LADYBIRD

Gunboat

1916

12th May 1941

Mediterranean

A/C Bombs

Supply run to Tobruk

These small ships with two 6" or 4" guns were invaluable with the Inshore squadron based at Alexandria to support and supply 8th Army units.

LAFOREY

Fleet Destroyer

1941

30th March 1944

Mediterranean

U-boat torpedo

LAGAN

Frigate

1942

20th September 1943

N Atlantic

U-boat torpedo

Convoy ON202

Towed to UK arrived 24th not repaired

LANCE

Fleet Destroyer

1940

5th April 1942

Mediterranean

A/C Bombs

Under dockyard repair

She was badly damaged whilst in Malta dockyard and suffered further damage in three more air raids and was declared a Constructive Total Loss in October

LAPWING

Sloop

1944

20th March 1945

Arctic

U-boat torpedo

Russian convoy JW65

Kola Inlet by U.911

LARK

Sloop

1944

17th February 1945

Arctic

U-boat torpedo

Russian convoy RA64

U.911. She was towed to Rosta and handed over to the Russians who seem to have repaired her and had her in service

LATONA

Minelaying Cruiser

1941

25th October 1941

Mediterranean

A/C Bombs

Transporting troops to Tobruk

She was on fire but remained afloat for 2 hours . Her deck cargo of ammunition then exploded and her magazine blew up. Most survivors and passengers had been taken off by HERO and ENCOUNTER.-37 men lost

LAURENTIC

Armed Merchant Cruiser

114%7

3rd November 1940

N Atlantic

U-boat torpedo

Sunk by U99 west of Ireland

LAWFORD

Frigate (US built)

1943

8th June 1944

Channel

A/C Bombs

NEPTUNE

She was acting as HQ ship for the invasion off Juno Beach

LEDA

Minesweeper

114%7

20th September 1942

N Atlantic

U-boat torpedo

Sunk by U435 off Greenland

LEGION

Fleet Destroyer

114%9

26th March 1942

Mediterranean

A/C Bombs

Moored in Grand Harbour

After being hit once she was taken into Malta dockyard for repair (with her sister ship LANCE) but like her she suffered more damage from a subsequent raid and became a Constructive Total Loss

LEVIS (RCN)

Corvette

1940

20th September 1941

Atlantic

U-boat torpedo

Convoy SC44

South of Iceland by U74

LIGHTNING

Fleet Destroyer

1940

12th March 1943

Mediterranean

E-boat torpedo

She was attacked and sank in the Sicilian Channel.170 men rescued by HMS Legion

LIMBOURNE

Escort Destroyer

1942

23rd October 1943

Channel

< >Destroyer torpedo

TUNNEL Op.

Scuttled, 100 survivors

LIVELY

Fleet Destroyer

1941

11th May 1942

Mediterranean

A/C Bombs

Attack on Axis convoy

She was in company with JERVIS, JACKAL andING but only JERVIS survived.

LOUISBURG (RCN)

Corvette

1941

6th February 1943

Mediterranean

A/C Bombs

First Canadian ship sunk in the med.

LOYAL

Fleet Destroyer

1941

12th October 1944

Mediterranean

Mine

Bombarding Rimini

She did not sink immediately but was abandoned as a Constructive Total Loss

LOYALTY

Minesweeper

1942

22nd August 1944

Channel

U-boat torpedo

Minesweeping

She was renamed LOYALTY in 1943 and was sunk by U480K

MAGIC

Minesweeper

6th July 1944

Channel

Torpedoed

Normandy

Off Sword Beach by German midget Submarine

MAGOG (RCN)

Frigate

1942

14th October 1944

Atlantic

Torpedoed

Mouth of the St. Lawrence River by U.1223, 2 men lost

MAHRATTA

Fleet Destroyer

1942

25th February 1944

Arctic

U-boat torpedo

Russian convoy JW57

The Uboat concerned was U956, 16 survivors

MANCHESTER

6"gun Cruiser

114%7

13th August 1942

Mediterranean

E-boat torpedo

Malta convoy PEDESTAL

Survivors rescued by SOMALI and PATHFINDER and she was scuttled off Kelebia

MANNERS

Frigate (US built)

