CAPITAL SHIPS
Battleships
BARHAM (31,100t, 1915), sunk by U-boat torpedoes off Sollum, Egypt, November 25, 1941 (Casualty List)
PRINCE OF WALES (35,000t, 31/3/41), sunk by Japanese torpedo-aircraft, E coast of Malaya, December 10, 1941 (Casualty List)
ROYAL OAK (29,150t, 1916), sunk by U-boat torpedo, Scapa Flow, Orkneys, October 14, 1939 (Casualty List)
Battlecruisers
HOOD (42,000t, 1920), sunk in action with Bismarck, N Atlantic, May 24, 1941 (Casualty List)
REPULSE (33,250, 1916), sunk by Japanese torpedo-aircraft, E coast of Malaya, December 10, 1941 (Casualty List)
Monitor
TERROR (7,200t, 1916), bombed (22nd) and sunk off Derna, Libya, February 23, 1941
AIRCRAFT CARRIERS
Fleet carriers
ARK ROYAL (22,000t, 1938), torpedoed (13th) by U-boat and sunk, W Mediterranean, November 14, 1941 (Casualty List)
COURAGEOUS (22,500t, 1917, ex-cruiser, carrier from 1928), sunk by U-boat torpedo W of Ireland, September 17, 1939 (Casualty List)
EAGLE (22,600t, 1924), sunk by U-boat torpedo, W Mediterranean, August 11, 1942 (Casualty List)
GLORIOUS (22,500t,1917, ex-cruiser, carrier from 1930), sunk by gunfire, "Scharnhorst" and "Gneisenau", latitude of Narvik, Norway, June 8, 1940 (Casualty List)
HERMES (10,850t, 1924), sunk by Japanese aircraft off Ceylon, April 9, 1942 (Casualty List)
Escort carriers
AUDACITY (ex-Hannover, German prize, 11,000t deep, 1939; as 9/41), sunk by U-boat torpedo, N Atlantic, December 21, 1941 (Casualty List)
AVENGER (13,785t deep, 2/3/42), sunk by U-boat torpedo, W of Gibraltar Straits, November 15, 1942 (Casualty List)
DASHER (13,785t, 2/7/42), sunk, probably due to petrol explosion, South of Cumbrae Island, W Scotland, March 27, 1943 (Casualty List)
CRUISERS
BONAVENTURE (5,450t, 24/5/40), sunk by U-boat torpedoes, S of Crete, March 31, 1941 (Casualty List)
CAIRO (AA ship, 4,200t, 1919), sunk by U-boat torpedo off Bizerta, Tunis, August 12, 1942 (Casualty List)
CALCUTTA (AA ship, 4,200t, 1919), sunk by aircraft bombs during evacuation of Crete, June 1, 1941 (Casualty List)
CALYPSO (4,180t, 1917), sunk by U-boat torpedo, S of Crete, June 12, 1940 (Casualty List)
CHARYBDIS (5,450t, 3/12/41), sunk by E-boat torpedoes, English Channel, October 23, 1943 (Casualty List)
CORNWALL (10,000t, 1928), sunk by Japanese dive bombers, Indian Ocean, April 5, 1942 (Casualty List)
COVENTRY (AA ship, 4,290t, 1918), sunk by dive bombers, E Mediterranean, September 14, 1942 (Casualty List)
CURACOA (AA ship, 4,290t, 1918), lost in collision, NW Approaches, October 2, 1942 (Casualty List)
CURLEW (AA ship, 4,290t, 1917), sunk by aircraft bombs, off Ofotfiord, Norway, May 26, 1940 (Casualty List)
DORSETSHIRE (9,975t, 1930), sunk by Japanese dive bombers, Indian Ocean, April 5, 1942 (Casualty List)
DRAGON (On loan to Polish Navy, 4,850t, 1918), damaged by human torpedo off Normandy, Constructive total loss, July 8, 1944
