The cargo ship lost power 100 miles (160km) east north east off Dairen, Manchuria. She collided with another vessel and subsequently drifted aground near Dawangjia Dao Island, China, south of the Yalu River the next day. The vessel was later declared a total loss. Her Italian commanding officer was rescued on 9 September.[4][5]
World War II: Convoy Wewak No. 7: The Daifuku Maru No. 1-class transport (5,901 t) was bombed and sunk at Wewak (3°35′S143°39′E / 3.583°S 143.650°E / -3.583; 143.650) by North American B-25 Mitchell and Lockheed P-38 Lightning aircraft of the United States Army Air Force. Three troops and two crew were killed.[2][15][16]
World War II: The cargo ship, chartered by the Kriegsmarine, was torpedoed in the Riga Bay by Soviet Ilyushin Il-4 aircraft. Six crew were killed. She was towed to Riga and repaired.[17][18]
World War II: The steamship, on its last voyage, was erroneously sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by ten German aircraft at 16:15 off Cap Revellata, Corsica. Three crew members lost their lives.[64]
World War II: The cargo ship, under charter to the Imperial Japanese Navy as a supply ship, was scuttled by her crew at Kobe, Japan, after the Italian government surrendered to the Allies. Raised in 1943, repaired and put into Japanese service as Ikutagawa Maru.[68]
World War II: The ocean liner was scuttled in the Huangpu River at Shanghai by her Italian crew. She was refloated by the Japanese, repaired and taken in to service as Kotobuki Maru.[79][80]
World War II: The cargo ship was set afire and scuttled at Mormugao, Portuguese India. The wreck was refloated in December 1950, beached and scrapped.[82]
World War II: The Mk 3 landing craft tank (350/640 t, 1942) was sunk by coastal gunfire during the landing at Salerno. Three of the troops aboard were killed.[94][12]:236
World War II: The LCT-4-classlanding craft tank (350/640 t, 1943) was sunk by a mine during the landing at Salerno. 15 of the troops aboard were killed.[12]:236[95]
World War II: The severely damaged tanker was scuttled at Naples. She was raised in 1946, repaired and entered Italian service in 1948 as Vampa.[114][115]
World War II: The Navigatori-class destroyer was shelled by German shore batteries and bombed by German aircraft off La Maddalena, sinking the next day. 60 of her 280 crew did not survive the battle, the sinking or the ordeal at sea that followed. A part of the survivors were rescued by HMSSportsman (Royal Navy).[1][116]
World War II: The VAS 231-class submarine chaser was sunk by gunfire from R-212 and R-215Kriegsmarine off Gorgona Island. Contrammiraglio Federico Martinengo, commander of the Italian Navy ASW forces, was the only person killed in the action.[119][120]
World War II: The tanker was bombed and set on fire by Junkers Ju 87 aircraft of the Luftwaffe off Kotor, Croatia. Eleven of her 21 crew were killed and the survivors abandoned her. Left adrift, she ran aground and was sunk by a new air attack on 12 September.[122]
World War II: The gunboat (935 t) was sunk off Ancona by S 61, and S 64 (both Kriegsmarine). 27 crew were killed. The 62 survivors were captured by the German and two died later in captivity.[130][131]
World War II: Operation Avalanche: The Brooklyn-classcruiser was struck by a Fritz X bomb and severely damaged with the loss of 197 of her 868 crew. She sailed to Malta for temporary repairs. After permanent repairs in the United States, she re-entered service in September 1944.
The barque (764 GRT, 1884) was damaged by ice and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off the southwest tip of Greenland. Her crew were rescued by USCGCSouthwind (United States Navy).
World War II: The Liberty ship was bombed and set on fire at Salerno, Italy, by a German glide bomb dropped by a Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of seven lives. She blew up and sank the next day.[1][162][163]
World War II: The Giuseppe Sirtori-classtorpedo boat was heavily damaged by German aircraft off Corfu and beached. She was blown up by her crew on 25 September.
World War II: The Liberty ship was bombed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Salerno with the loss of 63 lives.[1] She was subsequently salvaged and sunk as a blockship in June 1944.
World War II: The Queen Elizabeth-classbattleship (31,315/36,096 t, 1915) was struck by a Fritz X glide bomb off Altavilla Silentina, Italy, and was severely damaged. She was towed to Malta for temporary repairs, arriving on 19 September. She departed under tow for Gibraltar on 12 November. She sailed to HMNB Rosyth in March 1944. Repairs were completed in June.
