This is a list of Royal Navy ships and personnel lost during World War II, from 3 September 1939 to 1 October 1945.
See also List of ships of the Royal Navy.
The Royal Navy lost 50,758 men killed in action, 820 missing in action and 14,663 wounded in action.[1] The Women's Royal Naval Service lost 102 killed and 22 wounded.
| Name | Location | Date | Cause | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HMS Royal Oak (08) | Scapa Flow | Sunk by U-47 | ||
| HMS Barham (04) | off the coast of Sidi Barrani, Egypt | Sunk by U-331 | ||
| HMS Prince of Wales (53) | South China Sea | Sunk by Japanese aircraft |
| Name | Location | Date | Cause | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HMS Hood (51) | Denmark Strait | Sunk by naval gunfire from Bismarck | ||
| HMS Repulse (26) | South China Sea | Sunk by Japanese aircraft |
| Name | Location | Date | Cause | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HMS Courageous (50) | off the coast of Ireland | Sunk by U-29 | ||
| HMS Glorious (77) | Norwegian Sea | Sunk by naval gunfire from Scharnhorst and Gneisenau | ||
| HMS Ark Royal (91) | south east of Gibraltar | Sunk by U-81 | ||
| HMS Hermes (95) | Sri Lanka | Sunk by Japanese aircraft | ||
| HMS Eagle (94) | south of Cape Salinas | Sunk by U-73 |
| Name | Location | Date | Cause | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HMS Audacity (D10) | Atlantic Ocean | Sunk by U-751 | ||
| HMS Avenger (D14) | off Gibraltar | Sunk by U-155 | ||
| HMS Dasher (D37) | Firth of Clyde | Sunk by internal explosion |
The Royal Navy lost 28 cruisers according to Stephen Roskill,[2] and 34 including Commonwealth/Dominion ships, according to the Naval-History project.[3]
| Name | Location | Date | Cause | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HMS Dunedin (96) | Atlantic Ocean | Sunk by U-124 | ||
| HMS Durban (D99) | off Normandy | Deliberately scuttled as breakwater | ||
| HMS Neptune (20) | off Tripoli | Sunk by Italian cruiser-laid mine | ||
| HMS Calypso (D61) | off Crete | Sunk by Italian submarine | ||
| HMS Coventry (D43) | off Crete | Scuttled following German air attack | ||
| HMS Curacoa (D41) | off Ireland | Rammed in poor weather by RMS Queen Mary | ||
| HMS Curlew (D42) | off Narvik | Sunk by German aircraft | ||
| HMS Cairo (D87) | off Bizerte | Sunk by Italian submarine Axum | ||
| HMS Calcutta (D82) | off Alexandria | Sunk by German aircraft | ||
| HMS Galatea (71) | off Alexandria | Sunk by U-557 | ||
| HMS Penelope (97) | off Naples | Sunk by U-410 | ||
| HMS Edinburgh (16) | Arctic Ocean | Scuttled after torpedo damage by and then by German destroyers | ||
| HMS Southampton (83) | off Malta | Scuttled following German air attack | ||
| HMS Manchester (15) | Cap Bon | Scuttled following Italian motor torpedo boat attack | ||
| HMS Gloucester (62) | off Crete | Sunk by German aircraft | ||
| HMS Charybdis (88) | Battle of Sept-Îles | Sunk by German torpedo boat destroyers | ||
| HMS Hermione (74) | off Crete | Sunk by U-205 | ||
| HMS Bonaventure (31) | off Crete | Sunk by Italian submarine | ||
| HMS Naiad (93) | off Crete | Sunk by U-565 | ||
| HMS Spartan (95) | off Anzio | Sunk by German aircraft (glide bomb) | ||
| HMS Fiji (58) | off Crete | Sunk by German aircraft | ||
| HMS Trinidad (46) | off North Cape | Scuttled following German air attack | ||
| HMS Effingham (D98) | off Bodø | Ran aground | ||
| HMS Cornwall (56) | off Ceylon | Sunk by Japanese aircraft | ||
| HMS Dorsetshire (40) | off Ceylon | Sunk by Japanese aircraft | ||
| HMS York (90) | Crete | Scuttled following Italian explosive boat raid | ||
| HMS Exeter (68) | Battle of the Java Sea | Sunk by Japanese naval gunfire and torpedoes |
