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词条 List of shipwrecks in May 1940
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  1. 1 May

  2. 2 May

  3. 3 May

  4. 4 May

  5. 5 May

  6. 6 May

  7. 7 May

  8. 8 May

  9. 9 May

  10. 10 May

  11. 11 May

  12. 12 May

  13. 13 May

  14. 14 May

  15. 15 May

  16. 16 May

  17. 17 May

  18. 18 May

  19. 19 May

  20. 20 May

  21. 21 May

  22. 22 May

  23. 23 May

  24. 24 May

  25. 25 May

  26. 26 May

  27. 27 May

  28. 28 May

  29. 29 May

  30. 30 May

  31. 31 May

  32. Unknown date

  33. References

The list of shipwrecks in May 1940 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during May 1940. Most of the ships listed here were lost in connection with World War II.

May 1940
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
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27 28 29 30 31
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1 May

{{shipwreck list begin |date=1 May 1940 |sort=}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Arlington||2}}
|flag={{Flag|Canada|1921}}
|desc=The cargo ship sank during a storm in Lake Superior.
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Bahia Castillo|1917|2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The troop ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Skaggerak south east of Skagen, Denmark by {{HMS|Narwhal|N45|6}} ({{navy|UK}}). The ship was towed into Frederikshavn, and it was scrapped at Kiel, Germany in September 1940.[1][2][3]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Beaufort|1929|2}}
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=World War II: The tanker was bombed and damaged at Øye, Rogaland, Norway by Luftwaffe aircraft, then scuttled by own crew. Raised in September 1941, laid up, repaired post-war.[4]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Buenos Aires|1911|2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: Norwegian Campaign: The troopship was torpedoed and sunk in the Skaggerak east of Skagen, Denmark by {{HMS|Narwhal|N45|6}} ({{navy|UK}}).[1][5]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Dronning Maud
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=

World War II: The troopship was bombed and sunk in Gratangen, off Foldvik, Norway by aircraft of Lehrgeschwader 1, Luftwaffe, with the loss of 18 lives.


}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Haga|1918|2}}
|flag={{flag|Sweden}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Kattegat with the loss of four crew.[6]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship=La Cancalaise
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=World War II: The trawler struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off the Dyck Lightship with the loss of 23 of her 31 crew.[1][7][8]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Matakana||2}}
|flag={{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The refrigerated cargo ship ran aground in the Caribbean off Mayaguana, Bahamas and was wrecked. Her 78 crew were rescued by {{SS|Panama|1939|2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}).[9]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Pioner I||2}}
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=World War II: The coaster was bombed and sunk at Hjørungavåg, Norway by Luftwaffe aircraft. Later raised, repaired and entered Kriegsmarine service as Raeter.[10]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Uller
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The minelayer, a former {{sclass-|Vale|gunboat}}, was bombed and damaged in Sognefjord, Norway by Heinkel He 115 aircraft of the Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service. She was beached and subsequently scuttled by Tyr ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}).
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HNoMS|Veslefrikk||2}}
|flag={{navy|Norway}}
|desc=World War II: The guard ship was run aground in Lønnefjord, Norway, to prevent capture by the Germans.[11] }}{{shipwreck list end}}

2 May

For the loss of RFA Boardale on this day, see the entry for 30 April 1940.{{shipwreck list begin |date=2 May 1940 |sort=}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Cläre Hugo Stinnes 1|1935|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was shelled off Skorpa, Norway by {{HMS|Trident|N52|6}} ({{navy|UK}}) and beached in Korsfjord. She was later salvaged, repaired and returned to service.[1][12]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Redstone||2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The WWI C-class cargo ship was scuttled as a blockship in Kirk Sound, Scapa Flow Orkney Islands.[13] }}{{shipwreck list end}}

3 May

For the loss of HMTs Aston Villa, Gaul and St Goran on this day, see the entry for 30 April 1940.{{shipwreck list begin |date=3 May 1940 |sort=}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|Afridi|F07|6}}
|flag={{navy|UK}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2-|Tribal|destroyer|||1936}} was bombed and sunk in the Norwegian Sea off Namsos, Norway ({{coord|66|14|N|5|45|E}}) by Junkers Ju 87 aircraft of the Luftwaffe with the loss of 49 of her 219 crew and 30 survivors of {{ship|French destroyer|Bison||2}} ({{navy|France}}) and 13 other military passengers. The survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Griffin|H31|6}} and {{HMS|Imperial|D09|6}} (both {{Navy|UK}}).[1]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|French destroyer|Bison||2}}
|flag={{navy|France}}
|desc=World War II: Namsos Campaign: The {{sclass-|Guépard|destroyer}} was bombed and damaged off Trondheim, Norway ({{coord|65|42|N|7|17|E}}) by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was scuttled by {{HMS|Afridi|F07|6}}, which had rescued 69 survivors, more survivors rescued by {{HMS|Imperial|D09|6}} and {{HMS|Grenade|H86|6}} (all {{Navy|UK}}). 102 crewmen and 1 Royal Navy observer killed.[1]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|HNoMS|Djerv|1897|6}}
|flag={{navy|Norway}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2-|2.|torpedo boat}} was scuttled off Kvamsøya, Norway to prevent capture by German forces.[1]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|HNoMS|Dristig|1898|6}}
|flag={{navy|Norway}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2-|2.|torpedo boat}} was scuttled off Kvamsøya, Norway to prevent capture by German forces.[1]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{Ship|German minesweeper|H A W Müller|M-1102|2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The naval trawler was torpedoed and sunk in the Skaggerak ({{coord|58|08|N|6|39|E}}) by {{HMS|Narwhal|N45|6}} ({{navy|UK}}).[14]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship||Magicienne|schooner|2}}
|flag={{flag|Denmark}}
|desc=The schooner ran aground west of St Abb's Head, Berwickshire, United Kingdom. All eight crew survived.[15][16]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Scientist||2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the South Atlantic ({{coord|19|55|S|4|20|E}}) by {{ship|German auxiliary cruiser|Atlantis||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of two crew. Survivors were taken aboard as P.O.W.s 27 crewmen and 1 passenger were put on {{MV|Tirranna|1937|2}} ({{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}), the passenger and 1 crewman was killed when she was sunk later off France. 15 other crewmen were loaded on to {{MV|Durmitor||2}} ({{flag|Kingdom of Yugoslavia}}): and interned in Italian Somaliland.[1] }}{{shipwreck list end}}

4 May

For the loss of the Norwegian coastal tanker MV Rødskjæl, which may have occurred on this date, see the list for April 1940.{{shipwreck list begin |date=4 May 1940 |sort=}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Aafjord||2}}
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=World War II: The coaster was bombed and sunk in Breiviken, Norway by Luftwaffe aircraft. Later raised, repaired and returned to service.[1][17]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Aimy
|flag={{flag|Sweden}}
|desc=World War II: The fishing boat struck a mine in the Kattegat ({{coord|57|33|N|11|35|E}}) and sank with the loss of all four crew.[1][18]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Blaafjeld I||2}}
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk near Kolvereid, Norway, by Luftwaffe aircraft. All crew were rescued.[1][19]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ORP|Grom|1936|6}}
|flag={{navy|Poland|name=Polish Navy}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass-|Grom|destroyer}} was bombed and sunk in Ofotfjord off Narvik, Norway by Heinkel He 111 aircraft of Kampfgeschwader 100, Luftwaffe with the loss of 59 of her 192 crew. The survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Aurora|12|6}}, {{HMS|Bedouin|F67|6}}, {{HMS|Enterprise|D52|6}} and {{HMS|Faulknor|H62|6}} (all {{navy|UK}}).[1][32]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Monark|1938|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The captured Swedish cargo ship was intercepted in the North Sea off Stavanger, Norway by {{HMS|Severn|N57|6}} ({{navy|UK}}). After the German prize crew was captured and the Norwegian crew members set ashore, she was torpedoed and sunk.[1]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Pan|1922|2}}
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Norwegian Sea off Namsos, Norway by Luftwaffe aircraft. The wreck was raise in 1942, repaired and returned to service.[1][20]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|San Tiburcio||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=World War II: The tanker struck a mine in the Moray Firth off Balintore, Ross-shire, United Kingdom and sank. All crew were rescued by {{HMS|Codrington|D65|6}} and {{HMT|Leicester City}} (both {{navy|UK}}).[1][21]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Sekstant|1919|2}}
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Norwegian Sea off Namsos, Norway by Luftwaffe aircraft. All crew were rescued.[1] }}{{shipwreck list end}}

5 May

{{shipwreck list begin |date=5 May 1940 |sort=}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Eldrid||2}}
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=World War II: The damaged cargo ship was scuttled at Narvik, Norway by German forces.[22]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Graig||2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at Egg Island, Nova Scotia, Canada and broke in two.[23]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|TSS|Maianbar||2}}
|flag={{flagicon|UK|civil}} Australia
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground off Newcastle, New South Wales. She was declared a total loss.
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Richard With||2}}
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo liner was attacked and damaged off Sørreisa, Norway by Luftwaffe aircraft and was beached. Later refloated, repaired and returned to service.[24]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship= {{HNoMS|Sild|1900|6}}
|flag={{navy|Norway}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2-|1.|torpedo boat}} was scuttled in the Norwegian Sea off Harøya, Norway to prevent capture by German forces. }}{{shipwreck list end}}

6 May

{{shipwreck list begin |date=6 May 1940 |sort=}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Brage|1937|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine in the North Sea off the Kiel Lightship ({{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}) and sank.[1][5]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Brighton|1928|2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The tanker struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Dunkerque, Nord, France ({{coord|51|03|N|2|09|E}}). All 34 crew were rescued.[1][25][26]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMT|Loch Naver|A41|6}}
|flag={{Navy|UK}}
|desc=The naval trawler collided with another vessel off Hartlepool, Co Durham and sank. The survivors were rescued by the yacht Breda ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).[1][27]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German patrol boat|V-101||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=The vorpostenboot sank in the Kattegat.[28]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{Ship|German patrol boat|V-811||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The vorpostenboot struck a mine in the Ems estuary and sank.[29]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Vogesen|1903|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Kattegat ({{coord|57|33|N|11|35|E}}).[1][18][30][31] }}{{shipwreck list end}}

