... ------.. FREIGHTERS 5 - - - 9.171 ...... I • •• ...... 2 - - - s CoLLIERS ...... , ------2 9,145 ...... - 3 a a I 4 I 13 39.394 • I w ATER BOATS ...... - - - - 2 3 - Ji 4.470 (d) F LEET AIR ARM TARGET SHIP ...... - - - I - - - I II,JIII "'MOTOR CANAL BOATS ...... - 4 - - - - - 4 - (b) ~E XAMINATION VESSELS ...... • .. . - I 3 I - I - 6 • •z,648 (d) "'BALLOON BARRAGE VESSELS ...... - I I I - - 2 5 6ji (a) .. s PECIAL SERVICE VESSELS ...... - 35 I 7 il 9 40 I I IOO tl80,444 (h) s MALL MISC. CRAFT ... .. -...... - 2 3 2 2 9 866 (i) ' - ' - T RANSPORT VESSELS ...... ' ... - - 3 - 2 I 6 477 (c) ' A RMED TRADERS ...... - - I 4 - - - 5 6,z9s HARBOUR DEFENCE VESSELS ...... - - I - I (b) I - - - - 148 H ARBOUR DuTY VESSELS ... . I I I 8 ...... - - 5 { 46 - (net) lj) RAIN FERRY ...... •.•• ------I I 2,500 F ERRY SERVICE VESSELS ...... I - I :1. 49 ... .. - - - { 78 (net) s AILING• BARGES ...... - - -- 3 - 3 :123 • - 1,544 (deep) D UMB BARGES ...... - I4 7 - ~ 21 -. - { g6 (k) 208 IOO T OTAL Nos...... ~ .. . ,.. • 30 3I7 284 359 205 I,,503 - ' • I - ToTAL ToNNAGE (e) (h) (l) (k) (m) (m) - (n) STANDARD DISPLACEMENT ...... j8.723- I3j,8:28 305,771 ·6 254.910 70,561·:2 109,475•7 24,488·3 - 959.757•8 DEEP DlllPLACEME!IT ...... _ . - 758 Il,9I3 24,I32 17,274 I,j03 - - ss.5Bo SUBMERGED DISPLACEMENT ... "':,, ... - - - 2•4 204 9I6·o8 13•2 - I,I35·68 GRoss REGISTERED ToNNAGE ...... J0,738 344.33z·8 :!09,630·5 239.756 87,87:1 zz8,7zz 6.459 - I,147,497•3 NET REGISTERED TONNAGE ...... - I 52 45 46 76 78 -1 - 397

(a) Excludes tonnage of 3 vessels which is unknown. (f) Excludes tonnage of 14 vessels which is unknown. (k) Excludes tonnage of 13 vessels which is unknown.· (b) Tonnage unknown. (g) Excludes tonnage of 15 vessels which is unknown. (l) Excludes tonnage of 46 vessels which is unknown. (c) Excludes tonnage of I vessel which is ~;~nknown. (II) Excludes tonnage of I 7 vessels which is unknown. (m) Excludes tonnage of I2 vessels which is unknown. (d) • Excludes tonnage of 2 vessels which is unknown. (•) Excludes tonnage of 4 vessels which is unknown. , (n) Excludes tonnage of xo6 vessels which is unknown. (e) Excludes tonnage of 6 vessels which is unknown. (j) Excludes tonnage of 5 vessels which i~ unknown.

• Ill.. ANALYSIS OF CAUSES OF LOSS BY CLASSES . Cause of Loss (Enemy) ·Cause of Loss (other) ' Class Action Surface Shore with the Used as Own Total Mine Aircraft Sub· Cra.ft Rammed Batteries Enemy. Wrecked Blockship Collision Accident Fire Forces Unknown marine Cause ' unknown

BATTLESHIPS I 2 - - 3 ...... ------2 I - BATTLE CRUISERS ...... - it. - - - - -. - - - -. - I - - - I .MONITOR ...... ------AIRCRAFT CARRIERS I 3 I - - - s ...... ------I AUXILIARY AIRCRAFT CARRIERS .. , 2 - 3 ------:23 CRUISERS ...... I 7 8 (a) 5 (b) I I - - - - - .- - - I I39 • DESTROYERS ...... 23 so 35 (c) 20 (d) 2 2 2 I ' 3 - - - ... - I :2 20 76 Sue MARINES ...... 23 (e) 5 (d) 4 (f) I3 (g) 2 - - I - s - X CRAFT 6 j. - I - 7 ...... ------n 28 CHARIOTS ...... - - I5 :il ------I WELMAN CRAFT ...... - - - . - - ' - 4 - - - - - 5 ARMED MERCHANT CRUISERS ... - I IO 3 ------I - - I5 ARMED BOARDING VESSELS ... 2 3 (d) ------5 OcEAN BoARDING VESSELS ... - I 4 - - I ------5 Aux. FIGHTER CATAPULT SHIPS ... - I I ------2 ANTI-AIRCRAFT SHIPS ...... - 3 I ------I - - -- 5 AUXILIARY ANTI-AIRCRAFT SHIPS I 4 - - - - - I ------6 SLOOPS ...... - 5 4(dl -__, - - 2 ------XI FRIGATES ...... - I 9 ------IO CoRVETTES ••• ...... 5 (h) 3 16 (i) ------4 - - - - :28 CUTTIIRS ...... I 2 - - - 3 ...... - - - - - . - ·- - - 6 AUXILIARY AfS VIISSIILS ... - 5 - - - - I ------PATROL VIISSEL ...... ------I ------I RIVER GUN BOATS ...... - 5 I I - - I - - - - - 3 - XI CoNVOY SIIRVICE SHIPS ...... - 2 ------:2 MINELAYERS ...... 2 2 I - - - - I - - - I l - 8 NETLAYERS ...... I 2 ------3 M;tNll DESTRUCTOR VESSELS ... 2 I ------3 MtNIISWCIIPERS ...... IS (j) 17 7 (/1) 2 (d) - - 5 I - - 3 - 2 - 52 B. Y.M.S. MtNESWllliPERS ... 6 ------6 M OTOR MINESWEEPERS ...... I4 (d) I - - I - - I - - - - I - I8 DEGAUSSING SHIP ••• ...... ------I I ------• 2 s TEAM GuN BoAT ...... - - - I ------1- - I M OTOR ToRPEDO BOATS ...... rS (d) 9 (I) - 21 (m) 2 I II 8 - 8 7 I6 8 6 IIS . M OTOR ATTENDANT CRAFT ... I (n) ------I M OTOR A/S BoATS ...... I ------I - - - 2 M oToR GuN BoATs...... 8 (o) 3 - . 6 - I •2 2 - l I If I I 28 M OTOR LAUNCHES I6 (d) 8 I 4 (d) IS l • ...... ' 9 s !l 3 9 79 T RAWLERS 20 - - ...... 79 (P) 7I (d) IS (q) - - 2 I4 l 27 8 I - .. ~ 25I M OTOR FISHING VIISSELS ... I (n) --... - - - - - I - - - - - I 3 w BALERS ...... 8 6 3 3 (d) - - .. 6 - I - I 2 I 35 y ACHTS ...... S(d) 9 I (n) - - - 2 - - 6 - 6 - 5 34 B ooM DEFENCE VEssELS ... 7 I - -- - 2 I - - I - 3 "' .. I7 BARRAGE VESSEL ••• ... .. - - GATE VESSELS ... I - - - - I ... .•. ------. J' I NAVAL SERVICING BOATS ... ------I - - - - - I - - - 2 NAVAL AUXILIARY BOATS ... ------2 DESTROYER DEPOT - - I - - 3 . SHIP ••• ... - I ------6 Sus MARINE DEPOT SHIP ••• - - - - - 7 ... - -·- I - - - - - • .... I AceOMMODATlON SHIP ' - - - - - ...... - I ------I BoOM ACCOMMODATION SHIP ... - - - - - ..... - - • - - - I - - - - I TRAI NING SHIP - - - - ...... ------...... I BASE SHIP - - - I - - ...... - - I - - - - - I GuARDSHIP ••• - - - - - ...... - - - - - I - . - -I - TuGS ...... 9- (a) IO I (n) ------... 3 8 - - - - - I SALVAGE VESSELS ...... I I - - I3 • • ------IO 54 RESCUE SHIPS ...... ------;--. - - - - I - - - 2 MoORING VESSELS ...... I ------I - - - - - I ScH OON~S • ., - ...... - • ---' - - - - - 2 DRlFTERS - - - - 2 - - ...... '* •• 22 I4 - - - - - I TENDERS ... - - - 5 21 r 22 - 3 ...... - - 3 I I8 (d) I07 TANKERS AND OILERS I - - - I - ...... 3 29 (d) 2 - - - - I 2 FuELLING SHIP ...... - - 3 5 ------2 45 Ox L AND DISTILLING SHIP I - - - - ... - ..... - - - I I eSTORE CARRIERS . - - - - . - ...... ------I CTUALLING STORE - - - 2 . - - - - - Vx SHIP ... - - - - I w ATER CARRIERS •• , ... - - - I - - - - 3 ... ------I A RMAMENT STaRE CARRIER - - - 2 - - - ... - I ------I A MMUNITION HULKS - - - - . 3 ...... ------I F REIGHTltRS ...... 2 ------... - - - . - - . - - - 5 5 Co LLlERS ...... I 2 2 (d) ·-I - - - - - I - - 2 w ATER BOATS I - '3 2 2 - - - ...... - - - - . I3 F .A.A. TARGET SHIP - - - 2 - - - ...... I ------2 M OTOR CANAL BOATS - - - - - 5 ...... ------I E XAMlNATION VESSELS - - - z 2 - - - - ...... I I (n) - - - - B ALLOON BARRAGE VESSELS - - - 3 - - - - 4 ... ------I - 6 s PEClAL SERVICE VESSELS 2 - 2 ~ - ... . 3 2 (d) - - - - - 3 5 s MALL MISCELLANEOUS CRAFT ... I - - - 5 3 70 -I - IOO - - 2 - - I4 T RANSPORT VESSELS ...... I - - - - - I - I. A RMED TRADERS - • - I - ·4 9 ...... - 4 - - - - l I 2 - I - I - - 6 • H ARBOUR DEF:l!NCE VESSELS ... ------H ARBOUR DUTY VESSELS - - - - -I - - - 5 ... - I ------I T RAIN FERRY - I ~ - - - ...... I - - - - - I 5 8 F ERRY SERVICE VESSELS - - - - ... ------I s AILING BARGES ... - - I - - - - ...... - - - - - I 2 D UMB BARGES - - I - - - - ...... - - - - - 2 - - - I 14 (Y) - - - - 3 ------6 2I TOTAL ...... 28I 271 - I72 I09 5 IX6 4 II4 89. ss 38 28 . I 37 154 1,503 . (a) Includes I sunk by human torpedo. (b) Includes I partly caused by aircraft. (h) Includes I unconfirmed, possibly sunk by submarine. (n) Unconfinne:l. · (i) Includes 2 unconfirmed. • (c) Includes I unconfirmed and 2 sunk by human torpedoes or mine. (o) Includes 2 unconfirmed, I possibly torpedoed. (j) Includes 1 sunk by aerial mine, 2 unconfirmed, I possi- (d) Includes I unconfirmed. (PJ Includes 6 unconfirmed, I possibly sunk by submarine. (e) Includes 20 unconfirmed. 1 bly sunk by aircraft and 1 by submarine. (k) Includes 3 sunk by human torpedoes. (q) Includes 2 sunk by human torpedoes, and 6 unconfirmed (/) Includes 3 U'\COnfinned. as torpedoed ; I possibly mined and I possibly (g) Includes 5 unconfirmed. (I) Includes 4 unconfirmed. (m) Includes I also mined. sunk by aircraft. · (r) Includes 13 sunk for boom defence purposes. ·IV. SUMMARY OF LOSSES BY YEAR AND CAUSE

Cause of Loss (Enemy) Cause of Loss (other)

withAction the _:j Year Mine Al·r~·aft Sub- Surface Rammed Shore E W k d Used as · C II' · ' A c'd nt Ft're Own Unknown Total Cause ------l------~------~-m--ar-in_e__ f__ Cra __f_t--I------~-B-a_t_re_n_·e_s·l---n-e_m_y--11---re-c_e unknown __ .~B-1-oc-k-s-ht-'p~---o-t-st-o-n~--c-t--e--l 1--F-o_r_~---r-----~~----- 2 I 6 ~939 IS 1 2

