List of shipwrecks in 1942
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The '''list of shipwrecks in 1942''' includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1942.
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! 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
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! 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
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== See also ==
* [[List of shipwrecks]]
* [[List of World War II ships]]
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[[Category:Lists of shipwrecks by year|1942]]
[[Category:1942|Shipwrecks]]
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