1943

26th January 1945

Irish Sea

U-boat torpedo

Although her stern was blown off she maintained contact with her attacker until other frigates arrived to deal with it. She was towed into port but declared a CTL

MAORI

Fleet Destroyer

114%7

12th February 1942

Mediterranean

A/C Bombs

MARGAREE (RCN)

Destroyer

114%1

22nd October 1940

Atlantic

Collision

SS Port Fairy

MARIGOLD

Corvette

1941

9th December 1942

Mediterranean

A/c bombs

Convoy MKS3Y

Sunk by Italian A/C off Algiers

MARTIN

Fleet Destroyer

1942

10th November 1942

Mediterranean

U-boat torpedo

TORCH

Sank off Algiers whilst supporting the N African landings by U.431.

MASHOBRA

Fleet supply ship

114%9

25th May 1940

N Sea

A/C Bombs

Norway campaign

Sank off Narvik

MASHONA

Destroyer

28th May 1941

North Atlantic

A/C Bombs

Bismarck hunt

Near Iceland

MATABELE

Fleet Destroyer

114%7

17th January 1942

Arctic

U-boat torpedo

Russian convoy PQ8

There were only 3 survivors picked up by HARRIER U-boat U454

MEDWAY

Repair Ship

114%8

30th June 1942

Mediterranean

U-boat torpedo

Sank off Alexandria

MOHAWK

Fleet Destroyer

114%7

16th April 1941

Mediterranean

Surface action

During a successful action against an Axis convoy she was damaged by on of the Italian escort Destroyers and had to be sunk by JANUS

MONTROSE

Fleet Destroyer

1919

6th June 1944

Channel

Collision

NEPTUNE

She collided with an American ship off the Normandy beaches and became a Constructive Total Loss

MOSQUITO

Gunboat

114%9

1st June 1940

Channel

A/C Bombs

DYNAMO

Sank at Dunkirk

MOTH

Gunboat

1915

12th December 1941

Hong Kong

SCUTTLED

Jap invasion

Salvaged by Japanese as SUMA in 1942 and sunk by British forces in March 1945

MOURNE

Frigate

1943

15th June 1944

Channel

U-boat torpedo

A/S patrol

Sunk by U767

MULGRAVE

Minesweeper

8th October 1944

Channel

Mined

Normandy

Beached, salvaged,towed to UK port,not repaired

NABOB(RCN)

Escort A/C carrier

1943

22nd August 1944

Arctic

U-boat torpedo

Op GOODWOOD

She limped back to Scapaand was eventually towed to Rosyth where she was declared a Constructive Total Loss

NAIAD

Anti Aircraft Cruiser

11th March 1942

Mediterranean

U-boat torpedo

By U565, north of Mersa Matuh

NARWHAL

Minelaying submarine

114%6

30th July 1940

N Sea

Mine? or A/C?

Minelaying op Fd21/22

Disappeared off Trondheim

NEPTUNE

6"gun cruiser

114%3

19th December 1941

Mediterranean

Mine

Attack on Axis convoy

With Force K and ran into a minefield and sank so quickly that there was only one survivor. A good account of this tragedy is in "HMS PEPPERPOT" by Ed Gordon 763 men lost ,one survived and was taken prisoner

NESTOR (RAN)

Destroyer

114%8

15th June 1942

Mediteranean

A/C Bombs

Escorting "Vigorous"

later scuttled

NIGER

Minesweeper

114%6

5th July 1942

N Atlantic

Mine

Minesweeping

Sank off Iceland

ODIN

Submarine

114%9

13th June 1940

Mediterranean

Depth charges

Patrol off Otranto

Sunk by Italian Destroyer STRALE

OLYMPUS

Submarine

114%8

8th May 1942

Mediterranean

Mine

Taking personnel to Alexandria

Struck a mine on leaving Grand Harbour.

