List by death toll of ships sunk by submarines

List of ships sunk by submarines with death toll exceeding 300

Deaths	Name	Type	Nationality	Date	Submarine
9,343	MV Wilhelm Gustloff	Cruise ship Cruise ship A cruise ship or cruise liner is a passenger ship used for pleasure voyages, where the voyage itself and the ship's amenities are part of the experience, as well as the different destinations along the way... serve as evacuation ship	Nazi Germany	30 January 1945	S-13 Soviet submarine S-13 S-13 was a Stalinets-class submarine of the Soviet Navy. Her keel was laid down by Krasnoye Sormovo in Gorky on 19 October 1938. She was launched on 25 April 1939 and commissioned on 31 July 1941 in the Baltic Fleet, under the command of Captain Pavel Malantyenko.-Service history:In the first half...
6,500	MV Goya	Passenger ship Passenger ship A passenger ship is a ship whose primary function is to carry passengers. The category does not include cargo vessels which have accommodations for limited numbers of passengers, such as the ubiquitous twelve-passenger freighters once common on the seas in which the transport of passengers is... serve as evacuation ship	Nazi Germany	16 April 1945	L-3 Soviet submarine L-3 The World War II Soviet submarine L-3 belonged to the L-class or Leninets class of minelayer submarines. It had been named Bolshevik and later Frunzenets, before it was decided that submarines should stop having names and carry numbers instead....
5,620	Junyō Maru Junyo Maru The was a Japanese cargo ship that was sunk in 1944 by the British submarine , resulting in the loss of over 5,000 lives.The ship was built in 1913 by Robert Duncan Co. Glasgow. It displaced 5,065 tons, was long, wide, and deep. The engines were rated at...	Hell ship Hell Ship A hell ship is a ship with extremely unpleasant living conditions or with a reputation for cruelty among the crew. It now generally refers to the ships used by the Imperial Japanese Navy to transport Allied prisoners of war out of the Philippines, Hong Kong and Singapore during World War II. The...	Japan	18 September 1944
5,400	Toyama Maru Toyama Maru Toyama Maru was a 7,089-ton Japanese troop transport during World War II. On June 29, 1944, Toyama Maru was transporting over 6,000 men of the Japanese 44th Independent Mixed Brigade when she was torpedoed and sunk by the submarine USS Sturgeon...	Troopship Troopship A troopship is a ship used to carry soldiers, either in peacetime or wartime...	Japan	29 June 1944	USS Sturgeon USS Sturgeon (SS-187) USS Sturgeon , a Salmon-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sturgeon.Her keel was laid down on October 27, 1936 by the Mare Island Navy Yard. She was launched on March 15, 1938 sponsored by Mrs. Charles S. Freeman; and commissioned on June 25, 1938...
4,998	Ryusei Maru Ryusei Maru The Ryusei Maru was a Japanese transport ship that was sunk by the USS Rasher on February 25, 1944. Nearly 5,000 lives were lost.On the same day USS Rasher also sank the Tango Maru, killing some 3,500 Javanese laborers and POW's....	Troopship	Japan	24 February 1944
4,406-4,755	Tamatsu Maru	Troopship	Japan	19 August 1944	USS Spadefish USS Spadefish (SS-411) USS Spadefish , a Balao-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the spadefish. Although she was commissioned late in the war and spent only one year in the Pacific war zone, she was to run up a record of 88,091 tons in 21 ships and numerous trawlers...
3,608	SS General von Steuben	Ocean liner Ocean liner An ocean liner is a ship designed to transport people from one seaport to another along regular long-distance maritime routes according to a schedule. Liners may also carry cargo or mail, and may sometimes be used for other purposes .Cargo vessels running to a schedule are sometimes referred to as...	Nazi Germany	10 February 1945	S-13 Soviet submarine S-13 S-13 was a Stalinets-class submarine of the Soviet Navy. Her keel was laid down by Krasnoye Sormovo in Gorky on 19 October 1938. She was launched on 25 April 1939 and commissioned on 31 July 1941 in the Baltic Fleet, under the command of Captain Pavel Malantyenko.-Service history:In the first half...
