List of shipwrecks in April 1944

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The list of shipwrecks in April 1944 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during April 1944.

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1 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1944
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the South Atlantic 10 nautical miles (19 km) west south west of Cape Point, South Africa (34°25′S 18°19′E / 34.417°S 18.317°E / -34.417; 18.317) by U-852 ( Germany Navy) with the loss of two of her 51 crew. Survivors were rescued by and (both  ).[1]
Jared Ingersoll  United States World War II: : The Liberty ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea west of Algiers, Algeria by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by USS Mills ( United States Navy). USS Mills and the tug ( United Kingdom Navy) towed the ship to Algiers where she was beached. Later repaired and returned to service.[2]
 Japan World War II: The coaster was sunk by gunfire and demolition charges in the Strait of Malacca by HMS Truculent ( United Kingdom Navy).[3][4]
 Japan World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean (25°59′N 131°19′E / 25.983°N 131.317°E / 25.983; 131.317) by USS Flying Fish ( United States Navy).[5]
 Germany Navy World War II: The auxiliary submarine chaser was bombed and sunk off Kalamata, Greece (37°01′N 22°05′E / 37.017°N 22.083°E / 37.017; 22.083) by British aircraft with the loss of four lives.[3][6]

2 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1944
Ship Country Description
 Japan World War II: The transport ship was sunk in an air raid on Truk by Consolidated B-24 Liberator and North American B-25 Mitchell aircraft of the United States Seventh Air Force.[3]
 Denmark World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Ems.[3]
 United Kingdom Navy The landing craft assault foundered during an exercise off Great Britain.[7][8]
 United Kingdom Navy The landing craft assault foundered during an exercise off Great Britain.[7][8]
U-360  Germany Navy World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Norwegian Sea south west of Bear Island, Norway (72°28′N 13°04′E / 72.467°N 13.067°E / 72.467; 13.067) by HMS Keppel ( United Kingdom Navy) with the loss of all 51 crew.[9]

3 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1944
Ship Country Description
 Germany World War II: The factory ship was set on fire and severely damaged in Kåfjord following an Allied attack on Tirpitz ( Germany Navy). The wreck was laid up, and scuttled in October 1944 by German forces. Raised in 1947, extended and returned to service in 1950 as Sande.[10]
 Germany Navy The Siebelgefäß landing craft was sunk on this date.[11]
 Germany Navy The PiLB 40 type landing craft was lost on this date.[12]
 Germany Navy The StuBo42 type landing craft/motor launch was sunk on this date.[13]
  The auxiliary guard boat was lost on this date.[14]
 Japan World War II: The cargo liner was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off the Nanpō Islands by USS Pollack ( United States Navy). One passenger died.[15][16]
U-288  Germany Navy World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Barents Sea (73°44′N 27°12′E / 73.733°N 27.200°E / 73.733; 27.200) by Fairey Swordfish aircraft of 819 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm, based on HMS Activity and Grumman TBM Avenger and Grumman F4F Wildcat aircraft of 846 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm based on HMS Tracker (both  United Kingdom Navy) with the loss of all 49 crew.[17]

4 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1944
Ship Country Description
 Imperial Japanese Army World War II: The transport was sunk in an air raid on Rabaul, New Guinea by Consolidated B-24 Liberator and North American B-25 Mitchell aircraft of the United States Thirteenth Air Force.[3][18]
I-169   World War II: The Kaidai-class submarine was sunk in a diving accident north-west of Dublon Island, Truk, during an air raid by Consolidated PBY-4 Liberator aircraft. All aboard died. 32 bodies were recovered in the following weeks.[19]
 Imperial Japanese Army World War II: The transport was sunk in an air raid on Rabaul by Consolidated B-25 Liberator and North American B-25 Mitchell aircraft of the United States Thirteenth Air Force. 32 crew members were killed.[3][18][20]
 Germany Navy The Siebelgefäß landing craft was sunk on this date.[11]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Sperrbrecher struck a mine and was severely damaged off Brest, Finistère, France.[3]

5 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1944
Ship Country Description
  World War II: The CHa-1-class auxiliary submarine chaser was sunk at Wake Island by Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft of VB-109, United States Navy.[3][21]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Type R-218 minesweeper was sunk off Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France by Allied aircraft.[22]
 Imperial Japanese Army World War II: The transport was sunk in an air raid on Rabaul by Consolidated B-25 Liberator and North American B-25 Mitchell aircraft of the United States Thirteenth Air Force with the loss of 28 lives.[3][23]
 Germany Navy The armed yacht/submarine chaser was lost on this date.[24]
 United States Navy The harbor tug was swamped and foundered 425 nautical miles (787 km) south west of Oahu, Hawaii (14°14′N 158°59′E / 14.233°N 158.983°E / 14.233; 158.983) while under tow from Pearl Harbor to Palmyra Island.[25]

6 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1944
Ship Country Description
 Germany Navy The Type C2 Marinefährprahm was sunk on this date.[26]
 Germany Navy The Type B Marinefährprahm was heavily damaged by Allied fighter-bombers off Piombino and grounded. One crew was killed and four wounded. The wreck was then sunk in Piombino by another air attack either the 7th or the 19th.[26][27]
 Japan World War II: The transport ship struck a mine and sank in the Yangtze-kiang.[3]
 United Kingdom Navy The landing craft personnel (small) was wrecked at Weymouth, England.[28][29]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Type R-151 minesweeper was sunk in the Tyrrhenian Sea off Cecina, Tuscany, Italy during a battle with Royal Navy motor torpedo boats.[3][30]
 Norway World War II: : The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (45°05′N 35°11′W / 45.083°N 35.183°W / 45.083; -35.183) by U-302 ( Germany Navy) with the loss of three of her 39 crew. Survivors were rescued by HMS Chelmer ( United Kingdom Navy).[31]
 Norway World War II: : The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (45°04′N 35°22′W / 45.067°N 35.367°W / 45.067; -35.367) by U-302 ( Germany Navy). All 42 crew were rescued by ( United Kingdom).[32]
U-302  Germany Navy World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (45°05′N 35°11′W / 45.083°N 35.183°W / 45.083; -35.183) by HMS Swale ( United Kingdom Navy) with the loss of all 51 crew.[33]
U-455  Germany Navy World War II: The Type VIIC submarine struck a mine and sank in the Ligurian Sea off Portofino, Genoa, Italy with the loss of all 51 crew.
 Germany World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Norwegian Sea off Stad, Norway by Ula ( Norway Navy).[34]

