List of shipwrecks in August 1944

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

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1 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1944
Ship Country Description
 Japan World War II: The ammunition transporter was bombed and sunk in the Banda Sea by Consolidated PBY Catalina aircraft of the United States Navy.[1]
 Soviet Navy The G-5-class motor torpedo boat was sunk by a mine with all hands in the Dniester estuary.[2][3]

2 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1944
Ship Country Description
 Germany Navy World War II: The guard ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Eiderstedt, Schleswig-Holstein.[1]
USS Fiske  United States Navy
USS Fiske

World War II: The Edsall-class destroyer escort was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (47°11′N 33°29′W / 47.183°N 33.483°W / 47.183; -33.483) by U-804 ( Germany Navy) with the loss of 33 of her 209 crew.[4]

 Germany Navy World War II: The harbour protection vessel was sunk at Le Havre, Seine-Inférieure, France in an air raid by aircraft of Bomber Command, Royal Air Force.[1]
Kondor  Germany Navy World War II: The torpedo boat was destroyed at Le Havre in an air raid by aircraft of Bomber Command.[1]
 Italy World War II: The cargo ship was sunk in an Allied air raid on Genoa.[1]
 Germany Navy World War II: The landing craft was sunk in an Allied air raid on Genoa.[1]
 Imperial Japanese Army World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) south of Kukizaki, south west of Nagoya (33°37′N 136°20′E / 33.617°N 136.333°E / 33.617; 136.333) by USS Tautog ( United States Navy).[5]
 Germany Navy World War II: The minesweeper struck a mine and sank in the English Channel off Le Havre.[1]
 Germany Navy The MAL 1A type landing fire support lighter was lost on this date.[6]
 Germany World War II: The coaster was set afire at Le Havre in an air raid by aircraft of Bomber Command.[1]
 Germany Navy World War II: The net tender was sunk at Le Havre in an air raid by aircraft of Bomber Command.[1]
 Germany Navy World War II: The RA 251-class minesweeper, a former VAS 301-class submarine chaser, was sunk in by Allied aircraft.[7]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Type 1939/40 motor torpedo boat was sunk at Le Havre in an air raid by aircraft of Bomber Command.[1][8]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Type 1939/40 motor torpedo boat was sunk at Le Havre in an air raid by aircraft of Bomber Command.[1][8]

3 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 3 August 1944
Ship Country Description
Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom World War II: Convoy HX 300: The cargo ship collided with Jacksonville ( United States) and was a total loss.[9]
 United Kingdom Navy World War II: The naval trawler was sunk in the English Channel by a Kriegsmarine Marder midget submarine.[1]
 United Kingdom Navy World War II: The landing craft tank was sunk in the English Channel by a Kriegsmarine Marder midget submarine.[1]
 Soviet Navy The auxiliary minesweeper was lost on this date.[10]
Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom World War II: The Liberty ship was torpedoed and damaged in the English Channel off Normandy, France. She was declared a constructive total loss.[11]
  World War II: The auxiliary netlayer was torpedoed and sunk in the Molucca Sea by USS Cod ( United States Navy).[1]
HMS Quorn  United Kingdom Navy World War II: The Hunt-class destroyer was torpedoed and sunk off Normandy by a Kriegsmarine Marder midget submarine.[1][12]

4 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 4 August 1944
Ship Country Description
  World War II: : The transport was sunk in the Pacific Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km) north west of Chichijima 27°05′N 142°11′E / 27.083°N 142.183°E / 27.083; 142.183 by aircraft of Task Force 58/Task Group 58.1, United States Navy. Twenty-one passengers and 52 crewmen were killed.[1][13]
 United Kingdom Navy World War II: The Isles-class trawler was sunk in the English Channel off Normandy by a Kriegsmarine Marder midget submarine.[1][14]
 Germany Navy World War II: The guard ship was torpedoed at Heraklion, Crete, Greece by HMS Vox ( United Kingdom Navy).[1]
 Japan World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Strait of Makassar by USS Ray ( United States Navy). Aboard were 1,513 Javanese laborers to repair the Japanese airfield at Makassar and 540 other passengers. 1,239 laborers, 273 passengers and 28 gunners and crewmen were killed.[1][15]
 Germany Navy World War II: The minesweeper was bombed and sunk in the English Channel off Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine France by Allied aircraft.[1][16]
 Germany Navy World War II: The minesweeper was bombed and severely damaged in the English Channel off Saint-Malo by Allied aircraft. She was not repaired.[1]
 Germany Navy World War II: The minesweeper was sunk in the Bay of Biscay off Brest, Finistère, France by an Allied air attack.[1]
Matsu   World War II: Convoy 4804: The Matsu-class destroyer was shelled and sunk in the Pacific Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km) north west of Chichijima (27°40′N 141°48′E / 27.667°N 141.800°E / 27.667; 141.800) by USS Cogswell, USS Ingersoll and USS Knapp (all  United States Navy) with the loss of 205 of her 210 crew.
  World War II: The patrol boat was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Honshu (28°11′N 141°43′E / 28.183°N 141.717°E / 28.183; 141.717) by USS Sterlet ( United States Navy).[1]
 Soviet Navy The R Type minesweeper was lost on this date.[17]
 Germany Navy World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off the south coast of France by HMS Universal ( United Kingdom Navy).[1]
 Japan World War II: Convoy 4804: The collier was shelled and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off the Bonin Islands by USS Biloxi ( United States Navy).[18]
Aerial view of a Japanese freighter sinking off Okinawa c1945.jpg
SA 83  Greece World War II: The sailing vessel was shelled and sunk at Heraklion by HMS Vox ( United Kingdom Navy).[1]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Artilleriefährprahm was bombed and sunk in the North Sea off Walcheren, Schleswig-Holstein.[1]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Sperrbrecher was bombed and sunk at Pauillac, Gironde France in an Allied air raid.[1]
  World War II: The No.1-class landing ship was bombed and damaged off Iwo Jima, (27°07′N 142°12′E / 27.117°N 142.200°E / 27.117; 142.200) by aircraft from USS Cabot ( United States Navy). She was bombed and sunk (27°07′N 142°12′E / 27.117°N 142.200°E / 27.117; 142.200) with all hands on 5 August by aircraft from USS Bunker Hill ( United States Navy).[19][20]
  World War II: The No.101-class landing ship was bombed and sunk off Chichi Jima, (24°47′N 141°20′E / 24.783°N 141.333°E / 24.783; 141.333) by aircraft of Task Group 58.1, United States Navy.[1][19]
Tannenfels  Germany World War II: The cargo ship was sunk as a blockship in the Gironde, at Le Verdon-sur-Mer, Gironde.[1][21]
Thetis  Greece World War II: The sailing vessel was shelled and sunk at Heraklion by HMS Vox ( United Kingdom Navy).[1]
  World War II: Convoy 4804: The transport was sunk in the Pacific Ocean north west of Chichijima by United States Navy warships. A total of 61 troops and 83 crewmen were killed.[13]
  World War II: Convoy 4804: The transport was sunk in the Pacific Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km) north west of Chichijima 27°05′N 142°11′E / 27.083°N 142.183°E / 27.083; 142.183 by aircraft of Task Group 58.1, United States Navy.[1][22]
  World War II: The patrol boat was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Honshu by USS Sterlet ( United States Navy).[1]

5 August[]

For the loss of the Kriegsmarine submarine tender Ruhrort on this date, see List of shipwrecks in January 1944 § 31 January.
List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1944
Ship Country Description
 Japan World War II: The ammunition transport was sunk at Halmahera, New Guinea by Consolidated PBY Catalina aircraft of the United States Navy.[1]
Gunnaren  Sweden World War II: The fishing trawler struck a mine and sank in the Skaggerak off Skagen, Denmark.[1]
  The auxiliary guard ship was lost on this date.[23]
 United Kingdom Navy The landing craft tank was lost on this date.[24]
 United Kingdom Navy The landing craft tank foundered on this date.[25]
 Germany Navy World War II: The minesweeper was bombed and sunk at Pauillac, Gironde, France by Allied aircraft.[26]
 Germany Navy World War II: The minesweeper was bombed and sunk at Pauillac by Allied aircraft.[27]
Mefküre  Turkey World War II: The motor schooner was torpedoed and sunk at Constanţa, Romania by Shch-215 ( Soviet Navy) with the loss of 305 lives.
 Japan World War II: The transport ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean by USS Barbel ( United States Navy).[1]
 Soviet Navy The R Type minesweeper was lost on this date.[17]
 Soviet Navy The KM-4-class river minesweeping launch was sunk on this date.[28]
 Japan World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk south of the Celebes Islands by North American B-25 Mitchell aircraft of the United States Army Air Force.[1]
  World War II: The Shiretoko-class fleet oiler was torpedoed and sunk in Davao Gulf (05°53′N 125°41′E��� / 5.883°N 125.683°E / 5.883; 125.683) by USS Cero ( United States Navy).[1][29]
U-671  Germany Navy World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the English Channel south of Brighton, Sussex, United Kingdom (50°23′N 0°06′E / 50.383°N 0.100°E / 50.383; 0.100) by HMS Stayner and HMS Wensleydale (both  United Kingdom Navy) with the loss of 47 of her 52 crew.[30]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Vorpostenboot was bombed and sunk at Pauillac by Allied aircraft.[1]
 Japan World War II: The transport ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean by USS Cobia ( United States Navy).[1]

6 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 6 August 1944
Ship Country Description
 Germany World War II: The cargo ship was sunk at St. Malo, France.[31]
 Germany Navy World War II: The submarine chaser was bombed and sunk at Toulon, Var by Allied aircraft.[32]
Empire City Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom World War II: : The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mozambique Channel (11°33′S 41°25′E / 11.550°S 41.417°E / -11.550; 41.417) by U-198 ( Germany Navy) with the loss of two (Engineers) of her 70 crew. The rest of the survivors reached land in their lifeboats.
HDML 1060  United Kingdom Navy World War II: Battle of Crete: The Harbour Defence Motor Launch was sunk by an ammunition explosion in Poole area. Three crew were killed.[33]
 Germany Navy World War II: The was scuttled at Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France[34]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Type 1935 minesweeper was scuttled at Saint-Malo.[35]
 Germany Navy World War II: The minesweeper was shelled and sunk north of the Île d'Yeu by HMCS Haida, HMCS Iroquois (both  Canada Navy), HMS Ashanti and HMS Tartar (both  United Kingdom Navy).[36]
 Germany Navy World War II: The minesweeper was shelled and sunk off Les Sables-d'Olonne.[37]
 Germany Navy The naval trawler/auxiliary minesweeper was lost on this date.[38]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Le Hardi-class destroyer was sunk in an American air raid on Toulon.[1]
 Germany World War II: The coaster was sunk in the Bay of Biscay north of the Île d'Yeu by HMS Ashanti, HMS Bellona, HMS Tartar (all  United Kingdom Navy), HMCS Haida and HMCS Iroquois (both  Canada Navy).[1][39]
 Germany Navy World War II: The sloop was bombed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay off Les Sables-d'Olonne (46°30′N 01°47′W / 46.500°N 1.783°W / 46.500; -1.783) by Allied aircraft with the loss of 40 lives.[1][40][41]
 Japan World War II: Convoy SAMA-10: The ore carrier was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea (14°10′N 117°02′E / 14.167°N 117.033°E / 14.167; 117.033) west of Luzon, Philippines by USS Rasher ( United States Navy). Fifteen passengers, fourteen gunners and 22 crewmen were killed.[42]
 Japan World War II: Convoy MOTA-22: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the East China Sea (30°55′N 129°45′E / 30.917°N 129.750°E / 30.917; 129.750) north west of Kuroshima Island, Japan by USS Pintado ( United States Navy). Five crewmen were killed.[43]
  The auxiliary submarine chaser was lost on this date.[44]
U-471  Germany Navy World War II: The Type VII submarine was bombed and sunk at Toulon by Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft of the United States Army Air Force. She was raised in 1945, repaired and entered Marine Nationale service in 1946 as Millé.[45]
U-736  Germany Navy World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Bay of Biscay (47°19′N 4°16′W / 47.317°N 4.267°W / 47.317; -4.267) by HMS Loch Killin ( United Kingdom Navy) with the loss of 28 of her 47 crew.
U-952  Germany Navy World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was sunk at Toulon in an American air raid.[46]
U-969  Germany Navy World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was bombed and destroyed at Toulon by Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft of the United States Army Air Force.[47]
 Germany Navy World War II: The UJ 6077-class submarine chaser was sunk at Toulon by Allied aircraft.[48]
 Japan World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Banda Sea by North American B-25 Mitchell aircraft of the Royal Netherlands Air Force.[1]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Vorpostenboot was scuttled at Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France.[1]
V-414 Sachsenwald  Germany Navy World War II: The Vorpostenboot was sunk by Royal Navy warships in the Bay of Biscay north of the Île d'Yeu, France.
 Germany Navy World War II: The cable ship was sunk by Royal Navy warships in the Bay of Biscay north of the Île d'Yeu, France.[39]
 Japan World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea by USS Ray ( United States Navy).[49][50]

