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The list of shipwrecks in May 1943 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during May 1943.

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Centaur (ARTV09088)

Propaganda poster based on the sinking of AHS Centaur

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SS Irish Oak

Irish Oak after being torpedoed by U-607, painting by Kenneth King, National Maritime Museum of Ireland

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  • Tana (Flag of German Reich (1935–1945) Germany): World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk off Olbia, Sardinia, Italy by Allied aircraft. She was raised in 1946 but sank whilst under tow to Genoa.[117]

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  4. "Clan Macpherson". Uboat. http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2896.html. Retrieved 1 April 2012. 
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  6. "Mokambo". Uboat. http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/963.html. Retrieved 1 April 2012. 
  7. "Port Victor". Uboat. http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2897.html. Retrieved 23 February 2012. 
  8. "ShCh-323 of the Soviet Navy". Uboat. http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ships/5070.html. Retrieved 1 May 2013. 
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  11. "HMS MTB 311 of the Royal Navy". Uboat. http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ships/14050.html. Retrieved 2 May 2013. 
  12. "U-465". Uboat. http://uboat.net/boats/u465.htm. Retrieved 26 March 2012. 
  13. "LCT-23 of the US Navy". Uboat. http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ships/19024.html. Retrieved 3 May 2013. 
  14. "Lorient". Uboat. http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2898.html. Retrieved 22 February 2012. 
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  16. "Andres". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History & Heritage Command. http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/escorts/de45.htm. Retrieved 28 January 2012. 
  17. "Panam". Uboat. http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2911.html. Retrieved 28 February 2012. 
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  19. "U-109". Uboat. http://uboat.net/boatss/u109.htm. Retrieved 23 February 2012. 
  20. "U-439". Uboat. http://uboat.net/boats/u439.html. Retrieved 25 March 2012. 
  21. "U-659". Uboat. http://uboat.net/boats/u659.htm. Retrieved 15 April 2012. 
  22. "D/S Bonde". Warsailors. http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/bonde.html. Retrieved 9 January 2012. 
  23. "Bonde". Uboat. http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2899.html. Retrieved 14 March 2012. 
  24. "Bristol City". Uboat. http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2900.html. Retrieved 17 March 2012. 
  25. 25.0 25.1 25.2 "Snook". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History & Heritage Command. http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss279.txt. Retrieved 4 January 2012. 
  26. "Dolius". Uboat. http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2908.html. Retrieved 14 April 2012. 
  27. "Gharinda". Uboat. http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2907.html. Retrieved 14 March 2012. 
  28. "Sawfish". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History & Heritage Command. http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss276.txt. Retrieved 4 January 2012. 
  29. "Harbury". Uboat. http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2904.html. Retrieved 14 April 2012. 
  30. "Harperley". Uboat. http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2902.html. Retrieved 14 March 2012. 
  31. "Holmbury". Uboat. http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2901.html. Retrieved 24 February 2012. 
  32. "Northern Britain". Uboat. http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2903.html. Retrieved 16 April 2012. 
  33. "Selvistan". Uboat. http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2905.html. Retrieved 14 March 2012. 
  34. "U-638". Uboat. http://uboat.net/boats/u638.htm. Retrieved 14 April 2012. 
  35. "Wentworth". Uboat. http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2906.html. Retrieved 17 March 2012. 
  36. "West Madaket". Uboat. http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2910.html. Retrieved 9 April 2012. 
  37. "West Maximus". Uboat. http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2909.html. Retrieved 14 March 2012. 
  38. "Amazone". Uboat. http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1607.html. Retrieved 16 March 2012. 
  39. "Halsey". Uboat. http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1612.html. Retrieved 16 March 2012. 
  40. "Java Arrow". Uboat. http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1613.html. Retrieved 16 March 2012. 
  41. "U-630". Uboat. http://uboat.net/boats/u630.htm. Retrieved 14 April 2012. 
