List of shipwrecks in May 1945

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The list of shipwrecks in May 1945 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during May 1945.(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.) rdf:langString
rdf:langString List of shipwrecks in May 1945
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rdf:langString Asuka
rdf:langString Stork
rdf:langString Nymphe
rdf:langString Chilkoot
rdf:langString Biko Maru
rdf:langString Daito Maru No. 3
rdf:langString Fukuun Maru
rdf:langString Kairyu Maru
rdf:langString Naomh Garbhan
rdf:langString Seki Maru No. 5
rdf:langString Shosei Maru No. 15
rdf:langString Tsuki Maru
rdf:langString Ume Maru No. 56
rdf:langString Yawata Maru No. 3
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rdf:langString The Type DM minelayer Marinefahrprahm was sunk on this date.
rdf:langString World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Yellow Sea by .
rdf:langString The K-15/M-17-class river minesweeping launch was sunk on this date.
rdf:langString The auxiliary river minesweeper was sunk on this date.
rdf:langString World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the East China Sea by .
rdf:langString The Type D Marinefahrprahm was sunk on this date.
rdf:langString The Vorpostenboot was lost on this date.
rdf:langString The auxiliary minesweeper was lost on this date.
rdf:langString World War II: The tanker struck a mine and sank off Singapore.
rdf:langString The landing craft personnel (large) was lost on this date.
rdf:langString World War II: The coaster was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Yamada Bay, Honshu by .
rdf:langString World War II: The KSK-2-class naval drifter/submarine chaser was scuttled in May. Raised and repaired by the post War Occupation Government and awarded to the United Kingdom as a war reparation in 1947.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The B-class submarine was scuttled at Kiel, Germany. The wreck was raised and scrapped post-war.
rdf:langString World War II: The Type 35 torpedo boat was scuttled at Kiel after being damaged by Soviet aircraft and then by Royal Air Force aircraft in a later air raid.
rdf:langString World War II: The ran aground off Naha, Okinawa, Japan. She was shelled and damaged by Japanese shore-based artillery and was abandoned with the loss of 86 of her 273 crew. She was later scuttled by United States Navy warships.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type XXIII submarine was scuttled in the Baltic Sea north west of Laboe, Schleswig-Holstein .
rdf:langString The naval trawler/Vorpostenboot was lost sometime in May.
rdf:langString World War II: The transport was sunk in the Bay of Kiel by Hawker Typhoon aircraft of the Second Tactical Air Force.
rdf:langString World War II: The Type XXI submarine was damaged in the Kattegat by a rocket attack by Bristol Beaufighter aircraft of 236 and 254 Squadrons, Royal Air Force. She was consequently scuttled off Fehmarn with the loss of one crew member.
rdf:langString thumb|Cap Arcona World War II: The ocean liner was sunk in the Bay of Lübeck by Hawker Typhoon aircraft of the Second Tactical Air Force, Royal Air Force with the loss of ≈5,600 lives.
rdf:langString World War II: The high-speed transport, a former , was sunk in the Pacific Ocean south of Ie-jima by three kamikaze aircraft with the loss of 21 of her 213 crew.
rdf:langString World War II: The escort ship, a former corvette, was scuttled at Livorno, Italy.
rdf:langString World War II: The was torpedoed and sunk off Lyme Bay by . Twenty-two crewmen were killed; the ten survivors were rescued by , and .
rdf:langString World War II: The Type 1939/40 Schnellboot was sunk in the Little Belt by Hawker Typhoon aircraft of the Second Tactical Air Force with the loss of 18 lives.
rdf:langString The landing craft personnel (large) was lost at Akyab, Burma.
rdf:langString The FR 1-class river minesweeper was lost sometime in May.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type IIB submarine was scuttled at Wilhelmshaven.
rdf:langString World War II: The floating anti-aircraft battery was scuttled at Wilhelmshaven, Lower Saxony. Salvaged and scrapped in 1948.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled at Travemünde. The wreck was scrapped post-war.
rdf:langString World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and was beached in the Kanmon Strait .
rdf:langString World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Bay of Kiel by Hawker Typhoon aircraft of the Second Tactical Air Force with the loss of 120 lives.
rdf:langString World War II: The was sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Oshima, Japan by a kamikaze aircraft attack with the loss of 152 of her 273 crew.
rdf:langString World War II: The was sunk in the East China Sea west of the Satsunan Islands by aircraft based on and
rdf:langString World War II: The minesweeper capsized due to weather and overloading north of Hydra island, Greece. 28 crew and between 60 and 90 passengers were lost. 9 crew and 26 passengers were rescued. Olympian Martin Nordenström was one of those who died.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type IXD2 submarine was scuttled at Eckernförde. The wreck was scrapped in 1947.
rdf:langString World War II: The CHa-1-class auxiliary submarine chaser was sunk south of Okinawa by American aircraft.
rdf:langString The self-propelled fuel oil barges were lost at Sitka, Alaska sometime in May.
rdf:langString World War II: The coaster was sunk in the Bay of Kiel by Hawker Typhoon aircraft of the Second Tactical Air Force.
