2011 Event In Sweden, divers find the wreckage of the Svardet, a warship sunk in 1676 during the Battle of Oland 2010 Event After South Korea's ROKS Cheonan ship is sunk by North Korea, South Korea cuts off trade with North Korea and announces North Korean ships will no longer be allowed to use South Korean waters 1982 Event Falklands War: Argentine cruiser General Belgrano sunk by British submarine Conqueror, killing more than 350 men 1961 Event Vasa, which sunk on her maiden voyage in 1628, is raised 1948 Event Egyptian flagship King Farouk sunk by Israel 1945 Event After delivering the Atomic Bomb across the Pacific, the cruiser USS Indianapolis is torpedoed and sunk by a Japanese submarine 1945 Event U.S. destroyer William D. Porter ("Willie Dee") sunk by kamikaze 1945 Event U.S. planes intercept Japanese fleet heading for Okinawa on a suicide superbattleship Yamato and four destroyers were sunk 1944 Event U-424 sunk off Ireland 1944 Event U-734/U-238 sunk off Ireland 1944 Event U-762 sunk off Ireland 1944 Event U-592 sunk off Ireland 1944 Event U-271 and U-571 sunk off Ireland 1943 Event 39 U boats sunk this month (203,100 ton) 1942 Event 60 U boats sunk this month (330,000 ton) 1942 Event 109 U boats sunk this month (729,000 ton) 1942 Event 94 U boats sunk this month (619,000 ton) 1942 Event 98 U-boats sunk this month (485,000 tons) 1942 Event U boats sunk this month 108 ships (544,000 ton) 1942 Event 144 U boats (700,000 ton) sunk this month 1942 Event Aircraft carrier Lexington sunk by Japanese air attack at Coral Sea 1942 Event Battle of Java Sea began 13 U.S. warships sunk - 2 Japanese 1942 Event 62 U boats sunk this month (327,000 ton) 1941 Event German submarine U-31 sunk 1941 Event 1st Japanese submarine sunk by a U.S. ship (USS Ward) 1941 Event 13 U boats sunk this month (62,000 ton) 1941 Event 13 U boats sunk this month (62,000 ton) 1941 Event 53 U-boats sunk this month (202,000 tons) 1941 Event 23 U-boats sunk this month (80,000 ton) 1941 Event 61 U-boats (310,000 ton) sunk this month 1941 Event 41 U boats sunk this month (325,000 ton) 1941 Event German battleship Bismarck sunk by British naval force 1941 Event 1st U.S. ship sunk by a U-boat (SS Robin Moore) 1941 Event 39 U Boats (197,000 ton) sunk this month 1941 Event 21 U boats sunk this month (127,000 ton) 1940 Event 37 U boats sunk this month (213,000 ton) 1940 Event 32 U boats sunk this month (147,000 ton) 1940 Event 63 U boats sunk this month (325,000 ton) 1940 Event British liner Empress loaded with refugees for Canada, sunk 1940 Event 59 U-boats sunk this month (295,000 tons) 1940 Event 56 U-boats sunk this month (268,000 ton) 1940 Event 58 U-boats (284,000 ton) sunk this month 1940 Event 45 U boats sunk this month (170,000 ton) 1940 Event 40 U boats sunk this month (111,000 ton) 1939 Event 25 U boats sunk this month (81,000 ton) 1939 Event 21 U boats sunk this month (52,000 ton) 1939 Event 27 U boats sunk this month (135,000 ton) 1939 Event 41 U-boats sunk this month (153,000 ton) 1918 Event Yugoslav battleship Viribus Unitis sunk by Italians 1918 Event HMS Vindictive sunk to block entrance of Ostend Harbor 1918 Event 1st WW I U.S. Army troop ship torpedoed and sunk by Germany, off Ireland 1917 Event U.S. liner Housatonic sunk by German sub and diplomatic relations severed 1915 Event Lusitania sunk by German submarine; 1198 lives lost 1915 Event Dutch merchant Navy ship Katwijk sunk by Germany torpedo 1914 Event British battleship Audacious sunk by mine 1878 Event British frigate Eurydice sunk; 300 lost 1864 Event CSS "Alabama" sunk by USS "Kearsarge" off Cherbourg, France
