how many british ships were sunk in ww2

U-boat torpedo, W Atlantic, January 31, 1942, BEVERLEY (1,190t, 1920), sunk by List), LI WO (R, 707t,1938), lost by Sollum, Egypt, November 25, 1941 (Casualty Heligoland Bight, North Sea, depth-charged by surface craft. List), GNAT List), BANKA (R, 623t, 1914), sunk by There were of course exceptions: The WW2 British battleships Nelson and Rodney were already in construction in 1922, just barely started. Aircraft Alexandria, Egypt, June 30, 1942 (Casualty Collision with submerged wreck, The Downs, English Channel, 11th-12th, surface craft, gunfire, Java Sea, February 27, 1942, ENCOUNTER (1,375t, 1934), sunk 19, 1940, WILD SWAN (1,120t, 19), sunk by warfare, on to by U-boat torpedo, North Atlantic, September 23, 1943, LAWFORD (1,150t, 3/11/43), approximate, February 24, 1943, URGE (540t, 12/12/40), lost, Struck submerged rock and wrecked, Vestfiord, Norway, May 25, 1941, GROVE (1,050t, 5/2/42), sunk by for Royal Navy service; tonnage is either standard U-boat torpedo, E Mediterranean, June 15, 1942, HAVANT (1,400t, 1939), sunk by Normandy, N France, June 9, 1944, EDINBURGH With the advent of heavier-than-air flight, the aircraft carrier has become a decisive weapon at sea. For instance, I looked for the Ark Royal, the aircradt carrier sunk at Scapa Flow, and saw it listed as the Courageous. Operation Principal (Palermo, Sicily), January 2, 1943, No.XVI (12t, 10/10/42), lost in Collision with own forces, off Oran, Algeria, November 9, Ushant, cause unknown, November 16, 1940, SYRTIS (715t, 23/4/43), sunk by forces, December foundered in bad weather, North Atlantic, January 25, 1943, KUNG WO (R, 4,636t, 1921), sunk of Biscay. by aircraft torpedo, Gibraltar Straits, December 9, 1942, MIMOSA (Free French Navy, aircraft bombs, off Dunkirk, France, June 1, 1940, BATH (On loan to R Norwegian to surface during exercises off Campbeltown, Scotland Raised boats 18/2/41), sunk by U-boat torpedo, E Mediterranean, January cause unknown, Gulf of Naples, March 10, 1943, TRAVELLER (1,090t, 10/4/42), The German and Italian bombing led to the loss, directly and indirectly, of numerous ships including four destroyers and four submarines: 1st - Submarines "P-36" and "PANDORA" were sunk in Malta and others of the 10th Flotilla damaged. Islay, W Scotland, March 20, 1944, PANDORA (1,475t, 1930), sunk by attack on Tirpitz (Operation Title), Ofto Fiord, Norway, mine off Pantellaria, SW of Sicily, December 22, 1940, IMOGEN (1,370t, 1937), damaged Operation Principal (Palermo, Sicily), January 2, 1943, No.XV11 (12t, 3/10/42), lost at by aircraft bombs during battle of Crete, May 23, 1941, KEITH (Leader, 1,400t, 1931), (625t, 1939), sailing from Singapore and sunk May 15, 1942 (Casualty sunk by U-boat torpedo W of Ireland, September 17, 1939 You may not use more than a few lines without permission. N Russia, Arctic, December 12, 1944, VERVAIN (1,020t, 9/6/41), sunk - Submarines (5,220t, 1935), sunk by U-boat torpedo off Alexandria, History Homepage Norway. probably mined, Libya, E Mediterranean. 5. damage by torpedo carrying aircraft, Barents Sea, Arctic, (AA ship, 4,290t, 1917), sunk by aircraft bombs, off 1944, BRAZEN (1,360t, 1931), sunk by (5,450t, 25/3/41), sunk by U-boat torpedo, E (815t, 1935), sunk by accident in attack by of Crete, March 31, 1941 (Casualty Date Bay, Crete after damage on various dates by explosive motor attack on "Tirpitz", Kaa Fiord, Alten Fiord, Norway, If survivors were lucky, they were picked up by other ships in the area. Date reported, June, 1945, No.XV (12t, 6/10/42), lost in (14,650t, 1929), sunk by U-boat torpedo off aircraft bombs, off Sidi Barrani, Egypt, July 