Ship |
Flag |
Sunk date |
Notes |
Coordinates |
HMS Abdiel |
Royal Navy |
10 September 1943 |
An Abdiel-class minelayer sunk by mines in the harbor at Taranto, Italy, during Operation Slapstick. |
40°26′35″N 017°15′06″E |
Achéron |
French Navy |
24 November 1943 |
A Redoutable-class submarine sunk by American bomber aircraft at the Toulon Arsenal at Toulon, France, after her seizure by Germany. |
|
Actéon |
8 November 1942 |
A Redoutable-class submarine depth-charged and sunk during Operation Torch by the British destroyer HMS Westcott off Arzew, Algeria. |
36°48′N 000°59′W |
HMAS AE2 |
Royal Australian Navy |
30 April 1915 |
An E-class submarine that was attacked by Sultanhisar and scuttled in the Sea of Marmara. |
40.672371°N 28.075218°E / 40.672371; 28.075218 (HMAS AE2) |
Almeria Lykes |
United States |
13 August 1942 |
A Type C3 cargo ship that was attacked by Italian MAS torpedo boats and scuttled off Kelibia, Tunisia. |
36°40′N 11°35′E |
Almirante Ferrándiz |
Spanish Navy |
29 September 1936 |
A Churruca-class destroyer that was sunk by Canarias in the Battle of Cape Espartel. |
36°14′47″N 4°38′30″W |
Alose |
French Navy |
March 1918 |
A Naïade-class submarine sunk as a target off Fréjus, France. |
|
Alpagot |
Ottoman Navy |
30 September 1911 |
An Akhisar-class torpedo boat sunk by gunfire by the Italian destroyers Artigliere and Corazziere in the harbor at Preveza during the Italo-Turkish War. |
|
Amalfi |
Regia Marina |
7 July 1915 |
A Pisa-class armored cruiser that was torpedoed by the Imperial German Navy submarine UB-14 about 20 nautical miles (37 km) from Venice, Italy. |
|
Amiral Charner |
French Navy |
8 February 1916 |
An Amiral Charner-class armored cruiser torpedoed by the Imperial German Navy submarine U-21 in the Eastern Mediterranean. |
33°21′N 034°54′E |
Amiral Magon |
France |
28 January 1917 |
A troopship that was torpedoed by the Imperial German Navy submarine U-39 southwest of Peloponnese, Greece. |
35.4900°N 20.0200°E / 35.4900; 20.0200 (SS Amiral Magon (1904)) |
Angelo Bassini |
Regia Marina |
28 May 1943 |
A torpedo boat — a former La Masa-class destroyer — sunk by United States Army Air Forces bombers while moored at Leghorn (Livorno), Italy.[64] |
|
Antikythera wreck |
Unknown |
1st century BC |
An ancient shipwreck discovered in October 1900 near the island of Antikythera. The wreck contained many artifacts and the world's oldest known analog computer, the Antikythera mechanism.[65] |
35.8897°N 23.3078°E / 35.8897; 23.3078 (Antikythera wreck) |
RMS Arabia |
United Kingdom |
6 November 1916 |
A passenger liner that was torpedoed by UB-43 southwest of the Peloponnese, Greece. |
36°30′N 20°30′E |
Argonaute |
French Navy |
8 November 1942 |
An Argonaute-class submarine depth-charged and sunk off Algeria east of Oran during Operation Torch by either the British destroyer HMS Achates, the British destroyer HMS Westcott, or both. |
|
Ariane |
19 June 1917 |
An Amphitrite-class submarine torpedoed and sunk off Cape Bon, Tunisia by the Imperial German Navy submarine UC-22. |
|
Ariane |
9 November 1942 |
An Ariane-class submarine scuttled at Oran, Algeria, during Operation Torch to prevent her capture by Allied forces. |
|
HMS Ark Royal |
Royal Navy |
14 November 1941 |
A British aircraft carrier torpedoed by U-81 about 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Gibraltar.[66] |
36°3′N 4°45′W |
Armando Diaz |
Regia Marina |
25 February 1941 |
A Condottieri-class light cruiser that was torpedoed by HMS Upright off the Kerkennah Islands. |
34°33′N 11°45′E |
Arno |
10 September 1940 |
A hospital ship that was sunk by British aircraft about 40 nautical miles (74 km) northeast of Tobruk, Libya. |
33°14′N 23°23′E |
Artigliere |
13 October 1940 |
A Soldati-class destroyer sunk by the British heavy cruiser HMS York during the Battle of Cape Passero. |
|
HMS Athenienne |
Royal Navy |
20 October 1806 |
Ran aground in the Strait of Sicily.[67] |
37°47′N 10°46′E |
Athos |
France |
17 February 1917 |
A cargo liner that was torpedoed by U-65. |
35.3667°N 18.5333°E / 35.3667; 18.5333 (SS Athos) |
Audace |
Regia Marina |
30 August 1916 |
An Audace-class destroyer that sank after colliding with the steamer Brasile ( Italy), a member of the convoy she was escorting, and sank in the Ionian Sea off Capo Colonna, Italy.[68][69] |
|
Aurore |
French Navy |
27 November 1942 |
An Aurore-class submarine scuttled at Toulon, France, to prevent her capture by German forces. |
|
Australien |
France |
19 July 1918 |
A passenger ship that was sunk by UC-54 26 nautical miles (48 km) northeast of Cap Bon, Tunisia. |
|
Baleares |
Spanish Navy |
6 March 1938 |
A Canarias-class heavy cruiser that was sunk by Lepanto in the Battle of Cape Palos. |
37°52′18″N 0°52′00″E |
HMS Barham |
Royal Navy |
25 November 1941 |
A Queen Elizabeth-class battleship that was torpedoed by the German submarine U-331 north of Sidi Barrani, Egypt. |
32°34′N 26°24′E |
Barbaros Hayreddin |
Ottoman Navy |
8 August 1915 |
A Brandenburg-class battleship that was torpedoed by the British submarine HMS E11 off Bolayır in the Sea of Marmara. |
|
Baron Gautsch |
Austria-Hungary |
13 August 1914 |
A passenger ship that later became a troopship which sank after hitting a mine.[70] |
44°56.25′N 13°34.40′E |
USS Beatty |
United States Navy |
6 November 1943 |