7 May

{{shipwreck list begin |date=7 May 1940 |sort=}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Folden|1905|2}}
|flag={{Flag|Norway}}
|desc=World War II: The coaster was bombed and sunk off Helgeland, Norway by Luftwaffe aircraft.[1]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Saint Pierre
|flag={{flag|Belgium}}
|desc=World War II: The fishing boat struck a mine in the North Sea and sank.[1] }}{{shipwreck list end}}

8 May

{{shipwreck list begin |date=8 May 1940 |sort=}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship= {{SS|Gerda|1921|2}}
|flag={{Flag|Denmark}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine in the North Sea off Bergen, Norway and sank.[5]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship= {{HNoMS|Skrei|1901|6}}
|flag={{navy|Norway}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2-|1.|torpedo boat}} was scuttled off Aspøya, Norway to prevent capture by German forces.
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{USS|Tutuila|PR-4|6}}
|flag={{navy|USA|1912}}
|desc=World War II: The Wake-class river gunboat ran aground in the Yangtze River at Chunking and was damaged. Refloated on 13 May, repaired and returned to service.[32] }}{{shipwreck list end}}

9 May

{{shipwreck list begin |date=9 May 1940 |sort=}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Ashley||2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground of the Goodwin Sands, Kent and sank.[33]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Corrientes|1920|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The tanker was sabotaged and sunk at Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain by French divers.[60]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship= {{ship|French submarine|Doris|1927|2}}
|flag={{navy|France}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass-|Circé|submarine|||1925}} was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea west of Petten, Netherlands ({{coord|53|40|N|4|00|E}}) by {{GS|U-9|1935|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 44 crew and three Royal Navy officers.[60]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Emsstrom||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Hubertgat.[29]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German minesweeper|M-134||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The Type 1916 minesweeper was bombed and sunk at Bergen, Norway by Blackburn Skua aircraft of 806 Naval Air Squadron, Fleet Air Arm or Bristol Blenheim aircraft of 254 Squadron, Royal Air Force. She was later salvaged, repaired and returned to service as M534.[60][34]{{shipwreck list end}}

10 May

{{shipwreck list begin |date=10 May 1940 |sort=}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Boschdijk||2}}
|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Rotterdam, the Netherlands by Luftwaffe aircraft.[60]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|ST|Calaisien||2}}
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=World War II: The tug was bombed and sunk at Calais, France by Luftwaffe aircraft.[60]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Campinas|1921|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The troopship struck a mine in the Kattegat off Drogden, Denmark and sank.[60][68][35]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HNLMS|de Oceaan|B-4|6}}
|flag={{navy|Netherlands}}
|desc=World War II: The tug was scuttled in the Wadden Sea between Ameland and Terschelling, the Netherlands.[36]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Dinteldijk||2}}
|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed an sunk at Rotterdam, the Netherlands by Luftwaffe aircraft.[32]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Goslar|1929|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Paramaribo, Suriname to avoid capture by Dutch forces.[37]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Henry Woodall||2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The collier struck a mine and sank in the North Sea {{convert|3|nmi|km}} off Withernsea, Yorkshire with the loss of seven of her 14 crew. The survivors were rescued by {{SS|Viiu||2}} ({{flag|Estonia}}).[60][38]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Nordnorge|1923|2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The coaster, used as a troopship, was shelled, torpedoed and sunk at Hemnesberget, Norway by {{HMS|Calcutta|D82|6}} and {{HMS|Zulu|F18|6}} (both {{navy|UK}}).
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Sophie Rickmers|1925|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled in the Netherlands East Indies to avoid capture by Dutch forces. Raised, repaired and put in Dutch service as Toendjoek.[39]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship= {{HNLMS|Van Galen|1928|6}}
|flag={{navy|Netherlands}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass-|Admiralen|destroyer}} was bombed and damaged in the Waalhaven, Rotterdam by Heinkel He 111 aircraft of Kampfgeschwader 4, Luftwaffe. She later sank in the Merwedehaven.[32][40]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Westerwald|1921|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Danish Straits.[29] }}{{shipwreck list end}}

11 May

{{shipwreck list begin |date=11 May 1940 |sort=}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MS|Antilla|1939|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled in the Caribbean Sea off Aruba, Curaçao and Dependencies to avoid capture by the Dutch.
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HNLMS|Braga}}
|flag={{navy|Netherlands}}
|desc=World War II: The gunboat was scuttled in the Waal, the Netherlands.[32]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Makis||2}}
|flag={{Flag|Greece}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off Pantelleria, Italy.[41]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Sally|1896|2}}
|flag={{flag|Finland}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Kattegat.[68]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship= {{SS|Statendam|1924|2}}
|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}
|desc=World War II: The ocean liner was sunk at Rotterdam, the Netherlands in a Luftwaffe air raid.
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Stella|1909|2}}
|flag={{Flag|Netherlands}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the North Sea off Vlissingen, the Netherlands by Luftwaffe aircraft.[42]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Tringa||2}}
|flag={{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off Ostend, Belgium by {{GS|U-9|1935|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 17 of the 23 people aboard. The survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Malcolm|D19|6}} ({{navy|UK}}).[43]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship= {{SS|Veendam|1922|2}}
|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}
|desc=World War II: The ocean liner was sunk at Rotterdam, the Netherlands in a Luftwaffe air raid.
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Viiu||2}}
|flag={{flag|Estonia}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea ({{coord|51|21|N|2|25|E}}. by {{GS|U-9|1935|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Only five people aboard survived. They were rescued by {{HMT|Arctic Hunter}} ({{navy|UK}}).[40] }}{{shipwreck list end}}

12 May

{{shipwreck list begin |date=12 May 1940 |sort=}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HNLMS|Bulgia}}
|flag={{navy|Netherlands}}
|desc=World War II: the minelayer was sunk in the North Sea off Vlissingen, the Netherlands by Luftwaffe aircraft.[32]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HNLMS|Friso|1915|6}}
|flag={{navy|Netherlands}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass-|Gruno|gunboat}} was bombed and sunk in the IJsselmeer off Enkhuizen, the Netherlands by Luftwaffe aircraft.
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship=HMCS Gate Vessel No. 1
|flag={{navy|Canada|1911}}
|desc=World War II: Convoy TC 4A: The {{sclass2-|Battle|trawler|0}} naval trawler was rammed by {{HMS|Revenge|06|6}} ({{navy|UK}}) at Halifax, Nova Scotia and sank. All 18 crew were rescued.[40]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MV|Henrica||2}}
|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}
|desc=The coaster collided with another vessel and sank.[44]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MV|Jura||2}}
|flag={{flag|Switzerland|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The tanker struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Zeebrugge, Belgium with the loss of two lives.[45]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship= {{ship||Käthe Jürgensen|schooner|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo schooner struck a mine and sank in the Bay of Lübeck, Germany.[29]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Prinses Juliana|1920|2}}
|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}
|desc=World War II: The passenger ship was bombed and sunk in the North Sea off Hoek van Holland, the Netherlands by Luftwaffe aircraft. The survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Havock|H43|6}} and {{HMS|Wild Swan|D62|6}} (both {{navy|UK}}).[40][46]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Ranheim|1913|2}}
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=World War II: The coaster was shelled and sunk at Hemnesberget, Norway by {{HMS|Carlisle|D67|6}} and {{HMS|Zulu|F18|6}} (both {{navy|UK}}).[24]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Roek||2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The coaster struck a mine and sank in the Nieuwe Waterweg Rotterdam, the Netherlands ({{coord|51|54|N|4|21|E}}). All 51 people aboard were rescued.[40][47]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|St Denis||2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Nieuwe Waterweg between Hoek van Holland and Rotterdam, the Netherlands.[40] She was later salvaged by the Germans and became the accommodation ship Barbara.[32]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HNLMS|Thor}}
|flag={{navy|Netherlands}}
|desc=The minelayer was bombed and sunk in the North Sea off Vlissingen, the Netherlands by Luftwaffe aircraft.[32]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Van Rensselaer||2}}
|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}
|desc=World War II: The passenger ship struck a mine at IJmuiden, the Netherlands and was beached.[40][48] }}{{shipwreck list end}}

13 May

{{shipwreck list begin |date=13 May 1940 |sort=}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Anhalt|1922|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The troopship struck a mine and was beached off the coast of Sweden.[49] She was later repaired and returned to service.[50]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Bussum||2}}
|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged in the North Sea off the Noord Hinder Lightship ({{flag|Netherlands}}). She was abandoned by her 29 crew, who were rescued by {{ship|French torpedo boat|Bouclier||2}} ({{navy|France}}). Bussum was towed to London, United Kingdom and was subsequently repaired and returned to service.[51]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship= {{HNLMS|Christiaan Cornelis}}
|flag={{navy|Netherlands}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2-|K|torpedo boat}} was scuttled at Rotterdam, the Netherlands following severe battle damage.
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Belgian patrol boat|Georges-Eduard||2}}
|flag={{navy|Belgium}}
|desc=The patrol boat, a former fishing vessel, was lost on this date.[52]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Gorm||2}}
|flag={{flag|Denmark}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine in the North Sea off Zeebrugge, Belgium ({{coord|51|22|12|N|3|12|59|E}}) and sank.[104]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Kyle Firth||2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on Holy Island, Anglesey and was wrecked.[53]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship= {{HNLMS|M 2}}
|flag={{navy|Netherlands}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2-|M|minesweeper|||Netherlands}} struck a mine in the North Sea off IJmuiden, the Netherlands and sank.[54]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|French minesweeper|Ville du Bizerte||2}}
|flag={{navy|France}}
|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper struck a mine and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Guardia, Algeria.[40] }}{{shipwreck list end}}