86 75 IS I I2 I7 6 5 20

95 6 18 22 3 I9 7 20

81 I I6 9 6 IO 359 • :1943 2 I9 9 8 3 3 37 205

2944 ... , 6 I IO 39 I4 IO 3 IS 208

1945 .... 2 IO. I IS 4 2 I3 3 IOO TOTAL 28I I09 4 Ii6 89 ss 37 I 54 43 • V. CLASSIFIED NOMINAL LIST OF LOSSES

BATTLESHIPS DESTROYERS (coni.) DESTROYERS (cont.) SUBMARINES (cont.) . •, BARHAM BEDOUIN LIGHTNING RAINBOW PRINCE OF W AL£$ 0 BELMONT LIMBOURNE REGENT Ro~L OAK BERKELEY LIVELY.. REGULUS BEVERLEY MAI!RATTA SAHIB Total 3 •• BLANCHE MAORI SALMON • BLEAN MARTIN SARACEN BOAD!CEA .MASHONA SEA HORSE BATTLE CRUISERS BRAZEN "MATABELE SHARK BROADWATER MOHAWK SICKLE Hooo BROKE NESTOR S!MOOM REPULSE . CAMPBELTOWN 0RKAN (e;r MYRMIDON) SNAPPER • CODRINGTON PAKENHAM SPEARFISH Total 2 COSSACK PANTHER< SPLENDfO DAINTY PARTRIDGE STARFI$1! MONITOR DARING PENYLAN. STERLE! DEFENDER PUCKER!DGE STONEHENGE TERROR DI!ITELNY! PUNJAB!. STRATAGSM (e ... CHURCHILL) QUAIL SWORDFISH Total I DELIGH'f QUENTIN SYRT!S DIAMOND QUORN TALISMAN DUCHESS RocKINGHAM TARPON DULVERTON SIKH TEMPEST· AIRCRAFT CARRIERS ECLIPSE SOMALI TETRARC!I ELECTRA SourHWOLD THAMES ARK ROYAL ENCOUNTER STANLEY T!USTLE COURAGEOUS EscORT STRONGI!OLil THORN EAGLE EsK STURDY . THUNDERBOlT GLORIOUS EsKDALE SvENN-ER (e;~ SHARK) TIGRIS HERMES EXMOOR SWIFT TRAVELLER EXMOUTH JENEDOS TRIAD Total 5 FEARLESS T!!ANET TRITON FIREDRAKE TYNEDALE - TRI!JMPH FORES!Gl!T VALENTINE TROOPER AUXILIARY AIR­ FURY VAMPIRE TURBULENT CRAFT CARRIERS GALLANT VENJ!TIA UMPIRE GIPSY . VETERAN UNBEATEN AUDACITY GLOWWORM VIMfERA · UNDAUNTEil AVENGER GRAFTON VOltT!GERN UND!NI! DASHEII.. GRENADE WAKEFUL UNION GRENVJLLE WARWICK UNIQUE . Total 3 GREYHOUND. WATERHEN UNITY GROVE WESSEX 0 UNTAMED GURKHA (I) Wl!!RLWIND UPHOLDER CRUISERS GURKHA (e, 4I) HARDY (I) WILD SWAN URGE HARDY BoNAVENTURE (2) · WREN Us~< HARVESTER UsuRPER CALYPSO WRESTLER HASTY CHARYBDIS WRYNECK UTMOST HAVANT VANDAL CoRNWALL ZULU HAVOCK DoRSETSH!Rll: HEREWARil '' Total DRAGON Total I39 76 HEYTHROP DUNEDIN HoLcOMBE DURBAN HOSTILE EDINBURGH HUNTER­ SUBMARINES X CRAFT EFFINGHAM HUIUUCAN:& EXETER HURWOilTH B. I (e ... SuN~ISH) xs FIJI X6 HYPERION CACHALOT GALATEA lMOG:&N GRAMPUS X7 GtQUCl!STER IMPERIAL. H. 31 · X8 HERMIONE lNGLEFIELP H. 49 X9 MANCHESTER X zo INTREPID J ASTilZAll; NAIAD Isrs (e ... P. 551). X-22 NEPTUNE IVANHOE NA,RWHAL PENELOPE Total' JACKAL ODIN 7 SoUTHAMPTON JAGUAR OLYMPUS SPARTAN JANUS ORPHEUS TRINIDAD ]ERSEY OswALD CHARIOTS YoRK JUNO OXLEY • JUPITER P. 32 No. V Total 23 KANOA:HAR P. 33 VI KASHM!l1. P. 36 VIII KEITH P. 38 X DESTROYERS KELLY P. 39 XI KHARTOUM P. 48 XII AcAsTA KINGSTON P. :222 XIII ACHATES KIPLING P.-3II XIV ACHE RON KUJAWIAK P. 514 XV AFRIDl (e.v OAKLEY) P. 715 (ex GMPH) XVI AIREDALE •LA COMBATTANT!! PANDORA - xvrr ALDEN HAM (e... HALDON) PARTHIAN XVIII, ARDENT LAFOREY PERSEUS XIX BAstLtsi<: LANCE PHOENIX XX BATH LEGION • PORPOISE XXI 0 Subsequently ~a.lved and renamed VITALIT11' • 44 CHARIOTS (cottt.) ANTI-AIRCRAFT CUTTERS MINESWEEPEF.S SHIPS No. XXII CuLVER ABINGDON XXIII CAIRO HARTLAND ALGERINB XXIV CALCUTTA WALNBY BANKA (R) XXV COVENTRY BRAMBLE XXIX CURACOA Total .3 BRaGHTON BELLB (R) XXXI CURLEW• • BRIGHTON QUEEN (R) XXXIV BRITOMART LII Total 5 CA'TO LVII AUXILIARY A/S CHANGTEII (R) LVIII VESSELS CITY OF RocHESTER LX AUXILIARY ANTI- CLACTON KAMPAR (R) LXXIX AIRCRAFT SHIPS CROMARTY LXXX KuALA (R) CROMER M.!.TA HARI (R) CRESTED EAGLE (R) DEVONIA (R) Total 28 FOYLEBANK (R) SHU KWANG (R) DuNDALK GLEN AVON (R) SrANG Wo (R) DuNooN HELVELLYN (R) TIEN KWANG (R) FELIXSTOWE PozARICA FERMOY Total 6 WELMAN CRAFT TYNWALD FitZROY FuiiWO (R) No. ro Total 6 GOSSAMER 45 PATROL VESSEL . GRACIE FIELDS 46 GUYSBOROUGH 47 SLOOPS GIANG BEE (R) HI! BE 48 HuA ToNG (R) AUCKLAND Total I HuNTLEY Total 5 BITTERN HussAR DUNDES HYTHE EGRET jARAK (R) GRIMSBY RIVER GUNBOATS KLIAS (R) IBIS LEDA ARMED MERCHANT KiTE CiCALA LI Wo (R) CRUISERS LAPWING DRAGONFLY LoYALTY LARK GNAT MAGIC ANDANIA (R) PENZANCS GRASSHOPPER MALACCA (R) CARINTHIA (R) WooDPECKER LADYBIRD MARMION (R) CoMORIN (R) MOSQUITO M8RCURV (R) ' DUNVEGAN CASTLE (R) Total II MoTH NIGER FORFAR (R) PETEREL PYLADES HECTOR (R) ROBIN REGULUS jERVIS BAY (R) FRIGATES SCORPION ScOTT HARLEY (R) LAURENTIC (R) TERN SIN AIK LEE (R) PATROCLUS (R) BICKERTON SKIPJACK RAJPUTANA (R) BLACKWOOD Total II SNAI!FELL (R) RAWALPINDI (R) BULLEN SouTHSEA (R) SALOPIAN (R) CAPEL SPHINX ScoTSTOUN (R) GoODALL SQUIRREL TRANSYLVANIA (R) CONVOY SERVICE GoULD SHIPS STOKI!: VoLTAIRE (R) ITCHEN TAPAH (R) LAWFORD CHAKLA (R) VESTAL Total 15 MouRNs FIONA (R) WAVERLEY (R) TWEED WIDNE$ Total IO Total 2 Total 52 ARMED BOARDING VESSELS CORVETTES MINELAYERS CHAKDINA (R) ALYSSS (ex ALYSSUM) B.Y.M.S. MINE­ CHANTALA (R) ARBUTUS ARDIEL SWEEPERS KING 0RRY (R) AsPII.ODEL CORNCRAKE RosAURA (R) AURICULA KuNG Wo (R) ·No. 2019 VANDYCK (R) BLUEBELL LATONA 2022 DENI!IGII. CASTLE PORT NAPIER (R) :2030 Total 5 ERICA PRINCESS VICTORIA (R) 2053 FLEUR DE LYS REDSTART 2077 GARDENIA WELSHMAN 2255 GL4DIOLUS Total 8 OCEAN BOARDING GoDETIA Total 6 VESSELS HOLLYII.OCK HURST CASTLE CAMITO (R) MARIGOLD NETLAYERS MIMOSA MOTOR CRISPIN (R) MINESWEEPERS LADY SOMERS (R) MONTBRETIA KYLEI\IORE (R) MALVERNIAN (R) ~!COTES MINSTER (R) No.8. MANISTEE (R) PINTAIL TONBRIDGB (R) POLYANTHUS 39 51 Total 5 RosE Total 3 SALVIA 55 SAMPHIRE 68 SNAPDRAGON 70 SP!KENAIID 89 AUXILIARY FIGHTER MINE DESTRUCTOR 101 TUNSBERG CASTLE (e* VESSELS CATAPULT SHIPS SHREWSBURY CASTLE) II7 VERVAIN 168 PAnA (R) GORBURN WINDI'LOWER • CoRI1IELD 170 SPRINGBANK (R) ZINNIA 174* QUEENWORTii r8o ~ Total z Total 28 229 Total l 248 • Subsequently Salved. 45 MOTOR • MOTOR TORPEDO MOTOR GUN BOATS MOTOR LAUNCHES MINESWEEPERS BOATS (cont.) (cont.) (Wnt.) (cont.) No. 316 No. 76 No. lOIS No. 257 338 78 1030 •.. 278 347 79 1037 1019 • 352' go 1054 • 356 92 1057 Total 18 357 'g8 1062 • 360 'gg 1063 • 371 109 1083. DEGAUSSING SHIPS 372 txo ll21 4I2 313 II 53 BALMORE (R) 417 314 ll54 DAISY (R) 430 • 326 ll57 434 328 Il63 Total •z 438 335 ll79 444 sox 1212 448 6o.1 13-27 . STEAM GUN BOAT 459 641 1244 460 644 1289 648 1380 No.7 461 462 663 1388 2002 1417 Total 1 463 465 2007 466 Total 79 494 Total 28 MOTOR TORPEDO 6oj BOATS 6o6 622 MOTOR LAUNCHES TRAWLERS No.6 626 KELANA (R) ADONIS 7 631 8 635 PENGHA:MBAT AGATE 636 PENINGAT (R) AGHIOS GEORGIOS (IV) 9 (R) xo 639 No. xo3 AKRANES (R) IX 640 xo8 u 655 I09 ALBERIC (R) Ij 665 III ALDER 666 126 ALMOND 16 ALOUETTE (R) 17 669 127 671 129 AMETHYST 26 ARACARI (R) 27 681 130 28 686 133 ARAGONITE (R) 6go 144 ' ARCTIC TRAPPER (R) 29 Ij6 ARGYLLSHIRE (R) 30 697 ARLEY (R) 705 16o 41 169 AR$NAL 43 707 \ 708 177 ASAMA (R) 44 183 AsH 47 710 712 192 ASTON VILLA (R) 61 210 AVANTURINE (R) 63 715 BANDOLERO 732 216 64 219 BARBARA ROBERTSON 67 734 (R) 68 776 230 242 BEDFORDSHIRE 73 782 789 . 251 BEECH 74 262 BEN ARDNA (R) 77 791 BEN GAIRN (R) 87 798 z65 5001 267 BENGALI 93 268 *BEN RossAL (R) 105 BENVOL!O (R) xo6 Total ns 270 287 BIRDLIP 201 288'. BLACKBURN ROVERS ~U3 298 (R) 214 MOTOR ATTENDANT 301 BoTANIC 'hs CRAFT 306 BRADMAN (R) 216 310 BREDON 217 No.5 3ll BRORA zx8 CALVERTON (R) 220 339 · Total x 352 CALVI (R) 222 353 CAMPINA (R) 230 358 CAMPOBELLO 237 MOTOR A/S BOATS 387 CANNA 241 443 CAP D'ANTIFllR (R) 242 446 CAPE CHELYUSKIN 243 No.3 CAPE FINISTERRE (R) 30 447 248 457 CAPE PASSARO (R) CAPE S!RETOKO (R) 255 Total z 466 259 558 CAPE SPARTEL (R) 261 563 CAPRICORNUS (R) 262 CAROLINE (R) 579 CAULONIA (R) 264 MOTOR GUN BOATS 591 267 835 CAYTON WYKE 287 870 CHARLES BoYES (R) 288 No. 12 CHESTNUT • 17 8gx 308 905 CHOICE (R) 310 x8 gx6 CLOUUHTON WYKE (R) 3IX 19 1003 COBBERS (R) 62 COLSAY 312 lOll 314 64 • • Subsequently Salved, • TRAWLERS (tont.) TRAWLERS (cotll.) TRA"WLERS (coni). yACHTS (COlli.)"