3,546	Mayasan Maru Convoy Hi-81 was the designation for a fleet of Japanese transports that carried soldiers bound for Singapore and the Philippines during World War II. The transports were escorted by a large force of surface combatants including the escort carriers Shinyo and Akitsu Maru which were sunk in the Yellow Sea by...	Troopship	Japan	18 November 1944	USS Picuda USS Picuda (SS-382) USS Picuda , a Balao-class submarine, was originally named Obispo, making her the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the obispo, a spotted sting ray.-Construction and launching:...
3,219	Nikkin Maru	Troopship	Japan	30 September 1944	USS Tang USS Tang (SS-306) USS Tang was a Balao-class submarine of World War II. She was built and launched in 1943.In her short career, the Tang sank 33 ships displacing 116,454 tons Her commanding officer received the Medal of Honor for her last two engagements...
3,000	Tango Maru Tango Maru On February 25, 1944, the 6,200 ton cargo vessel Tango Maru, crammed with 3,500 Javanese labourers and hundreds of Allied POWs, was traveling between Java and Ambon. The American submarine USS Rasher sank the ship with three torpedo hits...	Hell ship	Japan	24 February 1944
2,765	Lima Maru	Troopship	Japan	8 February 1944	USS Snook USS Snook (SS-279) USS Snook , a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the common snook, an Atlantic marine fish that is bluish-gray above and silvery below a black lateral line....
2,670	Petrella German ship Petrella The Petrella was an German merchant ship, which sank on February 8, 1944 north of Suda Bay, Crete, killing some 2,670 Italian POWs.- Background :...	Hell ship	Nazi Germany	8 February 1944	HMS Sportsman HMS Sportsman (P229) HMS Sportsman was an S class submarine of the Royal Navy, and part of the Third Group built of that class. She was built at Chatham Dockyard and launched on 17 April 1942. So far she has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name Sportsman.In 1951 it was lent to the French Navy who...
2,665	Teia Maru (ex. French ship Aramis)	Troopship	Japan	19 August 1944
2,649	Yoshida Maru No.1 Yoshida Maru The was a Japanese cargo ship owned by Nippon Yusen Kaisha. The ship was built in 1941 by Hakodate Dock at Hakodate on the northern island of Hokkaidō.-History:The Yoshida Maru was built at Hakodate; and she left port in August 1941 on her maiden voyage....	Troopship	Japan	26 April 1944
2,246	Akitsu Maru Japanese aircraft carrier Akitsu Maru Akitsu Maru was a Japanese escort aircraft carrier operated by the Imperial Japanese Army. In some sources Akitsu Maru and her sister ship Nigitsu Maru are also considered to be the first amphibious assault ships.-Design features:...	Troopship	Japan	14 November 1944	USS Queenfish USS Queenfish (SS-393) USS Queenfish , a Balao-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the queenfish, a small food fish found off the Pacific coast of North America....
2,113	Edogawa Maru	Troopship	Japan	17 November 1944
2,089	Dainichi Maru	Troopship	Japan	8 October 1944	USS Gurnard USS Gurnard (SS-254) , a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the gurnard, a trigloid fish having three free pectoral rays, a food fish of the genus Trigla. The striped gurnard inhabits the South Atlantic....
2,035	Kamakura Maru Chichibu Maru The was a Japanese passenger ship which, renamed Kamakura Maru, was sunk during World World II, killing 2,035 soldiers and civilians on board....	Troopship	Japan	28 April 1943	USS Gudgeon USS Gudgeon (SS-211) USS Gudgeon , a Tambor-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the gudgeon). Her keel was laid down by the Mare Island Navy Yard. She was launched on 25 January 1941, sponsored by Mrs. William S. Pye, and commissioned on 21 April 1941 with Lieutenant Commander...