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  43. "M/S Brand". Warsailors. http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/brand.html. Retrieved 9 January 2012. 
  44. "Brand". Uboat. http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2921.html. Retrieved 12 April 2012. 
  45. "Laconikos". Uboat. http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2912.html. Retrieved 20 February 2012. 
  46. "Liberty Ships - S". Mariners. http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsS.html. Retrieved 6 January 2012. 
  47. "Samuel Jordan Kirkwood". Uboat. http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2913.html. Retrieved 8 March 2012. 
  48. 48.0 48.1 48.2 "Wahoo". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History & Heritage Command. http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss238.txt. Retrieved 1 January 2012. 
  49. "U-447". Uboat. http://uboat.net/boats/u447.htm. Retrieved 26 March 2012. 
  50. "U-663". Uboat. http://uboat.net/boats/u663.htm. Retrieved 15 April 2012. 
  51. "FR L'Audacieux of the French Navy". Uboat. http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ships/6045.html. Retrieved 7 May 2013. 
  52. "HMS Daneman". U boat. http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/6337.html. Retrieved 8 May 2013. 
  53. "D/S Liv". Warsailors. http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/liv.html. Retrieved 26 January 2011. 
  54. "Liberty Ships - P". Mariners. http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsP.html. Retrieved 6 January 2012. 
  55. 55.0 55.1 55.2 "Gar". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History & Heritage Command. http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss206.txt. Retrieved 31 December 2011. 
  56. "Corneville". Uboat. http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2914.html. Retrieved 1 April 2012. 
  57. "Kanbe". Uboat. http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2915.html. Retrieved 24 February 2012. 
  58. "HMS MTB 61 of the Royal Navy". Uboat. http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ships/16764.html. Retrieved 9 May 2013. 
  59. "WWI STANDARD BUILT SHIPS L - W". Mariners. http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/WWIStandardShipsL-W.htm#L-M-N. Retrieved 8 May 2011. 
  60. 60.0 60.1 "Plunger". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History & Heritage Command. http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss179.txt. Retrieved 30 December 2011. 
  61. "HMS MTB 264 of the Royal Navy". Uboat. http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ships/14079.html. Retrieved 10 May 2013. 
  62. 62.0 62.1 "D/S Grado". Warsailors. http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/grado.html. Retrieved 13 January 2012. 
  63. "Antigone". Uboat. http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2917.html. Retrieved 20 March 2012. 
  64. "Clan Skene". Uboat. http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1623.html. Retrieved 16 March 2012. 
  65. "Fort Ships A-J". Mariners. http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/FortA.html. Retrieved 5 January 2012. 
  66. "Fort Concord". Uboat. http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2920.html. Retrieved 26 March 2012. 
  67. "ML 133 of the Royal Navy". Uboat. http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ships/14307.html. Retrieved 11 May 2013. 
  68. "Nailsea Meadow". Uboat. http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2918.html. Retrieved 8 March 2012. 
  69. "Tinhow". Uboat. http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2919.html. Retrieved 8 March 2012. 
  70. "U-528". Uboat. http://uboat.net/boats/u528.html. Retrieved 4 April 2012. 
  71. "Gar". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History & Heritage Command. http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss208.txt. Retrieved 31 December 2011. 
  72. "Imperial Submarines". Combinedfleet.com. http://www.combinedfleet.com/I-31_t.htm. Retrieved 12 May 2013. 
  73. "HMS MMS 89 of the Royal Navy". Uboat. http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ships/13798.html. Retrieved 12 May 2013. 
  74. "M/T Sandanger". Warsailors. http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/sandanger.html. Retrieved 7 February 2012. 
  75. "Sandanger". Uboat. http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2923.html. Retrieved 10 March 2012. 
  76. "U-186". Uboat. http://uboat.net/boats/u186.htm. Retrieved 8 March 2012. 
  77. "U-456". Uboat. http://uboat.net/boats/u456.htm. Retrieved 26 March 2012. 
