Laid down (27)

1912: Gunboat Gruno (F 81)

1918: Destroyer Lincoln (G 42) - Destroyer Lincoln (G 42) - Destroyer McKean (i) (APD 5) - Destroyer Yarnall (i) (DD 143) - Destroyer Druznyj

1923: Submarine Morse

1930: Armed Merchant Cruiser Prince David (F 89)

1940: Escort destroyer Avon Vale (L 06) - Escort destroyer Aegion (L 06)

1941: Motor torpedo boat PT 27

1942: Frigate Drury (K 316) - Destroyer Escort Andres (DE 45) - Destroyer Bush (DD 529) - Destroyer Escort Drury (DE 46) - Patrol craft PC-581 (PC-581) - Motor torpedo boat PT 106 - Destroyer Waller (DD 466)

1943: Minesweeper YMS-140 (YMS-140)

1944: Escort carrier Hollandia (CVE 97) - Tank landing ship LST 616 (LST 616) - Tank landing ship LST 740 (LST 740) - Destroyer Shannon (DM 25)

1945: Medium landing ship LSM 413 (LSM 413) - Medium landing ship LSM 553 (LSM 553) - Tank landing ship LST 1147 (LST 1147) - Motor torpedo boat PT 608

Launched (49)

1918: MS Trawler Tranio - Destroyer Walpole (D 41)

1929: MS Trawler Darthema (FY 676) - MS Trawler Monimia (FY 677) - MS Trawler Patti (4.10280) - MS Whaler Sevra (FY 1652) - MS Whaler Shera (FY 1724)

1930: Sloop Folkestone (L 22 / U 22)

1935: Submarine ShCh-320

1937: ASW Trawler Man o' War (FY 104)

1940: ASW Trawler St. Zeno (FY 280)

1941: Corvette Aster (K 188) - Destroyer Penn (G 77) - Corvette Starwort (K 20) - Submarine M-117 - Submarine M-122

1942: Destroyer Butler (DD 636) - Destroyer Coghlan (DD 606) - Destroyer Gherardi (DD 637) - Light cruiser Montpelier (CL 57) - Patrol craft PC-571 (PC-571) - Submarine chaser SC-641 (SC-641) - Minesweeper Sheldrake (AM 62)

1943: Patrol craft PC-787 (PC-787)

1944: Destroyer escort Somali - Corvette Tillsonburg (K 496) - Destroyer Caesar (R 07) - MS Trawler Hannaray (T 389) - Corvette Penbroke Castle (K 496) - High speed transport Cread (APD 88) - High speed transport Crosley (APD 87) - Destroyer Escort Key (DE 348) - Tank landing ship LST 545 (LST 545) - Tank landing ship LST 684 (LST 684) - Tank landing ship LST 731 (LST 731) - Destroyer Lyman K. Swenson (DD 729) - High speed transport Rednour (APD 102) - Escort carrier Shipley Bay (CVE 85) - High speed transport Tollberg (APD 103) - Destroyer Escort Traw (DE 350) - Minesweeper YMS-458 (YMS-458)

1945: Destroyer Crystal (R 38) - Frigate Loch Tralaig (K 655) - Tank landing ship LST 3011 (LST 3011) - Medium landing ship LSM 433 (LSM 433) - Medium landing ship (rocket) LSM(R) 407 (LSM(R) 407) - Medium landing ship (rocket) LSM(R) 408 (LSM(R) 408) - Submarine tender Nereus (AS 17) - Motor torpedo boat PT 580

Commissioned (31)

1918: Destroyer Walker (D 27)

1919: Minesweeper Viking (ARS 1)

1933: Submarine Argo

1938: Submarine Zoea

1941: Destroyer Nestor (G 02) - Corvette Amaranthus (K 17) - Minesweeper Bude (J 116)

1942: Submarine Grouper (214)

1943: Escort destroyer Brissenden (L 79) - Minesweeper Hydra (J 275) - Tank landing ship LST 379 (LST 379) - Submarine Mingo (261) - Motor torpedo boat PT 187 - Motor torpedo boat PT 213 - Submarine chaser SC-1288 (SC-1288)

1944: Minelayer Ariadne (M 65) - Frigate Seychelles (K 592) - Destroyer Escort Ahrens (DE 575) - Destroyer Escort Major (DE 796) - Oiler Manatee (AO 58) - Oiler Marias (AO 57) - Submarine Plaice (390) - Fleet tug Potawatomi (AT 109) - Motor torpedo boat PT 513 - Destroyer Escort Rinehart (DE 196) - Destroyer Escort Tweedy (DE 532)

1945: Submarine Lancetfish (296) - Medium landing ship LSM 342 (LSM 342) - Medium landing ship LSM 381 (LSM 381) - Motor torpedo boat PT 576

1946: Dock landing ship Whetstone (LSD 27)

1941: Submarine Snapper (N 39)

1942: Destroyer Maori (F 24)

1944: Submarine rescue vessel Macaw (ASR 11)

More information on Allied Warships losses.