CoMET (R) LoRD AUSTIN (R) TILBURY NESS (R) CALANTHE (R) Coi!PUTATOR (R} LORD HAILSHAM TOPAZE CAMPEADOR V (R) CONQUISTADOR (R) *LoRD INCHCAPE (R) TOURMALINE EMELLE (R) CoitAL LoRD SELBORNE (R) TRANIO (R) G41!L (R) CoRIOLANUS LoRD SNOWDEN (R) • TRANQUIL (R) GRIVB (H) CoRTINA (R) LoRD STAMP (R) TRANSVAAL (R) GULZAR (R} CRAMOND ISLAND (R). LoRD STONEHAVEN (R) llLLSWATER H.v.tv ARDS (R) (RESTFLOWER LoRD WAKEFIELD VALDORA (R) MOLLUSC (R) DANEMAN LoRINDA (R) VAN 0RLEY (R) NYULA (R) ' 'DAROGAH (R) LUDA LADY (R) VELlA (R) 0RACLII DERVISH (R) MANOR (R) VIDONIA (R) PELLAG II ( R) DESIREE (R) MANX PRINCE (R) WALLASEA.. PRINCESS (R) DoNNA NooK (R} IIIARCONI (R) WARLAND RHODORA (R) Dox (R) MARSONA (R) WARWICK DEEPING RosABELLE DROMIO (R) MASTIFF WAR~CKSHIRE (R) . SAPPHO (R) () DRUMMER (R) 1\IELBOURNE (R) WASHJNGTON (R) SARGASSO (R) DUNGENESS (R)" 1\IEROR (~) WATERFLY (R) SEA ANGLEit ( R) EBOR WYKE (R) MILFORD EARL (R) WAVE FLOWER SHASIII III (R) EILEEN DUNCAN (R) MIRABELLE (R) WESTELLA SiLVIA (R) ELIZABETH MoRAVIA (R) WILLIAM HALLETT (R) SONA ANGELA (R} 1\I URMANSK ( R) WILLIAM STEPHEN (R) SUR!' (R) ELIZ,~BETH THERESE (R) MYRTLE WILLIAM WESNEV (R) SURPRLSE ELK (R) NoGl (R) WYOMING (R) · THALIA ELLESMERE ~ NORTHCOATES (R) ZEE MEEUW (R) ToRRENT (R) EMILION (R) NORTHERN ISLES (R) VIVA II (R) ERIN NORTHERN PRINCESS (R) Total 251 WARRIOR II (R) EtHEL TAYLOR NoRTHERN RovER (R) WHJTB Fox II (R) EVELINA (R) NOTT!! CoUNTY (R) W!LNA (R) EVESHAM (R) 0RFASY MOTOR FISHING YoRKSHIItE BELLE (R) F!FESHIRE (R) ORMONDE (R) VESSELS FLEMING (R) OswALDIAN (R) Total 34 FLOTT A OuSI! No. 70 FoNTENOY (R) • PELTON (R) II7 FoRCE (R) PENTLAND FIRTH 1032 FoRT ROYAL PERIDOT . FoRTUNA (R) PHINEAS BEARD (R) Total 3 BOOM DEFENCE FRANCOLIN {R) PIERRE DESCELLIERS VESSELS FRANc TIREUR (R) (R) GAIRSAY PINE WHALERS ALDGATE GANILLY ? POLLY jOHNSON (R) BARI'LAKE . GAUL PYROPE (R) A.N. 2 (R) BARLIGHT GuuFoss REcoiL (R}. BEVER (R) BAYONET *HAMMOND (R} RED GAUJJTLET (R) Bono (R) CAMBRIAN (R) HARVEST MOON RI!FUNDO (R) (OCKER (R) CHORLEY (R) • RAYBURN WYKE tRJ RI!LONZO (R) EGELAND (R) DOWGATE HENRIE"ITE (R) . RI!MILLO (R) FIRMAMENT (R) F ABIOUS (R) HERRING RI!SMILO (R) GEMAS (R} . LocH SHIN (R) HICKORY Rl!SOLVO (R) HARSTAD (R) LUDGATE H!LDASAY RI!SPARKO (R) }ERI'M (R) MI'RCELLE (R) HoNG LAM (R) RIFSNES (R) OtHELLO (R) JERANTUT (R) 0 HONJO (R) R!NOVA (R) Kos XVI (R) PANORAMA HoRAno RIVER CLYDE (R} Kos XXII (R) RISTANGO (R) lNVERCLYDE (R) RoBERT BOWEN (R) Kos XXIII (R) THOMAS CoNNOLLY (R) lRVANA (R) ROCHE BONNE (R) MAALIIIY (R) TUNISIAN (R) RoDINO (R) jADE PARKTOWN (R) • WATERGATE jAMES LUDFORD RosEMOND!! (R) RAHMAN (R} }ARDINE ~R) RovALo SAMBHUR (R) Total 17 jASPER RUBENS' (R) SANTA (R) } EAN FREDERICK (R) RUTLANDSHIRE (R) SARNA (R)· . jOSEPH BUTTON (R) RVSI' ' SEVRA (R) jUNIPER ST. ACHILLE US (R) SHERA (R) Sr. APOLLO (R) jURA SKUDD 3 (R) BARRAGE VESSEl,. KENNYMORE (R) Sr. CATHAN (R) SOTRA (R) ST. DONATS (R) KERVADO (R) SOUTHERN FLOE (Rt No. 42 Sr. GoMN (R) KINGSTON ALALITE SoUTHERN FLOWER (R) SEA KING (R) KINGSTON BERYL (R) SOUTHERN PRIDE (R) Total 1 SEDGEFLV (R) KINGSTON (AIRNGORM SPERCHEIOS :(ex NOBLE SENATEUR DUHAMJIL (R) (R) NoRA) (R) S!LICII' (R) KINGSTON CEYLONITE SULLA (R) S!NDONIS KIJJGSTON CaRNELIAN SVANA (R) S!SAPON (R) KINGSTON GALENA SVVI!RN (R) GATE VESSELS SoLoMoN (R) KINGSTON jACINTH (R) THORBRYN (R) SPANIARD KINGSTON SAPPII!RE (R) THORGRIM (R) KING HENRY (R) STAR OF DEVERON (R) KoPANES (R) TRANG (R) PLACIDAS FAROULT (R) KuRD (R) StAUNTON (R) TREERN (R) LADY LILIAN (R) STELLA CAPELLA WHIPPET (R) , . Total 2 LI'DY SIIIRLEY ( R) STELLA DORADA LAERTES STELLA ORION (R) Total LA N/'.NTI'ISE (R) StELLA SIRIUS 35 *LARWOOD (R) StRATHBORVE (R) LEYLAND STRONSAV NAVAL SERVICING LINCOLN CITY (R) SusARION (R) . YACHTS BOATS Loca ALsa (R) SwoRD DANCE Loca AssATER (R) TAMARISK • AISIIA (R) No.9 LocH DooN (R) TERVANI (R) AMULREE (R) 30 LocH INVER (R) TEXAS ATTENDAtJT (R) 38 LocH NAVER (R) THOMAS BARTLETT (R) BooMERANG VI (R). THURINGIA · BREDA Total 3 • • Subsequently salved, 47 XAVAL JtUXILIARY fUGS (cont.) DRIFTERS (cont.) TENDERS·. BOATS· IRENE VERNICOS (R) DEWEY EVE (R) CHABOOK (R) LILY J.T.A. I (R) DUSKY QUEEN (R) *SENGA (R) SPIDER BoY •J.T.A. 6 (R) DUTHIES (R) '• No. 47 J.T.A. 7 (R) EMBRACE (R) Total 2 • J .T.A. 14 (R) FAIR BREEZE (R) l: LETTIE (R) FAIRHAVEN (R) ss • MURIA (R) FERTILE VALE (R) TANKERS ·AND OILERS ~9 NAPIA (R) FISHERG!RL (R) PENGAWAL FISKAREN (R) ALBERT L. ELLSWORTH Total 7 PEUPL!ER (R) FORECAST (R) (R) RooDE ZEE (R) FORERUNNER (R) ALCIDES (R) ST. ABBS GIRL PAMELA (R) ALDERSDALE DESTROYER DEPOT ST. ANGELO GLEAM ANDREA BROVIG (l{) SHif ST. BREOCK GLEN ALBYN (R) BELITA'(R) ST. CYRUS GLOAMING (R) BETH (R) · HECLA ST. FAGAN Go AHEAD (R) B!RCHOL ST. IssEY GOLDEN DAWN (R) BoARD ALE Total x ST. JusT GoLDEN EFFORT (R) CAIRNDALE ST. 0LAVES (R) GOLDEN GIFT CIRCE SHELL (.1:\.) ST. SAMPSON (R) GOLDEN SUNBEAM (R) DARK DALE SALVAGE KING (R) GOLDEN WEST (R) DINSDALE ' ·SUBMARINE DEPOT SAUCY (R) GOODWILL (R) F!NNANGER (R) SHIP SEAGEM (R) GoWAN HILL (R) FRAN COL SESAME HARMONY (R) HALLANGER (R) MEDWAY SOLITAIRE HARVEST GLEANER (R) HA VSTEN (R) Total I TIENTSIN (R) HIGHLAND QUEEN (R) ]OHN P. PEDERSON (R) TWENTE (R) HIGHTIDE (R) .LEIV E!RIRSSON (R) . ACCOMMODATION VAILLANT (R) IMBAT (R) LITIOPA (R) SHIP VISION INTREPEDE (R) MALMANGER (R) ' ·WEST COCKER JEWEL (R) MARIT (R) GYPSY (R) Wo KWANG (R) jUSTIFIED MINISTER WEDEL (R) YIN PING (R) LE DuE PAoL:E (R) MIRLO (R) Total X LEGEND (R) MONTENOL Total 54 LoRD CAVAN (R) NYHOLT (R) LORD HOWARD (R) OLEANDER BOOM ACCOMMODA­ LoRD ST. VINCENT (R) 0LNA TION SHIP SALVAGE VESSELS MAIDA (R) PERICLES (R) MANX LAD (R) PLUMLEAF SAL VIKING Sux Wo (R) M. A. WEST (R) RosE)IVOOD (R) VIKING (R) MIDAS (R) SANDAR (R) Total I MONARDA (R) S!LDRA (R) Total 2 NAUTILUS (R) SLAVOL NEW SPRAY (R) SLEMOAL (R) TRAINING SHIP NtsR (R) SVENOR (R) (ex BATILESHIP) RESCUE SHIP NORNES (R) SVEVE (R) Noss HEAD CENTURION ST. SUNNIVA (R) TANK EXPRESS .. (R) NoT MANN (R) THELMA (R) OCEAN LASSIE (R) Total I Total I THORSHAVET (R) OCEAN RETRIEVER (R) THoRSHOVDI (R) OcEAN REWARD (R) VARDAAS (R) OCEAN SUNLIGHT (R) BASE SHIP MOORING VESSELS WAR DIWAN PAXTON (R) WAR MEHTAR ANKING (R) MooR PERSEVERE (R) WAR SEPOY STEADY PREMIER WAR S!RDAR PROFICIENT (R) Total I Total 2 PROMOTIVE (R) Total 45 RAY OF HoPE (R) GUARDSHIP RECEPTlVE~R) SCHOONER&- REED (R) FUELLING SHIP RIANT (R) LORMONT (R) KANTARA (R) ROSA (R) (R) KEPHALLIN!A (R) RosE VALLEY (R) lLTON CASTLE T11tal I MARIA D. GIOVANNI (R) ROWAN TREE {R) Total I RYPA (R) Total 3 SCOTCH THISTLE (R) TUGS SHIPMATES (R) SoxzxK (R) DISTILLING SHIP ADEPT. DRIFTERS SUMMER ROSE (R) ADHERENT SUPPORTER (R) *STAGHOUND (R) ALAISIA (R) ALFRED COLEBROOK APPLE TREE (R) THE BoYs (R) ALLIGATOR THISTLE (R) Total r ANDROMEDA {R) AU!l.ORA II (R) BAHRAM (R) ·THORA AssuRANCE ToKEN (R) . ATHLETE BLIA (R) TORBAY ll (R) STORE CARRIERS BAIA (R) BoY ALAN (R) TRUE AccoRD (R) c. 308 BoY ANDREW (R) TRUSTY STAR TIB-RIO (R) CAROLINE MOLLER (R) BoY RoY (R) (1) UBEROUS (R) TUNA (R) CORINGA (R) BoY RoY (R) (2) UBERTY (R) ULSTER PRINCE (R) CORY BROS (R) BRAE FLETT (R) UNICITY (R) . DAISY (R) BROADLAND (R) UT PROSIM (R) Total • 3 DANUBE Ill (R) CARRY ON (R) VICTORIA I (R) EMILY (R) CATHERINE (R) WHITE DAISY (R) FAIRPLAY TWO (R) L:HANCELLOR (R) WINsOME (R) VICTUALLING STORE GUARDSMAN (R) 'tHARDE (R) ' XMAs RosE (R) SHIP HELEN BARBARA CHRISTINE RoSE (R) YouNG ERNIE (R) HELLESPONT .. COMFORT (R) YOUNG FISHERMAN (R) MORAY (R) HESPERIA ." CoR JEsu (R~ YouNG SID (R) HoRsA D' ARCY COOPER (R) Total I INDIRA (R) DEVON CouNTY (R) fotal 107 • Subsequently salved. • 48 SPECIAL SERVICE ARME:D TRAI;,)E:RS WATER CARRIERS EXAMINATION VESSELS VESSELS (coni.) KUDAT (R) EMPIRE ARTHUR (R) LARUT {R) GENERAL VAN DER No. 4 (R) JoKER (R) LIP!s (R) HEIJDEN (R) No. ro (R) jUNIATA RAuB (R) KALGAH (R) FRATTON {R) KANTUNG {R) LADY SLATER {R) KAUPO (R) V\'NER BROOKE ,.(R) Total 3 SoLEN (R) LAKE NEUCHATEL TuNG Wo {R) LYCEA Total s LYN Cl!AUG • ARMANE!\'T STORE Total 6 MACAO CARRIER MANCHESTER SPINNER HARBOUR DEFENCE MARIPOSA VESSEL EsCAUT (R) MARS (R) MARTIS ltlANORA (R) Total I BALLOON BARRAGE MASHOBRA (R) VESSELS MAYCREST Total tMINNIE DB URINAGA AMMUNITION HULKS BOREALIS (R) MODLIN REIDAR (R) MOREA CARLO SATURNUS {R) MOYLE HARBOUR DUTY DUNMORE. SVERRE {R) NJEGOS (R) VESSELS LUCY BORCHARDT TANEVIK {R) NORFALK MOURJNO NoRJERV A YJOS IOANNIS STANLARD Total s NoRSEMAN (R) {CHIOS n(l) {R) NORSJOEN {R) BRODRENB (R} , Total s PACIFICO CHRYSOJ.ITB (R) PANOS IsHINI (R) PARKHAVEN NYKEN (R) FREIGHTERS PARKLAAN RUBY (R) SPECIAL SERVICE ST. ANNE (R) VESSELS REDStONE CAP!!: HoWE (R) RIVER TYNE VASSILIKI (R) WILL AMETTE VALLEY SALTERSGATE AKsEL I (R) Total 8 (R) ALYNBANK {R) S!RBHEI AIUIENIER (R) S1o {R) Total 2 SQUALLY (R) ARTHUR (R) TRAIN FERRY ATLANTIC GUIDE StANWELL SYLVIA {R) BECHEVILLE DAFFODil. COLLIERS BELGIQUE TRANSEAS BENDORAN' TWEEDLE DEE Total I 0 BELHAVEN (R) BERGHOLH (R) TWEEDLE DuM BotUSK (R) BILLDORA (R) UHVOTI FI!:RNWOOD (R) BoRODINO (R) VERA RADCLIFFE GLYNWEN (R) BosWORTH VINLAKE FERRY SERVICE JOANNIS F AFALIOS (R) BRANKSEA VITA (R) VESSELS KING CITY (R) BRATTHOLI4 (R) WESTCOVE MAINDY HILL (R) Busx WESTWICK {R) SANDOY (R) SANDVIKHORN (R) NEVA (R) CARRON WINHA OLGA E. CoLLINGDOC EMBIRICOS (R) DAH Pu (R) Total 2 P.L.M. 21 (R) DOVER HILL ROLFSBORG (R) DUPLEX {R) YEWDALE (R) DURHAM CASTLE SAILING BARGES ZANNIS L. Env. NISSI!:N (R) CAMBANIS (R) ELSWICK PARK SMALL MISCELLANE­ DELTA EHERALD WINGS OUS CRAFT DUNDON AI-D Total 13 EMPIRE BITTERN E.F.Q. EMPIRE BUNTING AGHIOS 'PANTALEIMON EMPIRE DEFIANCE (R) Total 3' WATER BOATS EMPIRE FL'I\MINGO AYIOs JoANNIS EMPIRE MooRHEN (CHIOS 466) (R) CECIL (R) EMPIRE SEAMAN BoY PETER CHANT. 69 (R) EMPIRE TAMAR - DANEHILL - DUMB BARGES GENERAL VAN EMPIRE TANA EusTATHios GHIOKIS SWIETEN (R) EMPIRE W ATERHEN (R) CELT IsBJORN (R) EVANGELISTRIA FOLIOT °CLACTON PEtRONELLA (R) (CHIOS 345) (R) MATCHLOCK CooLIE FEIOY (R) NAIEM . COSSACK Total 5 FIDELIA SHUN AN (R) DARTMOUTH (R) FIDELITY (R) DERVISH FouR FLORENTINO Total 9 FLOWERGATE 0 GREENFINCH TARGET SHIP FoRBIN (R) MAORI FREYA I (R) MAT ABELE St. BRIAC (R) GAMBHIRA 0 MONJCA GEORGIOS P. NELL jESS TRANSPORT VES~ELS Total I GONDOLIER ODESSA GOURKO PARTISAN GRETHE MORTENSEN (R EVANGELISTRIA , PHILISTINE MOTOR CANAL-BOATS GULDBORG (R) (SAMOS 82) (R) REDRESS HoLLAND (R) FAROUK (R) RESPITE MARY VI (R) AMBLE VI: ILSENSTEIN REVENGE EscAUT INGMAN (R) TERPSITHEA (R) SAN FRANCISCO SEMOIS JNNERTON TRIUMPH VI (R) UtOPIA YsER jACOBUS Zoooocaos PtGIII (R~ VAl-ENCIA jAMES 9 Total 4 jAMES 83 Total 6 Total :21 • Subsequently salved. t Reported sunk and ~lved 1940. Finally sunk 1941. t Includes 1 ship to he counted twice. 49 PART II

• LANDING SHIPS, 'CRAFT AND BARGES

• I-LIST OF LOSSES ARRANGED ACCORDING TO YEAR AND CLASS

NOTES LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS (i) (R) Signifie; that the vessel was AfC Aircraft. r~uisitioned for Naval Service. (ii) Tonnage ·for Landing Ships is E/B E-Boat. · Standard Displacement unless U/B U(Boat. otherwise stated. (iii) Gross Registered Tonnage is shewn in italics. (iv) W.L. signifies War Load Dis­ placement.