  78. "Klaus Howaldt (5613963)". Miramar Ship Index. http://www.miramarshipindex.org.nz. Retrieved 30 March 2012.  (subscription required)
  79. "Mambi". Uboat. http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2924.html. Retrieved 2 March 2012. 
  80. 80.0 80.1 "Nickeliner". Uboat. http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2925.html. Retrieved 2 March 2012. 
  81. "Official Cronology of the US Navy in WWII". Ibiblio. http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/USN-Chron/USN-Chron-1943.html. Retrieved 14 April 2013. 
  82. "HDML 1154 of the Royal Navy". Uboat. http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ships/15109.html. Retrieved 14 May 2013. 
  83. "M-8 (6110837)". Miramar Ship Index. http://www.miramarshipindex.org.nz. Retrieved 21 July 2012.  (subscription required)
  84. "M-122 of the Soviet Navy". Uboat. http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ships/4984.html. Retrieved 14 May 2013. 
  85. "U-235". Uboat. http://uboat.net/boats/u235.htm. Retrieved 10 March 2012. 
  86. "U-237". Uboat. http://uboat.net/boats/u237.htm. Retrieved 10 March 2012. 
  87. "U-640". Uboat. http://uboat.net/boats/u640.htm. Retrieved 14 April 2012. 
  88. "Maroussio Logothetis". Uboat. http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2926.html. Retrieved 22 February 2012. 
  89. "U-266". Uboat. http://uboat.net/boats/u266.htm. Retrieved 14 March 2012. 
  90. "Liberty Ships - W". Mariners. http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsW.html. Retrieved 6 January 2012. 
  91. "DD-614". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History & Heritage Command. http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/destroy/dd614txt.htm. Retrieved 30 December 2011. 
  92. "U-182". Uboat. http://uboat.net/boats/u182.htm. Retrieved 8 March 2012. 
  93. "Aloe". Uboat. http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2846.html. Retrieved 8 March 2012. 
  94. "Aymeric". Uboat. http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2929.html. Retrieved 15 April 2012. 
  95. "Norwegian Homefleet - WW II, Ships starting with Bo through Bø". Warsailors. http://www.warsailors.com/homefleet/shipsb2.html. Retrieved 8 February 2012. 
  96. "Japanese Subchasers". Combinedfleet.com. http://www.combinedfleet.com/CH-22_t.htm. Retrieved 17 May 2013. 
  97. "Eurostadt (5607723)". Miramar Ship Index. http://www.miramarshipindex.org.nz. Retrieved 27 March 2012.  (subscription required)
  98. "M-414 (6116032)". Miramar Ship Index. http://www.miramarshipindex.org.nz. Retrieved 4 August 2012.  (subscription required)
  99. "Northmoor". Uboat. http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2928.html. Retrieved 8 March 2012. 
  100. "U-646". Uboat. http://uboat.net/boats/u646.htm. Retrieved 14 April 2012. 
  101. "U-657". Uboat. http://uboat.net/boats/u657.htm. Retrieved 15 April 2012. 
  102. "M-345 (6116009)". Miramar Ship Index. http://www.miramarshipindex.org.nz. Retrieved 27 July 2012.  (subscription required)
  103. 103.0 103.1 "Pollack". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History & Heritage Command. http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss180.txt. Retrieved 30 December 2011. 
  104. "LLOYD'S REGISTER, SAILING VESSELS". Plimsoll Ship Date. http://www.plimsollshipdata.org/pdffile.php?name=43a0681.pdf. Retrieved 6 March 2012. 
  105. "Angelus". Uboat. http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2932.html. Retrieved 6 March 2012. 
  106. "U-273". Uboat. http://uboat.net/boats/u273.html. Retrieved 14 March 2012. 
  107. "Benakat". Uboat. http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2934.html. Retrieved 8 March 2012. 
  108. "U-258". Uboat. http://uboat.net/boats/u258.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2012. 