World War II: The Vorpostenboot was heavily damaged by fighter bombers and sank off Le Havre, France. V 1513 was damaged by the same attack. Total casualties for both ships were 11 dead and 38 wounded. The ship was later raised and repaired.[1][176]
The MAL 1 type landing fire support lighter (140 t) was thrown ashore near cape Kazantyp, Azov Sea during a storm. The crew was rescued but the ship could not be recovered and was blown up on 26 September.[187]
World War II: The Lursen E-boat (60 t) was scuttled by an Italian sailor at Cattolica, where her crew has left her on 9 September. There were no casualties.[188]
Convoy No. 197: The Type 1K standard merchant-class ore carrier was driven ashore at Amami-O-Shima by a typhoon. Refloated and towed by an unknown ship from Convoy 197 to Nagasaki. Repairs finished on 8 April 1944.[194]
World War II: The cargo liner was bombed and sunk by Allied aircraft at Naples. She was refloated in June 1945. Subsequently repaired and returned to service as Taurinia.[199]
The self-propelled covered lighter sprang a leak and sank while under tow off San Francisco, California. Salvage efforts were unsuccessful and the wreck was blown up.[207]
World War II: Convoy NSS 3: The Liberty ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Tyrrhenian Sea 45 nautical miles (83km) south of Salerno, Italy (40°05′N14°43′E / 40.083°N 14.717°E / 40.083; 14.717) by U-593 (Kriegsmarine) with the loss of two of the 267 people on board. Survivors abandoned ship and were rescued by the convoy's escorts, including USSSymbol, which rescued 124 people. The crew reboarded William W. Gerhard. She was taken in tow by USSMoreno (United States Navy) but a fire broke out and the crew were taken off. Her cargo of ammunition exploded and the ship broke in two, with the bow section sinking. The stern section was scuttled by USS Moreno.[218][219]
The M-classsubmarine sank in the Black Sea off Ochemiri in a diving accident. She was raised on 25 September, repaired, and returned to service in 1944.[1]
World War II: The troopship was shelled and sunk in the Aegean Sea by the destroyerHMSEclipse (Royal Navy) with the loss of at least 1,576 lives, most of them Italian prisoners.[1]
World War II: The supply ship was bombed and sunk at Nantes during an American Air raid.[1] Raised in 1946, and scrapped in 1950 at Briton Ferry, United Kingdom.[233] Also reported as Tokyo Maru (Japan).[234]
World War II: Convoy 3916: The transport was torpedoed and sunk in the Surigao Strait, or about 135 nautical miles (250km; 155mi) west of Urracas (Farallon de Pajaros), northern Marianas, by USSTrout (United States Navy) with the loss of four crewmen and seven passengers.[238][247]
World War II: The Type A Marinefahrprahm was heavily damaged by Soviet aircraft in Kerch. She was not repaired and finally scuttled in November 1943. There were no casualties.[250]
The Yatsushiro Maru-class naval trawler/auxiliary storeship disappeared without a trace with her 24 crew between Kusai and Nauru, possibly a maritime hazard.[256]
World War II: The cargo ship was evacuating Italian troops from Albania when she bombed by German aircraft in the Strait of Otranto and ran aground to avoid sinking. More than 200 men were killed. The wreck sank some days later and was scrapped after the war.[257]
World War II: The naval trawler (314 GRT, 1916) was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off Harwich by S 96 (Kriegsmarine) with the loss of all 15 crew.[53]
World War II: The Ekwator-class Vorpostenboot was torpedoed by British aircraft in the North Sea off Camperdown, and either beached, or sunk, off Den Helder, North Holland.[1]
World War II: The coaster was seized during the night by its Greek crew and Italian prisoners of war and tried to escape. She was sunk by German aircraft off Karpathos with no survivors.[265][266]
World War II: The G-classdestroyer was bombed and sunk at Leros by Junkers Ju 88 aircraft of the Luftwaffe with the loss of 72 of her 145 crew. Survivors were rescued by HMML354, HMML356 and HMML836 (all Royal Navy).
World War II: The transport ship (1,433 GRT, 1891) was sailing from Piraeus to Argostoli to pick up Italian prisoners of war where she hit a mine south of Cephalonia and sank. There were no casualties.[1][271]
World War II: Operation Jaywick: The Kizan Maru-class auxiliary transport was mined and sunk by Australian Commandos using limpet mines at Singapore. One crew member was killed. The wreck was broken up in July 1944.[270]
World War II: Convoy Wewak No.9: The transport ship was bombed and sunk north of Wewak by American aircraft. Six gunners and seven crew were killed.[278]
World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean southwest of Anatahan Island, Marianas, by USSGudgeon (United States Navy) with the loss of 60 lives (46 passengers and 14 crew).[1][287]
World War II: The VAS 205-class submarine chaser was scuttled by the Germans off Ischia Island after capturing her earlier in the month. She was raised post-war, repaired and returned to service.[118]
World War II: The LST-1-classlanding ship tank (1,625/4,080 t, 1943) was sunk by German aircraft at Ajaccio. Four crew were killed and another died of his wounds 15 days later. Seven RAF radar personnel were also probably killed in this attack.[294][295][296][297]
World War II: The minesweeper, a converted Heilbutt-class patrol ship, was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea east of Bastia by HMSSibyl (Royal Navy).[1]
World War II: The passenger ship (1,376 GRT, 1927) was bombed and sunk off the Stad Peninsula, Norway, by Bristol Beaufighter aircraft of 404 SquadronRoyal Canadian Air Force. Between 19 and 20 Norwegian crew, 22 and 26 Norwegian passengers and 10 and 20 German soldiers lost their lives.[299]
World War II: The cargo ship was driven ashore near Patras, Greece. She was subsequently shelled by land-based artillery and was consequently declared a total loss.[306]
World War II: The coaster was scuttled by partisans at Split to prevent capture by the Germans. Raised by Yugoslavia in November 1944, repaired and returned to service in 1945 as Knin.[307]
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