Class and Nos. Date of Loss How Lost and Where LANDING CRAFT ASSAULT 1940. (W.L. n-13 · s tons) Nos. 4. 18 (total :a) •,•• .~ .. 29 May Lost in CLAN MAcALIS'l'E!.l., sunk by A/C at Dunkirk. 16 29 May Sunk by A/C at Dunlcirk. 8, 15 (total 2) 3I May Lost at Dunkirk. n, 14 (total 2) 9 June· } Lost in home waters .. I, 2 (total 2) I4 June · · 6 July (date Cause and place unki:town. repoxtedj· · ·

LANDING CRAFT MECHANISED 1 (Mark I) (W.L. 3o-37 tons) Nos. 10, II, 14, IS, I8-:ao (total 7) 6-27 May Presumed lost during operations at Narvik, • Norway. 12, 22 (total 2) 2 June } Abandoned at Dunkirk. I7 .... 3 June

LANDING CRAFT PERSONNEL (Large) (W.L. 8-n tons) No. 30 2o-2I Dec. Lost in air raid on Liverpool.

Date of Date of Class Name Tonnage Comple- How Lost and Where tion Loss

. . . I941 RAIDING CRAFT PRINCE PHILIPPE (R) ... 14,938 .1939 . Suiu.: in collision off W. Scot- CARJI.IER.* - IS July la!!d . .

Class and Nos. Date of Loss I· How Lost and Where LANDING CRAFT ASSAULT (W.L. n-13 •5 tons) Nos. 28 May Lost during evacuation of Crete. 119 ... July (date Sunk in home waters. reported). 31, 32, 38, 39, 45, 48, 49, 51, 6o, 63, 64,} Aug. (date Lost in Middle East. 75• 79-81, 87, 105, II3 (totalx8) reported). I2I 24 Dec. Cause and place unknown. 70 ..J.. Lost in Middle East.

LANDING CRAFT MECHANISED (Mark 1) (W.L. 3o-37 tons) May Lost at Crete. Nos. Jo6 ...... ···• ··· ··· .,. 32, sS::·67, 95, g6, I03, I07, xo8 (totalS) ... Aug. (date } repoxted). Lost in Middle Ea.st. 82, 97 (total 2) . Aug.-Sept. · - Sunk in home waters. I ...... • Raiding Craft were subsequently redesignated Landing Craft Personnel (Large). D • so

Qass and Nos. Date of Loss How Lost and Where

LA!•H)!NG CRAFT PERSONNEL (Large) (W .L. 8-u tons) • Nos. ro;r-109 (total 3) ..• ••• •·• ... May Lost in home waters in transit from,U.S.A • 63 ... ••• •.. ••• ...... Aug. (date Lost in Middle East. reported). • 59. 71 (total 2) 2 Sept. Lost through heavy weather while at !'Dchor. Middle East. 193. 194 (total 2) ••• ••• I>ec. Lost overboard through heavy weather in Home waters. 24-27, J8, 82 (total 6) Lost in Home watel'lll.

LANDING CRAFT SUPPORT (Medium) •· (Mark I) (W.L. 9-10·7 tons) No. 1 ••• ••• ••• • •• Unknown.

LANDING CRAFT TANK (Mark I) (W.L. 372 tons) "'OS. 16 ••. ... ••• 2 June Lost in Suda Bay, Crete. 6, 20 (total 2) ... June Lost in Middle East. 10 ..• •. • . •• 17 July , Lost by enemy action, Middle East. 8 . . . •. • ...... 29 July I, 12; IS, 19 (total 4) ... Aug. (date Lost in Middle East. reported). • 5 ••• ... Aug. (date reported). Lost in Home waters. 14 •.. ••• 12 Aug. 2, 7 (total 2) n-13 Oct. • Lost after leaving Tobruk. l: I .... • •• 16 Dec. Lost in Middle East.

LANDING CRAFT TANK (Mark II) (W.L. 45o-453 tons) Nos. 102, 103 (total 2) ..• . .• 10 Oct. ' 105, 109 (total 2) ... • .. 4 Nov. Lost in Home Waters. no, 143 (total 2) •.• ... Nov.

Date of Date of Class Name Tonnage Comple­ Loss How Lost and Where tion

1942 LANDING SHIP KARANJA (R) · ... . 1931 12 Nov. Sunk by A/C, Bougie, Algeria• INFANTRY {LARGE).

Class and N;o5. Date of Loss How Lost and Where

LANDING CRAFT ASSAULT I· 1942. (W.L. II-:-13 •5 tons) Nos. 166 ...... 19 Apr. 2II .... •...... Apr. } Lost in Home Waters. 138 ... .•• ...... ,. . .. June 193 .•• ...... 20 June Lost during fall of Tobruk. J96 -·· ' •...... , ..• . .. • .• .July Lost by enemy action. 37. 52, 92, 94. 97. 102, 192, 209, 214, 215, 19 Aug; Lost in operation JuBILEE (Dieppe). · 237, 247, 251, 262, 284, 314, 317 (total 17) 35, 55, 128, 135, 153, 167, 16g, 176, I87-189,218,2I9,221, 227,235,239,244• . 245, 259-261, 266, 269, 271, 286,' 287, JOI,. Nov • (approx.) Lost in o~eration ToRCH (N. Africa). J07,309,JIO,J21,J75,42J,4J6,447•45I (total 37l· • LANDING CRAFT FLAK (Mark II) (W.L. 5oo-540 tons) No.2 ...... ,,,, 19 Aug. Lost in operation JUBILEE (Dieppe). LANDING CRAFT MECHANISED (Mark I) (W.L. 3o-37 tons) Nos. 51, 53 (total 2) ... Mar: Lost in Middle East. 38 ...... Apr. (date Lost in Mediterranean. reported). 46 ...... 5 May Capsized and sank, E. Indies. 84, go, 93, ng, 122, 135, 137 (total 7) ... June Lost in Middle East. IIO, IIJ, 145, 146, 148 (total 5) ...... 20 June Lost during fall of Tobruk. 140 ...... 23-25, 34. 45 (total 5) ...... l~:. } Lost in Middle East. 56 ...... 19 Aug. Lost in operaiion jUBILEE (Dieppe). 31. .. .. Oct. (date Lost in Home Waters. reported). 89 ...... 22 Oct. Believed lost in tow en route to Colombo. 63~5. 6g, 72, 73, 120, 147. 153· 161, 169,} 186 (total 12). Nov. liost in operation ToRCH (N. Africa). 139 ... .:...... 20 Nov.· Lost through heavy weather in Middle East. '18 ... ··· ..• ...... 6 Dec. • Lost by enemy action in Benghazi area. 5I

Class and Nos. Date of Loss How Lost and Where

LANDING CRAFT MECHANISED 1942 (Mark Ill) (W .L. 52 tons) Nos. 501, 510, sr6 (total 3) ...... Aug. Lost in Middle East. Lost in SOUTHERN EMPRESS, torpedoed in • soB, 509, 519, 522, 523, 532, 537• 547•} 13 Oct. 620 (total 9). convoy, N. Atlantic. 6u, 613, 6~2-634, 636 (total 6) ...... 14 Oct. Lost in EMPIRE TARPON, off N.W. Scotland. • 518, szo, 528, 539, 543. 551, 555. 556, sss.} 564,567.569.571·572, 574.581,584,590, . Nov. Lost in operation ToRcH (N. Africa). - 592, 593, 595, 596, 6o6, 6o9, 624, 635 (total 26).

LANDIN

LANDING CRAFT PERSONNEL (Ramped) (W.L. -9"-II tons) . Nos.1oo8 ... Aug. Damaged and sunk in heavy weather in Home Waters. 1012 .. . Aug. Sunk in collision in Home Waters. •., 617 .. . 15 Sept. } Sunk in Home Waters. 622 ... 24 Sept. 6o3,62o, 629,721,783,794,837, 850,858,} Nov. Lost in operation ToRCH (N. Africa). 901, 909, 1009, 1029, 1036 (total 14). (approx.) 578 ... 13 Dec. Lost at Inveraray, W. Scotland.

LANDING CRAFT SUPPORT (Medium) (Mark I) (W.L. 9-10·1 tons) Nos. 4, 6, 15, 18, 19, 22 (total 6) zo June Lost during fall of Tobruk. 9 ... 19 Aug. Lost in operation juBILEE (Dieppe). Lost in operation TORCH (N. Africa). u, :14 (total 2) Nov.

LANDING CRAFT SUPPORT (Medium) (Mark II) (W.L. I2 · 5 tons) Lost in operation ToRCH (N. Africa). No. z8 Nov.

. LANDING CRAFT TANK (Mark II) (W.L. 45o-453 tons) Nos. 155 ...... Mar. Lost on passage to Gibraltar . IX9, 150 (total z) ...... 20 june Lost at Tobruk. 121, 124, 126, 145, 159 (total 5) 19 Aug: Lost in operation JUBILEE (Dieppe). ·zo Nov. . Lost in heavy weather. 120 ... •··.

LAN~ING CRAFT TANK (Mark V) (W.L. 291-3II tons) Nos. zoo6 ... 13 Oct. zz81 ... 27 Oct; 2190, 2192, 2284 (total 3) ... , 28 Oct. :2187 ...... Nov. 2054, 23i2 (total 2)...... Dec.

. ' LANDING CRAFT VEHICLE . . (W.L, 1c>-II tons) 12 Sept. . } Lost in Home Waters. · Nos. 597 ...... 25 Sept. 798 .. . 13 Dec. Lost at Inveraray, W. Scotland. 579 ...... 30 Dec. Lost in FlnELI'I'Y, sunk N. Atlantic. 752, 754 (totalz)

LANDING BARGES • (B. B.) (150 ton type) X9 Sept. Sunk by A/C near Salco~be. Nos. 332, 362 (total 2) ... . . ' (C.C.) (200 ton type) Sept. Cause and place unknown . No. 382 ...• • 52 ' ' Date of Date of Class Number Tonnage Com pie- Loss How Lost and Where tion c, 1943 • LA.!wtNG SHIPS TANK (Class II). 429 2,750 21, 2-43 3 July Lost by fire, Mediterranea,n. 414 2,750 20. 1-43 15 Aug. Torpedoed by A/C. oft Cani Rocks, Tunisia. Beached oft \ Bizerta. 79 2,750 17. 7·43 30 Sept. Sunk by A/C. oft Conica. • '

Class and Nos. Date of Loss How Lost and When~ •

1943 ·LANDING CRAFT ASSAULT (W.L. n-13 · 5 tons) Nos. 272 ... Apr. Lost in Mediterranean, 78 June (date Lost in tow from Algiers to Djedjelli. reported). 222, 312 (total 2) June (date Lost in Mediterranean. reported). «6 ... 29·Aug. Lost in heavy weather in Mediterranean. 675 •.. 24 Sept. Lost during gale at Salerno. 212, 316, sos. 545 (total 4) Nov. (date Lost in Mediterranean. reported). 813 : .• 29 Nov. Lost during exercises in Home Waters. 553 ... 2 Dec. Sunk in collision oft Southampton. 645. 646 (total 2) 21 Dec. Lost in heavy weather, English Channel. 723 ... Dec. B~ke adrift from Hopetoun II, Port Edgar. (approx.)

LANDING CRAFT EMERGENCY REPAIR (W.L. IO tons) Nos. 1, 9 (total 2) ·Oct. Lost in Mediterranean, ..

LANDING CRAFT FLAK (Mark III) (W.L. 550 tons) No. 13 ... 12 June Bombed oft Pantellaria, Central Mediter· ranean. Total wreck.

LANDING· CRAFT GUN (Large) (Mark III) (W.L. 627 tons) l'jos. 15 ...... 25 Apr. 16 26 Apr. } Lost oft Milford Haven ~n heavy weather,

LANDING CRAFT INFANTRY (Large) (W.L. 38<>-384 tons) Nos. 162 7 Feb. Exploded and sank en route for Algiers, 7 21 Apr. Sunk by A/C. oft Algiers. , 107 2 Sept. Wrecked off Reggio, Italy. 309 23 Oct. Supk by AfC. in Biscay area.

LANDING CRAFT MECHANISED (Mark I) (W.L. 3<1-37 tons) Nos. 26 2 Jan. } Sunk in Mediterranean, oft Libya. 58 25 Jan. 8o . .... 6 Feb. · Standed off Benghazi. Total loss. 61 8 Feb. Sunk in Benghazi Harbour through heavy · weather. · .Oct. Lost in Mediterranean, (approx.) Nov. (date Lost in Azores: reported). 33 20 Dec. Damaged beyond repair in Home Waters.

LANDING CRAFT MECHANISED (Mark Ill) (W.L. 52 tons) N~?S. 545, 938, 1044 (total 3) Oct. Lost in Meditwranean. (approx.). u65, n82 (total 2) Oct. Lost in Home Waters, (approx.). 583 ... Nov. (date Lost in Mediterranean, reported). ( . 53 •

Clasa and Nos, . . Date of Loss.. How Lost and Where 1943 '.LANDING CRAFT PERSONNEL (Large) · (W.L. 8-11 tilus) Nes. 17 ... 3 Jan. Lost by fire at Chittagong, India. So 15 Jan. Broke adrift during gale in Home Waters. 203-206 (toW 41 Jan. Lost at Sour~baya, Java. • 87 ... 25 Feb.· Lost in Home Waters, 106 ... 4 Mar, Wrecked off Tobruk. 276, 277 (total 2) Mar. Lost in transit. u6 Aug. Burnt out. 325 4 Sept. } Sunk at Bombay. . 316 ... ·u Sept. 1116 8 Dec. Caught fire and blew up during exercises oil • : Southampton.