14 May

{{shipwreck list begin |date=14 May 1940 |sort=}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship= {{HNLMS|Abraham van der Hulst|1937|6}}
|flag={{navy|Netherlands}}
|desc=World War II: {{sclass-|Jan van Amstel|minesweeper|1}} was scuttled at Enkhuizen, the Netherlands. She was subsequently salvaged by the Germans, repaired and entered service as M 552.
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Batterijschip IJmuiden
|flag={{navy|Netherlands}}
|desc=World War II: The former coastal defence ship Jacob Van Heemskerck was scuttled at IJmuiden, the Netherlands to prevent capture by German forces. She was subsequently salvaged by the Germans, repaired and entered service as Undine.[55]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HNLMS|Brinio}}
|flag={{navy|Netherlands}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass-|Brinio|gunboat}} was bombed and damaged in the IJsselmeer by Luftwaffe aircraft and subsequently scuttled.
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship= {{MS|Chrobry||2}}
|flag={{Flag|Poland|state}}
|desc=World War II: The troopship was bombed and damaged in the Vestfjorden, off northern Norway. She was scuttled on 16 May due to damage received.
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HNLMS|Freyr|1877|6}}
|flag={{navy|Netherlands}}
|desc=World War II: The gunboat was scuttled in the Binnen IJ at Nieuwendam, the Netherlands.[32][56]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HNLMS|Gerard Callenburgh|1939|6}}
|flag={{navy|Netherlands}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass-|Gerard Callenburgh|destroyer}} was scuttled in the Nieuwe Waterweg, Rotterdam, the Netherlands to prevent capture by German forces.
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HNLMS|Hefring|1880|6}}
|flag={{navy|Netherlands}}
|desc=World War II: The gunboat was scuttled. She was later salvaged by the Germans.[32]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HNLMS|Jan Danielzoon van de Rijn|G 2|6}}
|flag={{navy|Netherlands}}
|desc=World War II: The torpedo boat was scuttled at Rotterdam, the Netherlands. She was later salvaged by the Germans and entered service as TFA 10.[32]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HNLMS|Johan Maurits van Nassau}}
|flag={{navy|Netherlands}}
|desc=World War II: The sloop was bombed and sunk in the North Sea {{convert|10|nmi|km}} west of Callantsoog, the Netherlands, by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of eight of her 124 crew.
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Jan Pieterszoon Coen||2}}
|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}
|desc=World War II: The passenger ship was scuttled as a blockship at IJmuiden, the Netherlands.[57]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HNLMS|G 16}}
|flag={{navy|Netherlands}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass-|G 13|torpedo boat}} was scuttled at Den Helder, the Netherlands.[40] She was later salvaged by the Germans and entered service as TFA 9.[32]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship= {{HNLMS|M 1}}
|flag={{navy|Netherlands}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2-|M|minesweeper|||Netherlands}} was scuttled at IJmuiden, the Netherlands.[58] She was later salvaged and put into service by the Germans.[32]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship= {{HNLMS|M 3}}
|flag={{navy|Netherlands}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2-|M|minesweeper|||Netherlands}} was scuttled as a blockship at IJmuiden, the Netherlands.[59]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship= {{HNLMS|M 4}}
|flag={{navy|Netherlands}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2-|M|minesweeper|||Netherlands}} was scuttled at IJmuiden, the Netherlands.[60] She was later salvaged and put into service by the Germans.[32]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HNLMS|Noordzee II|BV-64|6}}
|flag={{navy|Netherlands}}
|desc=World War II: The naval tug struck a mine and sank in the Westerschelde.[61]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship=HNLMS O 8
|flag={{navy|Netherlands}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass-|O 8|submarine}} was scuttled at Den Helder, the Netherlands to prevent capture by German forces. She was subsequently salvaged by the Germans, repaired and entered service as U-D1.
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HNLMS|O 11}}
|flag={{navy|Netherlands}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass-|O 9|submarine}} was scuttled at Den Helder to prevent capture by German forces. She was subsequently salvaged by the Germans, repaired and entered service as U-D2.[40]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship= {{HNLMS|O 12}}
|flag={{navy|Netherlands}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass-|O 12|submarine}} was scuttled at Den Helder while undergoing maintenance at the Rijkswerf shipyard to prevent capture by German forces.
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HNLMS|O 25}}
|flag={{navy|Netherlands}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass-|O 21|submarine}} was scuttled at Schiedam, the Netherlands to prevent capture by German forces. She was subsequently salvaged by the Germans, repaired and entered service as UD-3.[40]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HNLMS|O 26}}
|flag={{navy|Netherlands}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass-|O 21|submarine}} was scuttled at Schiedam, the Netherlands to prevent capture by German forces. She was subsequently salvaged by the Germans, repaired and entered service as UD-4.[40]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HNLMS|O 27}}
|flag={{navy|Netherlands}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass-|O 21|submarine}} was scuttled at Schiedam, the Netherlands to prevent capture by German forces. She was subsequently salvaged by the Germans, repaired and entered service as UD-5.[40]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HNLMS|Pieter Florisz|1937|6}}
|flag={{navy|Netherlands}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass-|Jan van Amstel|minesweeper}} was scuttled at Enkhuizen, the Netherlands. She was subsequently salvaged by the Germans, repaired and entered service as M 551.
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{Ship||Scalaria|sailing ship|2}}
|flag={{flagicon|UK|civil}} Australia
|desc=The sailing ship sank in the Pacific Ocean off Wyndham, Western Australia.[62]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HNLMS|Tjerk Hiddes|1939|6}}
|flag={{navy|Netherlands}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass-|Gerard Callenburgh|destroyer}} was scuttled in the Nieuwe Waterweg, Rotterdam, the Netherlands to prevent capture by German forces.
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HNLMS|Tyr}}
|flag={{navy|Netherlands}}
|desc=World War II: The gunboat was scuttled. She was later salvaged by the Germans.[32]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Ville de Bruges||2}}
|flag={{flag|Belgium}}
|desc=World War II: The ocean liner was severely damaged in a Luftwaffe air raid whilst in the Scheldt,[63] between Lillo and Doel.[64] She was beached and burnt out with the loss of four crew of the 117 people aboard.[63] The ship was scrapped in situ 1941–1946, final remains removed 1951–1952.[64]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|HNLMS|Z 3}}
|flag={{navy|Netherlands}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass-|Z 1|torpedo boat}} was scuttled in the IJsselmeer off Enkhuizen, the Netherlands. }}{{shipwreck list end}}

15 May

{{shipwreck list begin |date=15 May 1940 |sort=}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|French minesweeper|Duquesne II||2}}
|flag={{navy|France}}
|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper struck a mine at the mouth of the Scheldt and sank with the loss of 22 crew.[132][65]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Evgenia||2}}
|flag={{flag|Greece}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged in the Scheldt at Knokke, Belgium ({{coord|51|23|N|3|07|E}}) by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was abandoned the next day and scuttled two days later in the Zeebrugge Roads.[132][66]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Foscolo||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged in the North Sea {{convert|6|nmi|km}} off Zeebrugge, Belgium by Luftwaffe aircraft. She capsized and sank on 18 May.[132][67]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|French minesweeper|Henri Guegan||2}}
|flag={{navy|France}}
|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper struck a mine at the mouth of the Scheldt and sank with the loss of 17 crew.[132][68]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|HNLMS|Hydra}}
|flag={{navy|Netherlands}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass-|Hydra|minelayer}} was beached on the coast of Zeeland, the Netherlands following damage by German anti-tank gunfire. She was subsequently scuttled.
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MV|Loodsboot No.1||2}}
|flag={{Flag|Netherlands}}
|desc=World War II: The pilot vessel struck a mine and sank in the Westerscheldt.[69]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|M A West||6}}
|flag={{navy|UK}}
|desc=The dredger sank in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[70]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|Valentine|L69|6}}
|flag={{navy|UK}}
|desc=World War II: The V-class destroyer was bombed off Terneuzen, Zeeland, the Netherlands by a Junkers Ju 88 aircraft of the Luftwaffe with the loss of 52 crew. She was beached and abandoned. HMS Valentine was then scuttled by {{HMS|Whitley|L23|6}} ({{navy|UK}}).[71] }}{{shipwreck list end}}

16 May

{{shipwreck list begin |date=16 May 1940 |sort=}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship= {{MS|Chrobry||2}}
|flag={{Flag|Poland|state}}
|desc=World War II: The troopship was scuttled due to bomb damage she received in an air attack on 14 May 1940 in the Vestfjorden, off Norway.
}}{{shipwreck list end}}

17 May

{{shipwreck list begin |date=17 May 1940 |sort=}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|French minesweeper|Mardyck||2}}
|flag={{navy|France}}
|desc=The auxiliary minesweeper caught fire and was beached and abandoned at Breskins.[71]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HNLMS|Philips Van Almonde}}
|flag={{navy|Netherlands}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass-|Gerard Callenburgh|destroyer}} was scuttled on her slipway at Vlissingen, Zeeland, the Netherlands to prevent capture by German forces.
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Belgian patrol boat|Police de la Rade III||2}}
|flag={{navy|Belgium}}
|desc=The patrol boat, a former police vessel, was lost on this date.[72]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Saint Kearan||2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship collided with {{SS|Explorateur Grandidier||2}} ({{flag|France}}) in the Firth of Clyde and sank north west of Girvan, Ayrshire.[73] }}{{shipwreck list end}}

