| Date |
Location |
Name |
Deaths |
Description |
| 1781-11-29 29 November 1781, et seq |
Caribbean Sea, east of Jamaica |
Zong massacre |
0,000,132 132-142 |
In order to claim on insurance, 132 to 142 African slaves were thrown overboard when potable water ran low.[1] |
| 1917-04-08 8 April 1917 |
Western Approaches, 150 miles south-west of Scilly |
SS Torrington |
0,000,034 34 |
After torpedoing Torrington, U-55s commander took the crew on deck and sank their lifeboats, then submerged, leaving them to drown. One crew member survived. |
| 1918-06-27 27 June 1918 |
Western Approaches, 116 miles west of Fastnet |
Llandovery Castle |
0,000,234 234 |
After torpedoing a Hospital ship, contrary to international law, U-86 rammed and sank lifeboats, firing on survivors. 24 crew escaped. |
| 1940-08-23 8 August 1940 |
Central Atlantic, 800 miles west of Canary Islands |
SS Anglo Saxon |
0,000,039 39 |
After sinking Anglo Saxon, German raider Widder fired on the lifeboats. One escaped, two crew survived. |
| 1944-03-13 13 March 1944 |
South Atlantic |
SS Peleus |
0,000,032 32 |
After torpedoing Peleus, U-852 fired on survivors clinging to wreckage. Three survived. |
| 1917-04-08 18 March 1944 |
Indian Ocean, off Tanjong Priok |
SS Behar |
0,000,104 104-108 |
After sinking Behar, Japanese cruiser Tone took the crew on board, then later killed them by beheading. Four men escaped. |
| 1944-03-26 26 March 1944 |
Pacific Ocean |
Bismarck Sea Massacre |
Unknown |
After destroying a Japanese convoy, Allied boats and planes attacked Japanese rescue vessels, as well as survivors on life rafts and swimming or floating in the sea.[2] |
| 1943-03-4 4 March 1943 |
Indian Ocean |
SS Tjisalak |
0,000,105 105 |
After torpedoing Tjisalak, Japanese submarine I-8 took the survivors on board, then beat them to death. |
| 1985-05-15 1985, May 5 |
Jaffna District, Sri Lanka |
Kumudini boat massacre |
0,000,023 23 [3] |
Kumudini boat massacre, massacre of 23 Tamil civilians by the Sri Lankan Navy in the sea off Jaffna District, Sri Lanka. [4] |
| 1993-01-02 1993, January 2 |
Jaffna District, Sri Lanka |
Jaffna lagoon massacre |
0,000,038 38 [5] |
Jaffna lagoon massacre, massacre of 38 Tamil civilians by Sri Lankan Navy in the sea off Jaffna District, Sri Lanka. [6] |