7 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1944
Ship Country Description
Amsterdam  United Kingdom World War II: The hospital ship was sunk by a mine while taking casualties from Juno Beach, Calvados, France. A total of 55 patients, ten Royal Army Medical Corps staff, 30 crew and eleven prisoners of war were killed.[1][51]
 Brazil The cargo ship collided with ( Brazil) in the Atlantic Ocean off Santa Catarina, Brazil (28°05′S 48°30′W / 28.083°S 48.500°W / -28.083; -48.500). Both ships sank.[52]
Empire Day Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Indian Ocean off Dar es Salaam, Tanganyika (7°06′S 42°00′E / 7.100°S 42.000°E / -7.100; 42.000) by U-198 ( Germany Navy). Her captain was taken aboard U-198 as a prisoner of war. The rest of her 42 crew reached land in their lifeboats.
 Germany Navy The Type D Marinefahrprahm was sunk on this date.[53]
 Germany Navy The Type D Marinefahrprahm was sunk on this date.[53]
 Japan World War II: The coaster was torpedoed and sunk in the Luzon Strait by USS Sailfish ( United States Navy).[1]
  World War II: The Mikura-class escort ship was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea (14°50′N 119°57′E / 14.833°N 119.950°E / 14.833; 119.950) north west of Subic Bay, Luzon, Philippines by USS Guitarro ( United States Navy). 97 crew are killed.[54]
  World War II: The auxiliary submarine chaser was torpedoed and sunk in the Moro Gulf off Zamboanga City, Philippines by USS Puffer ( United States Navy).[1]
 United States Navy The landing craft tank foundered in heavy seas in the Kula Gulf off the Solomon Islands.[55]
 Germany World War II: The Élan-class minesweeper was scuttled at Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[56]
 Germany Navy World War II: The minesweeper struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Zeebrugge, West Flanders, Belgium.[1]
Nagara   World War II: The Nagara-class cruiser was torpedoed and sunk in the East China Sea off the Amakusa Islands (32°09′N 129°53′E / 32.150°N 129.883°E / 32.150; 129.883) by USS Croaker ( United States Navy).
 Denmark World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in Øresund.[1]
 Japan World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Luzon Strait by USS Sailfish ( United States Navy).[1]
 United States World War II: The Liberty ship was torpedoed and damaged in the English Channel by Kriegsmarine schnellboote and was declared a constructive total loss.[57]
 Japan World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Celebes Sea south of Mindanao, Philippines by USS Bluegill ( United States Navy).[1]

8 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1944
Ship Country Description
Conte Verde   World War II: The ocean liner (a.k.a. Teikyo Maru) was bombed and sunk in the Huangpu River at Shanghai, China by a Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft of the 373rd Bomb Squadron, United States Army Air Force. She was raised by the Japanese and towed to Maizuru, Japan.[58]
 United States World War II: : The Liberty ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 8 nautical miles (15 km) off Trevose Head, Cornwall (50°47′N 5°03′W / 50.783°N 5.050°W / 50.783; -5.050) by U-667 ( Germany Navy). All 71 crew were rescued by and (both  United Kingdom Navy).[59][60]
 Germany Navy The Type C Marinefahrprahm was sunk on this date.[53]
Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom World War II: The Fort ship struck a mine and was damaged in the Atlantic Ocean (49°25′N 0°27′W / 49.417°N 0.450°W / 49.417; -0.450. She was taken in tow, but was torpedoed and sunk at 50°23′N 0°55′W / 50.383°N 0.917°W / 50.383; -0.917) by U-480 ( Germany Navy) on 23 August.[61]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Type 1940 minesweeper was bombed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay off Île Noirmoutier, Finistère, France by Bristol Beaufighter aircraft of 236 Squadron, Royal Air Force and 404 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.[1][62]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Type 1940 minesweeper was bombed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay off Île Noirmoutier by Bristol Beaufighter aircraft of 236 Squadron, Royal Air Force and 404 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.[1][63]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Type 1940 minesweeper was bombed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay off Gironde, France, by British aircraft.[64]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Type 1940 minesweeper was bombed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay off Île Noirmoutier by Bristol Beaufighter aircraft of 236 Squadron, Royal Air Force and 404 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.[1][65]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Type 1940 minesweeper was bombed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay off Île Noirmoutier by Bristol Beaufighter aircraft of 236 Squadron, Royal Air Force and 404 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.[1][66]
 Germany Navy The PiLB 40 type landing craft was lost on this date.[67]
HMCS Regina  Canada Navy World War II: : The Flower-class corvette was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Trevose Head (50°42′N 5°03′W / 50.700°N 5.050°W / 50.700; -5.050) by U-667 ( Germany Navy) with the loss of 30 of her 96 crew. Survivors were rescued by and (both  United Kingdom Navy).[68]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Sperrbrecher was bombed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay off Lorient, Morbihan, France by Allied aircraft.[1][69]
Tama Maru No. 6   World War II: The auxiliary submarine chaser was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Honshu by USS Sterlet ( United States Navy).[1]

9 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1944
Ship Country Description
 Japan World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the East China Sea north west of Tokunoshima (27°56′N 128°47′E / 27.933°N 128.783°E / 27.933; 128.783) by USS Barbel ( United States Navy).[70]
Hiyoshi Maru No. 3  Japan World War II: The fishing trawler was sunk in the Strait of Malacca by HMS Trenchant ( United Kingdom Navy).[1]
  World War II: Convoy MOTA-22: The Koshin Maru-class transport was sunk when her cargo of ammunition caught fire and exploded in the East China Sea north west of Formosa (26°10′N 124°15′E / 26.167°N 124.250°E / 26.167; 124.250). Twenty-eight crewmen were killed.[71]
 United Kingdom Navy The landing craft mechanized was lost on this date.[72]
 United Kingdom Navy The landing craft mechanized was lost on this date.[72]
 United States Navy World War II: The ELCO 80'-class PT boat was shelled, rammed and sunk off Jersey, Channel Islands by a Kriegsmarine minesweeper.[73]
Spichern  Germany Navy World War II: The tanker was bombed and severely damaged at Brest, Finistère, France in an Allied air raid. She was scuttled as a blockship on 31 August. She was raised in 1947, repaired and returned to service in May 1949 as the Norwegian Ringfjell.[74]
 Italy World War II: The tanker was bombed and sunk in an Allied air raid on Savona.[1]
TA19  Germany Navy World War II: The torpedo boat, a former Curtatone-class destroyer, was torpedoed and sunk in the Aegean Sea by ( Greece Navy).[1]
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  Japan World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Halmahera, New Guinea by North American B-25 Mitchell aircraft of the United States Army Air Force.[1]
 Germany Navy World War II: The KFK 2-class Vorpostenboot was sunk in the English Channel off Fécamp, Seine-Inférieure, France by and (both  United Kingdom Navy).[1][75]
 Japan World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the East China Sea north west of Tokunoshima (27°56′N 128°47′E / 27.933°N 128.783°E / 27.933; 128.783) by USS Barbel ( United States Navy). Three gunners and 31 crewmen were killed.[70]

10 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1944
Ship Country Description
 Germany Navy The guard ship was sunk on this date.[76]
 Germany World War II: The cargo ship departed from Istanbul, Turkey on this date. Believed to have been subsequently torpedoed and sunk in the Black Sea. Raised post-war, repaired and put into Soviet service as Marshal Tolbukhin.[52]
 United Kingdom Navy The landing craft tank sank while under tow.[77]
 Germany Navy World War II: The accommodation ship was set on fire in the Loire River at Nantes, Loire-Inférieure France (47°13′N 01°34′W / 47.217°N 1.567°W / 47.217; -1.567) by German Forces and sunk by the explosion of mines being stored on the ship. She was raised in 1946 and towed to Antwerp, Belgium, for scrapping.[78]
 Germany Navy World War II: The minesweeper was scuttled at Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France.[1]
 Germany Navy World War II: The minesweeper was scuttled at Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France.[79]
 Germany World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Nantes by Allied aircraft. She was refloated in March 1945, repaired and returned to service.[80]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Type R-25 minesweeper was sunk by aircraft off Milos, Greece.[81]
 Germany Navy World War II: The minesweeper was sunk in an Allied air raid on "Lepsoe", Norway.[1]
 Germany Navy The RA 251-class minesweeper ran aground at , Italy, and was wrecked.[1]
 Japan World War II: The cargo ship was sunk in an air attack at Rabaul.[82]
 Germany World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Borkum, Lower Saxony in a British air raid.[1]
 Japan World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean by USS Bowfin ( United States Navy).[1]
 Imperial Japanese Army World War II: The oiler was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea off Cape Bolinao, Philippines (16°15′N 119°45′E / 16.250°N 119.750°E / 16.250; 119.750) by USS Guitarro ( United States Navy). A crewman was killed.[83]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Sperrbrecher was bombed and damaged at La Pallice, Seine-Inférieure, France by Allied aircraft. She sank the next day. Raised on 30 July 1946, repaired and returned to Norwegian service in February 1949 as Tulane.[1][84]
  World War II: The auxiliary submarine chaser was torpedoed and sunk in the Molucca Sea south of the Celebes Islands, Netherlands East Indies by USS Cod ( United States Navy).[1]
U-608  Germany Navy World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Bay of Biscay off La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France (46°30′N 3°08′W / 46.500°N 3.133°W / 46.500; -3.133) by a Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft of 53 Squadron, Royal Air Force and by HMS Wren ( United Kingdom Navy). All 52 crew survived.[85]

11 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 11 August 1944
Ship Country Description
 Germany World War II: The tanker was scuttled at Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France.[1]
 Germany World War II: The ship was scuttled at Nantes, France.[1]
Gotland  Sweden World War II: The fishing trawler struck a mine and sank in the Skaggerak off Hanstholm, Denmark with the loss of 5 lives.[1][86]
 Norway World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Kattegat with the loss of nineteen of her 25 crew.[87]
 Germany Navy World War II: The auxiliary ship was bombed and sunk by aircraft off Nantes, France. The wreck was raised and broken up in February 1945.[88]
 Italy World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Mediterranean Sea.[1]
 Japan World War II: The tanker struck a mine and sank off Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies.[1]
 Germany World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Nantes, France.[1]
 Germany World War II: The salvage vessel was scuttled at Nantes, France.[1]
La Baise France Vichy France World War II: The tanker was destroyed on the stocks at Nantes, France.[1]
La Mayenne France Vichy France World War II: The tanker was destroyed on the stocks at Nantes, France.[1]
 Germany Navy World War II: The minesweeper struck a mine and sank in the Gironde at Pauillac, Gironde, France. 41 crew were killed.[1][89]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Type 1935 minesweeper was scuttled at Le Havre, Seine-Inférieure, France.[90]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Type 1940 minesweeper was scuttled at Nantes, France.[64]
 Germany Navy The naval trawler/auxiliary minesweeper was lost on this date.[38]
 Germany World War II: The tanker was scuttled at Nantes, France.[1]
 Germany World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Nantes, France.[1]
 Germany Navy World War II: The tanker was scuttled Nantes, France.[1] The wreck was raised and broken up in 1949.[91]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Type R-41 minesweeper was sunk by mines in the Gulf of Finland (60°20′N 27°50′E / 60.333°N 27.833°E / 60.333; 27.833) with the loss of 21 lives.[92][93]
 Japan World War II: The cargo ship was sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Honshu by USS Tang ( United States Navy).[1]
 Japan World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Molucca Sea by USS Cod ( United States Navy).[1]
 Germany Navy The Sperrbrecher was sunk on this date.[94]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Sperrbrecher was scuttled and Nantes, France.[1]
TA1  Germany World War II: The incomplete Le Fier-class torpedo boat was scuttled at Nantes, France.[1]
TA2  Germany World War II: The incomplete Le Fier-class torpedo boat was scuttled at Nantes, France.[1]
TA3  Germany World War II: The incomplete Le Fier-class torpedo boat was scuttled at Nantes, France.[1]
TA6  Germany World War II: The incomplete Le Fier-class torpedo boat was scuttled at Nantes, France.[1]
 Germany World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Nantes, France.[1]
U-385  Germany Navy World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Bay of Biscay (46°16′N 2°45′W / 46.267°N 2.750°W / 46.267; -2.750) by a Short Sunderland of 461 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force and also by HMS Starling ( United Kingdom Navy) with the loss of one of her 43 crew.[95]
U-967  Germany Navy World War II: The Type VIIC/41 submarine was scuttled at Toulon, Var, France with the loss of two crew.
 Germany Navy World War II: The Vorpostenboot was scuttled at Nantes, France.[1]
 Germany Navy The naval trawler/Vorpostenboot was lost on this date.[38]
 Germany World War II: The tanker was scuttled at Nantes, France.[1]
 Germany World War II: The tanker was scuttled at Nantes, France.[1]
 Germany World War II: The tanker was scuttled at Nantes, France.[1]
 Germany World War II: The salvage vessel was scuttled at Nantes, France.[1]