The Royal Navy lost 132 destroyers, according to Stephen Roskill[2] and 153, including Commonwealth/Dominion ships, according to the Naval-History project.[3]
| Name | Location | Date | Cause | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HMS Tenedos (H04) | Colombo Harbour | Sunk by Japanese aircraft | ||
| HMS Porcupine (G93) | off Oran | Torpedoed by U-602 (constructive total loss) | ||
| HMS Wensleydale (L86) | English Channel | Damaged beyond repair after collision with a landing ship | ||
| HMS Blean (L47) | off Oran | Torpedoed by U-443 | ||
| HMS Ithuriel (H05) | off Bône | Bombed by German aircraft (constructive total loss) | ||
| HMS Fury (H76) | off Normandy | Beached after hitting a mine (constructive total loss) | ||
| HMS Foresight (H68) | off Bône | Scuttled after being hit by Italian aircraft | ||
| HMS Firedrake (H79) | Atlantic Ocean | Sunk by U-211 | ||
| HMS Fearless (H67) | off Bône | Scuttled after being hit by Italian aircraft | ||
| HMS Esk (H15) | off Texel | Sunk by mine | ||
| HMS Escort (H66) | off Sardinia | Sunk by Italian submarine Guglielmo Marconi | ||
| HMS Eclipse (H08) | Aegean Sea | Sunk by mine | ||
| HMS Exmouth (H02) | Moray Firth | Sunk by U-22 | ||
| HMS Daring (H16) | off Norway | Sunk by U-23 | ||
| HMS Delight (H38) | English Channel | Sunk by German aircraft | ||
| HMS Diamond (H22) | off Crete | Sunk by German aircraft | ||
| HMS Duchess (H64) | off Mull of Kintyre | Sunk in a collision with HMS Barham | ||
| HMS Defender (H07) | off Sidi Barrani | Scuttled after being hit by German aircraft | ||
| HMS Dainty (H53) | off Tobruk | Sunk by German aircraft | ||
| HMS Imogen (D44) | Pentland Firth | Sunk in collision with HMS Glasgow (C21) | ||
| HMS Imperial (D09) | off Crete | Scuttled after being hit by Italian bombers | ||
| HMS Inglefield (D02) | off Anzio | Sunk by German aircraft | ||
| HMS Ivanhoe (D16) | off Texel | Scuttled after hitting a mine | ||
| HMS Isis (D87) | off Normandy | Sunk by mine | ||
| HMS Thanet (H29) | off Singapore | Sunk by naval gunfire from Japanese cruiser Sendai | ||
| HMS Thracian (D86) | Hong Kong | Scuttled to avoid capture by Japanese forces | ||
| HMS Stronghold (H50) | off Sunda Strait | Sunk by naval gunfire from Japanese ships Maya, Nowaki and Arashi | ||
| HMS Sturdy (H28) | off Tiree | Ran aground | ||
| HMS Keith (D06) | off Dunkirk | Sunk by German aircraft | ||
| HMS Basilisk (H11) | off Dunkirk | Sunk by German aircraft | ||
| HMS Blanche (H47) | Thames Estuary | Sunk by mine | ||
| HMS Boadicea (H65) | Lyme Bay | Sunk by German aircraft | ||
| HMS Brazen (H80) | English Channel | Sunk by German aircraft | ||
| HMS Beverley (H64) | Atlantic Ocean | Sunk by U-188 | ||
| HMS Broadwater (H81) | Atlantic Ocean | Sunk by U-101 | ||
| HMS Belmont (H46) | Atlantic Ocean | Sunk by U-82 | ||
| HMS Broke (D83) | off Algiers | Sunk by French shore batteries | ||
| HMS Cameron (I05) | Portsmouth | Sunk by German aircraft | ||
| HMS Campbeltown (I42) | St Nazaire Raid | Intentional explosion after ramming St Nazaire dry dock | ||
| HMS Gallant (H59) | Malta harbour | Hit an Italian mine off Panteleria/bombed by German aircraft (constructive total loss) | ||
| HMS Rockingham (G58) | Atlantic Ocean | Sunk by mine | ||
| HMS Stanley (I73) | Atlantic Ocean | Sunk by U-574 | ||
| HMS Valentine (L69) | off Terneuzen | Beached after being damaged by German aircraft | ||
| HMS Venetia (D53) | Thames Estuary | Sunk by mine | ||
| HMS Vimiera (L29) | Thames Estuary | Sunk by mine | ||
| HMS Wakeful (H88) | Dunkirk evacuation | Sunk by torpedo from an E-boat | ||
| HMS Warwick (D25) | Atlantic Ocean | Sunk by U-413 | ||
| HMS Wessex (D43) | off Calais | Sunk by German aircraft | ||