2,008	Awa Maru Awa Maru (1943) The was a Japanese ocean liner owned by Nippon Yusen Kaisha. The ship was built in 1941-1943 by Mitsubishi Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. at Nagasaki, Japan...	Ocean liner	Japan	1 April 1945
2,000	Ural Maru Ural Maru Ural Maru was a 6,374-ton Japanese transport ship and hospital ship during World War II. Ural Maru was torpedoed and sunk with the loss of some 2,000 lives on September 27, 1944 by the American submarine USS Flasher....	Ocean liner	Japan	27 September 1944
1,773	Arisan Maru Arisan Maru A 6,886-ton freighter, Arisan Maru was destined to become one of Imperial Japan's World War II hell ships.On October 24, 1944, Arisan Maru was transporting 1,782 US and Allied POWs together with about fifty allied civilians when she was hit by a torpedo strike from an American submarine , at about...	Hell ship	Japan	24 October 1944	USS Shark USS Shark (SS-314) , a Balao-class submarine, was the sixth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the shark, a large marine predator.- History :Her keel was laid down by the Electric Boat Company in Groton, Connecticut, on 28 January 1943. She was launched on 17 October 1943 , a Balao-class submarine, was...
1,750	SS Principe Umberto SS Principe Umberto SS Principe Umberto was an Italian passenger and refrigerated cargo ship built in 1908 for Navigazione Generale Italiana. During World War I, Principe Umberto served as an armed merchant cruiser...	Troopship	Italy	8 June 1916	U-5 SM U-5 (Austria-Hungary) SM U-5 or U-V was the lead boat of the U-5 class of submarines or U-boats built for and operated by the Austro-Hungarian Navy before and during the First World War. The submarine was built as part of a plan to evaluate foreign submarine designs, and was the first of three boats of the class built...
1,650	Taihō Japanese aircraft carrier Taiho was an aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. With a heavily armored hull and flight deck , she represented a major departure in Japanese carrier design and was expected to not only survive multiple bomb, torpedo or shell hits but also continue fighting effectively...	Aircraft carrier Aircraft carrier An aircraft carrier is a warship designed with a primary mission of deploying and recovering aircraft, acting as a seagoing airbase. Aircraft carriers thus allow a naval force to project air power worldwide without having to depend on local bases for staging aircraft operations...	Japan	19 June 1944
1,621	RMS Laconia RMS Laconia (1921) The second RMS Laconia was a Cunard ocean liner built by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson as a successor to the Laconia of 1911 to 1917...	Ocean liner		12 September 1942	U-156
1,540	Kōshū Maru	Hell ship	Japan	4 August 1944
1,529	Tsushima Maru Tsushima Maru Tsushima Maru was a Japanese unmarked passenger/cargo ship that was sunk while carrying hundreds of schoolchildren by the submarine USS Bowfin during World War II. The ship was on her way from Okinawa to Kagoshima. On August 22, 1944, at between 10:00 p.m. and 10:30 p.m...	Passenger/Cargo ship	Japan	22 August 1944
1,435	Shinano Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano named after the ancient Shinano Province, was an aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Initially laid down as the third of the battleships, Shinano′s partially complete hull was converted to an aircraft carrier in 1942, midway through construction. Over the next two...	Aircraft carrier	Japan	29 November 1944
1,400	Tatsuta Maru Tatsuta Maru The , also known as Tatuta Maru after 1938, was a Japanese ocean liner owned by Nippon Yusen Kaisha. The ship was built in 1927-1930 by Mitsubishi Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. at Nagasaki, Japan....	Troopship	Japan	9 February 1943
1,300	Ashigara Japanese cruiser Ashigara Ashigara was a Myōkō class heavy cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy. The other ships of her class were Myōkō , Nachi , and Haguro...	Cruiser Cruiser A cruiser is a type of warship. The term has been in use for several hundreds of years, and has had different meanings throughout this period...	Japan	8 June 1945
1,291	SS Conte Rosso SS Conte Rosso SS Conte Rosso was an Italian ocean liner active in the early 20th century.Named after Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy, the so-called "Red Count", the Conte Rosso was noted for her lavish Italian interior decoration. Because much of its sailing would be in warmer waters, the designers included an...	Troopship	Italy	24 May 1941	HMS Upholder HMS Upholder (P37) HMS Upholder was a Royal Navy U-class submarine built by Vickers-Armstrong at Barrow-in-Furness. She was laid down on 30 October 1939, launched on 8 July 1940 by Mrs. Doris Thompson, wife of a director of the builders. The submarine was commissioned on 31 October 1940...