12 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1944
Ship Country Description
 Japan World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean by USS Barbel ( United States Navy).[1]
 Germany Navy World War II: The minesweeper was bombed and destroyed at Le Havre, Seine-Inférieure, France in an Allied air raid.[1]
 Germany Navy World War II: The minesweeper was bombed and damaged in the Bay of Biscay off Royan, Charente-Maritime, France by Bristol Beaufighter aircraft of 235 and 248 Squadrons, Royal Air Force. She was beached.[1][96]
 Germany Navy World War II: The minesweeper struck a mine and sank north of Seter, Norway.[97]
 Germany Navy World War II: The minesweeper was sunk at La Pallice, Charente-Maritime, France in an Allied air raid.[1]
, T-114 and T-118  Soviet Union World War II: : The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Kara Sea by U-365 ( Germany Navy). The submarine then sank the T-111 Starshiy Leytenant Lekarev-class minesweeper T-114 and T-118 off Bely Island (73°22′N 66°35′E / 73.367°N 66.583°E / 73.367; 66.583). Marina Raskova was sunk by a coup de grave of U-365 the next day at (73°21′N 67°20′E / 73.350°N 67.333°E / 73.350; 67.333). Of the 632 men on the three ships, 373 were lost and only 259 were rescued. 186 were picked up by T-116 ( Soviet Navy) and 73 others by Soviet Beriev MBR-2 flying boats.[98][99][100]
 Japan World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Sea of Okhotsk off Sakhalin by USS Pompon ( United States Navy).[1]
 Japan World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Sea of Okhotsk off Sakhalin by USS Pompon ( United States Navy).[101]
 Sweden World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank at the mouth of the Elbe with the loss of four lives.[1][102][103][circular reference]
 Germany Navy World War II: The minesweeper collided with ( Germany Navy) at Šibenik, Yugoslavia and sank. She was later raised, repaired and returned to service.[1]
  World War II: Convoy MI-13: The Standard Type 1TM-class tanker (a.k.a., Shimpo Maru and Shinho Maru) was torpedoed and damaged in the South China Sea off Cape Calavite, Mindoro, Philippines (13°18′N 120°11′E / 13.300°N 120.183°E / 13.300; 120.183) by USS Puffer ( United States Navy). 20 crewmen were killed. She was towed to the beach and abandoned off Cape Calavite. She was torpedoed and sunk on 17 August by USS Bluefish ( United States Navy).[1][104]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Sperrbrecher was shelled and destroyed at La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime by HMS Diadem, HMS Onslow (both  United Kingdom Navy) and ORP Piorun ( Polish Navy).[1]
 Japan World War II: Convoy MI-13: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea (13°18′N 120°11′E / 13.300°N 120.183°E / 13.300; 120.183) by USS Puffer ( United States Navy). There was no loss of life.[105][106]
U-198  Germany Navy World War II: The Type IXD2 submarine was sunk in the Indian Ocean near the Seychelles (3°35′S 52°49′E / 3.583°S 52.817°E / -3.583; 52.817) by ( United Kingdom Navy) and HMIS Godavari ( India Navy) with the loss of all 66 crew and two prisoners of war. These were the captains of Empire City and Empire Day (both Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom).
U-981  Germany Navy World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged, mined and sunk in the Bay of Biscay at La Rochelle (45°41′N 1°25′W / 45.683°N 1.417°W / 45.683; -1.417) by a Handley Page Halifax aircraft of 502 Squadron, Royal Air Force with the loss of twelve of her 52 crew.[107]
Unknown Unknown World War II: A small local craft was sunk by ( India Navy) after being fired on at the entrance to the , Burma.[108]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Vorpostenboot was sunk in the Gironde by Bristol Beaufighter aircraft of 235 and 248 Squadrons, Royal Air Force.[1]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Vorpostenboot was shelled and set afire in the English Channel by HMS Albrighton ( United Kingdom Navy), HMCS Assiniboine, HMCS Qu'Appelle, HMCS Restigouche and HMCS Skeena (all  Canada Navy). She was beached at Penmarc'h, Finistère, France.[1]

13 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1944
Ship Country Description
 Japan World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the South China Sea off Hong Kong by Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft of the United States Fourteenth Air Force.[1]
 Italy World War II: The cargo ship was sunk at Poreč, Yugoslavia in an Allied air raid.[1]
  World War II: The auxiliary submarine chaser was torpedoed and sunk in the Davao Gulf by USS Bluegill ( United States Navy).[1]
 Germany Navy World War II: The auxiliary minelayer was sunk in an Allied air raid on Genoa, Italy.[1]
USS Flier  United States Navy World War II: The Gato-class submarine struck a mine and sank in the Balabac Strait with 12 of her 60 crew escaping the boat, but only 8 reaching the shore.[109]
 Japan World War II: The cargo ship was sunk in the Pacific Ocean off the south west tip of New Guinea by Bristol Beaufighter aircraft of the Royal Australian Air Force.[1]
 Japan World War II: The transport was torpedoed and sunk in the entrance to Davao Gulf east of Mindanao (06°17′N 126°10′E / 6.283°N 126.167°E / 6.283; 126.167) by USS Bluegill ( United States Navy). A total of 42 people were killed.[110]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Type 1940 minesweeper was sunk in the North Sea off Langeoog, Lower Saxony by Bristol Beaufighter aircraft of 254 Squadron, Royal Air Force.[111][112]
  World War II: The auxiliary submarine chaser was torpedoed andsunk in the entrance to Davao Gulf east of Mindanao (06°17′N 126°10′E / 6.283°N 126.167°E / 6.283; 126.167) by USS Bluegill ( United States Navy). Five crewmen killed.[110]
Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mozambique Channel (24°20′S 41°45′E / 24.333°S 41.750°E / -24.333; 41.750) by U-862 ( Germany Navy) with the loss of 23 of her 55 crew.[113]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Sperrbrecher was bombed and severely damaged at Royan, Charente-Maritime, France by Allied aircraft. She sank the next day.[1]
 Germany Navy World War II: The torpedo training ship, a former Type 1940 minesweeper, was sunk in the Baltic Sea off Nida, Lithuania by Soviet Douglas A-20 Havoc aircraft.[1][114][115]
 Japan World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean south of Hokkaido by USS Tambor ( United States Navy).[116]
U-270  Germany Navy World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Bay of Biscay west of La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France (46°19′N 2°56′W / 46.317°N 2.933°W / 46.317; -2.933) by a Short Sunderland aircraft of 461 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force. All 71 crew survived.[117]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Vorpostenboot was shelled and sunk at Brest, Finistère, France.[1]
V 1101 Preußen  Germany Navy World War II: The Vorpostenboot was sunk in the North Sea off Langeoog by Bristol Beaufighter aircraft of 254 Squadron, Royal Air Force.

14 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1944
Ship Country Description
 Japan World War II: Convoy MATA 26: The transport was driven ashore in the Bashi Islands, north of Luzon Philippines, by a typhoon. She was later refloated and returned to service.[118]
  World War II: The transport was torpedoed and sunk in the Yellow Sea off Incheon, Korea (37°30′N 125°50′E / 37.500°N 125.833°E / 37.500; 125.833) by USS Croaker ( United States Navy) with the loss of 13 crewmen.[1][119]
Gueydon  France Navy World War II: The hulk of the decommissioned armored cruiser was bombed and sunk at Brest, France, by Royal Air Force aircraft.
 Japan World War II: Convoy MATA 26: The transport was driven ashore in the Bashi Islands, north of Luzon, by a typhoon. She was later refloated and returned to service.[118]
 United Kingdom Navy World War II: : The landing craft infantry was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 11 nautical miles (20 km) south west of Hartland Point, Devon (50°56′N 4°47′W / 50.933°N 4.783°W / 50.933; -4.783) by U-667 ( Germany Navy) with the loss of nine crew.[120]
USS LST-921  United States Navy World War II: : The landing ship tank was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean 11 nautical miles (20 km) south west of Hartland Point (50°56′N 4°47′W / 50.933°N 4.783°W / 50.933; -4.783) by U-667 ( Germany Navy) with the loss of 43 of her 113 crew. Survivors were rescued by HMS Londonderry ( United Kingdom Navy) and USS LST-920 ( United States Navy). LST-921 had lost her stern, and was towed to Falmouth, Cornwall, where she was declared a total loss. Subsequently used by the United States Army as a floating machine ship at Antwerp, Belgium.[121]
 Japan World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the East China Sea off Formosa.[1]
  World War II: The Fairmile B motor launch was shelled and sunk north of Biak, New Guinea by ( ).[122]
 Germany Navy World War II: The minesweeper was scuttled at Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France.[1]
 Germany Navy World War II: The minesweeper struck a mine and sank in the English Channel off La Pallice, Seine-Inférieure, France.[1]
 Germany Navy World War II: The minesweeper was scuttled at Saint-Malo.[1]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Sperrbrecher was bombed and sunk at Royan, Charente-Maritime, France by Allied aircraft.[1]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Sperrbrecher was wrecked during/after an air attack at Royan, France.[94]
 Japan World War II: Convoy MATA 26: The tanker (a.k.a. Butsu Maru) broke up and sank in a typhoon off the Bashi Islands north of Luzon. Eight crewmen died.[118]
 Japan World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the East China Sea south of Shanghai, China by USS Pintado ( United States Navy).[1]
  World War II: The No.103-class landing ship was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea by USS Cod ( United States Navy).[123]
U-618  Germany Navy World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Bay of Biscay west of Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Inférieure, France (47°22′N 4°39′W / 47.367°N 4.650°W / 47.367; -4.650) by HMS Duckworth and HMS Essington (both  United Kingdom Navy) and a Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft of 53 Squadron, Royal Air Force with the loss of all 61 crew.[124]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Vorpostenboot struck a mine and sank in the English Channel off La Pallice.[1]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Vorpostenboot was scuttled at Saint-Malo.[1]
 Japan World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea north west of Borneo by USS Ray ( United States Navy).[1]

15 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1944
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom Navy World War II: Operation Dragoon: The YMS-1-class minesweeper struck a mine and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Var, France.[1]
 Germany Navy The naval trawler was lost on this date.[38]
 United States Navy World War II: Operation Dragoon: The landing craft infantry struck a mine and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Var.[1]
 United States Navy World War II: Operation Dragoon: The landing craft infantry struck a mine and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Var.[1]
USS LST-282  United States Navy World War II: : The landing ship tank was damaged by a German glide bomb off Saint-Tropez, Var. She was beached and abandoned (43°25′N 06°50′E / 43.417°N 6.833°E / 43.417; 6.833).[125]
HMS LST-404  United Kingdom Navy World War II: : The landing ship tank was torpedoed and damaged in the English Channel 35 nautical miles (65 km) south east of St Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight (50°02′N 0°38′W / 50.033°N 0.633°W / 50.033; -0.633) by U-741 ( Germany Navy) with the loss of eight crew and several German prisoners of war. She was taken in tow by ( United States Navy) and was beached at Ryde, Isle of Wight. HMS LST-404 later broke in two and was declared a total loss. Scrapped at Zeebrugge, West Flanders, Belgium in June 1948.[126]
 Germany Navy World War IIL The minesweeper was shelled and severely damaged in the Bay of Biscay by HMS Mauritius, HMS Ursa (both  United Kingdom Navy) and HMCS Iroquois ( Canada Navy) and was abandoned.[1]
 Germany Navy World War II: The minesweeper was shelled and sunk in the Bay of Biscay off Les Sables-d'Olonne, Vendée, France, by HMS Mauritius, HMS Ursa (both  United Kingdom Navy) and HMCS Iroquois ( Canada Navy).[1][127]
 Germany Navy World War II: The minesweeper was bombed and sunk at Brest, Finistère, France in a Royal Air Force air raid.[1][128]
 Germany Navy The auxiliary minesweeper was sunk on this date.[38]
 United States Navy World War II: Operation Dragoon: The PT boat struck a mine and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Var.[1]
 United States Navy World War II: Operation Dragoon: The PT boat struck a mine and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Var.[1]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Type R-25 minesweeper was sunk by Soviet aircraft in the Gulf of Finland.[81]
Balkenkreuz (Iron Cross) Luftwaffe World War II: The seaplane tender sank at Königsberg, East Prussia during fitting out, or was shelled and sunk off Les Sables-d'Olonne by HMS Mauritius ( United Kingdom Navy).[1][129]
 Japan World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean north of Timor, Netherlands East Indies by North American B-25 Mitchell aircraft of the Royal Netherlands Air Force.[1]
 Germany Navy World War II: Battle of Port Cros: The Chamois-class aviso was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off , Var by USS Somers ( United States Navy).[130] There were 99 survivors.[1]
 Germany Navy World War II: The escort ship was sunk at Toulon by United States Army Air Force aircraft.[131]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Sperrbrecher was sunk in the Bay of Biscay by HMS Mauritius, HMS Ursa (both  United Kingdom Navy) and HMCS Iroquois ( Canada Navy).[1]
 Germany World War II: The tanker was sunk at Brest in a Royal Air Force air raid.[1]
 Imperial Japanese Army World War II: The transport ship was bombed and sunk in the Banda Sea by Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft of the United States Army Air Force.[1]
U-741  Germany Navy World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the English Channel off Le Havre, Seine-Inférieure, France (50°20′N 0°34′W / 50.333°N 0.567°W / 50.333; -0.567) by HMS Orchis ( United Kingdom Navy) with the loss of 48 of her 49 crew.[132]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Gabbiano-class corvette was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 70 nautical miles (130 km) south of Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France by USS Somers ( United States Navy).[1]
 Germany Navy The naval trawler/Vorpostenboot was lost on this date.[38]
 Germany Navy The Vorpostenboot was sunk on this date.[38]
 United States World War II: The Liberty ship struck a mine and was damaged in the Mediterranean Sea. She was towed to Savona, where she was declared a constructive total loss.[57]
 United States Navy World War II: Operation Dragoon: The YMS-1-class minesweeper struck a mine and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Var.[1]