DUNEDIN (4,850t, 1919), sunk by U-boat torpedo, between W Africa and Brazil, November 24, 1941 (Casualty List)
DURBAN (4,850t, 1919), sunk as blockship for Mulberry Harbour, Normandy, N France, June 9, 1944
EDINBURGH (10,000t, 6/7/39), sunk by destroyer, torpedoes, after U-boat damage (30th Apr), Barent's Sea, Arctic, May 2, 1942 (Casualty List)
EFFINGHAM (9,550t, 1925) Struck submerged rock and wrecked, Vestfiord, Norway, May 18, 1940
EXETER (8,390t, 1931), sunk in action with Japanese surface craft, Java Seas, March 1, 1942 (Casualty List)
FIJI (8,000t, 17/5/40), sunk by aircraft bombs during evacuation of Crete, May 22, 1941 (Casualty List)
GALATEA (5,220t, 1935), sunk by U-boat torpedo off Alexandria, December 14, 1941 (Casualty List)
GLOUCESTER (9,600t, 31/1/39), sunk by aircraft bombs during evacuation of Crete, May 22, 1941 (Casualty List)
HERMIONE (5,450t, 25/3/41), sunk by U-boat torpedo, E Mediterranean, June 16, 1942 (Casualty List)
MANCHESTER (9,400t, 1938), sunk by E-boat torpedo off Kelibia Roads, Tunisia, August 13, 1942 (Casualty List)
NAIAD (5,450t, 24/7/40), sunk by U-boat torpedo, E Mediterranean, March 11 1942 (Casualty List)
NEPTUNE (7,175t, 1934), sunk by mine off Tripoli, Libya, December 19, 1941 (Casualty List)
PENELOPE (5,270t, 1936), sunk by U-boat torpedo, Anzio area, W Italy, February 18, 1944 (Casualty List)
SOUTHAMPTON (9,100t, 1937), sunk by dive bombers, E of Malta, January 11, 1941 (Casualty List)
SPARTAN (5,770t, 10/8/43), sunk by aircraft, glider-bomb, off Anzio, W Italy, January 29, 1944 (Casualty List)
TRINIDAD (8,000t, 14/10/41), sunk by own forces after damage by torpedo carrying aircraft, Barents Sea, Arctic, May 15, 1942 (Casualty List)
YORK (8,250, 1930), lost at Suda Bay, Crete after damage on various dates by explosive motor boats and aircraft, May 22, 1941
Cruiser minelayers
ABDIEL (2,650t, 15/4/41), sunk by mine in Taranto Bay, S Italy, September 10, 1943 (Casualty List)
LATONA (2,650y, 4/5/41), attacked by aircraft, E Mediterranean, October 25, 1941 (Casualty List)
WELSHMAN (2,650t, 25/8/41), sunk by U-boat torpedo off Libya, February 1, 1943 (Casualty List)
DESTROYERS
ACASTA (1,350t, 1930), sunk by Scharnhorst and Gneisenau gunfire, returning from Norway, June 8, 1940
ACHATES (1,330t, 1930), sunk by surface craft gunfire, when escorting convoy, Barents Sea, Arctic, December 31, 1942
ACHERON ( 1,350t, 1931), sunk by mine off Isle of Wight, S England, December 17, 1940
AFRIDI (Leader, 1,870t, 1938), sunk by aircraft bombs, off Norway, May 3, 1940
ARDENT (1,350t, 1930), sunk by Scharnhorst and Gneisenau gunfire, returning from Norway, June 8, 1940
BASILISK (1,360t, 1931), sunk by aircraft bombs, off Dunkirk, France, June 1, 1940
BATH (On loan to R Norwegian Navy, 1,060t, 1919), sunk by U-boat torpedo, SW of Ireland, August 19, 1941
BEDOUIN (1,870t, 15/3/39), sunk by aircraft torpedo, Central Mediterranean, June 15, 1942