ORCHIS

Corvette

1940

21st August 1944

Channel

Mine

NEPTUNE

Beached off Courseilles as CTL

ORPHEUS

Submarine

114%0

19th June 1940

Mediterranean

Depth charges

First war patrol

Sunk by Italian Destroyer TURBINE off Benghazi

OSWALD

Submarine

114%8

1st August 1940

Mediterranean

Depth charges

War patrol

Sunk by Italian Destroyer VIVALDI off Cape Spartivento

OTTAWA (RCN)

Escort Destroyer

114%1

14th September 1942

Gulf of St. Lawrence

Uboat Torpedo

U.91

OXLEY

Submarine

114%9

10th September 114%9

N Sea

Friendly torpedo

Patrol off Norway

Challenged by British SM TRITON and torpedoed when there was no reply. (signal lamp not working) Only the CO and 1 man survived

P311

Submarine

1942

8th January 1943

Mediterranean

Depth Charges

Taking "Chariots" to Palermo

Sunk by Italian TB PARTENOPE

P32

Submarine

1941

19th August 1941

Mediterranean

Mine

War patrol off Tripoli

P33

Submarine

1941

20th August 1941

Mediterranean

Mine?

War patrol

Disappeared off Tripoli

P36

Submarine

1941

1st April 1942

Mediterranean

A/C Bombs

In Harbour

Sank in Sliema Creek Malta

P6%

Submarine

1941

23rd February1942

Mediterranean

Depth charges

War patrol off Tunisia

Sunk by Italian TB's CIRCE and USODOMARE

P39

Submarine

1941

26th March 1942

Mediterranean

A/C Bombs

Malta convoy MW10

Sank on arrival in Grand Harbour

P48

Submarine

1942

25th December1942

Mediterranean

depth charges

Patrol off N Africa

Sunk by Italian TB's PERSEO,ARDENTE and ARDIT

P222

Submarine

1941

12th December 1942

Mediterranean

P310%

Submarine

1917

21st June 1942

Rammed

P615

Submarine

1940

18th April 1943

Submarine Attack

PAKENHAM

Fleet Destroyer

1941

16th April1943

Mediterranean

Surface action

Attack on Axis convoy

In company with PALADIN she attacked a convoy south of Marsala.and was in action against two Italian Destroyers. One was sunk but the other inflicted much damage on Pakenham and she had to be destroyed by PALADIN afterwards.

PANDORA

Submarine

114%9

1st April1942

Mediterranean

A/c Bombs

Malta

PANTHER

Fleet Destroyer

1941

9th October 1943

Aegean

A/C Bombs

Sortie off Scarpanto

She was another victim of the ill advised Levant Command Aegean operations. For a description of this campaign see "Fighting Destroyer" by GG Connell

PARRAMATTA (RAN)

SLOOP

114%7

27thNovember1941

Off Bardia

U-boat torpedo

U14%9 -20 men survived

PARTHIAN

Submarine

114%1

10th August 1943

Adriatic

Mine?

war patrol

Date of loss could be 11th August

PARTRIDGE

Fleet Destroyer

1941

18th December 1942

Mediterranean

U-boat torpedo

Operations west of Oran

PATROCLUS

Armed Merchant Cruiser

114%3

< > 4th November 1940

N Atlantic

U-boat torpedo

Sunk by U99 west of Ireland

PATHAN (RIN)

Sloop

23rd June 1940

Off Bombay

Torpedoed

Italian Submarine Galvani

PATHFINDER

Destroyer

11th February 1945

Indian Ocean

A/c Bombs

Towed to Chittagong - not repaired

PENELOPE

6"gun Cruiser

114%5

18th February 1944

Mediterranean

U-boat torpedo

Sank 35 miles west of Naples. See Ed Gordon's book "HMS Pepperpot"

PENYLAN

Escort Destroyer

1942

3rd December 1942

Channel

E-boat torpedo

Convoy PW257

E-boat S.115

PENZANCE

Sloop

114%1

24th August 1940

N Atlantic

U-boat torpedo

Convoy SC1

U37, West of Ireland, heavy casualties

PERSEUS

Submarine

114%0

6th December1941

Mediterranean

Mine?