16 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 16 August 1944
Ship Country Description
 Germany World War II: The coastal tanker struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off "Lepsoe", Norway.[1]
 United Kingdom Navy World War II: The YMS-1-class minesweeper sunk by a mine in the off Saint-Tropez, Var, France (43°24′N 06°46′E / 43.400°N 6.767°E / 43.400; 6.767).[133]
Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mozambique Channel (15°00′S 44°00′E / 15.000°S 44.000°E / -15.000; 44.000) by U-862 ( Germany Navy) with the loss of 42 of her 79 crew.[134][135]
 Germany Navy The naval trawler/auxiliary minesweeper was lost on this date.[38]
 Germany Navy The MAL 1A type landing fire support lighter was wrecked on this date.[6]
 United Kingdom Navy The naval trawler sank in the English Channel off Normandy, France.[136]
 United Kingdom Navy World War II: The Fairmile C motor gun boat was sunk by a mine off Normandy.[137]
 United Kingdom Navy World War II: Operation Dragoon: The Fairmile B motor launch struck a mine and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Var.[138]
 United States Navy World War II: The PT boat was sunk by a mine in the Gulf of Frejus off Saint-Tropez (43°23′N 06°46′E / 43.383°N 6.767°E / 43.383; 6.767).[139]
 United States Navy World War II: The PT boat was sunk by a mine in the Gulf of Frejus off Saint-Tropez (43°23′N 06°46′E / 43.383°N 6.767°E / 43.383; 6.767).[140]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Type R-17 minesweeper was sunk by a mine off Sylt, Lower Saxony.[141]
 Germany Navy World War II: The R boat was scuttled in the Seine at Paris, France.[1]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Type R-151 minesweeper was sunk off Calais, France, by , , and (all  United Kingdom Navy).[142]
 Germany Navy World War II: The R boat was scuttled in the Seine at Paris.[1]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Type R-151 minesweeper was scuttled in the Seine at Paris.[142]
 Germany Navy World War II: The minesweeper was scuttled in the Seine at Paris.[1]
 Germany Navy World War II: The minesweeper, a former submarine chaser, was scuttled in the Seine at Paris.[143]
 Germany Navy World War II: The minesweeper was scuttled in the Seine at Paris.[1]
 Germany Navy World War II: The minesweeper, a former submarine chaser, was scuttled in the Seine at Paris.[1]
 Germany Navy World War II: The minesweeper, a former submarine chaser, was scuttled in the Seine at Paris.[1]
 Germany Navy World War II: The minesweeper, a former submarine chaser, was scuttled in the Seine at Paris.[1]
 Soviet Navy The K-15/M-17-class river minesweeping launch was sunk on this date.[144]
 Italy World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[145]
  World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper was torpedoed and sunk in the Yellow Sea off Incheon, Korea (36°16′N 125°49′E / 36.267°N 125.817°E / 36.267; 125.817) by USS Croaker ( United States Navy).[1]
Trémintin  France Navy World War II: The accommodation ship, a former armored cruiser, was bombed and sunk by Royal Air Force aircraft at Brest, France.
 United States Navy World War II: The YMS-1-class minesweeper was sunk by a mine in the Gulf of Frejus off Saint-Tropez (43°25′N 06°43′E / 43.417°N 6.717°E / 43.417; 6.717).[146]

17 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 17 August 1944
Ship Country Description
 Germany World War II: The cargo ship was sunk at Stettin, Pomerania in an air raid by the Royal Air Force.[1]
 United Kingdom Navy The landing craft tank was lost on this date.[147]
 Germany Navy The Type C2 Marinefahrprahm was sunk on this date.[53]
 Soviet Navy The KM-2 Type motor launch was lost on this date.[148]
 Japan World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean south of "Miscol" by North American B-25 Mitchell aircraft of the Royal Netherlands Air Force.[1]
 Germany Navy World War II: The naval trawler struck a mine and sank in the Piast Canal.[1]
 United Kingdom Navy The landing craft tank was lost on this date.[149]
 United Kingdom Navy The Mk 4 landing craft tank was lost on this date.[150]
 United Kingdom Navy The landing craft tank sank off in the English Channel off Normandy, France.[151]
 Norway World War II: The tanker was scuttled by Vichy French forces at Port-de-Bouc, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. She was declared a total loss in April 1945.[152]
 Italy World War II: The cargo liner was bombed and sunk by aircraft in Zara, Yugoslavia.[153]
 Germany Navy World War II:The MAL 1A type landing fire support lighter was damaged in action with Soviet artillery, gunboats and aircraft, she ran aground with two killed and eleven wounded. Refloated on 19 August and taken to Dorpat.[154]
 Soviet Navy The No. 16-class landing tender was lost on this date.[155]
 Soviet Navy The No. 16-class landing tender was lost on this date.[155]
 Soviet Navy The No. 19-class landing tender was lost on this date.[156]
 Germany World War II: The cargo ship was sunk at Stettin in an air raid by the Royal Air Force.[1]
 Germany World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Kirkenes, Norway by Soviet aircraft. There were one dead and two wounded.[1][157][158]
 Germany World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Kirkenes in a Soviet air raid.[1]
 Germany Navy The ship was sunk at Hustadvika, Norway.[159]
TA35  Germany Navy World War II: The torpedo boat, a former Rosolino Pilo-class destroyer, struck a mine in the off Pola and was severely damaged. She was not repaired. 71 crew were killed.[1][89]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Gabbiano-class corvette was sunk in an Allied air raid on Genoa, Italy.[1]
 Germany Navy World War II: Battle of La Ciotat: The armed yacht was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off La Ciotat, Bouches-du-Rhône, France by HMS Aphis, (both  United Kingdom Navy) and USS Endicott or USS Somers (both  United States Navy).[1][160]
 Germany Navy World War II: Battle of Port Cros: The Gabbiano-class corvette was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off by HMS Aphis, (both  United Kingdom Navy) and USS Somers ( United States Navy).[1][50]
 Germany Navy World War II: Battle of La Ciotat: The Gabbiano-class corvette was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off La Ciotat by USS Endicott ( United States Navy).[160]
 Finland World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk by aircraft at Stettin, Germany. Wreck scrapped in 1945–1946.[161]
 Germany Navy World War II: The floating torpedo battery was sunk on this date.[162]
 Japan World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Yellow Sea off Incheon, Korea by USS Croaker ( United States Navy).[1]

18 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 18 August 1944
Ship Country Description
Caroline  United States The 61-gross register ton, 66.6-foot (20.3 m) fishing vessel was wrecked on (57°40′15″N 154°11′45″W / 57.67083°N 154.19583°W / 57.67083; -154.19583 (Wolcott Reef)) in the Shelikof Strait on the coast of Kodiak Island in the Territory of Alaska.[163]
 Japan World War II: Convy HI 71: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea by USS Rasher and USS Redfish ( United States Navy).[1][164]
 United Kingdom Navy World War II: The armed boarding vessel was sunk in the English Channel off Normandy, France, by a Kriegsmarine Marder midget submarine.[1][165]
 Germany Navy The Siebelgefäß landing craft was sunk on this date.[166]
Kim Hup Soen  Japan World War II: The junk was shelled and sunk in the Strait of Malacca (04°00′S 99°32′E / 4.000°S 99.533°E / -4.000; 99.533) by HNLMS Zwaardvisch ( Royal Netherlands Navy).[167]
La Galissonnière  Germany Navy World War II: The La Galissonnière-class cruiser was sunk in an American air raid on Toulon, Var, France.[1]
 United Kingdom Navy World War II: The landing craft was sunk in the English Channel by a Kriegsmarine Marder midget submarine.[1]
 Germany World War II: The cargo ship was sunk at Bremen in an air raid by the Royal Air Force.[1]
Lennox  Norway World War II: : The motor boat was shelled and sunk in the Van Mijenfjord, Svalbard, by U-307 ( Germany Navy). All three crew survived.[168]
 Germany Navy World War II: The minesweeper struck a mine and sank in the Gironde Estuary, France.[169]
 Germany Navy World War II: The minesweeper struck a mine and sank in the Gironde Estuary.[1]
 Germany Navy World War II: The minesweeper was sunk in an air raid on Brest, Finistère, France by the Royal Air Force.[1]
 United Kingdom Navy The Fairmile D motor torpedo boat was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north of Ireland in a collision with L'Escarmouche ( ).[170]
Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mozambique Channel (15°00′S 42°00′E / 15.000°S 42.000°E / -15.000; 42.000) by U-862 ( Germany Navy) with the loss of all 92 crew.[171]
 Imperial Japanese Army World War II: Convoy MI-12: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea (08°39′N 116°39′E / 8.650°N 116.650°E / 8.650; 116.650) by USS Ray ( United States Navy). Three gunners and 23 crewmen were killed.[49]
Natori   World War II: The Nagara-class cruiser was torpedoed and sunk in the Philippine Sea 200 nautical miles (370 km) east of Samar (12°29′N 128°49′E / 12.483°N 128.817°E / 12.483; 128.817) by USS Hardhead ( United States Navy) with the loss of 330 of her 438 crew. One hundred and eighty-three survivors rowed 300 nautical miles (560 km) to Mindanao, Philippines; 44 were rescued by USS Marshall and four by USS Stingray (both  United States Navy).
 Italy World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Adriatic Sea off Poreč, Yugoslavia.[1]
 Germany World War II: The cargo ship was sunk at Bremen in an air raid by the Royal Air Force.[1]
 Germany World War II: The cargo ship was sunk at Bremen in an air raid by the Royal Air Force.[1]
 Germany Navy World War II: The minesweeper was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel off Cap d'Antifer, Seine-Inférieure, France by , , and (all  United Kingdom Navy).[1]
 Germany World War II: The incomplete Sperrbrecher was sunk at Bremen in an air raid by the Royal Air Force.[1]
Strasbourg France Vichy France World War II: The Dunkerque-class battleship sank at Toulon following an American air raid on 15 August.
T22  Germany Navy World War II: The Elbing-class torpedo boat wandered into a German minefield and sank in Narva Bay west of the Kurgalsky Peninsula with the loss of 143 lives.[89][172]
T30  Germany Navy World War II: The Elbing-class torpedo boat wandered into a German minefield and sank in Narva Bay west of the Kurgalsky Peninsula with the loss of 114 lives.[89][173]
T32  Germany Navy World War II: The Elbing-class torpedo boat wandered into a German minefield and sank in Narva Bay west of the Kurgalsky Peninsula with the loss of 137 lives.[89][174]
Taiyō   World War II: Convoy HI-71: The Taiyō-class aircraft carrier was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea (18°10′N 120°22′E / 18.167°N 120.367°E / 18.167; 120.367) by USS Rasher and USS Redfish (both  United States Navy).[1]
 Japan World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in by USS Ray ( United States Navy).[49]
Teia Maru   World War II: Convoy HI-71: The troopship was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea (18°10′N 119°56′E / 18.167°N 119.933°E / 18.167; 119.933) by USS Rasher and USS Redfish (both  United States Navy). 2,316 troops, 275 other passengers, six guards, four gunners, ten specialists and 54 crewmen were killed.[1][164]
 Japan World War II: Convoy HI-71: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea (18°10′N 120°22′E / 18.167°N 120.367°E / 18.167; 120.367) by USS Rasher and USS Redfish (both  United States Navy).[164][175]
U-107  Germany Navy World War II: The Type IXB submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Bay of Biscay (46°46′N 3°49′W / 46.767°N 3.817°W / 46.767; -3.817) by a Short Sunderland aircraft of 201 Squadron, Royal Air Force with the loss of all 58 crew.
U-129  Germany Navy World War II: The Type IXC submarine was scuttled at Lorient, Morbihan, France. The wreck was raised and scrapped in 1946.[176]
U-621  Germany Navy World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Bay of Biscay off La Rochelle, Charente Maritime, France (45°52′N 2°36′W / 45.867°N 2.600°W / 45.867; -2.600) by HMCS Chaudiere, HMCS Kootenay and HMCS Ottawa (all  Canada Navy) with the loss of all 56 crew.[177]
U-1054  Germany Navy The Type VIIC submarine was in a collision with ( Germany and was severely damaged. She was consequently decommissioned.[1]
 Germany Navy The auxiliary submarine chaser was lost in a collision off Lista, Norway with the loss of 14 lives.[178][179]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Vorpostenboot struck a mine and sank in the Gironde Estuary.[1]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Vorpostenboot was torpedoed and sunk off Vardø, Norway, (70°13′N 31°04′E / 70.217°N 31.067°E / 70.217; 31.067) by ( Soviet Navy). One of her 28 crew was killed.[1][158][180]
 Germany World War II: The cargo ship was sunk at Bremen in an air raid by the Royal Air Force.[1]