BELMONT (1,190t, 1919), sunk by U-boat torpedo, W Atlantic, January 31, 1942
BEVERLEY (1,190t, 1920), sunk by U-boat torpedo, N Atlantic, April 11, 1943
BLANCHE (1,360t, 1931), sunk by mine, Thames Estuary, November 13, 1939
BOADICEA (1,360t, 1931), sunk by aircraft torpedo off Portland, English Channel, June 13, 1944
BRAZEN (1,360t, 1931), sunk by aircraft off Dover, S England, July 20, 1940
BROADWATER (1,190, 1920), sunk by U-boat torpedo, N Atlantic, October 18, 1941
BROKE (Leader, 1,480t, 1925), sunk by gunfire, shore batteries, Algiers, Algeria November 8, 1942
CAMPBELTOWN (1,090t, 1919), sunk as explosion vessel at St Nazaire, March 28, 1942
CODRINGTON (Leader, 1,540t, 1930), bombed and sunk in Dover Harbour, S England, July 27, 1940
COSSACK (1,870t, 1938), foundered after being torpedoed by U-boat (23rd), W of Gibraltar, October 27, 1941
DAINTY (1,375t, 1932), sunk by aircraft, off Tobruk, Libya, February 24, 1941
DARING (1,375t, 1932), sunk by U-boat torpedo off Duncansby Head, N Scotland, February 18, 1940
DEFENDER (1,375t, 1932), sunk by aircraft bombs, off Sidi Barrani, Egypt, July 11, 1941
DEIATELNYI (ex-CHURCHILL, on loan to Soviet Navy, 1,190t, 1920), sunk by U-boat torpedo, Arctic, January 16, 1945
DELIGHT (1,375t, 1933), bombed and sunk off Portland, S England, July 29, 1940
DIAMOND (1,375t, 1932), sunk by aircraft bombs during evacuation of Greece, May 27, 1941
DUCHESS (1,375t, 1933), sunk in collision W of Scotland, December 12, 1939
ECLIPSE (1,375t, 1934), sunk by mine off Kalimno, Dodecanese, October 24, 1943
ELECTRA (1,375t, 1934), sunk by surface craft, gunfire, Java Sea, February 27, 1942
ENCOUNTER (1,375t, 1934), sunk in action, surface craft, Java Sea, March 1, 1942
(1,375t, 1934), sunk by U-boat torpedo, W Mediterranean, July 11, 1940
ESK (1,375t, 1934), sunk by mine, North Sea, September 1, 1940
EXMOUTH (Leader, 1,475t, 1934), sunk by U-boat torpedo, Moray Firth, off W Scotland, January 21, 1940
FEARLESS (1,375t, 1934), sunk during air attack on convoy, Central Mediterranean, July 23, 1941
FIREDRAKE (1,350t, 1935), sunk by U-boat torpedo, N Atlantic, December 16, 1942
FORESIGHT (1,350t, 1935), sunk by aircraft torpedo, Central Mediterranean, August 13, 1942
FURY (1,350t, 1935), damaged beyond repair by mine off Normandy, June 21, 1944
GALLANT (1,335t, 1936), damaged by mine (10th) and taken in tow. Later bombed and sunk in Malta Harbour, January 20, 1941
GIPSY (1,335t, 1936), sunk by mine off Harwich, November 21, 1939
GLOWWORM (1,345t, 1936), sunk by gunfire, Admiral Hipper, off Norway, April 8, 1940
GRAFTON (1,335T, 1936), sunk by E-boat torpedo off Dunkirk, France, May 29, 1940
GRENADE (1,335t, 1936), sunk by aircraft bombs, in Dunkirk Harbour, France, May 29, 1940
GRENVILLE (Leader, 1,485t, 1936), sunk by mine, North Sea, January 19, 1940
GREYHOUND (1,335t, 1936), sunk by aircraft bombs during battle of Crete, May 22, 1941
