List of shipwrecks in 1944

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The list of shipwrecks in 1944 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1944.

Operator Ship Class Cause Location Notes
January 7 Naval flag of Nazi Germany Kriegsmarine Krischan Krischan class light seaplane tender World War II: Sunk by British aircraft Kiel
January 7 Naval flag of Nazi Germany Kriegsmarine Bernhard von Tschirschky Krischan class light seaplane tender World War II: Sunk by British aircraft Kiel
January 31 Naval flag of Nazi Germany Kriegsmarine Unterseeboot 592 Submarine World War II: Sunk by Royal Navy sloops Magpie, Starling, and Wild Goose Atlantic Ocean southwest of Ireland
February 8 Naval flag of Nazi Germany Kriegsmarine Unterseeboot 762 Submarine World War II: Sunk by Royal Navy sloops Woodpecker, and Wild Goose Atlantic Ocean southwest of Ireland
February 9 Naval flag of Nazi Germany Kriegsmarine Unterseeboot 238 Submarine World War II: Sunk by Royal Navy sloops Magpie, Starling, and Kite Atlantic Ocean southwest of Ireland
February 9 Naval flag of Nazi Germany Kriegsmarine Unterseeboot 734 Submarine World War II: Sunk by Royal Navy sloops Starling, and Wild Goose Atlantic Ocean southwest of Ireland
February 11 Naval flag of Nazi Germany Kriegsmarine Unterseeboot 424 Submarine World War II: Sunk by Royal Navy sloops Woodpecker, and Wild Goose Atlantic Ocean southwest of Ireland
February 17 Naval flag of Nazi Germany Kriegsmarine Unterseeboot 425 Submarine World War II: Sunk by Royal Navy corvette Alnwick Castle and sloop Lark Barents Sea
February 18 Naval flag of Nazi Germany Kriegsmarine Unterseeboot 7 Submarine Diving accident Baltic Sea near Pillau
February 19 Naval flag of Nazi Germany Kriegsmarine Unterseeboot 264 Submarine World War II: Sunk by Royal Navy sloops Woodpecker, and Starling Atlantic Ocean
February 20 Naval flag of Nazi Germany Kriegsmarine Unterseeboot 1276 Submarine World War II: Sunk by Royal Navy sloop Amethyst Atlantic Ocean south of Waterford
February 27 Naval flag of Nazi Germany Kriegsmarine Unterseeboot 327 Submarine World War II: Sunk by Royal Navy frigates Labuan and Loch Fada, and sloop Wild Goose English Channel south of Waterford
February 27 Naval flag of United Kingdom Royal Navy Woodpecker Sloop World War II: Sunk by Kriegsmarine submarine U 256
March 15 Naval flag of Nazi Germany Kriegsmarine Unterseeboot 653 Submarine World War II: Sunk by a Fairey Swordfish of the Royal Navy escort carrier Vindex and sloops Starling and Wild Goose Atlantic Ocean
March 15 Naval flag of Nazi Germany Kriegsmarine Unterseeboot 961 Submarine World War II: Sunk by Royal Navy sloop Starling Atlantic Ocean south of Iceland
April 8 Naval flag of Nazi Germany Kriegsmarine Unterseeboot 2 Submarine Collision with Helmi Söhle Baltic Sea near Pillau
April 8 Naval flag of Nazi Germany Kriegsmarine Unterseeboot 962 Submarine World War II: Sunk by Royal Navy sloops Cygnet and Crane Atlantic Ocean
April 13 Naval flag of Empire of Japan Imperial Japanese Navy Ikazuchi Destroyer World War II: Sunk by US Navy submarine Harder Central Pacific
May 6 Naval flag of Nazi Germany Kriegsmarine Unterseeboot 473 Submarine World War II: Sunk by Royal Navy sloops Starling, Wren and Wild Goose Atlantic Ocean south-west of Ireland
May 29 Naval flag of United States United States Navy Block Island Bogue class escort carrier World War II: Sunk by Kriegsmarine submarine U 549 Atlantic Ocean near the Canary Islands
June Naval flag of United Kingdom Royal Navy Centurion Obsolete battleship World War II: Sunk as a breakwater as part of Operation Neptune English Channel off Normandy
April 13 Naval flag of Empire of Japan Imperial Japanese Navy Shōkaku, Aircraft Carrier World War II: Sunk by US Navy submarine cavella Central Pacific
July 31 Naval flag of Nazi Germany Kriegsmarine Unterseeboot 333 Submarine World War II: Sunk by the Royal Navy sloop Starling and frigate Loch Killin Atlantic Ocean west of the Scilly Isles