rdf:langString World War II: The cargo ship was sunk south of the Great Belt by Hawker Typhoon aircraft of the Second Tactical Air Force.
rdf:langString World War II: The was sunk in the Pacific Ocean west of Okinawa by a Japanese kamikaze attack.
rdf:langString World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Sea of Okhotsk east of Sakhalin by . She sank the next day. A total of 272 troops and six crewmen were killed. Four hundred survivors were rescued by .
rdf:langString The Type IXC/40 submarine was scuttled at Kiel. The wreck was scrapped post-war.
rdf:langString World War II: The was torpedoed and sunk in the Java Sea off Kepulauan, Netherlands East Indies by . Seventy-eight survivors were rescued; twenty crewmen were killed. There were 25 wounded and two reported missing.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type VIIC/41 submarine ran aground in the Geltinger Bucht and was scuttled.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The was scuttled at Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled at Rendsburg, Schleswig-Holstein.
rdf:langString World War II: The RD-class minesweeper was scuttled.
rdf:langString World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Todozaki, Honshu by .
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled at Neustadt, Hamburg. The wreck was scrapped post-war.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled at Travemünde.
rdf:langString World War II: The was sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Okinawa, Japan by two kamikaze aircraft with the loss of 158 of her 336 crew.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled in the Kattegat west of Gothenburg, Sweden . The wreck was raised in 1946 and scrapped.
rdf:langString World War II: Operation Judgement The coaster was bombed and sunk at Kilbotn by Grumman TBF Avenger and Grumman F4F Wildcat of 846, 853 and 882 Squadrons, Fleet Air Arm, based on , and respectively. Raised in 1947, repaired and returned to service in April 1948.
rdf:langString World War II: The E-boat support ship struck a mine and sank off Geltinger Bucht, Germany.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type VIIB submarine was scuttled at Kiel. The wreck was scrapped in 1946–47.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type VIIB submarine was scuttled in the Bay of Lübeck.
rdf:langString World War II: The Yosei Maru-class oiler was torpedoed and sunk in the Java Sea by . 16 crewmen were killed .
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type XXIII submarine was scuttled at Hörup. The wreck was scrapped post-war.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type VIIB submarine was scuttled in Kupfermühlen Bay .
rdf:langString World War II: The torpedo recovery vessel, a former V150-class torpedo boat, was scuttled at Kiel.
rdf:langString World War II: The tender, a former , was sunk at Kiel by Hawker Typhoon aircraft of the Second Tactical Air Force. Raised and scrapped in 1948.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled in the North Sea north west of Wesermünde. The wreck was scrapped post-war.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled in the Baltic Sea off the Flensburg Lightship . She was raised in 1957, repaired and entered Bundesmarine service in September 1960 as Wilhelm Bauer.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type IIB submarine was scuttled at Wilhelmshaven, Lower Saxony.
rdf:langString World War II: The Type 1939/40 Schnellboot was blown up at Lübeck.
rdf:langString World War II: The torpedo recovery Vessel, a former Dutch was scuttled at Kiel. Raised post war and towed to Den Helder. Expended as a target in 1948.
rdf:langString World War II: The naval trawler was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Skagi, Iceland by with the loss of 23 of her 24 crew.
rdf:langString World War II: The cargo ship was sunk off Borneo by .
rdf:langString World War II: Operation Judgement: The Type VIIC submarine was bombed and sunk at Kilbotn by Grumman TBF Avenger and Grumman F4F Wildcat aircraft of 846, 853 and 882 Squadrons, Fleet Air Arm, based on , and respectively with, the loss of 40 of her 52 crew.
rdf:langString World War II: The M 1935 minesweeper was bombed and sunk in the Great Belt by Bristol Beaufighter aircraft of 236 and 254 Squadrons, Royal Air Force.
rdf:langString World War II: The Type C Marinefahrprahm was torpedoed and sunk in the Baltic Sea by Soviet Douglas A-20 Havoc aircraft.
rdf:langString World War II: The Peacetime Standard Type transport was sunk in the Inland Sea of Japan south east of the Wada-misaki Lighthouse, near Kobe by a mine with the loss of one live.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled in the Weser Estuary.
rdf:langString World War II: The was sunk in the Gulf of Siam by .
rdf:langString World War II: The depot ship was sunk by United States aircraft in the Whangpoo River in China.
rdf:langString World War II: Convoy EN 491: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea ) by with the loss of seven of her 29 crew. Survivors were rescued by and .
rdf:langString World War II: The Vorpostenboot was sunk in the Baltic Sea by Soviet Douglas A-20 Havoc and Ilyushin Il-2 aircraft.
rdf:langString World War II: The anti-aircraft vessel was bombed and sunk by Soviet aircraft at Swinemünde, Germany.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type VIIC.41 submarine was scuttled at Warnemünde. The wreck was raised in 1956 and scrapped.
rdf:langString World War II: The was severely damaged by a kamikaze attack off Okinawa with the loss of fourteen of her crew. She was consequently decommissioned and scrapped.
rdf:langString World War II: The motor torpedo boat struck a mine and sank in the Skaggerak. 24 of the 26 crew and all 4 passengers were killed.
rdf:langString World War II: Convoy SE-3: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the East China Sea by .