1,279	SS Khedive Ismail SS Khedive Ismail The SS Khedive Ismail was a steamship sunk with great loss of life in 1944.The 7,513 ton steamship was launched as the Aconcagua by Scotts of Greenock in 1922. The Aconcagua passed into Egyptian ownership in 1935 and was renamed after Isma'il Pasha, the Khedive of Egypt from 1863 until 1879...	Troopship		12 February 1944	I-27 Japanese submarine I-27 I-27 was a submarine of the Imperial Japanese Navy which saw service during the Pacific Campaign of World War II. I-27 was commissioned at Sasebo, Japan on February 24, 1942. The sub's commander, Commander Fukumura, had a history of machine-gunning survivors of ships she had sunk, including the...
1,272	Shōkaku Japanese aircraft carrier Shokaku Shōkaku was an aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy, the lead ship of her class. Along with her sister ship , she took part in several key naval battles during the Pacific War, including the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Battle of the Coral Sea and the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands...	Aircraft carrier	Japan	19 June 1944
1,250	Chūyō Japanese aircraft carrier Chuyo Chūyō was a Taiyō-class escort carrier operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II.-Construction and Conversion:The was an ocean liner of the Nippon Yusen shipping line, laid down in the Mitsubishi shipyard in Nagasaki in May 1938, launched in May 1939 and commissioned on 23 March 1940...	Aircraft carrier	Japan	4 December 1943	USS Sailfish USS Sailfish (SS-192) USS Sailfish , a , was originally named Squalus.Her keel was laid on 18 October 1937 by the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, as Squalus, the only ship of the United States Navy named for the squalus. She was launched on 14 September 1938 sponsored by Mrs. Thomas C...
1,240	Unryu Japanese aircraft carrier Unryu The Japanese aircraft carrier was a fleet aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy which served during World War II. She was commissioned on 6 August 1944 and eventually torpedoed and sunk by US submarine in the East China Sea on 19 December that same year...	Aircraft carrier	Japan	19 December 1944	USS Redfish USS Redfish (SS-395) USS Redfish , a Balao-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the redfish, a variety of salmon also called blueback, sawqui, red salmon, and nerka. Her keel was laid down on 9 September 1943 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard of Kittery, Maine...
1,201		Ocean liner		7 May 1915	U-20
1,200	Takachiko Maru	Ocean liner	Japan	19 March 1943
1,200	Kongo Japanese battleship Kongo Kongō was a warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War I and World War II. She was the first battlecruiser of the Kongō class, among the most heavily armed ships in any navy when built. Her designer was the British naval engineer George Thurston, and she was laid down in 1911 at...	Battleship Battleship A battleship is a large armored warship with a main battery consisting of heavy caliber guns. Battleships were larger, better armed and armored than cruisers and destroyers. As the largest armed ships in a fleet, battleships were used to attain command of the sea and represented the apex of a...	Japan	21 November 1944	USS Sealion USS Sealion (SS-315) USS Sealion , a Balao-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sea lion, any of several large, eared seals native to the Pacific....