LANDING CRAFT PERSONNEL (Ramped) (W.L. 9-U tons) • Nos.673, 68o, 684, 685, 689, 692, 693, 727 4Mar. Lost in MII.RIETTA E., sunk by U[B. in (total 8). Convoy, Indian Ocean, 780, 78:7. (total 2) 17 April Lost in SEMBIL/I.N, Sunk by UfB, Indian ...... Ocean. 769 ...... June (date Lost in Mediterranean, reported). 879 .. . 12 Sept... Wrecked at Bombay. 1019 ... . 28 Sept. Sunk during heavy· weather in Salerno Bay, .. · Italy. 753, 771, 795 (total 3) 19 Dec • Lost during beaching exercises in Home ...... ·Waters. 613, 661, 1035 (total 3) ...... 22 Dec . Lost overboard from HtL/I.RY,

LANDING CRAFT PERSONNEL (Medium) (W.L. 7 · 5 tons) Nos. 17 ... 5 Jan. · · Lost off Isle of Wight. . . 14 ••• · Nov. (date reported).

LANDING CRAFT PERSONNEL (Sma.ll) (W.L. 6 tons) No. u6 2:1 Dec. Lost during exercises in Home Waters

LANDING CRAFT SUPPORT . (Large) (Mark I) (W.L. 23 tons) Sept. Lost in collision, English Channel. No. 201

LANDING CRAFT SUPPORT (Medium) (Mark 1) (W.L. 9-13 •5 tons) Lost on patrol, Mayu River, Burma. Nos. 23 Mar. 17 ..• . .• 25 Apr. Sunk by enemy action, Mayu River, Burma. Lost in India. 16 29 Aug •..

LANDING CRAFT TANK (Mark 1) (W.L. 37~ tons) ll Oct.* Presumed lost in a.ttack on Kos, Dodecanese. !'O, 3 Formally paid off. ·

LANDING CRAFT TANK . (Mark 11) (W.L. 45o-453 tons) 6Jan. Sunk in Benghazi Harbour as result of heavy Nos. xo6, 107 (total 2) ... weather. 28 Oct. Sunk by A/C. off Casteloriso, Aegean. us ... .. ·~

LANDING CRAFT TANK · · (Mark Ill) (W,L. 625-640 tons) 2 Feb, Lost by weather or mine off Isle of Man. Nos. 3::1.6 , .. 24 Feb. Lost through st:ress of weather off Barra 403 Head, outer Hebrides. 27 Feb. Missing from Convoy after attack by E/Bs, 381 English Channel ... 18 June Lost in Mediterranean. 358 18 June Mined and grounded in Mediterranean • Sunk by A/C. at Syracuse, Sicily. 395 ... ~7 July .A Formally paid off. 353 , 1 Oct. 391 .. (appro:x.) . • . *Later recovered an4 Ndesigpa~ed N.S.C.(L) 94· r. .. 54

Class and Nos. Date of Loss How Lost and Where 1943 LA.NmNG CRAFT TANK (Mark III) (W.L. 625-640 tons)---m. :1\os. 333, 343· 385 (total 3) ... • .. 14 Nov. Sunk in gale oft Land"s End. 332 ...... •.• 16 Nov. Lost oft Gijon, Spain, after engine fafture.

LA.'{DING CRAFT TANK (llark IV) (W.L. 611-640 tolll) Nos. 547 ...... 8 July Foundered oft Malta. ' 624 ..• ... - ...... 8 Sept. Formally paid oft. 572. 6z6 (total 2) ...... 9 Sept. • 553 ...... I Oct, 618 ...... 2 Oct. Lost in Mediterranean. .. • •• 621 ...... 7 Oct. } 583 ...... 4Nov.

LANDING CRAFT TANK piark V) (W.L. 291-311 tons) Nos. 2239, 2267, 2344 (total 3) ...... 17 Jan. Lost in VESTFOLD, torpedoed in convoy, · N. Atlantic. 2335 ...... 7 Feb. Lost in DAGHlLD, torpedoed in convoy, N. Atlantic. 248o ...... 8 Mar• Lost in FoRT LAMY, torpedoed in convoy, N. Atlantic. 2341 ...... 10 Mar. Lost in BoNNEVILLE, torpedoed in convoy, N. Atlantic. 2398 , ...... Mar. Lost in GoRGAS . 2231 ...... 30 Sept. Lost in L.S.T. 79, sunk oft Corsica.

LANDING CRAFT VEHICLE (W.L. xo-u tons) Nos. 584 ...... 15 Mar • Sunk oft Inellan, W. Scotland. 825 ...... 21-'Z~ May Blew up during exercises oft W. Scotland. . LANDING CRAFT VEHICLE (Personnel) (W.L. 10•5-13•5 tons) No. 1040 ••...... 1 Nov• Capsized off Newhaven after engine room flooding.·

Date of Date of I Class Name or Number Tonnage Com pie- Loss How Lost and Where tion . 1944 LANDING SHIPS EL HINI) (R) ...... 5.319 14 t>pr. Destroyed by fire in Bombay INFANTRY - Docks, (LARGE). EMPIRE BROADSWORO ... 4,285 - 2 July Sunk by mine off Normandy. (Light) EMPIRE jAVELIN ... 4.285 - 28 Dec. Lost on passage from Ports- (Light) mouth to Le Havre, believed torpedoed by U/B.

LANOING SHIP PRINCE LEOPOLO (R) ... 2,938 1930 29 July Torpedoed by U/B, capsized INFANTRY ' and sank, English Channel. (SMALL).

LANOING SHIPS No. 41I ...... 2,750 8. 1.43 ~ 1 Jan. Mined or torpedoed (31 ·Dec., TANK (Cuss II). . : 1943) on passage from Mad- dalena to Bastia. Abandoned . owing to heavy weather. No. 422 ...... 2,750 5· 2.43 26 jan. Mined and sunk in Operation SHINGLE (Anzio). No. 418 ...... 2,750 I, 2•43 16 Feb.. Sunk after 2 underwater ex- - plosions, Operation SHINGLE - (Anzio). No. 305 ...... 2,750. 7.12.42 20 Feb. Sunk by U/B, torpedo, during Operation SHINGLE (Anzio). No. 362 ...... 2,750 23.11.42 2 Mar. Sunk by U/B, torpedo, Biscay area. No. 407 ...... 2,750 31.12.42 24 Apr. Damaged beyond repair by ' weather in Mediterranean. No. 420 ...... 2,750 16. 2.43 7 Nov. q Sunk by mine off Ostend.

FIGHTER No. 216 ...... :Z,750 ... 8.43 7 July Sunk by A/C, torpedo, off Dl RI!CTIO.N' Barfieur, N. France. TE)II)EJl. ' • ' .. 55 • ) Class and Nos. Date of Loss How Lost and Where

LANDING CRAFT ASSAULT (W.L. n-13·5 tons) Nos. 783, 790, 865 \total 3) 19 Jan. (date Lost in Home Waters off ·E. Scotland. reported) • 845 ... 29 Jan. Became waterlogged and sank during exe~cises off Leith, E. Scotland. 323, 394· 428: 697 (total 4) Jan. Lost In Operation SHINGLE (Anzio) . (approx.) • Wrecked during exercises off E. Scotland SSl •·• •·• ••• 9 Feb, 726, 908 (total 2) ... 1 March Lost in Home Waters. ' 130 ••• .... May (date Destroyed by fire at Marve. reported) May (date Cause and place unknown. teported) June (date Lost in E. Indies. reported) ... June (date ·Cause and place unknown. reported) 6 June Sunlt. 107 ... Lost. Bombay area. 59, 69 (total 2) ... 15 June 171, 208, 279. 289, 303, 320, 337· 339. 341, 349· 3,50, 352, J6o, 367, 383, 387, 401, 409· 418, 424, 431., 434· 442, 458, 462, 463, 4 76, 485, 494· 496, 503, 509, 518-520, 522, 52,5, 530, 535. 540, 566, 579, ssx, 584, 586, s8S-59o, 592-594, 6u, 613, 623, 637, 642, 64!)-652, 6ss. 661, 664, 665, 673, 683, 691, 692, 704, 70,5, 710, 717, 721, 722, 729, 731, 738, 748, 750, 768, 775· 779· 780, 788, 791, 792, 795""'797· 803, 8o8-8xo, 812, 814, Lost in Operation NEP'l'UNE (Normandy). sxs, 8u, Szs. 827, 835. 849, 853. 857, June-July 8s9. 86o, 867, 869-871, 879, 88x, 886, 900, 903, 911, 913, 914, 918-920, 929, 933, 946, 949, 958, 978, 984, 998-1000, 1005, 1008, xox3, 1016, 1021, 1024, 1026-1028, 1034· 10,50, 1057-1059. 1063, 1o68, 1o6g, 1074. xo82, 1086, 1o88, 1091, 1093, 1096, 1129, II31, 1132, 1137. 1138, 1143· 1144, 1146, II49-U5l, 1155. ns6, u13, 1215, 1216, 1251-1253. us6, 1338-1341, 1343, 1372, 1379, 1381-1383 (total 184)· July (date Lost in E. Indies. 54 reported) I July Lost in Mediterranean. 248, 400 (total 2) Lost in Operation OvEilLORD (Normandy). 3 July 1393 .. . 14 July · Lost in heavy weather in Horne Waters. 1304 ... . •. Sept. (date Lost in Mediterranean. · • 571• 625 (total z) reported) lost in heavy weather in Horne Waters. 848, 1378 (total 2) ...... • ...... 26 Sept. 713, 725, 817, 831, 843· 1018, 1030, I079·} 2-5 Nov. Lost in Operation INFATUATE (Walcheren). n25, u6o (total 10) '. 7Nov. Lost in heavy weather, River Blackwater, 551 ... Essex. 16Nov. Lost in India. 149 ... 29 Nov. Lost in heavy weather, Ellg'lish Channel. 614 Dec. . · Lost in Solomon Islands. u88 Lost in Mediterranean. 326 ... .. •. Cause and place unknown. :u6, 254, 347, 440, 487, 696, 753 (total 7)

LANDING CRAFT ASSAULT (Hedgerow) (W .L. 12 tons) 13 Mar. Sank in Horne Waters. 689 ...... 2Apr. Foundered during exercises of! E. Scotland. -672, Sn (total 2) ... •.. · Lost in Operation NEPTUNE (Normandy). June'July 671, 6\}o, 96S, 1072 (total 4) 1 July Lost in Mediterranean. · · 183, 258, 802 (total 3)

LANDING CRAFT EMERGENCY REPAlR (W.L. 10 tons) May (date Nos. 5, 14, 21 (total 3) reported) . · }eause and place unknown. 13 July. 15

LANDING CRAFT FLAK Blew up and sank, Operation NEPTUNE (Mark II) (W.L. soc>-540 tons) I7 Aug. No. I ••• ...... ••• ••• " (Normandy). ll

' LANDING CRAFT FLAK Mined in Convoy, Operation BRASSARD (Elba). (Mark Ill) (W.L. 515-550 tons) • 16-17 June No. 15 ......

6ogs8 Qass and Nos. Date of Loss How Lost and Where

LANDING CRAFT FLAK 194-J (Mark IV) (W.L. soo-sxo tons) Nos. 31 5 Sept. (date Lost in Operation NEPTUNE (Normandy), reported) ' 37, 38 (total 2) ••• I Nov. Lost in Operation INFtTUATII {Walcheren),

LANDING CRAFT GUN (Large) (Mark III) (W.L. soo tons) Nos. I, 2 (totalz) 2 Nov, Lost in Operation INFATUATE {Walcheren).

LANDING CRAFT GUN (Large) • • (Mark IV) (W.L. 530 tons) Nos. 764, 831, 1o62 (total 3) ... July-Aug. Lost in Operation NEPTUNE (Normandy).

' LANDING CRAFT GUN (Medium) (Mark- I) (W.L. 381 tons) Nos. 101, 102 (total 2) ..• I Nov, Los. in Operation I!IFATUATB (Walcheren).

LANDING CRAFT HEADQUARTERS (W.L. 384 j;ons) No. x8s ••• ... 25 June Sunk by mine, Operation NEPTUNE (Nor- . mandy). LANDING CRAFT INFANTRY (Large) (W.L. 38o-38:. tons) No. 273 17 Mar. Sunk by A/C, Anzio. 105 •.• 8 June Torpedoed, Operation NEPTUNE (Normandy). 132 17 June Lost and formally paid off. 99 14 Aug, Sunk in Convoy, presumed by U /B, Operation NEPTUNE (Normandy). 102 II Nov. Damaged by gales and abandoned, Vis, Adriatic. LANDING CRAFT INFANTRY (Small) {W.L. no tons) Nos. sn ... 2 Feb.; Beached at Portslade, Sussex. Total loss. 512, 517, 52., 531, 540 (total 5) June· ! Lost in Operation NEPTUNE (Normandy). 537 •.• June Damaged beyond economical repair, 532- ... ~·· i I Nov. Lost in Operation INFATUATE (Walcheren). i

LANDING CRAFT MECHANISED · · (Mark I) (W.L. 3o-37 tons) . . Nos. 192, 234; 254, 279, 282, 327, 329,: 367} . Feb. {date Lost in Home Waters. (total 8) ·, reported) 76 ..., ... Mar. (date . ' . .. reported· 131, 182, 183, 207, 209 (total 5) ••• ... May (date Lost in E. Indies. . · . · reported) 212, 215, 218, 219, 243. 272, 277, 285,:z88,} May (date 324 (total 10) , . reported) Lost overseas: 91 ...... I ... June (date Lost in E. Indies. ' · - reported) 295 · ••• June (date· reported)- Lost oversea-S. IZ7, 128, 165, 168, 180, 191, 203, 216,:226,} 229, 231, 241, 251, 281, 316, 319,:330, 335. 337· 338, 345. 346, 348, 355. ·357. June-July Lost in Operation NEPTUNE (Normandy). 377. 382, 383. 408, 409, 419, 421, f425, 443. 444· 466 (total 36), ! 138 ...... ; · 7 July Lost, English Channel. . .. 263 ...... · II Sept. Wrecked on- beach, Operation NEPTUNE ···(Normandy). ... ! 19 Nov. Lost overboard from JOHN L. MANSON in I Mount's Bay. · I' LANDING CRAFT MECHANISED (Mark III) (W.L. 52 tons) ! ' Nos. 623, 910, 930, 1022, 1064, II73• ·uo4} Jan. (approx.) Lost in Operation SHINGLE (Anzio), (total 7l· . ; 1313, 1314; 1373. 1378 (total4) ... i ... Apr. (date·· Lost on-passage from U:S.A. to.Jndia. reported) SZ7, 53·4. 540, 588, 1029, 1045; ~071,} May (date 1083, U23, I171, 1205 (total II). ! reported) Lost overseas. 1380, 1381 (total z).,, ... ,., ; ,., May (date 1eported) xns, n3o (total z) ...... ' June (date Lost in Med lterranean·. reported) 577 ••• June · Lost in Operation OVERLORD (Normandy). 57

