List of hospital ships sunk in World War II
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Hospital ships should display large Red Crosses or Red Crescents
. The HS Awa Maru was displaying illuminated white crosses on its side when sunk.
Name | Image | Nationality | Date | Location of wreck | Cause | Lives lost | Note | |
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HS Andros | ![]() |
23 April 1941 | At Loutraki (West of the Corinth Canal) | Sunk by Italian aircraft | ? | [1] | ||
HS Armenia | ![]() |
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7 November 1941 | On voyage from Yalta to Gurzuf 44°15′00″N 34°17′00″E / 44.25000°N 34.28333°E | Attacked by German torpedo-carrying He-111H Bombers, | Over 5,000 | [2] | |
HS Arno | ![]() |
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10 September 1942 | About 40 miles NE of Ras el Tin 33°14′00″N 23°23′00″E / 33.23333°N 23.38333°E | Sunk by aerial torpedoes from the RAF | 27 | [3] | |
HS Asahi Maru | ![]() |
17 August 1945 | Inland Sea. W of Ushijima, 1.25 miles off Bizan Seto | Collides with oiler Manju Maru, beached. Abandoned as a constructive total loss. | – | [4] | ||
HS Attiki | ![]() |
11 April 1941 | Doro Channel off Karystos | Bombed and sunk by German Stuka dive-bombers at 11:30 pm even though the large red crosses were well placed and illuminated. One of the Stukas machine-gunned the survivors struggling in the water. [5] | 28 [6] | [7] | ||
HS Awa Maru | ![]() |
1 April 1945 | Inland Sea. W of Ushijima, 1.25 miles off Bizan Seto | Sunk by the U.S. Navy submarine USS Queenfish | 2003 | [8][9] | ||
HS Berlin | ![]() |
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31 January 1945 | 8 miles (13 km) from the port at Novorossiysk and 2 miles (3.2 km) from shore, at 44°36′15″N 37°52′35″E / 44.60417°N 37.87639°E | Note that during World War II Berlin was mined and in the Baltic and beached in shallow waters at position 54°02.6 N/14°19 E, in shallow waters. After the war Berlin was salvaged, handed over to the Soviet Union as a prize and renamed Admiral Nakhimov. She was in service as a passenger liner in the Black Sea on August 31st, 1986 when she Collided with the freighter M/S Pjotr Wassjew and sank. | 423 | [citation needed] | |
HS Buenos Aires Maru | ![]() |
27 November 1943 | Off Saint Matthias Island in Steffen Strait 02°40′00″S 149°20′00″E / 2.66667°S 149.33333°E | Bombed by American warplanes | 158 | [10] | ||
HS California | ![]() |
11 August 1941 | Syracuse Harbour | Torpedoed and sunk by British aerial torpedoes | 10 | [13] | ||
AHS Centaur | ![]() |
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14 May 1943 | Off North Stradbroke Island, Queensland | Torpedoed by the Japanese submarine I-177 | 268 | [14] | |
HS Città di Trapani | ![]() |
1 December 1942 | 11 miles east of Isola dei Cani (off Bizerta) | She struck a sea mine. | 5 | [15] | ||
HS Dronning Maud | ![]() |
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01 May 1940 | Near Gratangen, Norway | Sunk by German warplanes | 42 | [16] | |
HS Esperos | ![]() |
21 April 1941 | Off Missolonghi, Greece | Sunk by German warplanes | ? | [17] | ||
SS Op Ten Noort renamed: HMHS Hikawa Maru No.2 | ![]() |
17 August 1945 | Wakasa Bay | Scuttled by placing explosive charges in the hull, to cover war crimes (14 August 1945) | 0 | [18] | ||
HMHS Maid of Kent | ![]() |
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21 May 1940 | Dieppe harbour | Bombed by German warplanes | 43 | [20] | |
HMHS Newfoundland | ![]() |
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13 September 1943 | 40 nautical miles (74 km) off of Salerno, Italy, 40°13′00″N 14°21′00″E / 40.21667°N 14.35000°E | Bombed by German warplanes. After burning for two days, she was sunk by gunfire from the destroyers USS Mayo and USS Plunkett. | 21 | [22] | |
HMHS Paris | ![]() |
02 June 1940 | Off Dunkirk | Bombed by German warplanes | ? | [23] | ||
HS Po | ![]() |
14 March 1941 | Inside the Bay of Valona, Albania, 2.0 kilometers off Cape Dukati and Crionerò 40°22′00″N 19°28′00″E / 40.36667°N 19.46667°E | Sunk by a British torpedo bomber | 24 | [25][citation needed][citation needed] | ||