| HMS Whirlwind (D30) | Atlantic Ocean | Sunk by | ||
| HMS Whitley (L23) | off Ostend | Beached after being damaged by German aircraft | ||
| HMS Wryneck (D21) | off Crete | Sunk by German aircraft | ||
| HMS Wren (D88) | off Aldeburgh | Sunk by German aircraft | ||
| HMS Veteran (D72) | Atlantic Ocean | Sunk by U-404 | ||
| HMS Wild Swan (D62) | Atlantic Ocean | Sunk by German aircraft | ||
| HMS Codrington (D65) | off Dover | Sunk by German aircraft | ||
| HMS Acasta (H09) | off Narvik | Sunk by naval gunfire from Scharnhorst and Gneisenau | ||
| HMS Achates (H12) | Barents Sea | Sunk by naval gunfire from German cruiser Admiral Hipper | ||
| HMS Ardent (H41) | off Narvik | Sunk by naval gunfire from Scharnhorst and Gneisenau | ||
| HMS Acheron (H45) | off Isle of Wight | Sunk by mine | ||
| HMS Jackal (F22) | off Crete | Sunk by German aircraft | ||
| HMS Jaguar (F34) | off Sollum | Sunk by U-652 | ||
| HMS Juno (F46) | off Crete | Sunk by Italian aircraft | ||
| HMS Janus (F53) | off Anzio | Sunk by German aircraft | ||
| HMS Jersey (F72) | off Malta | Sunk by mine (Italian) | ||
| HMS Jupiter (F85) | off Java | Sunk by mine (Dutch) | ||
| HMS Kelly (F01) | off Crete | Sunk by German aircraft | ||
| HMS Kandahar (F28) | Mediterranean Sea | Sunk by Italian cruiser-laid mine | ||
| HMS Kashmir (F12) | off Crete | Sunk by German aircraft | ||
| HMS Khartoum (F45) | Perim | Sunk by internal explosion after surface engagement with Italian submarine Torricelli | ||
| HMS Kingston (F64) | Malta | Sunk by German aircraft at dry dock after being damaged by Italian battleship Littorio | ||
| HMS Kipling (F91) | off Mersa Matruh | Sunk by German aircraft | ||
| HMS Berkeley (L17) | off Dieppe | Sunk by German aircraft | ||
| HMS Exmoor (L61) | off Lowestoft | Sunk by mine or torpedo | ||
| HMS Quorn (L66) | off Normandy | Sunk by "Linse" explosive-motorboat | ||
| HMS Tynedale (L96) | off Jijel | Sunk by U-593 | ||
| HMS Dulverton (L63) | off Kos | Sunk by German aircraft | ||
| HMS Heythrop (L85) | off Bardia | Sunk by U-652 | ||
| HMS Eridge (L68) | off El Daba | Torpedoed by Italian motor torpedo boat (constructive total loss) | ||
| HMS Puckeridge (L108) | off Gibraltar | Sunk by U-617 | ||
| HMS Grove (L77) | off Egypt | Sunk by U-587 | ||
| HMS Hurworth (L28) | off Turkey | Sunk by mine | ||
| HMS Southwold (L10) | off Malta | Sunk by mine | ||
| HMS Airedale (L07) | off Malta | Sunk by German aircraft | ||
| HMS Aldenham (L22) | off Škrda | Sunk by mine | ||
| HMS Holcombe (L56) | Mediterranean Sea | Sunk by U-593 | ||
| HMS Limbourne (L57) | off Guernsey | Sunk by torpedo from T22 | ||
| HMS Penylan (L89) | off English Channel | Sunk by torpedo from an E-boat | ||
| HMS Laforey (G99) | off Palermo | Sunk by U-223 | ||
| HMS Lance (G87) | Malta | Sunk by aircraft | ||
| HMS Gurkha (G63) | off Sidi Barrani | Sunk by U-133 | ||
| HMS Legion (G74) | Malta | Sunk by aircraft | ||
| HMS Lightning (G55) | Bône | Sunk by torpedo from German E-boat | ||
| HMS Lively (G40) | Mediterranean Sea | Sunk by German aircraft | ||
| HMS Mahratta (G23) | Atlantic Ocean | Sunk by U-990 | ||
| HMS Martin (G44) | off Algiers | Sunk by U-431 | ||
| HMS Pakenham (G06) | off Sicily | Scuttled after being disabled by naval gunfire from | ||
| HMS Panther (G41) | Aegean Sea | Sunk by German aircraft | ||
| HMS Partridge (G30) | off Oran | Sunk by U-565 | ||
| HMS Quail (G45) | Gulf of Taranto | Sunk by mine | ||
| HMS Quentin (G78) | off North Africa | Sunk by German aircraft | ||
| HMS Swift (G46) | off Normandy | Sunk by mine | ||
| HMS Glowworm (H92) | off Norway | Sunk from damage taken after ramming by German cruiser Admiral Hipper | ||
| HMS Gipsy (H63) | off Harwich | Sunk by mine | ||