19 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1944
Ship Country Description
 Japan World War II: The hospital ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean by USS Bluefish ( United States Navy).[1]
 Germany World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Arctic Sea off Kirkenes, Norway by or (both  Soviet Navy).[1][181][182]
Commandant Teste  Germany Navy World War II: The seaplane carrier was sunk by Allied bombers at Toulon, France. She was refloated in 1945 and scrapped in 1950.
 Germany Navy The Type D Marinefahrprahm was sunk on this date.[53]
Hayasui  
Hayasui sinking
World War II: Convoy HI-71: The fleet oiler was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean (17°34′N 119°23′E / 17.567°N 119.383°E / 17.567; 119.383) by USS Bluefish ( United States Navy).[183]
 France World War II: The cargo liner was scuttled in the Étang de Berre.[184]
 Germany Navy World War II: The minesweeper was bombed and sunk in the Gironde Estuary by de Havilland Mosquito aircraft of Coastal Command, Royal Air Force.[1]
 Germany Navy World War II: The minesweeper was sunk at Brest, Finistère, France in an air raid by the Royal Air Force.[1]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Type R-218 minesweeper was sunk in the English Channel by surface ships.[185]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Type 1939/40 E-boat was sunk in the Sulina branch of the Danube by a Soviet air attack.[1][8]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Type 1939/40 E-boat sunk in the Sulina branch by a Soviet air attack.[1][8]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Type 1939 E-boat was sunk in the Adriatic Sea between Korčula and Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia by , and (all  United Kingdom Navy). Two crewmen were killed and nine wounded.[1][186][187]
Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom World War II: : The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel south east of St. Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight (50°16′N 0°50′W / 50.267°N 0.833°W / 50.267; -0.833) by U-413 ( Germany Navy) with the loss of four of her 41 crew. Survivors were rescued by HMS Duke of Argyll ( United Kingdom Navy).[188]
 Soviet Navy World War II: The A-2 (Higgins 78')-class motor torpedo boat was sunk in the Arctic Sea off Kirkenes, Norway by (both  Germany Navy). Six crewmen killed, nine were taken as prisoners of war.[1][189]
 Imperial Japanese Army World War II: Convoy HI-71: The landing craft depot ship was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea west of Vigan City, Philippines (17°34′N 119°24′E / 17.567°N 119.400°E / 17.567; 119.400) by USS Spadefish ( United States Navy).[190]
U-123  Germany Navy World War II: The Type IXB submarine was scuttled at Lorient, Morbihan, France. She was raised in 1945, repaired and entered Marine Nationale service as Blaison.
U-466  Germany Navy World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled at Toulon, Var, France.
 Germany Navy World War II: The Vorpostenboot was torpedoed and sunk in the Arctic Sea off Kirkenes, Norway by and ( Soviet Navy). Twenty crewmen killed, five wounded.[1][182]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Vorpostenboot was torpedoed and sunk in the Arctic Sea off Kirkenes, Norway by ( Soviet Navy).[1][182]
Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk 150 nautical miles (280 km) east of Portuguese East Africa (14°30′S 42°20′E / 14.500°S 42.333°E / -14.500; 42.333) by U-862 ( Germany Navy) with the loss of 51 of the 62 people aboard.[191]

20 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1944
Ship Country Description
Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom World War II: : The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Indian Ocean 400 nautical miles (740 km) east south east of Durban, South Africa (30°58′S 38°50′E / 30.967°S 38.833°E / -30.967; 38.833) by U-861 ( Germany Navy) with the loss of eight of her 102 crew. Survivors were rescued by ( United Kingdom Navy).[192]
Chuko Maru  Japan World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the South China Sea off Hong Kong by Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft of the United States Fourteenth Air Force.[1]
Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom World War II: : The coaster was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel south east of St. Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight (50°13′N 0°48′W / 50.217°N 0.800°W / 50.217; -0.800) by U-764 ( Germany Navy) with the loss of six of her seventeen crew. Survivors were rescued by (Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom) and a Royal Navy motor launch.[193]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Marinefährprahm was sunk at Constanța, Romania in a Soviet air raid.[1]
 Germany Navy The Type D Marinefahrprahm was sunk on this date.[53]
 Germany Navy The Type D Marinefahrprahm was sunk on this date.[53]
 Germany Navy The Type DM minelayer Marinefahrprahm was sunk on this date.[53]
 Germany Navy World War II: The naval trawler/auxiliary minesweeper was sunk at Les Sables-d'Olonne, Vendée, France in an air raid by the Royal Air Force.[1]
M-553  Germany Navy World War II: The torpedo recovery vessel, a former Jan van Amstel-class minesweeper, was bombed and burned out at Stettin.[194]
 Germany Navy World War II: The MAL 1A type landing fire support lighter was scuttled at Dorpat to prevent capture.[6][154]
  The T 51-class motor torpedo boat was lost on this date.[195]
 Soviet Navy The KM-4-class river minesweeping launch was sunk on this date.[28]
NMS Năluca   World War II: The Sborul-class torpedo boat was sunk at Constanța by Soviet aircraft.[196]
 Italy World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. She was raised in 1947 and scrapped.[197]
 Germany Navy World War II: The minesweeper was sunk at Constanța in a Soviet air raid.[1]
Richard Montgomery  United States
Richard Montgomery in July 2011

World War II: The Liberty ship ran aground in the Thames Estuary (51°27′57″N 0°47′12″E / 51.46583°N 0.78667°E / 51.46583; 0.78667) and was declared a total loss. She still remains there as of 22 January 2022 due to her cargo of live ammunition being deemed too dangerous to salvage.

 Germany Navy World War II: The Type 1939/40 torpedo boat burned during a Soviet air attack on the shipyard at Constanța where she was being repaired.[1][198]
 Germany Navy World War II: The damaged Type 1939/40 motor torpedo boat was decommissioned at Constanța after being damaged earlier by a Soviet air attack.[1][198]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Type 1939/40 motor torpedo boat was sunk at Constanța in a Soviet air attack.[1][198]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Type 1939/40 motor torpedo boat was sunk at Constanța in a Soviet air attack.[1][198]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Élan-class sloop was scuttled at Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.[1]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Chamois-class aviso was scuttled west of Marseille.[199]
Schnelles Geleitboot 22  Germany World War II: The uncompleted Chamois-class minesweeping sloop was scuttled at Port-de-Bouc, Bouches-du-Rhône.[1]
Schnelles Geleitboot 25  Germany World War II: The uncompleted sloop was scuttled at Marseille.[1]
 Germany Navy World War II: The KFK-2-class naval drifter was sunk on this date.[75]
U-9  Germany Navy World War II: The Type IIB submarine was sunk in the Black Sea at Constanța by Soviet Air Force aircraft.
U-413  Germany Navy World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the English Channel south of Brighton, Sussex, United Kingdom (50°21′N 0°01′W / 50.350°N 0.017°W / 50.350; -0.017) by HMS Forester, HMS Vidette and HMS Wensleydale (all  United Kingdom Navy) with the loss of 45 of her 46 crew.
U-984  Germany Navy World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Bay of Biscay west of Brest, Finistère, France (48°16′N 5°33′W / 48.267°N 5.550°W / 48.267; -5.550) by HMCS Chaudiere, HMCS Kootenay and HMCS Ottawa (all  Canada Navy) with the loss of all 45 crew.[200]
U-1229  Germany Navy World War II: The Type IX submarine was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (42°20′N 51°39′W / 42.333°N 51.650°W / 42.333; -51.650) by Grumman TBM Avenger and Grumman F4F Wildcat aircraft based on USS Bogue ( United States Navy) with the loss of eighteen of her 59 crew.[201][202]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Vorpostenboot was sunk at Les Sables-d'Olonne in an air raid by the Royal Air Force.[1]
 Japan World War II: The cargo ship was sunk in the Pacific Ocean north east of Ceram Island, Netherlands East Indies by Bristol Beaufighter aircraft of the Royal Australian Air Force.[1]

21 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 21 August 1944
Ship Country Description
HMCS Alberni  Canada Navy World War II: The Flower-class corvette was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel (50°18′N 0°51′W / 50.300°N 0.850°W / 50.300; -0.850) by U-480 ( Germany Navy) with the loss of 59 of her 90 crew. Survivors rescued by and (both  United Kingdom Navy).
  Switzerland World War II: The cargo was damaged in the port of Marseilles when the retreating German troops blew up the quay Traverse d'Arenc. She sank in the harbour. The crew was forced by the German to leave the ship the day before.[203]
 Imperial Japanese Army World War II: convoy MASA-10: The Delagoa Maru-class transport was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea off French Indochina (11°45′N 109°46′E / 11.750°N 109.767°E / 11.750; 109.767) by USS Muskallunge ( United States Navy). Six crewmen and 509 troops were killed.[204]
 Germany Navy The Type D Marinefahrprahm was sunk by an air attack on the Rhone river near Avignon, France.[53][205]
 Germany Navy The Type D Marinefahrprahm was scuttled on the Rhone river.[53][206]
 Germany Navy The Type D Marinefahrprahm was sunk by Allied aircraft off Malamocco, France. There was one dead and 10 wounded.[53][207]
 United Kingdom Navy The Harbour Defence Motor Launch sank in a storm off Jamaica.[208]
 Germany Navy World War II: The tanker was scuttled as a blockship at Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France.[1]
 Japan World War II: Convoy MI-12: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in (13°20′N 120°11′E / 13.333°N 120.183°E / 13.333; 120.183) by USS Haddo ( United States Navy). A total of 65 troops and three crewmen were killed.[209]
HMS Kite  United Kingdom Navy World War II: The Black Swan-class sloop was torpedoed and sunk in the Barents Sea by U-344 ( Germany Navy) with the loss of 203 of her 217 crew. Survivors were rescued by HMS Keppel ( United Kingdom Navy).[210]
 Germany Navy World War II: The minesweeper was bombed and sunk in the Gironde Estuary, France, by de Havilland Mosquito aircraft of Coastal Command, Royal Air Force.[1][211]
 Germany Navy The auxiliary minesweeper was sunk on this date.[38]
Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom The cargo ship was wrecked on Geirfuglasker. Iceland.[212]
 Imperial Japanese Army World War II: Convoy MI-12: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in Paluan Bay (13°23′N 120°19′E / 13.383°N 120.317°E / 13.383; 120.317) by USS Haddo ( United States Navy). A gunner and sixteen crewmen were killed.[209]
HMS Orchis  United Kingdom Navy World War II: The Flower-class corvette was severely damaged by a mine and beached off Juno Beach, Calvados, France. Later declared a constructive total loss.[213]
 Germany Navy World War II: The VAS 301-class submarine chaser was sunk in by Royal Navy ships.[7]
 Germany Navy World War II: The torpedo boat struck a mine in the Baltic Sea off and was severely damaged. She was declared a total loss.[1]
 Japan World War II: Convoy MI-12: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in Paluan Bay (13°23′N 120°19′E / 13.383°N 120.317°E / 13.383; 120.317) by USS Guitarro, USS Haddo and USS Ray (all  United States Navy). Thirteen crewmen were killed.[1][214]
U-230  Germany Navy The Type VIIC submarine ran aground off Toulon, Var, France (43°07′N 06°00′E / 43.117°N 6.000°E / 43.117; 6.000). All 50 crew survived. She was subsequently scuttled during Operation Dragoon.
 Japan World War II: Convoy MI-12: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in Paluan Bay (13°20′N 120°11′E / 13.333°N 120.183°E / 13.333; 120.183) by USS Guitarro, USS Haddo and USS Ray (all  United States Navy). Two gunners, 96 passengers and 29 crewmen were killed.[1][214]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Vorpostenboot was scuttled at Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées, France.[1]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Vorpostenboot was scuttled at Bayonne.[1]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Vorpostenboot was sunk at Le Verdon-sur-Mer, Gironde by Bristol Beaufighter aircraft of 236 Squadron, Royal Air Force and 404 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.[1]
  World War II: The VAS 301-class submarine chaser was sunk near Genoa by Royal Navy ships.[7]
 Germany Navy World War II: The training ship was scuttled at Bayonne .[215]
Z23  Germany Navy World War II: The Type 1934A-class destroyer was sunk at La Pallice, Charente-Maritime, France in an air raid by the Royal Air Force.[1]