August 10 Naval flag of Nazi Germany Kriegsmarine Unterseeboot 608 Submarine World War II: Sunk by a B-24 Liberator and the Royal Navy sloop Wren Bay of Biscay
August 11 Naval flag of Nazi Germany Kriegsmarine Unterseeboot 385 Submarine World War II: Sunk by a Shorts Sunderland and the Royal Navy sloop Starling Bay of Biscay
August 12 Naval flag of Nazi Germany Kriegsmarine Unterseeboot 198 Submarine World War II: Sunk by the Royal Navy frigate Findhorn and Royal Indian Navy sloop HMIS Godavari Indian Ocean near the Seychelles
August 20 Naval flag of Nazi Germany Kriegsmarine Unterseeboot 9 Submarine World War II: Sunk by Soviet aircraft Black Sea at Konstanza
August 21 Naval flag of United Kingdom Royal Navy Kite Sloop World War II: Sunk by Kriegsmarine submarine Unterseeboot 344
August 24 Naval flag of Nazi Germany Kriegsmarine Unterseeboot 354 Submarine World War II: Sunk by the Royal Navy destroyer Keppel, frigate Loch Dunvegan, and sloops Mermaid and Peacock Barents Sea
August 25 Naval flag of Nazi Germany Kriegsmarine Unterseeboot 18 Submarine World War II: Scuttled Konstanza, Romania
August 25 Naval flag of Nazi Germany Kriegsmarine Unterseeboot 24 Submarine World War II: Scuttled Konstanza, Romania
August Flag of France France Marechal Petain Passenger ship World War II: Torpedoed by German forces Port du Bouc, near Marseille, France
April 8 Balkenkreuz (Iron Cross) Luftwaffe Richtofen Hans Albrecht Wedel class seaplane tender Konigsberg Sunk during fitting out
August 6 Balkenkreuz (Iron Cross) Luftwaffe Schnelles Geleitboot 3 San Souci class escort vessel World War II: Sunk by Allied aircraft
September 2 Naval flag of Nazi Germany Kriegsmarine Unterseeboot 394 Submarine World War II: Sunk by a Fairey Swordfish from the Royal Navy escort carrier Vindex, destroyers Keppel and Whitehall and sloops Mermaid and Peacock Norwegian Sea
September 7 Naval flag of Nazi Germany Kriegsmarine Westfalen World War II: Mined
September 10 Naval flag of Nazi Germany Kriegsmarine Unterseeboot 19 Submarine World War II: Scuttled Black Sea near Turkey
September 20 Naval flag of Nazi Germany Kriegsmarine Unterseeboot 20 Submarine World War II: Scuttled Black Sea near Turkey
September 20 Naval flag of Nazi Germany Kriegsmarine Unterseeboot 23 Submarine World War II: Scuttled Black Sea near Turkey
September 28 Naval flag of Nazi Germany Kriegsmarine Dragoner 2. class torpedo boat converted to minesweeper World War II: Sunk by British aircraft Mandal, Norway
September Balkenkreuz (Iron Cross) Luftwaffe Karl Meyer Karl Meyer class seaplane tender World War II: Sunk by British aircraft
October 24 Naval flag of United States United States Navy Princeton Independence class light aircraft carrier World War II: Sunk by Japanese aircraft Battle of Leyte Gulf
October 25 Naval flag of United States United States Navy Gambier Bay Casablanca class escort carrier World War II: Sunk by Imperial Japanese Navy cruiser gunfire Pacific Ocean near Samar Battle of Leyte Gulf
October 25 Naval flag of United States United States Navy St. Lo Casablanca class escort carrier World War II: Sunk by Japanese Kamikaze Pacific Ocean near Leyte Battle of Leyte Gulf
October Naval flag of Nazi Germany Kriegsmarine Hans Rolshoven Krischan class light seaplane tender World War II: Mined
November 12 Naval flag of Nazi Germany Kriegsmarine Tirpitz Bismarck class battleship World War II: Sunk by RAF Operation Catechism Near Tromsø
December Flag of the United States United States / Flag of New Zealand New Zealand / Flag of Panama Panama Alan A. Dale 4,700 ton cargo ship World War II: Sunk by a German Biber midget submarine Antwerp harbor


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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
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