| HMS Grafton (H89) | off Nieuwpoort | Scuttled after being torpedoed by U-62 | ||
| HMS Grenade (H86) | off Dunkirk | Sunk by German aircraft | ||
| HMS Grenville (H03) | off Kentish Knock | Sunk by mine | ||
| HMS Greyhound (H05) | off Crete | Sunk by German aircraft | ||
| HMS Hardy (R08) | North Atlantic Ocean | Sunk by U-278 | ||
| HMS Hardy (H87) | Narvik | Beached after being disabled by naval gunfire from five German destroyers | ||
| HMS Hasty (H24) | Mediterranean Sea | Sunk by torpedo from German E-boat | ||
| HMS Havock (H43) | Cap Bon | Ran aground | ||
| HMS Hereward (H93) | off Crete | Sunk by German aircraft | ||
| HMS Hostile (H55) | off Cap Bon | Scuttled after hitting a mine (Italian) | ||
| HMS Hunter (H35) | Narvik | Sunk by German destroyers | ||
| HMS Hyperion (H97) | off Pantelleria | Sunk by mine (Italian) | ||
| HMS Harvester (H19) | Atlantic Ocean | Sunk by U-432 | ||
| HMS Havant (H32) | off Dunkirk | Scuttled after being bombed by German aircraft | ||
| HMS Hurricane (H06) | Atlantic Ocean | Scuttled after torpedoed by U-415 | ||
| HMS Afridi (F07) | off Norway | Sunk by German aircraft | ||
| HMS Bedouin (F67) | off Pantelleria | Sunk by naval gunfire from Italian cruisers Montecuccoli, di Savoia and aerial torpedo | ||
| HMS Cossack (F03) | Atlantic Ocean | Sunk by U-563 | ||
| HMS Gurkha (F20) | off Norway | Sunk by German aircraft | ||
| HMS Maori (F24) | Malta | Sunk by German aircraft | ||
| HMS Mashona (F59) | Atlantic Ocean | Sunk by German aircraft | ||
| HMS Matabele (F26) | North Atlantic Ocean | Sunk by U-454 | ||
| HMS Mohawk (F31) | off Kerkennah Islands | Sunk by torpedo from | ||
| HMS Punjabi (F21) | Atlantic Ocean | Rammed by HMS King George V | ||
| HMS Sikh (F82) | off Tobruk | Sunk by German and Italian shore batteries | ||
| HMS Somali (F33) | North Atlantic Ocean | Sunk by U-703 | ||
| HMS Zulu (F18) | off Tobruk | Sunk by German aircraft | ||
| HMS Electra (H27) | First Battle of the Java Sea | Sunk by Japanese naval gunfire | ||
| HMS Encounter (H10) | Second Battle of the Java Sea | Scuttled following Japanese naval gunfire |
| Name | Location | Date | Cause | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HMS Oxley | 58° 30'N, 5° 30'E, off Stavanger, Norway | Sunk by friendly fire from British submarine HMS Triton | ||
| HMS Seahorse (98S) | 54° 19'N, 7° 30'E, Heligoland Bight | Most likely mined or sunk by German minesweeper M-5 | ||
| HMS Undine (N48) | 54° 08'N, 7° 33'E, Heligoland Bight | Scuttled after being severely damaged by German minesweepers M-1201, M-1204 and M-1207 | ||
| HMS Starfish (19S) | 55° 00'N, 7° 10'E, Heligoland Bight | Sunk by German minesweeper M-7 | ||
| HMS Thistle (N24) | 59° 03'N, 5° 11'E, off Skudenes | Sunk by German U-boat U-4 | ||
| HMS Tarpon (N17) | 56° 43'N, 6° 33'E, North Sea | Sunk by German Q-Ship Schiff 40/Schürbek | ||
| HMS Sterlet (2S) | 58° 55'N, 10° 10'E, Skagrerrak | Sunk by German anti-submarine trawlers UJ-125, UJ-126 and UJ-128 | ||
| HMS Unity (N66) | 55° 13'N, 1° 19'W, off Blyth, Northumberland | Sunk by accidental ramming from Norwegian ship Atle Jarl | ||
| HMS Odin (N84) | 39º 30'N, 17º 30'E, Gulf of Taranto | |||
| HMS Grampus (N56) | off Augusta, Sicily | Sunk by Italian torpedo boats Circe, Clio, Calliope and Polluce | ||
| HMS Orpheus (N46) | off Benghazi, Libya | June 1940 | Most likely sunk by naval mine | |
| HMS Shark (54S) | 58° 18'N, 5° 13'E, off Egersund, Norway | Scuttled to prevent capture after being damaged by German aircraft | ||
| HMS Phoenix (N96) | 37º 15'N, 15º 15'E, off Augusta, Sicily | Sunk by Italian submarine chaser Albatros | ||
| HMS Salmon (N65) | off Skudesnes | Most likely sunk by naval mine | ||
