Tag: Sunken Ships

February 2024 Updates

The following changes have been made to the database of sunken ships:

  • 6 records edited (additional links, corrections)
  • 4 records moved to better locations
  • 1 record deleted
  • 7 records added

The following sunken vessels were added to the database:

  • Bahia Castillo, sunk on 1 May 1940
  • Berlin, sunk on 1 February 1945
  • Nioi, sunk on 29 October 1943
  • RD-4, sunk on 29 January 1943
  • Sifnos, sunk on 4 March 1944
  • U-1407, sunk on 4 May 1945
  • U-4708, sunk on 9 April 1945

See them all on the map.

January 2024 Updates

A shorter list of updates to the database for January.

  • 5 records edited (additional links, corrections)
  • 1 record moved to a better location
  • 1 record deleted
  • 10 records added

The following sunken vessels were added to the database:

  • Kentucky, sunk 15 June 1942
  • TA 24 Arturo, sunk 18 March 1945
  • TA 29 Eridano, sunk 18 March 1945
  • U-684, sunk 3 May 1945
  • U-685, sunk 3 May 1945
  • U-2501, sunk 3 May 1945
  • U-2505, sunk 3 May 1945
  • U-3504, sunk 3 May 1945
  • U-3506, sunk 3 May 1945
  • Volante, sunk 12 July 1940

Read about the discovery of the 6 U-boats mentioned here that were scuttled at the end of the war in Europe in the U-boat bunkers in Hamburg.

December 2023 Updates

Updates for this month:

  • 19 records edited (additional links, corrections)
  • 2 records moved to better locations
  • 1 record deleted
  • 20 records added

The following sunken vessels were added to the database:

  • Ausonia, sunk 18 September 1944 (Read about it on Instagram)
  • Eso, sunk 19 January 1943
  • Giansone I, sunk 24 October 1940
  • La Galissonnière, sunk 18 August 1944
  • Macallè, sunk 15 June 1940
  • Riccardo Grazioli Lante, sunk 24 August 1941
  • Strasbourg, sunk 18 August 1944 (Read about it on Instagram)
  • Stromboli, sunk 19 January 1943
  • Volta, sunk 8 October 1943
  • MAS 537, sunk 4 September 1940
  • MAS 552, sunk 30 April 1943
  • MS 25, sunk 30 April 1943
  • MS 33, sunk 3 November 1943
  • MZ 723, sunk 4 August 1942
  • MZ 733, sunk 21 May 1943
  • MZ 771, sunk 7 April 1943
  • RD 22, sunk 25 October 1943
  • RD 7, sunk 15 June 1942
  • VAS 225, sunk 5 May 1943

October 2023 Updates

Updates for this month:

  • 82 records edited (additional links, corrections)
  • 51 records moved to better locations
  • 0 records deleted
  • 18 records added

The following sunken vessels were added to the database:

  • Ametista, sunk 13 September 1943
  • Citta di Milano, sunk 9 September 1943
  • Fratelli Cairoli, sunk 23 December 1940
  • Köln, sunk 17 June 1944
  • Lanzerotto Malccello, sunk 24 March 1943
  • Marcantonio Colonna, sunk 9 September 1943
  • Quarnaro, sunk 20 September 1943 (Read about it on Instagram)
  • Scorfano, sunk 20 January 1943
  • Sfinge, sunk 14 May 1943
  • Silvia Onorato, 20 July 1943
  • Splendor x 2, sunk 9 September 1943 AND 9 August 1944
  • Uragano, sunk 3 February 1943
  • Verace, sunk 16 October 1940
  • Vesta, sunk 9 October 1944 (Read about it on Instagram)
  • Vettor Pisani, sunk 25 July 1942
  • Vincenzo, sunk 11 August 1943
  • Virgilio, sunk 6 December 1943

September 2023 Updates

Updates for this month:

  • 24 records edited (additonal links, corrections)
  • 17 records moved to better locations
  • 3 records deleted
  • 18 records added

The following sunken vessels were added to the database:

  • Gemma, sunk 30 January 1943
  • Kawsar, sunk 11 April 1942
  • Petronio, sunk 15 July 1944
  • Picci Fassio, sunk 2 September 1942
  • Pietro Orseolo, sunk 18 December 1943
  • Ravello, sunk 19 April 1945
  • Rete Impero I, sunk 22 July 1943
  • Rina Croce, sunk 25 September 1940
  • Sabaudia, sunk 10 May 1943
  • Scaro Cuore, sunk 2 December 1942
  • Sagitta, sunk 9 November 1941
  • Salvatore Primo, sunk 21 June 1943
  • San Barbara, sunk 20 January 1943
  • San Paola, sunk 16 November 1942
  • San Vincenzo, sunk 30 March 1943
  • Sanandrea, sunk 31 August 1942
  • Sant’ Aniello, sunk 30 January 1943
  • Santa Maria del Salvazione, sunk 30 March 1943

Currently 15,332 ships mapped.

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
Plumleaf ablaze in Malta

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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