A Gleaves-class destroyer that was sunk by German aircraft off Algeria. |
37°10′N 6°0′E |
HMS Bedouin |
Royal Navy |
15 June 1942 |
A Tribal-class destroyer that was sunk by the combined action of Italian cruisers and torpedo bomber aircraft during Operation Harpoon. |
36°12′0″N 11°38′0″E |
Benedetto Cairoli |
Regia Marina |
10 April 1918 |
A La Masa-class destroyer that sank in the Ionian Sea off Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy, after colliding with the Italian destroyer Giacinto Carini.[71][72] |
|
Bernoulli |
French Navy |
13 February 1918 |
A Brumaire-class submarine last heard from on 13 February 1918. Probably sank in the Adriatic Sea off Cattaro, Austria-Hungary, after striking a mine. |
|
HMS Blean |
Royal Navy |
11 December 1942 |
A Hunt-class destroyer that was torpedoed by U-443 northwest of Oran, Algeria. |
35°55′N 1°50′W |
HMS Bonaventure |
Royal Navy |
31 March 1941 |
A Dido-class light cruiser that was torpedoed by the Italian submarine Ambra south of Crete. |
33°20′0″N 26°35′0″E |
Borea |
Regia Marina |
15 May 1917 |
A Nembo-class destroyer sunk by the Austro-Hungarian Navy destroyer Csepel in the Adriatic Sea during the Battle of the Strait of Otranto. |
|
Bouvet |
French Navy |
18 March 1915 |
A battleship sunk by a mine in the southern entrance to the Dardanelles during the Dardanelles campaign. |
40°01′15″N 026°16′30″E |
Bretagne |
French Navy |
3 July 1940 |
A Bretagne-class battleship sunk by British warships ay Mers El Kébir on the coast of Algeria during the attack on Mers-el-Kébir. |
|
HMHS Britannic |
Royal Navy |
21 September 1916 |
An Olympic-class ocean liner (sister ship to RMS Titanic) operating as a hospital ship that struck a mine off the Greek island of Kea and sank with the loss of 30 lives.[73] |
37°42′05″N 24°17′02″E |
HMS Broke |
8 November 1942 |
A Thornycroft type flotilla leader that suffered heavy damage in Operation Terminal and later sank under tow. |
36°50′N 0°40′E |
USS Buck |
United States Navy |
9 October 1943 |
A Sims-class destroyer that was torpedoed by U-616 off Salerno, Italy. |
39°57′N 14°28′E |
HMS Cachalot |
Royal Navy |
30 July 1941 |
A Grampus-class submarine that was rammed by the Italian torpedo boat Generale Achille Papa northwest of Tocra, Libya. |
32°49′N 20°11′E |
HMS Cairo |
12 August 1942 |
A C-class light cruiser scuttled by gunfire by the escort destroyer HMS Derwent after being torpedoed by the Italian submarine Axum during Operation Pedestal. |
37°26′0″N 10°22′0″E |
HMS Calcutta |
1 June 1941 |
A C-class light cruiser that was sunk by German bombers 100 nautical miles (190 km; 120 mi) off Alexandria, Egypt. |
32°00′N 28°00′E |
Calypso |
French Navy |
31 January 1943 |
A Circé-class submarine sunk by American bomber aircraft at Ferryville, Tunisia, after her seizure by Germany and transfer to Italy. |
|
HMS Calypso |
Royal Navy |
12 June 1940 |
A C-class light cruiser that was torpedoed by Alpino Bagnolini about 50 nautical miles (93 km) south of Cape Lithion, Crete. |
34°03′N 24°05′E |
Cameronia |
United Kingdom |
15 April 1917 |
A troopship that was torpedoed by U-33 about 150 nautical miles (280 km) east of Malta. |
35°50′N 17°32′E |
Carlo Mirabello |
Regia Marina |
21 May 1941 |
A Mirabello-class destroyer that struck a mine and was scuttled in the Ionian Sea off the Ionian Islands, 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) south of Lefkada.[74][75][76][77] |
|
Carroccio |
Kingdom of Italy |
15 May 1917 |
A cargo ship sunk by the Austro-Hungarian Navy destroyer Balaton in the Adriatic Sea during the Battle of the Strait of Otranto. |
|
Cesare Rossarol |
Regia Marina |
16 November 1918 |
An Alessandro Poerio-class scout cruiser sunk by a mine in the Adriatic Sea 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) off Ližnjan on the coast of Istria. |
44°49′50″N 13°59′15″E |
Châteaurenault |
French Navy |
14 December 1917 |
A protected cruiser torpedoed by the Imperial German Navy submarine UC-38 while entering the Gulf of Corinth. |
|
Chesterfield |
United Kingdom |
18 May 1918 |
A cargo ship that was torpedoed by UC-52 southeast of Sicily. |
36°17′N 15°13′E |
City of Bradford |
22 February 1942 |
A cargo ship that was sunk by German aircraft off Bardia, Libya. |
31°57′N 25°26′E |
Columbia |
Denmark |
1 August 1918 |
A cargo ship carrying general cargo that was torpedoed by UC-34 near Port Said, Egypt.[78] |
38°43′N 8°44′E |
Condorcet |
French Navy |
August 1944 |
The former Danton-class battleship, in use as a barracks ship, was scuttled by German forces at Toulon, France. |
|
Console Generale Liuzzi |
Regia Marina |
27 June 1940 |
A Liuzzi-class submarine that was attacked by British destroyers and scuttled south of Crete. |
33°46′0″N 27°27′0″E |
HMS Cornwallis |
Royal Navy |
9 January 1917 |
A Duncan-class battleship that was torpedoed by U-32 about 60 nautical miles (110 km) east of Malta. |
35°06′N 015°11′E |
Costa Concordia |
Italy |
13 January 2012 |
A Concordia-class cruise ship wrecked after striking a rock in the Tyrrhenian Sea just off the eastern shore of Isola del Giglio, Italy. |
|
HMS Coventry |
Royal Navy |
14 September 1942 |
A C-class light cruiser scuttled by the British destroyer HMS Zulu northwest of Alexandria, Egypt, after sustaining damage in a German air attack during Operation Agreement. |
32°48′N 028°17′E |
Curie |
French Navy |
20 December 1914 |