1940

Light cruiser HMS Glasgow: HMS Glasgow (Capt. F.H. Pegram, RN) captures the German fishing trawler Herrlichkeit (268 GRT) off Tromsö, Norway.

Minesweeper HMS Gleaner: The German submarine U-33 was sunk in the Firth of Clyde, in position 55º25'N, 05º07'W, by depth charges from the British minesweeper HMS Gleaner (Lt.Cdr. H.P. Price, RN).

Submarine FR Achéron: The French submarine Achéron, while on patrol in the Atlantic to search for German blockade breackers, intercepts and stoppes the British merchant Somme (5265 GRT) north of Madeira in position 34º25'N, 18º08'W. The British ship was released after her identity was established.

1941

Heavy cruiser HMS Hawkins: HMS Hawkins (Capt. H.P.K. Oram, RN) intercepts the German merchant Uckermark (7021 GRT) near Massawa, Eritrea. The Germans scuttled their ship when Hawkins approched.

Submarine HMS Tigris: HMS Tigris (Lt.Cdr. H.F. Bone, DSO, DSC, RN) torpedoes and sinks the French fishing vessel Rene Camaleyre (243 GRT) in the Bay of Biscay about 5 nautical miles east of Biarritz, France in position 43º30'N, 01º42'W.

Submarine HMS Utmost: HMS Utmost (Lt.Cdr. R.D. Cayley, RN) torpedoes and damages the Italian merchant Manfredo Camperio (5463 GRT) off Tripoli, Libya in position 35º41'N, 23º01'E.

Destroyer HMS Legion: The Polish destroyers Piorun, Garland and the British destroyer HMS Legion conduct an offensive patrol against enemy submarines. However, no U-boat was encoutered.

Destroyer ORP Garland: The Polish destroyers Piorun, Garland and the British destroyer HMS Legion conduct an offensive patrol against enemy submarines. However, no U-boat was encoutered.

Destroyer ORP Piorun: The Polish destroyers Piorun, Garland and the British destroyer HMS Legion conduct an offensive patrol against enemy submarines. However, no U-boat was encoutered.

1942

Submarine USS Stingray: USS Stingray (Lt.Cdr. R.J. Moore) ended her second war patrol at Surabaya, Java, Netherlands East Indies. But due to the dangerous situation there (Japanese air raids) she left for Fremantle, Australia shortly afterwards, arriving there on 3 March.

Submarine HMS Una: HMS Una (Lt. D.S.R. Martin, RN) torpedoes and sinks the Italian tanker Luciana (8106 GRT) about 20 nautical miles north-east of Crotone, Calabria, Italy in position 39º20'N, 17º25'E.

Destroyer ORP Piorun: Piorun (Lt. Cdr. Hryniewiecki) is ordered to make a ASW search in the Irish Sea to find and neutralize a u-boat reported there. The search is unsuccessful.

Submarine ORP Sokol: ORP Sokol (Lt.Cdr. B. Karnicki) sinks the Italian auxiliary patrol vessel Giuseppina (392 GRT) with gunfire about 30 nautical miles south of Sfax, Tunisia in position 34º15'N, 10º55'E.

1943

Submarine USS Shad: USS Shad (Lt.Cdr. E.J. MacGregor III) ends her 2nd war patrol at Roseneath, Scotland.

Submarine HMS Saracen: HMS Saracen (Lt. M.G.R. Lumby, DSC, RN) sinks the French tugs Provincale II (124 GRT) and Marseillaise V (138 GRT) with gunfire off Cape Sardineaux, southern France.

Submarine HMS Thunderbolt: HMS Thunderbolt (Lt.Cdr. C.B. Crouch, DSO and Bar, RN) attacks an enemy convoy. All torpedoes fired during the attack missed their intended targets. (All times are zone -1) 0848 hours - In position 225 degrees Mulo Island 2.7 nautical miles sighted 2 medium seized merchant ships and 2 small merchant ships escorted by a former Yugoslav torpedo boat of the T5/8-class leaving the Drevnik Channel on course 254 degrees, distance approx. 6 nautical miles. 0932 hours - Fired three torpedoes at the largest ship. 0935 hours - Fired two torpedoes at the second largest ship. Went to 80 feet after firing. The results of the attack therefore were not observed. 0937 - 0946 hours - The torpedo boat dropped 15 depth charges. These caused only minor damage. 0946 hours - Thunderbolt hit bottom hard at 200 feet. Both motors were immediately stopped. 1019 hours - Thunderbolt finally got off the bottom and returned to periscope depth. 1037 hours - Six small depth charges exploded. A motor launch was seen about a mile away. According to Italian sources this convoy was made up of the following ships; The Italian merchants Diana (3476 GRT, built 1923), Eneo (545 GRT, built 1907), Spalato (896 GRT, built 1909) and the German merchant Gerda Toft (1960 GRT, built 1930). They were escorted by the Italian (former Yugoslav) torpedo boat T 5.