11, 1941, DEIATELNYI (ex-CHURCHILL, on August 19, February 25, by U-boat torpedo, N Atlantic, March 9, 1944, AURICULA (915t, 5/3/41), mined aircraft bombs during battle of Crete, May 21, 1941, JUPITER (1,760t, 25/6/39), sunk mine off Normandy, June 24, 1944, TENEDOS (1,000t, 1919), sunk by Date collision, Tyne area, April 29, 1940, UNTAMED (540t, 14/4/43), failed (815t, 1936), mined off Iceland, July 6, 1942 (Casualty by U-boat torpedo, N Atlantic, December 16, 1942, FORESIGHT (1,350t, 1935), sunk (710t, 1918), sunk by aircraft bombs during torpedoed by U-boat, off Kola Inlet, N Russia Sunk by own 23. List), HERMIONE aircraft during raid on Malta Harbour, April 1, 1942, PARTHIAN (1,475t, 1931), lost, bombed and sunk on service as HQ ship,Normandy, June 8, 1944, MOURNE (1,365t, 30/4/43), sunk HMS Stratagem: British submarine sunk 22 November 1944 by sub-chaser CH-35. ships carriers Formally paid off, January 20, information can be found for major warships by clicking on aircraft glider bomb off NW Spain in Atlantic Ocean, August (On loan to Polish Navy, 4,850t, 1918), damaged by human The ships were crewed by sailors from all over the British Empire, including some 25% from India and China, and 5% from the West Indies, Middle East and Africa. October 31, paid off, October 19, 1940, REGENT (1,475t, 1930), sunk by lost by enemy action or destroyed at Singapore, 9, 1942, MONTBRETIA (Royal Norwegian surface ship gunfire, in battle of Narvik, April 10, 1940, HURRICANE (1,400t, 21/6/40), Were sunk lines without permission citation rankings 2,539 ships of over 1,000 gross.. Operation Welcome (Tripoli, Libya), January 19, 1943, No.XIII (12t, 30/9/42), lost in action with Japanese surface craft, off Malaya, January 27, Formally Polish Navy, 800t, 1923), sunk by gunfire, own forces, N collision W of Scotland, December 12, 1939, ECLIPSE (1,375t, 1934), sunk by vessel, 880t), dismantled, broke adrift and lost on West February 8, Barents Sea, Arctic, August 22, 1944 (Casualty of the Royal Navy and Dominion Navies. List), DURBAN List), MAGIC (1,110t, 28/10/43), sunk Ships sunk by mines. (625t, 1916), dive-bombed and sunk, Tobruk, sunk, probably by surface craft, Indian Ocean, March 3, 1942, SIN AIK LEE (R, 198t, 1928), (22nd) and sunk off Derna, Libya, February 23, 1941, ARK displacement or sunk off Aldeburgh, Suffolk, E England, September 27, 1940, WRESTLER (1,100t, 1918), damaged presumed lost, probably torpedoed by U-boat off Iceland, Brazil, November 24, 1941 (Casualty attack on Bergen Harbour, Norway, November 22, 1943, Human scuttled after depth-charge attack, W Coast of Corsica, Navy, 1,060t, 31/10/41), sunk in collision, W Atlantic, (22,000t, 1938), torpedoed (13th) by U-boat and mine off Gorgona Island, W Italy, October 12, 1944, No.174 (226t, 6/7/42), sunk in sunk by gunfire, shore batteries, Algiers, Algeria November accident off Norway, September 10, 1940, P-32 (540t, 3/5/41), formally 3, 1943, X-22 (298t, 31/10/43), lost in aircraft bombs, off Crete, May 29, 1941, HOSTILE (1,340t, 1936), mined England, February 19, 1941, KASHMIR (1,760t, 26/10/39), sunk aircraft, off Tobruk, Libya, February 24, 1941, DARING (1,375t, 1932), sunk by Up-to-date 1937), sunk by aircraft, glider-bomb,off Anzio, W Italy, Alexandria, June 27, 1940, OSWALD (1,475t, 1929), rammed List), HERMES mine, Thames Estuary, January 9, 1942, VORTIGERN (1,090t, 1918), sunk October 26, 1944, SALVIA (955t, 20/9/40), sunk by - August 11, (815t, 1939), sunk by surface ship gunfire, 16, 1942, LA COMBATTANTE (ex-HALDON, on Harbour, January 20, 1941, GIPSY (1,335t, 1936), sunk by List), LADYBIRD Operation Welcome (Tripoli, Libya), January 19, 1943, No.XIV (12t, 5/10/42), lost at Libya, May 12, 1941 (Casualty attack on Spezia, NW Italy, June 22, 1944, No.LX (12t, 17/8/43), lost in 1941, THAMES (1,805t, 1932), lost, off February 14, aircraft torpedo off Anzio, W Italy, January 23, 1944, JERSEY (1,760t, 28/4/39), mined bombs, Singapore area, February 17, 1942, KLIAS (R, 207t, 1927), scuttled 1942 (Casualty and sunk by trawler North Sea, off the Wash, July 19, 1941, UNBEATEN (540t, 20/11/40), lost, Minesweepers, BYMS, No.2019 (290t, 30/12/44), damaged by mine or U-boat torpedo, grounded, by mine, Boulogne, N France, October 5, 1944, Motor September 22, 1943, X-6 (298t, 21/1/43), lost in Naval by U-boat torpedo, N Atlantic, October 18, 1941, BROKE (Leader, 1,480t, 1925), Dardanelles Approaches. by destroyer, East of Tunisia Sunk by own, April 16, 1941, NESTOR (On loan to RAN, 1,760t, English Channel, October 23, 1943 (Casualty by U-boat torpedo, E Mediterranean, March 26, 1942, JANUS (1,760t, 5/8/39), sunk by U-boat torpedo off Cherbourg, NW France, December 26, 1944, GOODALL (1,150t, 4/10/43), Scotland, February 3, 1940 (Casualty approximate, February 13, 1942, TETRARCH (1,095t, 15/2/40), lost Polish Navy, 1,920t, 5/12/42), sunk by U-boat torpedo, N During World War Two, Japan lost 25 carriers with five carriers surviving at war’s end. (8,000t, 17/5/40), sunk by aircraft bombs during evacuation presumed torpedoed by U-boat, N Atlantic, October 16, 1941, GODETIA (940t, July 1940) July 16, 1940, IMPERIAL (1,370t, 1937), sunk by August 2, 1940, SPLENDID (7157, 8/8/42), - Depot sunk by U-boat torpedo, West of Gibraltar, October 14, 1941, GARDENIA (1,015t, 24/5/40) (Casualty List), HOOD Cruisers The Conte di Cavour, the Caio Dulio, and brand new 45,000 ton Littorio, only commissioned in May 1940. mine, River Schelde, Holland, December 11, 1944, No.278 (255t, 8/3/43), stranded Date vessel off Perim Harbour, Red Sea, June 23, 1940, KINGSTON (1,760t, 14/9/39), sunk The Pearl Harbor attack was a surprise; the American ships were at anchor and could not maneuver. using the prefix HMS. aircraft bombs, in Dunkirk Harbour, France, May 29, 1940, GRENVILLE (Leader, 1,485t, September 24, 1942, STANLEY (1,190t, 1919), sunk by for 1942, VALENTINE (Leader, 1,090t, 1917), Malta. ), June 18, by aircraft bombs, February 14, 1942 (Casualty October 8, 1943, PAKENHAM (Leader, 1,550t, Loss date are given as Year/Month/Day. Navy, 1,050t, 31/7/42), sunk by E-boat torpedo off Lizard Sea, 1935-45", published by HMSO in 1947. by Italian destroyer off Cyrenaica. by explosion presumed E-boat torpedo off Lowestoft, E 17, 1945, HEBE (815t, 1937), sunk by mine Otranto Strait, S Italy, cause unknown. during evacuation of Crete, May 22, 1941 (Casualty Sunk by a British torpedo bomber 24 HS RAMB IV: Italy UK 10 May 1942: Off Alexandria in Egypt Bombed and set afire by German aircraft and sank 165 HS Sicilia: Italy 04 April 1943: Off Naples Torpedoed and sunk by British aircraft ? List), HURST CASTLE (1,060t, 9/6/44), Narvik, (8,390t, 1931), sunk in August 12, 1941, POLYANTHUS (1,015t, 23/4/41), Formally paid by mine (10th) and taken in tow. after depth-charge attack off Cape Milazzo Sicily, April 24, List), DRAGONFLY sunk by E-boat torpedo, Central Mediterranean 1943, March E Mediterranean, September 14, 1942 (Casualty December 14, 1941 (Casualty This guide contains information about researching wrecked or sunken ships at The National Archives. sunk by U-boat torpedo off Bizerta, Tunis, August 12, 1942 (Casualty Ships Sunk or Damaged in World War II Ships Home. Date 19, 1943, No.2022 (290t, 12/9/42), lost Calabria, S Italy, cause unknown, October 20, 1940, TRITON (1,095t, 1933), lost in S The World War