German Naval Lossses
U-382 lost collision Baltic, U-650 lost of Scotland and U-1020 lost Moray Forth.
U-679 mined Baltic 10 January 1945.
U-248 depth charged north Atlantic by USN destroyers HMS Hayter, HMS Hubbard, HMS Otter,
and HMS Varian 16 January 1945.
U-864 sunk by submarine HMS Venturer 9 February 1945.
Koln sunk at Wilhelmshaven 30 March 1945.
Gneisenau scuttled Gdynia 4-5 April 1945.
Admiral Scheer, Emden and Hipper irrepareably damaged by RAF bombing at Kiel 9 April 1945.
U-486 torpedoed and sunk by submarine HMS Tapir 12 April 1945.
Graf Zeppelin scuttled at Stettin 25 April 1945.
Schlesien bombed at Swinemünde 4 July 1945.
U-309, U-1302 and U-1003 sunk by the Canadian navy.
January 6, 1945
W class destroyer HMS Walpole irreparably damaged by a mine in the North Sea.
January 15, 1945
Thane a Smiter class escort carrier irreparably damaged by U-488.
January 16, 1945
U-482 depth charged in the North Channel by sloops HMS Amethyst, HMS Hart, HMS Peacock and
HMS Starling and frigate Loch Craggie.(Tarrant).
Russian destroyer Deiatelnyi (ex HMS Churchill) torpedoed Artic.
January 17, 1945
U-2523 bombed Hamburg.
January 21, 1945
U-1199 depth charged off Lands End by HMS Icarus and corvette HMS Mignonnette.
January 24, 1945
U-763 bombed by Russian aircraft Königsberg.
January 26, 1945
U-1172 depth charged off Dublin by frigates HMS Aylmer, HMS Bentinck, HMS Calder and HMS
Manners.
January 27, 1945
U-1051 depth charged by frigates HMS Blight, HMS Keats and HMS Tyler.
January 31, 1945
U-3520 mined off Eckernforde.
February 16, 1945
U-309
February 17, 1945
U-425
U-1273 mined off Horten.
February 18, 1945
U-2344 lost in collision off Heiligenhaven.
February 19, 1945
U-676 mined off gUlf of Finland
February 20, 1945
U-1208 depth charged off Cork by sloop HMS Amethyst.
February 22, 1945
U-300 depth charged south west of Cadiz by minesweepers HMS Pincher and
February 23, 1945
HMS Haldon(La Combattante) mined North Sea.
February 24, 1945
U-480 depth charged by frigates
U-927 depth charged by RAF
February 27, 1945
U-1018
February 28, 1945
U-869 depth charged off Casablanca by USS Fowler and French submarine chaser
L'Indiscrit.
U-327 sunk by aircraft HMS Labuan, HMS Wild Goose, and HMS Loch Fada
March 2, 1945
U-3519 mined off Warnemünde.
March 7, 1945
U-1302 depth charged north wets of St David's head by frigates HMS La Hulloise, HMS
Strathadam and HMS Thetford Mines.
March 10, 1945
U-275 mined off Newhaven.
March 11, 1945
U-681 lost accident off Scillies then bombed USN aircraft.
U-2515 and U-2530 bombed by USAAF Hamburg.
March 12, 1945
U-260 mined south west of Kinsale.
U-683 depth charged south west of Lands End by sloop HMS Wild Goose and frigate Loch
Ruthven.
March 14, 1945
U-714 depth charged north east of Berwick by HMS Wivern and frigate HMSAS Natal.
March 15, 1945
U-367 mined off Hela.
March 18, 1945
U-866 depth charged south east of Sable Island by US destroyers Lowe, Menges, Mosley
and Pride.
March 20, 1945
U-1003 rammed off Lough Foyle by frigate HMCS New Glasgow.
U-905 depthcharged north west of Orkneys by RAF.
March 22, 1945
U-296 depth charged North Channel by RAF.
March 26, 1945
U-399 depth charged off the Lizard by frigate HMS Duckworth.
March 27, 1945
U-722 depth charged south west of Dunvegan by frigates HMS Byron, HMS Fitzroy and HMS
Redmill.
