The cargo ship ran aground off Redcar, Yorkshire.[14]
24 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1946
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The tanker collided with (United Kingdom) in The Downs off the coast of Kent, United Kingdom and was severely damaged at the bows.[15]
United States
The tanker ran aground off Sheerness, Kent, United Kingdom.[15]
27 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1946
Ship
Country
Description
United States Army
During a voyage transporting perishables and cargo from Seattle, Washington, to Kodiak, Territory of Alaska, and military bases in the Aleutian Islands, the 5,100-ton United States Army Transport – a refrigerated cargo ship – was abandoned when she ran aground off (51°25′15″N179°17′50″E / 51.42083°N 179.29722°E / 51.42083; 179.29722 (Kirilof Point)) on the coast of Amchitka Island in the Aleutians. A United States Navy rescue tug rescued her entire crew of 39. She later broke up.[16]
The Victory ship ran aground and sank, Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom.[22]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date January 1946
Ship
Country
Description
Akagi Maru
Japan
The merchant ship struck a mine and sank in the Seto Inland Sea off Okayama Prefecture, Japan. She was raised, repaired, and returned to service.
February[]
1 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1946
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with (United Kingdom) near the (United Kingdom), 10 nautical miles (19 km) east south east of Harwich (51°53′N1°32′E / 51.883°N 1.533°E / 51.883; 1.533). Fort Massac sank, Thornaby put into Harwich with severely damaged bows.[23]
The Type VIIDsubmarine was scuttled in the Sunda Strait by the destroyerHNLMS Kortenaer (Royal Netherlands Navy).[26]
Netherlands
The coaster collided with the minesweeperHNLMS Jan van Gelder (Royal Netherlands Navy) and sank off Ramsey, Isle of Man. All six crew were rescued by Jan van Gelder.[27]
With 480 people – 369 passengers and 111 crew members – aboard, the 5,746-gross register ton, 360-foot (109.7 m) steampassenger ship ran aground at in , Territory of Alaska, and broke in two. With surf reaching heights of 40 feet (12.2 m) and pounding the ship to pieces, rescue operations took three days. Eleven people – five civilians and six United States Army soldiers – died in the disaster.[29][30]
5 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 February 1946
Ship
Country
Description
U-1228
Kriegsmarine
The Type IXC/40submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean off the East Coast of the United States.[31]
6 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1946
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The coaster foundered in the Bristol Channel off Cornwall. All five crew were rescued.[32]
10 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1946
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
Capsized and sank south of Sogneoksen whilst on a voyage from Bulandet to Bergen, Norway.[33]
The coaster collided with Alfred Victory (United States) 16 nautical miles (30 km) south west of Beachy Head, Sussex, United Kingdom and sank with the loss of one of her seventeen crew.[37]
Lake Crystal
United States
Under tow by a tug and carrying a cargo of coal, the 254-foot (77 m), 2,308-gross register tonbarge sank in heavy seas in 130 feet (40 m) of water in Block Island Sound 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) southeast of Watch Hill, Rhode Island, at 41°15.985′N071°46.428′W / 41.266417°N 71.773800°W / 41.266417; -71.773800 (Lake Crystal), with the loss of seven lives. There was one survivor.[38]
15 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1946
Ship
Country
Description
I-502
Imperial Japanese Navy
The Type IXD2submarine was scuttled in the Strait of Malacca off Singapore by HMS Loch Lomond (Royal Navy).[39]
The Type IXD1 submarine was scuttled in the Bali Sea east of the Kangean Islands, Dutch East Indies by a Royal Navy ship.[40]
Netherlands
The coaster collided with Edward R. Squibb (United States) east of the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom and sank. All eight people on board were rescued.[37]
16 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 February 1946
Ship
Country
Description
Canada
During a voyage from St. John, New Brunswick, Canada, to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, via Tiverton, Nova Scotia, the 119-foot (36 m), 265-gross register ton coastal screw steamer sank in approximately 400 feet (120 m) of water in the Bay of Fundy 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) southeast of Swallowtail Lighthouse on Grand Manan during a blizzard. Her entire crew of 13 men abandoned ship in a 17-foot (5.2 m) lifeboat, but by the time the lifeboat came ashore at Digby Neck, Nova Scotia, 19 hours later, 12 of them had died of hypothermia, leaving her captain as her only survivor.[41]
17 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1946
Ship
Country
Description
Soviet Union