A Brumaire-class submarine sunk by Austro-Hungarian Navy warships in the entrance to the harbor at Pola, Austria-Hungary. |
|
Danaé |
9 November 1942 |
An Ariane-class submarine scuttled at Oran, Algeria, during Operation Torch to prevent her capture by Allied forces. |
|
Danton |
19 March 1917 |
A Danton-class battleship that was torpedoed by U-64 about 22 nautical miles (41 km) southwest of Sardinia. |
38°45′35″N 8°3′30″E |
HMS Defender |
Royal Navy |
11 July 1941 |
A D-class destroyer that was attacked by a German bomber aircraft and scuttled off Sidi Barrani, Egypt. |
31°45′N 25°31′E |
Delfino |
Regia Marina |
23 March 1943 |
An Italian submarine that was scuttled after a collision east of the Strait of Gibraltar. |
35°54′0″N 4°17′0″W |
HMS Diamond |
Royal Navy |
27 April 1941 |
A D-class destroyer that was sunk by German aircraft off Cape Maleas, Greece. |
36°30′N 23°34′E |
Diane |
French Navy |
9 November 1942 |
A Diane-class submarine scuttled at Oran, Algeria, during Operation Torch to prevent her capture by Allied forces. |
|
Djemnah |
France |
14 July 1918 |
A cargo liner that was torpedoed by UB-105 north of Tobruk, Libya. |
33.2000°N 23.9167°E / 33.2000; 23.9167 (SS Djemnah) |
Doris |
French Navy |
25 June 1999 |
A decommissioned Daphné-class submarine which sank accidentally in 939 metres (3,081 ft) of water off France's Levant Island while being submerged for use as a target in a torpedo test. |
43.1028333°N 006.5726667°E / 43.1028333; 006.5726667 (Doris) |
HMHS Dover Castle |
United Kingdom |
26 May 1917 |
A hospital ship that was torpedoed by UC-67 about 50 nautical miles (93 km) north of Annaba, Algeria. |
37°45′00″N 007°45′00″E |
TCG Dumlupınar |
Turkish Navy |
4 April 1953 |
A Balao-class submarine sunk in a collision off Nara Burnu in the Dardanelles. |
|
Durbo |
Regia Marina |
18 October 1940 |
An Italian Adua-class submarine that was attacked by British destroyers and scuttled east of Gibraltar. |
35°54′0″N 4°17′0″W |
HMS Eagle |
Royal Navy |
11 August 1942 |
An aircraft carrier that was torpedoed by U-73 about 70 nautical miles (130 km) south of Cape Salinas, Majorca. |
38°3′0″N 3°1′12.00″E |
HMS Eclipse |
24 October 1943 |
An E-class destroyer that hit a mine off Kalymnos, Greece. |
37°01′N 27°11′E |
Edgar Quinet |
French Navy |
4 January 1930 |
An Edgar Quinet-class armored cruiser wrecked on the coast of Algeria west of Oran. |
|
El Amir Farouq |
Egyptian Navy |
22 October 1948 |
The sloop was sunk by an Israeli Navy explosive motorboat off the Gaza Strip northwest of Gaza City. |
|
Emanuele Pessagno |
Regia Marina |
29 May 1942 |
A Navigatori-class destroyer torpedoed in the Mediterranean Sea north-northwest of Benghazi, Libya, by the British submarine HMS Turbulent.[79][80] |
|
Empire Dunstan |
United Kingdom |
18 November 1943 |
A cargo ship that was torpedoed by U-81 off Taranto, Italy. |
39°24′N 17°40′E |
Empire Eve |
Royal Navy |
18 May 1943 |
A CAM ship that was torpedoed by U-414 northeast of Mostaganem, Algeria. |
36°37′N 00°46′E |
HMT Empire Windrush |
United Kingdom |
30 March 1954 |
A troopship that caught fire and sank 32 nautical miles (59 km) northwest of Cape Caxine, Algeria. |
37°00′N 2°11′E |
Enrico Cosenz |
Regia Marina |
27 September 1943 |
A torpedo boat — a former La Masa-class destroyer — scuttled by her crew in the Adriatic Sea off Lastovo.[81][82] |
|
Erinpura |
United Kingdom |
1 May 1943 |
An ocean liner that was sunk by German bombers 30 nautical miles (56 km) north of Benghazi, Libya. |
32°40′N 19°53′E |
HMS Escort |
Royal Navy |
11 July 1940 |
An E-class destroyer that was torpedoed by Guglielmo Marconi and later sank under tow. |
36°6′35″N 3°22′12″W |
España |
Spanish Navy |
26 August 1923 |
An España-class battleship wrecked off Cape Three Forks near Melilla on the coast of North Africa. |
|
Eurydice (Q130) |
French Navy |
27 November 1942 |
An Ariane-class submarine scuttled at Toulon, France, to prevent her seizure intact by Germany. After the Germans seized and refloated her, her hulk was sunk again by American bomber aircraft on 22 June 1944. |
|
Eurydice (S644) |
4 March 1970 |
A Daphné-class submarine sunk by an accidental internal explosion while submerged off Cape Camarat, 35 nautical miles (65 km; 40 mi) east of Toulon, France. |
|
F14 |
Regia Marina |
6 August 1928 |
An F-class submarine sunk in a collision with the destroyer Giuseppe Missori in the Adriatic Sea off Pola, 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi) west of the Brioni Islands. |
|
Faulx |
French Navy |
10 April 1918 |
A Bouclier-class destroyer sunk in a collision with the French destroyer Mangini in the Strait of Otranto. |
|
HMS Fearless |
Royal Navy |
23 July 1941 |
An E-class destroyer that was attacked by Italian aircraft and scuttled 50 nautical miles (93 km) northeast of Annaba, Algeria. |
37°40′N 08°20′E |
USS Fechteler |
United States Navy |
5 May 1944 |
A Buckley-class destroyer escort torpedoed by the German submarine U-967. |
36°7′N 2°40′W |
Feth-i Bülend |
Ottoman Navy |
31 October 1912 |
A Feth-i Bülend-class ironclad in use as a barracks ship torpedoed by the Greek torpedo boat No. 11 at Salonica during the First Balkan War. |
|
HMS Fiji |
Royal Navy |
22 May 1941 |
A Fiji-class light cruiser sunk by German aircraft off Crete. |
|
Fiume |
Regia Marina |
29 March 1941 |