7 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1944
Ship Country Description
 Germany World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off Lista, Norway (58°08′N 06°32′E / 58.133°N 6.533°E / 58.133; 6.533) by HMS Unshaken ( United Kingdom Navy). All her crew were saved by an escort ship.[3][35]
I-2   World War II: The Type J1 submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Bismarck Sea 50 nautical miles (93 km) west north west of New Hanover, off Emirau Island (02°17′S 149°14′E / 2.283°S 149.233°E / -2.283; 149.233) by USS Saufley ( United States Navy). Lost with all 111 hands.[36]
Rion  Soviet Union World War II: The barge struck a mine and sank in the Black Sea (42°11′N 41°38′E / 42.183°N 41.633°E / 42.183; 41.633).[37]
U-856  Germany Navy World War II: The Type IX submarine was depth charged, shelled, rammed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (40°18′N 62°22′W / 40.300°N 62.367°W / 40.300; -62.367) by USS Champlin and USS Huse (both  United States Navy) with the loss of 27 of her 55 crew.[38][39][40]

8 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1944
Ship Country Description
  World War II: The ammunition ship was torpedoed in the Pacific Ocean 7 nautical miles (13 km) east of Guam (13��16′N 145°11′E / 13.267°N 145.183°E / 13.267; 145.183) by USS Seahorse ( United States Navy). Her cargo of gasoline exploded damaging Asakaze ( ). She drifted on fire for three days before coming to rest on a reef, and sinking partially submerged in shallow water, in Talafofo Bay, Guam on 11 April. Four crewmen were killed. She eventually sank completely post-war after damage by many typhoons over a number of years.[41][42]
 Italy World War II: The cargo ship was sunk at Venice during an Allied air raid.[3]
 United Kingdom World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the South Atlantic (11°55′S 19°52′W / 11.917°S 19.867°W / -11.917; -19.867) by U-843 ( Germany Navy) with the loss of two of the 68 people on board. Survivors were rescued by ( United Kingdom) or reached land in their lifeboat.[43][44]
U-2  Germany Navy The Type IIA submarine collided with the trawler Helmi Söhle ( Germany) in the Baltic Sea near Pillau, East Prussia and sank with the loss of seventeen of her 35 crew.
U-962  Germany Navy World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north west of Cape Finisterre, Spain (45°43′N 19°57′W / 45.717°N 19.950°W / 45.717; -19.950) by HMS Crane and HMS Cygnet (both  United Kingdom Navy) with the loss of all 50 crew.
 Germany Navy World War II: The Vorpostenboot struck a mine and sank off Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Inférieure.[3]

9 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1944
Ship Country Description
 Germany Navy The Type C2 Marinefährprahm was sunk on this date.[26]
 Japan World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the South China Sea south of Hainan, China.[3]
 Japan World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the East China Sea (33°50′N 128°01′E / 33.833°N 128.017°E / 33.833; 128.017) by USS Whale ( United States Navy) with all hands.[45][46]
 United Kingdom Navy World War II: The landing craft personnel (small) was wrecked at Weymouth, England.[47][29]
 Japan World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Pacific Ocean off the Mariana Islands (15°30′N 145°00′E / 15.500°N 145.000°E / 15.500; 145.000) by USS Seahorse ( United States Navy). She sank the next day. Seven troops and eleven crewmen were killed.[41][48]
 Germany Navy The PiLB 41 type landing craft was lost on this date.[49]
USS SC-497  United States Navy The SC-497-class submarine chaser grounded on Cook's Reef, off Mai Island, New Hebrides, and sank the next day.[50]
 Soviet Navy World War II: The A-2 (Higgins 78')-class motor torpedo boat was shelled and sunk by ( Germany Navy) in the Barents Sea during an attack on a German convoy. Two crewmen were made prisoners of war and 11 were killed.[3][51][52][53]
U-515  Germany Navy
U-515
World War II: The Type IXC submarine was depth charged and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean by USS Chatelain, USS Flaherty, USS Pillsbury and USS Pope (all  United States Navy). She surfaced, and was then bombed, shelled and sunk by the four destroyers and by Grumman TBF Avenger and Grumman F4F Wildcat aircraft based on USS Guadalcanal ( United States Navy) with the loss of sixteen of her 60 crew.

10 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 10 April 1944
Ship Country Description
 Germany Navy World War II: The minesweeper was bombed by Soviet aircraft and sunk in the Baltic Sea off Aseri, Estonia (59°30′N 27°05.09′E / 59.500°N 27.08483°E / 59.500; 27.08483).[54]
 United States World War II: : The cargo ship suffered a broken propeller shaft and was abandoned by her 51 crew. They were rescued by ( United Kingdom). Oldham was towed to St. John's, Newfoundland.[55]
 Germany Navy World War II: The river Sperrbrecher was bombed by Soviet aircraft in the Black Sea and had to be run aground north of Sulina. She was then abandoned.[56][57][58]
U-68  Germany Navy World War II: The Type IXC submarine was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (33°24′N 18°59′W / 33.400°N 18.983°W / 33.400; -18.983) by Grumman TBF Avenger and Grumman F4F Wildcat aircraft based on USS Guadalcanal ( United States Navy) with the loss of 56 of her 57 crew.

