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List of Royal Navy Submarines sunk during WW11 indicating where sunk, how they were sunk, and the date of loss.(Includes Midget Submarines)
P-32. Hit a mine in the Mediterranean. 18th. of August 1941. P-33. Sunk in the Mediterranean by Italian surface forces. 20th. of August 1941. P-36. Wrecked in Malta harbour as a result of a bombing raid. 1st. of April 1942. P-38. Sunk in the Mediterranean by Italian surface forces. 23rd. of February 1942. P-39. Damaged by an air raid in Malta too much to be repaired. 26th. of March 1942. P-48. Sunk in the Gulf of Tunis by Italian surface forces. 25th. of December 1942. P-222. Probably sunk in the Bay of Naples by Italian surface forces. 12th. of December 1942. P-311. Probably hit a mine near Madalana, in the Mediterranean. 8th. of January 1944. P-514. Sunk by accident, rammed by Mine sweeper Georgian off Newfoundland. 21st. of June 1942. P-615. Torpedoed by German U-123 off West Africa. 18th. of April 1943. P- 715/Graph ( ex German U-507 ) Broke adrift whilst being towed, and grounded on Islay,West of Scotland, salvaged and eventually scrapped 20th. of March 1944. X5. Probably destroyed by gunfire from Tirpitz, Norway. 22nd. of September 1943. X6. Scuttled off Norway. 22nd. of September 1943. X7. Abandoned. Tirpitz attack Norway. 22nd. of September 1943. X8. Scuttled enroute to Norway. 17th. of September 1943. X9. Lost enroute to Norway. September 1943. X10. Scuttled on voyage home after the Tirpitz attack. 15th. of October 1943. X22. Lost after a collision in Pentland Firth with HMS Syrtis. 7th. of February 1944. Cachalot. Rammed by Italian Destroyer, sunk in Mediterranean. 30th. of July 1941. Grampus. Sunk off Sicily by Italian Torpedo Boat. 16th. of January 1940. Narwhal. Sunk by German Mine or Aircraft off Norway. 1st. of August 1940. Odin. Sunk by Italian Navy in Mediterranean. 13th. of June 1940. Olympus. Probably hit a mine off Malta. 8th. of May 1942. Orpheus. Sunk off Tobruk by Italian Destroyer. 19th. of June 1940. Oswald. Rammed by Italian Destroyer in the Mediterranean, and abandoned . 1st. of August 1940. Oxley. Torpedoed in error by British Submarine HMS Triton off Norway. 10th. of September 1939. Pandora. Bombed and sunk in Valetta harbour, Malta. 1st. of April 1940. Parthian. Hit a mine in the Adriatic. 11th. of August 1943. Perseus. Hit a mine off Greece. 6th. of December 1941. Phoenix. Sunk in the Mediterranean by Italian Torpedo Boat. 16th. of July 1040. Porpoise. Sunk by Japanese aircraft in Malacca Straits. 19th. of January 1945. Rainbow. Rammed and sunk by Italian Minesweeper Antonietta Costa in Adriatic. 10th.of October 1940. Regent. Hit a mine north of Monopoli in the Mediterranean. 18th. of April 1943. Regulus. Probably hit a mine off Taranto in the Mediterranean. 26th. of November 1940. Sahib. Scuttled after a depth charge attack in the Mediterranean. 24th. of April 1943. Salmon. Probably hit a mine off Norway. 9th. of July 1940. Saracen. Off Corsica, forced to the surface by Italian Corvettes and subsequently scuttled. 7th. of August 1943. Seahorse. Probably sunk off the Elbe by German 1st. Minesweeping Flotilla. 7th. of January 1940. Seal. Captured by Germans off Sweden. 5th. of May 1940. Shark. Attacked by seaplane off Norway, captured, but sank under tow. 6th. of July 1940. Sickle. Probably hit a mine in the Mediterranean. June 1944. Simoom. Probably hit a mine off Greece. 19th.of November1943. Snapper. Depth Charged in German minefield.12th. of February 1941. Spearfish. Sunk by German U-34 in North Sea. 1st. of August 1940. Splendid. Sunk South of Capri after German depth charge attack. 21st. of April 1943. Starfish. Scuttled after German depth charge attack off German coast. 9th. of January 1940. Sterlet. Sunk Kattegat by German A/S Trawlers. 18th. of April 1940. Stonehenge. Sunk off Malaya, cause unknown. 22nd. of November 1944. Strategem. Scuttled after Japanese depth charge attack Malacca Straits. 22nd. of November 1944. Swordfish. Hit a mine off Isle of Wight. 16th. of November 1940. Syrtis. Probably hit a mine off Norway. 28th. of March 1944. Talisman. Probably hit a mine off Sicily. 18th. of September 1942. Tarpon. Sunk off Norway by German Q ship Schiff 40. 10th. of April 1940. Tempest. Attacked in the Mediterranean by Italian Torpedo Boat Circe, abandoned and sank. 13th. of February 1940. Regent. Hit a mine north of Monopoli in the Mediterranean. 