Passage from Alex to Malta

PERTH (RAN)

Cruiser

114%4

1st March 1942

Pacific

Surface Action

Sunda Straits

307 survivors

PETEREL

Gunboat

114%7

8th December 1941

Shanghai

Surface action

Jap invasion

Sunk by Japanese cruiser Izumo

PHOENIX

Submarine

114%1

16th July1940

Mediterranean

Depth Charges

Patrol off Augusta

Sunk by Italian TB ALBATROS

PICOTEE

Corvette

1940

12th August1941

N Atlantic

U-boat torpedo

Convoy ONS4

PINK

Minesweeper

1942

27th June 1944

Channel

Torpedoed

NEPTUNE

Towed to Portsmouth, not repaired

PINTAIL

Coastal Escort

10th June 1941

Humber

Mined

POLYANTHUS

Corvette

1941

20th September 1943

N Atlantic

U-boat torpedo

Convoy ON202

Survivors were picked up by ITCHEN but she too was torpedoed and only 3 men survived.The Uboat was U.911%

PORCUPINE

Fleet Destroyer

1941

9th December 1942

Mediterranean

U-boat torpedo

Damage was severe but she was towed to Oran. She was cut in two and each par twas used as a base ship at Portsmouth eventually. The two parts were named "PORK" and "PINE". It was considered possible to rebuild her but this was never done.

PORPOISE

Submarine

1942

9th January 1945

Indian Ocean

POZARICA

Aux AA Ship

114%7

13th February 1943

Mediterranean

A/C Torpedo

This veteran of Russian convoy PQ17 was finally sunk off Bougie

PRINCE of WALES

Battleship

114%8

10th December 1941

Far East

A/C torpedoes

Search for Jap invasion fleet

Churchill takes much blame for this tragedy. When Sngapore was under threat he despatched PRINCE of WALES and REPULSE to its defence KNOWING that there was NO AIR COVER available to protect them. Both ships were lost. See details in "The Hunting of Force Z

PROMPT

Minesweeper

1944

9th May 1945

Channel

Mine

Minesweeping

Off Ostend, towed to Southend but not repaired

PUCKERIDGE

Escort Destroyer

1941

6th September 1943

Mediterranean

U-boat torpedo

Patrol off Gibraltar

BY U-boat 617, 129 rescued

PUFFIN

Sloop

114%6

26th March 1945

N Sea

Rammed minisub

Off Schelde

Damage was severe as the one man torpedo's warhead exploded, laid up not repaired

PUNJABI

Fleet Destroyer

114%7

1st May 1942

Arctic

Collision

Russian convoy PQ18

She was in the distant cover force and sank after colliding with battleship KING GEORGE V

PYLADES

Minesweeper

8th July 1944

Channel

Torpedoed

Normandy

German Midget Submarine, off Sword Beach

QUAIL

Fleet Destroyer

1942

15th November 1943

Mediterranean

Mine

She was salvaged but sank whilst under tow to Taranto in June 1944

QUENTIN

Fleet Destroyer

1941

2nd December 1942

Mediterranean

A/C Torpedo

Attack on Axis convoy

She sank North of Algiers

QUORN

Escort Destroyer

1940

3rd August 1944

Channel

Human Torpedo

Normandy patrol

< >Sunk in Seine Bay

QUEEN ELIZABETH

Battleship

1915

19th December 1941

Mediterranean

Italian Frogmen

In harbour

Subsequently refloated, repaired and returned to service

RAINBOW

Submarine

114%2

19th October 1940

Mediterranean

Collision

Collided with a merchant ship

RAJPUTANA

Armed Merchant Cruiser

114%5

13th April 1941

N Atlantic

U-boat torpedo

Sunk by U108 west of Ireland

RAWALPINDI

Armed Merchant Cruiser

114%5

23rd November 114%9

N Atlantic

Surface action

Convoy defence

Sunk after a heroic but hopeless battle with SCHARNHORST and Gneisenau south east of Iceland 37 survivors

