May 2025 Updates

The following changes were made to the database in May:

  • 5 records was moved to a better location
  • 16 records were edited
  • 2 records were deleted
  • 11 records were added

The following vessels were added to the map:

  • Bankura: a 3,185-ton Italian cargo ship, bombed and sunk on 21 April 1941 in Tobruk harbour.
  • Caldea: a 2,703-ton Italian cargo ship, torpedoed and sunk by HMS Taku off the coast of Libya on 13 July 1941.
  • Laura C: a 6,181-ton Italian cargo ship sunk off the toe of Italy on 3 July 1941. The ship was sailing from Messina with supplies for the Italian armies in North Africa when it was torpedoed by HMS Upholder.
  • Liguria: a 15,354-ton Italian liner initially damaged in Tobruk harbour in a July 1940 bombing raid, subsequently bombed and sunk on 22 January 1941. The ship was salvaged after the war.
  • Mar Bianco: an 8,443-ton Italian cargo ship, bombed and sunk on 7 December 1943 while at the quay in Zadar, Croatia (Yugoslavia at the time of the incident).
  • Piave: a 3,229-ton Italian cargo ship scuttled at Assab on 10 June 1941. Six other ships were scuttled by the Italians at the same time before the Allies captured the port the next day. Not all of these are on the map.
  • Remus Lepri: a Romanian gunboat sunk off the mouth of the Danube River on 11 January 1941 after striking a mine.
  • S-6: a Russian submarine sunk of the Swedish island of Öland on 30 August 1941 after striking a mine. The wreck was found in 2012.
  • Salpi: a 2,710-ton Italian cargo ship, sunk off the southeast of Corsica on 9 February 1942 after striking a mine.
  • Tanjong Katang: a British auxiliary patrol vessel, sunk by Japanese gunfire in Singapore on 9 February 1942.
  • Trang: a 205-ton British whaler operating out of Singapore when the Japanese attacked the city. The boat was set on fire and abandoned on 14 February 1942 during the Allied evacuation.
Italian cargo ships Liguria (right) and Bankura (left) sunk in Tobruk harbour in 1941 bombed by RAF aircraft on two separate occasions.

There are now 15,465 sunken ships on the map. See them all here.

December 2024 Updates

The following changes were made to the database in December:

  • 11 records were moved to a better location
  • 2 records were deleted
  • 29 records were edited
  • 11 records were added

The following sunken vessels were added to the map:

  • Asturias, sunk 24 July 1943
  • Ben Hann, sunk 11 November 1941
  • Inkosi, sunk 7 September 1940
  • Parracombe, sunk 2 May 1941
  • Scalaria, sunk 19 October 1942
  • Statira, sunk 3 August 1940
  • Tafelberg, sunk 28 January 1941
  • Taiyuan, sunk 8 March 1942
  • Turbo, sunk 4 April 1942
  • Tynefield, sunk 5 October 1941
  • Warfield, sunk 15 August 1943

There are now 15,458 sunken ships on the map. See them all here.

November 2024 Updates

Even after years of working on this project, there are still fixes and additions to be made.

The following changes have been made to the database in November:

  • 3 records were moved to a better location
  • 3 records were deleted
  • 37 record were edited
  • 7 records were added

The following sunken vessels were added to the map:

  • Feolant, sunk 25 August 1941
  • Hermes, sunk 4 June 1941
  • Hetman Żółkiewski, sunk 29 September 1939
  • Imperial Star, sunk 28 September 1941
  • La Paz, sunk 1 May 1942
  • Manaqui, sunk 16 March 1942
  • Umtata, sunk 11 March 1942

There are now 15,449 sunken ships on the map. See them in an interactive map!

September 2024 Updates

The following changes have been made to the database:

  • 7 records were moved to a better location
  • 2 records were deleted
  • 1 record was edited
  • 21 records were added

The following sunken vessels were added to the map:

  • A6, sunk 2 June 1941
  • A20, sunk 2 June 1941
  • Ammon, sunk 17 January 1945
  • Arion, sunk 11 Amarch 1945
  • Christian Russ, sunk 25 July 1943
  • Dockenhuden, sunk 17 April 1945
  • Eilbek, sunk 4 November 1944
  • Ernsriff, sunk 29 July 1944 (constructive loss)
  • Griep, sunk 17 January 1945
  • Haukefjell, sunk 24 February 1945
  • Henry John, sunk 18 June 1944
  • Mangan, sunk 17 January 1945
  • Mannheim, sunk 31 December 1944
  • Oxhöft, sunk 6 November 1944
  • Randwijk, sunk 25 October 1944
  • Rival, sunk 31 December 1945
  • Robert Ley, sunk 24 March 1945 (constructive loss)
  • Schurbek, sunk 12 March 1945 (constructive loss)
  • Stettiner Greif, sunk 6 November 1944
  • Taifun, sunk 3 May 1945
  • Tilly T M Russ, sunk 11 June 1941

Most of these ships were sunk in and around Hamburg, Germany. Read my Instagram post on the topic.

There are now 15,445 sunken ships on the map. See them in an interactive map!

August 2024 Updates

The following changes have been made to the database:

  • 4 records moved to a better location
  • 3 records deleted
  • 30 recorded edited
  • 13 records added

The following sunken vessels were added to the map:

  • Balorean, sunk 1 September 1943
  • Changteh, sunk 14 February 1942
  • Elsa, sunk 6 April 1942
  • Hartm Fritzen, sunk 12 February 1944
  • Hermod, sunk 6 April 1942
  • Inn, sunk 5 September 1939
  • Jarak, sunk 17 February 1942
  • Jupiter, sunk 12 May 1944
  • La Plata, sunk 4 April 1943
  • Sofia, sunk 7 March 1945
  • Tatsumiya Maru, sunk 30 July 1945
  • Tento, sunk 6 May 1944
  • Thesselia, sunk 11 November 1942

There are now 15,423 sunken ships on the map. See them in an interactive map!