December 2023 Updates

The Danish merchant fleet’s history is varied with ships at one time being laid up, in neutral, Allied and Axis hands. Totaling 868,797 tons when the war began on September 1, 1939, by the end of the war it had been reduced by 44%.

The Sankey diagram explains the demise of the Danish merchant fleet’s in World War II.

Compare Denmark to Belgium.

August 2023 Updates

A slow month for updates.

Updates for this month:

23 records edited (additional links, corrections)
5 records moved to better locations
1 record deleted
3 new additions

The following vessels were added to the database:

Astrid, sunk September 17, 1942
Hans Broge, sunk June 15, 1941
Snark, sunk February 24, 1942 off Nouméa (read about it on Instagram)

*Snark*, when it was stilled named *Olympia*

July 2023 Updates

Updates for this month:

107 records edited (additonal links, spelling corrections)
132 records moved to better locations
5 records deleted
27 new additions

The following vessels were added to the database:

Adjbi, sunk January 24, 1943 off the coast of Tunisia
Alessandro Volta, sunk March 22, 1943 off the coast of Sicily
British Inventor, sunk June 13, 1940 off the south coast of England
Cabedello, sunk February 25, 1942 in the middle Atlantic Ocean
Elisabeth, sunk April 7, 1941 off the south coast of England
Gladiator, sunk May 21, 1941off the coast of Croatia
Guglielmo Marconi, sunk January 20, 1943 off the coast of Tunisia
Intrepido, sunk October 26, 1940 off the coast of Libya
Irma, sunk January 20, 1943 off the coast of Libya
Istria, sunk August 27, 1942 between Libya and Crete
La Mora, sunk June 12, 1940 off the west coast of Italy
Lindbergh, sunk February 19, 1943 off the south coast of England
Listrac, sunk October 17, 1940 off the south coast of England
Littoria, sunk February 4, 1943 off the coast of Montenegro
Lodoletta, sunk August 3, 1940, off the coast of Libya
Madonna di Porto Salvo, sunk April 10, 1943 off the west coast of Italy
Mafalda, sunk January 31, 1945 off the west coast of Italy
Manfred Camperio, sunk Agust 27, 1942 west of Crete
Margottini, sunk February 10, 1943 off the coast of Montenegro
Maria G, sunk January 21, 1941 off the coast of Sardinia
Monginevro, sunk April 17, 1943 off the coast of Tunisia
Monti, sunk March 22, 1943 off the coast of Tunisia
Nereus, sunk March 25, 1941 off the coast of Sicily
Octaviano Augusto, sunk November 1, 1943 near Ancona, Italy (read about it on Instagram)
Rinova, sunk February 11, 1940 off the south coast of England
Savoia, sunk July 18, 1944 near Ancona, Italy (read about it on Instagram)
Stanwood, sunk December 10, 1939 off the south coast of England

The Italian liner *Savioa* in happier days

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June 2023 Updates

Updates for the month:

82 records edited (additional links, spelling corrections)
150 records moved to better locations
5 records deleted
25 new additions

The following vessels were added to the database:

Carry On, sunk 17 December 1940, in the Thames Estuary
Duolio Cesare, sunk 10 July 1944, at Trieste – see it and read about it on Instagram
V 16 Filuccio, sunk 17 September 1941, west of Tripoli
Frankfurt, sunk 22 March 1945, in the Baltic Sea
Giorgio, sunk 24 Mrch 1943, off the west end of Sicily
Giovanni delle Bande Nore, sunk 5 May 1943, off the west end of Sicily
Giudecca, sunk 13 October 1944, near Venice
Giuseppe e Maria, sunk 9 November 1940, off the southern tip of Sicily
Grethe Mortensen, sunk 7 November 1944, off the Thames Estuary
No 56, Barometr, sunk 28 August 1941, in the Gulf of Finland
No 71 Krab, sunk 28 August 1941, in the Gulf of Finland
Lenin, on 24 June 1941, at Liepaja / Libau
M 1707 Lunenberg, sunk 17 September 1941, off the coast of Latvia
Monte Olivia, 3 April 1945, at Kiel – see it and read about it on Instagram
New York, sunk 3 April 1945, at Kiel – see it and read about it on Instagram
Østbornholm, sunk 8 May 1945, at Bornholm – see it and read about it on Instgram
Sabaudia, sunk 7 July 1944, at Trieste – see it and read about it on Instagram
Schiffbek, sunk 6 November 1944, off the coast of Estonia
VT-512 Tobol, sunk 28 August, 1941, in the Gulf of Finland
Tsiklon, sunk 28 August 1941, in the Gulf of Finland
Umvoti, sunk 29 July 1940, near Folkestone
Yakov Sverdlov, sunk 28 August 1941, in the Gulf of Finland
TN-12, sunk 28 August 1941, in the Gulf of Finland
T-202, sunk 15 August 1941, in the Gulf of Finland
T-203 Patron, sunk 25 October 1941, in the Gulf of Finland

