List of shipwrecks in November 1945

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The list of shipwrecks in November 1945 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during November 1945.

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1 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 1 November 1945
Ship Country Description
Seal  United States The 43-gross register ton, 58-foot (18 m) fishing vessel sank in the harbor at Seldovia, Alaska.[1]

3 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1945
Ship Country Description
 Imperial Japanese Navy Indonesian War of Independence: The transport was bombed and sunk at Emma Haven, Padang, Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies, by Dutch aircraft. She had been seized by Indonesian rebels on 11 October 1945.[2]

4 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 4 November 1945
Ship Country Description
 Royal Navy The sank off North Scroby after colliding with ( Royal Navy).[3]

5 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1945
Ship Country Description
Edinburgh Castle  United Kingdom The ocean liner, after being declared not worth to tow back to England, was sunk as an exercise target by gunfire from the armed trawler Cape Warwick, HMS Portchester Castle and HMS Launceston Castle (all  Royal Navy), some 60 nautical miles (110 km) off Freetown.[4]

6 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 6 November 1945
Ship Country Description
USS Oberrender  United States Navy The decommissioned John C. Butler-class destroyer escort was sunk as a gunnery target in the Pacific Ocean.

8 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 8 November 1945
Ship Country Description
 Kriegsmarine The surrendered Type C Marinefahrprahm was sunk by a mine in the Baltic Sea with the loss of 26 lives.[5][6]
 China The ship struck a mine in the Pearl River at Bocca Tigris and sank with the loss of 500 lives.[7]
USS Hogan  United States Navy The Wickes-class destroyer was bombed and sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off San Diego, California.

9 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 9 November 1945
Ship Country Description
 United States Army The Design 381 Coastal Freighter sank in a Typhoon off Okinawa.[8][9]
 United States Army The Design 381 Coastal Freighter was lost in a Typhoon at Okinawa.[10][11]

10 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 10 November 1945
Ship Country Description
 United States World War II: The Liberty ship struck a mine and was damaged at Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia. She was declared a constructive total loss but was sold, repaired and returned to service.[12]
HMCS Assiniboine  Royal Canadian Navy The decommissioned C-class destroyer ran aground at East Point, Prince Edward Island (46°28′30″N 61°58′00″W / 46.47500°N 61.96667°W / 46.47500; -61.96667) when her tow parted whilst she was on the way to be broken up. Scrapped in place in 1952.[13]

12 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 12 November 1945
Ship Country Description
Hokkai Maru  Imperial Japanese Navy Indonesian War of Independence: The Kinai Maru-class transport caught fire, burned, and sank at Surabaya. The Indonesian People's Front had seized control of the ship 2 October 1945.[14]
 United States The Liberty ship struck a mine and was damaged in the Adriatic Sea off Istria, Yugoslavia, She was taken in tow but sank at 45°36′N 14°41′E / 45.600°N 14.683°E / 45.600; 14.683.[15]

14 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 14 November 1945
Ship Country Description
Unknown, unknown   First Indochina War; Battle of Co To Island: The unidentified junks, being used to transport troops, were destroyed by French forces.[16]

17 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1945
Ship Country Description
 Germany The cargo ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak with a cargo of chemical ammunition.[17]
 Germany The cargo ship was scuttled in the North Sea.[18]
Sesostris  Germany The cargo ship was scuttled in the North Sea.[19]
 Germany The cargo ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak with a cargo of gas munitions.[20]
 Germany The cargo ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak.[21]
 Germany The cargo ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak with a cargo of high-risk munitions.[22]

19 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 19 November 1945
Ship Country Description
 United States T2 tanker struck a mine and sank off Ancona Italy. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Taranto, Italy.[23]

20 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 20 November 1945
Ship Country Description
Ingénieur Général Haarbleicher  France The cargo ship ran aground in fog at Stromboli, Italy. She later broke in two in a storm. Declared a total loss. She was scrapped in situ in 1947.

22 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 22 November 1945
Ship Country Description
USS Canandaigua  United States Navy The unclassified miscellaneous vessel sank in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Connecticut. The wreck was later raised and sold.
Kiyokawa Maru  Imperial Japanese Navy The Kamikawa Maru-class seaplane tender, aground off Shida Beach, north of , Japan, since 20 July 1945, sank in heavy weather. She was raised in December 1948 and later was repaired and put in Japanese civilian passenger service.[24]

27 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 25 November 1945
Ship Country Description
U-2321  Kriegsmarine Operation Deadlight: The Type XXIII submarine was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (56°10′N 10°05′W / 56.167°N 10.083°W / 56.167; -10.083) by ORP Błyskawica ( Marynarka Wojenna Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej) and HMS Onslow ( Royal Navy).[25]
U-2322  Kriegsmarine Operation Deadlight: The Type XXIII submarine was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (56°10′N 10°05′W / 56.167°N 10.083°W / 56.167; -10.083) by ORP Błyskawica ( Marynarka Wojenna Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej) and HMS Onslow ( Royal Navy).[26]
U-2324  Kriegsmarine Operation Deadlight: The Type XXIII submarine was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (56°10′N 10°05′W / 56.167°N 10.083°W / 56.167; -10.083) by ORP Błyskawica ( Marynarka Wojenna Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej) and HMS Onslow ( Royal Navy).[27]
U-2328  Kriegsmarine Operation Deadlight: The Type XXIII submarine foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (56°12′N 9°48′W / 56.200°N 9.800°W / 56.200; -9.800) whilst under tow to be scuttled.[28]
U-2345  Kriegsmarine Operation Deadlight: The Type XXIII submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean (56°10′N 10°05′W / 56.167°N 10.083°W / 56.167; -10.083).[29]
U-2361  Kriegsmarine Operation Deadlight: The Type XXIII submarine was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (56°10′N 10°05′W / 56.167°N 10.083°W / 56.167; -10.083) by ORP Błyskawica ( Marynarka Wojenna Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej) and HMS Onslow ( Royal Navy).[30]