| HMS Narwhal (N45) | 56º50'N, 01º40'E, off Aberdeen, Scotland | Sunk by German aircraft | ||
| HMS Spearfish | 58° 07'N, 1° 32'E, North Sea | Sunk by German U-boat U-34 | ||
| HMS Oswald (N58) | 37° 46'N, 16° 16'E, off Cap Spartivento | Sunk by Italian destroyer Ugolino Vivaldi | ||
| HMS Thames (N71) | North Sea | Most likely sunk by naval mine | ||
| HMS Rainbow (N16) | 41° 28'N, 18° 05'E, Adriatic Sea | Sunk by collision with Italian merchantman Antonietta Costa | ||
| HMS Triad (N53) | 38° 16'N, 17° 37'E, Ionian Sea | Sunk by Italian submarine Enrico Toti | ||
| HMS H49 | off Texel, Netherlands | Sunk by German auxiliary submarine chasers UJ-111, UJ-116 and UJ-118 | ||
| HMS Swordfish (61S) | 50° 24'N, 1° 21'W, off Isle of Wight | Most likely sunk by naval mine | ||
| HMS Regulus (N88) | between lower Adriatic Sea and Strait of Otranto | Most likely sunk by naval mine | ||
| HMS Triton (N15) | between lower Adriatic Sea and Strait of Otranto | Most likely sunk by naval mine | ||
| HMS Snapper (39S) | Bay of Biscay | Sunk by naval mine or by the German minesweepers M-2, M-13 and M-25 | ||
| HMS Usk (N65) | Cape Bon | Most likely sunk by naval mine | ||
| HMS Undaunted (N55) | off Tripoli, Libya | Most likely sunk by naval mine | ||
| HMS Umpire (N82) | 53° 09'N, 1° 08'E, off Cromer, Norfolk | Sunk in accidental collision with British armed trawler HMS Peter Hendriks | ||
| HMS Union (N56) | off Pantelleria | Sunk by Italian torpedo boat Circe | ||
| HMS Cachalot (N83) | 32° 49'N, 20° 11'E, off Benghazi, Libya | Sunk by ramming from Italian destroyer Generale Achille Papa | ||
| HMS P33 | off Tripoli, Libya | August 1941 | Most likely sunk by naval mine | |
| HMS P32 | 33° 02'N, 13° 10'E, off Tripoli, Libya | Sunk by either a naval mine or internal explosion | ||
| HMS Tetrarch (N77) | off Cape Granditola, Sicily, Italy | Most likely sunk by naval mine | ||
| HMS Perseus (N36) | 37° 54'N, 20° 54'E, off Zakynthos | Sunk by naval mine | ||
| HMS H31 | Bay of Biscay | Most likely sunk by naval mine | ||
| HMS Triumph (N18) | Aegean Sea | Most likely sunk by naval mine | ||
| HMS Tempest (N86) | 39° 15'N, 17° 45'E, Gulf of Taranto | Sunk by Italian torpedo boat Circe | ||
| HMS P38 | 32° 48'N, 14° 58'E, off Cape Misurata | Sunk by Italian torpedo boat Circe and destroyers Emanuele Pessagno and Antoniotto Usodimare | ||
| HMS P39 | Kalkara, Malta | Destroyed in an air raid | ||
| HMS P36 | Sliema, Malta | Sunk in an air raid | ||
| HMS Pandora (N42) | Valletta, Malta | Sunk in an air raid | ||
| HMS Upholder (P37) | 34°47′N 15°55′E, off Tripoli, Libya | Sunk by either a naval mine or by Italian torpedo boat Pegaso | ||
| HMS Urge | off Grand Harbour, Malta | Sunk by naval mine | ||
| HMS Olympus (N35) | 35° 55'N, 14° 35'E, off Malta | Sunk by naval mine | ||
| HMS P.514 | 46° 33'N, 53° 39'W, off Newfoundland | Sunk in friendly fire ramming by Canadian minesweeper HMCS Georgian | ||
| HMS Thorn (N11) | 34° 25'N, 22° 36'E, off Gavdos | Sunk by Italian torpedo boat Pegaso | ||
| HMS Talisman (N78) | off Sicily, Italy | Most likely sunk by naval mine | ||
| HMS Unique (N95) | Bay of Biscay | Possibly sunk by a premature explosion of its own torpedo | ||
| HMS Unbeaten | 46° 50'N, 6° 51'W, Bay of Biscay | Sunk in friendly fire air attack by Royal Air Force | ||
| HMS Utmost | Mediterranean Sea | sunk south west off Sicily by depth charges from the Italian torpedo boat Groppo | ||
| HMS P222 | 40º29'N, 14º20'E, off Capri | Sunk by Italian torpedo boat Fortunale | ||
| HMS Traveller (N48) | Gulf of Taranto | Most likely sunk by naval mine | ||
| HMS P48 | 37° 15'N, 10° 30'E, Gulf of Tunis | Sunk by Italian torpedo boat Ardente | ||