A Zara-class heavy cruiser that was sunk by British battleships in the Battle of Cape Matapan. |
35°21′N 20°57′E |
Floréal |
French Navy |
2 August 1918 |
A Pluviôse-class submarine sunk in a collision with the Royal Navy armed boarding steamer HMS Hazel in the Aegean Sea. |
|
Forfait |
21 July 1875 |
A screw corvette sunk in a collision with the French ironclad central battery ship Jeanne d'Arc in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the east coast of Corsica. |
|
Foucault |
15 September 1916 |
A Brumaire-class submarine scuttled in the Adriatic Sea off Cattaro, Austria-Hungary, after suffering damage in an attack by Austro-Hungarian Navy Lohner L flying boats. The first submarine sunk by aircraft. |
|
FR117 |
Regia Marina |
6 May 1943 |
A Circé-class submarine scuttled in the channel at Bizerte, Tunisia, to prevent her capture by advancing Allied forces. |
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FR118 |
9 September 1943 |
A Redoutable-class submarine scuttled at Genoa, Italy, to prevent her capture by German forces. |
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France IV |
France |
7 November 1915 |
An ocean liner that was sunk by U-38 southeast of Sardinia. |
38°08′N 9°54′E |
Francesco Crispi |
Italy |
19 April 1943 |
A passenger ship that was carrying soldiers which was torpedoed by HMS Saracen.[83][84] |
42°46′N 09°42′E |
Francesco Stocco |
Regia Marina |
24 September 1943 |
A torpedo boat sunk by German aircraft in the Ionian Sea off Corfu.[85] |
|
RMS Franconia |
United Kingdom |
4 October 1916 |
A troopship that was torpedoed by UB-47 about 195 nautical miles (361 km) east of Malta. |
35°33′9″N 18°26′0″E |
Fratelli Cairoli |
Regia Marina |
23 December 1940 |
A Rosolino Pilo-class destroyer sunk by a mine off Misrata Libya. |
|
Freccia |
12 October 1911 |
A Lampo-class destroyer wrecked at the entrance to the harbor at Tripoli on the coast of Ottoman Tripolitania. |
|
Fresnel |
French Navy |
27 November 1942 |
A Redoutable-class submarine scuttled at Toulon, France, to prevent her seizure intact by Germany. After the Germans seized her and handed her over to Italy, the Italians refloated her. She was sunk again in January 1943, refloated again, and then seized by the Germans before her hulk was sunk again by Allied aircraft on 11 March 1944. |
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HMS Galatea |
Royal Navy |
14 December 1941 |
An Arethusa-class light cruiser that was torpedoed by U-557 off Alexandria, Egypt. |
31°17′N 29°13′E |
Galatée |
French Navy |
27 November 1942 |
A Sirène-class submarine scuttled at Toulon, France, to prevent her seizure intact by Germany. Refloated by Italy, then seized by Germany, her hulk was sunk again by Allied aircraft on 5 July 1944. she was refloated again and scuttled on 17 March 1949. |
|
Gallia |
4 October 1916 |
A troopship torpedoed southwest of Sardinia by the Imperial German Navy submarine U-35. |
38°27′N 007°30′E |
Garibaldino |
Regia Marina |
16 July 1918 |
A Soldato-class destroyer that sank off Villefranche-sur-Mer, France, after colliding with the British naval trawler HMT Cygnet. |
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Gaulois |
French Navy |
27 December 1916 |
A Charlemagne-class battleship that was torpedoed by the Imperial German Navy submarine UB-47 in the Sea of Crete off Cape Maleas, Greece. |
36°30′N 23°45′E |
Général Bonaparte |
Vichy France |
19 May 1943 |
A passenger ship that was torpedoed by HMS Sportsman southeast of Nice, France. |
43.0167°N 7.6667°E / 43.0167; 7.6667 (SS Général Bonaparte) |
Giacomo Medici |
Regia Marina |
16 April 1943 |
A torpedo boat — a former La Masa-class destroyer — sunk by United States Army Air Forces bombers while moored at Catania, Sicily.[86][87][88] |
|
Gisela L M Russ |
Greece |
19 February 1959 |
A cargo ship that suffered a boiler explosion and sank off Euboea, Greece. |
38°35′N 24°21′E |
Giuseppe Garibaldi |
Regia Marina |
18 July 1915 |
A Giuseppe Garibaldi-class armored cruiser torpedoed and sunk by the Austro-Hungarian Navy submarine U-4 in the Adriatic Sea southeast of Dubrovnik (Ragusa). |
42°28.362′N 018°16.758′E |
Giuseppe La Farina |
4 May 1941 |
A torpedo boat — a former La Masa-class destroyer — sunk by a mine in the Mediterranean Sea off the Kerkennah Islands off the coast of Tunisia, with the loss of 61 of her 128 crew.[89][90][91][92][93] |
34°35′N 011°50′E |
Giuseppe La Masa |
11 September 1943 |
A torpedo boat — a former La Masa-class destroyer — scuttled by her crew at Naples, Italy.[94] |
|
Giuseppe Sirtori |
25 September 1943 |
A torpedo boat — a former Giuseppe Sirtori-class destroyer — scuttled by her crew in the Straits of Corfu after she was badly damaged by German aircraft and beached on 14 September 1943.. |
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Glenartney |
United Kingdom |
6 February 1918 |
A cargo ship that was sunk by UC-54 30 nautical miles (56 km; 35 mi) northeast of Cape Bon, Tunisia. |
|
HMS Gloucester |
Royal Navy |
22 May 1941 |
A Town-class light cruiser sunk by German dive bombers in Kythira Strait about 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi) north of Crete. |
35°50′N 023°00′E |
HMS Goliath |
13 May 1915 |
A Canopus-class battleship torpedoed by the Ottoman Navy destroyer Muavenet-i Milliye in Morto Bay on the coast of the Gallipoli Peninsula. |
|
HMS Grampus |