REDMILL

Frigate (US built)

1943

27th April 1945

N Atlantic

U-boat torpedo

Badly damaged N.W. of Blacksod Bay , S.Ireland by U.1105, declared a CTL 22men lost

REGENT

Submarine

114%0

16th February 1943

Mediterranean

Depth charge? or Mine?

Italian corvette GABBIANO claims to have attacked her in south Adriatic but final cause may have been a mine

REGINA (RCN)

Corvette

1942

8th August 1944

Channel

Torpedoed whilst on Coastal Convoy Escort

Off Trevose Head, Cornwall

REGULUS

Submarine

114%0

6th December 1940

Med

Failed to return from patrol - no Italian claims made.

REGULUS

Minesweeper

1941

12th January 1945

Mediterranean

Mined

Off Sista Island, Corfu

REPULSE

Battle Cruiser

1916

10th December 1941

Far East

A/C Torpedoes

Search for Jap invasion fleet

See REMARKS in "Further details" column of PRINCE of WALES entry

ROCKINGHAM

Ex US Destroyer

1918

27th September1944

N Sea

Mine

ROCKWOOD

Escort Destroyer

11th November1943

Mediterranean

A/C Bombs

Towed to Alexandria but not repaired

ROYAL OAK

Battleship

1916

14th October114%9

Scapa Flow

U-boat torpedo

At Anchor

The RN's first major loss due to the daring exploit of Prien in U47 in penetrating the defences of Scapa Flow. 786 men lost

St. CROIX (RCN)

Destroyer

19

20th September 1943

N Atlantic

U-boat homing torpedo

SAHIB

Submarine

1942

24th April 1943

Mediterranean

Depth charges/

Convoy attack off Messina

She was scuttled after severe damage inflicted by 3 Italian escorts but is also claimed by crew of a German Ju88 (which possibly attacked while she was sinking)

SALAMANDER

Minesweeper

114%6

27th August 1944

Channel

A/C Bombs

NEPTUNE

Sunk in error by RAF A/C

SALMON

Submarine

114%5

9th July 1940

N Sea

Mine?

Patrol off Stavanger

Failed to return - cause uncertain.

SALOPIAN

Armed Merchant Cruiser

114%6

13th May 1941

N Atlantic

U-boat torpedo

Sunk by U98

SALVIA

Corvette

1940

24th December 1941

Mediterranean

U-boat torpedo

Sunk by U511% off Alexandria

SAMPHIRE

Corvette

30th January1943

Mediterranean

U-boat torpedo

N.E. of Bougie

U.9.5%6

SAUMAREZ

Destroyer

1942

22nd October 1945

Mediterranean

Mine

Corfu Channel

Casualties 31, Volage also damaged

SCORPION

Gunboat

114%7

13th February 1942

Banka Strait

Surface action

Jap invasion

Sunk by a Japanese Destroyer

SCOTSTOUN

Armed Merchant Cruiser

114%5

13th June 1940

N Atlantic

U-boat torpedo

Sunk by U25 north west of Ireland

SCYLLA

AA Cruiser

23rd June1944

Channel

Mined

Normandy Landings

Off Sword Beach, towed back to Portsmouth declared a CTL

SEAHORSE

Submarine

114%3

7th January1940

N Sea

Depth charges

Patrol off Heligoland

Sunk by German minesweepers

SEAL