11 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1944
Ship Country Description
 Germany Navy World War II: The Type A Artilleriefährprahm was sunk at Stettin, Pomerania during an American air raid.[3]
Akigumo   World War II: The Kagerō-class destroyer was torpedoed and sunk in the Moro Gulf 30 nautical miles (56 km) south east of Zamboanga (6°43′N 122°23′E / 6.717°N 122.383°E / 6.717; 122.383) by USS Redfin ( United States Navy). One hundred and thirty-seven people were killed, including her commanding officer.
 Denmark World War II: The cargo ship was sunk at Stettin during an American air raid.[3]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Type B Marinefährprahm was sunk at Stettin during an American air raid.[3]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Marinefährprahm was sunk at Stettin during an American air raid.[3]
USS Holder  United States Navy World War II: The Edsall-class destroyer escort was torpedoed and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea off Algiers, Algeria by Luftwaffe aircraft. Her crew lost 17 killed and 12 wounded. She was towed to Oran and then to New York, where she was condemned. A 95-foot (29 m) section of her stern was used to repair USS Menges ( United States Navy).[59]
 Germany Navy World War II: The minesweeper was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea (43°22′N 07°00′E / 43.367°N 7.000°E / 43.367; 7.000) by HMS Untiring ( United Kingdom Navy). 14 crew members were killed and 3 of the 12 survivors were wounded.[3][60]
 Germany Navy World War II: The artillery training ship was bombed and destroyed by fire at Stettin in an American air raid.[3][61]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Type R-25 minesweeper was sunk in the Pilava-Konigsberg Canal by mines.[62]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Type R-151 minesweeper was sunk by Soviet aircraft at , Soviet Union. Raised, repaired, and put into Soviet Navy service as BO-51.[63][64]
 Germany World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Barents Sea off Kirkenes, Norway.[65]
U-108  Germany Navy World War II: The Type IXB submarine was bombed and sunk at Stettin in an American air raid. She was raised on 17 July and decommissioned. Scuttled on 24 April 1945.[3][66]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was sunk at Stettin during an American air raid.[3]
 Germany Navy The auxiliary submarine chaser was lost on this date.[67]

12 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1944
Ship Country Description
 United States Navy The rescue tugboat was sunk in a collision with the tugboat USS Abnaki ( United States Navy) off The Azores (44°04′N 24°08′W / 44.067°N 24.133°W / 44.067; -24.133).[68]
 Germany World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by HMS Untiring ( United Kingdom Navy).[3]
 Germany World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea (43°25′N 06°51′E / 43.417°N 6.850°E / 43.417; 6.850) south of Oneglia, Italy by HMS Untiring ( United Kingdom Navy).[3]
I-174   World War II: The Kaidai-class submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Pacific Ocean east of Truk, South Pacific Mandate (10°05′N 152°29′E / 10.083°N 152.483°E / 10.083; 152.483) by a Consolidated PB4Y Liberattor aircraft of United States Navy squadron VB-108. Lost with all 107 hands.
 Japan World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Hollandia, New Guinea by Douglas A-26 Invader, Consolidated B-24 Liberator, North American B-25 Mitchell and Martin B-26 Marauder aircraft of the United States Fifth Air Force.[3]
 United States Navy World War II: The PT boat was scuttled after running aground north of Crater Point, New Britain (05°21′S 152°09′E / 5.350°S 152.150°E / -5.350; 152.150). The whole crew was rescued.[69][70]
 Germany Navy The StuBo42 type landing craft/motor launch was destroyed by fire in Braila, Rumania.[13][71]
 Japan World War II: The cargo liner was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean east of Okinawa, Japan (08°08′N 128°57′E / 8.133°N 128.950°E / 8.133; 128.950) by USS Halibut ( United States Navy).[72]

13 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1944
Ship Country Description
 Germany Navy World War II: The Type C2 Marinefährprahm was sunk in the Black Sea by Soviet aircraft.[3][26]
Ikazuchi   World War II: The Fubuki-class destroyer was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean 200 nautical miles (370 km) south south east of Guam (10°13′N 143°51′E / 10.217°N 143.850°E / 10.217; 143.850) by USS Harder ( United States Navy). Lost with all hands.
Solvoll  Norway World War II: The fishing vessel was shelled and sunk in the Norwegian Sea 150 nautical miles (280 km) west of the Lofoten Islands by U-711 ( Germany Navy). All eight people on board were taken on board U-711 as prisoners and were held by the Gestapo until the end of the war.[73]

14 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1944
Ship Country Description
Bärenfels  Germany World War II: The cargo ship was sunk by a mine, placed by the British mini-submarine X-24, while at the coal-dock at Bergen. 11 men were killed.[74][75]
 United Kingdom World War II:
One of the ships damaged in the Bombay Explosion
Bombay Explosion: The cargo liner was lost as a result of the explosion of Fort Stikine ( United Kingdom) at Bombay, India.[76]
HMHS Chantilly  United Kingdom World War II: Bombay Explosion: The hospital ship was severely damaged by the explosion of Fort Stikine ( United Kingdom) at Bombay, India. She was subsequently repaired and returned to service.
 India Navy World War II: Bombay Explosion: The landing ship infantry (large) was burned out as a result of the explosion of Fort Stikine ( United Kingdom) at Bombay, India. Refloated in 1945 and towed to Mandapam and resunk as a breakwater.[77][78]
 United Kingdom World War II: Bombay Explosion: The Fort ship was severely damaged by the explosion of Fort Stikine ( United Kingdom) at Bombay, India. She was subsequently used as a hulk until scrapped in 1948. A crewman was killed.[79]
Fort Stikine  United Kingdom World War II: Bombay Explosion: The Fort ship exploded and sank at Bombay. The explosion resulted in the loss of many more ships.[80]
 Norway World War II: Bombay Explosion: The cargo ship was severely damaged by the explosion of Fort Stikine ( United Kingdom) and was declared a total loss. She was sold for scrap in July 1944.[81]
 Netherlands World War II: Bombay Explosion: The ship was lost as a result of the explosion of Fort Stikine ( United Kingdom) at Bombay, India. 15 of the people aboard were killed.[76][82][83]
 Netherlands World War II: Bombay Explosion: The ship was lost as a result of the explosion of Fort Stikine ( United Kingdom) at Bombay, India. Two crew members were killed.[76][82][84]
 Panama World War II: Bombay Explosion: The cargo ship was severely damaged by the explosion of Fort Stikine ( United Kingdom) and was declared a total loss.[85]
 British India World War II: Bombay Explosion: The ship was lifted by the tsunami caused by the explosion of Fort Stikine ( United Kingdom) and broke in two when slammed down on a dock at Bombay, India.[76]
 United Kingdom World War II: Bombay Explosion: The ship was lost as a result of the explosion of Fort Stikine ( United Kingdom) at Bombay, India.[76]
 United Kingdom Navy World War II: Bombay Explosion: The landing craft personnel (large) was destroyed by the explosion of Fort Stikine ( United Kingdom).[3]
 United Kingdom Navy World War II: Bombay Explosion: The landing craft personnel (ramp) was burnt out as a result of the explosion of Fort Stikine ( United Kingdom) at Bombay, India.[47][29]
 Panama World War II: Bombay Explosion: The cargo ship was severely damaged by the explosion of Fort Stikine ( United Kingdom) and was declared a total loss.[86]
 Egypt World War II: Bombay Explosion: The ship was lost as a result of the explosion of Fort Stikine ( United Kingdom) at Bombay, India.[76]
 Netherlands World War II: Bombay Explosion: The ship was burnt out as a result of the explosion of Fort Stikine ( United Kingdom) at Bombay, India. Eight of the people aboard were killed. Declared a total loss, she was sunk for use as a jetty.[76][87][88]
U-448  Germany Navy World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north east of the Azores, Portugal (46°22′N 19°35′W / 46.367°N 19.583°W / 46.367; -19.583) by HMS Pelican ( United Kingdom Navy) and HMCS Swansea ( Canada Navy) with the loss of nine of her 51 crew.[89]
 Germany Navy World War II: The fishing cutter was bombed and sunk in the Barents Sea off , Norway by Soviet aircraft.[3][90]