22 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1944
Ship Country Description
HMS Bickerton  United Kingdom Navy World War II: The Captain-class frigate was torpedoed and damaged in the Barents Sea by U-354 ( Germany Navy). She was scuttled by HMS Vigilant ( United Kingdom Navy) at 71°41′N 19°11′E / 71.683°N 19.183°E / 71.683; 19.183.
 Germany World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk by aircraft at Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France.[216]
 Germany World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank off Kristiansand, Norway.[217]
 Germany Navy The Type D Marinefahrprahm was sunk on this date.[53]
 Germany Navy The Type D Marinefahrprahm was wrecked on this date.[53]
 Germany Navy The Type D Marinefahrprahm was sunk on this date.[53]
  World War II: Convoy TAMA-24A: The Standard Merchant Type 1TL tanker was torpedoed and damaged in Pacific Ocean (18°48′N 120°46′E / 18.800°N 120.767°E / 18.800; 120.767) by USS Spadefish ( United States Navy) and beached in Pasaquin Bay, Luzon, Philippines. Later refloated but wrecked by heavy swells still in Pasaquin Bay on 18 September 1944.[218]
  World War II: The Hiburi-class escort ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Philippine Sea off Bataan, Philippines (14°15′N 120°25′E / 14.250°N 120.417°E / 14.250; 120.417) by USS Harder ( United States Navy). One hundred and fifty-four crewmen were killed and wounded.[219][220]
HMS Loyalty  United Kingdom Navy World War II: The Algerine-class minesweeper was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel south east of the Isle of Wight (50°09′N 0°41′W / 50.150°N 0.683°W / 50.150; -0.683) by U-480 ( Germany Navy) with the loss of 55 of her 85 crew.
 Germany Navy The guard ship was sunk on this date.[76]
 United Kingdom Navy World War II: The motor torpedo boat was expended as a target in the Mediterranean Sea.[221]
Matsuwa   World War II: The Etorofu-class escort ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Philippine Sea off Bataan (14°15′N 120°25′E / 14.250°N 120.417°E / 14.250; 120.417) by USS Harder ( United States Navy). One hundred and thirty-four crewmen, including her Captain, were killed.[222]
HMS Nabob  United Kingdom Navy World War II: Operation Goodwood: The Bogue-class escort carrier was torpedoed and damaged in the Barents Sea by U-354 ( Germany Navy) with the loss of 21 crew. She sailed to Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands where she arrived on 27 August. Declared a constructive total loss, she was beached and cannibalized for spare parts before being returned to the United States in 1946. Subsequently repaired and converted for merchant service.[223]
 Japan World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean by USS Tang ( United States Navy).[1]
 Germany World War II: The tanker was scuttled as a blockship in the River Seine at Sahurs, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was raised in August 1945 but found to be uneconomic to repair and was scrapped in 1947.[224]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Type R-41 minesweeper was scuttled at Rouen, France.[225]
 Germany Navy World War II: The RA 251-class minesweeper, a former VAS 301-class submarine chaser was sunk in Genoa Bay by Royal Navy ships.[7]
 Germany Navy World War II: The RA 251-class minesweeper was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Antibes, Alpes-Maritimes, France in a battle with Royal Navy ships.[1]
 Germany Navy World War II: The RA 251-class minesweeper was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Antibes in a battle with Royal Navy ships.[1]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Schnellboot struck a mine and sank in the Black Sea off Burgaz, Romania.[1][226]
 Germany Navy World War II: The escort ship was scuttled at Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône France. The wreck was scrapped in 1945.[227]
  World War II: The Etorofu-class escort ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Philippine Sea off Bataan (14°15′N 120°25′E / 14.250°N 120.417°E / 14.250; 120.417) by USS Haddo and USS Harder (both  United States Navy). 73 crewmen were killed.[1][209][228]
 Japan World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean (11°40′N 92°45′E / 11.667°N 92.750°E / 11.667; 92.750) by HMS Statesman ( United Kingdom Navy).[229]
  World War II: Convoy TAMO-23: The oiler was torpedoed and sunk in South China Sea (29°53′N 125°19′E / 29.883°N 125.317°E / 29.883; 125.317) by USS Pintado ( United States Navy). Four crewmen were killed.[230]
Tsushima Maru  Japan World War II: : The cargo liner was torpedoed and sunk south west of Suwanosejima by USS Bowfin ( United States Navy) with the loss of 1,484 lives.
U-344  Germany Navy World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Barents Sea north east of Bear Island, Norway (74°54′N 15°26′E / 74.900°N 15.433°E / 74.900; 15.433) by Fairey Swordfish aircraft of 825 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm based on HMS Vindex ( United Kingdom Navy) with the loss of all 50 crew.[231]
 Germany Navy The naval trawler/Vorpostenboot was on this date.[38]
 Germany Navy The KFK-2-class naval drifter/Vorpostenboot was sunk on this date.[75]
  World War II: The minesweeper was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off the by USS Batfish ( United States Navy).[1]

23 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1944
Ship Country Description
Asakaze   World War II: The Kamikaze-class destroyer was torpedoed and sunk in 18 nautical miles (33 km) south west of Cape Bolinao, Luzon, Philippines by USS Haddo ( United States Navy).
Christie  Norway World War II: The motor boat was bombed and sunk in the Arctic Ocean by Douglas A-20 Havoc aircraft of the Soviet Naval Air Force.[115]
Clipper  Norway World War II: The motor boat was bombed and sunk in the Arctic Ocean by Douglas A-20 Havoc aircraft of the Soviet Naval Air Force.[115]
Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom World War II: : The Fort ship struck a mine in the English Channel with the loss of one of her 67 crew. She straggled behind the convoy and was taken in tow by ( United States Navy) and ( United Kingdom Navy). Fort Yale was torpedoed and sunk in 17 nautical miles (31 km) south east of St. Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight (50°23′N 0°55′W / 50.383°N 0.917°W / 50.383; -0.917) by U-480 ( Germany Navy). The 66 survivors were rescued by three Royal Navy LCIs.[232]
Ha-65   The Type C Kō-hyōteki-class midget submarine was lost in a typhoon off Japan while under tow by ( ) when the tow line parted.[233]
Ha-73   The Type C Kō-hyōteki-class midget submarine was lost in a typhoon off Japan while under tow by ( ) when the tow line parted.[233]
Livasbjer  Norway World War II: The motor boat was bombed and sunk in the Arctic Ocean by Douglas A-20 Havoc aircraft of the Soviet Naval Air Force.[115]
 Germany Navy World War II: The minesweeper was scuttled at Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, France.[234]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Type 1939/40 E-boat was sunk in an air attack.[198]
  World War II: The auxiliary submarine chaser was sunk by Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft off Chichi Jima, Bonin Islands (27°50′N 142°06′E / 27.833°N 142.100°E / 27.833; 142.100).[44]
TA9  Germany Navy World War II: The La Melpomène-class torpedo boat was sunk in an American air raid on Toulon, Var, France.[1]
 Japan World War II: The troopship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Honshu by USS Tang ( United States Navy).[235]
U-180  Germany Navy World War II: The Type IXD1 submarine was sunk in the Bay of Biscay with the loss of all 56 crew.
, and  Germany Navy World War II: Battle of Audierne Bay: The Vorpostenboots were shelled and sunk off Audierne, Finistère, France by HMS Mauritius, HMS Ursa (both  United Kingdom Navy) and HMCS Iroquois ( Canada Navy).[1][236][237]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Battle of Audierne Bay: The Alfred I-class Vorpostenboot was shelled and sunk off Audierne, Finistère, France by HMS Mauritius, HMS Ursa (both  United Kingdom Navy) and HMCS Iroquois ( Canada Navy).[238]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Battle of Audierne Bay: The Ekwator-class Vorpostenboot was shelled and sunk off Audierne, Finistère, France by HMS Mauritius, HMS Ursa (both  United Kingdom Navy) and HMCS Iroquois ( Canada Navy).[239]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Battle of Audierne Bay: The Ekwator-class Vorpostenboot was shelled and sunk off Audierne, Finistère, France by HMS Mauritius, HMS Ursa (both  United Kingdom Navy) and HMCS Iroquois ( Canada Navy).[239]
 Japan World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the East China Sea off Keelung, Formosa by USS Ronquil ( United States Navy).[1]

24 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1944
Ship Country Description
 Germany Navy World War II: The Artilleriefährprahm was sunk at IJmuiden, North Holland, Netherlands in an air raid by the Royal Air Force. Later refloated, repaired and returned to service.[1]
Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom World War II: The tanker struck a mine and sank in the Seine Bay.[1]
 Germany Navy The Type DM minelayer Marinefahrprahm was sunk on this date.[53]
 Germany Navy The Type DM minelayer Marinefahrprahm was sunk on this date.[53]
  World War II: Convoy MOTA-23: The transport was torpedoed and damaged by USS Ronquil ( United States Navy). The partially flooded ship drifted ashore with 210 troops and four crewmen killed. The ship was abandoned about three months later.[240]
USS Harder  United States Navy World War II: The Gato-class submarine was depth charged and sunk in Dasol Bay by Imperial Japanese Navy ships with the loss of all 60 crew.
Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine in Seine Bay and broke in two. The bow section sank, the stern section was beached. It was later towed to the Tyne and a new bow section was fitted. The ship was returned to service as Treworlas.[1][241]
Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with ( United States) in the Atlantic Ocean off Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States and was beached. Later repaired and returned to service.[242]
  World War II: The river monitor was sunk in the Danube by Soviet aircraft. Raised, repaired and returned to service in 1953.[243]
 Germany Navy World War II: The minesweeper was sunk at Brest, Finistère, France in an air raid by the Royal Air Force.[1]
 Germany Navy The auxiliary minesweeper was sunk on this date.[38]
NMS Mihail Kogălniceanu   World War II: The Lascar Catargiu-class river monitor was sunk in the Danube by Soviet aircraft. Raised, repaired and returned to service 1953.[243]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Type R-218 minesweeper was sunk off Cape Antifer by surface ships.[185]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Chamois-class aviso was bombed and sunk in Acqua Fredda Bay, Italy by Allied aircraft. Eight crew were killed.[199][244]
 Germany Navy World War II: The RA 51-class minesweeper was sunk in an air attack on this date.[245][246]
 Japan World War II: The cargo ship was sunk at Padang, Netherlands East Indies in by Fleet Air Arm aircraft based on HMS Indomitable and HMS Victorious (both  United Kingdom Navy).[1]
  World War II: The auxiliary submarine chaser was bombed and sunk at Chichi-jima by Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft of the United States Fourteenth Air Force.[1]
T24  Germany Navy World War II: The Elbing-class torpedo boat was bombed and sunk at Le Verdon-sur-Mer or Soulac-sur-Mer, Gironde, France by Bristol Beaufighter aircraft of 236 Squadron, Royal Air Force and 404 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force. 18 crew were killed.[1][89][247]
 Japan World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea off Formosa by USS Sailfish ( United States Navy).[248]
 Japan World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Cape Erimo, Hokkaidō by USS Seal ( United States Navy).[249]
U-354  Germany Navy World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Barents Sea (72°49′N 30°41′E / 72.817°N 30.683°E / 72.817; 30.683) by HMS Keppel, HMS Loch Dunvegan, HMS Mermaid and HMS Peacock (all  United Kingdom Navy) with the loss of all 51 crew.[250]
U-445  Germany Navy World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Bay of Biscay west of Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Inférieure, France (47°21′N 5°50′W / 47.350°N 5.833°W / 47.350; -5.833) by HMS Louis ( United Kingdom Navy) with the loss of all 52 crew.[251]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Vorpostenboot was sunk at IJmuiden in an air raid by the Royal Air Force.[1]
Vita  Bulgaria World War II: The sailing vessel was sunk in the Black Sea by Shch-215 ( Soviet Navy).[1]
  World War II: Convoy MOTA-23: The transport was torpedoed and sunk by USS Ronquil ( United States Navy). Ninety-six of 99 troops, ten gunners and all 70 crewmen were killed.[240]
Z37  Germany Navy World War II: The Type 1936A-class destroyer was scuttled at Bordeaux, France.[252]