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type IIB submarine was scuttled at Bremerhaven. The wreck was raised in 1950 and scrapped.
rdf:langString World War II: The incomplete was scuttled at Fiume, Italy. Raised post war, completed and put in service as .
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type XXIII submarine was scuttled at Hörup . The wreck was scrapped post-war.
rdf:langString World War II: The fishing vessel Naomh Garbhan, working nine miles off Dungarvan, picked up a mine in her nets. It exploded, sinking it and killing three of the crew.
rdf:langString World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk off Saishu-To, Chōsen, Korea by Consolidated PB4Y Liberator aircraft of the United States Navy. Twenty-four crew members were lost; 2,400 passengers were rescued by .
rdf:langString World War II: The Type XXIII submarine was sunk in the Kattegat by a rocket attack by de Havilland Mosquito aircraft of 143, 235, 248 and 333 Squadrons, Royal Air Force and 404 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force with the loss of all twelve crew.
rdf:langString World War II: The lightship was torpedoed and sunk off the Kuril Islands by .
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled near Hamburg. The wreck was scrapped post-war.
rdf:langString The Mk 6 landing craft tank was sunk by an explosion at Suda Bay, Crete.
rdf:langString The Odesskiy Patriot TK-7-class motor torpedo boat was lost on this date.
rdf:langString World War II: The was severely damaged by a kamikaze attack off Okinawa. 35 crew were wounded but no one was killed.She was consequently decommissioned and scrapped.
rdf:langString World War II: The auxiliary river minesweeper was sunk by American tanks on the Danube, km 2107.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type VIIC/41 submarine was scuttled at Travemünde, Schleswig-Holstein. The wreck was scrapped post-war.
rdf:langString World War II: The Type XXI submarine was damaged in the Little Belt in a rocket attack by two Bristol Beaufighter aircraft of 236 and 254 Squadrons, Royal Air Force with the loss of thirteen crew. She was consequently scuttled the next day at .
rdf:langString World War II: The merchant whaler was sunk in the Pacific Ocean east-south-east of Kinkazan, Honshu, Japan by .
rdf:langString End of World War II: This submarine was scuttled at Kiel. The wreck was scrapped post-war.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled in the Geltinger Bucht.
rdf:langString World War II: The PP-19-OK-class motor antisubmarine boat was shelled and sunk by . 12 crewmen were killed, 8 were captured the next day.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled off Nazaré, Portugal . All 48 crew survived.
rdf:langString World War II: The Type C escort ship struck a mine off Sasebo, Nagasaki causing extensive damage to her engines, not repaired and scrapped post-war.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled in Flensburg Fjord .
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled at Kiel . The wreck was scrapped post-war.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type XXIII submarine was scuttled at Kiel. The wreck was scrapped post-war.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type IXA submarine was scuttled west of Wesermünde, Bremen . The wreck was scrapped in 1948.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled at Travemünde. The wreck was scrapped post-war.
rdf:langString World War II: The Marinefährprahm was bombed and sunk off Bornholm by Soviet aircraft.
rdf:langString World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Sunda Sea by .
rdf:langString World War II: The Type XXI submarine was sunk in the Baltic Sea east of Fehmarn by a rocket attack by Hawker Typhoon aircraft of 184 Squadron, Royal Air Force with the loss of 36 of her 60 crew.
rdf:langString World War II: The Chowa Maru-class transport was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean south east of Hokkaido by . Forty-one crewmen were killed.
rdf:langString World War II: The struck a mine and sank off Swinemünde, Pomerania.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled at Wilhelmshaven, Lower Saxony.
rdf:langString World War II: The Type 35 torpedo boat was scuttled at Kiel .
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled off Schleimünde, Schleswig-Holstein.
rdf:langString World War II: The KSK-2-class naval drifter/submarine chaser was scuttled on this date.
rdf:langString World War II: The Odesskiy Patriot TK-7-class motor torpedo boat was sunk by a Soviet Air Force Lavochkin La-5 aircraft off Libau. Two crewmen wounded.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled at Kiel. The wreck was scrapped post-war.
rdf:langString World War II: The was torpedoed and sunk in the Yellow Sea by . Lost with all 226 hands.
rdf:langString World War II: The MS 11-class MS boats were reported scuttled at Alto Tirino, Abruzzo, Italy sometime in May.
rdf:langString The non-self-propelled open lighter was wrecked off Biorka Island near Sitka, Territory of Alaska.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled off Ærø, Denmark . The wreck was scrapped in 1950.
rdf:langString World War II: The fishing vessel was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Honshu by .
rdf:langString The cargo ship was beached in Gunna Sound, Inner Hebrides.
rdf:langString World War II: The torpedo recovery vessel, a former V150-class torpedo boat, was bombed and sunk by Soviet aircraft at Swinemunde.
rdf:langString World War II: The Type IXC/40 submarine was depth charged, hedgehogged and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Point Judith, Rhode Island, United States by and with the loss of all 55 crew.
