List of shipwrecks in 1941
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The list of shipwrecks in 1941 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1941.
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[edit] March
[edit] 7
British whaler Terje Viken(
United Kingdom) Sunk by U-99 one of the largest mechantship sunk as part of World War II. 20.638 tons
[edit] May
[edit] 24
- HMS Hood (
Royal Navy): World War II: Sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by Kriegsmarine Bismarck
[edit] 27
- Bismarck (
Kriegsmarine): World War II: Sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by combined air and naval forces of the Royal Navy
[edit] June
[edit] 2
- U-147 ( Kriegsmarine): World War II: Sunk near Ireland in the Atlantic Ocean by Royal Navy destroyer HMS Wanderer and corvette Periwinkle
[edit] 17
- U-556 ( Kriegsmarine): World War II: Sunk southwest of Iceland in the Atlantic Ocean by Royal Navy corvette Gladiolus
[edit] 18
- U-138 (( Kriegsmarine): Sunk near Cádiz in the Atlantic Ocean by
[edit] 23
- Soviet Destroyer Gnevnyi (
Soviet Navy): World War II: Mine north of estonian island Hiiumaa (Dagö) Baltic sea - Soviet Submarine M78 ( Soviet Navy): World War II: Sunk by German Submarine U144 west of Ventspils Baltic sea
[edit] 27
- Soviet Submarine S 10 ( Soviet Navy): World War II: Sunk by German MTB S59 at the Irben strait Baltic sea
[edit] July
[edit] 1
- Soviet Submarine M81 ( Soviet Navy) World War II: Sunk by mine at Laine bank Baltic sea
[edit] 6
- Soviet Submarine M99 ( Soviet Navy) World War II: Sunk by Mine north-west of Worms Baltic sea
[edit] 17
- Soviet Destroyer Serdityi ( Soviet Navy) World War II: Sunk by German aircraft at Moon strait
[edit] 21
- Soviet Submarine M94 ( Soviet Navy) World War II: Sunk by German Uboat U 140 South-west of Ristna Baltic Sea
[edit] 27
- Soviet Destroyer Smelyi ( Soviet Navy) World War II: Sunk by German MTB S 54 at Gulf of Riga
[edit] 30
- Soviet Submarine S 6 ( Soviet Navy) World War II: Sunk by German Bomber near Kihelkonna Baltic Sea
[edit] August
[edit] 2
- Soviet Submarine S 11 ( Soviet Navy) World War II: Sunk by Mine near Soela strait in the Baltic sea
[edit] 8
- Soviet Destroyer Karl Marx ( Soviet Navy) World War II: Sunk by German aircraft in Luksa bay
[edit] 10
- U-144 ( Kriegsmarine):: World War II: Sunk near Hiiumaa in the Baltic Sea by Soviet Navy submarine SC-307
[edit] 18
- Soviet Destroyer Statnyi ( Soviet Navy) World War II: Sunk by Mine at Moon strait
[edit] 24
- Eestirand (Soviet Union): World War II: Attacked by German Luftwaffe and grounded near Prangli island in the Baltic Sea
- Soviet Destroyer Engels( Soviet Navy) World War II: Sunk by Mine north-east of cap Juminda
[edit] 27
- Soviet Submarine SC 301 ( Soviet Navy) World War II: Sunk by Mine south of Ruuskeri in the Baltic sea
[edit] 28
- Soviet Submarine S5 ( Soviet Navy) World War II: Sunk by Mine north of cap Juminda in the Gulf of Finland
- Soviet Destroyer Jakov Sverdlov( Soviet Navy)) sunk due to World War II (see below)
- Soviet Destroyer Kalinin ( Soviet Navy) World War II
- Soviet Destroyer Artiom ( Soviet Navy) World War II
- Soviet Destroyer Volodarsky ( Soviet Navy) World War II
- Soviet Destroyer Skoryi ( Soviet Navy) World War II: all destroyers were sunk by mines north of cap Juminda during the Soviet naval evacuation of Tallinn.
[edit] September
[edit] 13
- Ilmarinen (
Finnish Navy) World War II: Sunk by mine near Finnish Utö
[edit] 17
- Soviet Submarine P1 ( Soviet Navy) World War II: Sunk by Mine in the Gulf of Finland
- HMS Göteborg (
Swedish Navy)Destroyer Sunk by explosion in Hårsfjärden - HMS Klas Horn ( Swedish Navy)Destroyer Sunk by explosion in Hårsfjärden
- HMS Klas Uggla ( Swedish Navy)Destroyer Sunk by explosion in Hårsfjärden, the reson for this mysterious explosion has never been reveled, files about this event are still classified in Sweden; may or may not have been a direct part of World War II and the activities that constituted the war.
