List of hospital ships sunk in World War II
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 | Greece | 23 April 1941 | At Loutraki (West of the Corinth Canal) | Sunk by Italian aircraft | ? | [1] | ||
HS Armenia | Soviet Union | 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 | Italy | 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 | Japan | 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 | Greece | 11 April 1941 | Doro Channel off Karystos | Bombed and sunk | ? | [5] | ||
HS Awa Maru | Japan | 1 April 1945 | Inland Sea. W of Ushijima, 1.25 miles off Bizan Seto | Sunk by US Submarine Queenfish | – | [6] | ||
HS Berlin | Germany | 31 January 1945 | Off Swinemünde, and was put in tow for Kiel 54°02′06″N 14°19′00″E / 54.03500°N 14.31667°E | Mined. Again hit a mine on the same day and sank | ? | [7] | ||
HS Buenos Aires Maru | Japan | 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 USAAF | 158 | [8] | ||
HS California | Italy | 11 August 1941 | Syracuse Harbour | Torpedoed and sunk by British aircraft torpedoes | 1 | [11] | ||
AHS Centaur | Australia | 14 May 1943 | Off North Stradbroke Island, Queensland | Torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-177 | 268 | [12] | ||
HS Città di Trapani | Italy | 1 December 1942 | 11 miles east of Isola dei Cani (off Bizerta) | Mined | 5 | [13] | ||
HS Dronning Maud | Norway | 01 May 1940 | Near Gratangen, Norway | Sunk by German aircraft | 42 | [14] | ||
HS Esperos | Greece | 21 April 1941 | Off Missolonghi, Greece | Sunk by German aircraft | ? | [15] | ||
HMHS Hikawa Maru No.2 | Netherlands
Japan |
17 August 1945 | Wakasa Bay | Scuttled by placing explosive charges in the hull | ? | [16] | ||
HMHS Maid of Kent | UK | 21 May 1940 | Dieppe harbour | Bombed by German aircraft | 43 | [18] | ||
HMHS Newfoundland | UK | 13 September 1943 | 40 nautical miles (74 km) offshore of Salerno 40°13′00″N 14°21′00″E / 40.21667°N 14.35000°E | Bombed by German aircraft. After burning for 2 days she was sunk by gunfire by destroyers Mayo and Plunkett. | 21 | [20] | ||
HMHS Paris | UK | 02 June 1940 | Off Dunkirk | Bombed by German aircraft | ? | [21] | ||
HS Po | Italy | 14 March 1941 | Inside the Bay of Valona (Albania), 1,5 miles 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 | [23] | ||
HS RAMB IV | Italy
UK |
10 May 1942 | Off Alexandria in Egypt | Bombed and set afire by German aircraft and sank | 165 | [26] | ||
HS Sicilia | Italy | 04 April 1943 | Naples Harbour | Bombed and sunk by USAAF | ? | [27] | ||
HS Sokratis | Greece | 22 April 1941 | Antikyra, Greece | Sunk by German aircraft | ? | [28] | ||
HMHS St David | UK | 24 January 1944 | 25 miles south of Anzio | Sunk by German aircraft (Hs-293) | 96 | [29] | ||
HS Tevere | Italy | 17 February 1941 | Off Tripoli harbour | Mined | 4 | [31] | ||
HS Tübingen | Germany | 18 November 1944 | 3.5 miles south of Cap. Premantura Pula (Pola) | Attacked by two British air plane (Beaufighters) | 6 | [32] | ||
HMHS Talamba | UK | 10 July 1943 | Off Syracuse during the landings in Sicily | Bombed and sunk by an enemy aircraft whilst embarking wounded | 5 | [33] |
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.
- ↑ "SS Attiki (+1941)". wrecksite. 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
- ↑ "SS Awa Maru (+1945)". wrecksite. 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
- ↑ "Lazarettschiff A (Berlin)". feldgrau.com. 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. 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. 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. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
- ↑ "Wien SS (1911~1919) Po SS (+1941)". wrecksite. 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
- ↑ "Sinking of Italian hospital ship "Po"". feldgrau.net. 2007. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
- ↑ "Sinking of Italian hospital ship "Po"". forum.axishistory.com. 2007. 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.
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