rdf:langString The Artilleriefährprahm was sunk on this date.
rdf:langString The Vorpostenboot was lost sometime in May.
rdf:langString The landing craft tank was lost on this date.
rdf:langString The naval trawler was lost sometime in May.
rdf:langString World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was bombed and damaged in the Geltinger Bucht and was consequently scuttled. The wreck was scrapped in 1948.
rdf:langString World War II: The cargo ship was sunk in the Kattegat off Årø, Denmark by de Havilland Mosquito aircraft of Coastal Command, Royal Air Force.
rdf:langString World War II: The was scuttled at Trieste.
rdf:langString Operation Regenbogen: The Type VIIA submarine was scuttled at Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein. The wreck was raised and scrapped in 1948.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled off Kiel with the loss of 23 of her 41 crew. The wreck was raised in 1947 and scrapped.
rdf:langString World War II: The gunboat was sunk in the Kattegat off Årø by de Havilland Mosquito aircraft of Coastal Command.
rdf:langString World War II: The KSK-2-class naval drifter/submarine chaser was scuttled on this date.
rdf:langString World War II: The struck a mine in the North Sea off Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium and was damaged. She was declared a constructive total loss.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled at Wilhelmshaven.
rdf:langString The Type 1939/40 Schnellboots sank each other in a collision in Fehmarnsund.
rdf:langString The cargo ship collided with in Dutch Harbor, Alaska Territory, United States and was beached to avoid sinking.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled in Küpfermühlen Bay. The wreck was scrapped post-war.
rdf:langString World War II: The flak ship was damaged by British aircraft and beached at Solvær, Norway. Later refloated and returned to the Royal Norwegian Navy later in the year and was broken up.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled at Vegesack, Bremen. The wreck was scrapped in 1947.
rdf:langString World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk by Allied aircraft off Makassar, Netherlands East Indies.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled at Horup Haff . The wreck was raised and scrapped in 1948.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled at Wesermünde, Bremen. The wreck was scrapped post-war.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled off Kiel. The wreck was scrapped in 1946.
rdf:langString World War II: The coaster was bombed and sunk off Langesund, Norway by Bristol Beaufighter aircraft of 236 and 254 Squadrons, Royal Air Force.
rdf:langString World War II: The cargo liner was bombed and sunk in the Bay of Lübeck off Neustadt by Hawker Typhoon aircraft of the Second Tactical Air Force.
rdf:langString World War II: The cargo ship was sunk in the Baltic Sea by Hawker Typhoon aircraft of the Second Tactical Air Force.
rdf:langString World War II: The KSK-2-class naval drifter/patrol ship was scuttled on this date.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled in the Geltinger Bucht with the loss of a crew member.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type VIIC/41 submarine was scuttled in Flensburger Fjord. The wreck was scrapped post-war.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type IIC submarine was scuttled at Wilhelmshaven.
rdf:langString The cargo ship was sunk in the western half of the Tsushima Strait in a collision with .
rdf:langString World War II: The Type R-218 minesweeper was scuttled at Kiel.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled at Hamburg. The wreck was scrapped post-war.
rdf:langString World War II: The incomplete Type 1936B destroyer was scuttled in the Geltinger Bucht.
rdf:langString World War II: The Type IXC/40 submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by with the loss of all 54 crew.
rdf:langString World War II: The Type VIIC/41 submarine was damaged in a rocket attack by Hawker Typhoon aircraft of 245 Squadron, Royal Air Force. She was consequently scuttled in the Trave River off Lübeck with the loss of two of her crew. The wreck was raised in May 1946 and scrapped.
rdf:langString World War II: The was torpedoed and sunk in the Gulf of Thailand by . She sank offshore, survivors refused rescue by USS Hawkbill and an unknown number of survivors, including her captain, swam to shore. 70 crew were killed.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type IIC submarine was scuttled at Kiel.
rdf:langString The motor gun boat was wrecked off Aberdeen, Scotland.
rdf:langString World War II: The Type XVIIA submarine was scuttled off Rendsborg, Schleswig-Holstein .
rdf:langString The hospital ship ran aground off Himeshima. Refloated and repaired sometime in 1945 and put in commercial service post-war.
rdf:langString World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled in the Nord-Ostsee Kanal at Audorf, Schleswig-Holstein .
rdf:langString World War II: The Fairmile D motor torpedo boat was destroyed by an explosion at Fosnavåg, Norway.
rdf:langString World War II: The Artilleriefährprahm was sunk by American tanks on the Danube, km 2091.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled near Keil. The wreck was scrapped post-war.
rdf:langString World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Kattegat east of Aarhus, Denmark by Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft of 547 Squadron Royal Air Force with the loss of 24 crew.
rdf:langString World War II: The cargo ship was sunk by a mine off Araxos, Greece. Five crewmen were lost.
rdf:langString World War II: The was scuttled off Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein.
rdf:langString World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled off Wilhelmshaven, Lower Saxony .
rdf:langString World War II: The guardboat was sunk in the Pacific Ocean north of the Bonin Islands by .
