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Arnhem
Dutch East India Company
12 February 1662
An East Indiaman that ran aground on the Saint Brandon Rocks .
Berwickshire
United Kingdom
20 August 1944
A merchant ship that was torpedoed by U-861 .[ 5]
30°58′S 38°50′E / 30.967°S 38.833°E / -30.967; 38.833 (SS Berwickshire )
Chivalry
United Kingdom
22 February 1944
A cargo ship that was sunk by a Japanese submarine.
0°50′S 68°0′E / 0.833°S 68.000°E / -0.833; 68.000 (SS Chivalry )
City of Johannesburg
United Kingdom
23 October 1942
A merchant steamer that was torpedoed by U-504 off East London , South Africa.
33°20′S 29°30′E / 33.333°S 29.500°E / -33.333; 29.500 (SS City of Johannesburg )
Clan Macarthur
United Kingdom
12 August 1943
A Cameron -class cargo steamship that was torpedoed by U-181 off Madagascar.
23°00′S 53°07′E / 23°S 53.11°E / -23; 53.11 (SS Clan Macarthur )
Commissaire Ramel
France
9 September 1940
A passenger ship that was sunk by the German auxiliary cruiser Atlantis .
28°25′S 74°23′E / 28.417°S 74.383°E / -28.417; 74.383 (SS Commissaire Ramel )
Cornelia P. Spencer
United States
21 September 1943
A Liberty ship that was carrying 2,910 tons of steel and 300 tons of gum arabic that was sunk by U-188 .[ 6]
2°08′N 50°10′E / 2.133°N 50.167°E / 2.133; 50.167 (SS Cornelia P. Spencer )
HMS Cornwall
Royal Navy
5 April 1942
A County-class heavy cruiser that was sunk by Japanese dive bombers in the Easter Sunday Raid .
1°54′N 77°54′E / 1.900°N 77.900°E / 1.900; 77.900 (HMS Cornwall (56) )
HMS Dorsetshire
Royal Navy
5 April 1942
A County-class heavy cruiser that was sunk by Japanese dive bombers in the Easter Sunday Raid .
1°54′N 77°45′E / 1.900°N 77.750°E / 1.900; 77.750 (HMS Cornwall (56) )
Empire Chaucer
United Kingdom
17 October 1942
A cargo ship that was torpedoed by U-504 about 450 nautical miles (830 km; 520 mi) south of Cape Town , South Africa.
38°12′S 20°04′E / 38.200°S 20.067°E / -38.200; 20.067 (SS Empire Chaucer )
Empire Day
United Kingdom
7 August 1944
A cargo ship that was torpedoed by U-198 about 200 nautical miles (370 km; 230 mi) east of Dar es Salaam , Tanzania.
7°06′S 42°00′E / 7.100°S 42.000°E / -7.100; 42.000 (MV Empire Day )
Fort Lee
United States
2 November 1944
A T2 tanker that was torpedoed by U-181 .
27°35′S 83°11′E / 27.583°S 83.183°E / -27.583; 83.183 (SS Fort Lee )
Fort Longueuil
United Kingdom
19 September 1943
A North Sands-class cargo ship that was torpedoed by U-532 . 57 out of the 57 onboard died in the sinking with two crew members surviving after being at sea for 143 days before coming ashore to Sumatra where they were taken prisoner by the Japanese.[ 7]
10°00′S 68°00′E / 10.000°S 68.000°E / -10.000; 68.000 (SS Fort Longueuil )
Frontier
South Africa
27 September 1957
A cargo ship that ran aground east of East London, Eastern Cape , Africa.
Hoihow
United Kingdom
2 July 1943
A passenger ship that was torpedoed by U-181 .[ 8]
19°30′S 55°30′E / 19.500°S 55.500°E / -19.500; 55.500 (SS Hoihow )
I-27
Imperial Japanese Navy
12 February 1944
A Type B1 submarine sunk by the British destroyers HMS Paladin and HMS Petard .
01°25′N 72°22′E / 1.417°N 72.367°E / 1.417; 72.367 (I-27 )
I-60
Imperial Japanese Navy
17 January 1942
A Kaidai 3B-type submarine sunk by the British destroyer HMS Jupiter south of the Sunda Strait .
06°19′30″S 104°49′20″E / 6.32500°S 104.82222°E / -6.32500; 104.82222 (I-60 )
James B. Stephens
United States
8 March 1943
A Liberty ship that was torpedoed by U-160 about 150 miles (240 km) northeast of Durban , South Africa.
28°53′S 33°18′E / 28.883°S 33.300°E / -28.883; 33.300 (SS James B. Stephens )
Khedive Ismail
United Kingdom
12 February 1944
A steamship that was torpedoed by I-27 , with 1,297 deaths.