18 May

{{shipwreck list begin |date=18 May 1940 |sort=}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|Effingham|D98|6}}
|flag={{navy|UK}}
|desc=World War II: Norwegian Campaign: The {{sclass-|Hawkins|cruiser}} ran aground on a reef in the Norwegian Sea near Bodø, Norway ({{coord|67|17|N|13|58|E}}) and abandoned. She was subsequently scuttled by gunfire and torpedoes from {{HMS|Matabele|F26|6}} ({{navy|UK}}) on May 21.[71]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Pia
|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}
|desc=World War II: The fishing vessel was towing the yacht Albatross III ({{flag|Netherlands}}) when she struck a mine in the North Sea off Gravelines, France. with the loss of six of her seven crew. Four people were killed aboard Albatross II, which rescued the sole survivor from Pia.[71][74]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Sirius|1885|2}}
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=World War II: The coaster was sunk in Solbergfjorden off Dyrøya, Norway, by Luftwaffe aircraft. Seven crew members, including both the captain and the first mate, were killed in the sinking, while 11 survivors were rescued from the water by local people in rowing boats. The survivors, who had been strafed in the water by the German aircraft, were later retrieved by the submarine tender {{HNoMS|Lyngen||2}} and the local steamer {{SS|Mosken|1924|2}}.[32][75]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Torgtind||2}}
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed in the Norwegian Sea off Bratland, Lurøy, Norway by German aircraft, and sank the next day. All six crew survived.[32][71][76]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Vlaanderen I||2}}
|flag={{flag|Belgium}}
|desc=World War II: The dredger was bombed and sunk at Calais, France by Luftwaffe aircraft.[71] }}{{shipwreck list end}}

19 May

{{shipwreck list begin |date=19 May 1940 |sort=}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Albion
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The former trawler was sunk near Brønnøysund, Norway by HNoMS Heilhorn and {{HNoMS|Honningsvåg}} (both {{navy|Norway}}).[17]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|French minesweeper|Augustin Normand||2}}
|flag={{navy|France}}
|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper was bombed and sunk in the English Channel off Le Havre, France by Luftwaffe aircraft.[71]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship= {{ship|RV|Belgica|1884|2}}
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=World War II: The depot ship was scuttled at Harstad, Norway by the Franco-British Expeditionary Force.
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MV|Erik Frisell||2}}
|flag={{flag|Sweden}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of the Hebrides, United Kingdom ({{coord|57|25|N|9|15|W}}) by {{GS|U-37|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). All 34 crew were rescued by {{HMT|Cobbers}} ({{navy|UK}}).[71][77]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|Princess Victoria|M03|6}}
|flag={{navy|UK}}
|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minelayer struck a mine and sank off the mouth of the Humber with the loss of 36 of her 121 crew.[78][79]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Torgtind||2}}
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=World War II: The coaster was bombed and sunk off Lurøy, Norway by Luftwaffe aircraft. All aboard survived.[80]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Vlaanderen IV||2}}
|flag={{flag|Belgium}}
|desc=World War II: The dredger was bombed and sunk in the North Sea off Dunkerque, France.[71][81]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|Whitley|L23|6}}
|flag={{navy|UK}}
|desc=World War II: The W-class destroyer was bombed and damaged off Ostend, Belgium by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was beached and later scuttled by {{HMS|Keith|D06|6}} ({{navy|UK}}). }}{{shipwreck list end}}

20 May

{{shipwreck list begin |date=20 May 1940 |sort=}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Antverpia||2}}
|flag={{flag|Belgium}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and severely damaged in the English Channel off Boulogne, France in a Luftwaffe air raid. She was beached on 21 May, but bombed again on 23 May and set on fire.[71][82]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Deneb
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and set on fire at Harstad, Norway in a Luftwaffe air rad. She was scuttled the next day by a British destroyer.
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{Ship|ST|Hercule||2}}
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=World War II: The tug struck a mine and sank at Calais, France.[71][83]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Mavis||2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The coaster was bombed and damaged in the English Channel off Calais, France by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was later abandoned.[71]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|French tanker|Niger||2}}
|flag={{navy|France}}
|desc=World War II: The tanker was bombed and sunk off Gravelines, France by Luftwaffe aircraft. All crew were rescued by {{ship|French destroyer|Cyclone||2}} ({{navy|France}}).[71][84][85]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Ophélie||2}}
|flag={{Flag|France}}
|desc=World War II: The tanker was anchored off Boulogne, France, and was bombed in the evening by the Luftwaffe. She was beached but burned the next three days and was a total loss. There were 6 dead and 34 survivors.[71][86][87][88]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MV|Pembroke Coast||2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged off Harstad, Norway by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was scuttled the next day.[89]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMT|Rifsness}}
|flag={{navy|UK}}
|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper was bombed and sunk in the North Sea off Ostend, Belgium by Luftwaffe aircraft. The crew were rescued by {{HMT|Lord Inchcape}} ({{navy|UK}}).[71][90]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship=S.130 and S.175
|flag={{flag|Denmark}}
|desc=World War II: The trawlers were intercepted in the North Sea at {{coord|55|00|N|3|30|E}} by {{HMS|Spearfish|69S|6}} ({{navy|UK}}). The crews of both vessels were taken off and they were sunk by gunfire.[71] }}{{shipwreck list end}}

21 May

{{shipwreck list begin |date=21 May 1940 |sort=}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|ST|Barfleur||2}}
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=World War II: The tug was scuttled at Boulogne, France.[71]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Bawtry||2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The coaster was bombed and sunk at Dunkerque, France by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was later salvaged by the Germans and entered service as Rival.[71]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMT|Cape Passaro|FY 270|6}}
|flag={{navy|UK}}
|desc=World War II: The naval trawler was bombed and sunk off Narvik, Norway by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of four crew.[91][92]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Clairy||2}}
|flag={{flag|Panama}}
|desc=World War II: The tanker was bombed and damaged in the English Channel off Boulogne by Luftwaffe aircraft. She sank the next day, all crew were rescued.[71][93]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|French submarine chaser|CH-9||2}}
|flag={{navy|France}}
|desc=World War II: The CH-5-class submarine chaser was bombed and severely damaged in the North Sea off Dunkerque ({{coord|51|30|N|00|24|E}}). She was beached to prevent her sinking but was declared a total loss.[71][94]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|French minesweeper|Christiane Cecile||2}}
|flag={{navy|France}}
|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper was scuttled at Boulogne, France.[71]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|Corburn}}
|flag={{navy|UK}}
|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel off Le Havre, France by motor torpedo boat S-32 ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}).[71]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship=De Normandie
|flag={{flag|Belgium}}
|desc=World War II: The fishing boat struck a mine and sank off Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France with the loss of 13 lives.[71]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Ernestine Gabrielle
|flag={{flag|Belgium}}
|desc=World War II: The fishing boat was bombed and sunk at Dieppe, France by Luftwaffe aircraft.[71][95]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Firth Fisher||2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The coaster struck a mine in the English Channel off Boulogne, France and sank with the loss of seven of the 11 people aboard. The survivors were rescued by {{SS|Sparta||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).[71][96]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Belgian trawler|Freddy|TR 33|2}}
|flag={{flag|Belgium}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2-|Castle|trawler|0}} naval trawler was sunk at Ostend by German aircraft. Raised, repaired, and put in German service as {{ship|German trawler|M 3230 Freddy|TR 33|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}).[97]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Georgette Simone
|flag={{flag|Belgium}}
|desc=World War II: The fishing boat was bombed and sunk at Dieppe; France by Luftwaffe aircraft.[71][98]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Hubbastone||2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The coaster was bombed and sunk at Dieppe, France by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was later salvaged by the Germans, repaired and entered service as Jurgensby.[71]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Independence
|flag={{flag|Belgium}}
|desc=World War II: The fishing boat was bombed and sunk at Dieppe, France by Luftwaffe aircraft.[71]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|French minesweeper|Jacques Coeur||2}}
|flag={{navy|France}}
|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper was bombed and sunk at Dunkerque, France by Luftwaffe aircraft.[71]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|French destroyer|L'Adroit|1927|2}}
|flag={{navy|France}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass-|L'Adroit|destroyer}} was bombed and sunk in the North Sea off Dunkerque, France by a Heinkel He 111 aircraft of the Luftwaffe.
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|French trawler|La Lorientaise||2}}
|flag={{navy|France}}
|desc=The naval trawler was sunk on this date.[99]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|French minesweeper|Leopold Soubler||2}}
|flag={{navy|France}}
|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper was scuttled at Boulogne, France.[71]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMHS|Maid of Kent}}
|flag={{navy|UK}}
|desc=(Red Cross): World War II: The hospital ship was bombed and sunk at Dieppe, France by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of 37 lives.[71][100]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMT|Melbourne}}
|flag={{navy|UK}}
|desc=World War II: The naval trawler was bombed and sunk off Narvik, Norway by Luftwaffe aircraft.[71][101]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Nelly Suzanne
|flag={{flag|Belgium}}
|desc=World War II: The fishing boat was bombed and sunk at Dieppe, France by Luftwaffe aircraft.[71]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|French minesweeper|Notre Dame de Lorette||2}}
|flag={{navy|France}}
|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper was bombed and sunk at Dunkerque, France by Luftwaffe aircraft.[71]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|French tugboat|Orme||2}}
|flag={{navy|France}}
|desc=World War II: The Crabe-class patrol tug was scuttled at Boulogne, France. Raised, repaired and put in German service as {{ship|German auxiliary patrol boat|FH 02||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}).[71][102]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Pavon||2}}
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the English Channel off Calais, France by Luftwaffe aircraft. The crew were rescued by {{ship|French destroyer|Cyclone||2}}, {{ship|French destroyer|Mistral||2}} and {{ship|French destroyer|Sirocco||2}} (all {{navy|France}}).[71][103]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|French minesweeper|Rien Sans Peine||2}}
|flag={{navy|France}}
|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper was bombed and sunk at Dunkerque, France by Luftwaffe aircraft.[71]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|French minesweeper|Saint Benoit||2}}
|flag={{navy|France}}
|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper was bombed and sunk at Dunkerque, France by Luftwaffe aircraft.[71]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|French minesweeper|Saint Joachim||2}}
|flag={{navy|France}}
|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper was bombed and sunk at Dunkerque, France by Luftwaffe aircraft.[71]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Salome||2}}
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=World War II: The tanker was bombed and sunk at Calais, France by Luftwaffe aircraft. The crew were rescued by {{ship|French destroyer|Cyclone||2}}, {{ship|French destroyer|Mistral||2}} and {{ship|French destroyer|Sirocco||2}} (all {{navy|France}}).[71]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Spinel||2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Dunkerque, France by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was salvaged by the Germans on 4 July, repaired and entered German service.
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|ST|Tumulte||2}}
|flag={{navy|France}}
|desc=World War II: The Clameur-class patrol tug was bombed and sunk at Dunkerque, France by Luftwaffe aircraft.[104]{{shipwreck list end}}