1,053	Montevideo Maru Montevideo Maru The Montevideo Maru was a Japanese auxiliary ship that was sunk in World War II, resulting in the drowning of a large number of Australian prisoners of war and civilians being transported from Rabaul...	Hell ship	Japan	1 July 1942
956	Taihei Maru	Troopship	Japan	9 July 1944	USS Sunfish USS Sunfish (SS-281) USS Sunfish , a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the ocean sunfish, Mola Mola, a plectognath marine fish, having a deep body truncated behind, and high dorsal and anal fins....
935	HMT Royal Edward HMT Royal Edward HMTIn this case HMT stands for His Majesty's Troopship. Royal Edward was a passenger ship belonging to the Canadian Northern Steamship Company that was sunk during the First World War with a large loss of life while transporting Commonwealth troops...	Troopship		13 August 1915	UB-14
930	SS La Provence	Troopship	Early Modern France	26 February 1916	U-35
883		Cruiser	United States	30 July 1945	I-58 Japanese submarine I-58 I-58 was a Japanese B3 type cruiser submarine that served in the final year of World War II. Modified to carry Kaiten manned torpedoes, she damaged two enemy destroyers with them, but her most significant success was the , sunk with conventional torpedoes on 30 July 1945...
880	Verona	Troopship	Italy	11 May 1918	UC-52 SM UC-52 SM UC-52 was a German Type UC II minelaying submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy during World War I. The U-boat was ordered on 12 January 1916 and was launched on 23 January 1917...
870	Minas	Troopship	Italy	15 February 1917	U-39
865	SS Arandora Star	Ocean liner		2 July 1940	U-47
862		Battleship		25 November 1941	U-331
856	RMS Nova Scotia	Troopship		28 November 1942	U-177 German submarine U-177 German submarine U-177 was a Type IXD2 U-boat of the German Kriegsmarine during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 25 November 1940 at the AG Weser yard at Bremen, launched on 1 October 1941, and commissioned on 14 March 1942 under the command of Kapitänleutnant Wilhelm Schulze...
846	Lisbon Maru Lisbon Maru Lisbon Maru was a Japanese freighter which was used as a troopship and prisoner-of-war transport between China and Japan.When she was sunk by USS Grouper on 1 October 1942, she was carrying, in addition to Japanese Army personnel, almost 2,000 British prisoners of war captured after the fall of...	Hell ship	Japan	1 October 1942	USS Grouper USS Grouper (SS-214) USS Grouper , a Gato-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the grouper, a salt-water fish noted as a gamefish and for its food values....
819	SS Leopoldville	Troopship	Belgium	24 December 1944	U-486 German submarine U-486 German submarine U-486 was a Type VIIC U-boat built for the German Kriegsmarine for service during World War II.On December 24, 1944, U-486 torpedoed the five miles off the coast of Cherbourg, France. This resulted in the death of over 750 Allied soldiers...
817	SS Taiyō Maru	Ocean liner	Japan	8 May 1942	USS Grenadier USS Grenadier (SS-210) USS Grenadier , a Tambor-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the grenadier fish, relatives of cod that are very common in bathyal and abyssal habitats....
800	SS Francesco Crispi	Troopship	Italy	19 April 1943	HMS Saracen HMS Saracen (P247) HMS Saracen was an S class submarine of the Royal Navy, and part of the Third Group built of that class. She was built by Cammell Laird and launched on 16 February 1942.-Career:...
786		Battleship		14 October 1939	U-47
768	SS Struma	Merchant ship	Panama	24 February 1942	Shch-213
768	SS Galilea	Troopship	Italy	28 March 1942
754	Athos	Ocean liner	Early Modern France	17 February 1917	U-65 SM U-65 SM U-65 was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I.U-65 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic.- Operations :U-65. Kaptlt. von Fiachal...