  109. "DD-616". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History & Heritage Command. http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/destroy/dd616txt.htm. Retrieved 30 December 2011. 
  110. "Bogue". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History & Heritage Command. http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/carriers/cve9.htm. Retrieved 12 January 2012. 
  111. "U-569". Uboat. http://uboat.net/boats/u569.htm. Retrieved 9 April 2012. 
  112. "US Submarine losses-Italian Casualties". History.Navy.mil. http://www.history.navy.mil/library/online/sublosses/sublosses_italian.htm. Retrieved 25 May 2013. 
  113. "PT 165 of the US Navy". Uboat. http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ships/10209.html. Retrieved 23 May 2013. 
  114. "PT 173 of the US Navy". Uboat. http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ships/10226.html. Retrieved 23 May 2013. 
  115. "Stanvac Manila (I) (1941-1943)". Aukevisser. http://www.aukevisser.nl/others/id396.htm. Retrieved 23 May 2013. 
  116. "U-752". Uboat. http://uboat.net/boats/u752.htm. Retrieved 19 April 2012. 
  117. "T/S Tana". Warsailors. http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/tana.html. Retrieved 8 February 2012. 
  118. "Groppo Torpedo Boat 1943-1943)". Wrecksite. http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?178250. Retrieved 25 May 2013. 
  119. "U-414". Uboat. http://uboat.net/boats/u414.htm. Retrieved 23 March 2012. 
  120. "U-467". Uboat. http://uboat.net/boats/u467.htm. Retrieved 26 March 2012. 
  121. 121.0 121.1 121.2 121.3 "Saury". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History & Heritage Command. http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss189.txt. Retrieved 30 December 2011. 
  122. "Whale". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History & Heritage Command. http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss239.txt. Retrieved 1 January 2012. 
  123. "U-436". Uboat. http://uboat.net/boats/u436.htm. Retrieved 25 March 2012. 
  124. "Sicilia". Uboat. http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2933.html. Retrieved 8 March 2012. 
  125. "Agwimonte". Uboat. http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2938.html. Retrieved 7 March 2012. 
  126. "Florida". Uboat. http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2937.html. Retrieved 29 February 2012. 
  127. "John Worthington". Uboat. http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2936.html. Retrieved 29 February 2012. 
  128. "Scamp". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History & Heritage Command. http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss277.txt. Retrieved 4 January 2012. 
  129. "M/T Storaas". Warsailors. http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/storaas.html. Retrieved 7 February 2012. 
  130. "Storaas". Uboat. http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2939.html. Retrieved 7 March 2012. 
  131. "U-304". Uboat. http://uboat.net/boats/u304.htm. Retrieved 15 March 2012. 
  132. "U-755". Uboat. http://uboat.net/boats/u755.htm. Retrieved 19 April 2012. 
  133. "Tambor". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History & Heritage Command. http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss198.htm. Retrieved 31 December 2011. 
  134. "Hopetarn". Uboat. http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2940.html. Retrieved 8 March 2012. 
  135. "MGB 110 of the Royal Navy". Uboat. http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ships/17501.html. Retrieved 29 May 2013. 
  136. "Liberty Ships - F". Mariners. http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsF.html. Retrieved 6 January 2012. 
  137. "Flora MacDonald". Uboat. http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2941.html. Retrieved 27 February 2012. 
  138. "LCT 28 of the US Navy". Uboat. http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ships/19029.html. Retrieved 30 May 2013. 
  139. "U-440". Uboat. http://uboat.net/boats/u440.html. Retrieved 25 March 2012. 
  140. "U-563". Uboat. http://uboat.net/boats/u563.html. Retrieved 8 April 2012. 
  141. "U-209". Uboat. http://uboat.net/boats/u209.htm. Retrieved 9 March 2012. 
Ship events in 1943
Ship launches: 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948
Ship commissionings: 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948
Ship decommissionings: 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948
Shipwrecks: 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948
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