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.

Contents 1 March 1.1 7 2 May 2.1 24 2.2 27 3 June 3.1 2 3.2 17 3.3 18 3.4 23 3.5 27 4 July 4.1 1 4.2 6 4.3 17 4.4 21 4.5 27 4.6 30 5 August 5.1 2 5.2 8 5.3 10 5.4 18 5.5 24 5.6 27 5.7 28 6 September 6.1 13 6.2 17 6.3 23 6.4 24 6.5 29 7 October 7.1 12 7.2 17 Trafalgar Day 7.3 30 7.4 31 8 November 8.1 4 8.2 7 8.3 8 8.4 10 8.5 12 8.6 14 8.7 19 9 December 9.1 3 9.2 7 9.3 10 9.4 30 10 See also

[edit] March

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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

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• HMS Hood ( Royal Navy): World War II: Sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by Kriegsmarine Bismarck

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• Bismarck ( Kriegsmarine): World War II: Sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by combined air and naval forces of the Royal Navy

[edit] June

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• U-147 ( Kriegsmarine): World War II: Sunk near Ireland in the Atlantic Ocean by Royal Navy destroyer HMS Wanderer and corvette Periwinkle

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• U-556 ( Kriegsmarine): World War II: Sunk southwest of Iceland in the Atlantic Ocean by Royal Navy corvette Gladiolus

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• U-138 (( Kriegsmarine): Sunk near Cádiz in the Atlantic Ocean by

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• 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

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• Soviet Submarine S 10 ( Soviet Navy): World War II: Sunk by German MTB S59 at the Irben strait Baltic sea

[edit] July

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• Soviet Submarine M81 ( Soviet Navy) World War II: Sunk by mine at Laine bank Baltic sea

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• Soviet Submarine M99 ( Soviet Navy) World War II: Sunk by Mine north-west of Worms Baltic sea

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• Soviet Destroyer Serdityi ( Soviet Navy) World War II: Sunk by German aircraft at Moon strait

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• Soviet Submarine M94 ( Soviet Navy) World War II: Sunk by German Uboat U 140 South-west of Ristna Baltic Sea

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• Soviet Destroyer Smelyi ( Soviet Navy) World War II: Sunk by German MTB S 54 at Gulf of Riga

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• Soviet Submarine S 6 ( Soviet Navy) World War II: Sunk by German Bomber near Kihelkonna Baltic Sea

[edit] August

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• Soviet Submarine S 11 ( Soviet Navy) World War II: Sunk by Mine near Soela strait in the Baltic sea

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• Soviet Destroyer Karl Marx ( Soviet Navy) World War II: Sunk by German aircraft in Luksa bay

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• U-144 ( Kriegsmarine):: World War II: Sunk near Hiiumaa in the Baltic Sea by Soviet Navy submarine SC-307

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• Soviet Destroyer Statnyi ( Soviet Navy) World War II: Sunk by Mine at Moon strait

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• 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

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• Soviet Submarine SC 301 ( Soviet Navy) World War II: Sunk by Mine south of Ruuskeri in the Baltic sea

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• 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

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• Ilmarinen ( Finnish Navy) World War II: Sunk by mine near Finnish Utö

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• 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.

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• 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

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• Soviet Submarine SC 319 ( Soviet Navy) World War II: Sunk by Mine in the Gulf of Finland

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• Soviet Submarine SC 322 ( Soviet Navy) World War II: Sunk by Mine in the Gulf of Finland

[edit] October

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• 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

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• Soviet Submarine Kalev (former Estonian Submarine now Soviet Navy)( Soviet Navy) World War II: Sunk by Mine near Hanko in the Gulf of Finland

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• USS Reuben James (DD-245) ( United States Navy): World War II: Sunk by German Unterseeboot 552.

[edit] November

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• Soviet Destroyer Smetlivyi ( Soviet Navy) World War II: Sunk by Mine

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• Soviet hospitalship ship Armenia( Soviet Navy) World War II: Sunk by German bombers in the Black Sea

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• Soviet Submarine L 1 ( Soviet Navy) World War II: Sunk by German artillery fire at Leningrad

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• 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

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• Soviet Light cruiser Chervona Ukraina( Soviet Navy) World War II: Sunk by german bombers in Blacksea

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• 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

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• 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

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• S/S Iosef Stalin  Soviet Union: World War II: grounded at north Estonia after hit by several mines.

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• 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.

See also: List of United States Navy ships present at Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941

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• 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).

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• Soviet Submarine P 2 ( Soviet Navy) World War II: Sunk by German artillery fire at Leningrad

[edit] See also

• List of World War II ships

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