| HMS P311 | off Tavolara, Sardinia | Sunk by naval mine | ||
| HMS Vandal | Kilbrannan Sound, Firth of Clyde | Foundered while preparing to dive | ||
| HMS Tigris (N63) | off Capri, Italy | Most likely sunk by German submarine chaser UJ 2210 | ||
| HMS Turbulent (N98) | off La Maddalena, Sardinia | Most likely sunk by Italian torpedo boat Ardito | ||
| HMS Thunderbolt (N25) | off Cape San Vito, Sicily | Most likely sunk by Italian corvette Cicogna | ||
| HMS P615 | 6° 49'N, 13° 09'W, off Freetown | |||
| HMS Regent (N41) | off Barletta, Italy | Most likely sunk by naval mine | ||
| HMS Splendid (P228) | 40° 30'N, 14° 15'E, off Capri, Italy | Sunk by German destroyer ZG 3 Hermes | ||
| HMS Sahib | 38° 20.5'N, 15° 11.9'E, off Capo di Milazzo, Sicily | Sunk by Italian torpedo boat Climene and Italian corvettes Gabbiano and Euterpe | ||
| HMS Parthian (N75) | Mediterranean Sea | July/August 1943 | Most likely sunk by naval mine | |
| HMS Saracen (P247) | 42° 45'N, 9° 30'E, off Bastia, Corsica | Sunk by Italian corvettes Minerva and Euterpe | ||
| HMS Usurper (P56) | Gulf of Genoa | October 1943 | Most likely sunk by either naval mine or by German auxiliary submarine chaser UJ-2208/Alfred | |
| HMS Trooper (N91) | off Leros, Greece | Most likely sunk by naval mine | ||
| HMS Simoom (P225) | off Tenedos, Turkey | November 1943 | Sunk by naval mine | |
| HMS Syrtis | off Bodø | March 1944 | Most likely sunk by naval mine | |
| HMS Stonehenge (P232) | between northern Sumatra and the Nicobar Islands | March 1944 | Unknown | |
| HMS Sickle | Kythira Strait, Greece | June 1944 | Most likely sunk by naval mine | |
| HMS Stratagem | Strait of Malacca | Sunk by Japanese submarine chaser CH 35 | ||
| HMS Porpoise (N14) | off Perak Island | Most likely sunk by Japanese aircraft |
| Name | Location | Date | Cause | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HMS Princess Victoria | Sunk by naval mine | |||
| HMS Port Napier (M32) | Loch Alsh, Scotland | Destroyed by explosion/engine room fire | ||
| HMS Latona (M76) | 32° 15'N, 24° 14'E, off Bardia, Libya | Scuttled after damaged by German aircraft | ||
| HMS Redstart (M62) | Hong Kong | Scuttled to prevent capture by Japanese forces | ||
| HMS Kung Wo | off Pompong Island | Sunk by Japanese aircraft | ||
| HMS Corncrake (M82) | North Atlantic | Foundered in gale | ||
| HMS Welshman (M84) | 32° 12'N, 24° 52'E, off Tobruk, Libya | Sunk by German U-boat U-617 | ||
| HMS Abdiel (M39) | Taranto, Italy | Sunk by naval mine |
| Name | Location | Date | Cause | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HMS Sphinx (J69) | Sunk by German aircraft | |||
| HMS Dunoon (J52) | 52° 45'N, 2° 23'E, off Great Yarmouth | Sunk by naval mine | ||
| HMS Brighton Belle (NF-17) | off Gull Light Buoy (Near Goodwin Knoll) | Sunk after striking a submerged wreck | ||
| 51° 20'N, 02° 05'E, North Sea | Sunk by German aircraft | |||
| HMS Waverley | off Dunkirk | Sunk by German aircraft | ||
| HMS Devonia | La Panne, Belgium | Severely damaged by German aircraft and beached | ||
| HMS Brighton Queen | off Dunkirk | Sunk by German aircraft | ||
| HMS Skipjack (J38) | 51° 03'N, 2° 24'E, off Dunkirk | Sunk by German aircraft | ||
| HMS Dundalk (J60) | 52º 03'N, 01º 48'E, off Harwich | Sunk by naval mine | ||
| HMS Mercury | Irish Sea | Sunk by naval mine | ||
| HMS Huntley (J56) | 31° 25'N, 26° 48'E, off Mersa Matruh | Sunk by German aircraft | ||
| HMS Southsea | River Tyne | Sunk by naval mine | ||
| HMS Fermoy (J40) | Valletta, Malta | Damaged beyond repair by Italian aircraft | ||
| HMS Stoke (J33) | off Tobruk, Libya | Sunk by German aircraft | ||
| HMS Widnes (J55) | Suda Bay | Sunk by German aircraft. Raised, repaired and put in Kriegsmarine service as UJ-2109 | ||