25 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1944
Ship Country Description
Baltic  Sweden World War II: The fishing trawler struck a mine and sank west of Hamneskär with the loss of 5 lives.[86]
 Japan World War II: Convoy TAMA-24: The transport was torpedoed and sunk north north east of Cape Bojeador, Luzon, Philippines (18°31′N 120°32′E / 18.517°N 120.533°E / 18.517; 120.533) by USS Picuda ( United States Navy). Seventeen crewmen and an unknown number of troops were killed.[253]
 Germany Navy The Siebel ferry was sunk on this date.[254]
 Germany Navy The Type B Marinefahrprahm was sunk on this date.[53]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Type D Marinefahrprahm was intentionally run aground south of Varna. Salvaged and put in Soviet service as ( Soviet Navy) in October 1944.[53][255]
 Germany Navy The Type D Marinefahrprahm was wrecked on this date.[53]
 Germany Navy The Type DM minelayer Marinefahrprahm was sunk on this date.[53]
 Soviet Navy World War II: The survey ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Gulf of Finland (60°02′N 29°04′E / 60.033°N 29.067°E / 60.033; 29.067) by U-242 ( Germany Navy) with the loss of 25 of her 32 crew.[256]
 Japan World War II: Convoy TAMA-24: The transport was torpedoed and sunk off north north east of Cape Bojeador (18°42′N 120°49′E / 18.700°N 120.817°E / 18.700; 120.817) by USS Picuda ( United States Navy). Sixteen crewmen were killed.[253]
 United Kingdom Navy The landing craft assault was lost on this date.[257]
 United Kingdom Navy World War II: The landing craft tank was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel (49°50′N 0°45′W / 49.833°N 0.750°W / 49.833; -0.750) by U-764 ( Germany Navy) with the loss of ten of her fourteen crew.[258]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Type 1940 minesweeper was sunk at Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein by British aircraft. Later raised.[64]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Type 1940 minesweeper was scuttled at Bordeaux, Gironde, France.[64]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Type 1940 minesweeper was scuttled at Bordeaux, France.[64]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Type 1940 minesweeper was sunk off Engelsmanplaat, Friesland, Netherlands by rocket-armed Bristol Beaufighter aircraft of the Royal Air Force.[1][259]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Type 1940 minesweeper was scuttled at Bordeaux, France.[260]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Type 1940 minesweeper was scuttled at Bordeaux, France.[261]
 Germany Navy The auxiliary minesweeper was sunk on this date.[38]
 Germany Navy World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper was sunk at Brest, Finistère, France in an air raid by the Royal Air Force.[1]
 Germany Navy World War II: The minesweeper was scuttled at La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France.[1]
 Germany Navy The naval trawler/auxiliary minesweeper was lost on this date.[38]
 Japan World War II: The coaster was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean by USS Tang ( ).[1]
Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom World War II: : The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 35 nautical miles (65 km) north west of Cap d'Antifer, Seine Maritime, France by U-480 ( Germany Navy) with the loss of four of her 63 crew. Survivors were rescued by and HMS Pennywort (both  United Kingdom Navy).[262]
 Germany Navy The Type A Marinefahrprahm was sunk on this date.[53]
and  Germany Navy World War II: The Type R-151 minesweepers were scuttled in the Black Sea off Constanța, Romania. R 205 was raised, repaired, and put in Soviet service as BO-52.[142][263]
 Germany World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Bassens, Gironde, France. Wreck scrapped in 1945.[264]
 Germany Navy World War II: The damaged Type 1939/40 torpedo boat was scuttled at Constanța.[1][198]
 Germany Navy World War II: The torpedo boat was scuttled at Constanța.[1]
 Germany Navy World War II: The torpedo boat was scuttled at Constanța.[1]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Type 1939/40 motor torpedo boat was sunk by British ships.[198]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Type 1939/40 motor torpedo boat was sunk by aircraft,[198] or scuttled at Constanța.[1]
, , , , , , and  Germany Navy World War II: The MAS boats were scuttled at Constanța.[265]
 Germany Navy The KFK-2-class naval drifter was sunk on this date.[75]
 Germany World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled in the Gironde, France.[266]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Sperrbrecher was sunk as a blockship in the Gironde. Raised in 1947 and scrapped.[267]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Sperrbrecher was scuttled at Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Inférieure, France.[1]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Sperrbrecher was scuttled at Saint-Nazaire.[1]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Sperrbrecher was scuttled at Saint-Nazaire.[1]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Sperrbrecher was sunk at Brest in an air raid by the Royal Air Force.[1]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Sperrbrecher was sunk by Allied aircraft at Brest.[94]
TA13  Germany Navy World War II: The La Melpomène-class torpedo boat was scuttled at Toulon, Var, France.[1]
U-18  Germany Navy World War II: The Type IIB submarine was scuttled at Constanța, Romania.
U-24  Germany Navy World War II: The Type IIB submarine was scuttled at Constanța.
U-178  Germany Navy World War II: The Type IXD2 submarine was scuttled at Bordeaux, Gironde. The wreck was raised and scrapped in 1947.
U-667  Germany Navy World War II: The Type VIIC submarine struck a mine and sank in the Bay of Biscay off La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France (46°00′N 1°30′W / 46.000°N 1.500°W / 46.000; -1.500) with the loss of all 45 crew.[268]
UIT-21  Germany Navy World War II: The Calvi-class submarine was scuttled at Bordeaux.[1]
 Germany Navy World War II: The submarine chaser struck a mine and sank in the Black Sea off Varna, Romania.[1]
 Germany Navy World War II: The submarine chaser was scuttled at Constanța.[1]
 Germany Navy World War II: The submarine chaser was scuttled in Bulgarian waters.[269]
 Germany Navy World War II: The KFK-2-class naval drifter/submarine chaser was scuttled at Constanța.[1]
 Germany Navy World War II: The KFK-2-class naval drifter/submarine chaser was scuttled at Constanța.[1]
 Germany Navy The KFK-2-class naval drifter/Vorpostenboot was sunk on this date.[75]
VRD-96 Del'fin  Soviet Navy World War II: The barge was torpedoed and sunk in the Gulf of Finland (60°02′N 29°04′E / 60.033°N 29.067°E / 60.033; 29.067) by U-242 ( Germany Navy).[270]
Yūnagi   World War II: Convoy TAMA-24: The Kamikaze-class destroyer was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean 20 nautical miles (37 km) north north east of Cape Bojeador (18°46′N 120°46′E / 18.767°N 120.767°E / 18.767; 120.767) by USS Picuda ( United States Navy) with the loss of 32 crewmen. 202 survivors including her commanding officer were rescued by CD-35 ( ).
Z24  Germany Navy World War II: The destroyer was bombed and sunk by aircraft off Le Verdon-sur-Mer, Gironde by Bristol Beaufighter aircraft of 236 Squadron, Royal Air Force and 404 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.[1]

26 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1944
Ship Country Description
, ,
, and 		 Germany Navy World War II: The Artilleriefährprahme were sunk in the English Channel off Fécamp, Seine-Inférieure, France by Royal Navy motor torpedo boats and United States Navy PT boats. One hundred and twenty survivors were rescued by and (both  Germany Navy).[1]
Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom World War II: : The Type N3-S-A1 cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel north of Cherbourg, Charente-Maritime, France (50°10′N 1°41′W / 50.167°N 1.683°W / 50.167; -1.683) by U-989 ( Germany Navy) with the loss of sixteen of her 35 crew. Survivors were rescued by ( United Kingdom Navy).[271]
 Germany Navy The auxiliary river gunboat was sunk on this date.[272]
 Germany World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled, either in the Gironde or at Bordeaux, Gironde.[1]
 Germany World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled, either in the Gironde or at Bordeaux.[1]
 Germany Navy The Type C2 Marinefahrprahm was wrecked on this date.[53]
 Germany Navy World War II: The minesweeper was scuttled, either in the Gironde or at Bordeaux.[1]
 Germany Navy World War II: The minesweeper was scuttled, either in the Gironde or at Bordeaux.[1]
 Germany Navy World War II: The minesweeper was scuttled, either in the Gironde or at Bordeaux.[1]
 Germany Navy World War II: The minesweeper struck a mine and sank in the English Channel off La Pallice, Seine-Inférieure, France.[1]
 Germany Navy World War II: The minesweeper was scuttled, either in the Gironde or at Bordeaux.[1]
 Germany Navy The MAL 1 type landing fire support lighter was lost on this date.[6]
 Soviet Navy World War II: The hydrographic survey ship was shelled and sunk in the Kara Sea (75°35′N 89°50′E / 75.583°N 89.833°E / 75.583; 89.833) by U-957 ( Germany Navy) with the loss of eighteen of her 22 crew. Survivors were taken aboard U-957 as prisoners of war.[273]
 Germany World War II: The tanker was scuttled, either in the Gironde or at Bordeaux.[1]
 Germany World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled, either in the Gironde or at Bordeaux.[1]
 Germany Navy The KFK-2-class naval drifter was sunk on this date.[75]
Samidare   World War II: After running aground on Velasco Reef off Palau on 19 August, the Shiratsuyu-class destroyer was torpedoed by USS Batfish ( United States Navy) with the aft section sinking in the Pacific Ocean (8°30′N 134°37′E / 8.500°N 134.617°E / 8.500; 134.617). The crew later scuttled the forward section.[274]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Sperrbrecher was sunk at Brest, Finistère, France in an air raid by the Royal Air Force.[1]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Sperrbrecher was scuttled off Bordeaux.[94]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Sperrbrecher was scuttled, either in the Gironde or at Bordeaux.[1]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Sperrbrecher was bombed and sunk at Brest in an air raid by the Royal Air Force.[1][275]
 Soviet Navy World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper was torpedoed and sunk in Narva Bay by U-745 ( Germany Navy).[276]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Vorpostenboot was sunk on this date.[38]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Vorpostenboot was sunk in the Scheldt by Royal Navy motor torpedo boats.[1]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Vorpostenboot was sunk at Le Verdon-sur-Mer, Gironde by Bristol Beaufighter aircraft of 236 Squadron, Royal Air Force and 404 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.[1]
U-188  Germany Navy World War II: The Type IXC/40 submarine was scuttled at Bordeaux, Gironde, France. The wreck was raised in 1947 and scrapped.[277]
 Germany Navy The auxiliary river minesweeper was sunk on this date.[278]

27 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1944
Ship Country Description
, and  Germany Navy World War II: The Artilleriefährprahme were sunk in the English Channel off Fécamp, Seine-Inférieure, France by Royal Navy motor torpedo boats and United States Navy PT boats.[1]
HMS Britomart  United Kingdom Navy World War II: The Halcyon-class minesweeper was bombed and damaged in the English Channel off , Seine-Inférieure, France by Hawker Typhoon aircraft of the Royal Air Force with the loss of 14 of her 80 crew. Survivors were rescued by ( United Kingdom Navy). HMS Britomart was scuttled by HMS Pytchley.[279]
Clemenceau  Marine Nationale World War II: The incomplete Richelieu-class battleship was bombed and sunk at Brest, Finistère, France by United States Army Air Forces aircraft. The wreck was scrapped post-war.
 Germany Navy The Type D Marinefahrprahm was sunk on this date.[53]
HMS Hussar  United Kingdom Navy World War II: The Halcyon-class minesweeper was bombed and damaged in the English Channel off Cap-d'Antifer by Hawker Typhoon aircraft of the Royal Air Force with the loss of 55 of her 80 crew. Survivors were rescued by ( United Kingdom Navy). HMS Hussar was scuttled by HMS Pytchley.[279]
 United States Coast Guard World War II: The US Coast Guard-crewed US Navy landing ship tank was torpedoed and damaged in the English Channel by with the loss of 22 of the 100 people on board. She was towed to Plymouth, Devon where she was declared a total loss. Scrapped in September 1948.[280]
 Germany Navy The auxiliary river minesweeper was sunk on this date.[278]
 Germany Navy World War II: The minesweeper was sunk at Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein in an air raid by Royal Air Force aircraft. She was later refloated and repaired.[1]
 Japan World War II: The coastal tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea off , Philippines by USS Guitarro, USS Haddo and USS Ray (all  United States Navy).[1]
 Japan World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea off Minodro, Philippines by USS Guitarro, USS Haddo and USS Ray (all  United States Navy).[1]
 Germany Navy World War II: The minesweeper struck a mine and sank in the Aegean Sea off Paros.[1]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Type A Marinefährprahm was scuttled in the Danube at Corabia, Romania.[1][53]
 United Kingdom Navy World War II: The Halcyon-class minesweeper was bombed and damaged in the English Channel off Cap-d'Antifer by Hawker Typhoon aircraft of the Royal Air Force. She was consequently declared a constructive total loss.[279]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Sperrbrecher was sunk at Brest by Allied aircraft.[94][1]
 Germany Navy The KFK-2-class naval drifter/Vorpostenboot was sunk on this date.[75]

28 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1944
Ship Country Description
 Germany Navy World War II: The Type C2 Artilleriefährprahm struck a mine and sank in the Baltic Sea.[1]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Artilleriefährprahm struck a mine and sank in the Baltic Sea.[1]
 Germany Navy The Type D Artilleriefährprahm was sunk on this date.[53]
RFA Broomdale  United Kingdom Navy The tanker was severely damaged at Trincomalee, Ceylon by a torpedo accidentally fired by HMS Severn ( United Kingdom Navy). One crew was killed.She was subsequently repaired and returned to service.[281]
 Germany Navy The Type B Marinefahrprahm was sunk on this date.[53]
 Germany Navy The Type A Marinefahrprahm was sunk on this date.[53]
 Germany Navy The Type AT tanker Marinefahrprahm was sunk on this date.[53]
 Germany Navy The Type C2M minelayer Marinefahrprahm was sunk on this date.[53]
 Germany Navy The Type C2M minelayer Marinefahrprahm was sunk on this date.[53]
 Germany Navy The Type C2M minelayer Marinefahrprahm was sunk on this date. Salvaged and put in Soviet service as ( Soviet Navy) in November 1946.[53]
 Germany Navy The Type C2T Marinefahrprahm tanker was sunk on this date.[53]
 Norway The cargo ship foundered in Lyme Bay, United Kingdom (50°22′10″N 3°04′06″W / 50.36944°N 3.06833°W / 50.36944; -3.06833) after her cargo shifted in a storm. Eight of her 23 crew were lost. Survivors were rescued by ( Netherlands).[282]
John Barry  United States World War II: The Liberty ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Indian Ocean (15°10′N 55°18′E / 15.167°N 55.300°E / 15.167; 55.300) by U-859 ( Germany Navy) with the loss of two of her 68 crew. Survivors were rescued by ( United States) and ( Netherlands).[283][284]
 Germany Navy The naval drifter/auxiliary minesweeper was lost on this date.[38]
 Germany Navy The naval drifter/auxiliary minesweeper was lost on this date.[38]
 Germany Navy The naval drifter/auxiliary minesweeper was lost on this date.[38]
 Germany Navy The naval trawler/auxiliary minesweeper was lost on this date.[38]
 Germany Navy The auxiliary minesweeper was sunk on this date.[38]
 Germany Navy The naval drifter/auxiliary minesweeper was lost on this date.[38]
 Germany Navy The naval trawler/auxiliary minesweeper was lost on this date.[38]
 Germany Navy The naval trawler/auxiliary minesweeper was lost on this date.[38]
 Germany Navy World War II: The auxiliary minelayer was destroyed at Marseille Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[199]
 Germany Navy World War II: The minelayer was scuttled at Marseille.[1]
 Japan World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Celebes Sea by USS Jack ( United States Navy).[285]
 Germany Navy World War II: The escort ship was scuttled at Marseille.[286]
 Germany Navy World War II: The escort ship was scuttled at Marseille. The wreck was scrapped in 1946–47.[287]
 Germany Navy The Type A Marinefahrprahm was sunk on this date. Salvaged and put in Soviet service as ( Soviet Navy) in October 1944.[53]
 Germany Navy The Type A Marinefahrprahm was sunk on this date. Salvaged and put in Soviet service as ( Soviet Navy) in October 1944.[53]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Sperrbrecher was scuttled at Brest, Finistère, France.[1]
 Sweden World War II: The coaster struck a mine and sank in the Kattegat with the loss of 3 lives.[1][288]
 Germany Navy World War II: The submarine chaser was sunk in the English Channel off Fécamp, Seine-Inférieure, France by , , and (all  United Kingdom Navy).[1][289]
, ,
, ,
and 		 Germany Navy World War II: The Vorpostenboote were scuttled at Brest.[1]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Vorpostenboot was scuttled, either in the Gironde or at Bordeaux, Gironde.[1]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Vorpostenboot was scuttled, either in the Gironde or at Bordeaux.[1]