15 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1944
Ship Country Description
 Germany Navy The Type C2 Marinefährprahm was sunk on this date.[26]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Type C2M minelaying Marinefährprahm was sunk in the Black Sea by Soviet aircraft.[3][26]
 Germany World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off Egersund, Norway by HMS Venturer ( United Kingdom Navy).[91]
  The auxiliary guard boat was lost on this date.[14]
 Chile The cargo ship struck a rock in the Guia Narrows and was beached (58°45′S 74°25′W / 58.750°S 74.417°W / -58.750; -74.417). She was declared a total loss.[92]
 Germany Navy World War II: The naval trawler was bombed and sunk in the Barents Sea off , Norway by Soviet aircraft.[3]
 Japan World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Pacific Ocean off Honshu.[3]
 Germany Navy World War II: The submarine chaser was bombed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by British aircraft.[3]
W-7   World War II: The No.7-class minesweeper was torpedoed and sunk in the Indian Ocean off the Nicobar Islands (11°34′N 93°08′E / 11.567°N 93.133°E / 11.567; 93.133) by HMS Storm ( United Kingdom Navy).[93]

16 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1944
Ship Country Description
 Germany Navy World War II: The Type A Artilleriefährprahm was bombed and sunk at Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France by Allied aircraft.[3]
 Germany World War II: The lighter was sunk by a mine in the Black Sea.[94]
 Germany Navy The Type C Marinefährprahm was sunk on this date.[26]
 Japan World War II: Convoy H-22: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Philippine Sea by USS Paddle ( United States Navy). Nineteen troops and nineteen crewmen were killed.[95]
 United States World War II: : The Liberty ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Derna, Libya (32°38′N 23°08′E / 32.633°N 23.133°E / 32.633; 23.133) by U-407 ( Germany Navy) All 72 crew were rescued by HMS La Malouine ( United Kingdom Navy).[96][97]
 Japan World War II: Convoy H-22: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Philippine Sea by USS Paddle ( United States Navy). A total of 280 troops, nine gunners and 29 crewmen were killed.[95]
 Germany Navy The PiLB 40 type landing craft was lost on this date.[49]
Pan-Pennsylvania  United States World War II: : The was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean 200 nautical miles (370 km) east of New York (40°05′N 69°40′W / 40.083°N 69.667°W / 40.083; -69.667) by U-550 ( Germany Navy) with the loss of ten gunners and fifteen of her 56 crew. Survivors abandoned ship and were rescued by USS Joyce and USS Peterson (both  United States Navy). Some of the shells fired by USS Gandy, Joyce and Peterson (all  United States Navy) in sinking U-550 hit Pan-Pennsylvania setting her on fire (40°09′N 69°44′W / 40.150°N 69.733°W / 40.150; -69.733). Pan-Pennsylvania was scuttled by bombing and sank on 18 April at 40°24′N 69°37′W / 40.400°N 69.617°W / 40.400; -69.617 by Allied aircraft.[98][99]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Type R-41 minesweeper was sunk in the North Sea off Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands in a collision with ( Germany Navy).[3][100]
 Japan World War II: The cargo liner was torpedoed and sunk in the Philippine Sea by USS Redfin ( United States Navy).[101]
 United States World War II: : The Liberty ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea 17 nautical miles (31 km) off Derna (32°51′N 23°00′E / 32.850°N 23.000°E / 32.850; 23.000) by U-407 ( Germany Navy). All 70 crew abandoned ship and were rescued by HMS La Malouine ( United Kingdom Navy). Thomas G. Masaryk was taken in tow by ( United Kingdom Navy) and beached in . She was shelled and sunk in order to extinguish the fire that had started when she was torpedoed. She was refloated on 28 August and towed by HMS Captive to Port Said, Egypt but was declared a constructive total loss.[102][103]
U-550  Germany Navy
U-550

World War II: The IXC/40 submarine was depth charged, shelled, rammed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (40°09′N 69°44′W / 40.150°N 69.733°W / 40.150; -69.733) by USS Gandy, USS Joyce and USS Peterson (all  United States Navy) with the loss of 44 of her 56 crew. Survivors were taken as prisoners of war by USS Joyce.