GURKHA (1,870t, 1938), sunk by aircraft bombs, off Stavanger, Norway, April 9, 1940
GURKHA (ex LARNE, 1,920t, 18/2/41), sunk by U-boat torpedo, E Mediterranean, January 17 1942
HARDY (Leader, 1,505t, 1936) Driven ashore, gunfire, Narvik, April 10, 1940
HARDY (Leader, 1,730t, 14/8/43), sunk by U-boat torpedo, Barents Sea, Arctic, January 30, 1944
HARVESTER (1,400t, 25/3/40), sunk by U-boat torpedo, N Atlantic, March 11, 1943
HASTY (1,340t, 1936), sunk by U-boat torpedo, E Mediterranean, June 15, 1942
HAVANT (1,400t, 1939), sunk by aircraft bombs, off Dunkirk, France, June 1, 1940
HAVOCK (1,340t, 1937), grounded, total loss, off Kelibia, Tunisia, April 6, 1942
HEREWARD (1,340t, 1936), sunk by aircraft bombs, off Crete, May 29, 1941
HOSTILE (1,340t, 1936), mined and sunk off Cape Bon, Tunisia, August 23, 1940
HUNTER (1,340t, 1936), sunk by surface ship gunfire, in battle of Narvik, April 10, 1940
HURRICANE (1,400t, 21/6/40), sunk by U-boat torpedo, N Atlantic, December 24, 1943
HYPERION (1,340t, 1936), sunk by mine off Pantellaria, SW of Sicily, December 22, 1940
IMOGEN (1,370t, 1937), damaged in collision, caught fire, abandoned of Duncansby Head, N Scotland, July 16, 1940
IMPERIAL (1,370t, 1937), sunk by own forces after being bombed, off Crete, May 29, 1941
INGLEFIELD (Leader, 1,530t, 1937), sunk by aircraft, glider-bomb,off Anzio, W Italy, February 25, 1944
INTREPID (1,370t, 1937), sunk by aircraft, in Leros Harbour, Dodecanese, September 27, 1943
ISIS (1,370t, 1937), sunk by human torpedo or mine off Normandy, July 20, 1944
IVANHOE (1,370t, 1937), sunk by mine, North Sea, September 1
JACKAL (1,760t, 13/4/39), sunk by aircraft, E Mediterranean, May 12, 1942
JAGUAR (1,760t, 12/9/39), sunk by U-boat torpedo, E Mediterranean, March 26, 1942
JANUS (1,760t, 5/8/39), sunk by aircraft torpedo off Anzio, W Italy, January 23, 1944
JERSEY (1,760t, 28/4/39), mined in entrance to Grand Harbour, Malta, May 2, 1941
JUNO (1,760t, 25/8/39), sunk by aircraft bombs during battle of Crete, May 21, 1941
JUPITER (1,760t, 25/6/39), sunk by torpedo, Java Sea, February 27, 1942
KANDAHAR (1,760t, 10/10/39), mined off Tripoli, Libya, and subsequently sunk by own forces, December 19, 1941
KASHMIR (1,760t, 26/10/39), sunk by aircraft bombs during battle of Crete, May 23, 1941
KEITH (Leader, 1,400t, 1931), sunk by aircraft bombs, off Dunkirk, France, June 1, 1940
KELLY (Leader, 1,760t, 23/8/39), sunk by aircraft bombs during battle of Crete, May 23, 1941
KHARTOUM (1,710t, 1939) Beached after damage by internal explosion caused by burst air vessel off Perim Harbour, Red Sea, June 23, 1940
KINGSTON (1,760t, 14/9/39), sunk by aircraft bombs, at Malta, April 11, 1942
KIPLING (1,760t, 22/12/39), sunk by aircraft, E Mediterranean, May 11, 1942
KUJAWIAK (ex OAKLEY, on loan to Polish Navy, 1,050t, 17/6/41), sunk by mine off Malta, June 16, 1942