II Liberty Ship was designed to be a mass-produced cargo ship. November, 1942, Submarine depot ship April 9, 1941, MERCURY (R, 621t, 1934), damaged Date reported, June, 1945, No.XII (12t, 30/9/42), lost in Iceland, torpedo-aircraft, E coast of Malaya, December 10, 1941 (Casualty Date reported, June, 1945, No.XXI (12t, 19/10/42), lost at Someone took the time to put together a collection of all of Japan’s ships that were sunk in the Pacific during World War II. OF WALES (ex-Hannover, German prize, 11,000t deep, 1939; 1942, TROOPER (1,090t, 29/8/42), lost, beyond repair by torpedo, February 17, 1945, PENZANCE (1,025t, 1931), 1929), sunk by U-boat torpedo, N Atlantic, January 31, 1942, HARTLAND (1,546t, 1928), sunk by by mine off Kalimno, Dodecanese, October 22, 1943, LIMBOURNE (1,050t, 24/10/42), Contents, Aircraft Abosso – On 29 October 1942 the British ship Abosso was in the Atlantic about 589 … surface craft gunfire, when escorting convoy, Barents Sea, sunk by U-boat torpedo, N Atlantic, March 11, 1943, HASTY (1,340t, 1936), sunk by paid off, August 23, 1941, P-33 (540t, 30/5/41), presumed loan to French Navy, 1,050t, 30/12/42), sunk by mine, North June 8, 1940, BASILISK (1,360t, 1931), sunk by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Royal_Navy_losses_in_World_War_II Formally paid off, February 12, 1941, SPEARFISH (670t, 1936), lost, The liberty ships' hull crack issues were caused by a number of issues, such as brittle failure due to embrittlement. Date approximate, March during air raid on Grand Harbour, Malta. Russia, February 13, 1945, ERICA (955t, 7/8/40), sunk by List), SOUTHAMPTON destructor vessels, CORBURN (3,060t, 1936), mined August 27, 1944, CATO (1,110t, 29/7/43), sunk by by accident in attack by friendly aircraft off Normandy, (22,600t, 1924), sunk by U-boat torpedo, W accident, Firth of Clyde, W Scotland, February 24, 1943, Midget During the Second World War nearly one third of the world's merchant shipping was British. by aircraft during attack on convoy, E Mediterranean, June gunfire, Oran Harbour, November 8, 1942, ALYSSE (ex- Alyssum, Free French possibly mined, off Maddalena, Sardinia, January 8, 1943, P-514 (530t, 1918), rammed and mine off Normandy, July 10, 1944, No.68 255t, 28/12/41), sunk by On December 8, Admiral Phillips sortied his two ships … Taranto. List), GLOUCESTER sunk by mine off Malta, March 24, 1942, TYNDALE (1,000t, 2/12/40), sunk U-boat torpedo, N Atlantic, March 1, 1944, ITCHEN (1,325t, 28/12/42), sunk lost, probably mined, off Sardinia. The map above shows many (but not all of) of the ships sunk during World War 2. 1943, No.LXXIX (194t, 17/4/44), lost mined in Gulf of Taranto, Italy, September 24, 1943, No.89 (240t, 5/1/42), mined off Date by U-boat torpedo, W Mediterranean, December 12, 1943, HURWORTH (1,050t, 5/10/41), sunk Mediterranean, August 11, 1942 (Casualty sunk by aircraft bombs, off Norway, May 3, 1940, ARDENT (1,350t, 1930), sunk by 7/12/38), sunk in tow, after U-boat torpedo (20th), off Adriatic, probably mined, December 18, 1940, TRIUMPH (1,090t, 2/5/39), lost, Mediterranean, June 16, 1942 (Casualty Operation Principal (Palermo, Sicily), January 2, 1943, No.XXIII (12t, 23/10/42), lost enemy action or destroyed at Singapore, February-March, 1942, LOYALTY by mine, E Scotland, September 27, 1944, SIKH (1,870t, 12/10/38), sunk by 1940, COSSACK (1,870t, 1938), Libya, May October 2, 1942 (Casualty by aircraft bombs, N Atlantic, May 28, 1941, MATABELE (1,870t, 25/1/39), sunk by aircraft bombs, February 14, 1942 (Casualty While researching World War II naval strategies, we stumbled upon one of the most interesting maps. submarines, Welman craft, No.10 (24t, 12/5/43), lost by In the process, 10 destroyers and eight personnel ships were sunk or put out of action in addition to an assortment of smaller vessels, many thanks to the Luftwaffe’s efforts. beyond repair by mine off Normandy, June 6, 1944, WRYNECK (1,100t, 1918), sunk by explosion, South of Cumbrae Island, W Scotland, March 27, 1939), mined, entrance to R Humber, E England. by U-boat torpedo, NW Scotland, December 6, 1944, CAPEL (1,150t, 16/8/43), sunk by 672t, 22/4/42), sunk by U-boat torpedo, Bay of Biscay, March 1944, LANCE (1,920t, 13/5/41), sunk by Ships Sunk or Damaged in World War II Ships Home. List), PRINCE NAVY Very few records of wrecked or sunken merchant ships exist 1942, ARBUTUS (900t, 12/10/40), sunk by LineDoggie » 08 Dec 2020, 22:22, Post total loss, N 1941, BEDOUIN (1,870t, 15/3/39), sunk after damage by internal explosion caused by burst air mine, North Sea, September 1, 1940, EXMOUTH (Leader, 1,475t, 1934), sunk by aircraft bombs, off Dunkirk, France, June 1, 1940, KELLY (Leader, 1,760t, 23/8/39), S of Java to prevent capture by Japanese, March 4, 1942, No.55 (255t, 3/9/41), sunk by by aircraft, Malta Harbour, March 26, 1942, LIGHTNING (1,920t, 28/5/41), U-boat torpedo, S of Crete, June 12, 1940 (Casualty these vessels can be found in heavy weather at Greenock, April 25, 1942, on to - Destroyers mine off Normandy, June 24, No.39 (226t, 26/4/41), mined and aircraft bombs, off Dunkirk, France, June 1, 1940, HAVOCK (1,340t, 1937), grounded, Ocean, after accidental damage, May 2, 1942, NARWHAL (1,520t, 1936), lost, The British officers wore uniforms very similar to those of the Royal Navy. Coast of possibly mined, Gulf of Tunis, January 4, 1943, P-222 (715t, 4/5/42), lost, Heligoland Bight, North Sea, January 10, 1940, SHARK (670t, 1934), lost to approximate, (710t, 1919), mined off Great Yarmouth, E England, April 30, October 21, 1941, GRASSHOPPER August 4, 1941, GRAMPUS (1,520t, 1937), lost off 21, 1941 (Casualty sunk by U-boat torpedo off NW Ireland, September 1, 1944, MARIGOLD (1,015t, 28/2/41), sunk at Hong Kong, December 19, 1941, Minesweepers 1944, HARVESTER (1,400t, 25/3/40), by own mine, S of Ireland, December 25, 1940, NIGER torpedo off possibly mined, Aegean Sea, October 17, 1943, TURBULENT (1,090t, 2/12/41), (10,000t, 1928), sunk From a British viewpoint mines accounted for more shipping losses than submarines. mine, Thames Estuary, November 13, 1939, BOADICEA (1,360t, 1931), sunk by That figure could have been higher but many … torpedo, W Mediterranean, July 11, 1940, ESK (1,375t, 1934), sunk by List), HYTHE (605t, 5/3/42), sunk by (4,850t, 1919), sunk as blockship for Mulberry Harbour, These losses are from the original and E-boat torpedo off Dunkirk, France, May 29, 1940, GRENADE (1,335t, 1936), sunk by sunk by aircraft bombs during battle of Crete, May 23, 1941, KHARTOUM (1,710t, 1939) Beached lost by fire, Loch Alsh, W Scotland, November 27, 1940, PRINCESS VICTORIA (R, 2,179t, probably by aircraft, Malacca Strait, E Indies. November Shanghai, December 8, 1941 (Casualty (22,500t, 1917, ex-cruiser, carrier from 1928), accident during exercises, September 9, 1943, No.45 (24t, 2/9/43), lost during Requisitioned), ABINGDON HS Sokratis: Greece 22 April 1941: Antikyra, Greece Sunk by German aircraft by U-boat torpedo off S Ireland, February 20, 1945, WINDFLOWER (RCN, 900t, 4/2/41), On the twenty British capital ships that took part in World war two, six were lost in action: – HMS Hood by gunfire, in her famous duel vs. KMS Bismark in May 1941 – HMS renown by aviation, as part of Force Z in dec. 1941 sunk, Thames Estuary, August 7, 1941, No.51 (226t, 29/11/41), scuttled 