 Japan World War II: The cargo liner was torpedoed and sunk in the Philippine Sea by USS Redfin ( United States Navy). 28 passengers and 5 crewmen killed.[101]

17 April[]

For the sinking of the Japanese Navy tanker Iro on this date, see List of shipwrecks in March 1944 § 31 March. For the sinking of HMMTB 266 on this date, see List of shipwrecks in March 1944 § 9 March.
List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1944
Ship Country Description
 Romania World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and set afire in the Black Sea by Soviet aircraft. She was a total loss.[3]
 Germany Navy World War II: The guard ship was torpedoed and sunk at Kos, Greece by Royal Navy motor torpedo boats.[3]
 Germany Navy World War II: The guard ship was torpedoed and sunk at Kos by Royal Navy motor torpedo boats.[3]
 United States World War II: The Liberty ship struck a mine and was damaged in the Mediterranean Sea off Salerno, Italy. She was beached at Naples but broke in two and was declared a constructive total loss.[104]
 Germany Navy World War II: The minesweeper struck a mine and sank in the German Bight.[3]
 Japan World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean by USS Harder ( United States Navy).[105]
  World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean by USS Searaven ( United States Navy).[3]
U-342  Germany Navy World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (60°32′N 29°20′W / 60.533°N 29.333°W / 60.533; -29.333) by a Consolidated PBY Catalina aircraft of 162 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force with the loss of all 51 crew.[106]
U-986  Germany Navy World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south west of Iceland (50°09′N 12°51′W / 50.150°N 12.850°W / 50.150; -12.850) by and USS Swift (both  United States Navy) with the loss of all 50 crew.[107]

18 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1944
Ship Country Description
 Soviet Navy The No. 1-class landing boat was lost on this date.[108]
 Soviet Navy World War II: The Leninets-class submarine was sunk in the Black Sea east of Constanta, Romania (43°28′N 31°32′E / 43.467°N 31.533°E / 43.467; 31.533) by ( Germany Navy).[109]
USS Gudgeon  United States Navy World War II: The Tambor-class submarine was bombed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Iwo Jima (22°52′N 143°32′E / 22.867°N 143.533°E / 22.867; 143.533) by a Mitsubishi G3M "Nell" bomber of the 901 Air Group, Imperial Japanese Navy.
Pan-Pennsylvania  United States World War II: : The damaged was scuttled by bombing by Allied aircraft and sank in the Atlantic Ocean at 40°24′N 69°37′W / 40.400°N 69.617°W / 40.400; -69.617.[98][99]
 Soviet Navy The Ya-5-class mortar motor boat was lost on this date.[110]
 Soviet Navy The Ya-5-class mortar motor boat was lost on this date.[110]

19 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1944
Ship Country Description
 Sweden Red Cross.pngRed Cross: World War II: The Red Cross-marked cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Sète, Hérault, France by Bristol Beaufighter aircraft of Royal Air Force. All 21 crew survived the attack.[3][111]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Type C2 Marinefährprahm was sunk by Allied fighter-bombers off Piombino, Italy.[26][112]
 Germany Navy World War II: The MZ-A landing craft was sunk by Allied fighter-bombers off Piombino, Italy. One crew was killed.[113][114]
 Japan World War II: The transport was sunk at Sabang, Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies by aircraft from HMS Illustrious ( United Kingdom Navy) and USS Saratoga ( United States Navy). A crewman was killed.[115]
 United States World War II: During a voyage from Port Townsend, Washington, to Dutch Harbor, Territory of Alaska, with a cargo of highly flammable cargo of fuel, the Liberty ship, operating as a cargo ship for the United States Army was torpedoed by I-180 ( ) and broke in two in the Pacific Ocean at 54°22′N 163°24′W / 54.367°N 163.400°W / 54.367; -163.400 (SS John Straub), approximately 20 nautical miles (37 km; 23 mi) southeast of Sanak Island in the Fox Islands subgroup of the Aleutian Islands. The bow section sank. The stern section was scuttled by the patrol frigate USS Albuquerque ( United States Navy). A passenger, 14 embarked personnel of the United States Navy Armed Guard, and 40 crewmen were killed. Her 15 survivors were rescued by the cargo ship FP 41 ( United States Army).[116][117][118]
 Spain World War II: The coaster was bombed and sunk in the Gulf of Lyon by Bristol Beaufighter aircraft of Royal Air Force. Two crew were killed.[3][119]
 Japan World War II: The tug was torpedoed and sunk in the Strait of Malacca by HMS Tantalus ( United Kingdom Navy).[3]
  World War II: The Kamitsu-class transport was sunk at Sabang, Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies by aircraft from HMS Illustrious ( United Kingdom Navy) and USS Saratoga ( United States Navy). Refloated 2 January 1945 and towed to Singapore.[120]
 Soviet Navy World War II: The K-15/M-17-class river minesweeping launch was sunk by a mine in the Black Sea. The crew was saved.[121][122]
 Sweden World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank off Warnemünde, Germany. Two crew were killed.[3][123][124][circular reference]
U-974  Germany Navy World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off Karmsund, Norway (59°08′N 5°23′E / 59.133°N 5.383°E / 59.133; 5.383) by Ula ( Norway Navy) with the loss of 42 of her 50 crew.[34][125]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Vorpostenboot was sunk in the North Sea by British aircraft.[3]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Vorpostenboot was sunk in the North Sea by British aircraft.[3]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Vorpostenboot was sunk in the North Sea by British aircraft.[3]

20 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1944
Ship Country Description
 Free France World War II: Convoy CAF 31: The passenger/cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Algeria by aircraft of the Luftwaffe. One gunner was killed.[3][126]
USS Lansdale  United States Navy World War II: Convoy UGS 38: The Benson-class destroyer was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Algiers, Algeria by Junkers Ju 88 aircraft of III Staffeln Kampfgeschwader 26 and Heinkel He 111 aircraft of I & II Staffeln, Kampfgeschwader 77, Luftwaffe with the loss of 47 of her 279 crew. Survivors were rescued by USS Menges and USS Newell (both  United States Navy).
 Norway Bergen explosion: The coaster was sunk at Bergen, Norway, by the explosion of Voorbode ( Germany Navy).[3][127]
 Soviet Navy The No. 11-class landing tender was lost on this date.[128]
Paul Hamilton  United States
Paul Hamilton exploding
World War II: Convoy UGS 38: The Liberty ship was torpedoed, blew up and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off Algiers (37°00′N 3°20′E / 37.000°N 3.333°E / 37.000; 3.333) by aircraft of III Staffeln, Kampfgeschwader 26 and I & II Staffeln, Kampfgeschwader 77, Luftwaffe. All 504 troops, 29 gunners and 47 crewmen aboard were killed.[3][129]
 Norway
Rogaland

Bergen explosion: The cargo ship was sunk at Bergen by the explosion of Voorbode ( Germany Navy). Raised later that year and laid up at . Repaired and returned to service in 1947.[3][130]

 United Kingdom World War II: Convoy UGS 38: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea northeast of Algiers, Algeria (37°02′N 3°41′E / 37.033°N 3.683°E / 37.033; 3.683) by aircraft of the Luftwaffe. One crew member was lost.[131]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Sperrbrecher was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off Schiermonnikoog, Friesland, Netherlands by Allied aircraft.[3]
 Germany Navy World War II: The submarine was sunk at Monfalcone, Friuli-Venezia-Giulia, Italy in an Allied air raid.[3]
 Germany Navy World War II: The submarine chaser, a former Gabbiano-class corvette, was sunk at Monfalcone by Allied aircraft.[132] She was further attacked and destroyed on 19 July 1944.[133]
Voorbode  Germany Navy Bergen explosion: The ammunition transport was sunk off Bergen by an accidental explosion. One hundred and fifty-eight people were killed. About 4,800 were wounded.

