List of shipwrecks in 1942 3562590 217841172 2008-06-07T23:02:54Z Colonies Chris 577301 sp, date & link fixes, Replaced: [[Midway]] → [[Midway Atoll|Midway]] using [[Project:AutoWikiBrowser|AWB]] The '''list of shipwrecks in 1942''' includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1942. __NOTOC__ {| border="1" align="left" style="text-align: left; background: #FFFFFF;" {{Standard table|0}} ! ! style="text-align: left; background: #aacccc;"|Operator ! style="text-align: left; background: #aacccc;"|Ship ! style="text-align: left; background: #aacccc;"|Class ! style="text-align: left; background: #aacccc;"|Cause ! style="text-align: left; background: #aacccc;"|Location ! style="text-align: left; background: #aacccc;"|Notes |----- ! style="background: #bbdddd;"| [[February 3]] | {{SWE}} | ''[[Amerikaland]]'' | Merchant (ore carrier) | [[World War II]]: Sunk by [[Kriegsmarine]] submarine [[U-106]] | [[Atlantic Ocean]] off the [[East Coast of the United States]] | |----- ! style="background: #bbdddd;"| [[February 20]] | {{TUR}} | [[SS Kurtuluş|'''''Kurtuluş''''']] | Merchant | Blown onto rocks | [[Marmara Sea]] off [[Marmara Island]] | |----- ! style="background: #bbdddd;"| [[February 27]] | {{USN 20C}} | {{USS|Langley|CV-1|6}} | Seaplane tender and aircraft transport | World War II: Crippled by Japanese bombers and scuttled | Pacific Ocean approaching [[Java]] | |----- ! style="background: #bbdddd;"| [[March 1]] | {{USN 20C}} | {{USS|Houston|CA-30|6}} | [[Northampton Class]] cruiser | World War II: Sunk during [[Battle of Sunda Strait]] | [[Sunda Strait]] | |----- ! style="background: #bbdddd;"| [[March 1]] | {{navy|AUS}} | {{HMAS|Perth|D29|6}} | [[Leander class cruiser]] | World War II: Sunk during Battle of Sunda Strait | Sunda Strait | |----- ! style="background: #bbdddd;"| [[April 1]] | {{NOR}} | [[SS Suevic|'''''Skytteren''''']] | Merchant {whaling factory ship) | World War II: Scuttled to avoid capture | waters off Maseskär, Sweden | |----- ! style="background: #bbdddd;"| [[May 1]] | {{navy|UK}} | {{HMS|Exeter|68|6}} | | World War II: Sunk during [[Battle of the Java Sea]] | | |----- ! style="background: #bbdddd;"| [[May 1]] | {{USN 20C}} | {{USS|Pope|DD-225|6}} | | World War II: Sunk during [[Battle of the Java Sea]] | | |----- ! style="background: #bbdddd;"| [[May 8]] | {{USN 20C}} | {{USS|Lexington|CV-2|6}} | [[Lexington class aircraft carrier|''Lexington'' class]] aircraft carrier | World War II: Crippled by Japanese bombers and scuttled | Pacific Ocean in the [[Coral Sea]] | [[Battle of the Coral Sea]] |----- ! style="background: #bbdddd;"| [[May 28]] | {{navy|SUN}} | [[Submarine M 98]] | [[Soviet M class submarine]] | World War II: Sunk by [[Finnish Air Force]] SB bomber | Gulf of Finland |----- ! style="background: #bbdddd;"| [[May 31]] | {{navy|AUS}} | {{HMAS|Kuttabul|ship|6}} | | World War II: Sunk by Japanese midget submarine | [[Sydney Harbour]] | |----- ! style="background: #bbdddd;"| [[June 7]] | {{USN 20C}} | {{USS|Yorktown|CV-5|6}} | [[Yorktown class aircraft carrier|'''''Yorktown class''''']] | World War II: Bomb and torpedo damage from Japanese aircraft and submarine. | [[Pacific Ocean]] near [[Midway Atoll|Midway]] | [[Battle of Midway]] |----- ! style="background: #bbdddd;"| [[June 16]] | {{FIN}} | ''[[s/s Argo]]'' | Merchant | World War II: Sunk by [[Soviet Navy]] submarine [[SC 317]] | [[Gulf of Finland]] | |----- ! style="background: #bbdddd;"| [[June 17]] | {{navy|SUN}} | [[SC 405]] | [[Shchuka class submarines|'''''Shchuka class submarines''''']] | World