List of ships sunk by submarines by death toll explained
While submarines were invented centuries ago, development of self-propelled torpedoes during the latter half of the 19th century dramatically increased the effectiveness of military submarines.
Initial submarine scouting patrols against surface warships sank several cruisers during the first month of World War I. Incidental submarine encounters with merchant ships were performed by signalling ships to stop, then sinking them after evacuation of the crew, in accordance with international law. After unrestricted submarine warfare began in February 1915, any ship could be sunk unexpectedly from the heavy underwater hull damage inflicted by torpedoes. Many large ships sank without their crews being able to alert friendly forces in time, and the submarines which sank them were too small to rescue more than a few survivors.[1]
Many personnel casualties continued through World War II, and there have been a few later sinkings.
List of ships sunk by submarines by death tolls exceeding 150
data-sort-type="number" | Deaths | Name | Type | National affiliation | Date | Submarine | National affiliation |
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9,343[2] | | Cruise ship converted into a military transport serving as evacuation ship | | 30 January 1945 | | |
6,500[3] | | Freighter converted into a troop transport serving as evacuation ship | | 16 April 1945 | | |
5,620[4] | Junyō Maru | Prisoner transport | | class=nowrap | 18 September 1944 | | ![](../images/flags.16x11/GB.gif) |
5,400[5] | Toyama Maru | | | 29 June 1944 | | |
4,998[6] | Ryusei Maru | Troopship | | 24 February 1944 | | |
4,406-4,755[7] | Tamatsu Maru | Troopship | | 19 August 1944 | | |
3,608[8] | | Ocean liner converted into a troop transport serving as evacuation ship | | 10 February 1945 | | |
3,546[9] | Mayasan Maru | Troopship | | 18 November 1944 | | |
3,219[10] | Nikkin Maru | Troopship | | 30 June 1944 | | |
3,000 | Tango Maru | Prisoner transport | | 24 February 1944 | | |
2,765[11] | | Troopship | | 8 February 1944 | | |
2,670 | | Prisoner transport | | 8 February 1944 | | ![](../images/flags.16x11/GB.gif) |
2,665 | Teia Maru | Troopship | | 19 August 1944 | | |
2,649[12] | | Troopship | | 26 April 1944 | | |
2,495[13] | Yoshino Maru | Troopship | | 31 July 1944 | | |
2,475 | Sakito Maru | Troopship | | 1 March 1944 | | |
2,246 | | Escort carrier operated by the Imperial Japanese Army | | 14 November 1944 | | |
2,134 | Hawaii Maru | Troopship | | 2 December 1944 | | |
2,113[14] | Edogawa Maru | Troopship | | 17 November 1944 | | |
2,089[15] | Dainichi Maru | Troopship | | 8 October 1943 | | |
2,035[16] | | Troopship | | 28 April 1943 | | |
2,008[17] | | Ocean liner | | 1 April 1945 | | |
2,000 | Ural Maru | Ocean liner | | 27 September 1944 | | |
2,000[18] | Salzburg | Transport ship serving as prisoner transport | | 1 October 1942 | | |
1,934 | Nichiren Maru | Troopship | | 16 March 1944 | | |
1,926[19] | | Troopship | | 8 June 1916 | | |
1,773[20] | Arisan Maru | Prisoner transport | | 24 October 1944 | or | |
1,747 | Arabia Maru | Troopship | | 18 October 1944 | | |
1,704 | Denmark Maru | Troopship | | 16 January 1944 | | |
1,658[21] | | | | 12 September 1942 | | |
1,650[22] | | Aircraft carrier | | 19 June 1944 | | |
1,602 | Daisyō Maru | Troopship | | 26 October 1944 | | |
1,576 | Marei Maru | Troopship | | 25 January 1945 | | |
1,540 | Kōshū Maru | Prisoner transport | | 4 August 1944 | | |
1,539 | Kenzui Maru | Troopship | | 23 December 1944 | | |
1,529[23] | Tsushima Maru | Cargo liner serving as evacuation ship | | 22 August 1944 | | |
1,471 | Jinyō Maru | Troopship | | 7 December 1944 | | |
1,451 | Hakuyo Maru | Troopship | | 25 October 1944 | | |
1,450 | Maebashi Maru | Troopship | | 30 September 1943 | | |
1,435 | | Aircraft carrier | | 29 November 1944 | | |
1,428 | Shiranesan Maru | Troopship | | 19 October 1944 | | |
