List of shipwrecks in November 1945

The list of shipwrecks in November 1945 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during November 1945.

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1 November

List of shipwrecks: 1 November 1945
Ship State Description
Seal  United States The 43-gross register ton, 58-foot (18 m) fishing vessel sank in the harbor at Seldovia, Alaska.[1]

3 November

List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1945
Ship State Description
Atlas   Switzerland The cargo ship ran aground on the Bougainville Reef. She was a total loss.[2]
Senko Maru  Imperial Japanese Navy Indonesian War of Independence: The Senko Maru-class transport was bombed and sunk at Emma Haven, Padang, Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies, by Dutch aircraft. She had been seized by Indonesian rebels on 11 October 1945.[3]

4 November

List of shipwrecks: 4 November 1945
Ship State Description
HMS MFV 12186  Royal Navy The MFV 1001-class motor fishing vessel sank off North Scroby after colliding with HMS MFV 1161 ( Royal Navy).[4]

5 November

List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1945
Ship State Description
Edinburgh Castle  United Kingdom The ocean liner, after being declared not worth to tow back to England, was sunk as an exercise target by gunfire from the armed trawler Cape Warwick, HMS Portchester Castle and HMS Launceston Castle (all  Royal Navy), some 60 nautical miles (110 km) off Freetown.[5]

6 November

List of shipwrecks: 6 November 1945
Ship State Description
USS Oberrender  United States Navy The decommissioned John C. Butler-class destroyer escort was sunk as a gunnery target in the Pacific Ocean.

8 November

List of shipwrecks: 8 November 1945
Ship State Description
Cambria  United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with Almirante Rodrigues Luis ( Uruguay) and sank at Montevideo, Uruguay.[6]
F 511  Kriegsmarine The surrendered Type C Marinefahrprahm was sunk by a mine in the Baltic Sea with the loss of 26 lives.[7]
Hai Chu  China The ship struck a mine in the Pearl River at Bocca Tigris and sank with the loss of 500 lives.[8]
USS Hogan  United States Navy The Wickes-class destroyer was bombed and sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off San Diego, California.
Prosper Schiaffino  France The cargo ship struck a mine and sank off Porquerolles, Var.[9]

9 November

List of shipwrecks: 9 November 1945
Ship State Description
FS-290  United States Army The Design 381 coastal freighter sank in a typhoon off Okinawa.[10][11]
FS-406  United States Army The Design 381 coastal freighter was wrecked on a reef in a typhoon at Okinawa.[12]
FS-410  United States Army The Design 381 coastal freighter was lost in a typhoon at Okinawa.[13][14]

10 November

List of shipwrecks: 10 November 1945
Ship State Description
Abbot L. Mills  United States World War II: The Liberty ship struck a mine and was damaged at Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia. She was declared a constructive total loss but was sold, repaired and returned to service.[15]
HMCS Assiniboine  Royal Canadian Navy The decommissioned C-class destroyer ran aground at East Point, Prince Edward Island (46°28′30″N 61°58′00″W / 46.47500°N 61.96667°W / 46.47500; -61.96667) when her tow parted whilst she was on the way to be broken up. Scrapped in place in 1952.[16]

12 November

List of shipwrecks: 12 November 1945
Ship State Description
Hokkai Maru  Imperial Japanese Navy Indonesian War of Independence: The Kinai Maru-class auxiliary transport (8,416 GRT, 1933) caught fire, burned, and sank at Surabaya. The Indonesian People's Front had seized control of the ship on 2 October 1945.[17]
William Hume  United States The Liberty ship struck a mine and was damaged in the Adriatic Sea off Istria, Yugoslavia, She was taken in tow but sank at 45°36′N 14°41′E / 45.600°N 14.683°E / 45.600; 14.683.[18]

14 November

List of shipwrecks: 14 November 1945
Ship State Description
Two unidentified junks  North Vietnam Navy First Indochina War; Battle of Co To Island: The unidentified junks, being used to transport troops, were destroyed by French forces.[19]

17 November

List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1945
Ship State Description
Amstel  Netherlands The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Baltic Sea (54°36′36″N 10°49′30″E / 54.61000°N 10.82500°E / 54.61000; 10.82500).[20]
Edith Howaldt  Allied-occupied Germany The cargo ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak with a cargo of chemical ammunition.[21]
Jantje Fritzen  Allied-occupied Germany The cargo ship was scuttled in the North Sea with a cargo of obsolete ammunition.[22][23]
Sesostris  Allied-occupied Germany The cargo ship was scuttled in the North Sea with a cargo of obsolete chemical ammunition.[24][23]
Tagila  Allied-occupied Germany The cargo ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak with a cargo of gas munitions.[25]
Taurus  Allied-occupied Germany The cargo ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak.[26]
Theda Fritzen  Allied-occupied Germany The cargo ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak with a cargo of high-risk munitions.[27]

