Allied Warships

Allied War Losses

This page is probably not fully complete
It shows ships destroyed (lost) to all causes during the war.

During the war the Allies (Americans, United Kingdom and Commonwealth, France, Russia, Netherlands, ...) lost more than 1,900 warships to all causes. This listing shows them all.


The US Navy Bogue class escort carrier USS Block Island (ii). She was lost on 29 May 1944.



1940

 DateVesselTypeClass
23 Jun 1940HMIS Pathan (K 26)Patrol craftPC 

1942

 DateVesselTypeClass
6 Apr 1942HMIS Indus (L 67 / U 67)SloopGrimsby 

1943

 DateVesselTypeClass
9 Sep 1943HMIS MTB 284 (MTB 284)Motor Torpedo BoatVosper 72 feet-type 
9 Sep 1943HMIS MTB 285 (MTB 285)Motor Torpedo BoatVosper 72 feet-type 

1944

 DateVesselTypeClass
14 Apr 1944HMIS El Hind (F 120)Landing Ship Infantry 
7 Oct 1944HMIS HDML 1119 (ML 1119)Harbour Defence Motor LaunchHDML 

6 Allied warship losses located.

Losses by navy


Royal Navy (1082)
US Navy (488)
Soviet Navy (138)
French Navy (95)
Royal Dutch Navy (59)
Royal Canadian Navy (31)
Royal Hellenic Navy (26)
Royal Norwegian Navy (23)
Royal Australian Navy (16)
Polish Navy (12)
Free French Navy (9)
Italian Navy (7)
Royal Indian Navy (6)
United States Coast Guard (5)
Brazilian Navy (2)
Royal New Zealand Navy (2)

This page shows all the Allied warships lost during World War Two. The page optionally is divided by navy for more compact listing.

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