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May 2023 Updates

Updates for the month:

124 records edited (additional links, spelling corrections)
204 records moved to better locations
3 records deleted
14 new additions

The following vessels were added to the database:

Araybank, sunk 16 May 1941 in Suda Bay, Crete
FY164 Arctic Pioneer, sunk 27 May 1941 off Portmouth
British Officer, sunk 12 January 1940 off Newcastle
T 07 Coral, sunk 31 October 1941, at Malta
Danilo B, sunk 10 June 1940, south of Naples
Fella, scuttled 31 March 1941, at Punta Arenas, Costa Rica – see it and read about on Instagram
F 78 Fauna, sunk 30 April 1943, southwest of Sicily
F 39 Fertilia, sunk 23 November 1942, east of Tunisia
Gripfast, sunk 29 January 1940, off Bridlington, England
G87 Lance, sunk 9 April 1942, at Malta – see it and read about it on Instagram
Logician, sunk 25 May 1941, in Suda Bay, Crete
Olna, sunk 18 May 1941, in Suda Bay, Crete
Plumleaf, sunk 4 April 1942, at Malta
Rokos, sunk 26 May 1941, in Suda Bay, Crete

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April 2023 Updates

Updates for the month:

129 records edited (additional links, spelling corrections)
228 records moved to better locations
2 records deleted
20 new additions

The following vessels were added to the database:

V 87 Aosta, sunk 18 February 1942 in the Mediterraean between Tunisia and Sicily
Ariosta, sunk 15 February 1942 off the coast of Tunisa
Saint Octave, sunk 29 May 1940 at Dunkirk
Royal Daffodil II, sunk 7 May1941 at Liverpool – more on Instagram
Baicin, sunk 27 February 1943 in the Ligurian Sea
Balena, sunk 16 February 1942 in the Bay of Biscay
Bella Italia, sunk 9 April 1943 off the southeast coast of Sardinia
Ben Hur, sunk 13 July 1943 off the coast of Italy northwest of Livorno
Cressdene, sunk 17 March 1942 off the coast of England east of Harwich
Buenos Aires II, sunk 8 November 1942 off the coast of Libya
Cadamosto, 22 December 1941 off the coast of Libya
Capodoglio, 26 September 1941 off the coast of Libya
Carlo Splendor, 7 July 1943 off the east coast of Sicily
Carlotta, sunk 19 June 1942 off the coast of Montenegro
Pearl, sunk 17 December 1939 in the North Sea
Cinzia, sunk 20 January 1943 off the coast of Libya
Città di Agrigento, sunk 20 July 1942 at Mersa Matrouh, Egypt – more on Instagram
Colombo, sunk 16 April 1944 in the Gulf of Taranto
Dungeness, sunk 15 November 1940 off the coast of Norfolk, UK
Constantina, sunk 20 December 1942 off the coast of Tunisia

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*Saint Octave* in the midst of the wreckage of the recently departed British Expeditionary Force at Dunkirk, August, 1940

Luftwaffe Maritime Successes

Much of the Germans success against Allied shipping can be rightfully attributed to their submarine fleet. Of the close to 5,000 vessels the Germans sank, 2,939 of them can be attributable to the Kriegsmarine’s submarine arm. Far behind in number but still significant are the number of ships sunk by the Luftwaffe: 1,312.

Much of this, of course, occurred in-shore along the coast of the British Isles or in the Mediterranean but the Luftwaffe did have some success with the Allies’ trans-Atlantic supply route. There the Germans employed their only long-range bomber, the 4-engined Folke-Wulf 200 Condor, with some success. With a range of 3,560 kilometres the bombers could reach out almost the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, at least at one point.

The map above shows the location of some of the 1,312 ships that were sunk by Luftwaffe aircraft. The dashed blue line indicates the approximate range of the Folke-Wulf 200. Another 413 vessels remain unmapped but most of these were in Allied harbours.