The 10,488-ton Type T2 tanker broke in two in a storm in the Pacific Ocean approximately 40 nautical miles (74 km; 46 mi) south of Adak in the Aleutian Islands. Three Soviet ships rescued 15 survivors from the forward part of the ship. The tankerPuente Hills (United States) rescued 23 men and women from the after section of the ship, which she then towed to Port Angeles, Washington with 20 people still aboard it. Both sections of the ship remained afloat and eventually were scrapped.[42][43]
19 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1946
Ship
Country
Description
Soviet Navy
The MAL 2 type landing fire support lighter (Soviet designation unknown) was wrecked.[44]
21 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 February 1946
Ship
Country
Description
Edna S
United States
The 20-gross register ton, 42.4-foot (12.9 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire near Hoonah, Territory of Alaska.[45]
24 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1946
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The steamship struck a mine in the Kattegat and sank with the loss of nine crew.[33]
25 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1946
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship struck a mine and sank 18 nautical miles (33 km) north of Dieppe, France. All crew were rescued by the trawler André Marcel (France).[46]
28 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1946
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship was hit by (United States) after the latter broke free from her moorings in a gale at Gibraltar. Two hours later, there were two explosions on board and she sank with the loss of five of her 34 crew.[47][48]
The 10,488-gross register tonT2 tanker broke in two in a storm in the North Pacific Ocean southeast of Attu Island, about 800 nautical miles (1,500 km; 920 mi) southwest of Adak, Alaska. Two cats died, but there was no loss of human life. Her bow section later was sunk by gunfire by the patrol frigateUSS Orlando (United States Navy). Her stern section reached the vicinity of Adak under its own power, where the tugSarsi (United States) came to its assistance. The stern section was towed to Anchorage, Alaska, where it served as a floating power plant from 1946 to 1955. It was then towed to Seattle, Washington, where it received a new bow around 1957 and returned to service as Angelo Petri (United States).[54]
2 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1946
Ship
Country
Description
Belgium
The cargo ship collided with (Belgium) in the Scheldt and was beached to avoid sinking. Later repaired and returned to service.[55]
United Kingdom
The ocean liner caught fire at Canada Dock, Liverpool, Lancashire and sank. Declared a total loss, scrapped in 1947.[23]
4 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1946
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The cargo ship was wrecked and broke in two at Kish Bank, Ireland.[56]
The cargo ship, loaded with ammunition, collided with (United Kingdom) in the English Channel off Dover, Kent, United Kingdom and sank. All crew were rescued by Lombardy.[59] On 22 July 1967, attempted removal of the wreck caused a major explosion, damaging property onshore.[60]
6 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1946
Ship
Country
Description
United States Navy
The LSM-1-class Landing Ship Medium was sunk as a torpedo target by a United States Navysubmarine in the Pacific Ocean off Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.[61][62]
Imperial Japanese Navy
The incomplete Ohama-class escort foundered from leaks at Yokohama, Japan.[63]
9 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1946
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The Liberty ship was driven ashore near the , Norway. She was later refloated and towed to the United States. Subsequently served as a hulk with the United States Navy.[3]
Operation Road's End: The captured Type B1submarine and the submarine Ha-106 (Imperial Japanese Navy), lashed alongside, were sunk by United States Navydemolition charges in the East China Sea off Japan's Gotō Islands.[86]
I-47
Imperial Japanese Navy
Operation Road's End: The captured Type B2submarine was sunk by the United States Navy forces in the East China Sea off Japan's Gotō Islands.[87]
Operation Road's End: The captured Type D1submarine was sunk by United States Navydemolition charges in the East China Sea off Japan's Gotō Islands.[95]
I-367
Imperial Japanese Navy
Operation Road's End: The captured Type D1submarine was sunk by a United States Navydemolition charge in the East China Sea off Japan's Gotō Islands.[96]
Operation Road's End: The captured submarine was sunk by a United States Navy forces in the East China Sea 16 nautical miles (30 km) due east of in Japan's Gotō Islands.[98]
The captured I-201-classsubmarine was scuttled by the United States Navy in the East China Sea off Japan's Gotō Islands, 13 nautical miles (15 miles; 24 km) off .[101]
The former protected cruiser was scuttled in the Pacific Ocean off San Francisco, California.