[edit] 23
- Soviet Submarine P3 ( Soviet Navy) World War II: Sunk by German arial bombing at Khronstadt
- Soviet Submarine M 74 ( Soviet Navy) World War II: Sunk by German arial bombing at Khronstadt
- Soviet Battleship Marat ( Soviet Navy) World War II: Grounded at Khronstadt after taking heavy damage from German bombers
[edit] 24
- Soviet Submarine SC 319 ( Soviet Navy) World War II: Sunk by Mine in the Gulf of Finland
[edit] 29
- Soviet Submarine SC 322 ( Soviet Navy) World War II: Sunk by Mine in the Gulf of Finland
[edit] October
[edit] 12
- Soviet Submarine S 8 ( Soviet Navy) World War II: Sunk by Mine in the Gulf of Finland
[edit] 17 Trafalgar Day
- Gladiolus ( Royal Navy): World War II: Sunk by Kriegsmarine submarine U-558
[edit] 30
- Soviet Submarine Kalev (former Estonian Submarine now Soviet Navy)( Soviet Navy) World War II: Sunk by Mine near Hanko in the Gulf of Finland
[edit] 31
- USS Reuben James (DD-245) (
United States Navy): World War II: Sunk by German Unterseeboot 552.
[edit] November
[edit] 4
- Soviet Destroyer Smetlivyi ( Soviet Navy) World War II: Sunk by Mine
[edit] 7
- Soviet hospitalship ship Armenia( Soviet Navy) World War II: Sunk by German bombers in the Black Sea
[edit] 8
- Soviet Submarine L 1 ( Soviet Navy) World War II: Sunk by German artillery fire at Leningrad
[edit] 10
- Soviet Submarine SC 324 ( Soviet Navy) World War II: Sunk by Mine in the Gulf of Finland
- Soviet Submarine M 103 ( Soviet Navy) World War II: Sunk by Mine in the Gulf of Finland
[edit] 12
- Soviet Light cruiser Chervona Ukraina( Soviet Navy) World War II: Sunk by german bombers in Blacksea
[edit] 14
- HMS Ark Royal ( Royal Navy): World War II: Sunk near Gibraltar by Kriegsmarine submarine U-81
- Soviet Submarine M 98 ( Soviet Navy) World War II: Sunk by Mine Juminda in the Gulf of Finland
- Soviet Submarine L 2 ( Soviet Navy) World War II: Sunk by Mine Juminda in the Gulf of Finland
- Soviet Destroyer Gordyi ( Soviet Navy) World War II: Sunk by Mine
- Soviet Destroyer Surovyi ( Soviet Navy) World War II: Sunk by Mine
- S/S Andrei Zjedanov ( Soviet Navy) World War II: Sunk by Mine
[edit] 19
- Sydney (
Royal Australian Navy): World War II: Sunk by German raider Kormoran in the Indian Ocean off Western Australia - Kormoran:( Kriegsmarine): World War II: Sunk by Sydney in the Indian Ocean off Western Australia
[edit] December
[edit] 3
- S/S Iosef Stalin
Soviet Union: World War II: grounded at north Estonia after hit by several mines.
[edit] 7
- Arizona ( United States Navy) : World War II: Sunk by Japanese bombings in the attack on Pearl Harbor
- Oklahoma ( United States Navy) : World War II: Sunk by Japanese bombings in the attack on Pearl Harbor
- California ( United States Navy) : World War II: Sunk by Japanese bombings in the attack on Pearl Harbor, later refloated on 25 March 1942 and refitted.
- West Virginia ( United States Navy) : World War II: Sunk by Japanese bombings in the attack on Pearl Harbor, later refloated on 17 May 1942 and refitted.
- Utah ( United States Navy) : World War II: Sunk by Japanese bombings in the attack on Pearl Harbor
- Oglala ( United States Navy) : World War II: Sunk by Japanese bombings in the attack on Pearl Harbor, later refloated on 3 July 1942 and refitted.
[edit] 10
- Prince of Wales ( Royal Navy) : World War II: Sunk by Japanese bombers east of Kuantan, Malaya (now Malaysia).
- Repulse ( Royal Navy) : World War II: Sunk by Japanese bombers east of Kuantan, Malaya (now Malaysia).
[edit] 30
- Soviet Submarine P 2 ( Soviet Navy) World War II: Sunk by German artillery fire at Leningrad
[edit] See also
| Ship launches: | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 |
| Ship commissionings: | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 |
| Ship decommissionings: | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 |
| Shipwrecks: | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 |
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