16 June 1940 |
A Grampus-class submarine that was sunk by Italian torpedo boats. |
37°5′N 17°30′E |
HMS Grove |
12 June 1942 |
A Hunt-class destroyer that was torpedoed by U-77. |
32°5′N 25°30′E |
HMS Gurkha |
17 January 1942 |
An L-class destroyer that was torpedoed by U-133 off Sidi Barrani, Egypt. |
31°50′N 26°15′E |
HMS Hasty |
15 June 1942 |
A H-class destroyer that was torpedoed by S-55 and scuttled the next day. |
34°10′N 22°0′E |
Henri Poincaré |
French Navy |
27 November 1942 |
A Redoutable-class submarine scuttled at Toulon, France, to prevent her seizure intact by Germany. Refloated by Italy and renamed FR118. |
|
Heraklion |
Greece |
8 December 1966 |
A car ferry that capsized northwest of Antimilos, Greece. |
36°52′N 24°8′E |
HMS Hermione |
Royal Navy |
16 June 1942 |
A Dido-class light cruiser that was torpedoed by the German submarine U-205 north of Sallum, Egypt. |
33°20′N 26°00′E |
HMS Hyperion |
22 December 1940 |
A H-class destroyer that struck a mine off Pantelleria and was scuttled. |
37°40′N 11°31′E |
HMS Hythe |
11 October 1943 |
A Bangor-class minesweeper that was torpedoed by U-371 off Béjaïa, Algeria. |
37°4′N 5°0′E |
Iéna |
French Navy |
12 March 1907 |
A battleship wrecked by an internal explosion at Toulon, France. (See also 2 December 1909.) |
|
Iéna |
2 December 1909 |
A hulked former battleship which sank near Porquerolles off the coast of France after use as a target. (See also 12 March 1907.) |
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Impetuoso |
Regia Marina |
10 July 1916 |
An Indomito-class destroyer torpedoed and sunk by the Austro-Hungarian Navy U-17 in the Strait of Otranto during the Adriatic Campaign of World War I. |
40°10′N 018°50′E |
Intrepido |
4 December 1915 |
An Indomito-class destroyer that struck a mine in the Adriatic Sea off the coast of the Principality of Albania south of the Karaburun Peninsula during the Adriatic Campaign of World War I. |
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HMS Irresistible |
Royal Navy |
18 March 1915 |
A Formidable-class battleship sunk by a mine in the southern entrance to the Dardanelles during the Dardanelles campaign. |
|
HNLMS Isaac Sweers |
Royal Netherlands Navy |
13 November 1942 |
A Gerard Callenburgh-class destroyer that was torpedoed by U-431 during Operation Torch. |
37°23′N 2°12′E |
Italia |
Regia Marina |
30 May 1917 |
An armed boarding steamer that was torpedoed by U-4 about 46 nautical miles (85 km) southeast of Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy. |
|
Ivernia |
United Kingdom |
1 January 1917 |
A troopship that was torpedoed by UB-47 about 58 nautical miles (107 km) southeast of Cape Matapan, Greece. |
35°42′N 23°19′E |
HMS Jackal |
Royal Navy |
12 May 1942 |
A J-class destroyer that was attacked by German bombers and scuttled the next day, north of Sidi Barrani, Egypt. |
36°30′N 26°30′E |
HMS Jaguar |
26 March 1942 |
A J-class destroyer that was torpedoed by U-652 north of Sidi Barrani, Egypt. |
31°53′N 26°18′E |
Jaime I |
Spanish Republican Navy |
17 June 1937 |
An España-class battleship sunk by an accidental internal explosion at Cartagena, Spain. |
|
HMS Juno |
Royal Navy |
21 May 1941 |
A J-class destroyer that was sunk by Italian aircraft southeast of Crete. |
34°35′N 26°34′E |
Jupiter |
Greece |
21 October 1988 |
A cruise ship sunk in a collision off Piraeus, Greece. |
37.9250°N 23.6083°E / 37.9250; 23.6083 (MV Jupiter) |
HMS Kandahar |
Royal Navy |
20 December 1941 |
A K-class destroyer that struck a mine and was scuttled north of Khoms, Libya. |
32°57′0″N 14°19′0″E |
Kenkoku Maru |
Japan |
29 December 1915 |
A steamer that was sunk by U-34.[95] |
34°07′N 22°12′E |
Kilkis |
Hellenic Navy |
23 April 1941 |
A training ship, a former Mississippi-class battleship, sunk by German aircraft in the harbor at Salamis Naval Base in Greece. |
|
HMS Kingston |
Royal Navy |
11 April 1942 |
A K-class destroyer bombed and damaged beyond repair by German aircraft while in drydock at Malta, after being heavily damaged by the Italian battleship Littorio on 22 March. Later scuttled and sunk as a blockship between the Selmun headland and Selmunett Island in northern Malta. |
|
HMS Kipling |
12 May 1942 |
A K-class destroyer that was sunk by German bombers northwest of Mersa Matruh, Egypt. |
32°23′24″N 26°11′24″E |
HMS Laforey |
30 March 1944 |
An L-class destroyer that was torpedoed by U-233 north of Palermo, Sicily. |
38°54′N 14°18′E |
Lamoricière |
Vichy France |
9 January 1942 |
An ocean liner that sank in a storm about 10 kilometres (5.4 nmi) northeast of Menorca, resulting in 292 deaths. |
|
HMS Latona |
Royal Navy |
25 October 1941 |
An Abdiel-class minelayer sunk by a German dive bomber aircraft north of Bardia, Libya. |
32°15′N 024°14′E |
Lemnos |
Hellenic Navy |
23 April 1941 |
A training ship, a former Mississippi-class battleship, sunk by German aircraft in the harbor at Salamis Naval Base in Greece. |
|
Léon Gambetta |
French Navy |
27 April 1915 |
A Léon Gambetta-class armored cruiser that was torpedoed by U-5 about 15 nautical miles (28 km) south of Santa Maria di Leuca. |
39°30′N 18°15′E |
Letchworth |
United Kingdom |
1 April 1971 |
A cargo ship that ran aground and sunk near Kos. |
36°32′N 26°57′E |
Lesbian |
5 January 1917 |
A cargo ship that was sunk by U-35 east of Malta. |
35°48′N 17°6′E |
Lesbian |