01°25′N 72°22′E / 1.417°N 72.367°E / 1.417; 72.367 (SS Khedive Ismail )
Koning der Nederlanden
Netherlands
5 October 1881
An ocean liner that sprang a leak and sank east of the Seychelles .
5°14′S 64°7′E / 5.233°S 64.117°E / -5.233; 64.117 (SS Koning der Nederlanden )
Kormoran
Kriegsmarine
19 November 1941
A merchant raider that sank off Western Australia near Carnarvon due to damage sustained in combat with the Australian light cruiser Sydney .
26°05′46″S 111°04′33″E / 26.09611°S 111.07583°E / -26.09611; 111.07583 (Kormoran )
USS Langley
United States Navy
27 February 1942
A seaplane tender scuttled 75 nautical miles (139 km; 86 mi) south of Tjilatjap , Java , after sustaining damage in an attack by Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft.
08°51′04.2″S 109°02′02.6″E / 8.851167°S 109.034056°E / -8.851167; 109.034056 (USS Langley (AV-3) )
Lapérouse
French Navy
31 July 1898
A Lapérouse -class unprotected cruiser wrecked during a storm on the coast of Madagascar at Anosy .
Magicienne
French Navy
24 August 1810
A Magicienne -class frigate that ran aground off Mauritius in the Battle of Grand Port .
Marietta E
United Kingdom
4 March 1943
A cargo ship that was torpedoed by U-160 .
31°29′S 31°07′E / 31.49°S 31.11°E / -31.49; 31.11 (SS Marietta E )
Monge
French Navy
8 May 1942
A Redoutable -class submarine sunk by the Royal Navy destroyers HMS Active and HMS Panther off Diego-Suarez , Madagascar , during the Battle of Madagascar .
Oceanos
Greece
4 August 1991
A cruise ship that sank off Coffee Bay , South Africa .
32°07′15″S 029°07′13″E / 32.12083°S 29.12028°E / -32.12083; 29.12028 (MTS Oceanos )
USS Pecos
United States Navy
1 March 1942
A Kanawha -class fleet replenishment oiler sunk by Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft south of Java .
14°27′S 106°11′E / 14.450°S 106.183°E / -14.450; 106.183 (USS Pecos (AO-6) )
HMS Pegasus
Royal Navy
20 September 1914
A Pelorus -class protected cruiser that sank in the harbor at Zanzibar due to damage sustained earlier in the day in combat with the Imperial German Navy light cruiser SMS Königsberg during the Battle of Zanzibar .
06°08′54″S 039°11′36″E / 6.14833°S 39.19333°E / -6.14833; 39.19333 (HMS Pegasus )
Pinguin
Kriegsmarine
8 May 1941
An auxiliary cruiser that was sunk by HMS Cornwall .
3°30′0″N 57°48′0″E / 3.50000°N 57.80000°E / 3.50000; 57.80000 (German auxiliary cruiser Pinguin )
HMS Plym
Royal Navy
3 October 1952
A River-class frigate obliterated in the Monte Bello Islands off Western Australia by the detonation of an atomic bomb within her hull in Operation Hurricane , a British nuclear test .
Ramb I
Regia Marina
27 February 1941
An auxiliary cruiser that was sunk by HMNZS Leander in the action of 27 February 1941 .
1°0′N 68°30′E / 1.000°N 68.500°E / 1.000; 68.500 (Italian ship Ramb I )
Samuel Heintzelman
United States
9 July 1943
A Liberty ship that was torpedoed by U-511 . Originally it was believed that it was sunk by a Japanese surface raider. There would be no survivors of the ship from the sinking.[ 9]
9°00′S 81°00′E / 9.000°S 81.000°E / -9.000; 81.000 (SS Samuel Heintzelman )
HMS Sirius
Royal Navy
23 August 1810
A frigate that ran aground off Mauritius in the Battle of Grand Port .
HMAS Sydney
Royal Australian Navy
19 November 1941
A Leander -class light cruiser that sank off Western Australia near Carnarvon due to damage sustained in combat with the German merchant raider Kormoran .
26°14′31″S 111°12′48″E / 26.24194°S 111.21333°E / -26.24194; 111.21333 (HMAS Sydney (D48) )
Texanita
Liberia
21 August 1972
An oil tanker that collided with Oswego-Guardian off Stilbaai , South Africa .
34°48′S 21°24′E / 34.80°S 21.40°E / -34.80; 21.40 (Oswego-Guardian/Texanita collision )
Tjisalak
Netherlands
26 March 1944
A cargo ship that was torpedoed by I-8 .
2°30′S 78°40′E / 2.500°S 78.667°E / -2.500; 78.667 (SS Tjisalak )
RIMS Warren Hastings
Royal Indian Marine
14 January 1897
A troopship that hit a rock and was wrecked off Réunion .