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The list of shipwrecks in 1943 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1943.
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Operator |
Ship |
Class |
Cause |
Location |
Notes |
| March 19 |
 Kriegsmarine |
Unterseeboot 5 |
Submarine |
Diving accident |
Baltic Sea near Pillau |
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| March 27 |
 Royal Navy |
Dasher |
Avenger class escort carrier |
Aircraft refuelling accident |
Firth of Clyde |
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| April 2 |
Kriegsmarine |
Unterseeboot 124 |
Submarine |
World War II: Sunk by Royal Navy sloop Black Swan and corvette Stonecrop |
Atlantic Ocean west of Oporto, Portugal |
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| May 5 |
 Swedish Navy |
Ulven |
Submarine |
World War II: Sunk by German mine |
Swedish west coast west of Marstrand |
Worst maritime accident for Sweden during WWII 33 dead. |
| June 2 |
Kriegsmarine |
Unterseeboot 202 |
Submarine |
World War II: Sunk by Royal Navy sloop Starling |
Atlantic Ocean south of Greenland |
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| June 2 |
Kriegsmarine |
Unterseeboot 462 |
Submarine |
World War II: Sunk by a Royal Air Force Halifax, Royal Navy destroyer Wren, and sloops Kite, Wild Goose, and Woodpecker |
Atlantic Ocean |
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| June 24 |
Kriegsmarine |
Unterseeboot 119 |
Submarine |
World War II: Sunk by Royal Navy sloops Kite, Starling, and Woodcock |
Atlantic Ocean |
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| July 30 |
Kriegsmarine |
Unterseeboot 504 |
Submarine |
World War II: Sunk by Royal Navy destroyer Wren, and sloops Kite, Wild Goose, and Woodpecker |
Bay of Biscay |
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| September 23 |
Kriegsmarine |
Schnelles Geleitboot 2 |
Sans Souci class escort vessel |
World War II: Bombed |
Nantes, France |
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| November 6 |
Kriegsmarine |
Unterseeboot 226 |
Submarine |
World War II: Sunk by Royal Navy sloops Kite, Starling, and Woodcock |
Atlantic Ocean |
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Kriegsmarine |
Unterseeboot 842 |
Submarine |
World War II: Sunk by Royal Navy sloops Starling and Wild Goose |
Atlantic Ocean |
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| November 10 |
Royal Navy |
Ibis |
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World War II: Sunk by Italian torpedo bombers |
Mediterranean near Algiers |
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| November 17 |
 United States Navy |
McKean |
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World War II: Sunk by an Imperial Japanese Navy torpedo bomber |
Pacific Ocean near Bougainville |
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| November 21 |
Kriegsmarine |
Unterseeboot 538 |
Submarine |
World War II: Sunk by Royal Navy frigate Foley and sloop Crane |
Atlantic Ocean |
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| November 24 |
United States Navy |
Liscome Bay |
Casablanca class escort carrier |
World War II: Sunk by Japanese submarine I-175 |
Pacific Ocean near the Gilbert Islands |
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