rdf:langString End of World War II: The was scuttled in Heikendorf Bay, Kiel . The wreck was salvaged and scrapped post-war.
rdf:langString World War II: The was torpedoed and sunk in the Java Sea by .
rdf:langString The K-18-class river minesweeping launch was sunk on this date.
rdf:langString World War II: The Daifuku Maru No. 1-class transport was sunk in the Inland Sea of Japan off the Wada-misaki Lighthouse, near Kobe by a mine.
rdf:langString World War II: The cargo ship was sunk in the Baltic Sea off Fehmarn by Hawker Typhoon aircraft of the Second Tactical Air Force. She had around 800 refugees aboard but there were no casualties.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled in the Geltinger Bucht. The wreck was scrapped post-war.
rdf:langString World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled at Kiel. The wreck was scrapped post-war.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type XVIIA submarine was scuttled in the Geltinger Bucht.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The was scuttled at Kiel. The wreck was scrapped post-war.
rdf:langString The landing craft tank ran aground and sank off California.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type VIIC/41 submarine was scuttled off Warnemünde . The wreck was raised in October 1952 and scrapped.
rdf:langString World War II: The Marinefährprahm was bombed and sunk off Bornholm, Denmark by Soviet aircraft.
rdf:langString World War II: The Type VIIC/41 submarine was depth charged and damaged in the Kattegat by a Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft of 86 Squadron, Royal Air Force with the loss of six of her 50 crew. She was consequently scuttled the next day .
rdf:langString World War II: The boat was sunk off the Kuril Islands by .
rdf:langString World War II: The Type D Marinefahrprahm was surrendered in early May and wrecked sometime later in May.
rdf:langString World War II: The gunboat was bombed and sunk by Allied aircraft off Aarhus, Denmark. 63 crew were killed.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type XVIIB submarine was scuttled at Cuxhaven, Lower Saxony. The wreck was later raised and used by the United States Navy. Scrapped in 1948.
rdf:langString World War II: The was sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Okinawa by a Japanese kamikaze attack.
rdf:langString World War II: The was scuttled at Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, sometime in May. Later scrapped.
rdf:langString World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged in the Baltic Sea off Fehmarn, Schleswig-Holstein by Hawker Typhoon aircraft of 193 Squadron, Royal Air Force. She was beached and burnt out.
rdf:langString World War II: The cargo ship was sunk in Fehmarnsund by Hawker Typhoon aircraft of the Second Tactical Air Force.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled off Kiel . The wreck was raised in 1947 and scrapped.
rdf:langString World War II: The Type 1940 minesweeper was scuttled at Lübeck, or sunk by Soviet Ilyushin Il-2 and Douglas A-20 Havoc aircraft.
rdf:langString World War II: The tug was shelled, captured and scuttled off Gotland, Sweden by Soviet Navy vessels. Three tugs, two schooners and a barge were also scuttled by the Soviets.
rdf:langString World War II: The training ship, a former , struck a mine and was bombed by Soviet Douglas A-20 Havoc and Ilyushin Il-2 aircraft and was beached at Zinnowitz, Mecklnburg-Vorpommern. The wreck was broken up in 1949–1956.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled east of Fehmarn .
rdf:langString World War II: The guardboat was torpedoed and sunk in the Java Sea by .
rdf:langString World War II: The transport was bombed and sunk in Kataoka Bay, Shimushu Ialand by Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft of the United States Eleventh Air Force.
rdf:langString World War II: The auxiliary gunboat was torpedoed and sunk off the Kuril Islands by .
rdf:langString World War II: The minesweeper was scuttled at Lübeck.
rdf:langString World War II: The prisoner ship was sunk in the Bay of Lübeck off Neustadt by Hawker Typhoon aircraft of the Second Tactical Air Force. 2,750 prisoners lost their lives, with 50 surviving the sinking. Raised and repaired in 1949.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled in the Wasserlebenbucht .
rdf:langString World War II: The was sunk in the East China Sea west of the Satsunan Islands by aircraft based on and .
rdf:langString World War II: The was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean south east of Okinawa by a Grumman TBM Avenger aircraft based on . Seventy-six crewmen and five Kaiten pilots were killed.
rdf:langString World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Bay of Thailand by . 18 crewmen and two gunners were killed.
rdf:langString Endo of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled in Wasserleben Bay. The wreck was scrapped post-war.
rdf:langString The Type D Marinefahrprahm was sunk sometime in May.
rdf:langString World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and was run aground west of Shimonoseki, Japan . Three crewmen were killed.
rdf:langString World War II: The Schnellboot was bombed and damaged at Kiel by de Havilland Mosquito aircraft of the Royal Air Force. she was scuttled due to damage sustained.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type VIIC/41 submarine was scuttled at Kiel. The wreck was scrapped post-war.
rdf:langString World War II: The training ship, a former G-7-class torpedo boat, was scuttled, at Travemunde.
rdf:langString World War II: Two motorboats were captured by . Prisoners of war were removed and boats abandoned to sink.
rdf:langString World War II: The Sperrbrecher was sunk while still under conversion from a cargo ship.
rdf:langString The FR 7-class river minesweeper was lost sometime in May.