22 May

{{shipwreck list begin |date=22 May 1940 |sort=}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Belgian yacht|Aloha||2}}
|flag={{Navy|Belgium}}
|desc=World War II: The motor yacht struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Ostend, Belgium with the loss of all crew.[218][105]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Bjarkøy||2}}
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=World War II: The coaster was bombed and sunk at Gratangsbotn, Norway. Raised in 1944, repaired and returned to service as Bogøy.[106]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Efford||2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The coaster collided with {{SS|Tlemcen||2}} ({{flag|France}}) in the North Sea off Gravelines, France and sank.[107]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Helene|1898|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Wadden Sea between Schiermonnikoog and Simonszand, Netherlands.[108]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Palena||2}}
|flag={{flag|Chile}}
|desc=The cargo liner came ashore in a storm at Valparaiso and was wrecked.[109]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Portrieux||2}}
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the North Sea off Gravelines, France by Luftwaffe aircraft.[110]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Teaser
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The fishing smack struck a mine and sank in the River Blackwater off Tollesbury, Essex. Both crew were rescued.[107] }}{{shipwreck list end}}

23 May

{{shipwreck list begin |date=23 May 1940 |sort=}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Franz Haniel||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Baltic Sea off Kiel, Germany.[107]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Galaxias||2}}
|flag={{flag|Greece}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the English Channel off Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France by Luftwaffe aircraft. All crew were rescued.[107][111]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship= {{ship|French destroyer|Jaguar||2}}
|flag={{navy|France}}
|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The {{sclass-|Chacal|destroyer}} was torpedoed and damaged in the North Sea off Dunkerque, France by motor torpedo boats S-21 and S-23 (both {{navy|Nazi Germany}}) and beached ({{coord|51|03|N|02|22|E}}). She was then destroyed by bombing with the loss of 13 crew.[107][112]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship= {{ship|French destroyer|Orage||2}}
|flag={{navy|France}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass-|Bourrasque|destroyer}} was bombed and sunk off Boulogne, France by Luftwaffe aircraft.
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Sigurds Faulbaums|1913|2}}
|flag={{navy|Belgium}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off the Noord Hinder Lightvessel ({{Coord|51|29|N|2|38|E}}) by {{GS|U-9|1935|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) The crew were rescued by {{ship|ST|Graaf Visart||2}} ({{flag|Belgium}}).[5][107][113]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Terieven
|flag={{flag|Denmark}}
|desc=World War II: The fishing vessel was intercepted in the North Sea ({{coord|56|55|N|6|50|E}}) by {{HMS|Tetrarch|N77|6}} ({{navy|UK}}) and was scuttled by her.[107] }}{{shipwreck list end}}

24 May

{{shipwreck list begin |date=24 May 1940 |sort=}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Brighton|1933|2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=(Red Cross): World War II: The hospital ship was bombed and sunk in the North Sea off Dieppe, France by Luftwaffe aircraft.[114]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|French destroyer|Chacal||2}}
|flag={{navy|France}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass-|Chacal|destroyer}} was bombed and sunk off Boulogne, France by Junkers Ju 87 aircraft of I and II Staffeln, Sturzkampfgeschwader 2, Luftwaffe.[32] 31 crewmen killed. Survivors rescued by {{ship|French submarine chaser|CH.5||2}} and {{ship|French submarine chaser|CH.42||2}} (both {{navy|France}}).
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{Ship|French minesweeper|Etoile de Nord||2}}
|flag={{navy|France}}
|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Dunkerque, France.[107]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HNoMS|Ingrid}}
|flag={{navy|Norway}}
|desc=World War II: Norwegian Campaign: The patrol boat, formerly the German trawler Wilhelm Reinhold, was sunk by German bombers at Bodø, Norway.[115]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Kyma||2}}
|flag={{flag|Greece}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south west of Land's End, Cornwall, United Kingdom ({{coord|48|30|N|9|30|W}}) by {{GS|U-37|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of seven of her 30 crew.[107][116]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{Ship|French minesweeper|La Matelot||2}}
|flag={{navy|France}}
|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper was bombed and sunk in the North Sea off Dunkerque, France by Luftwaffe aircraft.[107]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Skjerstad|1904|2}}
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=World War II: The troop ship was bombed and sunk in Langsetfjorden, Norway by Junkers Ju 87 aircraft of the Luftwaffe. She was declared beyond economic repair in summer 1940.[117]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|Wessex|D43|6}}
|flag={{navy|UK}}
|desc=World War II: The W-class destroyer was bombed and sunk off Calais, France by Junkers Ju 87 aircraft of I and II staffel, Sturzkampfgeschwader 2,[115] Luftwaffe while conducting a naval gunfire support mission. Six survivors were rescued by {{HMS|John Cattling}}, the rest of the survivors by {{HMS|Vimiera|1917|6}} (both {{navy|UK}}). }}{{shipwreck list end}}

25 May

{{shipwreck list begin |date=25 May 1940 |sort=}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMT|Charles Boyes}}
|flag={{navy|UK}}
|desc=World War II: The naval trawler struck a mine in the North Sea off Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk and sank with the loss of at least 15 crew.[118][119]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{Ship|French lightship|Dyck||2}}
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=The lightship sank off Calais, France.[120]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Florentino||2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk as a blockship at Zeebrugge, Belgium.[121]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Joseph Seep||2}}
|flag={{flag|Panama}}
|desc=World War II: The tanker struck a mine and sank in the English Channel off Le Havre, France.[122]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|French minesweeper|La Jeannine||2}}
|flag={{navy|France}}
|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper was bombed and sunk at Dunkerque, France by Luftwaffe aircraft.[107]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|Mashobra}}
|flag={{navy|UK}}
|desc=World War II: Operation Alphabet: The Fleet Air Arm depot ship was bombed off Harstad, Norway by Luftwaffe aircraft and beached. She was scuttled on 8 June to prevent her being captured by German forces.[123]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German minesweeper|Montan 25||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=The river Sperrbrecher was sunk on this date.[124]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship= {{ORP|Orzeł|1938|6}}
|flag={{navy|Poland|name=Polish Navy}}
|desc=World War II: Norwegian Campaign: The {{sclass-|Orzeł|submarine}} struck a mine and sank in the North Sea ({{coord|57|00|N|3|40|E}}) and sank with the loss of all 60 crew.[107][125]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Spinel||2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The coaster was bombed and sunk at Dunkerque, France by Luftwaffe bombing. All nine crew were rescued. She was salvaged by the Germans on 4 July and taken as a prize of war.[107]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MV|Tennessee|1922|2}}
|flag={{Flag|Norway}}
|desc=The cargo ship was in collision with {{SS|Baron Fairlie||2}} in the North Sea and was beached north west of Copinsay, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom. Salvage attempt were abandoned and she was declared a total loss.[126]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Transea||2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk as a blockship at Zeebrugge, Belgium.[107]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|French minesweeper|Trombe II||2}}
|flag={{navy|France}}
|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper was bombed and sunk at Dunkerque, France by Luftwaffe aircraft.[107] }}{{shipwreck list end}}

26 May

{{shipwreck list begin |date=26 May 1940 |sort=}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Ceres|1918|2}}
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the English Channel by Luftwaffe aircraft whilst on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Maritime to Dunkerque, Nord, France.[107]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|Curlew|D42|6}}
|flag={{navy|UK}}
|desc=World War II: Norwegian Campaign: The {{sclass2-|C|cruiser}} was bombed and sunk in Ofotfjord off Narvik, Norway by Junkers Ju 88 aircraft of the Luftwaffe.
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|French minesweeper|Dijonnais||2}}
|flag={{navy|France}}
|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper was bombed and sunk at Dunkerque, France by Luftwaffe aircraft.[107]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Florabell
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=World War II: Norwegian Campaign: The fishing vessel was torched and burned at the shipyard in Rognan, Norway, by retreating Norwegian and British forces.[127]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|Loch Shin|1930|6}}
|flag={{navy|UK}}
|desc=World War II: Norwegian Campaign: The boom defence vessel was bombed and sunk at Harstad, Norway.[107]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|RFA|Oleander}}
|flag={{navy|UK|RFA}}
|desc=World War II: The tanker was bombed off Harstad, Norway, by Luftwaffe aircraft and beached. She was scuttled on 8 June to prevent her capture by German forces.[123]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Saint Camille||2}}
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Dunkerque, France.[128]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Vansø
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=World War II: The coaster struck a mine laid by {{ship|French submarine|Rubis|1931|2}} ({{navy|France}}) and sank near Stavanger, Norway.[129]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Volkgracht IV||2}}
|flag={{flag|Belgium}}
|desc=World War II: The dredger struck a mine and sank in the Zeebrugge Canal.[107] }}{{shipwreck list end}}

