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 Avenger / Charger class escort carrier HMS Dasher (D 37) of the Royal Navy. She was lost on 27 Mar 1943.


1940

 DateVesselTypeClass
Royal Norwegian Navy9 Apr 1940HNoMS AegerDestroyerSleipner 
Royal Norwegian Navy9 Apr 1940HNoMS EidsvoldCoastal defence shipEidsvold 
Royal Norwegian Navy9 Apr 1940HNoMS NorgeCoastal defence shipEidsvold 
Royal Norwegian Navy15 Apr 1940HNoMS A-3SubmarineA 
Royal Norwegian Navy15 Apr 1940HNoMS A-4SubmarineA 
Royal Norwegian Navy9 Jun 1940HNoMS B-3SubmarineB 
Royal Norwegian Navy29 Jun 1940HNoMS No. 6 (6)Motor Torpedo BoatVosper 60 feet-type 

1941

 DateVesselTypeClass
Royal Norwegian Navy1 Jul 1941HNoMS No. 5 (5)Motor Torpedo BoatVosper 60 feet-type 
Royal Norwegian Navy19 Aug 1941HNoMS Bath (I 17)DestroyerTown 

1942

 DateVesselTypeClass
Royal Norwegian Navy18 Nov 1942HNoMS Montbretia (K 208)CorvetteFlower 

1943

 DateVesselTypeClass
Royal Norwegian Navy24 Feb 1943HNoMS Uredd (P 41)SubmarineU 
Royal Norwegian Navy14 Mar 1943HNoMS MGB 631 (MGB 631)Motor Gun BoatFairmile D 
Royal Norwegian Navy14 Apr 1943HNoMS Eskdale (L 36)Escort destroyerHunt (Type III) 
Royal Norwegian Navy28 Jul 1943HNoMS MTB 345 (MTB 345)Motor Torpedo BoatThornycroft experimental-type (MTB 345/346) 
Royal Norwegian Navy22 Nov 1943HNoMS MGB 626 (MGB 626)Motor Gun BoatFairmile D 

1944

 DateVesselTypeClass
Royal Norwegian Navy8 Feb 1944HNoMS MGB 625 (MGB 625)Motor Gun BoatFairmile D 
Royal Norwegian Navy15 Feb 1944HNoMS ML 210 (ML 210)Motor LaunchFairmile B 
Royal Norwegian Navy6 Jun 1944HNoMS Svenner (G 03)DestroyerS 
Royal Norwegian Navy26 Oct 1944HNoMS Rose (K 102)CorvetteFlower 
Royal Norwegian Navy12 Dec 1944HNoMS Tunsberg Castle (K 374)CorvetteCastle 

1945

 DateVesselTypeClass
Royal Norwegian Navy26 Jan 1945HNoMS MTB 712 (MTB 712)Motor Torpedo BoatFairmile D 
Royal Norwegian Navy10 Mar 1945HNoMS Nordhav II (FY 1906)MS Trawler 
Royal Norwegian Navy19 May 1945HNoMS MTB 715 (MTB 715)Motor Torpedo BoatFairmile D 

23 Allied warship losses located.

Losses by navy


Royal Navy Royal Navy (1110)
US Navy US Navy (490)
Soviet Navy Soviet Navy (138)
French Navy French Navy (95)
Royal Dutch Navy Royal Dutch Navy (59)
Royal Canadian Navy Royal Canadian Navy (31)
Royal Hellenic Navy Royal Hellenic Navy (26)
Royal Norwegian Navy Royal Norwegian Navy (23)
Royal Australian Navy Royal Australian Navy (16)
Royal Indian Navy Royal Indian Navy (12)
Polish Navy Polish Navy (12)
Free French Navy Free French Navy (9)
Italian Navy Italian Navy (7)
United States Coast Guard United States Coast Guard (5)
Royal New Zealand Navy Royal New Zealand Navy (2)
Brazilian Navy Brazilian 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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