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1982 Falklands War: Argentine cruiser General Belgrano sunk by British submarine Conqueror, killing more than 350 men
1961 Vasa, which sunk on her maiden voyage in 1628, is raised 1948 Egyptian flagship King Farouk sunk by Israel 1945 After delivering the Atomic Bomb across the Pacific, the cruiser USS Indianapolis is torpedoed and sunk by a Japanese submarine 1945 U.S. destroyer William D. Porter ("Willie Dee") sunk by kamikaze 1945 U.S. planes intercept Japanese fleet heading for Okinawa on a suicide superbattleship Yamato and four destroyers were sunk 1944 U-424 sunk off Ireland 1944 U-734/U-238 sunk off Ireland 1944 U-762 sunk off Ireland 1944 U-592 sunk off Ireland 1944 U-271 and U-571 sunk off Ireland 1943 39 U boats sunk this month (203,100 ton) 1942 60 U boats sunk this month (330,000 ton) 1942 109 U boats sunk this month (729,000 ton) 1942 94 U boats sunk this month (619,000 ton) 1942 98 U-boats sunk this month (485,000 tons) 1942 U boats sunk this month 108 ships (544,000 ton) 1942 144 U boats (700,000 ton) sunk this month 1942 Aircraft carrier Lexington sunk by Japanese air attack at Coral Sea 1942 Battle of Java Sea began 13 U.S. warships sunk - 2 Japanese 1942 62 U boats sunk this month (327,000 ton) 1941 German submarine U-31 sunk 1941 1st Japanese submarine sunk by a U.S. ship (USS Ward) 1941 13 U boats sunk this month (62,000 ton) 1941 13 U boats sunk this month (62,000 ton) 1941 53 U-boats sunk this month (202,000 tons) 1941 23 U-boats sunk this month (80,000 ton) 1941 61 U-boats (310,000 ton) sunk this month 1941 41 U boats sunk this month (325,000 ton) 1941 German battleship Bismarck sunk by British naval force 1941 1st U.S. ship sunk by a U-boat (SS Robin Moore) 1941 39 U Boats (197,000 ton) sunk this month 1941 21 U boats sunk this month (127,000 ton) 1940 37 U boats sunk this month (213,000 ton) 1940 32 U boats sunk this month (147,000 ton) 1940 63 U boats sunk this month (325,000 ton) 1940 British liner Empress loaded with refugees for Canada, sunk 1940 59 U-boats sunk this month (295,000 tons) 1940 56 U-boats sunk this month (268,000 ton) 1940 58 U-boats (284,000 ton) sunk this month 1940 45 U boats sunk this month (170,000 ton) 1940 40 U boats sunk this month (111,000 ton) 1939 25 U boats sunk this month (81,000 ton) 1939 21 U boats sunk this month (52,000 ton) 1939 27 U boats sunk this month (135,000 ton) 1939 41 U-boats sunk this month (153,000 ton) 1918 Yugoslav battleship Viribus Unitis sunk by Italians 1918 HMS Vindictive sunk to block entrance of Ostend Harbor 1918 1st WW I U.S. Army troop ship torpedoed and sunk by Germany, off Ireland 1917 U.S. liner Housatonic sunk by German sub and diplomatic relations severed 1915 Lusitania sunk by German submarine; 1198 lives lost 1915 Dutch merchant Navy ship Katwijk sunk by Germany torpedo 1914 British battleship Audacious sunk by mine 1878 British frigate Eurydice sunk; 300 lost 1864 CSS "Alabama" sunk by USS "Kearsarge" off Cherbourg, France |
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