rdf:langString World War II: The collier was torpedoed and sunk in of water in the Atlantic Ocean east of Point Judith, Rhode Island by the submarine with the loss of 12 of her 46 crew. Survivors were rescued by the steamship , the motor vessel and United States Navy crash boats. Black Point was the last American ship sunk by a Kriegsmarine U-boat.
rdf:langString World War II: The was torpedoed and sunk in the Yellow Sea by .
rdf:langString World War II: The cargo ship was sunk in the Bay of Kiel by Hawker Typhoon aircraft of the Second Tactical Air Force.
rdf:langString The H-35-class motor gunboat was lost on this date.
rdf:langString World War II: The transport struck a mine and sank off Shimonoseki. Raised in 1946 and repaired by 1949 and put in commercial service.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled at Eckernförde. The wreck was scrapped post-war.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type VIIC/41 submarine was scuttled in the Geltinger Bucht. The wreck was scrapped post-war.
rdf:langString World War II: The fast tug, , was bombed and sunk off "Laland" by Allied aircraft.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled at Eckernförde .
rdf:langString The 14-gross register ton, motor cargo vessel was wrecked on the coast of Guide Island in Southeast Alaska, northwest of Sitka, Territory of Alaska.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine ran aground and was scuttled at Amrum, Schleswig-Holstein .
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type IIC submarine was scuttled at Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein.
rdf:langString World War II: The Fairmile B motor launch was mined and sunk in the Adriatic Sea off Novigrad, Yugoslavia .
rdf:langString World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Bay of Kiel by Hawker Typhoon aircraft of the Second Tactical Air Force.
rdf:langString World War II: The ran aground off Okinawa, refloated later and scuttled.
rdf:langString World War II: Convoy RU 161: The tanker was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean west north west of Akranes, Iceland by . She was abandoned by her 46 crew, but later reboarded by 34 of them. The others were rescued by . Empire Unity was towed to Hvalfjordur by . Later repaired and returned to service.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type IXC/40 submarine was scuttled at Hörup, Schleswig-Holstein.
rdf:langString World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Java Sea by . Later salvaged and returned to service.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled at Kiel.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled in Kupfermühlen Bay.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled at Wesermünde . The wreck was scrapped in 1948.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled in the Geltinger Bucht. The wreck was later scrapped.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type XXIII submarine was scuttled at Hamburg. The wreck was scrapped post-war.
rdf:langString World War II: The incomplete Type 1940 minesweeper was scuttled.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled in the Skagerrak east north east of Aarhus, Denmark . The wreck was raised in 1952 and scrapped.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled at Wilhelmshaven. The wreck was scrapped in 1947.
rdf:langString World War II: The was sunk in the Pacific Ocean off the Kerama Islands by a kamikaze aircraft attack with the loss of 126 of her 312 crew.
rdf:langString The Type D Marinefahrprahm was scuttled in Korneuburg, on the Danube, sometime in May.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type IXA submarine was scuttled in Sonderberg Bay . The wreck was later scrapped.
rdf:langString World War II: The KSK-2-class naval drifter/patrol ship was scuttled in May.
rdf:langString World War II: The coaster was sunk in the Bay of Kiel by Hawker Typhoon aircraft of the Second Tactical Air Force, Royal Air Force.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled at Kiel. The wreck was scrapped in 1947.
rdf:langString World War II: The minesweeper was sunk in the Kattegat by de Havilland Mosquito aircraft of the Royal Air Force.
rdf:langString World War II: The coaster was bombed and sunk in the Baltic Sea off Fehmarn by Hawker Typhoon aircraft of the Second Tactical Air Force.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled of Wilhelmshaven .
rdf:langString En of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled at Hamburg.
rdf:langString World War II: The Artilleriefährprahm was sunk by American tanks on the Danube, km 2086.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled in Eckernförde Bay .
rdf:langString World War II: The coaster struck a mine and sank in Sognefjord, Norway with the loss of a crew member.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled at Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein.
rdf:langString World War II: The target ship was sunk off Fehmarn by Hawker Typhoon aircraft of the Second Tactical Air Force.
rdf:langString World War II: The Type 1940 minesweeper was bombed and sunk in the Kattegat by de Havilland Mosquito aircraft of 143, 235, 248, 333 Squadrons, Royal Air Force and 404 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.
rdf:langString World War II: The refugee transport was bombed and sunk by Soviet Douglas A-20 Havoc aircraft off Swinemünde, Pomerania.
rdf:langString World War II: The naval trawler was mined and sunk in the Adriatic Sea .
rdf:langString World War II: The Type IXC/40 submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Kattegat by Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft of 86 Squadron, Royal Air Force with the loss of three of her 42 crew.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type VIIC/41 submarine was scuttled in Flensburg Fjord. The wreck was scrapped in 1948.
rdf:langString World War II: The incomplete was scuttled at Fiume, Italy. Raised post war, completed and put in service as .