| HMS Snaefell | off Sunderland | Sunk by German aircraft | ||
| HMS Banka | off Tioman Island | Sunk by naval mine | ||
| HMS Changteh | off Lingga Islands | Sunk by Japanese aircraft | ||
| HMS Scott Harley | off Cilacap | Most likely sunk by Japanese destroyers Arashi and Nowaki | ||
| HMS Sin Aik Lee | off Tunda Island, Sunda Strait | Sunk by Japanese destroyers | ||
| HMS Abingdon (J23) | off Bighi, Malta | Damaged beyond repair by Italian aircraft; beached and abandoned | ||
| HMS Fitzroy (J03) | 52° 39'N, 2° 46'E, off Great Yarmouth | Sunk by naval mine | ||
| HMS Gossamer (J63) | off Kola Inlet, Russia | Sunk by German aircraft | ||
| HMS Niger (J73) | 66° 35'N, 23° 14'W, off Iceland | Sunk by naval mine (British Northern Barrage minefield SN72) | ||
| HMS Leda (J93) | 76º 31'N, 05º 32'E, off Spitzbergen | Sunk by German U-boat U-435 | ||
| HMS Cromer (J128) | 31° 26′N 027° 16′E, off Mersa Matruh | Sunk by naval mine | ||
| HMS Algerine (J213) | 36º 45'N, 05º 11'E, off Bougie, Algeria | |||
| HMS Bramble (J11) | 73° 18′N 30° 06′E, Barents Sea | Sunk by German destroyer Friedrich Eckoldt | ||
| HMS Alarm (J140) | off Bone, Algeria | Damaged beyond repair by German aircraft | ||
| HMS Hythe (J194) | 37° 04'N, 5° 00'E, off Bougie, Algeria | Sunk by German submarine U-371 | ||
| HMS Cromarty (J09) | Sunk by naval mine | |||
| HMS Hebe (J24) | 41° 08'N, 16° 52'E, off Bari, Italy | Sunk by naval mine | ||
| HMS Felixstowe (J126) | 41° 10'N, 9° 40'E, off Capo Ferro, Sardinia | Sunk by naval mine | ||
| HMS Clacton (J151) | off Corsica, France | Sunk by naval mine | ||
| HMS Cato (J16) | 49° 25'N, 0° 17'W, off Normandy, France | Sunk by German Neger human torpedo | ||
| HMS Magic (J400) | 49° 25'N, 0° 15'W, off Normandy, France | Sunk by German Neger human torpedo | ||
| HMS Pylades (J401) | 49° 26'N, 0° 15'W, off Normandy, France | Sunk by German Biber midget submarine | ||
| HMS Loyalty (J217) | 50° 13'N, 0° 44'W, English Channel | Sunk by German U-boat U-480 | ||
| HMS Britomart (J22) | 49° 41'N, 0° 05'E, off Le Havre, France | Sunk by friendly fire air attack | ||
| HMS Hussar (J82) | 49° 41'N, 0° 06'W, off Le Havre, France | Sunk by friendly fire air attack | ||
| HMS Regulus (J327) | off Corfu, Greece | Sunk by naval mine | ||
| HMS Squirrel (J301) | off Phuket, Thailand | Damaged beyond repair by naval mine and scuttled | ||
| HMS Vestal (J215) | off Phuket, Thailand | Damaged beyond repair by kamikaze attack and scuttled |
| Name | Location | Date | Cause | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HMS Itchen (K227) | Sunk by German U-boat U-666 | |||
| HMS Tweed (K250) | 48° 18'N, 21° 19'W, Atlantic Ocean | Sunk by German U-boat U-305 | ||
| HMS Gould (K476) | 45° 46'N, 23° 16'W, Atlantic Ocean | Sunk by German U-boat U-358 | ||
| HMS Lawford (K514) | 49° 26'N, 0° 24'W, off Normandy, France | Sunk by German aircraft | ||
| HMS Mourne (K261) | 49° 35'N, 5° 30'W, English Channel | sunk by German U-boat U-767 | ||
| HMS Blackwood (K313) | 50° 07'N, 2° 01'W, off Portland Bill | Sunk by German U-boat U-764 | ||
| HMS Bickerton (K466) | 71° 42'N, 19° 11'E, North Cape | Damaged by German U-boat U-354 and scuttled | ||
| HMS Bullen (K469) | 58º 30'N, 05º 03'W, off Strathy Point, Scotland | Sunk by German U-boat U-775 | ||
| HMS Capel (K470) | 49° 50'N, 1° 41'W, off Cherbourg | Sunk by German U-boat U-486 | ||
| HMS Goodall (K479) | 69° 25'N, 33° 38'E, Barents Sea |
| Name | Location | Date | Cause | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HMS Godetia (K72) | 55° 18'N, 5° 57'W, off Altacarry Head | Sunk in accidental collision with the merchant ship Marsa | ||
| HMS Picotee (K63) | 62° 00'N, 16° 01'W, North Atlantic | Sunk by German U-boat U-568 | ||