1,400 | Tatsuta Maru | Troopship | | 9 February 1943 | | |
1,394 | Mizuho Maru | Troopship | | 21 September 1944 | | |
1,384 | Fuso Maru | Troopship | | 31 July 1944 | | |
1,338[24] | | Troopship | | 8 October 1916 | | |
1,310 | Awata Maru | Troopship | | 22 October 1943 | | |
1,300 | | | | 8 June 1945 | | ![](../images/flags.16x11/GB.gif) |
1,291[25] | | Troopship | | 24 May 1941 | | ![](../images/flags.16x11/GB.gif) |
1,279[26] | | Troopship | | 12 February 1944 | | |
1,273 | Tsuyama Maru | Troopship | | 2 October 1944 | | |
1,272 | | Aircraft carrier | | 19 June 1944 | | |
1,262 | Nichiran Maru | Troopship | | 12 July 1944 | | |
1,250 | | Escort carrier | | 4 December 1943 | | |
1,240 | | Aircraft carrier | | 19 December 1944 | | |
1,197[27] | | Ocean liner | | | | |
1,200 | | Ocean liner | | 19 March 1943 | | |
1,200[28] | | Battleship or battlecruiser | | 21 November 1944 | | |
1,188[29] | | Troopship | | 24 January 1944 | | |
1,184 | Rashin Maru | Troopship | | 8 August 1945 | | |
1,159 | Rakuyo Maru | Prisoner transport | | 12 September 1944 | | |
1,130[30] | | Escort carrier | | 17 November 1944 | | |
1,118 | Hakozaki Maru | Ocean liner | | 19 March 1945 | | |
1,073 | Fukuyo Maru | Troopship | | 6 December 1944 | | |
1,053[31] | Montevideo Maru | Prisoner transport | | 1 July 1942 | | |
995[32] | | Troopship | | 28 March 1942 | | |
956 | Taihei Maru | Troopship | | 9 July 1944 | | |
935[33] | | Troopship | | 13 August 1915 | | |
921[34] | Città di Palermo | Armed merchant cruiser serving as troopship | | 5 January 1942 | | |
930[35] | | Troopship | | 26 February 1916 | | |
883[36] | | Heavy cruiser | | 30 July 1945 | | |
880[37] | | Troopship | | 11 May 1918 | | |
870[38] | | Troopship | | 15 February 1917 | | |
866[39] [40] | | Cargo ship serving as POW ship | | 14 November 1942 | | |
865[41] | | Ocean liner serving as POW ship | | 2 July 1940 | | |
862[42] | | | | 25 November 1941 | | |
856[43] | | Troopship/POW ship | | 28 November 1942 | | |
856 | Tenryō Maru | Troopship | | 29 May 1945 | | |
846[44] | Lisbon Maru | Prisoner transport | | 1 October 1942 | | |
819[45] | | Troopship | | 24 December 1944 | | |
817 | | Ocean liner | | 8 May 1942 | | |
810 | Akane Maru | Troopship | | 6 October 1944 | | |
800 | | Troopship | | 19 April 1943 | | |
786[46] | | Battleship | | 14 October 1939 | | |
768[47] | | | | 24 February 1942 | | |
754[48] | | Ocean liner | | 17 February 1917 | | |
747 | | Escort carrier | | 18 August 1944 | | |
740[49] | | Troopship | | 4 November 1915 | | |
700[50] | | Coastal merchant ship serving as POW ship | | 23 December 1941 | | |
688[51] | Shinyō Maru | Prisoner transport | | 7 September 1944 | | |
686 | Taisei Maru | Troopship | | 19 April 1945 | | |
684[52] | | | | 27 April 1915 | | |
683[53] | | | | 13 November 1942 | | |
675[54] | | Troopship | | 3 February 1943 | | |
672[55] | | | | 23 October 1915 | | |
668 | Nikkō Maru | Passenger and cargo ship | | 9 April 1945 | | |
667[56] | Taito Maru | Cargo ship serving as evacuation ship | | 22 August 1945 | | |
658 | Tateyama Maru | Troopship | | 1 March 1945 | | |
656 | Sanka Maru | Troopship | | 10 March 1945 | | |
654[57] | | Ocean liner | | 7 December 1942 | | |
648[58] | | | | 26 November 1916 | | |
644[59] | | | | 24 November 1943 | | |
643[60] | | | | 5 June 1916 | | |
638[61] | | Troopship | | 11 May 1918 | | |
638[62] | | Cable layer serving as evacuation ship | | 22 August 1945 | | |
615 | | Prisoner transport | | 29 November 1943 | | |
611[63] | | Troopship | | 20 April 1943 | | |
610[64] | | Troopship | | 30 December 1917 | | |
599[65] | | Ocean liner serving as evacuation ship | | 6 March 1944 | | |
597[66] | | | | 11 October 1914 | | |
595[67] | | Prisoner transport | | 24 June 1944 | | |
574[68] | | Depot ship serving as troopship | | 12 January 1944 | | |
570[69] | | | | 15 June 1942 | | |
564[70] | | Irish Sea Ferry | | 10 October 1918 | | |
562[71] | | | | | | |