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type XXIII submarine was scuttled in the Geltinger Bucht. The wreck was scrapped post-war.
rdf:langString World War II: The PiLB 43 type landing craft was sunk by Soviet aircraft.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type VIIC/41 submarine was scuttled at Wesermünde . The wreck was scrapped in 1948.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type XXIII submarine was scuttled at Hörup ). The wreck was scrapped post-war.
rdf:langString World War II: The was sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Okinawa, Japan by a kamikaze aircraft attack.
rdf:langString World War II: The cargo ship was sunk in the Baltic Sea off Fehmarn by Hawker Typhoon aircraft of the Second Tactical Air Force.
rdf:langString World War II: The Type C escort ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Yellow Sea by with all 175 hands.
rdf:langString World War II: The , having been damaged by a mine the previous day, was bombed and sunk by Soviet aircraft off Swinemünde, Pomerania. 63 killed.
rdf:langString World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank off Niigata.
rdf:langString World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Baltic Sea by Soviet Douglas A-20 Havoc aircraft. 300 killed.
rdf:langString World War II: The was mined and sunk in the Kanmon Strait . Forty-three crewmen were listed as missing.
rdf:langString World War II:The Design 381 Coastal Freighter was torpedoed and sunk just after Midnight while anchored off Tolomo Port, Tolomo Bay, Davao Gulf, Philippines. 4 crewmen killed, survivors rescued by .
rdf:langString World War II: The TM-class motor torpedo boat was sunk west of Trieste, Italy by Yugoslav Partisan mortar fire. Three crewmen were killed.
rdf:langString World War II: The incomplete Type D Marinefahrprahm was sunk at an unknown shipyard.
rdf:langString The Type AM minelayer Marinefahrprahm was sunk by a mine near Kolberg with the loss of 11 lives.
rdf:langString World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Yellow Sea or East China Sea by .
rdf:langString World War II: A tug, a barge and two schooners were sunk with depth charges when they refused to surrender to SK-175 and MO-543 .
rdf:langString World War II: The Type R-41 minesweeper was scuttled at Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled at Neustadt. The wreck was scrapped post-war.
rdf:langString World War II: The Type XXIII submarine was sunk in the Øresund off Copenhagen
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled at Kiel. The wreck was scrapped post-war.
rdf:langString World War II: The sailing vessel was sunk in the Yellow Sea by .
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled off Warnemünde, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania . The wreck was scrapped in 1946.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type VIIC/41 submarine was scuttled in Lübeck Bay.
rdf:langString World War II: Evacuation of East Prussia: The ocean liner was bombed and damaged in the Baltic Sea off Fehmarn by Hawker Typhoon aircraft of 183 Squadron, Royal Air Force. She was set on fire and was beached at the Staberhuk Lighthouse, Fehmarn with the loss of one crew member. The wreck was scrapped in 1948, with the engines being reused in and .
rdf:langString World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was attacked in the Geltinger Bucht by United States Navy aircraft with the loss of two crew. She was scuttled the next day in Flensburger Förde .
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled off Wilhelmshaven .
rdf:langString World War II: The was sunk in the Pacific Ocean off the Ryukyu Islands by a kamikaze aircraft. Eleven survivors were rescued by .
rdf:langString World War II: The damaged and disarmed Pilo-class torpedo boat was scuttled at Trieste, Italy.
rdf:langString World War II: The auxiliary submarine chaser struck a mine and sank off Penang, Malaya.
rdf:langString World War II: The incomplete Type D Marinefahrprahm was sunk at Erste Donau Shipyard, Korneuburg.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type XVIIA submarine was scuttled off Rendsborg .
rdf:langString World War II: The Type R-2 minesweepers were scuttled in the Tagliamento Estuary.
rdf:langString World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled by her crew in the Elbe Estuary . All 44 crew survived and claimed they struck a mine.
rdf:langString World War II: The Tokoshima Maru-class auxiliary transport was torpedoed and sunk in of water in the Gulf of Thailand by . Her captain and fifty-two crewmen were killed. Nineteen survivors were rescued by .
rdf:langString World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper was shelled and sunk off Cape Djoeta, Borneo by Japanese shore-based artillery. Nineteen survivors were rescued by .
rdf:langString World War II: The Type D escort ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Pacific Ocean off Sasumi by and beached. Nine crewmen were killed. Refloated sometime in May and towed to Osaka. Repairs not finished at end of the war, scrapped May 1948.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled in the Weser Estuary. The wreck was scrapped post-war.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The H-class submarine was scuttled at Kiel. The wreck was scrapped post-war.
rdf:langString World War II: The coaster was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean south of Honshu by .