747	Taiyō Japanese aircraft carrier Taiyo Taiyō was the lead ship of Taiyō-class of escort carrier operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II.-Construction and Conversion:...	Aircraft carrier	Japan	18 August 1944
740	Le Calvados	Troopship	Early Modern France	4 November 1915	U-38
700	SS Shuntien	Ocean liner		23 December 1941	U-559
688	Shinyo Maru Shinyo Maru Shinyo Maru was a Japanese Cargo steamer during the Second World War. She was one of the hell ships, used to transport prisoners of war. She had served under a number of other names under a long career.-Career:...	Hell ship	Japan	7 September 1944	USS Paddle USS Paddle (SS-263) USS Paddle , a Gato-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the paddle, a large ganoid fish of the Mississippi and its larger tributaries....
684	Léon Gambetta French armoured cruiser Léon Gambetta The Léon Gambetta was a French Navy armoured cruiser of 12,400 tons, the lead ship of the her class. The Gambettas were larger than previous armoured cruisers of the class, but they lacked the heavier firepower. They also were vulnerable to underwater attacks.-Early history:She was launched on 26...	Cruiser	Early Modern France	27 April 1915	U-5 SM U-5 (Austria-Hungary) SM U-5 or U-V was the lead boat of the U-5 class of submarines or U-boats built for and operated by the Austro-Hungarian Navy before and during the First World War. The submarine was built as part of a plan to evaluate foreign submarine designs, and was the first of three boats of the class built...
683		Cruiser	United States	13 November 1942	I-26 Japanese submarine I-26 I-26 was a Japanese B1 type submarine which saw service in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. She was completed and commissioned at the Kure Dockyard on 6 November 1941, under the command of Commander Yokota Minoru....
675	USAT Dorchester USAT Dorchester USAT Dorchester was a United States Army Transport ship that was sunk by a torpedo from a German U-boat on February 3, 1943, during World War II...	Troopship	United States	3 February 1943	U-223
672	Prinz Adalbert	Cruiser	German Empire	23 October 1915
656	SS Ceramic SS Ceramic (1913) SS Ceramic was an 18,400-ton ocean liner of the White Star Line launched in 1913, and later sold to the Shaw, Savill & Albion Line. In 1942 sunk the Ceramic, leaving only one survivor from the 656 on board....	Ocean liner		7 December 1942	U-515
656	SS Rakuyo Maru	Hell ship	Japan	12 September 1944	USS Pampanito USS Pampanito (SS-383) USS Pampanito , a Balao-class submarine, was a United States Navy ship, the only one named for a variety of the pompano fish . She completed six war patrols from 1944 to 1945 and served as a Naval Reserve Training ship from 1960 to 1971...
648		Battleship	Early Modern France	26 November 1916	U-52 SM U-52 \|SM U-52 was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I.U-52 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic....
644		Aircraft carrier	United States	24 November 1943	I-175
638	Sant Anna	Troopship	Early Modern France	11 May 1918	UC-54 SM UC-54 SM UC-54 was a German Type UC II minelaying submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy during World War I. The U-boat was ordered on 12 January 1916 and was launched on 20 March 1917...
615	Suez Maru	Hell ship	Japan	29 November 1943
611	Sidi-Bel-Abbès	Troopship	Early Modern France	20 April 1943	U-565
610	Aragon	Troopship		30 December 1917	UC-34 SM UC-34 SM UC-34 was a German Type UC II minelaying submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy during World War I. The U-boat was ordered on 20 November 1915 and was launched on 6 May 1916...
597		Cruiser	Russian Empire	11 October 1914	U-26 SM U-26 SM U-26 was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I.U-26 was engaged in the Naval warfare of World War I in the Baltic Sea...
562		Cruiser		22 September 1914	U-9
547		Battleship		1 January 1915	U-24 SM U-24 SM U-24 was one of 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. She was engaged in commerce warfare during the First Battle of the Atlantic....