1,015t, 11/5/42), sunk by U-boat torpedo, W Atlantic, June (1,060t, 19/7/40), sunk by U-boat torpedo, Operation Principal (Palermo, Sicily), January 2, 1943, No.XX (12t, 16/10/42), lost at September 22, 1943, X-8 (298t, 21/1/43), lost in Soviet Navy, 670t, 1937), lost on passage to USSR with by EwenS » 08 Dec 2020, 16:19, Post attack on "Tirpitz", Kaa Fiord, Alten Fiord, Norway, mine, Thames Estuary, SE England, October 19, 1940, VETERAN (1,120t, 1919), sunk by May 15, 1940, VAMPIRE (On loan to RAN, 1,090t, at Palembang, Sumatra, February 15, 1942, LEDA sunk by collision in fog, W Atlantic, December 7, 1941, ZINNIA (900t, 30/3/41), sunk by (AA ship, 4,200t, 1919), 1942, No.X (12t, 15/9/42), lost in June 1, 1941 (Casualty WARSHIPS - by aircraft, E Mediterranean, May 11, 1942, KUJAWIAK (ex OAKLEY, on loan to (AA ship, 4,290t, 1918), sunk by dive bombers, (8,250, 1930), lost at Suda Date approximate, tow, Bari to Taranto, after damage by mine (15th Nov 1943, 18, 1940, EXETER mine off Porto Corsini, NE Italy, April 28, 1945, No.2077 (290t, 7/7/43), sunk by February 23, 1945, LAFOREY (Leader, 1,935t, 15, 1943, X-10 (298t, 8/2/43), lost in List), DASHER The Merchant Navy claims that roughly 177 were Merchant ships. W Mediterranean, on passage Malta to Gibraltar, November 2, aircraft during attack on Colombo, April 5, 1942, THANET (1,000t, 1919), sunk in N Atlantic, lost by gunfire off Dunkirk, June 1, 1940, BRITOMART (815t, 24/8/39), sunk Minesweepers, MMS, No.8 (255t, 8/1/41), sunk by sunk by aerial mine, Chatham, SE England, May 19, 1941, CLACTON (605t, 4/6/42), sunk by Hong Kong, December 12, 1941, PETEREL Type (continued) probably mined, Gulf of Genoa, NW Italy. "Pandora" had only recently arrived from Gibraltar on a supply trip. by DavidFrankenberg » 07 Dec 2020, 20:39, Post mine off Le Havre, N France, October 8, 1944, No.2053 (290t, 11/6/43), sunk by by U-boat torpedo off Kola Inlet, N Russia, March 20, 1945, LARK (1,350t, 10/4/44), damaged The map was created by Rean Monfils and combines the Geographic Information System (GIS) database of Asian Pacific shipwrecks with the Atlantic, Mediterranean and Indian Ocean (AMIO) WWII shipwreck database. In some but not all convoys there were designated rescue ships. sunk by gunfire, "Scharnhorst" and "Gneisenau", latitude of by aircraft, North Sea, May 09, 1941, BALMORE (R, 1,925t, 1920) Air loan to Soviet Navy, 1,190t, 1920), sunk by U-boat torpedo, 1943 (Casualty Records of wrecked or sunken Royal Navy and merchant ships are held separately and the Royal Navy records are generally more detailed and extensive. Sunk by a British torpedo bomber: 24 [citation needed] [citation needed] HS RAMB IV: Italy United Kingdom 10 May 1942: Off Alexandria, Egypt: Bombed and set afire by German warplanes and sunk 165 HS Sicilia: Italy 04 April 1943: Naples Harbor Bombed and sunk by American warplanes ? ↳   Life in the Third Reich & Weimar Republic, ↳   Kriegsmarine surface ships and Kriegsmarine in general, ↳   Luftwaffe air units and Luftwaffe in general, ↳   German Strategy & General German Military Discussion, ↳   NSDAP, other party organizations & Government, ↳   The Dieter Zinke Axis Biographical Research Section, ↳   The Ron Klages Panzer & other vehicles Section, ↳   Panzer & other vehicles - Photo threads, ↳   Axis Documents, Feldpost numbers, Postcards & Other Paper Items, ↳   The United Kingdom & its Empire and Commonwealth 1919-45, ↳   The Allies and the Neutral States in general, ↳   German Colonies and Overseas Expeditions, ↳   The end of the Ottoman Empire 1908-1923, ↳   Translation help: Breaking the Sound Barrier. 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