LA COMBATTANTE (ex-HALDON, on loan to French Navy, 1,050t, 30/12/42), sunk by mine, North Sea, February 23, 1945
LAFOREY (Leader, 1,935t, 26/8/41), sunk by U-boat torpedo, North of Sicily, March 30, 1944
LANCE (1,920t, 13/5/41), sunk by aircraft bombs, at Malta Subsequently salved, April 9, 1942
LEGION (1,920t, 19/12/40), sunk by aircraft, Malta Harbour, March 26, 1942
LIGHTNING (1,920t, 28/5/41), sunk by E-boat torpedo, Central Mediterranean 1943, March 12, 1943
LIVELY (1,920t, 20/7/41), sunk by aircraft, E Mediterranean, May 11, 1942
MAHRATTA (1,920t, 8/4/43), sunk by U-boat torpedo, Barents Sea, Arctic, February 25, 1944
MAORI (1,870t, 30/11/38), sunk during air raid on Grand Harbour, Malta. Date given as 11th-12th, February 12, 1942
MARTIN (1,920t, 4/4/42), sunk by U-boat torpedo W Mediterranean, November 10, 1942
MASHONA (1,370t, 30/3/39), sunk by aircraft bombs, N Atlantic, May 28, 1941
MATABELE (1,870t, 25/1/39), sunk by U-boat torpedo, Barent's Sea, Arctic, January 17, 1942
MOHAWK (1,870t, 1938), torpedoed by destroyer, East of Tunisia Sunk by own, April 16, 1941
NESTOR (On loan to RAN, 1,760t, 12/2/41), sunk by aircraft bombs, E Mediterranean, June 15, 1942
ORKAN (ex-MYRMIDON, on loan to Polish Navy, 1,920t, 5/12/42), sunk by U-boat torpedo, N Atlantic, October 8, 1943
PAKENHAM (Leader, 1,550t, 4/2/42), sunk by own forces after damage in action with destroyers off Sicily, April 16, 1943
PANTHER (1,540t, 12/12/41), sunk by aircraft bombs, Scarpanto Strait, Dodecanese, October 9, 1943
PARTRIDGE (1,540t, 22/2/42), sunk by U-boat torpedo, W Mediterranean, December 18, 1942
PUCKERIDGE (1,550t, 30/7/41), sunk by U-boat torpedo, W Mediterranean, September 6, 1943
PUNJABI (1,870t, 29/3/39), sunk after collision, N Atlantic, May 1, 1942
QUAIL (1,705t, 7/1/43), sunk in tow, Bari to Taranto, after damage by mine (15th Nov 1943, ), June 18, 1944
QUENTIN (1,705t, 15/4/42), sunk by aircraft torpedo, W Mediterranean, December 2, 1942
ROCKINGHAM (1,190t, 1919), sunk by mine, E Scotland, September 27, 1944
SIKH (1,870t, 12/10/38), sunk by gunfire, shore batteries, Tobruk, Libya, September 14, 1942
SOMALI (Leader, 1,870t, 7/12/38), sunk in tow, after U-boat torpedo (20th), off Iceland, September 24, 1942
STANLEY (1,190t, 1919), sunk by U-boat torpedo, N Atlantic, December 19, 1941
STRONGHOLD (905t, 1919), sunk in action, surface craft, South of Java, March 2, 1942
STURDY (905t, 1919), wrecked, Tiree Island, W Scotland, October 30, 1940
SVENNER (ex-SHARK, on loan to R Norwegian Navy, 1,710t, 18/3/44), sunk by surface ship, torpedo off Normandy, June 6, 1944
SWIFT (1,710t, 6/12/43), sunk by mine off Normandy, June 24, 1944
TENEDOS (1,000t, 1919), sunk by aircraft during attack on Colombo, April 5, 1942
THANET (1,000t, 1919), sunk in action with Japanese surface craft, off Malaya, January 27, 1942
VALENTINE (Leader, 1,090t, 1917), bombed, grounded and abandoned in River Scheldt, Belgium, May 15, 1940