Submarine HMS Taku: HMS Taku (Lt. A.J.W. Pitt, RN) departs Algiers for Gibraltar.

Submarine HMS Turbulent: HMS Turbulent (Cdr. J.W. Linton, DSO, DSC, RN) ends her 11th war patrol at Algiers.

Submarine HMS Templar: HMS Templar (Lt. D.J. Beckley, DSO, RN) arrives at Holy Loch to begin a period of trials and training.

Submarine USSR K-3: K-3 torpedoes and heavily damages the German merchant Fechenheim (8116 GRT) off the Batsfjord. The Fechenheim is beached to prevent sinking. Later the ship is salvaged and towed back to Germany but she was deemed beyond repair.

Submarine USSR K-21: K-21 sinks four small Norwegian motor boats with gunfire in Lopphavet.

1944

Destroyer USS Walke (ii): USS Walke departs the Boston Navy Yard bound for Washington.

Submarine USS Tambor: USS Tambor (Lt.Cdr. R. Kefauver) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese tanker Ronsan Maru (2735 GRT) in the East China Sea about 40 nautical miles south-west of Amami O Shima in position 27º45'N, 128º42'E.

Submarine HMS Stonehenge: HMS Stonehenge (Lt. D.S.M. Verschoyle-Campbell, DSO, DSC and Bar, RN) sinks the Japanese auxiliary minelayer Choko Maru (889 GRT) off the west coast of Malaya in position 05º46'N, 99º52'E.

Submarine HMS Taku: HMS Taku (Lt. A.J.W. Pitt, RN) torpedoes and heavily damages the German merchant Harm Fritzen (4818 GRT, built 1915) off the Bømmelfjord (Now called Bømlafjord). The ship was run aground to prevent it from sinking. The ship was later salvaged. (All times are zone -1) 1125 hours - Sighted a merchant of about 3000 tons and one escort Northbound in the direction of Haugesund. The escort was astern. 1154 hours - Fired four torpedoes from 1200 yards and went to 80 feet. 1min2sec After firing the first torpedo heard and exlosion followed very shortly by loud and pronounced breaking up noises. Three depth charges were dropped but these were not close and Taku was not detected.

Submarine HMS Torbay: HMS Torbay (Lt. R.J. Clutterbuck, RN) is docked at Port Said.

Submarine HMS Taurus: HMS Taurus (Lt.Cdr. M.R.G. Wingfield, DSO, DSC and Bar, RN) ends her 10th war patrol (3rd in the Far East) at Trincomalee.

Submarine HMS Templar: HMS Templar (Lt. D.J. Beckley, DSO, RN) ends her 7th war patrol (4th in the Far East) at Trincomalee.

Destroyer HMS Petard: While escorting Convoy KR-8 on 12 February 1944, Petard (Cdr Rupert Egan) destroyed the Japanese B1 type submarine I-27 after it had sunk SS Khedive Ismail with the loss of 1,297 people. HMS Petard in remarkable in that she was the only allied warship to sink a German, and Italian and a Japanese submarine during WW2.

Destroyer HMS Relentless: HMS Relentless (Lt.Cdr. R.A. Fell, RN) intercepts the German tanker Charlotte Schliemann (7747 GRT) in the Indian Ocean in position 23º23'S, 74º37'E. However before the German ship can be captured, she is scuttled by her own crew.

1945

Submarine USS Silversides: USS Silversides (Lt.Cdr. J.C. Nichols) ends her 12th war patrol at Midway.

Submarine USS Croaker: USS Croaker (Lt.Cdr. W.B. Thomas) ends her 3rd war patrol at Fremantle, Australia.

Submarine USS Peto: USS Peto (Lt Cmdr Robert Hugh Caldwell, Jr.) refuels at Saipan.

Submarine USS Hawkbill: USS Hawkbill (Lt.Cdr. W. Scanland, Jr.) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese cargo vessel Kisaragi Maru (300 GRT) south of Lombok Strait in position 09º20'S, 115º47'E.

Submarine USS Pampanito: USS Pampanito (Cdr. P.E. Summers) ends her 5th war patrol at Subic Bay, Philippines.

Submarine USS Threadfin: USS Threadfin (Cdr. J.J. Foote) ends her 1st war patrol at Midway.

Submarine HMS Tantalus: HMS Tantalus (Lt.Cdr. H.S. Mackenzie, DSO and Bar, RN) abandons the pursuit of the Japanese force. She begins the return trip to Fremantle.

Submarine USSR ShCh-407: At 1828 hours, ShCh-407 attacks a German convoy with four torpedoes north of Danzig Bay in position 55º27'N, 19º32'E. The German TS 8 was missed in this attack.

1946

Destroyer HMS Brilliant: Went to the rescue of the Liberty ship "Ponce de Leon" which was on the rocks at Gantocks Light, off Dunoon pier.