U-965 depth charged wets of Cape Wrath by frigate HMS Conn.
March 29, 1945
HMS Teme a River class frigate irrepareably damaged by U-boat off Falmouth.
U-246 depth charged off the Lizard by frigate HMS Duckworth.
U-1106 depth charged north west of Shetlands by RAF.
March 30, 1945
U-348 and U-350 U1167, U-2340 bombed Hamburg by USAAF.
U-72, U-329, U-430, U-870, U-884 and U-886 bombed Bremen by USAAF.
U-96, U-429 and U-3508 bombed Wilhelmshaven by USAAF.
U-1021depth charged by frigates HMS Conn and HMS Rupert.
March 31, 1945
U-668 bombed Hamburg by RAF.
April 4, 1945
U-237, U-749 and U-3003 bombed by USAAF at Kiel.
April 5, 1945
U-1169 mined south east of Carnsore point.
April 6, 1945
U-1195 depth charged of Sandown by HMS Watchman.
April 7, 1945
U-857 depth charged west of Cape Cod by USS Gustafson.
April 8, 1945
U-677, U-747, U-982, U-2509, U-2514, U-2516 and U-2537 bombed by allied aircraft Hamburg.
U-774 depth charged by RN frigates Bentinck and Calder south west of Ireland.
U-1001 depth charged by RN frigate Byron and Fitzroy off Scillies.
U-2547 bombed by allied aircraft Hamburg.
U-2549, U2550 and U2552 construction abandoned
U-3512 bombed by RAF aircraft Kiel.
April 9, 1945
U-804 and U-843 sunk by RAF rocket fire Lttle Belt and Kattegat.
U-1065 sunk by RAF cannon fire.
U-1131 and U-1227 bombed by RAF Kiel.
April 10, 1945
U-878 depth charged south of Ireland by HMS Vanquish and corvette HMS Tintagel Castle.
April 12, 1945
U-486 torpedoed west of Bergen by HMS Tapir.
U-1024 depth charged by frigate USS LOch Glendhu.
April 14, 1945
U-235 depth charged Kattegat by German torpedo boat T-17.
U-1206 lost accident north east of Aberdeen.
April 15, 1945
U-103 bombed by allied aircraft Gdynia.
U-285 depth charged south west of Ireland by frigates Grindal and Keats.
U-1063 depth charged west of Lands End byfrigate Loch Killin.
U-1235 depth charged North Atlantic by USS Frost and Stanton.
April 16, 1945
U-78 sunk by Russian shore batteries off Pillau.
U-880 depth charge north Atlantic by USS Fost and Stanton
U-1274 depth charged east of Shetlands by HMS Viceroy.
April 19, 1945
U-251 depth charged east of Sunderland by RAF.
U-879 depth charged south east of Halifax by USS Buckley and Reuben James.
April 21, 1945
U-636 depth charged north east of Donegal by frigates HMS Bazely, Bentinck and Drury.
April 22, 1945
U-518 depth charged north west of Azores by USS Carter and Neal A. Scott.
April 23, 1945
U-396 depth charged south west of Shetlands by RAF.
April 24, 1945
U-546 depth charged
U-IT2 and UIT 3 scuttled Genoa.
April 25, 1945
U-1107 depth charged south west of Ushant by USN aircraft.
April 28, 1945
U-56 bombed Kiel by RAF and USAAF.
U-1223 bombed off Weser estuary by allied aircraft.
April 29, 1945
U-286 depth charged off Murmansk by frigates Anguilla Cotton and Loch Shin.
U-307 depth charged off Murmansk by frigate HMS Loch Insh.
U-1017 depth charged north west of Ireland by RAF.
April 30, 1945
U-242 depth charged off UK coast by HMS Havelock and Hesperus.
U-325.depth charged off Anglesey by RAF and HMS Havelock and Hesperus.
U-548 depth charged east of Cape Hatteras by USS Bostwick, Coffman, Thomas and the frigate
Natchez.
U-1055 depth charged south west of Ushant by USN aircraft.
May , 1945
U-398 lost off the coast of Scotland.