War II: Sunk by mine in the gulf of Finland | Gulf of Finland | |----- ! style="background: #bbdddd;"| [[June 22]] | {{SWE}} | ''[[s/s Ada Gorthon]]'' | Merchant | World War II: Sunk by Soviet Navy submarine [[SC 307]] | [[Baltic Sea]] | |----- ! style="background: #bbdddd;"| [[July 9]] | {{SWE}} | ''[[s/s Margareta]]'' | Merchant (coal carrier) | World War II: Sunk by Soviet Navy submarine [[S 7]] | Baltic Sea | |----- ! style="background: #bbdddd;"| [[July 11]] | {{SWE}} | [[M/S Luleå|'''''Luleå''''']] | | World War II: Sunk by Soviet Navy submarine [[S7]] | Baltic Sea near [[Kungsgrundet]] |----- ! style="background: #bbdddd;"| [[July 15]] | {{navy|SUN}} | [[SC 317]] | [[Shchuka class submarines|'''''Shchuka class submarines''''']] | World War II: Sunk by [[Finnish Navy]] Minelayer Ruotsinsalmi and patrol boat VMV 16 | Gulf of Finland | |----- ! style="background: #bbdddd;"| [[July 31]] | {{navy|Nazi Germany}} | [[Unterseeboot 213|'''''Unterseeboot 213''''']] | | World War II: Sunk by [[Royal Navy]] sloops {{HMS|Erne|U03}}, {{HMS|Rochester|L50|6}}, and {{HMS|Sandwich|L12|6}} | Atlantic Ocean east of the [[Azores]] | |----- ! style="background: #bbdddd;"| [[August 9]] | {{navy|AUS}} | {{HMAS|Canberra|1927|6}} | | World War II: Sunk during [[Battle of Savo Island]] | |----- ! style="background: #bbdddd;"| [[August 15]] | {{navy|SUN}} | [[M 97]] | [[Soviet M class submarine]] | World War II: Sunk by Finnish Navy patrol boat VMV 5 | Gulf of Finland | |----- ! style="background: #bbdddd;"| [[August 17]] | {{SWE}} | ''[[s/s Liljevalch]]'' | Merchant (ore carrier) | World War II: Sunk by Soviet Navy submarine [[L 3]] | Baltic Sea off the town [[Västervik]] | |----- ! style="background: #bbdddd;"| [[August 30]] | {{USN 20C}} | {{USS|Colhoun|DD-85|6}} | | World War II: Sunk by Japanese aircraft | Pacific Ocean near [[Guadalcanal]] | |----- ! style="background: #bbdddd;"| [[September 5]] | {{USN 20C}} | {{USS|Gregory|DD-82|6}} | | World War II: Sunk by [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] destroyers [[Japanese destroyer Yudachi|''Yudachi'']], [[Japanese destroyer Hatsuyuki|''Hatsuyuki'']] and [[Japanese destroyer Murakumo|''Murakumo'']] | Pacific Ocean near Guadalcanal | |----- ! style="background: #bbdddd;"| [[September 5]] | {{USN 20C}} | {{USS|Little|DD-79|6}} | | World War II: Sunk by Imperial Japanese Navy destroyers [[Japanese destroyer Yudachi|''Yudachi'']], [[Japanese destroyer Hatsuyuki|''Hatsuyuki'']] and [[Japanese destroyer Murakumo|''Murakumo'']] | Pacific Ocean near Guadalcanal | |----- ! style="background: #bbdddd;"| [[September 12]] | {{UK}} | {{RMS|Laconia|1921)|6}} | | World War II: Sunk by Kriegsmarine submarine [[Unterseeboot 156|'''U 156''']] | South Atlantic Ocean near [[Ascension Island]] | |----- ! style="background: #bbdddd;"| [[September 15]] | {{USN 20C}} | {{USS|Wasp|CV-7|6}} | Light aircraft carrier | World War II: Crippled by Japanese submarine {{warship|Japanese submarine|I-19}} and scuttled | Pacific Ocean near Guadalcanal | |----- ! style="background: #bbdddd;"| [[October 10]] | {{navy|UK}} | ''[[Orcades (ship)|Orcades]]'' | Troop transport | World War II: Sunk by Kriegsmarine submarine U-172 | 280 miles northwest of [[Cape Town]] | |----- ! style="background: #bbdddd;"| [[October 10]] | {{navy|SUN}} | [[SC SC 308]] | [[Shchuka class submarines|'''''Shchuka class submarines''''']] | World War II: Sunk by mine in the gulf of Finland | Gulf of Finland | |----- ! style="background: #bbdddd;"| [[October 12]] | {{navy|SUN}} | [[SC 