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The aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal sinking after being torpedoed by a German submarine in November 1941, the assisting destroyer HMS Legion was sunk in 1942.
This is a list of Royal Navy ships and personnel lost during World War II, from 3 September 1939 to 1 October 1945.
See also List of ships of the Royal Navy.
Personnel losses
The Royal Navy lost 50758 men killed in action, 820 missing in action and 14663 wounded in action.[1] The Women's Royal Naval Service lost 102 killed and 22 wounded.[1]
Battleships
The Royal Navy lost 3 battleships:
| Name | Location | Date | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| HMS Royal Oak (08) | Scapa Flow | October 14, 1939 | Sunk by U-47 |
| HMS Barham (04) | off the coast of Sidi Barrani, Egypt | November 25, 1941 | Sunk by U-331 |
| HMS Prince of Wales (53) | South China Sea | December 10, 1941 | Sunk by Japanese aircraft. |
Battlecruisers
The Royal Navy lost 2 battlecruisers:
| Name | Location | Date | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| HMS Hood (51) | Denmark Strait | May 24, 1941 | Sunk by naval gunfire from Bismarck |
| HMS Repulse (26) | South China Sea | December 10, 1941 | Sunk by Japanese aircraft. |
Aircraft carriers
The Royal Navy lost 5 fleet carriers:
| Name | Location | Date | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| HMS Courageous (50) | off the coast of Ireland | September 17, 1939 | Sunk by U-29 |
| HMS Glorious (77) | Norwegian Sea | June 8, 1940 | Sunk by naval gunfire from Scharnhorst and Gneisenau |
| HMS Ark Royal (91) | south east of Gibraltar | November 13, 1941 | Sunk by U-81 |
| HMS Hermes (95) | Sri Lanka | April 9, 1942 | Sunk by Japanese aircraft |
| HMS Eagle (94) | south of Cape Salinas | August 11, 1942 | Sunk by U-73 |
Escort aircraft carriers
The Royal Navy lost 3 escort carriers:
| Name | Location | Date | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| HMS Audacity (D10) | Atlantic Ocean | December 21, 1941 | Sunk by U-751 |
| HMS Avenger (D14) | off Gibraltar | November 15, 1942 | Sunk by U-155 |
| HMS Dasher (D37) | Firth of Clyde | March 27, 1943 | Sunk by internal explosion |
Cruisers
The Royal Navy lost 28 cruisers.[2]
| Name | Location | Date | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| HMS Dunedin (96) | Atlantic Ocean | November 24, 1941 | Sunk by U-124 |
| HMS Durban (D99) | off Normandy | June 9, 1944 | deliberately scuttled |
| HMS Neptune (20) | off Tripoli | December 19, 1941 | Sunk by mine |
| HMS Calypso (D61) | off Crete | June 12, 1940 | Sunk by submarine Bagnolini |
| HMS Coventry (D43) | off Crete | September 14, 1942 | Scuttled |
| HMS Curacoa (D41) | off Ireland | October 2, 1942 | rammed by RMS Queen Mary |
| HMS Curlew (D42) | off Narvik | May 26, 1940 | Sunk by German aircraft |
| HMS Cairo (D87) | off Bizerte | August 12, 1942 | Sunk by submarine Axum |
| HMS Calcutta (D82) | off Alexandria | June 1, 1941 | Sunk by German aircraft |
| HMS Galatea (71) | off Alexandria | December 15, 1941 | Sunk by U-557 |
| HMS Penelope (97) | off Naples | February 18, 1944 | Sunk by U-410 |
| HMS Edinburgh (16) | Arctic Ocean | May 2, 1942 | Sunk by German destroyers |
| HMS Southampton (83) | off Malta | January 11, 1941 | Scuttled |
| HMS Manchester (15) | Cap Bon | August 13, 1942 | Scuttled |