14 July 1941 |
A cargo ship that was seized by Vichy French forces in Beirut harbour in 1940. In 1941, she was taken a short distance offshore and scuttled. Now a popular dive site. |
|
Liberté |
French Navy |
25 September 1911 |
A Liberté-class battleship wrecked by an internal explosion at Toulon, France. |
|
HMS Lightning |
Royal Navy |
12 March 1943 |
An L-class destroyer that was sunk by German torpedo boats. |
37°53′N 9°50′E |
Lika |
Austro-Hungarian Navy |
29 December 1915 |
A Tátra-class destroyer that sank in the Adriatic Sea after striking two mines off Durazzo, Albania. |
|
HMS Lively |
Royal Navy |
11 May 1942 |
An L-class destroyer that was sunk by German dive-bombers 100 nautical miles (190 km) northeast of Tobruk, Libya. |
33°24′N 25°38′E |
USS LST-348 |
United States Navy |
20 February 1944 |
An LST-1-class tank landing ship that was sunk by U-410.[96] |
40°57′N 13°14′E |
HMS M28 |
Royal Navy |
20 January 1918 |
An M15-class monitor sunk in the Aegean Sea off Imbros by the Ottoman Navy battlecruiser Yavuz Sultan Selim during the Battle of Imbros. |
40°13′43″N 025°57′46″E |
USS Maddox |
United States Navy |
19 August 1943 |
A Gleaves-class destroyer that was sunk by a German dive bomber aircraft in the Battle of Gela. |
36°52′N 13°56′E |
Magenta |
French Navy |
31 October 1875 |
A Magenta-class broadside ironclad which exploded and sank at Toulon, France. |
|
Maloja |
Switzerland |
7 September 1943 |
A cargo ship that sunk after being accidentally attacked by British aircraft.[97] |
42°50′N 8°11′E |
HMS Majestic |
Royal Navy |
27 May 1915 |
A Majestic-class battleship sunk outside the southern entrance to the Dardanelles off Cape Helles on the Gallipoli Peninsula by the Imperial German Navy submarine U-21 . |
40°02′30″N 026°11′02″E |
HMS Martin |
10 November 1942 |
An M-class destroyer that was torpedoed by the German submarine U-431 off Algiers, Algeria. |
37°53′N 003°57′E |
Masséna |
French Navy |
9 November 1915 |
A decommissioned battleship scuttled off Cape Helles on the Gallipoli Peninsula to serve as a breakwater during the Gallipoli Campaign. |
|
Merion |
Royal Navy |
31 May 1915 |
An ocean liner built in 1902 for the American Line. Purchased by the Royal Navy to act as a decoy ship for the battlecruiser HMS Tiger. Sunk by the German submarine UB-8.[98] |
|
Meyer London |
United States |
16 April 1944 |
A Liberty ship that was torpedoed by U-407 17 miles (27 km) off Derna.[99] |
32°51′N 23°00′E |
Midilli |
Ottoman Navy |
20 January 1918 |
A Magdeburg-class light cruiser that sank after striking five mines in the Aegean Sea off Imbros during the Battle of Imbros. |
40°03′42″N 025°58′42″E |
Milazzo |
Italy |
29 August 1917 |
A bulk carrier that was torpedoed by the Austro-Hungarian Navy submarine U-14 about 250 nautical miles (460 km; 290 mi) east of Malta. |
|
Minas |
Regia Marina |
15 February 1917 |
A troopship that was torpedoed by U-39. |
36°25′N 18°24′E |
Minerve |
French Navy |
27 January 1968 |
A Daphné-class submarine which sank in 2,350 metres (7,710 ft) of water in the Gulf of Lion approximately 25 nautical miles (46 km; 29 mi) from Toulon, France. |
|
HMS Mohawk |
Royal Navy |
16 April 1941 |
A Tribal-class destroyer that was sunk by the Italian Navigatori-class destroyer Luca Tarigo off the Kerkennah Islands, Tunisia. |
34°56′0″N 11°42′0″E |
Monge |
French Navy |
28 December 1915 |
A Pluviôse-class submarine sunk by the Austro-Hungarian destroyer Balaton in the Adriatic Sea off Cattaro, Austria-Hungary. |
|
HMS Naiad |
Royal Navy |
11 March 1942 |
A Dido-class light cruiser that was sunk by the German submarine U-565 south of Crete. |
32°1′N 26°20′E |
USS Nauset |
United States Navy |
9 September 1943 |
A Navajo-class fleet tug that was sunk by German aircraft. |
40°38′N 14°38′E |
Nembo |
Regia Marina |
17 October 1916 |
A Nembo-class destroyer torpedoed and sunk in the Adriatic Sea off the coast of Albania by the Austro-Hungarian submarine U-16. |
40°08′N 019°30′E |
HMS Neptune |
Royal Navy |
19 December 1941 |
A Leander-class light cruiser that was sunk by mines off Tripoli, Libya. |
33°15′N 13°30′E |
HMAS Nestor |
Royal Australian Navy |
16 June 1942 |
An N-class destroyer that was attacked by an Italian bomber and scuttled south of Crete. |
33°36′N 24°30′E |
Nereide |
Regia Marina |
5 August 1915 |
A Nautilus-class submarine that was torpedoed by U-5 near Palagruža in the Adriatic Sea. |
42°23′N 16°16′E |
HMHS Newfoundland |
United Kingdom |
14 September 1943 |
A hospital ship that was attacked by German aircraft and scuttled off Salerno, Italy. |
40°13′N 14°21′E |
HMS Ocean |
Royal Navy |
18 March 1915 |
A Canopus-class battleship sunk by a mine in the southern entrance to the Dardanelles during the Dardanelles campaign. |
|
HMS P48 |
25 December 1942 |
A U-class submarine that was sunk by Italian torpedo boats northwest of Zembra, Tunisia. |
37°15′N 10°30′E |
HMS Pakenham |
16 April 1943 |
A P-class destroyer that was sunk in action by Italian torpedo boats southwest of Marsala. |
37°26′N 12°30′E |
Pampa |
United Kingdom |
27 August 1918 |
A troopship that was torpedoed by UC-22 about 84 nautical miles (156 km) east of Malta. |
|
HMAS Parramatta |
Royal Australian Navy |
27 November 1941 |
A Grimsby-class sloop that was torpedoed by U-559. |
32°20′N 24°35′E |
Partenope |
Regia Marina |
24 March 1918 |