311]] | [[Shchuka class submarines|'''''Shchuka class submarines''''']] | World War II: Sunk by Finnish Navy patrol boat VMV 13 and VMV 15 | Gulf of Finland | |----- ! style="background: #bbdddd;"| [[October 14]] | {{navy|SUN}} | [[SC 302]] | [[Shchuka class submarines|'''''Shchuka class submarines''''']] | World War II: Sunk by Finnish Air Force | Gulf of Finland | |----- ! style="background: #bbdddd;"| [[October 21]] | {{navy|SUN}} | [[S 7]] | [[Soviet S class submarine|'''''Soviet S class submarine''''']] | World War II: Sunk by Finnish Navy [[Finnish submarine Vesihiisi|Submarine Vesihiisi]] | [[Baltic sea]] | |----- ! style="background: #bbdddd;"| [[October 26]] | {{navy|SUN}} | [[SS President Coolidge|President Coolidge]] | [[Ocean liner|'''''Ocean liner''''']] | World War II: Sunk by friendly mine off the cost of [[Espiritu Santo]], [[Vanuatu]] | Pacific Ocean | |----- ! style="background: #bbdddd;"| [[October 26]] | {{USN 20C}} | {{USS|Hornet|CV-8|6}} | [[Yorktown class aircraft carrier|'''''Yorktown class''''']] | World War II: Bomb and torpedo damage from Japanese aircraft and submarine. | Pacific Ocean near [[Santa Cruz Islands]] | [[Battle of Santa Cruz Islands]] |----- ! style="background: #bbdddd;"| [[October 27]] | {{navy|SUN}} | [[SC 320]] | [[Shchuka class submarines|'''''Shchuka class submarines''''']] | World War II: Sunk by Finnish Navy Submarine [[Finnish submarine Iku-Turso|Iku-Turso]] | Baltic Sea | |----- ! style="background: #bbdddd;"| [[October 28]] | {{navy|SUN}} | [[SC 304]] | [[Shchuka class submarines|'''''Shchuka class submarines''''']] | World War II: Sunk by Mine | Baltic Sea | |----- ! style="background: #bbdddd;"| [[October 28]] | {{SWE}} | ''[[s/s Bengt Sture]]'' | Merchant (Ore carrier) | World War II: Sunk by Soviet Navy submarine [[SC 406]] | Baltic Sea | 4 survivor rescued by SC 406 and were send to Leningrad and never heard of again |----- ! style="background: #bbdddd;"| [[November 1]] | {{navy|SUN}} | [[SC 306]] | [[Shchuka class submarines|'''''Shchuka class submarines''''']] | World War II: Sunk by Mine | Baltic Sea | |----- ! style="background: #bbdddd;"| [[November 5]] | {{navy|SUN}} | [[SC 305]] | [[Shchuka class submarines|'''''Shchuka class submarines''''']] | World War II: Sunk by Finnish Navy Submarine [[Finnish submarine Vetehinen|Vetehinen]] by ramming | Baltic Sea | |----- ! style="background: #bbdddd;"| [[November 10]] | {{navy|UK}} | {{HMS|Ibis|U99|6}} | | World War II: Sunk by [[Italy|Italian]] [[torpedo bomber]]s | [[Mediterranean]] near [[Algiers]] | |----- ! style="background: #bbdddd;"| [[November 15]] | {{navy|UK}} | {{HMS|Avenger|D14|6}} | [[Avenger class escort carrier|''Avenger'' class]] escort carrier | World War II: Sunk by Kriegsmarine submarine [[Unterseeboot 155|''U 155'']] | Atlantic Ocean near [[Gibraltar]] | Part of [[Operation Torch]] |----- ! style="background: #bbdddd;"| [[November 27]] | {{navy|FRA}} | [[French ship Commandant Teste|'''''Commandant Teste''''']] | Seaplane carrier and tender | World War II: Scuttled | [[Toulon, France]] | Later raised and scrapped |----- ! style="background: #bbdddd;"| [[December 21]] | {{navy|UK}} | ''[[Strathallan (ship)|Strathallan]]'' | Troop transport | World War II: Sunk by Kriegsmarine submarine [[U-562]] | 40 miles north of [[Oran]] | Part of convoy KMF-5 |} |} <br style="clear:both;"> == See also == * [[List of shipwrecks]] * [[List of World War II ships]] {{shipevents1940}} [[Category:Lists of shipwrecks by year|1942]] [[Category:1942|Shipwrecks]] {{list-stub}}