9 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1946
Ship
Country
Description
Empire Bridge
United Kingdom
The coaster collided with the wreck of Fort Massac during salvage operations. She was holed and quickly sank in an upright position. A salvage attempt on 23 August only succeeded in turning her on her side, and she was declared a total loss.
The captured submarine possibly was scuttled in the Pacific Ocean off the Kii Channel. (Some sources claim she was scrapped rather than scuttled.)[106]
Imperial Japanese Navy
The captured submarine possibly was scuttled in the Pacific Ocean off the Kii Channel. (Some sources claim she was scrapped rather than scuttled.)[107]
16 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1946
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The cargo ship ran aground in the Krakhellesundet whilst on a voyage from Bergen to Ålesund, Norway.[33]
I-503
Imperial Japanese Navy
The Marcello-classsubmarine was scuttled in the Inland Sea off Kobe, Japan by the United States Navy.[108]
I-504
Imperial Japanese Navy
The Marconi-classsubmarine was scuttled in the Kii Channel by the United States Navy.[109]
17 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1946
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The fishing boat sprang a leak and sank in the West Ice off Greenland.[33]
USS Wasp
United States Navy
The Essex-classaircraft carrier ran aground off the coast of New Jersey.[53]
World War II: The ship struck a mine and sank at Henningsvær, Lofoten Islands, Norway.[33]
24 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1946
Ship
Country
Description
Greece
The cargo ship ran aground on Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. Her crew were rescued by HMCS Middlesex (Royal Canadian Navy).[110]
26 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1946
Ship
Country
Description
Warrigal
United States
The 9-gross register ton, 30.8-foot (9.4 m) fishing vessel was stranded and lost at the southwest end of Chichagof Pass in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[111]
28 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1946
Ship
Country
Description
Netherlands
The coaster capsized and sank in , United Kingdom with the loss of two of the eight people on board.[112]
The surrendered S 7-class motor torpedo boat was scuttled.[118]
United States Navy
The surrendered S 7-class motor torpedo boat was scuttled.[118]
United States Navy
The surrendered S 7-class motor torpedo boat was scuttled.[119]
6 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 May 1946
Ship
Country
Description
Imperial Japanese Navy
The wreck of the incomplete submarine – refloated in April 1946 after sinking in a typhoon in August 1945 – was scuttled in the Pacific Ocean off the Kii Channel. The wreck again was refloated in 1952 and scrapped.[120]
Whilst on tow and sheltering in Mount's Bay from an easterly gale, the Danae-classcruiser drifted onto the Larrigan, rocks and stranded at low tide. Refloated several hours later she continued on her journey from Falmouth to the Clyde for scrapping.[121]
: The captured submarine was sunk by gunfire by the destroyerHMAS Quiberon (Royal Australian Navy) and the sloop-of-warHMIS Sutlej (Royal Indian Navy) in the Inland Sea.[122][123][124]
I-153
Imperial Japanese Navy
: The captured Kaidai-class submarine was sunk by gunfire by the destroyer HMAS Quiberon (Royal Australian Navy) and the sloop-of-war HMIS Sutlej (Royal Indian Navy) in the Inland Sea.[122][123][124] (Some sources say she was scrapped rather than sunk.)[125]
I-154
Imperial Japanese Navy
: The captured Kaidai-class submarine was sunk by gunfire by the destroyer HMAS Quiberon (Royal Australian Navy) and the sloop-of-war HMIS Sutlej (Royal Indian Navy) in the Inland Sea.[122][123][124][126]
I-155
Imperial Japanese Navy
: The captured Kaidai-class submarine was sunk by gunfire by the destroyer HMAS Quiberon (Royal Australian Navy) and the sloop-of-war HMIS Sutlej (Royal Indian Navy) in the Inland Sea.[122][123][124][127]
: The captured Type L3 submarine was sunk by gunfire by the destroyer HMAS Quiberon (Royal Australian Navy) and the sloop-of-war HMIS Sutlej (Royal Indian Navy) in the Inland Sea.[122][123][124]
Ro-62
Imperial Japanese Navy
: The captured Type L4 submarine was sunk by gunfire by the destroyer HMAS Quiberon (Royal Australian Navy) and the sloop-of-war HMIS Sutlej (Royal Indian Navy) in the Inland Sea.[122][123][124][128]
Ro-63
Imperial Japanese Navy
: The captured Type L4 submarine was sunk by gunfire by the destroyer HMAS Quiberon (Royal Australian Navy) and the sloop-of-war HMIS Sutlej (Royal Indian Navy) in the Inland Sea.[122][123][124][129]
The T2 tanker broke in two and sank in the Pacific Ocean 720 nautical miles (1,330 km) south of Attu Island, Alaska. She was on a voyage from Yokohama, Japan to San Pedro.[131]
The Achelous-classlanding craftrepair ship, hard aground on Kama Rock, Iwo Jima, since 1 December 1945, was blown up with explosive charges after being stripped of all salvageable equipment.
