List of shipwrecks in 1942

The list of shipwrecks in 1942 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1942.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

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May	Jun	Jul	Aug
Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
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References

January

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February

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March

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April

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May

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June

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July

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August

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September

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October

Main article: List of shipwrecks in October 1942

November

Main article: List of shipwrecks in November 1942

December

Main article: List of shipwrecks in December 1942

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1942

Ship	Country	Description
Alice L. Pendleton	United States	The 228-foot (69 m), 1,349-gross register ton four-masted lumber schooner was abandoned at the Palmer Shipyard on the west side of the Mystic River in Noank, Connecticut, sometime during the 1940s, gradually rotted away, and settled on the river bottom in 10 feet (3.0 m) of water. [1]
Boschdijk	Kriegsmarine	World War II: The target ship was sunk. [2]
LAS 21	Spanish Navy	The DAR 1-class anti-submarine motor launch (20 t, 1938) was lost sometime in 1942.
Norman H. Davis	United States	The dredge was destroyed by fire at Key West, Florida. [3]
Shch-304	Soviet Navy	World War II: The Shchuka-class submarine struck a mine and sank in the Baltic Sea sometime after 29 October. (See November 1942) [4]
Sisunthon Nawa	United Kingdom	The cargo ship was reported missing in early 1942. Presumed captured or sunk by the Japanese. [5]
Trabajador	United States Navy	The tugboat (249 GRT, 1931) was sunk, probably by Japanese artillery, off Corregidor, the Philippines. Salvaged post-war and served under the name Resolute into the late 1970s.
HMS Triumph	Royal Navy	World War II: The T-class submarine disappeared sometime between 30 December 1941 and 9 January 1942 with the loss of all 59 crew. She possibly struck a mine and sank in the Mediterranean Sea. [6]
Unidentified barge	United States	The barge foundered in the Gulf of Mexico ( 30°00′N87°21′W / 30.000°N 87.350°W / 30.000; -87.350 ) southwest of Pensacola, Florida. [7]

References

1. "Alice L. Pendleton". Hunting New England Shipwrecks. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
2. Jordan, Roger (1999). The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939. London: Chatham publishing. p. 550. ISBN   1-86176-023-X.
3. Shipwrecks of Florida: A comprehensive listing. Pineapple Press/Googlebooks. 1998. ISBN   9781561641635 . Retrieved 25 May 2020.
4. "ShCh-304". Uboat. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
5. Mitchell, WH; Sawyer, LA (1990). The Empire Ships (Second ed.). London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong: Lloyd's of London Press Ltd. p. 389. ISBN   1-85044-275-4.
6. "Naval Events, January 1942, Part 1 of 2, Thursday 1st – Wednesday 14th". Naval History. Retrieved 25 December 2011.
7. Shipwrecks of Florida: A comprehensive listing. Pineapple Press/Googlebooks. 1998. ISBN   9781561641635 . Retrieved 25 May 2020.

See also

• List of shipwrecks