A Partenope-class torpedo cruiser that was torpedoed north of Bizerte, Tunisia, by UC-67. |
37°53′N 10°10′E |
USS PC-558 |
United States Navy |
9 May 1944 |
A PC-461-class submarine chaser that was torpedoed by U-230. |
38°41′N 13°43′E |
HMS Penelope |
Royal Navy |
18 February 1944 |
An Arethusa-class light cruiser that was torpedoed by U-140 west of Naples, Italy. |
40.55°N 13.25°E / 40.55; 13.25 (HMS Penelope (97)) |
Peresvet |
Imperial Russian Navy |
4 January 1917 |
An armored cruiser, formerly a Peresvet-class battleship, that burned and sank after striking two mines 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) north of Port Said. |
|
Perseo |
Italy |
18 August 1942 |
A merchant ship that was torpedoed by HMS Safari 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi) south of Serpentara on the island of Sardinia.[100] |
|
Persia |
United Kingdom |
30 December 1915 |
A passenger liner that was torpedoed by U-38 about 71 nautical miles (131 km; 82 mi) southeast of Cape Martello, Crete. |
|
Pola |
Regia Marina |
29 March 1941 |
A Zara-class heavy cruiser that was sunk by British battleships in the Battle of Cape Matapan. |
35°19′N 20°59′E |
Principe Umberto |
Italy |
8 June 1916 |
An armed merchant cruiser torpedoed by the Austro-Hungarian Navy submarine U-5 in the Adriatic Sea off the coast of the Principality of Albania 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi) southwest of the Karaburun Peninsula with the loss of 1,926 lives. |
40°19′N 019°10′E |
HMS Quentin |
Royal Navy |
2 December 1942 |
A Q-class destroyer that was sunk by German aircraft. |
37°32′N 08°32′E |
HMS Raglan |
20 January 1918 |
An Abercrombie-class monitor sunk in the Aegean Sea off Imbros by the Ottoman Navy battlecruiser Yavuz Sultan Selim during the Battle of Imbros. |
40°14′N 025°58′E |
HMS Rainbow |
4 October 1940 |
A Rainbow-class submarine that was sunk after being rammed by the Italian merchant ship Antonietta Costa.[101] |
41°28′N 18°05′E |
HMT Rohna |
26 November 1943 |
A troopship that was sunk by German aircraft. |
37°1′12″N 5°12′6″E |
Roma |
Regia Marina |
9 September 1943 |
A Littorio-class battleship sunk by German aircraft in the Strait of Bonifacio. |
41°09′28″N 008°17′35″E |
HMT Royal Edward |
Royal Navy |
13 August 1915 |
A passenger ship that was torpedoed by UB-14, with possibly as many as 1,865 dead. |
|
HMS Russell |
27 April 1916 |
A Duncan-class battleship sunk by a mine off Malta. |
35°54′N 014°36′E |
Russian |
United Kingdom |
14 December 1916 |
An ocean liner that was torpedoed by U-43. |
35°30′N 18°52′E |
Gustave Zédé |
French Navy |
26 February 1976 |
A submarine tender that was sunk as a target ship south of Marseille. |
42°30′N 5°24′E |
HMS Sahib |
Royal Navy |
24 April 1943 |
An S-class submarine that was attacked by Climene and scuttled southwest of Tunis, Tunisia. |
37°29′N 10°46′E |
Sant Anna |
France |
11 May 1918 |
A troopship that was torpedoed by UC-54 northeast of Tunis, Tunisia. |
37.0400°N 11.3600°E / 37.0400; 11.3600 (SS Sant Anna) |
Santa Elisa |
United States |
13 August 1942 |
A refrigerator ship that was torpedoed by Italian motor boats 25 nautical miles (46 km) southeast of Cape Bon, Tunisia. |
36°20′N 11°28′E |
Seward |
7 April 1917 |
A steamer that was carrying war materials which was sunk by U-52.[102] |
36°20′N 11°28′E |
Sidi-Bel-Abbès |
France |
20 April 1943 |
A troopship carrying Senegalese soldiers that was torpedoed by U-565 about 60 miles (97 km) west of Oran.[103] |
35°59′N 1°25′W |
Simone Schiaffino |
Regia Marina |
24 April 1941 |
A torpedo boat which struck an Italian mine off Cape Bon, Tunisia.[104][105] |
|
USS Skill |
United States Navy |
25 September 1943 |
An Auk-class minesweeper that was torpedoed by U-593. |
40°20′N 14°35′E |
HMS Southampton |
Royal Navy |
11 January 1941 |
A Town-class light cruiser scuttled southeast of Malta after sustaining damage in an attack by German dive bombers. |
34°54′N 18°24′E |
HMS Spartan |
29 January 1944 |
A Dido-class light cruiser sunk by German aircraft off Anzio, Italy, during the Battle of Anzio. |
41°26′02″N 012°41′02″E |
HMS Splendid |
21 April 1943 |
An S-class submarine that was sunk by Hermes west of Livorno, Italy. |
43°34′N 9°37′E |
HMS Sportsman |
24 September 1952 |
An S-class submarine that sank off Toulon, France. |
43°01′N 7°40′E |
HMS Sussex |
Royal Navy |
1694 |
An English warship that sank with a cargo of gold, possibly worth $500 million |
|
TA20 |
Kriegsmarine |
1 November 1944 |
A torpedo boat — a former Urakaze-class destroyer — sunk in the Adriatic Sea south of Lošinj, Yugoslavia by the British destroyers HMS Avon Vale and HMS Wheatland.[106][107] |
(44°36′N 14°32′E) |
TA21 |
5 November 1944 |
A torpedo boat — a former Indomito-class destroyer — sunk in an American air attack at Fiume. |
|
TA22 |
3 May 1945 |
A torpedo boat — a former Rosolino Pilo-class destroyer — that was scuttled at Muggia, Italy. |
|
TA35 |
17 August 1944 |
A torpedo boat — a former Rosolino Pilo-class destroyer — that sank after striking a mine in the Fasana Channel on the coast of Dalmatia. |
41°53′N 013°47′E |
HMS Tempest |
Royal Navy |
13 February 1942 |
A T-class submarine that was sunk by the Italian destroyer Circe near the Gulf of Taranto. |
39°15′0″N 17°45′0″E |
Triglav |
Austro-Hungarian Navy |
29 December 1915 |
A Tátra-class destroyer sunk by French Navy destroyers in the Adriatic Sea. |