Class and Nos. Date of Loss How Lost and Where

LANDING CRAFT MECHANISED 1944 (~lark Ill) (W.L. 51 tons)-eonl. 531, 535, 5~8, 587, 627, 628, 631, 641, '}08. 929, 1053. 1059· 1062, 1088, 1098, • uo8, 1120, 1127, 1128, 11 39, 1145, I 1146, llj\1, 1175, 1189, 1197, .uoo, June-July Lost in Operation NEPTUNE (Normandy). _ 120], 1208, 1212, 1220, 1221, 122], 12)2, UJJ, 1240, U44, U78, 1282, 1193, 1297, 1397 (total 42). , . ' 618, 640 (total 2) •... • 9Aug. Lost in Mediterranean •. 1101 ... 15 Nov. Wrecked near Aden, en route to India. ~t overseas, presumed during 1944 . •• LANDI~G CRAFT PERSONNEL (Large) (W.L. 8-n tons) Jan. (approx.) Lost in Operation SHINGLE (Anzio). . Nos. 66, 356, 373 (total J) Wrecked during exercises in Home Waters.· 152 .. . 24 Feb. 28-29 Feb. Lost off Isle of Wight. 541 ...... Lost during exercises at Mandapam. J6o, J67 (total 2) ... Apr. (date reported)• 14 Apr. Destroyed in explosion at Bombay. 323 ..• ... -~· .. . Lost overseas. · 8, 263, 287, 577 (total 4) · .. . May (date reported)· 13, 14, 21-23, 40, 51, 121, 132, 139, 170,} 175. 176, 187, !89. 197· 199. 208, 272, June-July Lost in Operation NEPTUNE (Normandy). 28o, 282, 285, 286, 289, 309, 3u, 528, 556 (total 28). _8 July Sunk by roine off Cherbourg. 267 ...... Lost in Horoe Waters. 229, 298-JOO, JOJ-305, 308, 310 (total 9) July . 84, Bs, 88, 97, 98, no, u8, uS., 137, 145,} Lost in Operation NEPtUNE [Normandy) 1-f6, 149. !62, 163. 198, 200, 23Q-233. Aug.-Swt. ·· while on loan to U.S. Navy. 235. 2)8, 2)9. 241, 242, .246, 247· 269.- 293. 294 (total 30) Destroyed by ftre in India. 348 ...... 15 Sept. 6 Oct. Lost in Home Waters. !8 (total 2) 7· II Oct. Lost by fire, Portsmouth Area. s:z Lost in Schelde Area. 133 ... 5 Nov. 5 Nov. Wrecked East of Ostend. 302 •.• Lost in Operation INFAtUAtE (Walcheren). 127, 134 (total :z) Dec. (date reported) Lost overseas, presuroed ,during I 944· 540, 760 (total 2)

LANDING CRAFT PERSONNEL .(Ramped) (W.L. 9-11 tons) 22 Jan. Broke adrift and badly holed in Home Waters. Nos. 616 ... I4 Feb. Lost in coJiision, Home Waters. 781 _ .. · Sunk in Mediterranean. 1 1026 ... .. -. 23 Mar. 14 Apr. Destroyed by lire at Bombay. 866 ... May (date Lost overseas. . 614, 634· reported) (total 8) May .. Sunk in Home WaterS. 584 May (approx.) Lost at·Naples. 643 June (cttte Lost in Mediterranean. 723 reported) Cause and place u;,known. ... ' June (date reported) June (date Damaged en route to Anzio. · ., ... ' . reported) June (date Lost in Home Waters. .. ; 970 reported) June Wrecked at Ma.ndapam, Ceylon. 867 June Lost in Operation NEPTUNE (Normandy). 894, 896 (total 2) Damaged and sunk, Portsmouth area. ••• l June 895 19 June Lost in bad weather in Home Waters.. 905 July (date Lost in action off coast of France. 683 . reported) 28 July Lost in collision in Home Waters. ... ' 971 26 Sept. Sunk in gale in Home Waters. 999 Lost in collision in Home Waters. ' 21 Oct. lOll ...... ·Nov (date Cause and place unknown. 8os, So6 (total 2) reported) Lost in Home Waters, presumed during_ 1944· 652, 669 (total 2)...... : Lost overseas, presumed during I 944· 640, 73.5> 978, g82, 987. g8g, 991, 993.} 1023 (total 9) · .

' LANDING CRAF1' PERSONNEL (Survey) (W.L. 9 tons) '\' July (date Cause and place unknown. No. 154 .,. ... reported)

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Class and Nos. Date of Loss How Lost and 'Where

LANDING CRAFT PERSONNEL (Small) 1944 (W.L. 6 tons) Noe:- 6o 25 Jan. Wrecked in Azores. , 76 13 Mar. Lost on passage. 9 6 Apr. Driven ashore at Weymouth. 74 May (date Lost overboard at Mescina. reported) 25, so, 61, n toi, 135. 137 (total 7) May (date Cause and place unknown. reported) 136 June Lost in OperatiOn NEPTUNE (Normandy). 183 July (date Wrecked in Mediterranean. reported) 129 ... 10 N

LANDING CRAFT SUPPORT (Medium) (Mark Ill) (W.L. 13·5 tons) Nos. 46 .. ·~ Jan. (approx.) Lost in Operation SHINGLE (Anzio)., 69 •.. 3 Mar. Sunk during exercises oft E. Scotland. 59 ..• May (date Cause and place unknown. reported) 75, 76, 8o, 81, 83, 91, 99, 101, 103, 108, June Lost in Operation NEPTUNE (Normandy). II4 (total II) 47 June 54 I July 42 25 Aug. } Cause and p~ unknown. 49

LANDING CRAFT TANK (Mark II) (W.L. 451>-453 tons) No. 129 Nov. (date Cause and place unknown. reported) LANDING CRAFT TANK (Mark III) (W.L. 625-640 tons) Nos. 375 ... Feb. (date Sunk in Mediterranean. reported) 390 ... 9 July } 7057. 7004 (total 2) 16 July Cause and place unknown. 387 ...... 17 July Mined off W. Italy. 427 .. . Aug. Cause and place unknown. 377 .. . Oct. Lost, probably mined, on passage Marseilles to Maddalena, 480, 488, 491, 494. 7014, 7015 (total6) 18-19 Oct. 'Lost through stress of weather off Land's End. • 2 Nov, Lost in Operation INFATUATE (Walcheren). 5 Dec. Mined oft W. Greece. 6 Dec, Hit obstruction in Boulogne Harbour. Total loss, LANDING CRAFT TANK (Mark IV) (W.L. 6U-64o tons) Nos. 1029 ...... · ...... 16 Jan. Blew up, possibly mined, while at anchor off Skegness. 875 ... 8 June Sunk by enemy action. 967 .... 13 June Mined. 524, 715, 750, 8og, 886, 947 (total 6) June Lost in Operation NEPTUNE (Normandy). 589 ...... 16 June Destroyed to avoid capture, Mediterranean. 5ll 9 July . Broke back.while in tow. 757 IO July Formally paid off. 68g 20 July Destroyed by explosion. . 1023 23 July Damaged beyond economical repair. 901 24 July 1039 5 Aug. } Broke backs. 1076 5 Aug. • Broke in two. 1092 IO Aug. Broke back while in tow, 631 17 Aug. Broke back.. 1074 .... 25 Aug, Mined, English Channel. 943 Oct. Sunk. 1045 ...... 25 Oct, Broke in two while in tow, English Channel. 936 30 Oct. Broke back through stress of weather off Lowestoft. II7I ...... 23 Oct. Sunk off N. European Coast. 789; 839. 1133 (total 3) 2 Nov. 6og Lost in Operation INFATUATE (Walcheren)., 6Nov. Abandoned aiter damage by weather. off Ostend. f 976 .... 7Nov, Abandoned with broken back, Schelde area. 1022 17 Nov. Wrecked through stress of weather off c Dungeness. 59

Class and Nos. Date of Loss How Lost and Where

LANDING CRAFT TANK 1944 (Mark V) (W.L, 291-311 tons) Nos. 2498 ... , ...... June Lost in Operation NEPTUNE (Normandy). 2049, 2229, 2307 (total 3) 6 June Lost . in Operation NEPTUNE (Normandy) 1 whde on loan to U.S. Navy. . 2331 ' ... July Broken back. · • 2461 Nov. Capsized and sunk by gunfire, Bay of Bengal.

LANDING CRAFT TANK (Armoured) (Mark V) (W.L. 29o-295 tons) Nos.1o39 ...... June Cause and place'Unknown. 2273, 2301, 2402 (total 3) .. . ,June Lost in Operation NEPTUN.E (Normandy) while on loan to U.S. Navy. 2428 ... June Lost in Operation NEPTUNE (Normandy). 2263 ... 15 July Cause and place unknown. Ran ashore in Lyme Bay, English Channel, ' 13 Oct.· 2454 ...... in heavy gale. Wrecked.

LANDING CRAFT TANK (Rocket) (W.L. 6oo tons) Mined off Ostend. No. 457 ... 5 Nov.

LANDING ~RAFT VEHICLE (W.L. 1o-11 tons) Lost on service with R.A.S.C., C. T.C., Nos. 894 Feb. (date reported) Rothesay. June · Cause and place unknown. 719 Broke adrift and holed, Portsmouth area. 8o1 18 Oct. ' LANDING CRAFT VEHICLE (Personnel) (W.L. 10·5-13·5 tons) . Feb. Lost during exercises, R!chborough area, Nos. 1066 ... Kent. 1016, 1029, 1031, 1033. 1044-1046, 1049. 1054, 1056, 1062, 1065, 1084, 1088, 1093, 1098, 1101, 1102, 1104, 1106, nn, U14, UIJ, n2o-11~2, u24, June (approx.) Lost in Operation NEPTUNE (Normandy) •. 1129, 1132, 1133, 1139; 1146, 1153, ns5. II57· n59. n65, n7o-II72, II84, II88, UOI, 1204, 12N, UI6, 1218, .1242, 1245. 1246, 1248, 1249· 1251, 1255, u6o, 1262, 1264 (totals7l·. Lost in Home Waters. 1:288 ...... • ... 13 July 20 Nov, Abandoned at Chichester. II03 .. . 25Nov, Sank, Portsmouth area. Il99 .. . Lost ill Home Waters. 1228 ...... 27Nov.

LANDING BARGES, EMERGENCY REPAIR. (zoo ton type) · · 19-25 June· Written off charge as result of da.mage caused · Nos. 8, 17, 25-27, 57, 6o (total7) in assault area during gale.

LANDING BARGES, OILER (200 ton type) Cause and place unknown. Nos. June Written off charge as result of da.mage caused so ...... xg-25 June 46, 56, 84 (total 3) .. . in assault area during gale. ' uth July } Cause and place unknown. 87 9 Aug. 53 ...... Written off charge as result of damage caused (150 ton type) 19-25 June 10 in assault area during gale. · 9Aug. 73 17 Aug. } Cause and place unknown. 4 ... 31 Aug. 30 ....

LANDING BARGES, VEHICLE Wrecked on passage Dartmouth to Portland. (Mark I) (150 ton type), 17 Jan. Nos. 367 ... . Feb. 136, 149, 497 (total 3) Mar. (date Cause and place unknown. 229, 266 (total 2) reported) } 7 June Lost through stress· of wea tber; 52 ...... 12 June 16, 51 (totalz) , 26 June } Cause and pl!J.C8 unknown. .. - 84 ...... a 1 July 121, 175 (total 2) Sank at moorings off Portsmouth. 14 Aug. Sank in tow. · 154 . 19 Aug. 83 • F3 6o

Class and Nos • Date of Loss How Lost and Where

. LANDING BARGES, VEHICLE 1944· (Mark II) (zoo ton type) Nos. xp, 176, zo6, 232 (total 4) 19-25 June Written off charge as fl!Sult of damage caused ' in assault area during gale. (150 ton type) 16, 20, 51 (total 3) ••• June Cause and place unknnwn, 3, 27, 49• 61, 67, 94, 95, IOJ, 209, 214 19-25 June Written off charge as result of damag~ caused - (total to). in assault area during gale. 19, 28, 116, 122 (total 4) 29 July Cause and place unknown.

LANDLL"G BARGES, WATER (200 ton type) Nos. 15 .. ; 19-25 June Written off charge as result of daift~ge caused in assault area during gale. (150 ton type) 7 19-25 June Written off charge as result of damage caused in assault area during dale. 29 Aug. 14 •.• } Cause and place unknown. II 12 Sept.

RAMPED DUMB BARGES (100 ton type) Nos. 83 23 May Sank on passage to Sheerness. - 43, 65 (total 2) I July Cause and place unknown.

. - Date of Date of Class ; Name Tonnage Completion Loss How Lost and Where

- 1945 L.'>NDING SHIPS TANK (Class II) N!t. 364 2,750 7-12.42 22 Feb. Torpedoed by UfB. off Ramsgate. 178. 2,750 24 Feb. Mined on passage to Corfu, grounded and became total Wieck. 8o 2,750 19-7-43 . 20 Mar. Mined in English Channel and sank off Ostend. .

Class and Nos. Date of Loss- How Lost and Where LANDING CRAFT ASSAULT 1945 (W.L. n-13•5 tons) Nos. n6I •• , 26 Feb. Lost through heavy weather at Leyte, Pacific. 1112, II,S3 (total 2) Mar. (date Presumed lost during 1945· reported) 1472 ... 27 Mar. Lost at Leyte, Pacific. 1433 ... 30 Mar. Smashed by heavy seas. Admiralty Islands, S.W. Pacific. • 1346, 1396 (total 2) ••• Apr. (date Lost in Mediterranean ; presumed during reported) 1945· . 841 ... 22 Apr.. Sunk in operations off Holland. 1329, 1591' (total 2) 17 Aug. Lost overboard from L.S.I. off India.