27 May

{{shipwreck list begin |date=27 May 1940 |sort=}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Aden|1918|2}}
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Dunkerque, France in a Luftwaffe air raid.[130]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Atlantic Guide||2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk as a blockship at Zeebrugge, Belgium.[107]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Borodino||2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The refrigerated cargo liner was sunk as a blockship at Zeebrugge, Belgium.[131]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Cap Tafelneh||2}}
|flag={{Flag|France}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Dunkerque, France in a Luftwaffe air raid. She was refloated on 13 May 1941, repaired and entered German service as Carl Arp.
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|French minesweeper|La Majo||2}}
|flag={{navy|France}}
|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper was bombed and sunk in the North Sea off Dunkerque, France by Luftwaffe aircraft.[107]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship= {{HMS|LCM 10}}, {{HMS|LCM 11}}, {{HMS|LCM 14}}, {{HMS|LCM 15}},
{{HMS|LCM 18}}, {{HMS|LCM 19}}, and {{HMS|LCM 20}},
|flag={{navy|UK}}
|desc=The landing craft mechanized were lost on this date.[132]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMT|Ocean Reward||2}}
|flag={{navy|UK}}
|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The naval trawler collided with {{SS|Isle of Thanet||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) in the English Channel off Dover, the United Kingdom, and sank with the loss of all hands.[107]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Sequacity||2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The coaster was shelled and sunk in the English Channel off Calais, France ({{coord|52|04|20|N|1|38|36|E}}) by German shore batteries. All 13 crew were rescued by {{SS|Yewdale||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).[107]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Sheaf Mead||2}}
|flag={{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: Convoy OG 31F: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay ({{coord|43|48|N|12|38|W}}) by {{GS|U-37|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 31 of her 38 crew. The survivors were rescued by {{SS|Frangoula B Goulandris||2}} ({{flag|Greece}}).[107][133]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Uruguay|1921|2}}
|flag={{flag|Argentina}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|100|nmi|km}} west of Cape Finisterre, Spain ({{coord|43|40|N|12|16|W}}) by {{GS|U-37|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 15 of her 28 crew. Survivors were rescued by the trawler Ramoncin ({{flag|Spain|1938}}).[134][135][136]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Worthtown||2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The coaster was bombed and sunk in the North Sea off Dunkerque, France by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was later salvaged by the Germans, repaired and entered service as Ilse Schulte.[107] }}{{shipwreck list end}}

28 May

{{shipwreck list begin |date=28 May 1940 |sort=}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Abukir||2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The coaster was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea ({{coord|51|29|N|2|16|E}}) by motor torpedo boat S-34 ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 205 of the 231 people aboard. The survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Codrington|D65|6}}, {{HMS|Jaguar|F34|6}} and {{HMS|Javelin|F61|6}} (all {{navy|UK}}).[107][137]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MV|Blaamannen||2}}
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank off Haugesund, Norway with the loss of six crew.[107][106]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Boy Roy
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The drifter was bombed and damaged at Dunkerque, France by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was beached and abandoned.[107]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MV|Brazza||2}}
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=World War II: The passenger ship was torpedoed and sunk off in the Atlantic Ocean ({{convert|100|nmi|km}} off Oporto, Portugal ({{coord|42|43|N|11|00|W}}) by {{GS|U-37|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 378 of the 575 people aboard. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Cheshire}} ({{navy|UK}}) and {{ship|French gunboat|Enseigne Henry||2}} ({{navy|France}}).[138]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|Brighton Belle|NF17|6}}
|flag={{Navy|UK}}
|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The paddle minesweeper struck a submerged wreck off Dunkerque, France and sank. All aboard were rescued by {{HMS|Medway Queen}} ({{Navy|UK}}).[139]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Carare||2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo liner struck a mine and sank in the English Channel north of Foreland Point, the United Kingdom ({{coord|51|18|N|3|44|W}}) with the loss of ten of the 126 people aboard. The survivors were rescued by {{HMT|Cambridgeshire}} and {{ship|HMY|Rhodora}} (both {{navy|UK}}).[107][140]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Girl Pamela
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The drifter collided with another vessel at Dunkerque, France and sank.[107]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Julien
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=World War II: The trawler was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Finisterre, Spain ({{coord|42|50|N|10|40|W}}) by {{GS|U-37|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). All ten crew were rescued.[107][141]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|French minesweeper|Marguerite Rose||2}}
|flag={{navy|France}}
|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The auxiliary minesweeper was bombed and sunk in the North Sea off Dunkerque, France by Luftwaffe aircraft.[107]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMT|Ocean Reward||6}}
|flag={{navy|UK}}
|desc=The naval trawler collided with {{SS|Isle of Thanet||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) in the English Channel off Dover, the United Kingdom and sank with the loss of one crew member.[142]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Paxton
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The drifter was bombed and damaged at Dunkerque, France by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was beached and abandoned.[107]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MV|Queen of the Channel||2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The passenger ship was bombed and sunk in the North Sea off Dunkerque, France ({{coord|51|15|N|2|40|E}}) by Luftwaffe aircraft. All 920-plus people aboard were rescued by {{SS|Dorrien Rose||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).[107][143]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMT|Thomas Bartlett|FY 533|6}}
|flag={{navy|UK}}
|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The naval trawler struck a mine in the English Channel off Calais, France and sank with the loss of eight crew.[107][144]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMT|Thuringia|FY 106|6}}
|flag={{navy|UK}}
|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The naval trawler struck a mine in the North Sea off the Belgian coast and sank. Only four crew survived.[107][145]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Torsten||2}}
|flag={{flag|Sweden}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Kattegat ({{coord|57|33|N|11|35|E}}). All 16 crew were rescued.[1][18][146]
}}{{shipwreck list end}}

29 May

{{shipwreck list begin |date=29 May 1940 |sort=}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|Bideford|L43|6}}
|flag={{navy|UK}}
|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The {{sclass-|Shoreham|sloop|0}} sloop was bombed and severely damaged at Dunkerque, France. She was beached to prevent her sinking. 17 crew were lost. The survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Kellet}} ({{navy|UK}}). She was later refloated and towed by {{HMS|Locust|T28|6}} ({{navy|UK}}) which was later relieved by {{ship|ST|Gondia||2}} and {{ship|ST|Simla||2}} (both {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}), arriving at Dover on 31 May. HMS Bideford was subsequently repaired and returned to service.[107]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMT|Calvi|FY 715|6}}
|flag={{navy|UK}}
|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The naval trawler was bombed and sunk at Dunkerque, France with the loss of three crew. The survivors were rescued by {{HMT|John Cattling}} ({{navy|UK}}).[107][147]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Clan MacAlister|1930|2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk off Dunkerque, France by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of 18 lives. The survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Malcolm|D19|6}} and {{HMT|Pangbourne}} (both {{navy|UK}}).[107][148]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMT|Comfort||6}}
|flag={{navy|UK}}
|desc=World War II: The naval drifter was fired on by {{HMS|Grafton|H89|6}} and {{HMS|Lydd}} (both {{navy|UK}}), then rammed and sunk by HMS Lydd which mistook her for an E-boat. Six of her 11 crew were killed.[149][150]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|Crested Eagle||6}}
|flag={{navy|UK}}
|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The auxiliary anti-aircraft ship was bombed and sunk off Dunkerque, France by Luftwaffe aircraft. The survivors were rescued by {{HMT|Pangbourne}} ({{navy|UK}}).[107]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Douaisien||2}}
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The cargo ship was bombed and severely damaged in the North Sea off Dunkerque, France. She was subsequently bombed and sunk on 1 June.[107]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|Gracie Fields}}
|flag={{navy|UK}}
|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The paddle minesweeper was bombed and sunk in the North Sea off Dunkerque, France by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of one crew member. The survivors were rescued by {{HMT|Pangbourne}} ({{navy|UK}}).[107][151]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|Grafton|H89|6}}
|flag={{navy|UK}}
|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The G-class destroyer was torpedoed and damaged in the North Sea off Nieuwpoort, Belgium ({{coord|51|22|N|2|45|E}}) by {{GS|U-62|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of four of her 146 crew. She was subsequently scuttled by {{HMS|Ivanhoe|D16|6}} ({{navy|UK}}).[149]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|Grenade|H86|6}}
|flag={{navy|UK}}
|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The G-class destroyer was bombed and sunk at Dunkerque, France by Junkers Ju 87 aircraft of the Luftwaffe with the loss of 18 of her 146 crew.
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{Ship|French minesweeper|Joseph Marie||2}}
|flag={{navy|France}}
|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The auxiliary minesweeper was bombed and sunk at Dunkerque, France by Luftwaffe aircraft.[107]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship=HMS LCA 4, LCA 16 and LCA 18
|flag={{navy|UK}}
|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The landing craft assault were lost when {{SS|Clan MacAlister|1930|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) was sunk.[115]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Lorina|1918|2}}
|flag={{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The passenger ship was bombed and sunk off Dunkerque, France by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of eight crew.[152]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Marie José||2}}
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed, shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|40|nmi|km}} north west of Vigo, Spain by {{GS|U-37|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}).[153]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Mars||2}}
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The coaster was bombed and sunk at Dunkerque, France by Luftwaffe aircraft.[107]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|ST|Max||2}}
|flag={{flag|Belgium}}
|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The tug was bombed and sunk at Dunkerque, France by Luftwaffe aircraft.[107]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|TSS|Mona's Queen|1934|2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=

World War II: Operation Dynamo: The ferry was bombed and sunk off Dunkerque, France with the loss of 26 lives. The survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Vanquisher|1917|6}} ({{navy|UK}}).[107][154]