544	Konron Maru	Troopship	Japan	5 October 1943
530	RMS Leinster RMS Leinster RMS Leinster was a vessel operated by the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company, served as the Kingstown -Holyhead mailboat until she was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine UB-123 on 10 October 1918, while bound for Holyhead. She went down just outside Dublin Bay at a point four miles east of...	Ocean liner		10 October 1918	UB-123
527		Cruiser		22 September 1914	U-9
526		Cruiser		15 October 1914	U-9
523	Aden Maru Take Ichi convoy The convoy was a Japanese convoy of World War II. The convoy left Shanghai on 17 April 1944, carrying two infantry divisions to reinforce Japan's defensive positions in the Philippines and western New Guinea. United States Navy submarines attacked the convoy on 26 April and 6 May, sinking four...	Troopship	Japan	6 May 1944
518		Aircraft carrier		17 September 1939
514		Aircraft carrier		15 November 1942	U-155
500	Shinyu Maru	Hell ship	Japan	24 November 1943
488	SS Kachidoki Maru	Hell ship	Japan	12 September 1944	USS Pampanito USS Pampanito (SS-383) USS Pampanito , a Balao-class submarine, was a United States Navy ship, the only one named for a variety of the pompano fish . She completed six war patrols from 1944 to 1945 and served as a Naval Reserve Training ship from 1960 to 1971...
484	Yoma	Troopship		17 June 1943	U-81
470		Cruiser		14 December 1941	U-557
461	Ikoma Maru	Hell ship	Japan	20 January 1944
448	Seisho Maru	Troopship	Japan	18 November 1944
436	Djemmah	Ocean liner	Early Modern France	14 July 1918	UB-105
419		Cruiser		24 November 1941	U-124
417		Cruiser		18 February 1944	U-410 German submarine U-410 German submarine U-410 was a Type VIIC U-boat built for the German Kriegsmarine for service during World War II operating mainly in the Mediterranean. Her Insignia was a Sword & Shield...
414	SS Transylvania SS Transylvania (1914) The SS Transylvania was a passenger liner of the Cunard subsidiary Anchor Line, and a sister ship to SS Tuscania. She was torpedoed and sunk on May 4, 1917 by the German U-boat U-63 while carrying Allied troops to Egypt and sank with a loss of 412 lives.Completed just before the outbreak of World...	Troopship		4 May 1917	U-63 SM U-63 SM U-63 was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I.U-63 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic....
400	Balkan	Troopship	Early Modern France	16 August 1918	UB-48 SM UB-48 SM UB-48 was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I.UB-48 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic.- Career :...
379	Brazza	Ocean liner	Early Modern France	28 May 1940	U-37
375		Cruiser		22 September 1914	U-9
374	Amiral Charner French armoured cruiser Amiral Charner The Amiral Charner was an armoured cruiser of the French Navy, lead ship of her class.In 1896, she was sent to the Mediterranean to operate the station off Crete. From 1901, she operated in the Far East. In 1905, she was put in the reserve in Toulon....	Cruiser	Early Modern France	8 February 1916	U-21 SM U-21 (Germany) SM U-21 was one of the most famous U-boats to serve in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. She was the first submarine to sink a ship with a self-propelled torpedo. She also sank the British battleships HMS Triumph and HMS Majestic...