21 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1944
Ship Country Description
M-553  Germany Navy World War II: The Jan van Amstel-class minesweeper struck a mine and sank in the Baltic Sea off the coast of East Prussia. Raised 20 July 1944 and towed to Stettin.[134]
P A F #27  United States The 70-gross register ton, 65-foot (19.8 m) scow sank in the Gulf of Alaska approximately 120 nautical miles (220 km; 140 mi) off Cape Spencer on the coast of the Territory of Alaska.[135]
 Germany Navy World War II: The auxiliary minelayer struck a mine and sank in the Gulf of Finland, west of the Kurgalsky Peninsula (59°43.2′N 27°28.2′E / 59.7200°N 27.4700°E / 59.7200; 27.4700).[136]

22 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 22 April 1944
Ship Country Description
 Germany World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off Lista, Norway by Ula ( Norway Navy).[34]
 Germany World War II: The coaster struck a mine and sank in the Baltic Sea off Stralsund, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.[3][137]
 Japan World War II: The salvage vessel was torpedoed and sunk in the Strait of Malacca by HMS Taurus ( United Kingdom Navy).[3]
 Japan World War II: The tug was torpedoed and sunk in the Strait of Malacca by HMS Taurus ( United Kingdom Navy).[3]
  World War II: Convoy SHISA-17: The transport was bombed and sunk in the South China Sea 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north east of Cape St. Jacques Lighthouse, French Indochina, by Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft of the 308th Bomb Group, United States Fourteenth Air Force. Thirty-eight troops and 43 crewmen were killed.[138]
 Imperial Japanese Army World War II: Convoy SHISA-17: The London Maru-class transport was bombed and sunk in the South China Sea 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north east of Cape St. Jacques Lighthouse, French Indochina, by Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft of the 308th Bomb Group, United States Fourteenth Air Force. Two crewmen were killed.[139]
  World War II: Convoy SHISA-17: The Ikuta Maru-class transport was bombed and sunk in the South China Sea 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north east of Cape St. Jacques Lighthouse, French Indochina, by Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft of the 308th Bomb Group, United States Fourteenth Air Force. Nineteen troops, 27 other passengers, and seven crewmen were killed.[138]
 Soviet Union World War II: During a voyage with a cargo of acetone from Portland, Oregon, to Vladivostok in the Soviet Union via Akutan in the Aleutian Islands, the 2,864-gross register ton cargo liner was sunk by an unidentified submarine – almost certainly I-180 ( ) – in the North Pacific Ocean approximately 250 nautical miles (460 km; 290 mi) southeast of Dutch Harbor, Territory of Alaska. She exploded and sank in less than a minute, with 13 crewmen killed. The other 29 crewmen abandoned ship in a lifeboat, but only nine of them remained alive when the steamer Ola ( Soviet Union) rescued them six days later. Pavlin Vinogradov's master did not survive.[135][140]
 Germany Navy World War II: The auxiliary minelayer struck a mine and sank in the Baltic Sea.[141]
  World War II: The submarine chaser was torpedoed and sunk in the Strait of Malacca by HMS Sea Rover ( United Kingdom Navy).[3]
U-311  Germany Navy World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south west of Iceland (52°09′N 19°07′W / 52.150°N 19.117°W / 52.150; -19.117) by HMCS Matane and HMCS Swansea (both  Canada Navy) with the loss of all 51 crew.[142]
  World War II: Convoy SHISA-17: The tanker was bombed and sunk in the South China Sea 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north east of Cape St. Jacques Lighthouse, French Indochina, by Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft of the 308th Bomb Group, United States Fourteenth Air Force. Eighteen crewmen were killed.[138]

23 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1944
Ship Country Description
Amagiri   World War II: The Fubuki-class destroyer was sunk in the Makassar Strait 50 nautical miles (93 km) south of Balikpapan Borneo by a mine. Thirteen crewmen were killed. Survivors were rescued by the heavy cruiser Aoba and the light cruiser Ōi (both  ).[143]
 Japan World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Seto Inland Sea by the submarine USS Seadragon ( United States Navy).[144]
 Germany Navy World War II: The E-boat was badly damaged by a mine off Lefkada Island, Greece. Three crew were killed and five wounded. SHe was subsequently decommissioned on 31 October 1944 and scrapped.[145][146][147]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Seeteufel-class naval whaler/Vorpostenboot was torpedoed and damaged by Soviet aircraft. She was taken under tow, but later that day was bombed and sunk off Vardo by Soviet aircraft. 17 of her 54 crew were killed.[148][149]

24 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1944
Ship Country Description
 Germany Navy The Type C Marinefährprahm was sunk on this date.[26]
 United States The trawler sank south of Marathon Key, Florida at 24°40′N 81°04′W / 24.667°N 81.067°W / 24.667; -81.067.[150][151]
HMS LST-407  United Kingdom Navy The Mk 2 landing ship tank was run aground off Naples, Italy and was not repaired. Returned to the United States Navy in May 1945.[152]
 United Kingdom Navy World War II: The Fairmile D motor torpedo boat was shelled and sunk in the English Channel off Cape Barfleur, France by Kriegsmarine destroyers.[153]
 United Kingdom Navy World War II: The rescue tug was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel off Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom by ( Germany Navy).[154]