U-785 bombed by allied aircraft Kiel.l
May 2, 1945
U-717 scuttled Flensberg after bombing.
U-1007 bombed by RAF and mined off Wismar.
U-2359 bombed at Kattegat by RAF and RCAF.
May 3, 1945
U-958 scuttled Kiel
U-1210 bombed off Eckenforde by RAF.
U-2524 scuttled off Samso after attack by RAF.
U-2540 scuttled off Flensberg after attck by RAF.
U-3028 bombed Great Belt by RAF.
U-3030 and U-3032 depth charged Little Belt by RAF.
U-3505 bombed KIel by USAAF.
May 4, 1945
U-236 scuttled at Schleimündung after bomb damage.
U393 scuttled north of Fyn islands after depth charging by RAF.
U-711 depth charged off Harstad by RN aircraft of escort carriers Queen, Trumpeter and
Searcher.
U-746 scuttled Geltinger Bight after bombing by the RAF.
U-2338 depth charged by RAF Little Belt.
U-2503 sunk by RAF aircraft.
U-3525 scuttled Kiel after attack by allied aircraft.
U-4708 bombed by allied aircraft Kiel.
U-4709 bombed by allied aircraft Kiel.
U-4711 and U-4712 construction abandoned.
May 5, 1945
U-534 depth charged by RAF aircraft.
U-579 depth charged by RAF aircraft.
U-733 scuttled at Flensburg after bombing.
U-876 scuttled Eckernforde after bombing by RAF aircraft.
U-904?
U-2367 collision with German U-boat while under attack.
U-2521 bombed by RAF aircraft south east of Aarhus.
U-3523 bombed by RAF aircraft off Aarhus.
May 6, 1945
U-853 depth charged by USN destroyer Atherton and frigate Moberly off Long island.
U-881 depth charged by USN destroyer Farquar south east Cape Race.
U-853 depth charged off Long Island by USS Atherton and frigate USS Moberley.
U-881depth charged south east of Cape Race by USS Farquar
U-1008 depth charged RAF Kattegat.
U-2534 bombed by RAF aircraft Kattegat.
May 7, 1945
U-320 depth charged by RAF aircraft west of Bergen.
May 8, 1945
U-2365 scuttled in Skagerrak after bombing by RAF
U-3503 scuttled off Gothenburg after attack by RAF.
May 9, 1945
U-963 wrecked off Lisbon
U-2538 mined off south west of Aero ni Marstal.
June 1945
HMS Ludlow a town class destroyer expended as a target.
July 17, 1945
BAT class tug HMS Athlete mined at Leghorn.
November15, 1945
HMS Quail mined and sunk Adriatic.
January 6, 1945
USS Hovey sunk after being torpedoed by aircraft Luzon.
USS Long sunk by Kamikaze attack Lingayen gulf, Luzon.
January 7, 1945
USS Palmer sunk after attack by aircraft Luzon.
January 8, 1945
CVE Kadashan Bay hit by Kamikaze.
Lingayen Gulf January 9, 1945
First stage in the battle for Luzon, 175,000 American troops were landed, into a beachead
of 20 miles. It was here that the escort carrier Ommaney bay was lost to a kamikaze attack
as was a destroyer. Two dozen other ships were also damaged with this increasing to 44 by
January 13. The Australian heavy cruiser Australia was hit 5 times.
Ships used to support Ramree landings January 21 1945
(BB)Queen Elizabeth
(CL)Phoebe
(DD)Norman, Pathfinder, Raider, Rapid and Napier
February 9, 1945
RO115 sunk by USS submarine Batfish.
February 10, 1945
RO112 sunk by USS submarine Batfish.
February 12, 1945
RO113 sunk by USS submarine Batfish.
February 18, 1945
USS Gamble damaged by aircraft off Iwo Jima.
February 19, 1945
US forces invade Iwo Jima.
February 1945
21 Feb US escort carrier Bismarck Sea sunk of Iwo Jima by a kamikaze, and five other ships
including the carrier Saratoga damaged.
March
British 4th sub flotilla joins the 8th flotilla.