HS RAMB IV | ![]() |
10 May 1942 | Off Alexandria, Egypt | Bombed and set afire by German warplanes and sunk | 165 | [26] | ||
HS Sicilia | ![]() |
04 April 1943 | Naples Harbor | Bombed and sunk by American warplanes | ? | [27] | ||
HS Sokratis | ![]() |
22 April 1941 | Antikyra, Greece | Sunk by German warplanes | ? | [28] | ||
HMHS St David | ![]() |
24 January 1944 | 40 kilometers south of Anzio | Sunk by German warplanes (Hs-293) | 96 | [29] | ||
HS Tevere | ![]() |
17 February 1941 | Off Tripoli | She struck a sea mine | 4 | [31] | ||
HS Tübingen | ![]() |
18 November 1944 | 3.5 miles south of Cap. Premantura Pula (Pola) | Attacked by two British warplanes (Beaufighters) | 6 | [32] | ||
HMHS Talamba | ![]() |
10 July 1943 | Off Syracuse, Italy during the amphibious landings on Sicily | Bombed and sunk by an Italian aircraft while embarking wounded | 5 | [33] |
See also
References
- ^ "SS Andros (+1941)". wrecksite. 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
- ^ "MV Armenia (Армения) (+1941)". wrecksite. 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
- ^ "SS Arno (+1942)". wrecksite. 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
- ^ "IJN Hospital Ship ASAHI MARU". combinedfleet.com. 2010. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
- ^ The New York Times, April 14, 1941, pg 6
- ^ The New York Times, April 14, 1941, pg 6
- ^ "SS Attiki (+1941)". wrecksite. 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
- ^ National Security Agency (May 1981), The Sinking and the Salvage of the Awa Maru (U): A Strange and Tragic Tale (U) (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-15
- ^ "SS Awa Maru (+1945)". wrecksite. 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
- ^ "Buenos Aires Maru (+1943)". wrecksite. 2012. Retrieved July 10, 2012.
- ^ "Did the 13th AF or 5th AF Sink the Buenos Aires Maru". forum.armyairforces.com. 2012. Archived from the original on November 20, 2008. Retrieved July 10, 2012.
- ^ "BUENOS AIRES MARU". combinedfleet.com. 2012. Retrieved July 10, 2012.
- ^ "SS California (+1941)". wrecksite. 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
- ^ "SINKING OF THE 2/3 HOSPITAL SHIP A.H.S. CENTAUR". ozatwar.com. 2010. Retrieved November 8, 2011.
- ^ "SS Dronning Maud (+1940)". wrecksite. 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
- ^ "SS Esperos (+1941)". wrecksite. 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
- ^ "SS Hikawa Maru No.2 (+1945)". wrecksite. 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
- ^ "IJN Hospital Ship HIKAWA MARU NO. 2". combinedfleet.com. 2010. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
- ^ "HMHS Maid of Kent (+1940)". wrecksite. 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
- ^ "TS Maid of Kent (II)". doverferryphotos.co.uk. 2011. Archived from the original on May 6, 2012. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
- ^ "SS Newfoundland (+1943)". wrecksite. 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
- ^ "SS Paris". roll-of-honour.com. 2008. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
- ^ "The Hospital Ship Paris". BBC. 2004. Archived from the original on October 17, 2010. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
- ^ "Wien SS (1911~1919) Po SS (+1941)". wrecksite. 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
- ^ "Aquileia RM (1940~1941) Aquileia MV (+1942)". wrecksite. 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
- ^ "Sicilia (+1943)". wrecksite. 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
- ^ "SS Sokratis (+1941)". wrecksite. 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
- ^ "St. David [+1944]". wrecksite. 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
- ^ "HMHS St David". roll-of-honour.com. 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
- ^ "SS Tübingen (+1944)". wrecksite. 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
- ^ "SS Talamba (+1943)". wrecksite. 2013. Retrieved October 9, 2013.
- ^ "TALAMBA". tynebuiltships.co.uk. 2013. Retrieved October 9, 2013.