The decommissioned Caldwell-classdestroyer, formerly USS Craven and USS Conway (United States Navy), was scuttled in the Tasman Sea off Sydney, Australia.
26 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 May 1946
Ship
Country
Description
Germany
The cargo ship was scuttled in the Baltic Sea.[135]
The tanker was wrecked in the Kiel Fjord, Germany. Scrapped at Blyth, United Kingdom, from November 1947.[142]
7 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 June 1946
Ship
Country
Description
Kamikaze
Japan
The repatriation ship, a former Kamikaze-classdestroyer, ran aground off Cape Omaezaki, Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, at (34°38′N138°8′E / 34.633°N 138.133°E / 34.633; 138.133 (Kamikaze)) while coming to the aide of Kunashiri (Japan) and was declared a constructive total loss.[143]
The Buckley-classdestroyer escort was scuttled 100 nautical miles (190 km) off New York.
13 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 June 1946
Ship
Country
Description
Germany
The cargo ship was scuttled off Arendal, Norway.[145]
16 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1946
Ship
Country
Description
Meerkerk
Netherlands
The ship struck a mine off Westkapelle, Netherlands. 12 crew jumped overboard and were drowned. The remainder, including 14 passengers, were rescued. The ship sank on 18 June.[146]
18 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 June 1946
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The Liberty ship was driven ashore at Pernambuco, Brazil. She was later refloated and laid up. Consequently scrapped in 1946.[147]
Wafico No. 8
United States
The 8-gross register ton, 30.9-foot (9.4 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in on the southwest end of Kodiak Island in the Territory of Alaska.[111]
20 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 June 1946
Ship
Country
Description
Germany
The cargo ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak.[148]
The submarine was rammed by the destroyerLepanto (Spanish Navy) and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off the Balearic Islands with the loss of all 46 crew.[150]
Miss D
United States
The 23-gross register ton, 49.9-foot (15.2 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Anchorage, Territory of Alaska.[151]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1946
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on Porthminster Beach, St. Ives whilst under tow to breakers yard. Later refloated and continued her journey.[152]
United States
The Liberty ship was scuttled in the North Sea with a cargo of obsolete chemical munitions.[153]
July[]
1 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1946
Ship
Country
Description
USS Anderson
United States Navy
The atomic bomb explosion of 1 July 1946.
Operation Crossroads: The decommissioned Sims-classdestroyer was sunk as a target by an atomic bomb at Bikini Atoll.
USS Carlisle
United States Navy
Operation Crossroads: The decommissioned Gilliam-classattack transport was sunk as a target by an atomic bomb at Bikini Atoll.
USS Gilliam
United States Navy
Operation Crossroads: The decommissioned Gilliam-class attack transport was sunk as a target by an atomic bomb at Bikini Atoll.
The decommissioned and abandoned non-self propelled auxiliary vessel sank at dock in Subic Bay, Philippines.[159][160]
Somehow
United States
The 14-gross register ton, 33.3-foot (10.1 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Elfin Cove in Southeast Alaska.[54]
20 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1946
Ship
Country
Description
Z45
Germany
World War II: The incomplete Type 1936B destroyer was scuttled in the Skagerrak.[161]
22 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 July 1946
Ship
Country
Description
Cougar
United States
The 43-gross register ton, 59.2-foot (18.0 m) fishing vessel sank in the Shelikof Strait 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) off (57°39′45″N154°13′50″W / 57.66250°N 154.23056°W / 57.66250; -154.23056 (Rocky Point)) on the coast of Kodiak Island in the Territory of Alaska's Kodiak Archipelago with the loss of three crewmen and seven or eight passengers. The sole survivor was a man who clung to a floating gasoline tank for 11 hours until a passing fishing vessel rescued him.[16]
25 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1946
Ship
Country
Description
USS Apogon
United States Navy
Operation Crossroads: The decommissioned Balao-classsubmarine was sunk as a target by an atomic bomb at Bikini Atoll.