29 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1944
Ship Country Description
 Germany Navy The Type B Marinefahrprahm was sunk on this date.[53]
 Germany Navy The Type A Marinefahrprahm was sunk on this date.[53]
 Germany Navy The Type C Marinefahrprahm was sunk on this date.[53]
 Germany Navy The Type CT tanker Marinefahrprahm was sunk on this date.[53]
 Germany Navy The Type C Marinefahrprahm was sunk on this date.[53]
 Germany Navy The Type C2 Marinefahrprahm was sunk on this date.[53]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Type C2M minelayer Marinefahrprahm was scuttled at .[255]
 Germany Navy The Type C2M minelayer Marinefahrprahm was sunk on this date.[53]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Type C2 Marinefahrprahm was scuttled at . Salvaged and put in Soviet service.[255]
 Germany Navy The Type C2T tanker Marinefahrprahm was sunk on this date.[53]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Type C2A Marinefährprahm was scuttled in the Danube at Turnu Măgurele, Romania.[1]
 Germany Navy The Type D Marinefahrprahm was sunk on this date.[53]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Type D Marinefahrprahm was sunk on this date. Salvaged and put in Soviet service as ( Soviet Navy) in June 1945.[53]
 Germany Navy The Type D Marinefahrprahm was sunk on this date.[53]
 Germany Navy World War II: The minesweeper was sunk in the English Channel off Berck-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, France by Allied aircraft.[1]
 Germany Navy The minesweeper was sunk on this date.[76]
 Germany Navy The naval drifter/auxiliary minesweeper was lost on this date.[38]
 Germany Navy The MAL 1 type landing fire support lighter was lost on this date.[6]
 Imperial Japanese Army World War II: Convoy H-33: The transport was torpedoed and sunk in the Celebes Sea (02°50′N 123°29′E / 2.833°N 123.483°E / 2.833; 123.483) north of Celebes by USS Jack ( United States Navy). A gunner, 826 troops and 21 crewmen were killed. Survivors were rescued by , , and (all  ).[290]
 Germany Navy The Type C Marinefahrprahm was sunk on this date.[53]
 Germany Navy World War II: The damaged Type 1939/40 motor torpedo boat was scuttled at Constanța, Romania.[198]
 Germany Navy World War II: The damaged Type 1939/40 motor torpedo boat was scuttled at Constanța.[198]
 Germany Navy The KFK-2-class naval drifter was sunk on this date.[75]
 Germany Navy The KFK-2-class naval drifter was sunk on this date.[75]
 Germany Navy The KFK-2-class naval drifter was sunk on this date.[75]
 Germany Navy The KFK-2-class naval drifter was sunk on this date.[75]
 Germany Navy The KFK-2-class naval drifter was sunk on this date.[75]
 Germany Navy The KFK-2-class naval drifter was sunk on this date.[75]
 Germany Navy The KFK-2-class naval drifter was sunk on this date.[75]
 Germany Navy The KFK-2-class naval drifter minesweeper was lost on this date .[75]
 Germany Navy World War II:The RA 51-class minesweeper was scuttled by her crew.[245][246]
 Germany Navy World War II:The RA 51-class minesweeper was scuttled by her crew.[245][246]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Sperrbrecher was sunk by Allied aircraft off Elbe 1 Beacon.[94]
 Germany Navy The submarine chaser, a converted Type A Marinefahrprahm, was sunk on this date.[53]
  World War II: Convoy H-33: The W-19-class minesweeper was torpedoed and sunk in the Celebes Sea (02°50′N 123°29′E / 2.833°N 123.483°E / 2.833; 123.483) north of the Celebes by USS Jack ( United States Navy).[291]

30 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1944
Ship Country Description
, , , and  Germany Navy World War II: The Artilleriefährprahme were scuttled at Varna, Romania.[1]
 Germany World War II: The coaster was sunk at Stettin, Pomerania in an air raid by the Royal Canadian Air Force.[1]
De Grasse France Vichy France World War II: The barracks ship was scuttled at Blaye, Gironde. Refloated in August 1945, repaired and re-entered service in July 1947.[1][292]
, and  Germany Navy World War II: The Marinefährprahme were scuttled at Varna.[1]
 Germany Navy The incomplete Type D Marinefahrprahm was sunk at Gollnow-Werk, Stettin.[53]
 Germany Navy The incomplete Type D Marinefahrprahm was sunk at Gollnow-Werk, Stettin.[53]
 Germany Navy The incomplete Type D Marinefahrprahm was sunk at Gollnow-Werk, Stettin.[53]
 Germany World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged by aircraft off Stettin. The ship sank in tow at Liepāja, Latvia, on 18 October 1944.[293]
Jacksonville  United States World War II: : The tanker straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and split in two, with the bow sinking in the Atlantic Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km) north of Londonderry (55°30′N 7°30′W / 55.500°N 7.500°W / 55.500; -7.500) by U-482 ( Germany Navy) with the loss of 28 gunners and 48 crewmen. Survivors, a gunner and a crewman, were rescued by USS Poole ( United States Navy). Escorts scuttled the stern section.[294]
 Germany Navy World War II: The naval trawler struck a mine and sank in the Stettin Lagoon.[1]
M 553  Germany Navy World War II: The Jan van Amstel-class minesweeper was sunk at Stettin in an air raid by the Royal Canadian Air Force.[1]
 Germany Navy The naval trawler/auxiliary minesweeper was lost on this date.[38]
 Germany Navy The auxiliary minesweeper was sunk on this date.[38]
 Germany Navy World War II: The MAL 1A type landing fire support lighter was sunk by a Soviet bomber in Lake Peipus.[6][295]
 Germany Navy World War II: The MAL 1A type landing fire support lighter was sunk by a Soviet bomber in Lake Peipus.[6][295]
 Germany Navy World War II: The MAL 1A type landing fire support lighter was sunk by a Soviet bomber in Lake Peipus. One crewman killed.[6][295]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Type R-25 minesweeper was scuttled at Varna.[296]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Type R-25 minesweeper was scuttled at Varna, Bulgaria.[296]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Type R-151 minesweeper was scuttled at Varna, Bulgaria. R 163 was raised, repaired, and put in Soviet service as BO-54.[1][142][263]
, , , ,
, , ,, , , and 		 Germany Navy World War II: The Type R-151 minesweepers were scuttled at Varna, Bulgaria.[1][142][263]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Type R-151 minesweeper was scuttled at Varna, Bulgaria. R 206 was raised, repaired, and put in Soviet service as BO-53.[1][142][263]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Type R-151 minesweeper was sunk at Stettin in an air raid by Royal Canadian Air Force aircraft.[1][142]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Type R-218 minesweeper was scuttled at Varna, Bulgaria.[185]
, and  Germany Navy World War II: The motor torpedo boats were scuttled at Varna.[1]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Sperrbrecher was scuttled, either in the Gironde or at Bordeaux.[1]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Sperrbrecher was sunk by Allied aircraft at the mouth of the Elbe.[94]
 Germany World War II: The passenger ship was bombed and set afire at Kiel in an Allied air raid.[1]
and  Germany Navy World War II: The submarine chasers were scuttled at Varna.[1]
 Germany Navy The KFK-2-class naval drifter/Vorpostenboot was sunk on this date.[75]

31 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 31 August 1944
Ship Country Description
 Japan World War II: Convoy MI-15: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Luzon Strait by USS Queenfish ( United States Navy). 328 passengers and 15 crewmen killed.[297]
 Germany Navy The Type C Marinefahrprahm was sunk on this date. Salvaged and put in Soviet service as ( Soviet Navy) in October 1944.[53]
 Japan World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Yangtze by aircraft of the United States Fourteenth Air Force.[1]
  World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper was torpedoed and sunk in the Bashi Channel by USS Barb ( United States Navy) with the loss of two crewmen.[297]
 Japan World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Ceram Island, Netherlands East Indies by Consolidated PBY Catalina aircraft of the United States Army Air Force.[1]
 Japan World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Ceram Island by Consolidated PBY Catalina aircraft of the United States Army Air Force.[1]
 Germany Navy The auxiliary minesweeper was sunk on this date.[38]
 Germany Navy The auxiliary minesweeper was sunk on this date.[38]
 Imperial Japanese Army World War II: Convoy MI-15: The transport was torpedoed and sunk in the Bashi Channel by USS Barb ( United States Navy) with the loss of three crewmen.[1][297]
 Japan World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Banda Sea north of Alor Island, Netherlands East Indies by North American B-25 Mitchell aircraft of the Royal Netherlands Air Force.[1]
Shirataka   World War II: Convoy MI-15: The minelayer was torpedoed and sunk in the Bashi Channel (21°05′N 121°26′E / 21.083°N 121.433°E / 21.083; 121.433) by USS Sealion ( United States Navy) with the loss of all 148 crew.[297]
 Japan World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Yangtze by aircraft of the United States Fourteenth Air Force.[1]
U-1000  Germany Navy World War II: The Type VIIC/41 submarine struck a mine and was damaged in the Baltic Sea off Pillau, East Prussia. She was consequently taken out of service and scrapped.

Unknown date[]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1944
Ship Country Description
 France World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. Refloated in December 1946 repaired and returned to service.[298]
  World War II: The CB-class midget submarine was scuttled at/off Constanța between 25 and 30 August.[255]
Condorcet  Germany Navy World War II: The barracks ship was scuttled at Toulon, Var, France.
 Germany Navy The Type C2 Marinefahrprahm was sunk sometime in August.[53]
 Germany Navy The Type C2 Marinefahrprahm was sunk sometime in August.[53]
 Germany Navy The Type D Marinefahrprahm was sunk sometime in August.[53]
 Germany Navy The naval trawler was lost sometime in August.[38]
 Germany Navy The anti-aircraft vessel was scuttled sometime in August.[299]
 Germany Navy World War II: The RA 51-class minesweeper was sunk by a mine in the Irben Strait sometime in August (location seems unlikely).[245][246]
 Germany Navy World War II: The incomplete hospital ship was scuttled at Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[300]
 Germany World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled in Marseille. Later raised and scrapped in Fos-sur-Mer, Bouches-du-Rhône, from July 1946.[301]
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, 		 United Kingdom Navy The landing craft personnel (large) were lost sometime in August or September.[302]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Type 1940 minesweeper was scuttled at Bordeaux, Gironde, France on 15 or 25 August.[64][303]
 Germany Navy The naval drifter/auxiliary minesweeper was lost sometime in August.[38]
 Germany Navy The naval trawler/auxiliary minesweeper was lost sometime in August.[38]
 Germany Navy The auxiliary minesweeper was lost sometime in August.[38]
 Germany Navy The naval trawler/auxiliary minesweeper was lost sometime in August.[38]
 Germany Navy World War II: The naval trawler/auxiliary minesweeper, a former Von der Goltz-class Vorpostenboot, was scuttled at La Ciotat sometime in August.[304]
 Germany Navy World War II: The auxiliary fast escort was scuttled at Marseilles sometime in August.[305]
Marechal Petain  France World War II: The passenger ship was torpedoed and sunk at , Bouches-du-Rhône by a Kriegsmarine vessel. Refloated post-war, repaired and returned to service at La Marseillaise.
 Germany Navy World War II: The PA-class patrol ship was scuttled incomplete at Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France sometime in August.[199]
 Germany Navy The naval trawler/auxiliary minesweeper was lost sometime in August.[38]
 Germany Navy World War II: The RA 51-class minesweeper was sunk by a mine in the Irben Strait sometime in August (location seems unlikely).[245][246]
 Germany Navy World War II: The auxiliary fast escort was scuttled at Marseilles sometime in August, possibly on 24 August.[305]
 Germany Navy World War II: The incomplete auxiliary fast escort was scuttled at Marseilles sometime in August.[305]
 Germany Navy World War II: The incomplete auxiliary fast escort was scuttled at Marseilles sometime in August.[305]
U-925  Germany Navy World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was lost on patrol in the Arctic Ocean or Norwegian Sea with the loss of all 51 crew. Cause unknown.[306]
 Germany Navy World War II: The submarine chaser was scuttled in the Black Sea off Kaliakra, Bulgaria between 26 and 30 August.[1]
 Germany Navy World War II: The submarine chaser was scuttled in the Black Sea off Kaliakra between 26 and 30 August.[1]
 Germany Navy World War II: The submarine chaser was scuttled in the Black Sea off Kaliakra between 26 and 30 August.[1]
 Germany Navy World War II: The submarine chaser was scuttled in the Black Sea off Kaliakra between 26 and 30 August.[1]
 Germany Navy World War II: The submarine chaser was scuttled in the Black Sea off Kaliakra between 26 and 30 August.[1]
 Germany Navy World War II: The Gabbiano-class corvette was bombed and sunk at Genoa, Italy, by American aircraft on 16 August 1944, or sunk by , , and (all  United States Navy) on 24 May 1944.[307]

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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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