| HMS Gloucester (62) | off Crete | May 22, 1941 | Sunk by German aircraft |
| HMS Charybdis (88) | Battle of Sept-Îles | October 23, 1943 | Sunk by German torpedoboats |
| HMS Hermione (74) | off Crete | June 16, 1942 | Sunk by U-205 |
| HMS Bonaventure (31) | off Crete | March 31, 1941 | Sunk by submarine Ambra |
| HMS Naiad (93) | off Crete | March 11, 1942 | Sunk by U-565 |
| HMS Spartan (95) | off Anzio | January 29, 1944 | Sunk by German aircraft |
| HMS Fiji (58) | off Crete | May 22, 1941 | Sunk by German aircraft |
| HMS Trinidad (46) | off North Cape | May 15, 1942 | Scuttled |
| HMS Effingham (D98) | off Bodø | May 18, 1940 | ran aground |
| HMS Cornwall (56) | off Ceylon | April 5, 1942 | Sunk by Japanese aircraft |
| HMS Dorsetshire (40) | off Ceylon | April 5, 1942 | Sunk by Japanese aircraft |
| HMS York (90) | Crete | March 26, 1941 | Scuttled |
| HMS Exeter (68) | Battle of the Java Sea | March 1, 1942 | Sunk by naval gunfire and torpedos |
Destroyers
The Royal Navy lost 132 destroyers.[2]
| Name | Location | Date | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| HMS Tenedos (H04) | Colombo Harbour | April 5, 1942 | Sunk by Japanese aircraft |
| HMS Thanet (H29) | off Singapore | January 27, 1942 | Sunk by naval gunfire from Sendai |
| HMS Stronghold (H 50) | off Sunda Strait | March 2, 1942 | Sunk by naval gunfire from Maya, Nowaki and Arashi |
| HMS Sturdy (H 28) | off Isle of Tiree | October 30, 1940 | ran aground |
| HMS Valentine (L69) | off Terneuzen | May 15, 1940 | damaged by German aircraft and beached |
| HMS Venetia (D53) | Thames Estuary | October 19, 1940 | Sunk by mine |
| HMS Vimiera (L 29) | Thames Estuary | January 9, 1942 | Sunk by mine |
| HMS Wakeful (H88) | Dunkirk evacuation | May 29, 1940 | Sunk by German E-boat |
| HMS Warwick (D25) | Atlantic Ocean | February 20, 1944 | Sunk by U-413 |
| HMS Wessex (D43) | off Calais | May 24, 1940 | Sunk by German aircraft |
| HMS Whirlwind (D30) | Atlantic Ocean | July 5, 1940 | Sunk by U-34 |
| HMS Whitley (L23) | off Ostend | May 19, 1940 | damaged by German aircraft and beached |
| HMS Wryneck (D21) | off Crete | April 27, 1941 | sunk by German aircraft |
| HMS Wren (D 88) | off Aldeburgh | July 27, 1940 | sunk by German aircraft |
| HMS Veteran (D72) | Atlantic Ocean | September 26, 1942 | sunk by U-404 |
| HMS Wild Swan (D62) | Atlantic Ocean | June 17, 1942 | sunk by German aircraft |
| HMS Codrington (D65) | off Dover | July 27, 1940 | Sunk by German aircraft |
| HMS Acasta (H09) | off Narvik | June 8, 1940 | Sunk by naval gunfire from Scharnhorst and Gneisenau |
| HMS Achates (H12) | Barents Sea | December 31, 1942 | Sunk by naval gunfire from Admiral Hipper |
| HMS Ardent (H41) | off Narvik | June 8, 1940 | Sunk by naval gunfire from Scharnhorst and Gneisenau |
| HMS Acheron (H45) | off Isle of Wight | December 17, 1940 | Sunk by mine |
Submarines
The Royal Navy lost 74 submarines.[2]
Minelayers
The Royal Navy lost 8 minelayers.[2]
Minesweepers
The Royal Navy lost 32 minesweepers.[2]
Others
The Royal Navy lost 10 frigates, 22 corvettes, 10 sloops, 15 auxiliary cruisers and 1035 smaller units, including those lent to Commonwealth and other allied naval forces.[2]
See also
References
Literature
- Stephen Roskill: "Royal Navy - Britische Seekriegsgeschichte 1939-1945", Gerhard Stalling Verlag, 1961
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