USS Arkansas
United States Navy
Operation Crossroads: The decommissioned Wyoming-classbattleship was sunk as a target by an atomic bomb at Bikini Atoll.
USS LSM-60
United States Navy
The atomic explosion beneath LSM-60.
Operation Crossroads: The decommissioned LSM-1-classmedium landing ship disintegrated in the explosion of an atomic bomb suspended beneath her at Bikini Atoll during atomic bomb testing.
USS Pilotfish
United States Navy
Operation Crossroads: The decommissioned Balao-class submarine was sunk as a target by an atomic bomb at Bikini Atoll.
Operation Crossroads: The decommissioned Lexington-classaircraft carrier was sunk as a target by an atomic bomb at Bikini Atoll.
USS Skipjack
United States Navy
Operation Crossroads: The decommissioned Salmon-class submarine was sunk as a target by an atomic bomb at Bikini Atoll. She later was raised for further use as a target ship and sunk again in August 1948.
United States Navy
Operation Crossroads: The fuel oil barge was sunk as a target by an atomic bomb at Bikini Atoll.
26 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 July 1946
Ship
Country
Description
Germany
The incomplete Type 1941 torpedo boat was scuttled by the United States as a means of disposing of chemical weapons that had been loaded aboard.[162][163]
Germany
The incomplete Type 1941 torpedo boat was scuttled by the United States as a means of disposing of chemical weapons that had been loaded aboard.[162][163]
Germany
The incomplete Type 1941 torpedo boat was scuttled by the United States as a means of disposing of chemical weapons that had been loaded aboard.[162][163]
Germany
The torpedotraining ship, a former Type 1940minesweeper, was scuttled in the Skagerrak by the Allies.[164]
27 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1946
Ship
Country
Description
Kanaga
United States
The 60-gross register ton, 61.6-foot (18.8 m) fishing vessel was wrecked in Southeast Alaska, 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) south of Sitka, Territory of Alaska.[130]
30 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1946
Ship
Country
Description
Nagato
United States Navy
Operation Crossroads: The captured Nagato-classbattleship sank at Bikini Atoll due to damage sustained on 25 July 1946 as a test target in an atomic bomb explosion.
The sternwheel ferry capsized and sank in a storm while only on her fourth voyage on Lake Nyasa 7 nautical miles (13 km) near Florence Bay with the loss of 145 lives.[165] The Malawi Department of Antiquities's sign at the Memorial site at Fort Johnston (now Mangochi) confirms the loss of life as being 145.
31 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 31 July 1946
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The cargo ship collided with William J. Riddle (United States) in the Atlantic Ocean and was severely damaged and abandoned. All passengers and crew rescued by William J. Riddle. American Farmer was initially reported to have sunk, but later reported to be still afloat.[166]
Argyle
Canada
The cargo ship ran aground and was wrecked near Punta Gorda, Cuba while on passage from Baracoa for Miami with bananas.[167]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in July 1946
Ship
Country
Description
Patrick Henry
United States
The Liberty ship ran aground on a reef off the coast of Florida and was severely damaged
August[]
1 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1946
Ship
Country
Description
Peregrin
United States
The 13-gross register ton 34.3-foot (10.5 m) motor vessel was destroyed by fire at Naknek, Territory of Alaska.[28]
The tug suffered a failure of her steering gear off Beachy Head, Sussex. She was taken in tow by HMS Zephyr (Royal Navy) and anchored off Folkestone, Kent where she later sank with the loss of a crewman.[176]
The tug was run aground near the mouth of the Clarence River at Yamba, New South Wales, Australia, after beginning to take on water. She was declared a total loss.
Corfu Channel Incident: The S-classdestroyer suffered heavy damage when she struck a mine in the Corfu Channel which blew her bow off. Eleven of her crew were killed and 25 others were listed as missing and presumed dead. She returned to base stern-first. She was declared a total loss and scrapped.
HMS Volage
Royal Navy
Corfu Channel Incident: The V-classdestroyer suffered heavy damage when she struck a mine in the Corfu Channel which blew her bow off while she was attempting to tow HMS Saumarez (Royal Navy) to safety. One of her crew was killed and seven others were listed as missing and presumed dead. She returned to base stern-first. She was eventually repaired and returned to service.