|
HMS Triumph |
Royal Navy |
25 May 1915 |
A Swiftsure-class battleship torpedoed by the Imperial German Navy submarine U-21 off Gaba Tepe on the Gallipoli Peninsula. |
|
Turbine |
Regia Marina |
24 May 1915 |
A Nembo-class destroyer sunk by the Austro-Hungarian Navy light cruiser Helgoland and destroyers Csepel, Lika, and Tátra in the Adriatic Sea off Vieste, Italy. |
|
HMS Tynedale |
Royal Navy |
12 December 1943 |
A Hunt-class destroyer that was torpedoed by U-593 off Jijel, Algeria. |
37°10′N 6°5′E |
U-16 |
Austro-Hungarian Navy |
17 October 1916 |
A U-10-class submarine which sank in the Adriatic Sea off the coast of Albania after attacking an Italian convoy. |
|
U-32 |
Imperial German Navy |
8 May 1918 |
A Type U 31 U-boat that was sunk by HMS Wallflower north of Libya. |
36°8′N 13°30′E |
U-74 |
Kriegsmarine |
2 May 1942 |
A Type VIIB U-boat that was sunk by British forces east of Cartagena, Spain. |
37°32′N 0°10′E |
U-75 |
28 December 1941 |
A Type VIIB U-boat that was sunk by HMS Kipling off Mersa Matruh, Egypt. |
31°50′N 26°40′E |
U-79 |
23 December 1941 |
A Type VIIC U-boat that was sunk by HMS Hasty and HMS Hotspur. |
32°15′N 25°19′E |
U-95 |
28 November 1941 |
A Type VIIC U-boat that was torpedoed by a Dutch submarine off the south coast of Spain. |
36°24′N 3°20′W |
U-259 |
15 November 1942 |
A Type VIIC U-boat that was sunk by a British aircraft north of Algiers, Algeria. |
37°20′N 3°5′E |
U-301 |
21 January 1943 |
A Type VIIC U-boat that was torpedoed by HMS Sahib west of Bonifacio, Corsica. |
41°27′N 07°04′E |
U-371 |
4 May 1944 |
A Type VIIC U-boat that was sunk by Allied destroyers north of Constantine, Algeria. |
37°49′N 05°39′E |
U-374 |
12 January 1942 |
A Type VIIC U-boat that was torpedoed by HMS Unbeaten south of Bova Marina, Italy. |
37.50°N 16.00°E / 37.50; 16.00 (German submarine U-374) |
U-443 |
23 February 1943 |
A Type VIIC U-boat that was sunk by British destroyers northwest of Algiers, Algeria. |
36°55′N 2°25′E |
U-557 |
16 December 1941 |
A Type VIIC U-boat that was rammed by the Italian torpedo boat Orione west of Crete. |
35.31°N 23.19°E / 35.31; 23.19 (German submarine U-557) |
UB-52 |
Imperial German Navy |
23 May 1918 |
A Type UB III U-boat that was sunk by HMS H4 northwest of Durrës, Albania. |
41°36′N 18°52′E |
UB-53 |
3 August 1918 |
A Type UB III U-boat that was sunk by mines in the Strait of Otranto. |
39°40′N 18°40′E |
UB-66 |
18 January 1918 |
A Type UB III U-boat that was sunk by HMS Campanula off Euboea, Greece. |
38°30′N 24°25′E |
UB-68 |
4 October 1918 |
A Type UB III U-boat that was sunk northeast of Misrata, Libya. |
33°56′N 16°20′E |
UB-69 |
9 January 1918 |
A Type UB III U-boat that was sunk by HMS Cyclamen northeast of Tunis, Tunisia. |
37°30′N 10°38′E |
HMS Union |
Royal Navy |
20 July 1941 |
A U-class submarine that was sunk by the Italian torpedo boat Circe southwest of Pantelleria. |
36°27′23″N 11°42′21″E |
Verona |
United Kingdom |
11 May 1918 |
A passenger ship that was torpedoed by UC-52 east of Syracuse, Sicily. |
37°04′N 16°19′E |
RMS Viceroy of India |
United Kingdom |
11 November 1942[108] |
An ocean liner and troopship that was torpedoed by U-407 about 30 nautical miles (56 km) north of Oran, Algeria. |
36°26′N 0°24′W |
HMS Victoria |
Royal Navy |
22 June 1893 |
A Victoria-class battleship that was accidentally rammed by HMS Camperdown off Tripoli, Lebanon. |
|
Volo |
United Kingdom |
28 December 1941 |
A cargo ship that was torpedoed by U-75 about 45 nautical miles (83 km) northwest of Mersa Matruh, Egypt. |
31°45′N 26°48′E |
Waitemata |
New Zealand |
14 July 1918 |
A cargo ship that was torpedoed by UB-105 north of Tobruk, Libya. |
33°21′N 24°10′E |
HMAS Waterhen |
Royal Australian Navy |
30 June 1941 |
A W-class destroyer that was sunk by German and Italian dive bombers off Sallum, Egypt. |
32°15′N 25°20′E |
HMS Welshman |
Royal Navy |
1 February 1943 |
An Abdiel-class minelayer torpedoed by the German submarine U-617 east of Tobruk, Libya. |
32°12′N 24°52′E |
William B. Woods |
United States |
10 March 1944 |
A Liberty ship sunk after being torpedoed by the German submarine U-952 47 miles (76 km) northeast of Palermo, Sicily.[109] |
38°36′N 13°45′E |
HMS Wryneck |
Royal Navy |
27 April 1941 |
An Admiralty W-class destroyer sunk by German aircraft 20 nautical miles (37 km; 23 mi) east of Cape Maleas, Greece. |
36°30′N 23°34′E |
Yasaka Maru |
Japan |
21 December 1915 |
A passenger steamer that was torpedoed by U-38 about 60 nautical miles (111 km; 69 mi) from Port Said. It was one of the largest ships that was either sunk or damaged during World War I.[110][111] |
31°53′N 31°10′E |
Yoma |
United Kingdom |
17 June 1943 |
A troopship carrying Free French Naval Forces and British Army personnel that was torpedoed by the German submarine U-81.[112] |
33°03′N 22°04′E |
HMS York |
Royal Navy |
26 March 1941 |
A York-class heavy cruiser beached in Suda Bay on the coast of Crete after sustaining damage in an attack by Italian MT explosive motorboats. |
35°29′00″N 024°08′17″E |
Zara |
Regia Marina |
29 March 1941 |
A Zara-class cruiser that was sunk by British battleships in the Battle of Cape Matapan. |
35°20′N 20°57′E |
HMS Zulu |
Royal Navy |
14 September 1942 |
A Tribal-class destroyer that was sunk by Italian aircraft northwest of Alexandria, Egypt. |
32°0′N 28°56′E |