25 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 25 April 1944
Ship Country Description
 Germany Navy The Type A Marinefährprahm was sunk on this date.[26]
 Germany Navy The Type C Marinefährprahm was sunk on this date.[26]
 Germany Navy The Type C2 Marinefährprahm was sunk on this date.[26]
 Germany Navy The Type C2 Marinefährprahm was sunk on this date.[26]
 Soviet Navy The No. 11-class landing tender was lost on this date.[155]
 Germany Navy World War II: The tug was sunk in an Allied air raid on Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein. She was subsequently salvaged, repaired and returned to service.[156]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Type R-151 minesweeper was sunk in the Danube at Linz, Austria by a mine.[30]
T27  Germany Navy World War II: The torpedo boat was shelled and damaged in the English Channel in a battle with HMS Ashanti, HMS Black Prince (both  United Kingdom Navy), HMCS Haida and HMCS Huron (both  Canada Navy). She was beached at Morlaix, Manche, France on 27 April. T 27 was further damaged in an air attack on 3 May and was torpedoed and sunk by on 7 May.[3]
T29  Germany Navy World War II: The torpedo boat was shelled and sunk in the English Channel by HMCS Haida ( Canada Navy) with the loss of 62 of her 135 crew. Survivors were rescued by Kriegsmarine Vorpostenboote.[3]
TA23  Germany Navy World War II: The Ciclone-class torpedo boat was damaged by a mine off Capraia, Italy (43°02′N 10°12′E / 43.033°N 10.200°E / 43.033; 10.200). Scuttled by TA29 ( Germany Navy) when attacked by Royal Navy motor torpedo boats.[157]
 Japan World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean north west of Chichi-jima by USS Guavina ( United States Navy).[3]
 Germany Navy World War II: The submarine chaser, a former Gabbiano-class corvette, was scuttled at Venice, Italy after being damaged by Allied aircraft. Raised, repaired and returned to Italian service post-War.[132]

26 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1944
Ship Country Description
 Panama World War II: : The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy due to steering gear defects. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (54°16′N 31°58′W / 54.267°N 31.967°W / 54.267; -31.967) by U-859 ( Germany Navy) with the loss of one of her 55 crew. Survivors were rescued by HMS Affleck and HMS Bentley (both  United Kingdom Navy).[158]
 Germany World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk by aircraft south of Bodø, Norway.[159]
I-180   World War II: The Kaidai-class submarine was depth charged, hedgehogged and sunk in the Pacific Ocean south west of Chirikof Island (55°09′57″N 155°40′00″W / 55.16583°N 155.66667°W / 55.16583; -155.66667) by USS Gilmore ( United States Navy) with the loss of all 86 crew.
 Germany World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk by aircraft south of Bodø, Norway.[160]
 Finland World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Baltic Sea off Darß, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.[3]
 Japan World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean north of Borneo by USS Crevalle ( United States Navy).[3]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Marinefährprahm was sunk in the North Sea west of Fugloy, Faroe Islands by British aircraft. She was later salvaged and repaired.[3]
 Germany World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk at Borkum by British aircraft.[3]
 Germany World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk by aircraft off Fuglo, south of Bodø, Norway.[161]
 Japan World War II: The cargo liner was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Palau by USS Trigger ( United States Navy).[162]
 Japan World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean north west of by USS Guavina ( United States Navy).[3]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Schnellboot was sunk by La Combattante ( ) south of Beachy Head. 13 crew were killed.[163][164][165]
 Japan World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean by USS Bonefish ( United States Navy).[3]
U-488  Germany Navy World War II: The Type XIV submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of the Cape Verde Islands, Portugal (17°54′N 38°05′W / 17.900°N 38.083°W / 17.900; -38.083) by USS Barber, USS Frost, USS Huse and USS Snowden (all  United States Navy) with the loss of all 64 crew.
 Germany Navy World War II: The Vorpostenboot was sunk in the Bay of Biscay south of Belle Île, Finistère, France in an Allied air raid.[3]
 Germany Navy The Vorpostenboot suffered a boiler explosion and sank in the North Sea off IJmuiden, North Holland, Netherlands.[3]
 Japan World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Kii Channel by USS Sargo ( United States Navy).[166][167]
Yoshida Maru No.1  Imperial Japanese Army World War II: Convoy TAKE No. 1: The transport was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea (18°06′N 119°40′E / 18.100°N 119.667°E / 18.100; 119.667) by USS Jack ( United States Navy). 2,586 troops and 63 crewmen killed. 860 troops survived.[168]

27 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1944
Ship Country Description
 Japan World War II: The Standard Merchant Type 1K ore carrier was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean 150 nautical miles (280 km) west of Saipan (14°46′N 143°22′E / 14.767°N 143.367°E / 14.767; 143.367) by the submarine USS Seahorse ( United States Navy). Two troops and an unknown number of others were killed.[41]
 Germany World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk by aircraft at the Deutsche Werke yard in Kiel, Germany.[169]
Daisun  Japan World War II: The trawler was shelled and sunk in the South China Sea by the submarine USS Jack ( United States Navy).[170]
USS Etamin  United States Navy World War II: The Crater-class cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in Milne Bay, New Guinea, by Japanese aircraft. She consequently became a storage hulk.
 Japan World War II: Convoy OKI-509: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean (27°16′N 128°21′E / 27.267°N 128.350°E / 27.267; 128.350) by the submarine USS Halibut ( United States Navy). Two troops and a crewman were killed.[72]
  World War II: Convoy OKI-509: The Tsubame-class minelayer was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean (27°03′N 128°06′E / 27.050°N 128.100°E / 27.050; 128.100) by the submarine USS Halibut ( United States Navy).[72]
 Germany Navy World War II: The minesweeper, a KFK-class naval drifter, struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium.[3]
 Soviet Navy World War II: The G-5-class motor torpedo boat was shelled and sunk by German and Romanian surface ships in the Black Sea.[171][172]
U-803  Germany Navy World War II: The Type IXC/40 submarine struck a mine and sank in the Baltic Sea off Swinemünde, Pomerania, with the loss of nine of her 44 crew. Salvaged in August 1944 and cannibalized for parts.
 Germany Navy World War II: The auxiliary submarine chaser was torpedoed by ( Soviet Navy) in the Black Sea, losing her stern. 17 crew were killed. She was towed to Sebastopol and was scuttled there on 10 May.[172][173]
 Germany Navy World War II: The submarine chaser was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea (43°01′N 05°58′E / 43.017°N 5.967°E / 43.017; 5.967) off Toulon, Var, France, by HMS Untiring ( United Kingdom Navy). 20 crew members were killed or missing. There were 13 wounded and 49 survivors.[3][60][174]
Yūbari   World War II: The light cruiser was torpedoed and damaged in the Pacific Ocean off , southwest of Palau at (5°20′N 132°16′E / 5.333°N 132.267°E / 5.333; 132.267), by the submarine USS Bluegill ( United States Navy). She sank the next day. Nineteen crewmen were killed. Survivors were rescued by the destroyer Yūzuki ( ).