}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Monique Schiaffino||2}}
|flag={{Flag|France}}
|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Dunkerque, France by Luftwaffe aircraft.[107][155]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|Montrose|1918|6}}
|flag={{navy|UK}}
|desc=The {{sclass-|Scott|destroyer}} collided with {{ship|ST|Sun V||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) in the English Channel off Cap Griz Nez, France and was severely damaged. She was beached to prevent her sinking. Later refloated and towed back to Dover, Kent by {{ship|ST|Lady Brassey||2}} and {{ship|ST|Simla||2}} (both {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).[107]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Nautilus
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The drifter was sunk in the North Sea off Dunkerque, France due to enemy action.[107]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMT|Polly Johnson}}
|flag={{navy|UK}}
|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The naval trawler was bombed and severely damaged in the North Sea off Dunkerque, France by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of one crew member. She was later scuttled.[107][156]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{Ship|French tug|Samson||2}}
|flag={{navy|France}}
|desc=World War II: The tug struck a mine in the Mediterranean Sea and sank off the coast of Gard, France.[157]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Saint-Clair||2}}
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in Tjeldsundet, Norway by Luftwaffe aircraft.[107]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|St Octave||2}}
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Dunkerque, France. She was later salvaged by the Germans, repaired and entered service as Ilse Fritzen.[107]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MV|Telena||2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The tanker was shelled and set on fire in the Atlantic Ocean off Muros, A Coruña, Spain ({{coord|42|25|N|9|08|W}}) by {{GS|U-37|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). She was beached and abandoned by her crew. 18 of her 36 crew were killed, the survivors were rescued by the trawlers Buena Esperanza and Jose Ignacio de C. (both {{flag|Spain|1938}}). She was later seized by Spain, towed to Vigo, Galicia where her cargo was salvaged and then towed to Bilbao, Biscay for repairs. Entered Spanish service as Gerona.[158][159][160]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German patrol boat|VP-1109 Antares||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=The vorpostenboot struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Haugesund, Norway ({{coord|62|58|N|6|48|E}}).[107]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|ST|Vulcain||2}}
|flag={{flag|Belgium}}
|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The tug was bombed and sunk at Dunkerque, France by Luftwaffe aircraft.[107]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|Wakeful|H88|6}}
|flag={{navy|UK}}
|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The W-class destroyer was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea ({{coord|51|20|N|2|45|E}}) by E-boat S-30 ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 724 of the 750 people aboard. The survivors were rescued by the drifters Comfort and Nautilus (both {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) as well as {{HMS|Grafton|H89|6}} and {{HMT|Gossamer}} (both {{navy|UK}}).[107]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|Waverley}}
|flag={{navy|UK}}
|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The paddle minesweeper was bombed and sunk at Dunkerque, France by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of some 360 people. The survivors were rescued by {{ship|French destroyer|Cyclone||2}} ({{navy|France}}), {{HMS|Golden Eagle}} ({{navy|UK}}), two drifters and a tug.[107][161] }}{{shipwreck list end}}

30 May

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|ship=Ambleve
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The canal boat ran aground at Dunkerque, France and was abandoned.[115]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|French destroyer|Bourrasque||2}}
|flag={{navy|France}}
|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The {{sclass-|Bourrasque|destroyer}} struck a mine off Nieuwpoort, Belgium and was severely damaged. She was then sunk by German artillery fire.
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMT|Cambrian}}
|flag={{navy|UK}}
|desc=World War II: The boom defence vessel struck a mine in the Solent off Spithead, the United Kingdom and sank with the loss of two crew.[107][162]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Correnie
|flag={{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The trawler was lost in the North Sea.[107]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Fenella|1936|2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The passenger ship sank due to bomb damage she suffered in an attack the previous day off Dunkirk, France by Luftwaffe aircraft. Fifteen of her crew had been killed in the attack.[163]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MV|Finkenau||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank off Drogden, Denmark.[107]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Edv. Nissen||2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk as a blockship at Dunkerque, France.[164]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship=HMS King Orry
|flag={{navy|UK}}
|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The armed boarding vessel was shelled and sunk off Dunkerque, France. The survivors were rescued by {{HMT|Lord Grey}}. {{HMT|Vivacious}} (both {{navy|UK}}) and other small boats.[107][165]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Normannia|1911|2}}
|flag={{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The passenger ship was bombed and severely damaged in the North Sea {{convert|4|nmi|km}} off Dunkerque, France by Heinkel aircraft of the Luftwaffe. She was beached and abandoned.[107][166]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Stanhall||2}}
|flag={{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel south of The Lizard, Cornwall ({{coord|48|59|N|5|17|W}}) by {{GS|U-101|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of one of her 37 crew. The survivors were rescued by {{SS|Temple Moat||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).[107][167]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Yser
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The canal boat ran aground at Dunkerque, France and was abandoned.[115] }}{{shipwreck list end}}

31 May

{{shipwreck list begin |date=31 May 1940 |sort=}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Adjader
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The trawler was bombed and sunk at Dunkerque, France by Luftwaffe aircraft.[107]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Aïn el Turk||2}}
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk off Dunkerque, France by Luftwaffe aircraft.[67]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Costaud
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The trawler was bombed and sunk at Dunkerque, France by Luftwaffe aircraft.[107]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Côte d'Azur||2}}
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Dunkerque, France by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was later salvaged by the Germans, repaired and entered service as Elsass ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}).[107]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|Devonia}}
|flag={{navy|UK}}
|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The minesweeper was bombed and severely damaged off Dunkerque, France. She was beached and abandoned at La Panne, Belgium.[107][168]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|Grive}}
|flag={{navy|UK}}
|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The armed yacht was bombed and damaged at Dunkerque, France by Luftwaffe aircraft. She then struck a mine and sank with the loss of all crew.[169][170]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Jadarland||2}}
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo liner struck a mine and sank off Slettå, Førlandsvågen, Norway. with the loss of 19 lives.[171]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship=HMS LCA 8 and LCA 15
|flag={{navy|UK}}
|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The landing craft assault were lost when {{HMS|Devonia}} ({{navy|UK}}) was sunk.[115]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Orangemoor||2}}
|flag={{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: Convoy HGF 31: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel south of Start Point, Devon ({{coord|49|53|N|3|23|W}}) by {{GS|U-101|1940|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 18 of her 40 crew. The survivors were rescued by {{SS|Brandenburg||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).[107][172][173]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Puissant
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The trawler was bombed and sunk at Dunkerque, France by Luftwaffe aircraft.[107]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|French destroyer|Sirocco||2}}
|flag={{navy|France}}
|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The {{sclass-|Bourrasque|destroyer}} was torpedoed and badly damaged in the North Sea off west Hinder ({{coord|51|18|N|2|15|E}}) by S-23 and S-26 (both {{navy|Nazi Germany}}), then bombed and sunk by Junkers Ju 88 aircraft of the Luftwaffe with the loss of over 600 troops and 59 crewmen. 15 survivors rescued by {{ORP|Błyskawica}} ({{Navy|Poland}}), 21 by {{HMT|Stella Dorado}}, 50 by {{HMS|Wolves}}, and 166 by {{HMS|Widgeon|L62|6}} (all {{navy|UK}}).[115][107]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMT|St Achillaeus}}
|flag={{navy|UK}}
|desc=World War II: Operation Dynamo: The naval trawler struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Dunkerque, France with the loss of one crewmember.[107]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-13|1935|2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The Type IIB submarine was depth charged and sunk in the North Sea {{convert|14|nmi|km}} south-east of Lowestoft, United Kingdom ({{coord|52|27|N|2|02|E}}) by {{HMS|Weston|L72|6}} ({{navy|UK}}). All crew were rescued and made prisoners of war.[107]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship= {{HMS|X 213||2}} and {{HMS|X 148||2}}
|flag={{navy|UK}}
|desc=The X-class lighters were lost on this date.[174]
}}{{shipwreck list end}}

Unknown date

{{shipwreck list begin |date=Unknown date 1940 |sort=}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Maria Toft||2}}
|flag={{flag|Denmark}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk at Dunkerque, France. She was later salvaged, repaired and returned to service under German control.[175]
}}{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Ruytingen Lightship
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=World War II: The lightship was bombed and sunk in the North Sea off Dunkerque, France.[176] }}{{shipwreck list end}}