18th. of April 1943. Regulus. Probably hit a mine off Taranto in the Mediterranean. 26th. of November 1940. Sahib. Scuttled after a depth charge attack in the Mediterranean. 24th. of April 1943. Salmon. Probably hit a mine off Norway. 9th. of July 1940. Saracen. Off Corsica, forced to the surface by Italian Corvettes and subsequently scuttled. 7th. of August 1943. Seahorse. Probably sunk off the Elbe by German 1st. Minesweeping Flotilla. 7th. of January 1940. Seal. Captured by Germans off Sweden. 5th. of May 1940. Shark. Attacked by seaplane off Norway, captured but sank under tow. 6th. of July 1940. Sickle. Probably hit a mine in the Mediterranean. June 1944. Simoom. Probably hit a mine off Greece. 19th.of November 1943. Snapper. Depth Charged in German minefield.12th. of February 1941. Spearfish. Sunk by German U-34 in North Sea. 1st. of August 1940. Splendid. Sunk South of Capri after German depth charge attack. 21st. of April 1943. Starfish. Scuttled after German depth charge attack off German coast. 9th. of January 1940. Sterlet. Sunk Kattegat by German A/S Trawlers. 18th. of April 1940. Stonehenge. Sunk off Malaya, cause unknown. 22nd. of November 1944. Strategem. Scuttled after Japanese depth charge attack Malacca Straits. 22nd. of November 1944. Swordfish. Hit a mine off Isle of Wight. 16th. of November 1940. Syrtis. Probably hit a mine off Norway. 28th. of March 1944. Talisman. Probably hit a mine off Sicily. 18th. of September 1942. Tarpon. Sunk off Norway by German Q ship Schiff 40. 10th. of April 1940. Tempest. Attacked in the Mediterranean by Italian Torpedo Boat Circe, abandoned and sank. 13th. of February 1940. Tetrarch. Probably hit a mine off Sicily. 27th. of October 1941. Thames. Probably hit a mine off the Skaggerak. 3rd. of August 1940. Thistle. Sunk by German U-4 near Stravangar. 10th. of April 1940. Thorn. Sunk in the Mediterranean by Italian aircraft. 14th. of August 1942. Thunderbolt ex Thetis. Sunk Bay of Biscay by Italian Corvette Cicogna. 14th. of May 1943. Tigris. Sunk in the Mediterranean by hitting a mine or by an ITalian Submarine chaser. 27th. February 1943. Traveller. Probably hit a mine in the Mediterranean. 4th. of December 1942. Triad. Probably sunk by Gunfire from an Italian submarine in the Ionian Sea. 20th. of October 1940. Triton. Probably sunk in the Mediterranean by Italian Torpedo Boat. 18th. of December 1940. Triumph. Probably hit a mine South East of Greece. 20th. of January 1942. Trooper. Probably hit a mine Aegian Sea. 17th. of October 1943. Turbulent. Sunk in the Mediterranean North East of Sardinia by Italian Torpedo Boats. 23rd. of March 1943. Umpire. Rammed in error off Cromer Norfolk, England, by Armed Trawler Peter Hendriks, and sank. 19th. of July 1940. Unbeaten. Sunk in error in the Bay of Biscay by RAF Wellington from Squadron 172. 11th. of July 1942. Undaunted. Probably hit a mine in the Mediterranean. 13th. of May 1941. Undine. Blown to the surface during depth charge attack by German Mine sweepers West of Heligoland, and subsequently scuttled. 7th. of January 1940. Union. Sunk in the Mediterranean by Italian Torpedo Boat Circe. 22nd. of July. 1941. Unity. Sank off Blyth after a collision with Norwegian SS Atle Jarl Sanic. 29th. of April 1940. Unique. Lost West of Gibraltar from unknown causes. 22nd. of October 1940. Untamed, Did not surface during exercises, flooded through a sluice valve. 1st. of June 1943. After her salvage renamed Vitality. Upholder. Sunk in the Mediterranean by Italian Destroyer Pegaso. 14th. of April 1942. Urge. Probably hit a mine in the Mediterranean. 6th. of May 1942. Usk. Probably hit a mine in the Mediterranean. 3rd. of May 1941. Usurper. May have hit a mine in the Mediterranean off Genoa. 11th. of October 1943. Utmost. Sunk in the Mediterranean by Italian Torpedo Boat. 27th. of January 1942. Vandal. Did not surface during exercises off Isle of Arran. 24th. of February 1943. Total. 81.
1939. 1 1940. 23 1941. 11 1942. 17 1943. 20 1944. 8 1945. 1
Mediterranean. 45 Atlantic. 10 North Sea. 6 Off Norway and Sweden. 12 Off Germany. 5 Asia. 3
Mined. 24 By enemy Aircraft attack. 5 By enemy Submarine. 5 By Italian Surface forces. 16 By German surface forces. 7 Scuttled or Abandoned. 11 Sunk by Friendly Fire, by collision, or accident . 3 by Friendly Fire, 3 through a collision, 1 an accident/7 Sunk in unknown circumstances. 4 Broke away from tow or sank under tow. 2 |