28 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1944
Ship Country Description
Helgoland  Germany Navy World War II: The rescue ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Gedser, Denmark.[3]
USS LST-507  United States Navy World War II: Convoy T-4: Battle of Lyme Bay: The landing ship tank was torpedoed and sunk in Lyme Bay (50°28′N 02°51′W / 50.467°N 2.850°W / 50.467; -2.850) by , , , . , , . and (all  Germany Navy).[3][175]
 United States Navy World War II: Convoy T-4: Battle of Lyme Bay: The landing ship tank was torpedoed and sunk in Lyme Bay (50°28′N 02°51′W / 50.467°N 2.850°W / 50.467; -2.850) by , , , . , , . and (all  Germany Navy).[3][176]
 Germany World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Aegean Sea off Heraklion, Greece by HMS Sportsman ( United Kingdom Navy).[3]

29 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1944
Ship Country Description
HMCS Athabaskan  Canada Navy World War II: The Tribal-class destroyer was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel off Saint-Brieuc, Côtes-du-Nord, France by T24 ( Germany Navy) with the loss of 124 of her 219 crew.
I-183   World War II: The Kaidai-class submarine was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean 30 nautical miles (56 km) south of Cape Ashizuri, Japan (32°07′N 133°03′E / 32.117°N 133.050°E / 32.117; 133.050) by USS Pogy ( United States Navy).[177]
Maria  United States The vessel sank south of Marathon Key, Florida at 24°41′N 81°05′W / 24.683°N 81.083°W / 24.683; -81.083.[150][178]
USS PT-346  United States Navy World War II: The PT boat was accidentally sunk in the Bismarck Sea off Cape Lambert, New Britain Island (04°13′S 151°27′E / 4.217°S 151.450°E / -4.217; 151.450) by Vought F4U Corsair, Grumman F6F Hellcat, Douglas SBD Dauntless, and Grumman TBF Avenger aircraft of the United States Navy. Nine crew were killed. Survivors were rescued by Consolidated PBY Catalina aircraft of the United States Navy.[179]
 United States Navy World War II: The PT boat was sunk in the Bismarck Sea off Cape Lambert, New Britain Island (04°13′S 151°27′E / 4.217°S 151.450°E / -4.217; 151.450) by Vought F4U Corsair, Grumman F6F Hellcat, Douglas SBD Dauntless and Grumman TBF Avenger aircraft of the United States Navy. Survivors were rescued by Consolidated PBY Catalina aircraft of the United States Navy.[180]
 Japan World War II: The coaster was shelled and sunk in the Malacca Strait (03°19′N 99°44′E / 3.317°N 99.733°E / 3.317; 99.733) by HMS Tantalus ( United Kingdom Navy).[181]
 France World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea off Cape Varella, French Indochina by USS Flasher ( United States Navy).[3]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Elbing-class torpedo boat was sunk with gunfire at Brignogan-Plages, Finistère, France.[182]
France Vichy French Navy World War II: The Arras-class aviso was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea off the Hon Doi Islands, Cape Varella, French Indochina (13°02′N 109°28′E / 13.033°N 109.467°E / 13.033; 109.467) by USS Flasher ( United States Navy).[183][184]
 Japan World War II: Convoy TAMA-17: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean (19°20′N 118°50′E / 19.333°N 118.833°E / 19.333; 118.833) by USS Bang ( United States Navy). Seven crewmen were killed.[185]
U-421  Germany Navy World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was bombed and sunk at Toulon, Var France during an American air raid.[186]

30 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1944
Ship Country Description
  World War II: The CHa-1-class auxiliary submarine chaser was sunk at Truk by American aircraft.[21]
 Japan World War II: Convoy TAMA-17: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean (19°22′N 118°45′E / 19.367°N 118.750°E / 19.367; 118.750) by USS Bang ( United States Navy). Four crewmen were killed.[187]
Ro-45   World War II: The Kaichū type submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Pacific Ocean 40 nautical miles (74 km) south of Truk (06°13′N 151°19′E / 6.217°N 151.317°E / 6.217; 151.317) by USS Macdonough and USS Stephen Potter (both  United States Navy). She was lost with all 74 crew.[188]
 United States World War II: : The Liberty ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Barents Sea off Bear Island, Norway by U-307 ( Germany Navy) with the loss of 43 of the 234 people on board. Survivors were rescued by ( United States and HMS Whitehall ( United Kingdom Navy), which scuttled the still-floating stern section of the ship.[189]

Unknown date[]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1944
Ship Country Description
 Germany Navy World War II: The Type C Marinefährprahm was sunk in the Black Sea by Soviet aircraft between 8 and 16 April.[3]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Type C Marinefährprahm was sunk in the Black Sea by Soviet aircraft between 8 and 16 April.[3]
 Germany Navy The Type C2 Marinefährprahm was sunk sometime in April.[26]
, , and  United Kingdom Navy The landing craft mechanized were lost in transit from the United States to India sometime in April.[190][191]
 United Kingdom Navy World War II: The landing craft personnel (ramped) was lost during an exercise at .[28][191]
  The auxiliary gunboat was lost sometime in April.[192]
U-193  Germany Navy The Type IXC/40 submarine was sunk in the Bay of Biscay on or after 23 April with the loss of all 59 crew. Cause unknown.
U-355  Germany Navy The Type VIIC submarine disappeared in the Barents Sea between 1 and 4 April with the loss of all 52 crew. Cause unknown.

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Ship events in 1944
Ship launches: 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
Ship commissionings: 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948
Ship decommissionings: 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
Shipwrecks: 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
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