Allied Warship losses in 1939

[airwolf48453]

Allied Warships
Allied War Losses
Please note this page is still very incomplete.
It shows ships destroyed (lost) to all causes during the war. Locations have been checked in SHIII and have found to be true in game location also.

Date Vessel Type Class Location

1939
10 Sep, 1939 HMS Oxley Submarine O AN3168
17 Sep, 1939 HMS Courageous Aircraft Carrier Courageous BE3198
14 Oct, 1939 HMS Royal Oak Battleship Royal Sovereign AN1614
13 Nov, 1939 HMS Blanche Destroyer B AN7956
20 Nov, 1939 HMS Mastiff ASW Trawler Dog Destroyed by mine
21 Nov, 1939 HMS Gipsy Destroyer G AN7688
22 Nov, 1939 HMS Aragonite MS Trawler AN7983
23 Nov, 1939 HMS Rawalpindi Armed Merchant Cruiser AF6887
12 Dec, 1939 HMS Duchess Destroyer D AN6634
13 Dec, 1939 HMS William Hallett MS Trawler AN5465

14 Dec, 1939 HMS James Ludford MS Trawler Mersey AN5465
16 Dec, 1939 HMS Sedgefly ASW Trawler Destroyed by mine
20 Dec, 1939 HMS Napia Tug Destroyed by mine
21 Dec, 1939 HMS Bayonet Boom defence vessel Net AN0563
22 Dec, 1939 HMS Dromio MS Trawler Sunk in a collision off Whitby, England
25 Dec, 1939 HMS Loch Doon ASW Trawler AN5461


I am currently making a list for 1940 and checking the locations in the SHIII also. When completed will add.

[bigboywooly]

Full listings

1939
September 1939
September 10 - Submarine OXLEY (1,350t, 1927), sunk by accident off Norway
September 14 - Ammunition hulk LUCY BORCHARDT (1,850t, 1905), cause and place unknown
September 15 - Ammunition hulk CARLO (1,737t, 1911), cause and place unknown
September 15 - Ammunition hulk MOURINO (2,165t, 1906), cause and place unknown
September 15 - Ammunition hulk STANLARD (1,737t, 1912), cause and place unknown
September 17 - Aircraft carrier COURAGEOUS (22,500t, 1917, ex-cruiser, carrier from 1928), sunk by U-boat torpedo W of Ireland
September 29 - Ammunition hulk DUNMORE HEAD (1,682t, 1898), cause and place unknown
October 1939
October 12 - Drifter RAY OF HOPE (R, 98t, 1925), mined, Thames Estuary
October 14 - Battleship ROYAL OAK (29,150t, 1916), sunk by U-boat torpedo, Scapa Flow, Orkneys
November 1939
November 5 - Trawler NORTHERN ROVER (R, 655t, 1936), overdue at Kirkwall, Orkneys by this date
November 13 - Destroyer BLANCHE (1,360t, 1931), sunk by mine, Thames Estuary
November 16 - Motor torpedo boat MTB No.6 (18t, 1936), foundered in bad weather off Sardinia, W Mediterranean
November 20 - Trawler MASTIFF (520t, 1938), mined, Thames Estuary
November 21 - Destroyer GIPSY (1,335t, 1936), sunk by mine off Harwich
November 22 - Trawler ARAGONITE (R, 315t, 1934), mined off Deal
November 23 - Armed merchant cruiser RAWALPINDI (R, 16,697t, 1925, AMC from 10/39), gunfire of German battlecruiser Scharnhorst SE of Iceland
November 29 - Tanker/oiler BIRCHOL (1,115t, 1917), wrecked off Hebrides, W of Scotland
December 1939
December 6 - Trawler WASHINGTON (R, 209t, 1909), mined in North Sea on passage to Yarmouth
December 12 - Destroyer DUCHESS (1,375t, 1933), sunk in collision W of Scotland
December 13 - Trawler WILLIAM HALLETT (R, 202t, 1919), mined, Tyne area, North Sea
December 14 - Trawler JAMES LUDFORD (506t, 1919), mined off Tyne, North Sea
December 16 - Trawler EVALINA (R, 202t, 1919), believed mined, Tyne area, North Sea
December 16 - Trawler SEDGEFLY (R, 520t, 1939), believed mined, Tyne area, North Sea
December 20 - Tug NAPIA (R, 155t, 1914), explosion, probably mined off Ramsgate
December 21 - Boom defence vessel BAYONET (605t, 1939), mined Firth of Forth, E Scotland
December 22 - Trawler DROMIO (R, 380t, 1929), collision, N of Whitby, North Sea
December 23 - Drifter GLEN ALBYN (R, 82t, 1909), mined, Loch Ewe, W Scotland
December 23 - Drifter PROMOTIVE (R, 78t, 1908), mined, Loch Ewe, W Scotland
December 23 - Trawler BARBARA ROBERTSON (R, 325t, 1919), German U-boat gunfire, north of Hebrides, W Scotland
December 25 - Trawler LOCH DOON (R, 534t, 1937) Probably mined, off Blyth, North Sea

R = Requisitioned for Royal Navy service
http://www.naval-history.net/WW2BritishLossesbyDate1.htm

Kudos Kaleun
Not an easy undertaking to get the game locations

[Stealth Hunter]

Very interesting, Herr Kaleun.

[airwolf48453]

Date Vessel Type Location of Loss
3 Sep 1939 General Haller Gunboat Hela, Poland

3 Sep 1939 Gryf Minelayer Hela, Poland

3 Sep 1939 Wicher Destroyer Hela, Poland

14 Sep 1939 Czapla Minesweeper Jastarina

14 Sep 1939 Jaskola Minesweeper Jastarnia

4 May 1940 Grom Destroyer Narvik Invasion

8 Jun 1940 Orzel Submarine AN49

2 May 1942 Jastrzab Submarine AB9125

2 May 1942 Kujawiak Escort Malta
Destroyer

8 Oct 1943 Orkan Destroyer AL1974

8 Jul 1944 Dragon Light Cruiser Normandy Beach