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List of all Merchant Navy ships and fishing vessels lost due to enemy action during World War II, and also Merchant Navy ships and fishing vessels lost through reasons other than enemy action, 1939 - 1945.

THIS IS A HUGE LIST AND MAY TAKE SOME TIME TO LOAD.

The list shows all merchant ships lost to enemy action during the Second World War by month. A second list shows all fishing vessels lost due to enemy action 1939 - 1945.

Click here to skip to the fishing vessels section.

 Also included at the bottom is a list of all merchant and fishing ships lost due to other reasons during the war.  

Click here to skip to the list of ships lost to miscellaneous reasons.

A separate list of all Merchant Navy ships and fishing vessels damaged during World War Two is also available by clicking here.

Casualties to Personnel of British Merchant Ships

Deaths (at sea or ashore) and supposed deaths (at sea) which have been notified to the Registrar General of shipping and seamen and recorded as due to enemy action or other causes arising out of the war, comprising :

(1) Seamen of all nationalities who served in British ships, and 

(2) British seamen who served in foreign ships chartered or requisitioned by His Majesty's Government, from the outbreak of war to 31st August 1945, were as follows: -

In Merchant Vessels                                 In Fishing Vessels                               Total

           29,180                                                         814                                              29,994

 

British Merchant Vessels Lost By Enemy Action
Date Name Type Gross Tons Cause of Loss How Lost Remarks
September 1939
3rd Athenia Steamship 13.581 Submarine Torpedo
5th  Bosnia Steamship 2.407 Submarine Torpedo / Gunfire
5th Royal Sceptre Steamship 4.853 Submarine Torpedo / Gunfire
6th Rio Claro Steamship 4.086 Submarine Torpedo / Gunfire
6th Manaar Steamship 7.242 Submarine Torpedo / Gunfire
7th Pukkastan Steamship 5.809 Submarine Torpedo / Gunfire
7th Olivegrove Steamship 4.060 Submarine Torpedo
7th Gartavon Steamship 1.777 Submarine Gunfire
8th Winkleigh Steamship 5.055 Submarine Torpedo
8th Regent Tiger Motor Vessel / Tanker 10.177 Submarine Torpedo
8th Kennebec Steamship / Tanker 5.548 Submarine Torpedo / Gunfire Wreckage sunk by H.M.S. on 9th Sept
10th Goodwood Steamship 2.796 Mine -
10th Magdapur Steamship 8.641 Mine -
11th Blairlogie Steamship 4.425 Submarine Torpedo / Gunfire Abandoned and sunk 
11th Firby Steamship 4.869 Submarine Torpedo / Gunfire
11th Inverliffey Motor Vessel / Tanker 9.456 Submarine Torpedo / Gunfire
13th Neptinia Tug 798 Submarine Torpedo / Gunfire
14th Vancouver City Motor Vessel 4.955 Submarine Torpedo
14th Fanad Head Steamship 5.200 Submarine Torpedo / Gunfire
14th British Influence Motor Vessel 8.431 Submarine Torpedo / Gunfire
15th Cheyenne Motor Vessel / Tanker 8.826 Submarine Torpedo / Gunfire
15th Truro Steamship 974 Submarine Torpedo / Gunfire
16th Aviemore Steamship 4.060 Submarine Torpedo
16th Arkleside Steamship 1.567 Submarine Gunfire
16th Bramden Steamship 1.594 Mine -
17th Kafiristan Steamship 5.193 Submarine Torpedo
18th Kensington Court Steamship 4.863 Submarine Gunfire
22nd Akenside Steamship 2.694 Submarine Torpedo
24th Hazleside Steamship 4.646 Submarine Torpedo / Gunfire
30th Clement Steamship 5.051 Raider - "Admiral Graf Spee"
October 1939
4th Glen Farg Steamship 876 Submarine Torpedo / Gunfire
5th Stonegate Steamship 5.044 Raider - "Deutschland"
5th Newton Beech Steamship 4.651 Raider - "Admiral Graf Spee"
7th Ashlea Steamship 4.222 Raider - "Admiral Graf Spee"