28 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 28 November 1945
Ship Country Description
U-2325  Kriegsmarine Operation Deadlight: The Type XXIII submarine was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (56°10′N 10°05′W / 56.167°N 10.083°W / 56.167; -10.083) by ORP Błyskawica ( Marynarka Wojenna Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej) and HMS Onslow ( Royal Navy).[31]
U-2329  Kriegsmarine Operation Deadlight: The Type XXIII submarine was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (56°10′N 10°05′W / 56.167°N 10.083°W / 56.167; -10.083) by HMS Onslow ( Royal Navy) and ORP Piorun ( Marynarka Wojenna Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej).[32]
U-2334  Kriegsmarine Operation Deadlight: The Type XXIII submarine was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (56°10′N 10°05′W / 56.167°N 10.083°W / 56.167; -10.083) by HMS Onslow ( Royal Navy) and ORP Piorun ( Marynarka Wojenna Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej).[33]
U-2335  Kriegsmarine Operation Deadlight: The Type XXIII submarine was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (56°10′N 10°05′W / 56.167°N 10.083°W / 56.167; -10.083) by HMS Onslow ( Royal Navy) and ORP Piorun ( Marynarka Wojenna Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej).[34]
U-2338  Kriegsmarine Operation Deadlight: The Type XXIII submarine was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (56°10′N 10°05′W / 56.167°N 10.083°W / 56.167; -10.083) by HMS Onslow ( Royal Navy) and ORP Piorun ( Marynarka Wojenna Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej).[35]
U-2350  Kriegsmarine Operation Deadlight: The Type XXIII submarine was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (56°10′N 10°05′W / 56.167°N 10.083°W / 56.167; -10.083) by HMS Onslow ( Royal Navy) and ORP Piorun ( Marynarka Wojenna Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej).[36]
U-2363  Kriegsmarine Operation Deadlight: The Type XXIII submarine was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (56°10′N 10°05′W / 56.167°N 10.083°W / 56.167; -10.083) by HMS Onslow ( Royal Navy) and ORP Piorun ( Marynarka Wojenna Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej).[37]

29 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 29 November 1945
Ship Country Description
Neah  United States The 42-, 58.9-foot (18.0 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in (60°54′N 146°38′W / 60.900°N 146.633°W / 60.900; -146.633 (Boulder Bay)) in Prince William Sound on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska.[38]
U-298  Kriegsmarine Operation Deadlight: The Type VIIC/41 submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean (55°35′N 7°54′W / 55.583°N 7.900°W / 55.583; -7.900).[39]
U-312  Kriegsmarine Operation Deadlight: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean (55°35′N 7°54′W / 55.583°N 7.900°W / 55.583; -7.900).[40]
U-968  Kriegsmarine Operation Deadlight: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean (55°24′N 6°22′W / 55.400°N 6.367°W / 55.400; -6.367).[41]

30 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 30 November 1945
Ship Country Description
Outarde  Canada A storm smashed the lake freighter against the Consul-Hall Coal Dock at Clayton, New York. Salvage and repairs to the ship were not complete until June 1946.[42]
U-170  Kriegsmarine Operation Deadlight: The Type IXC/40 submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean (55°44′N 7°53′W / 55.733°N 7.883°W / 55.733; -7.883).[43]
U-281  Kriegsmarine Operation Deadlight: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean (55°50′N 10°05′W / 55.833°N 10.083°W / 55.833; -10.083).[44]
U-328  Kriegsmarine Operation Deadlight: The Type VIIC/41 submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean (55°50′N 10°05′W / 55.833°N 10.083°W / 55.833; -10.083).[45]
U-369  Kriegsmarine Operation Deadlight: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean (55°31′N 7°27′W / 55.517°N 7.450°W / 55.517; -7.450).[46]
U-481  Kriegsmarine Operation Deadlight: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean (56°11′N 10°00′W / 56.183°N 10.000°W / 56.183; -10.000).
U-868  Kriegsmarine Operation Deadlight: The Type IXC/40 submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean (55°48′N 8°33′W / 55.800°N 8.550°W / 55.800; -8.550).[47]
U.S.O.  United States The Liberty ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. Refloated the next day.[48]

Unknown date[]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date November 1945
Ship Country Description
Hazel  United States The 10-gross register ton 39-foot (11.9 m) fishing vessel was wrecked at Cordova, Territory of Alaska.[49]

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Ship events in 1945
Ship launches: 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950
Ship commissionings: 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1950
Ship decommissionings: 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950
Shipwrecks: 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950
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