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66. ^{{cite web |url= http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?58033 |title=SS Evgenia (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=8 November 2011}}
67. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.belgischekoopvaardij.net/belgian%20merchant%20H-O%2024.5.04.pdf |title=Belgian Merchant H-O |publisher=Belgische Koopvaardij |accessdate=31 October 2010 }}{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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69. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?899 |title=Mv Loodsboot No.1 (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=10 November 2011}}
70. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?70566 |title=HMS M A West (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=10 November 2011}}
71. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 {{cite web |url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4005-14MAY03.htm |title=NAVAL EVENTS, MAY 1940, Part 3 of 4, Wednesday 15th – Tuesday 21st |publisher=Naval History |accessdate=20 November 2011}}
72. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.navypedia.org/ships/belgium/be_cm_apv_2.htm |title=Auxiliary Patrols of WWII, Converted Merchant vessels, Belgian Navy |publisher=Navypedia |accessdate=8 May 2017}}
73. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?58002 |title=SS Saint Kearan (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=14 November 2011}}
74. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?5031 |title=MFV Pia (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=12 November 2011}}
75. ^{{cite web |url= http://www.warsailors.com/homefleetsingles/sirius.html |title=D/S Sirius |publisher=Warsailors |accessdate=10 February 2012}}
76. ^{{cite web |url=https://torghatten.no/tidslinje/torgtind-bombet-article394-941.html |title=Torgtind |publisher=torghatten.no |accessdate=4 April 2019}}
77. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11289 |title=MV Erik Frisell (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=24 October 2011}}
78. ^{{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=Minelayer Sunk By Enemy Mine |day_of_week=Wednesday |date=22 May 1940 |page_number=6 |issue=48622 |column=F }}
79. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11851 |title= HMS Princess Victoria (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=24 October 2011}}
80. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/homefleet/shipst2.html |title=Norwegian Homefleet - WW II, Ships starting with To through Ty |publisher=Warsailors |accessdate=11 February 2012}}
81. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?1191 |title=SS Vlaanderen IV (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=15 November 2011}}
82. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?134781 |title=SS Antverpia (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=2 November 2011}}
83. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?80907 |title=Hercule (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=9 November 2011}}
84. ^{{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=French Destroyer And Submarine Lost |day_of_week=Friday |date=24 May 1940 |page_number=5 |issue=48624 |column=D }}
85. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?155 |title=Niger (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=24 October 2011}}
86. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?165093 |title=SS Ophélie (Ophelie aka Orphélie) (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=11 November 2011}}
87. ^{{cite web |url=http://dkepaves.free.fr/download/chronologie.pdf |title=Epaves Dunkerque |publisher=dkepaves.free.fr |accessdate=9 February 2019}}
88. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.atlasponant.fr/fiche/Navire/062OPH001/#fiche=/fiche/Navire/062OPH001/ |title=Ophélie |publisher=www.atlasponant.fr |accessdate=9 February 2019}}
89. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?151341 |title=MV Pembroke Coast (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=12 November 2011}}
90. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?31131 |title=HMT Rifsnes (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=13 November 2011}}
91. ^{{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=Two Trawlers Lost |day_of_week=Wednesday |date=29 May 1940 |page_number=6 |issue=48628 |column=F }}
92. ^{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/6328.html |title=HMS Cape Passaro (FY 270) |publisher=Uboat |accessdate=24 October 2011}}
93. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?163915 |title=SS Clairy (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=4 November 2011}}
94. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?10919 |title=Chasseur 9 (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=4 November 2011}}
95. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?37192 |title=FV Ernestine-Gabriel (O-44) (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=8 November 2011}}
96. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/WWIStandardShipsA-K.htm#A |title=WWI STANDARD BUILT SHIPS A-K |publisher=Mariners |accessdate=8 May 2011}}
97. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.navypedia.org/ships/germany/ger_esc_tr.htm |title=Jacqueline class patrols, Germany |publisher=Navypedia |accessdate=24 October 2016}}
98. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?37194 |title=Georgette-Simonne (O-31) (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=8 November 2011}}
99. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=1489|title=French trawlers type Ex-British|publisher=Warshipsww2.Eu|accessdate=29 December 2014|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141229230420/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=1489|archivedate=29 December 2014|df=}}
100. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?58141 |title=HMHS Maid of Kent (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=24 October 2011}}
101. ^{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/6419.html |title=HMS Melbourne |publisher=Uboat |accessdate=24 October 2011}}
102. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.navypedia.org/ships/france/fr_es_crabe.htm |title=Crabe class patrol tug (1918-1920), French Navy |publisher=Navypedia |accessdate=9 May 2017}}
103. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11402 |title=SS Pavon (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=12 November 2011}}
104. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.navypedia.org/ships/france/fr_es_clameur.htm |title=Clameur class patrol tug (1917-1918), French Navy |publisher=Navypedia |accessdate=9 May 2017}}
105. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?205 |title=TSMY Aloha (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=2 November 2011}}
106. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/homefleet/shipsb1.html |title=Norwegian Homefleet - WW II, Ships starting with Ba through Bl |publisher=Warsailors |accessdate=8 February 2012}}
107. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 {{cite web |url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4005-14MAY04.htm |title=NAVAL EVENTS, MAY 1940, Part 4 of 4, Wednesday 22nd – Friday 31st |publisher=Naval History |accessdate=20 November 2011}}
108. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?88640 |title=SS Helene (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=9 November 2011}}
109. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?166416 |title=SS Palena (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=12 November 2011}}
110. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?2855 |title=SS Portrieux (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=13 November 2011}}
111. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?166082 |title=SS Galaxias (ΓΑΛΑΞΙΑΣ) (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=8 November 2011}}
112. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=253&tridit=lodenice&zobraz=A |title=French destroyer leader class Jaguar |publisher=Warshipsww2 |accessdate=18 June 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150619005000/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=253&tridit=lodenice&zobraz=A |archivedate=19 June 2015 |df= }}
113. ^{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/322.html |title=Sigurt Faulbaum |publisher=Uboat |accessdate=2 February 2012}}
114. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?135687 |title=SS Brighton (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=24 October 2011}}
115. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 {{Cite web|url=http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/40-05.htm |title=Seekrieg 1940, Mai |accessdate=6 January 2012 |last=Rohwer |first=Jürgen |author2=Gerhard Hümmelchen |work=Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart |publisher= |language=German }}
116. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11290 |title=SS Kyma (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=9 November 2011}}
117. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/homefleetsingles/skjerstad1.html |title=D/S Skjerstad |publisher=Warsailors |accessdate=10 February 2012}}
118. ^{{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=H.M.S. Wessex Lost |day_of_week=Monday |date=27 May 1940 |page_number=6 |issue=48626 |column=F }}
119. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?129334 |title=HMT Charles Boyes (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=24 October 2011}}
120. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?2647 |title=SS Dyck (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=8 November 2011}}
121. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?766 |title=Florentino (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=8 November 2011}}
122. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?2707 |title=SS Joseph Seep (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=9 November 2011}}
123. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4006-19JUN02.htm |title=NAVAL EVENTS, JUNE 1940, Part 2 of 4, Saturday 8th – Friday 14th |publisher=Naval History |accessdate=22 November 2011}}
124. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.navypedia.org/ships/germany/ger_conc_rmdv.htm |title=Auxiliary river mine destruction vessels, Converted merchant ships, Germany |publisher=Navypedia |accessdate=11 May 2017}}
125. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?132393 |title=ORP Orzel (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=11 November 2011}}
126. ^{{csr|register=MSI|id=5605886|shipname=Tennessee |accessdate=16 November 2018}}
127. ^{{cite book|last=Nordanger |first=Trygve |title=Lang kyst! - en fortelling om fartøyer og folk på norskekysten under krigen |edition= |publisher=Nordanger |location=Bergen | year=1975 |page=420 |isbn=82-7051-041-6 |url=http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2007061100044 |language=Norwegian}}
128. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?159 |title=SS Saint Camille (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=14 November 2011}}
129. ^{{cite web |last=Lawson |first=Siri Holm |url=http://warsailors.com/homefleet/shipsv.html#vanse |title=M/S Vansø |publisher=Warsailors |accessdate=20 November 2011}}
130. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?134436 |title=SS Aden (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=2 November 2011}}
131. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11103 |title=SS Bordolino (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=3 November 2011}}
132. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.navypedia.org/ships/uk/brit_aws_lcm.htm |title=LCM) Landing Craft, Royal Navy |publisher=Navypedia |accessdate=16 May 2017}}
133. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?14936 |title=SS Sheaf Mead (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=14 November 2011}}
134. ^{{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=Argentine Steamer Sunk |day_of_week=Friday |date=31 May 1940 |page_number=5 |issue=48630 |column=B }}
135. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?14937 |title=SS Uruguay (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=24 October 2011}}
136. ^{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/324.html |title=Uruguay |publisher=Uboat |accessdate=12 February 2012}}
137. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?1174 |title=SS Abukir (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=2 November 2011}}
138. ^{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/327.html |title=Brazza |publisher=Uboat |accessdate=12 February 2012}}
139. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?136 |title= SS Brighton Belle (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=24 October 2011}}
140. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?526 |title=SS Carare (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=4 November 2011}}
141. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?14939 |title=SS Julien (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=9 November 2011}}
142. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?167112 |title=HMT Ocean Reward (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=11 November 2011}}
143. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?82 |title=MV Queen of the Channel (+1940) |language=Dutch, English, French |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=13 November 2011}}
144. ^{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/7225.html |title=HMS Thomas Bartlett (FY 533) |publisher=Uboat |accessdate=24 October 2011}}
145. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?2924 |title=HMT Thuringia (FY 106) (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=24 October 2011}}
146. ^{{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=Telegrams in Brief |day_of_week=Thursday |date=30 May 1940 |page_number=5 |issue=48629}}
147. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?154647 |title=HMT Calvi (FY715) (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=24 October 2011}}
148. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?138 |title=SS Clan MacAlister (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=4 November 2011}}
149. ^1 {{cite web|last=Helgason|first=Guðmundur |url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/4395.html |title=HMS Grafton |publisher=Uboat.net |accessdate=4 July 2015}}
150. ^{{cite web|last=Kindell|first=Don|title=1st - 31st MAY 1940- in date, ship/unit & name order|work= Casualty Lists of the Royal Navy and Dominion Navies, World War 2|publisher=Naval-History.net|url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKCas1940-05MAY.htm|accessdate=4 July 2015}}
151. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?16 |title=PSS Gracie Fields (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=24 October 2011}}
152. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?152 |title=SS Lorina (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=10 November 2011}}
153. ^{{csr|register=MSI|id=5606275|shipname=Marie José |accessdate=16 November 2018}}
154. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?153 |title=SS Mona's Queen (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=24 October 2011}}
155. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?135895 |title=SS Monique Schiaffino (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=11 November 2011}}
156. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?81 |title=HMT Polly Johnson (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=24 October 2011}}
157. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?31753 |title=SS Samson (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=14 November 2011}}
158. ^{{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=Shelled British Tanker Reaches Vigo |day_of_week=Saturday |date=1 June 1940 |page_number=5 |issue=48631 |column=C }}
159. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?58297 |title=SS Telena (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=24 October 2011}}
160. ^{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/330.html |title=Telena |publisher=Uboat |accessdate=12 February 2012}}
161. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?161 |title=HMS Waverley (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=24 October 2011}}
162. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?78888 |title=FV Cambrian (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=4 November 2011}}
163. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?143 |title=SS Fenella (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=8 November 2011}}
164. ^1 {{cite book |title=The world's merchant fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=447 |isbn=1 86176 023 X}}
165. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?150 |title=MV King Orry (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=24 October 2011}}
166. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?31 |title=SS Normannia (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=11 November 2011}}
167. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?31983 |title=SS Stanhall (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=14 November 2011}}
168. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?4848 |title=PSS Devonia (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=8 November 2011}}
169. ^{{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=Navy's Task At Dunkirk |day_of_week=Tuesday |date=4 June 1940 |page_number=6 |issue=48633 |column=C }}
170. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.willkemp.com/HMSNarcissus.htm |title=HMS Narcissus |publisher=Will Kemp |accessdate=24 October 2011}}
171. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?16715 |title=SS Jadarland (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=9 November 2011}}
172. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?82760 |title=SS Orangemoor (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=11 November 2011}}
173. ^{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/332.html |title=Orangemoor |publisher=Uboat |accessdate=21 February 2012}}
174. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.navypedia.org/ships/uk/brit_aws_x.htm |title=X lighter Landing craft (1915-1916), Royal Navy |publisher=Navypedia |accessdate=15 May 2017}}
175. ^{{cite book |title=The world's merchant fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=448 |isbn=1 86176 023 X}}
176. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?1187 |title=Ruytingen Lichtschip (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=13 November 2011}}
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