10th Huntsman Steamship 8.196 Raider - "Admiral Graf Spee"
13th Heronspool Steamship 5.202 Submarine Torpedo
14th Lochavon Motor Vessel 9.205 Submarine Torpedo
14th Sneaton Steamship 3.678 Submarine Torpedo / Gunfire
17th Yorkshire Steamship 10.184 Submarine Torpedo
17th City of Mandalay Steamship 7.028 Submarine Torpedo 
17th Clan Chisholm Steamship 7.256 Submarine Torpedo
20th Sea Venture Steamship 2.327 Submarine Torpedo / Gunfire
21st Orsa Steamship 1.478 Mine -
22nd Whitemantle Steamship 1.692 Mine  -
22nd Trevanion Motor Vessel 5.299 Raider - "Admiral Graf Spee"
24th Ledbury Steamship 3.528 Submarine Gunfire
24th Menin Ridge Steamship 2.474 Submarine Torpedo 
24th  Tafna Steamship 4.413 Submarine Torpedo
27th Bronte Steamship 5.317 Submarine Torpedo  Sunk by H.M.S. on 30th October
29th Malabar Steamship 7.976 Submarine Torpedo
30th Cairnmona Steamship 4.666 Submarine Torpedo
November 1939
9th Carmarthen Coast Steamship 961 Mine -
13th Ponzano Motor Vessel 1.346 Mine -
13th Matra Steamship 8.003 Mine -
15th Woodtown Steamship 794 Mine -
15th Africa Shell Motor Vessel / Tanker 706 Raider - "Admiral Graf Spee"
16th Arlington Court Steamship 4.915 Submarine Torpedo
17th Parkhill Steamship 500 Cause Unknown -
18th Blackhill Steamship 2.492 Mine -
19th Torchbearer Steamship 1.267 Mine -
19th Pensilva Steamship 4.258 Submarine Torpedo
19th Darino Steamship 1.351 Submarine Torpedo
20th Stanbrook Steamship 1.383 Cause Unknown -
20th Bowling Steamship 793 Cause Unknown -
21st Geraldus Steamship 2.495 Mine -
22nd Lowland Steamship 974 Mine -
23rd Hookwood Steamship 1.537 Mine -
24th Mangalore Steamship 8.886 Mine -
25th Royston Grange Steamship 5.144 Submarine Torpedo
25th Uskmouth Steamship 2.483 Submarine Torpedo / Gunfire
28th Rubislaw Steamship 1.041 Mine -
29th Ionian Steamship 3.114 Mine - Abandoned 
30th Sheaf Crest Steamship 2.730 Mine -
December 1939
1st Dalryan Steamship 4.558 Mine -
2nd San Calisto Motor Vessel / Tanker 8.010 Mine -
2nd Doric Star Steamship 10.086 Raider - "Admiral Graf Spee"
3rd Tairoa Steamship 7.983 Raider - "Admiral Graf Spee"
3rd Moortoff Steamship 875 Cause Unknown -
4th Horsted Steamship 1.670 Submarine Torpedo
5th Navasota Steamship 8.795 Submarine Torpedo
7th Thomas Walton Steamship 4.460 Submarine Torpedo
7th Streonshalh Steamship 3.895 Raider - "Admiral Graf Spee"
8th Merel Steamship 1.088 Mine -
8th Brandon Steamship 6.668 Submarine Torpedo
8th Corea Steamship 751 Mine -
9th San Alberto Motor Vessel / Tanker 7.397 Submarine Torpedo Sunk on 11th by H.M.S.
10th Willowpool Steamship 4.815 Mine -
12th Marwick Head Steamship 496 Mine -
12th King Egbert Motor Vessel 4.535 Mine -
13th Deptford Steamship 4.101 Submarine Torpedo
14th Inverlane Motor Vessel / Tankers 9.141 Mine -
16th Amble Steamship 1.162 Mine -
17th Serenity Motor Vessel 487 Aircraft Bombed
19th City of Kobe Steamship 4.373 Mine -
25th Stanholme Steamship 2.473 Mine -
31st Box Hill Steamship 5.677 Mine -
January 1940
7th Cedrington Steamship 5.160 Mine -
7th Towneley Steamship 2.888 Mine -
9th Dunbar Castle Motor Vessel 10.002 Mine -
9th Oakgrove Steamship 1.985 Aircraft Bombed
9th Gowrie Steamship 689 Aircraft Bombed
10th Upminster Steamship 1.013 Aircraft Bombed
11th El Oso Steamship / Tanker 7.267 Mine -
11th Keynes Steamship 1.706 Aircraft Bombed Previously attacked
12th Granta Steamship 2.719 Mine -
16th Inverdargle Motor Vessel / Tanker 9.456 Mine -
17th Cairnross Steamship 5.494 Mine -
17th Polzella Steamship 4.751 Cause Unknown -
20th Caroni River Motor Vessel / Tanker 7.807 Mine -
21st Ferryhill Steamship 1.086 Mine -
21st Protesilaus Steamship 9.577 Mine -
23rd Baltanglia Steamship 1.523 Submarine Torpedo
28th Eston Steamship 1.487 Mine -