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type IID submarine was scuttled at Wilhelmshaven. The wreck was later scrapped.
rdf:langString World War II: The freighter struck a mine and sank off Kobe.
rdf:langString World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was bombed and sunk in the Baltic Sea off Eckernförde in an American air raid.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled at Wilhelmshaven. The wreck was scrapped post-war.
rdf:langString World War II: The floating anti-aircraft battery was scuttled at Wilhelmshaven, Lower Saxony. Salvaged and scrapped in 1948–1950.
rdf:langString World War II: The CHa-1-class auxiliary submarine chaser was sunk off Fushiki by mines.
rdf:langString World War II: The torpedo recovery vessel, a former Dragen-class torpedo boat, struck a mine and sank in the Geltinger Bucht.
rdf:langString World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean by . Seven hundred and seventy-three men of the 23rd Air Defence Battalion, 26 gunners and 83 crewmen were killed.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type XXIII submarine was scuttled in the Geltinger Bucht ). The wreck was scrapped post-war.
rdf:langString World War II: The Type 1940 minesweeper was bombed and sunk by aircraft south of Skjernøy, Norway.
rdf:langString World War II: Convoy EN 491: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea by with the loss of two of her 38 crew.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type XVIIA submarine was scuttled in dry dock at Kiel.
rdf:langString World War II: The Liberty ship struck a mine in the North Sea off Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was beached at Deal, Kent, United Kingdom but broke in two. Declared a total loss.
rdf:langString The 17-gross register ton, motor towing vessel sank off Sanak Island in the Fox Islands in the eastern Aleutian Islands.
rdf:langString World War II: The cargo ship was sunk in the Bay of Lübeck by Hawker Typhoon aircraft of the Second Tactical Air Force, Royal Air Force.
rdf:langString World War II: The guard ship was scuttled on this date.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type VIIC/41 submarine was scuttled off Nordenham, Lower Saxony .
rdf:langString World War II: The coastal tanker was sunk in the Bay of Kiel by Hawker Typhoon aircraft of the Second Tactical Air Force.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type XVIIB submarine was scuttled in Eckernförde Bay. The wreck was scrapped post-war.
rdf:langString World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank off Aarhus, Denmark; or was sunk at Aarhus by de Havilland Mosquito aircraft of 143, 235, 248, 333 and 404 Squadrons, Royal Air Force. Raised and broken up in May 1955.
rdf:langString World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean south of Honshu by .
rdf:langString World War II: The guardboat was torpedoed and sunk in the Sunda Sea by .
rdf:langString The Type DM minelayer Marinefahrprahm was sunk on this date.
rdf:langString World War II: The Schnellboot was scuttled after being heavily damaged in a Soviet air attack.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The decommissioned Type VIIB submarine was scuttled at Neustadt. The wreck was later scrapped.
rdf:langString World War II: The was scuttled at Monfalcone, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy.
rdf:langString World War II: The torpedo boat, a former , was scuttled at Trieste.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled in the Geltinger Bucht. The wreck was scrapped post-war.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled in the Aussenförde, Kiel.
rdf:langString World War II: The was scuttled in the Tagliemento Estuary.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type XVIIC submarine was scuttled at Cuxhaven. She was salvaged by the Royal Navy, repaired and entered service as HMS Meteorite. Scrapped in September 1949.
rdf:langString World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk off Fehmarn by Hawker Typhoon aircraft of 183 Squadron, RAF.
rdf:langString World War II: The Type XXI submarine was sunk in the Flensburg Fjord by a rocket attack by Hawker Typhoon aircraft of 184 Squadron, Royal Air Force with the loss of all 44 crew.
rdf:langString World War II: The tanker was bombed and sunk by aircraft off Neu Mukran, Rügen.
rdf:langString World War II: The minelayer, a former M 1915-class minesweeper, was bombed and sunk by Allied aircraft at La Spezia, Liguria, Italy.
rdf:langString World War II: The SS-class landing ship was sunk by US aircraft near Talien.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled in Flensburg Fjord . The wreck was scrapped in 1948.
rdf:langString The Fairmile B motor launch sank in the Sittaung River, Burma.
rdf:langString World War II: The training ship was scuttled at Eckernförde, Schleswig-Holstein.
rdf:langString The landing craft personnels were lost sometime in May.
rdf:langString World War II: The cruiser was scuttled off Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein. The wreck was broken up in 1949.
rdf:langString World War II: The Type VIIC/41 submarine was depth charged and damaged in the North Sea off Bergen, Norway by a Consolidated PBY Catalina aircraft of 210 Squadron, Royal Air Force. She was consequently scuttled off Sotre Island.
rdf:langString World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Yellow Sea by .
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type VIIC/41 submarine was scuttled in the Geltinger Bucht.
rdf:langString World War II: Operation Judgement: The accommodation ship was bombed and sunk at Kilbotn, Norway by Grumman TBF Avenger and Grumman F4F Wildcat aircraft of 846, 853 and 882 Squadrons, Fleet Air Arm; based on , and respectively.
rdf:langString World War II: The Type XXI submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Skagerrak by a Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft on 86 Squadron, Royal Air Force with the loss of all 58 crew. Wreck located in 2018 approximately from reported sunk position.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type IXC/40 submarine was scuttled in the Baltic Sea west of Wesermünde .
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled at Wilhelmshaven, Lower Saxony. The wreck was scrapped post-war.
rdf:langString World War II: The tanker was bombed and sunk off Kjelnør, Norway by Bristol Beaufighter aircraft of 236 and 254 Squadrons, Royal Air Force. She was salvaged in 1946, repaired and returned to service.
rdf:langString End of World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled in the Baltic Sea off Travemünde, Lübeck .
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