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 US 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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