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World War I Losses
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World War II Losses
- Arundo
- Ayuruoca
- USS Bass
- Bidevind
- Black Point
- Catamount
- Cayru
- Choapa
- Coimbra
- Continent
- I.P. Goulandris
- Gulftrade (stern)
- Gulftrade (bow)
- Gypsum Prince
- Hvoslef
- India Arrow
- USS Jacob Jones
- Lemuel Burrows
- Lake Frampton
- Maiden Creek
- Maurice Tracy
- Miraflores
- USS Moonstone
- USS Murphy
- Norness
- HMS Pentland Firth
- Pan Pennsylvania
- Persephone
- Rio Tercero
- RP Resor
- San Jose
- Suffolk
- Tolten
- USS Turner
- U-550
- U-853
- U-869
- Varanger
- YP-387
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- Type:
- shipwreck, tanker (T3), USA
- Built:
- 1943, Welding Shipyards, Norfolk VA, USA
- Specs:
- ( 516 x 70 ft ) 11017 gross tons
- Sunk:
- Sunday April 16, 1944
torpedoed by U-550, then shelled and sunk by USS Sagamore - 60 survivors - Depth:
- 240 ft ?
More: Pan Pennsylvania ...
- Type:
- shipwreck, trawler, Royal Navy
- Name:
- Pentland Firth is the channel between the northern tip of Scotland and the Islands that form Scapa Flow, the great British naval base, and today one of the best wreck diving locales in the world.
- Built:
- 1934, England
- Specs:
- ( 164 x 27 ft ) 485 gross tons
- Sunk:
- Saturday September 19, 1942
collision with minesweeper trawler USS Chaffinch (400 tons) - ? casualties - GPS:
- 40°25.433' -73°52.204' (AWOIS 1991)
- Depth:
- 70 ft
More: HMS Pentland Firth ...
- Type:
- shipwreck, tanker, Panama
- Name:
- In Greek mythology, Persephone, the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Demeter, was abducted by Hades, the god of the underworld. Eventually, an agreement was reached wherein Persephone would spend part of the year with Hades in the underworld, and the rest with her parents in Olympus, resulting in the seasons: when she is away, her grieving mother, the earth goddess, ignores her duties and the earth becomes barren - winter.
- Built:
- 1926, Germany
- Specs:
- ( 468 x 63 ft ) 8426 gross tons, 37 crew
- Sunk:
- Monday May 25, 1942
torpedoed by U-593 - 9 casualties - Depth:
- 55 ft
More: Persephone ...
- Type:
- shipwreck, freighter, Argentina
- Built:
- 1912, England, as Fortunstella
- Specs:
- ( 405 x 54 ft ) 4864 gross tons
- Sunk:
- Monday June 22, 1942
torpedoed by U-202 - 5 casualties - Depth:
- 400 ft ?
More: Rio Tercero ...
- Type:
- shipwreck, tanker, USA
- Name:
- Named for R P Resor, Treasurer of Standard Oil.
- Built:
- 1936, Federal Shipbuilding, Kearny NJ USA
- Specs:
- ( 435 x 66 ft ) 7451 gross tons, 49 crew
- Sunk:
- Friday February 28, 1942
torpedoed by U-578 - 2 survivors - Depth:
- 125 ft
More: RP Resor ...
- Type:
- shipwreck, collier, USA
- Built:
- 1911, New York Shipbuilding, Camden NJ USA
- Specs:
- ( 365 ft ) 6798 tons, 37 crew
- Sunk:
- Saturday December 11, 1943
foundered in storm - no survivors - Depth:
- 180 ft
More: Suffolk ...
- Type:
- shipwreck, Type IXc/40 U-boat, Kriegsmarine, Germany
- Built:
- 1942, Germany
- Specs:
- ( 252 x 22 ft ) 1051 displacement tons, 48-56 crew
- Sunk:
- Saturday April 16, 1944
by depth charges and gunfire from destroyer escorts USS Gandy, USS Joyce and USS Peterson after torpedoing tanker Pan Pennsylvania - 44 casualties. - Depth:
- 300 ft
More: U-550 ...