| HMS Zinnia (K98) | 40° 25'N, 10° 40'W, Atlantic Ocean | Sunk by German U-boat U-564 | ||
| HMS Fleur de Lys (K122) | 36° 00'N, 6° 30'W, off Strait of Gibraltar | |||
| HMS Gladiolus (K34) | 57° 00'N, 25° 00'W, North Atlantic | Most likely sunk by German U-boat U-553 | ||
| HMS Salvia (K97) | 31° 46'N, 28° 00'E, off Alexandria | Sunk by German U-boat U-568 | ||
| HMS Arbutus (K86) | 55° 05'N, 19° 43'W, North Atlantic | Sunk by German U-boat U-136 | ||
| HMS Hollyhock (K64) | 7° 21'N, 81° 57'E, off Ceylon (Sri Lanka) | Sunk by Japanese aircraft | ||
| HMS Auricula (K12) | 12° 12'S, 49° 19'E, Courrier Bay, Madagascar | Sunk by naval mine | ||
| HMS Gardenia (K99) | 35° 49'N, 1° 05'W, off Oran, Algeria | Sunk in accidental collision with HMS Fluellen | ||
| HMS Marigold (K87) | 36° 50'N, 3° 00'E, off Algiers, Algeria | Sunk by Italian aircraft | ||
| HMS Snapdragon (K10) | 32° 18'N, 19° 54'E, off Benghazi, Libya | Sunk by German aircraft | ||
| HMS Samphire (K128) | 36° 56'N, 5° 40'E, off Bougie, Algeria | Sunk by Italian submarine Platino | ||
| HMS Erica (K50) | 32° 48'N, 21° 10'E, off Derna, Libya | Sunk by naval mine | ||
| HMS Polyanthus (K47) | 57° 00'N, 31° 10'W, North Atlantic | Sunk by German U-boat U-952 | ||
| HMS Asphodel (K56) | 45° 24'N, 18° 09'W, North Atlantic | Sunk by German U-boat U-575 | ||
| HMS Orchis (K76) | off Courseulles-sur-Mer, France | Damaged beyond repair by naval mine and beached | ||
| HMS Hurst Castle (K416) | 55° 27'N, 8° 12'W, North Atlantic | Sunk by German U-boat U-482 | ||
| HMS Denbigh Castle (K696) | 12° 12'S, 49° 19'E, Courrier Bay, Madagascar | Sunk by German U-boat U-992 | ||
| HMS Bluebell (K80) | Sunk by German U-boat U-711 | |||
| HMS Vervain (K190) | 51° 47'N, 7° 06'W, of Dungarvan, Ireland | Sunk by German U-boat U-1276 |
| Name | Location | Date | Cause | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HMS Bittern (L07) | Sunk by German aircraft | |||
| HMS Penzance (L28) | 56° 16'N, 27° 19'W, North Atlantic | Sunk by German U-boat U-37 | ||
| HMS Dundee (L84) | 56° 45'N, 14° 14'W, North Atlantic | Sunk by German U-boat U-48 | ||
| HMS Grimsby (U16) | 32° 30'N, 24° 40'E, off Tobruk, Libya | Sunk by German aircraft | ||
| HMS Auckland (L61) | 32° 15'N, 24° 30'E, off Tobruk, Libya | Sunk by German aircraft | ||
| HMS Culver (Y87) | 31° 46'N, 28° 00'E, North Atlantic | Sunk by German U-boat U-105 | ||
| HMS Hartland (Y00) | Oran Harbour, Algeria | Sunk by French destroyer Typhon | ||
| HMS Walney (Y04) | Oran Harbour, Algeria | Sunk by French shore batteries | ||
| HMS Ibis (U99) | 37° 00'N, 3° 00'E, off Algiers, Algeria | Sunk by Italian aircraft | ||
| HMS Egret (L75) | 42° 10'N, 9° 22'W, off Vigo, Spain | Sunk by German aircraft | ||
| HMS Woodpecker (U08) | 48° 49'N, 22° 11'W, North Atlantic | Sunk by German U-boat U-256 | ||
| HMS Kite (U87) | 73° 01'N, 3° 57'E, North Atlantic | Sunk by German U-boat U-344 | ||
| HMS Lark (U11) | 69º 30'N, 34º 33'E, Barents Sea | Damaged beyond repair by German U-boat U-968 | ||
| HMS Lapwing (U62) | 69° 26'N, 33° 44'E, Barents Sea | Sunk by German U-boat U-968 |
Surface ships caused the loss of 63 warships, comprising:
Enemy submarines sank 54 warships, including:
Enemy aircraft sank 77 warships, including:
Mines caused the loss of 54 warships, including:
Shore defenses sank two destroyers, while one carrier, three cruisers, 15 destroyers and nine submarines were lost to accidents or unknown causes.
German forces sank 162 warships, including:
Italian forces sank 58 warships, including:
Japanese forces sank 19 warships, including:
A further destroyer and two sloops were lost to Vichy French shore batteries and warships.[3]