11 March carrier Randolph hit by a kamikaze.
18 March US Intrepid attacked and damaged by 40 Japanese planes.
26 March 9 US ships including the Battleship Nevada hit by kamikazes.
29/30 March the heavy cruiser Indianapolis was hit by a kamikaze.
March 19, 1945
IJN gunboat Suma ex HMS Moth mined.
Yamato bombed
March 28, 1945
USS Skylark mined off Okinawa.
April 1, 1945
Invasion of Okinawa by US forces backed up by a strong naval presence that was to feel the
Kamikazes. Six American vessels including the two main ammunition ships were sunk. Ten
other ships were driven off needing repairs. Until the fall of Okinawa thirty four ships
were sunk and a further 368 damaged from the air. Several of the fleet carriers took
serious damage during the Kamikaze attacks. US destroyer Hazelwood badly damaged by a
kamikaze as was the destroyer Laffey.
Battle of the East China Sea April 6, 1945
Yamato's final sortie
Yamato accompanied by the light cruiser Yahagi and 8 destroyers (including the Hamakaze)
headed for Okinawa.
Yahagi, Hamakaze and three other destroyers sunk by carrier based aircraft 6th-7th April
while Yamato repeatedly bombed and torpedoed before going down.
April 6-7, 1945
An American carrier the Hancock took damage from a kamikaze as did the Battleship
Maryland. Two destroyers the Bush and the Calhoun were sunk and 25 other ships were also
damaged in the 355 kamikaze attacks that took place over the two days.
Three destroyers were sunk, an LST, and two ammunition laden freighters. 17 other ships
were damaged some so badly they would be scrapped as soon as the war was over. USS Emmons
kamikazed and sunk off Okinawa.
April 22, 1945
USS Swallow kamikazed off Okinawa.
April 23, 1945
U-183 torpedoed Java Sea by USN submarine Besugo
April, 1945
IJN light cruiser Isuzu sunk by US submarines Charr and Gabilan.
Ships used to support the capture of Rangoon 2 May 1945
Battlships: Queen Elzabeth and Richelieu (FR)
Cruisers: Suffolk, Ceylon and Tromp(DU)
Destroyers: Rotheram Paladin and Penn
May 11, 1945
Escort carrier Bunker Hill hit by two kamikazes and put out of action.
May 12, 1945
Battleship New Mexico kamikazed.
Mid May, 1945
IJN cruiser Haguro caught by 5 British destroyers and sunk 50 miles from Penang.
May 19, 1945
HMS Terrapin a T class submarine irrepareably damaged by Japanese forces.
June, 1945
US submarine lost in the Sea of Japan.
June 8, 1945
IJN cruiser Ashigara torpedoed and sunk near Sumatra by British submarine HMS Trenchant.
USS Salute mined off Brunei.
June 18-19, 1945
USS Bonefish lost
June 26, 1945
USS YMS-39 sunk by mine Balikpapan.
July, 1945
Already damaged IJN cruiser Takao immobilized by British midget submarines in Singapore
harbour.
July 16, 1945
USSGamble scuttled off Saipan.
July 24, 1945
Destroyer escort USS Underhill sunk by Japanese Kaiten.
Japanese losses July
Hyuga bombed at Kure 24th July
Amagi bombed and capsized 24th July
Ise bombed at Kure 28th July
Haruna bombed at Kure 28th July
Destruction of the remains of the Japanese fleet carried out over 3 days by US planes.
The battleships Nagata, Ise, Haruna and Hyuga, the carrier Amagi and the cruisers Tone,
Aoba, Oyodo, Iwate and Izumo were either sunk or destroyed.
The carrier Katsuragi was also bombed on the 24th July, but was able to be patched up to
act as a repatriation transport.
Heavy cruiser Tone sunk July 28 along with 8 auxiliaries.
July 29, 1945
The heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis (Captain Charles McVay) on her way to Leyte was
torpedoed and sunk by the Japanese submarine I58 (Commander Hashimoto Mochitsura).
August 9, 1945
USS bone kamikazed off Japan.
American and British submarines sank other than merchant targets about 40 ecort ships, a few destroyers and a handful of cruisers in 1945.
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