LANDING CRAFT ASSAULT (Obstruction Clearance) (W.L. 13· 5 tons) 12II May (date Lost in Home Waters, presumed during reported)_ 1945·

LANDING -i:RAFf MECHANISED (Mark I) (W.L. 3o-37 tons) Nos. 136 ... Feb. (date Cause and place ,unknow,ll. reported) 270, 339. 359. 422 (total 4) Feb. (date Lost from AsA LOTHROP. reported) 354. 493 (total 2) ... • June (date Lost lh operations on Arakan Coast, Burma. reported)

LANDING CRAFt MECHANISED (Mark Ill) (W.L. 52 tons) Nos. JIJX ... •.• ••• ... 23 Jan. Lost in Arromanches Area, Normandy. lOll .. . Mar. (date Lost in MedJterranean. · · reported) 1319, 1327 (total 2) Apr. Lost on Arakan Coast, Burma. '., ' ' .. ... June (date Cause and place unknown. reported) . 6x . ... Class and Nos. Date of Loss" · How Lost and Where

LANDING CRAFT MECHANISED 1945 (Mark Ill) (W.L. 52 tons)-c

J ISS ... "'...... ••• m 0 ~ 0 July (date Lost, pr~med during.I945· • reported) LANDING CRAFT fERSONNEL (Large) (W.L. 8-n tons) No\. II .. . 18 Jan. Lost on Passage from 'Brest to Cherbourg. 764 .. . 18 Mar. Lost in Home Waters. 344• 378 (total 2) ... 29 May Sunk at Akyab, Burma.

UNDINy CRAFT PERSONNEL (Ramped), (VP.L. g-n tons) Nos. xot8 ...... 26 Jan. Lost in Scheidt area. . . • 707 .. . 22 Feb. Lost by enemy action in Home Waters. 979 ...... 5 Mar. Lost when in use as ship's boat in Eastern Theatre. 840 ... 28 Mar, Lost by enemy action in Home Waters. l-ost during storm in,Mediterranean. 738 .. . . ••• gApr• 8J2 .. . June (date} . reported) Lost in tow in Mediterranean. .... July (date reported)

LANDING CRAFT PERSONNEL (Mark II) (W.L. 3 · 8 tons) Lost in Aegean Operations. Nos. IIIO, '1121 (tota12) May .. Il13 ... .. ; June (date Daroaged in gale at Maddalena and written reported) off.

LANDING CRAFT SUPPORT (Medium) (Mark II) (W.L. 12· 5 tons) June (date Lost in operations on Coast, Burma. ' No. 30 Arakan reported) . / LANDING CRAFT SUPPORT (Medium) . (Mark III) (W.L. 13•5 tons) June (date ·· Lost in operations on fu'akan Coast, Burma. No. 148 reported)

LANDING CRAFT TANK (Mark Ill) (W.L. 625-640 tol).s) 6Mar. Capsized and sank, Red Sea. Nos. 492 · .~. 29May Lost in Suda Bay, Crete, as result of explo- 357 ..• sion. •

LANDING CRAFT TANK (Mark IV) (W J.,. 6n-64o tons) 2May Mined in Rangoon River. No. 1238 ...

LANDING CRAFT VEHICLE (W.L. to-ll tons) 30 Jan. Lost in Home Waters. No. 814 .. ; · ... Lost in tow in Home Waters. 802 ... 2Aug.

LANDING CRAFT VEHICLE (Personnel) (W.L. 1o• 5-13· 5 tons) Jan. · · Cause and place unknown. Il91

LANDING CRAFT VEHICLE (Personnel) (W.L. 10•5-13·5 tons) · Apr. Lost by stranding, E. Mediterranean. 1358 15 July Lost, Channel Islands. .. · U67

LANDING BARGE, EMERGENCY REPAIR (200 ton type) • · June (date Written off. Nos. 12,,.3o, 32-34 (total 5) reported) • LANDING BARGE, KITCHEN Sank in tow, English Channel No. 8 ...... 31 July ' LANDING BARGES, OILER (zoo ton type) June (date Written off. Nos. 13, 37, 63, 69, 88, 96~total 6) reported) Swamped and sank in Arromanches Harbour (150 ton type) · 20 Jan.. Nos, 17 ...... " during gale, June (date Written off, n, :n, 24, 26, 77• 82, 92, 95 (total"S) reported) '

• 6z , Class and Nos. Date and Loss How Lost and Where

LA.J.-.DING BARGE, VEHICLE I945 (Maxk II) (200 ton type) Nos. I52 ... May (date } repoxted) • June (date Written off. repoxted) I32 ... 29 july •

(ISO ton type) ' Nos. I, s. 9, u; 31, 35, 42, 65, 72, 73. 75. 76, June (date Written off. 99, uS, 2II, 212 (totalx6) reported) . 'LANDING BARGE, WATER (150 ton type) Nos. 1, 6 (total 2) June (date Written off. repoxted)

RAMPED DUMB BARGES (ISO ton type) No. u4 ...... June (date Written off. repoxted) 59 ... 26Nov. I sank in Edinburgh Channel. j . . ' I

II. SUMMARY OF LOSSES BY YEAR AND CLASS I • - LANDING· SHIPS 0 - • 3 Sept., . I Jan . 1939. 11~5 Total Displace- Class • to 1940 l94I 19¥- 1943 1944 Total ment .Tonnage • 31 Dec. IS Aug. lost 1939 I945 - LANDING SHIPS INFANTRY- (LARGI!) ...... - - - 1 3 4 8,570 (Light) - - I,$,309 (SMAIJ:;)II, ...... - - - - - 1 - I Z,938 LANDING SHIPS TANK- (MARK II) ...... - - - - 3 7 3 IJ 35.750 FIGHTI!R DIRI!CTION TENDER ------I - 1 2,750 RAIDING CRAFT CARRII!R ... - - 1 - - - - 1 2,938 TOTAL NUMBERS ...... - - I I 3 12 3 20 - ~ TOTAL TONNAGE; STANDARD DISPLACEMENT - - - - 8,250 22,000 8,250 - 38,5oo LIGHT DISPLACEMENT ... - - - - - 8,570 - - 8,570 GROSS REGISTERED TONNAGI! - - 11,938 g,890 - 8,zsr - - 31,085 ' , LANDING CRAFT

. 3 Sept., I Jan., Class 1939 to 1940 I94I 1942 1943 1944 1945 to Total . JI Dec., IS Aug., • 1939 • 1945

LANDING CRAFT- • ASSAULT ...... - 10 2ll 59 IS 244 IO 36o (HEDGEROW) ...... - - -· - - 10 - 10 (OBSTRUCTION CLEARANCE) ... I I . - - - . - - - LANDING CRAFT EMERGENCY. REPAIR - -- - :t 4 - ... It 6 LANDING CRAFT FLAK- I. {MARK II) ...... - - - I - I - 2 (MARK III) ...... I ...... - - - - I - a LANDING CRAFT GUN-=: . (LARGE) {MARK III) ...... - - - - ' a 2 4 (LARGE} (MARK IV) ... - ... - - - - - 3 - 3 (MEDIUM) ...... - - -- - 2 - 2 LANDING CRAFT HEADQUARTERS ... - - - - - I - I LANDING CRAFT INFANTRY- (LARGE) ...... - - - - 4 s - 9 . (SMAI.I.) ...... - - - - - 8 - 8 LANDING CRAFT MEcHANISED- {MARK I) ...... - ·1o I2 39 7 66 7 141 {MARK III) ...... 6 6 . - - - H 77 133 LANDING CRAFT PERSONNEL (LARGE) ...... - I 14 37 14 90 4 16o (RAMPED) ...... 19 19 40 (SURVEY) - - - 7 ss ...... I I {MEDIUM) ------...... - 2 2 (SMALL) - - - - - ...... - - - I 15 16 (MARK II) ... . - - ...... ------3 3 LANDING CRAFT SUPPORT- (LARGE) (MARK I) ...... - - I - I (LARGE) (MARK II) - - - ...... - - - -- 3 - 3 (MEDIUM) (MARK I) ...... - - I 9 3 - - 13 (MEDIUM) (MARK II) ...... - - - I - - I :t (MEDIUM) {MARK III) ...... I8 I 19 - -- - - . LANDING CRAFT TANK-- {MARK I) ...... - - I4 I 15 (MARK II) ... . . - -- ...... - - 6 9 3 I - 19 (MARK III) ...... ' ... 13 I6 a 3I (MARK IV) - - - - ...... - - - - 8 30 I . 39 (MARK V) ...... 8 8 6 22 ~ - - (ARMOURED) {MARK V) - - ~ .. ... 7 (ROCKET) ------7 ...... ~·. ~ ... - . - -- I - I LANDING CRAFT VEHICLE ...... - - . - 5 2' 3 2 12 (PERSONNEl.} ...... - - - - l 62 3 66 TOTAl...... - 2I 69 2JI II3 717 48 1,199