373	Marina Raskova	Merchant ship	Soviet Union	13 August 1944	U-365
369	HMS Fidelity	Q-ship Q-ship Q-ships, also known as Q-boats, Decoy Vessels, Special Service Ships, or Mystery Ships, were heavily armed merchant ships with concealed weaponry, designed to lure submarines into making surface attacks. This gave Q-ships the chance to open fire and sink them...		30 December 1942	U-435
364	Doggerbank German ship Doggerbank The German ship Doggerbank was a German auxiliary minelayer and blockade runner during the Second World War.Laid down as the British merchant vessel Speybank in 1926, the vessel was captured in 1941 by the German auxiliary cruiser Atlantis, converted to an auxiliary minelayer for the Kriegsmarine...	Blockade runner Blockade runner A blockade runner is usually a lighter weight ship used for evading a naval blockade of a port or strait, as opposed to confronting the blockaders to break the blockade. Very often blockade running is done in order to transport cargo, for example to bring food or arms to a blockaded city...	Nazi Germany	3 March 1943	U-43
362	MV Abosso	Ocean liner		29 October 1942	U-575
360	Calabria	Ocean liner		8 December 1940	U-103
360	SS Almeda Star	Ocean liner		17 January 1941	U-96
360	Atago Japanese cruiser Atago was one of four Takao-class heavy cruisers, designed to be an improvement over the previous Myōkō-class design. These ships were fast, powerful, and heavily armed. The Takao-class ships were approved under the 1927 fiscal year budget as part of the Imperial Japanese Navy's strategy of the Decisive...	Cruiser	Japan	23 October 1944	USS Darter USS Darter (SS-227) USS Darter , a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the darter.Her keel was laid down on 20 October 1942 by the Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 6 June 1943 , and commissioned on 7 September 1943, Commander William S....
349	Nagara Japanese cruiser Nagara was the lead ship of her class of light cruiser in the Imperial Japanese Navy. She was named after the Nagara River in the Chūbu region of Japan.-Background:...	Cruiser	Japan	7 August 1944	USS Croaker USS Croaker (SS-246) USS Croaker , a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the croaker, any of various fishes which make throbbing or drumming noises....
344	Medjerda	Troopship	Early Modern France	11 May 1917	U-34 SM U-34 SM U-34 was a German U-Boat of World War I. Launched on May 9, 1914, U-34 sank a total of 119 ships during 17 combat patrols, while damaging another 5 ships. The vessel had three commanders during its time: Claus Rucker, Johannes Klasing, Wilhelm Canaris, and Klasing again, in that order...
336	Maya Japanese cruiser Maya was one of four Takao-class heavy cruisers, designed to be an improvement over the previous Myōkō-class design. These ships were fast, powerful and heavily armed, with enough firepower to hold their own against any cruiser in any other navy in the world...	Cruiser	Japan	23 October 1944	USS Dace USS Dace (SS-247) , a Gato class submarine, was the first submarine of the United States Navy to be named for any of several small North American fresh-water fishes of the carp family....
334	SS Persia	Ocean liner		30 December 1915	U-38
330	Natori Japanese cruiser Natori was a Nagara-class light cruiser in the Imperial Japanese Navy. It was named after the Natori River in Miyagi prefecture, Japan.-Background:Natori was the fourth vessel completed in the Nagara-class of light cruisers...	Cruiser	Japan	18 August 1944	USS Hardhead USS Hardhead (SS-365) USS Hardhead , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the hardhead, a fish of the croaker family. Hardhead received six battle stars for World War II service. All six of her combat patrols were "successful"....
323	ARA General Belgrano ARA General Belgrano The ARA General Belgrano was an Argentine Navy light cruiser in service from 1951 until 1982. Formerly the , she saw action in the Pacific theater of World War II before being sold to Argentina. After almost 31 years of service, she was sunk during the Falklands War by the Royal Navy submarine ...	Cruiser	Argentina	2 May 1982	HMS Conqueror HMS Conqueror (S48) HMS Conqueror was a nuclear-powered fleet submarine that served in the Royal Navy from 1971 to 1990. She was built by Cammell Laird in Birkenhead...
307	Urakaze	Destroyer Destroyer In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller, powerful, short-range attackers. Destroyers, originally called torpedo-boat destroyers in 1892, evolved from...	Japan	21 November 1944	USS Sealion II
305	Mefkura	Motor schooner Schooner A schooner is a type of sailing vessel characterized by the use of fore-and-aft sails on two or more masts with the forward mast being no taller than the rear masts....	Turkey	5 August 1944	Shch-215 Shchuka class submarine The Shchuka class submarines , also referred to as Shch or SC class submarines were a medium-sized class of Soviet submarines, built in large numbers and used during World War II...

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