555[72] | Euterpe | Troopship | | 11 August 1918 | | |
547[73] | | | | 1 January 1915 | | |
544[74] | | Troopship | | 5 October 1943 | | |
527[75] | | | | | | |
526[76] | | | | 15 October 1914 | | |
523 | | Troopship | | 6 May 1944 | | |
518 | | Aircraft carrier | | 17 September 1939 | | |
514[77] | | | | 15 November 1942 | | |
503 | Nankin Maru | Troopship | | 17 March 1945 | | |
500~[78] | | Troopship | | 1 March 1942 | | |
497[79] | Tembien | Cargo ship serving as POW ship | | 27 February 1942 | | |
488 | | Prisoner transport | | 12 September 1944 | | |
484[80] | | Troopship | | 17 June 1943 | | |
484[81] [82] | | Light cruiser | | 25 February 1941 | | |
470[83] | | Light cruiser | | 14 December 1941 | | |
461 | Ikoma Maru | Prisoner transport | | 20 January 1944 | | |
452 | Kenjo Maru | Troopship | | 7 December 1944 | | |
450[84] | | Troopship | | 30 August 1941 | | |
450[85] | | Light cruiser | | 20 October 1944 | | |
448 | Seisho Maru | Troopship | | 18 November 1944 | | |
440[86] | | Prisoner transport | | 1 November 1944 | | |
436[87] | | Ocean liner | | 14 July 1918 | | |
432[88] | Città di Messina | Troopship | | 12 January 1941 | | |
419[89] | | Light cruiser | | 24 November 1941 | | |
417[90] | | Light cruiser | | 18 February 1944 | | |
414[91] | | Troopship | | 4 May 1917 | | |
400[92] | | Troopship | | 16 August 1918 | | |
392[93] | | Troopship | | 13 March 1943 | | |
381[94] | | | | 1 April 1942 | | |
379[95] | | Ocean liner | | 28 May 1940 | | |
375[96] | | | | | | |
374[97] | | | | 8 February 1916 | | |
373[98] | | Merchant ship | | 13 August 1944 | | |
369[99] | | | | 30 December 1942 | | |
364[100] | | | | 3 March 1943 | | |
362[101] | | Ocean liner | | 29 October 1942 | | |
360[102] | | Cargo and passenger liner | | 8 December 1940 | | |
360[103] | | Ocean liner | | 17 January 1941 | | |
360[104] | | | | 23 October 1944 | | |
349[105] | | Light cruiser | | 7 August 1944 | | |
344[106] | | Troopship | | 11 May 1917 | | |
343[107] | Emma | Cargo ship/Troopship | | 16 January 1943 | | |
336[108] | | | | 23 October 1944 | | |
336[109] | | Aviso/Sloop | | 29 June 1942 | | |
334[110] | | Ocean liner | | 30 December 1915 | | |
330[111] | | | | 18 August 1944 | | |
323[112] | | | | 2 May 1982 | | |
320[113] | Sebastiano Venier | Cargo ship serving as POW ship | | 9 December 1941 | | |
307 | | | | 21 November 1944 | | |
305 | | | | 5 August 1944 | | |
300[114] | Andrea Sgarallino | Passenger ship | | 22 September 1943 | | |
272[115] | | Troopship | | 7 February 1943 | | |
270[116] | | | | 15 August 1942 | | |
268[117] | | Hospital ship | ![](../images/flags.16x11/AU.gif) | 14 May 1943 | | |
258 | | Ocean liner serving as child evacuation ship | ![](../images/flags.16x11/GB.gif) | 17 September 1940 | U-48 | |
226 | | | | 25 June 1942 | | |
194[118] | | | | 9 December 1971 | | |
193[119] | | | | 15 September 1942 | | | |
See also
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- The official figures give 1195 lost out of 1959, excluding three stowaways who also were lost. The figures here eliminate some repetitions from the list and people subsequently known not to be on board. Web site: Passenger and Crew Statistics. The Lusitania Resource. 27 April 2024.
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- Giuseppe Fioravanzo, "La Marina italiana nella seconda guerra mondiale – Volume II – La guerra nel Mediterraneo – Le azioni navali – Tomo Secondo: dal 1° aprile 1941 all’8 settembre 1943", Ufficio Storico della Marina Militare italiana
- News: Donal Byrne. The Sinking of RMS Leinster and SS Dundalk. RTE. 10 October 2018. 10 October 2018. On that morning the Leinster carried about 180 civilians, 77 crew, some 500 soldiers and 22 postal workers. ... One hundred years on, the records of how many were on the Leinster are still being probed and the death toll updated. As of six weeks ago, the figure stands at 564..
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