LANDING BARGEs-- (UNCLASSIFIED) ...... - - 3 - - - 3 - - LANDING BAKGES, EMERGENCY REPAIR ~ - - - 7 5 12 . LANDING BARGE, KITCHEN ...... ------I I LANDING BARGES, OiLER ... ' ... 10 - - - -- 15 25 LANDING BARGES, VEHICLE- {XARK I) ...... - - - - - 14 14 (MARK II) ...... 21 - . - -- - - :u 43 LANDING BARGES, WATER ...... - - -- - 4 2 6 RAMPED DUMB BARGES ...... - - -- - 3 2 s TOTAl. ... _.., ...... - - - 3 59 47 109 GRAND TOTAL LANDING CRAFT . AND LANDING BARGES · ... - 21 69 234 IIJ 776 95 x,3o8 ' INDEX Pag1 Pag8 Page ' ABDIEL "' - 26 BALLOON BARRAGE VESSELS... 48 CAIRNDALE 16 ' ABINGDON ,, , 19 BALMORE 6 CAIRO IS ACAST\\, .. , , , , , .. BANDOLI!RO 8 CALANTHE IS ACCOMMODATION SHIP '17 BANKA ... CALCUTTA 12 AeRATEs 18 BARBARA ROBERTSON CALVERTON 8 ACHERj~N 4 BARFLAKE CALVI ... 7 ADEPT ... 22 BARHAM .... 10 CALYPSO ... ADHERENT : .. 33 BARLIGHT IS CAMBRI.ol.N -. .... J ADONIS ... 27 BARRAGE VESSEL 46 CAM!TO ... 12 AFRIDI ,, .. BASE SHIP 47 CAMPBELTOWN ... I7 AGATE ,, 14 BASILISK 4 Ci~-MPEADOR 8 AGHIOS yEORGIOS IV 21 BATH II CAMP!NA ...... 7 AGHIOS F~TALEIMON ... I6 BATTLB CRUISERS 43 CAMPOBELLO 27 AIRCRAFT CARRIERS 43 ··BATTLESHIPS 43 C).NNA ... 22 AIREDALE I7 BAYONET .... - 3 CAP D' ANTIFER 32 AISHA ... 8 BECHEVILi:.E 33 CAPE CHELYUSK!N 7 AKRANES 14 BEDFORDSHIRE •• , 21 CAPE FINISTERRE .7 AKSEL 1 24 BEDOUIN ·ry CAPE HOWE 9 ALAISIA ... 23 BEECH ... I4 I C.ol.PEL ...... 30 ALBERIC ... 14 BELGIQUE ···' 33 CAPE PASSARO .. . 7 ALBERT L. ELLSWORTH 28 BELHAVEN 16 CAPE StRETOKO 7 28. ALCIDES ... BELITA ... "! 23 CAPE SPARTEL ; .. 2I ALDEN HAM ... ". '· 30 BELMONT' 17 · CAPR!CORNUS 8 ALDER ... 14 BEN ARONA :n CARINTHIA 5 ALDERSDALE • ., • 23 BENDORAN 33 CARLO ... ·4 ALOGATE IS BEN GAtRN I4 CAROLINE 14 ALFRED CoLEBROOK 9 BENGALI 22 CAROLINE. MoLLl!R 23 ALGERINB I9 BEN RossAL 2I CARRON IO ALLIGATOR ... 36 BENVOLIO '6 CARRY ON 9 ALMOND ,.. 13 BERGHOLM 29 . CATHERINE 23 ALOUETTE 2I BERKELEY 17 CATO 30 ALYNBANK 33 BETH 23 CAULONIA 27 ALYSSE (ex, ALYSSUM) 18 BEVER ,., 32 CAYTON WYKE 7 AMBLEVR 10 BEVERLEY 25 CECIL ... 29 AMETHYST 8 BICKERTON ... 30 CELT 24 AMMUNITION HULKS ,., <18. BtLLDORA .. 29 CENTURION 32 AMULREE 8 BtRCHOL 4 . CHABOOK I6 A.N.2 ...... 8 BIRDL!P ... 32 CHI\KDINA 12 ANDANIA 5 BITTERN 6 CHAKLA ... ~ 12 ·ANDREA BROVIG, 23 BLACKBURN ROVERS ... ·7 CHANCELLOR z8 ANDROMEDA 23 BLACKWOOD 30 CHANGTEH .... 19 ANKING,.. 22 BLANCHE 3 CHANT 69 33 ANTI-AIRCRAFT SHIPS '1'1 BLEAN ... 18 · CHANTALA ... ~ 12- APPLE TREE 9 Bt.IA ... 16 CHARDE 9 ARACARI 28 BLUEBELL ' 34 CHARIOTS .~. 43 A'RAGONITE 3 BOADICEA ... 30 CHARLES BOYES 7 CHARYBDIS 24 ARBUTUS ,... 18 BoARD ALE 9 g, ARCTIC TRAPPER 13 BoD1i , 28 CHESTNUT A'RDENT... .. BONAVENTURE... II CHOICE ... ARGYLLSHI'RE .. • 7 BooM AccoMMODATION SHIP 47 CHORLEY ARK ROYAL IO BooM DEFENCE VESSELS 46 CHRISTINE RoSl! ARLEY ... 35 BooMERANG VI ... 8 CHRYSOLITE ARMAMENT STORE CARRIER . ., · <18 BoREALis Io CHURCHILL (see DEITELNYrj ... ' ARMED BOARDING VESSEL ... 44 BORODINO IO CICALA ... 12 ARMED MERCHANT CRUISERS 44 BosWORTH 33 CIRCE SHELL ... 23 ARMED TRADERS 48 BoTANIC ... 2I CITY OF ROCHESTER 13 ARMENIER ... 36 BoTUSK ... I6 CLACTON' (I) ••• 26 ARsENAL .... 8 BoY ALAN· I5 CLACTON (2} 29 21 ARTHUR .. . 24 Boy ANDREW ... I6 CLOUGHTON WYKE CoBBERS AsAMA ...... 14 BoY PETER 24 13 , CoCKER Z2 AsH 14 BoY RoY (I} I9 'AsPHODEL 30 BoY RoY (2) .... 23 CODR!NG'I:ON 4 CoLLIERS 48 AssuRANCE IS BRADMAN ... ' 7 28 CoLLINGDOC 24 ASTON VILLA 7 BRAE FLETT ... , COLSAY ... 32 ATHLETE .... 36 BRAMBLE I9 IO CoMET ... ATLANTIC GUIDE 10 BRANKSEA 7 29 CoMFORT ' .. , 9 ATTENDANT 28 BRATTHOLM ... CoM ORIN 12 AUCKLAND ... IZ,. BRAZEN 4 CoMPUTATOR 35 AUDACITY ..., lO BREDA ... 32 27 CoNQUISTADOR ... 8 AURICULA 19 BREDON BRIGHTON BELLE . 6 CoNVOY SERVICE SHIPS . 44 AURORA... 15 24 BRIGHTON QUEEN 6 CoOLIE ... .., - AUXILIARY AIRCRAFT CARRIERS 43 CoRAL ...... ·· ... • 2I AUXILIARY, ANTI-AIRCRAFT' BRITOMART 6 B'ROADLAND CORBURN SHIPS... • .44 CoRFIELD 12 BROADWATER . 8 AUXILIARY A/S VESSELS ... 44 · Co tUNG A· BRODRENE AUXILIARY FIGHTER CATAPULT CORIOLANUS 36 BROKll: ...... SHIPS... 44 CoR ]Esu IS BRORA .. . AVANTURINE 28 CoRNCRAKE 26 BULLEN AVENGER ... 16 IO CORNWALL 27 Bus!< AY1os IoANNis (CHtos n6} .•, 36 CoRTINA 8 B.V. 42 ...... 28 AYtos loANNts (Cmos 466} .. • 34 CORVETTES 44 ' B. y .M.S. M!NESWEEl'ERS 44 ... CoRY BRoS 28 B. I (e-11 SUNFISH) COSSACK (I} II ;jp8 ...... 23 BAHRAM c. II COSSACK (2) 24 BA!A CACHALOT ...... 66 Pag1 Page Page CoURAGEOUS ••• 3 ELSWICK PnH 33 GAEL 8 CovENTRY 18 EMBRACE 9 GAIRSAY 32 CRAMOND ISLAND 14 EMELLE 8 G.\L.\TI!A ... II CRESTED EAGLE 6 EMERALD WINGS 10 GALLANT It CRESTFLOWER ••• 7 EMIL! ON 14 GAMBHIRA 1o: CRISPIN I2 EMILY 22 G.\NILLY • 32 CROMARTY 26 EMPIRE ARTHUR 29 GARDENIA .... 19 CROliiEit 19 EMPIRE BITTERN 33 GAT!!: VESSE!f! ••• 46 CaUISERS 43 EMPIRE BRO.\DSWORD 54 G.\UL 7 CULVER 19 EMPIRE BUNTING 33 GEMAS ••• ' ... 22 CURA~OA IS EMPIRE DEFIANCE 33 GENERML VANDER HEIJDEN 33 CuaLEw 6 EMPIRE FLAMINGO 33 GENERAAL VAN S~ETEN 33 CmERS 44 EMPIRE JAVELIN 54 GEORGIOS P, ... 33 EMPIRE MooRHEN 33 GIANG BEE 19 DAFFODIL 36 EMPIRE SEAMAN 10 GIPSY ••• 3 DAHPu 29 EMPIRE TAMAR < 33 GIRL PAMELA ••• .. ~ 9 DAINTY II EMPIRE T .\NA ••• 33 GL.\DroLUs u DAISY (1) 20 EMPIRE WATERliEN 33 GLEAM ... 33 DAISY (2) 22 ENCOUNTER 17 GLEN ALBYN 4 DANEHILL 16 ERIC.\ •.• 26 GLEN AVON 30 DANEMAN 28 . ERIN 21 GLOAMING IS DANUBE III 8 ESC.\UT (I) 10 GLORIOUS 4 D'ARCY COOPER 15 EscAUT (2) 16 GLOUCESTER Il DARING 4 Esc'oRT ••• 4 GLOWWORM 4 DARKDALE 16 EsK 4 GLYNWEN 9 D.~ROGAB 13 EsKD.\LE 25 GNAT u DARTMOUTH 24 ETHEL T.\YLOR 8 Go AHEAD 9 DASHER 24 EusTATHIOS GHIOKis 34 GoDETIA 6 DEFENDER II EVANGELISTRIA (Cli!OS 345) 29 GoLDEN DAWN 9 DEGAUSSING SHIPS 45 EVANGELISTRIA (SAMOS 82) 34 GoLDEN EFFORT 28 DEITELNYI (ex Cl!URCH!LL) 34 EVELIN.\ 3 GoLDEN GIFT ••• 28 DELIGHT 4 EVESH.\M 14 GoLDEN SUNBEAM ... 23 DELTA ••• 34 EXAMINATION VESSELS ,.s GoLDEN WEST ••• 36 D.ENBIGII CASTLE 34 EXETER 16 GoNDOLIER 10 DERVISll (I) 7 EXMOOR II GoODALL 34 DERVISH (2) 24 EXMOUTH 4 GOODWILL 9 DESIREE 13 GoSSAMER 19 DESTROYER DEPOT Sl!IP 47 FABIOUS 28 GouLD ... 30 DEsTROYERS ••• 43 F .\lit BREEZE 9 GOURKO 10 DEVON CoUNTY 15 F.\!Rli.\VEN 33 GowAN HILL 15 DEVONIA 6 FAIRPLAY Two 8 GRACIE FIELDS 6 DEWEY EVE ••• 9 FAROUK 24 GRAFTON DIAMOND 4 II FE.\RLESS ... II GR.\IIIPUS s DINSDALE 23 FEIOY ... 29 GRASSHOPPER 19 DISTILLING SHIP 47 FELIXSTOWE 26 GREENFINCH 29 DoNNA NooK ... - 28 FERMOY 13 GREN.\DE 4 DoRSETSHIRE 17 FERNWOOD 23 GRENVILLE 4 DOVER HILL 33 FERRY SERVICE VESSEL 48 GRETHE MORTENSEN ••• 'DOWGATE 34 22 FERTILE VALE 15 GREYHOUND Il Dox 14 FiDEL!.\ ... 16 GRIMSBY n DRAGON 29 FIDELITY GR!VE .. . 8 DRAGONFLY 19 FIFESHIRE GRoVE .. . 17 DRIFTERS 47 FIJI II GUARDSMAN 9 DROMIO 3 FINN.\NGER 23 GUARDSHIP 47 DRUMMER 7 FIONA .... 12 GULDBORG 29 DUCHESS 3 FIREDR.\KE 18 GULLFOSS 14 DULVEitTON 25 F1R.M.\MENT 32 GuLZAR 8 DUKB BARGES 48 FISIIER GIRL I6 GURKII.\ 4 DUNDALK 6 FISK.\REN !6 GuRKHA (el¥ LARNE) 17 DuNDEE .. , 6 FITZROY 19 GUYSBOROUGH 34 DuN DONALD 34 FLEET AIR ARM TARGET SHIP 48 GYPSY IS DUNEDIN II FLEMING 7 DUNGENESS 8 FLEUR DE LYs I2 DUNMORE HEAD 4 FLORENTINO IO H. 31 II DllNOON 6 FLOTT.\ ... 14 H. 49 ...... ··· 5 DUNVEGAN CASTLE 5 FLOWERG.\TE 33 H.\LDON (see LACoMBATTANTE) DUPLEX ... 34 ·FoLIOT ••• 29 HALLANGER 28 DuRBAN 29 FoNTENoY 8 HAMMOND 7 DURHA)I CASTLE 10 FoRBIN ... 33 HANYARDS 15 DuSKY QUEEN IS FORCE ... 14 HARBOUR DEFENCE VESSEL ... 48 DUTHIES 9 FORECAST 33 HARBOUR DuTY VESSEL 48 FOREI: P.41) 25 SINDONI$ li TARPON ... 5 URGE ...... 18 SIRKHEI 33 TEMPEST 18 UsK I1 SISAPON .... 1 TENDERS 47 USURPER 25 SJO 24 TBNEDOS 17 UtMOST ... 18 SKIPJACK 6 TERN / ... I2 UtOPIA ... 29 SKUDD 3 14 TBRPSITHEA ••• 24 UT PROSIM 28 SLAVOL ... 23 !J'ERROR ... IO SLKMDAL 23 TERVANI 23 VAILLANT 22 St.OOPS ••• ... ••• • .. 44 TBTRARCII II VALDORA 6 SMALL MISCELLANEOUS CRAl'T .. a TEXAS ... 32 VALENCIA ... 24 SNABFKLL 13 THALIA ... 22 VALENTINE 4 . SNAPDRAGON 19 THAMES ... 5 VAMPIRE 17 SNAPPER II THANET ... 17 VANDAL ... 25 SOIZIK 15 THE BOYS 9 VANDYCK 6 SOLEN 24 THELMA ... 23 VAN 0RLBY - ... 14 SOLITAIRE 33 Ti!ISTLE (I) 5 VARDAAS ...• 2.3 SOLOMON 21 THISTLB (2) 15 VASSILIKI 24 SOMALI ... 17 THOMAS BARTLETT 7 VELlA ... 8 SONA .. . 22 THOMAS CONNOLLY 8 VENETIA 4 SotRA ... • •• 22 THORA ... 28 VERA RAi>cLIF..FB 33 SOUTHAMPTON ••• IO THORBRYN 14 VERVAIN ... 34 SOUl"HERN FLOE 14 THORGRIM 22 VESTAL ... 34 SoutHERN FLoWER 36 THORN ... ·. x8 VETERAN 17 SouTHERN PRIDE ... 32 TuORSHAVET 23 VICTORIA I 23 SoutHSEA 13 THORSHOVDI 29 VICTUALLING StORE SHIP 47 SoutHWOLD 17 THUNDERBOLT ... 25 VIDONIA '· ... 32 SPANIARD 22 THURINGIA • 7 VIKING· ... 15 SPARTAN 29 TIBl>RIA .. . -x6 VtMIERA 17 SPEARFISH 5 TIEN KWANG .. . 19 V!NLAKE 33 SPECIAL SERVICE VESSELS 48 TIENTSIN 28' VISION ... 23 SPBRCHBIOS (e:>: NOBLE NoRA) 36 TIGRIS ...... ,25 VITA x6 SPHINX...... 6 TILBUiiY NESS ... 8 VITALITY (eX UNtAMED) 25 SPIDER BoY 32 ToKBN ... 16 VtVA II ...... 15 SPIKENARD 18 ToN:SRIDGB 12 VOLTAIRE "'. ... Il SPLENDID 25 TOPAZE ... 14 VORTIGERN 17 SPRINGBANK 12 TORBAY II 9 VYNER BROOKE 24 SQUALLY 29 TORRENT 15 SQUIRREL 34 TOURMALINE 13 WAKEFUL 4 STAG HOUND 23 TRAIN FERRY ...... 48 WALLASEA 32 STAN LARD 4 TRAINING SHIP 47 WALNEY 19 STANLEY II TRANG' ... 22 WAR DtWAN 33 StAN WELL 33 TRANIO ... 14 WARLAND 2I STARFISH 5 TRANQUIL 2l WAR MEHTAR ... 16 STAR OF DEVERON 14 TRANSEAS IO WARRIOR II­ 8 StAUNTON 7 . TRANSPORT VBSSELS ... 48 WAR SEPOY 9 STEADY ... 9 TRANSVAAL ' ... 32 WAR StRDAR­ 23; StEAM GuN BoAt 45 TRANSYLVANIA ••• 5 WARWICK 29 STELLA CAPELLA 21 TRAVELLER ' ... 18 W ARWjCK DEEPING 7 StELLA DORADO ... 7 TRAWLERS WARWICKSHIRE 7 STELLA ORION .. . 8 TRBERN ... ~~- WASHINGTON .. • , 3 StELLA SIRIUS .. . 7 TRIAD ... 5 WATER BOATS 48 STERLET 5 'TRINIDAD ..• I7 WATER CARRIERS' 48 StOKE ... 13 TRITON ... 5 WATERFLY 21 STONEHENGE 30 TRIUMPH 18 WATERGATE 15 STORE CARRIERS 41 TRIUMPH VI 34 WATBRHEN II WAVE FLOWER 8 STRATAGEM JO TROOPER ~ .. 25 STRATHBORVE 14 TRUE AcCORD ... 9 WAVERLEY 6 STRONGHOLD 17 TRUSTY StAR ... 23 WBLMAN CRAFT 4ofc ... 27 TUGS 47 WBLSHMA.N 26 STURDY ... 4 TUNA x6' WESSEX ... 24 SU13MARINE DEPOT SHIP TUNG Wo 16 WEsT CocKER 22 47 xo SUBMARINES 43 TUNISIAN 22 WEst CovE SUI Wo .. . 22 TUNSBERG CASTLE (ex SHREWS· WBSTELLA 7 ~ SULLA ...... ••• :22 BURY CASTLE) 30 WESTW!CK 29 .... 46 SUMMER RosE .. . 9 TuRBULENT ... 25 WHALERS SuNFISH (see B.x) TWEED .. ;· 30 WHIPPBT 14 SUPPORTER 33 TWEEDLE DEBo .. 10 WHIRLWIND 4 .... 10 WHITE DA.ISY ... 9 ~ SURF ••• 15 'I'wEBDLE DUM 8 SURPRISE 22 TWENTE 8 WHITE Fox II SuSARION TYNEDALE 25 WHITLEY ... 4 14 13 SVANA ...... ••• 22 TYNWALD 18 ·WJDNES WILD SWAN 17 SVENNBR (eN SHARK) .. . 29 15 - WtLLA.METTE VALLEY 9 'SVENOR •.• ••• • •• 23 UBEROUS 15 WILLIAM HALLETT 3 SvERRE ...... 36 UBERTY... _ 28 SVEVB ... 23 ULL!WATER 21 WILLIAM StEPHEN 70 Pac, Pac• Wtt.UAIII WESNEY 8 X.7 25 YoRKSHIRE BELLE \\'JLNA ... IS x.s 25 YouNG ERNIE \\'INDFLOWER ... 12 X.g 25 YouNG FISHERMAN WINHA ••• 33 X.IO 25 YouNG S1n \\'INSOME 23 X.22 30 YSBR Wo KwANG 22 X CRAFT' 43 • V.'oooPECKER 30 XMAS RosE 9 V.'s.EN ... 4 WRESTLER 30 • WRYNECK II ZANNIS L. CAMBANIS WYOMING 32 YACHTS 46 ZEE MEEw YEWDALB 33 ZINNIA ... x.s 25 YIN PING 22 Zoooocnos X.6 ... 25 YORK ... II ZuLU