VAMPIRE (On loan to RAN, 1,090t, 1917), sunk by aircraft bombs, E of Ceylon, April 9, 1942
VENETIA (1,090t, 1917), sunk by mine, Thames Estuary, SE England, October 19, 1940
VETERAN (1,120t, 1919), sunk by U-boat torpedo, N Atlantic, September 26, 1942
VIMIERA (1,090t, 1917), sunk by mine, Thames Estuary, January 9, 1942
VORTIGERN (1,090t, 1918), sunk by E-boat torpedo off Cromer, E England, March 15, 1942
WAKEFUL (1,100t, 1917), sunk by E-boat torp off Dunkirk, France, May 29, 1940
WARWICK (1,200t, 1918), sunk by U-boat torpedo off W Cornwall, SW England, February 20, 1944
WATERHEN (On loan to RAN, 1,100t, 1918), sunk by aircraft bombs, off Sollum, Egypt, June 29, 1941
WESSEX (1,100t, 1918), sunk by aircraft bombs, off Calais, France, May 24, 1940
WHIRLWIND (1,100t, 1918), sunk by U-boat torpedo, SW of Ireland, July 5, 1940
WHITLEY (1,100t, 1918), damaged by bombs, beached between Nieuport and Ostend, Belgium, May 19, 1940
WILD SWAN (1,120t, 19), sunk by aircraft bombs, Western Approaches, June 17, 1942
WREN (1,120t, 1923), bombed and sunk off Aldeburgh, Suffolk, E England, September 27, 1940
WRESTLER (1,100t, 1918), damaged beyond repair by mine off Normandy, June 6, 1944
WRYNECK (1,100t, 1918), sunk by aircraft bombs during evacuation of Greece, May 27, 1941
ZULU (1, 870t, 6/9/38), sunk by aircraft bombs, E Mediterranean, September 14, 1942
Escort destroyers
AIREDALE (1,050t, 8/1/42), sunk by aircraft during attack on convoy, E Mediterranean, June 15, 1942
ALDENHAM (1,050t, 5/2/42), sunk by mine, NE Adriatic, December 14, 1944
BERKELEY (1,000t, 6/6/40), sunk by aircraft during operations at Dieppe, August 19, 1942
BLEAN (1,050t, 23/3/42), sunk by U-boat torpedo, W of Oran, Algeria, December 11, 1942
DULVERTON (1,050t, 27/9/41), sunk by aircraft, glider bomb, off Kos, Dodecanese, November 13, 1943
ESKDALE (On loan to R Norwegian Navy, 1,050t, 31/7/42), sunk by E-boat torpedo off Lizard Head, Cornwall, SW England, April 14, 1943
EXMOOR (1,000t, 1/11/40), sunk by explosion presumed E-boat torpedo off Lowestoft, E England, February 25, 1941
GROVE (1,050t, 5/2/42), sunk by U-boat torpedo, E Mediterranean, June 12, 1942
HEYTHROP (1,050t, 21/6/41), sunk by U-boat torpedo, E Mediterranean, March 20, 1942
HOLCOMBE (1,050t, 16/9/42), sunk by U-boat torpedo, W Mediterranean, December 12, 1943
HURWORTH (1,050t, 5/10/41), sunk by mine off Kalimno, Dodecanese, October 22, 1943
LIMBOURNE (1,050t, 24/10/42), sunk by own forces after damage by E-boat torpedoes, English Channel, October 23, 1943
PENYLAN (1,050t, 31/ 8/42), sunk by E-boat torpedo, English Channel, December 3, 1942
QUORN (1,000t, 21/9/40), sunk by human torpedo or mine off Normandy, August 3, 1944
SOUTHWOLD (1,050t, 9/10/41), sunk by mine off Malta, March 24, 1942
TYNDALE (1,000t, 2/12/40), sunk by U-boat torpedo, W Mediterranean, December 12, 1943