24 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1946
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The cargo ship ran aground east of Lindesnes whilst on a voyage from Korshamn to Oslo, Norway.[33]
26 October[]
For the loss of the German cargo ship Arizona on or after this date, see List of shipwrecks in April 1944 § 17 April.
List of shipwrecks: 26 October 1946
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The Liberty ship was scuttled in the North Sea with a cargo of obsolete chemical ammunition.[187]
28 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1946
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The coaster sprang a leak and sank in the North Sea whilst on a voyage from Lowestoft, United Kingdom to Kristiansand, Norway.[33]
29 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1946
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship foundered off Sfax, Tunisia with the loss of four of her 35 crew.[188]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1946
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The Liberty ship was scuttled with a cargo of obsolete chemical ammunition.[189]
The surrendered Gyoraitei No. 31-class motor torpedo boat was lost on this date.[190]
Norway
The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank in the Åland Sea west of Almagrundet, Sweden whilst on a voyage from Kotka, Finland to Stavanger, Norway.[33]
3 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1946
Ship
Country
Description
A T T No. 1
United States
The 3,577-gross register ton, 314.8-foot (96.0 m) barge was wrecked on the northeast coast of Amukta in the Aleutian Islands.[191]
4 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 November 1946
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The motor vessel ran aground at Kragerø, Norway.[33]
5 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1946
Ship
Country
Description
Royal Navy
The naval trawler was sunk by the explosion of a depth charge whilst engaged in an operation to disperse the wreck of (Belgium) off Deal, Kent. Four crew were killed and three were injured.[192]
Norway
The coaster suffered engine failure and struck rocks whilst on a voyage from Grimstad to Haugesund, Norway.[33]
11 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1946
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground in the English Channel off Berville-sur-Mer, Eure, France and broke her back. She was declared a constructive total loss.[23]
13 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 November 1946
Ship
Country
Description
U-977
United States Navy
The Type VIICsubmarine was sunk as a torpedo target in the Atlantic Ocean off Massachusetts by the submarine USS Atule (United States Navy).
14 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 November 1946
Ship
Country
Description
Charmouth
United Kingdom
World War II: The trawler (195 GRT) was sunk by a mine off Ballycotton, County York, Ireland. Nine crew were killed. There were five survivors.[193]
The Duiveland-classminesweeper was sunk by a Japanese mine on 19 November 1946 near Balikpapan, Netherlands East Indies. Three crewmen were killed.[195]
The coaster disappeared on a voyage between Port Talbot and Rosslare.
United Kingdom
The coaster was in collision with Empire Brent (United Kingdom) in the River Mersey and sank with the loss of 160 of the 210 cattle she was carrying.[196]
22 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 November 1946
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The cargo ship ran aground west of the Geita Lighthouse, whilst on a voyage from Bergen to Bodø, Norway.[33]
26 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 November 1946
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The dredger sank in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all six crew.[197]
27 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 November 1946
Ship
Country
Description
Lasknes
Norway
The cargo ship ran aground off , Norway, broke in two and sank.
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1946
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The tanker ran aground at Porthcawl, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. Still aground on 25 December.[198]
December[]
1 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1946
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The tanker was driven ashore at Sker Point, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 6 February 1947 and taken in to Swansea, Glamorgan.[199]
Operation Crossroads: The Admiral Hipper-classheavy cruiser capsized and sank at Kwajalein Atoll due to an unrepaired leak caused by damage when she was used as a target in atomic bombtests at Bikini Atoll on 1 and 25 July 1946.
The seaplane tender/catapult ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak, laden with gas shells.[211]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date December 1946
Ship
Country
Description
HMS H 97
Royal Navy
The captured German destroyer was beached to prevent her from sinking due to corroded bottom plates.[212]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: unknown 1946
Ship
Country
Description
Alice L. Pendleton
United States
The 228-foot (69 m), 1,349-gross register ton four-mastedlumberschooner was abandoned at the on the west side of the Mystic River in Noank, Connecticut, sometime during the 1940s, gradually rotted away, and settled on the river bottom in 10 feet (3.0 m) of water.[213]
Claus Von Bevern
Germany
The test ship, a former torpedo boat, was scuttled in the Skagerrak, laden with gas shells.[214]
^"Steamer Sinks in the Girond Estuary". The Times. No. 50364. London. 31 January 1946. col C, p. 3.
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