19 November

List of shipwrecks: 19 November 1945
Ship State Description
Cedar Mills  United States The T2 tanker struck a mine and sank off Ancona Italy. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Taranto, Italy.[28]

21 November

List of shipwrecks: 21 November 1945
Ship State Description
Ingénieur Général Haarbleicher  France The cargo ship ran aground in fog at Stromboli, Italy. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Saigon, French Indochina.[29] Ingénieur Général Haarbleicher later broke in two in a storm. Declared a total loss. She was scrapped in situ in 1947.
Sagona  Panama The passenger and freight ferry was on route from Nice to Toulon when she struck a mine near Porquerolles Island and sank.[30]

22 November

List of shipwrecks: 22 November 1945
Ship State Description
USS Canandaigua  United States Navy The unclassified miscellaneous vessel sank in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Connecticut. The wreck was later raised and sold.
Kiyokawa Maru  Imperial Japanese Navy The Kamikawa Maru-class seaplane tender, aground off Shida Beach, north of Kamioseki, Japan, since 20 July 1945, sank in heavy weather. She was raised in December 1948 and later was repaired and put in Japanese civilian passenger service.[31]

27 November

List of shipwrecks: 25 November 1945
Ship State Description
U-2321  Kriegsmarine Operation Deadlight: The Type XXIII submarine was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (56°10′N 10°05′W / 56.167°N 10.083°W / 56.167; -10.083) by ORP Błyskawica ( Marynarka Wojenna Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej) and HMS Onslow ( Royal Navy).[32]
U-2322  Kriegsmarine Operation Deadlight: The Type XXIII submarine was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (56°10′N 10°05′W / 56.167°N 10.083°W / 56.167; -10.083) by ORP Błyskawica ( Marynarka Wojenna Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej) and HMS Onslow ( Royal Navy).[33]
U-2324  Kriegsmarine Operation Deadlight: The Type XXIII submarine was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (56°10′N 10°05′W / 56.167°N 10.083°W / 56.167; -10.083) by ORP Błyskawica ( Marynarka Wojenna Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej) and HMS Onslow ( Royal Navy).[34]
U-2328  Kriegsmarine Operation Deadlight: The Type XXIII submarine foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (56°12′N 9°48′W / 56.200°N 9.800°W / 56.200; -9.800) whilst under tow to be scuttled.[35]
U-2345  Kriegsmarine Operation Deadlight: The Type XXIII submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean (56°10′N 10°05′W / 56.167°N 10.083°W / 56.167; -10.083).[36]
U-2361  Kriegsmarine Operation Deadlight: The Type XXIII submarine was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (56°10′N 10°05′W / 56.167°N 10.083°W / 56.167; -10.083) by ORP Błyskawica ( Marynarka Wojenna Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej) and HMS Onslow ( Royal Navy).[37]

28 November

List of shipwrecks: 28 November 1945
Ship State Description
U-2325  Kriegsmarine Operation Deadlight: The Type XXIII submarine was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (56°10′N 10°05′W / 56.167°N 10.083°W / 56.167; -10.083) by ORP Błyskawica ( Marynarka Wojenna Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej) and HMS Onslow ( Royal Navy).[38]
U-2329  Kriegsmarine Operation Deadlight: The Type XXIII submarine was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (56°10′N 10°05′W / 56.167°N 10.083°W / 56.167; -10.083) by HMS Onslow ( Royal Navy) and ORP Piorun ( Marynarka Wojenna Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej).[39]
U-2334  Kriegsmarine Operation Deadlight: The Type XXIII submarine was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (56°10′N 10°05′W / 56.167°N 10.083°W / 56.167; -10.083) by HMS Onslow ( Royal Navy) and ORP Piorun ( Marynarka Wojenna Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej).[40]
U-2335  Kriegsmarine Operation Deadlight: The Type XXIII submarine was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (56°10′N 10°05′W / 56.167°N 10.083°W / 56.167; -10.083) by HMS Onslow ( Royal Navy) and ORP Piorun ( Marynarka Wojenna Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej).[41]
U-2338  Kriegsmarine Operation Deadlight: The Type XXIII submarine was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (56°10′N 10°05′W / 56.167°N 10.083°W / 56.167; -10.083) by HMS Onslow ( Royal Navy) and ORP Piorun ( Marynarka Wojenna Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej).[42]
U-2350  Kriegsmarine Operation Deadlight: The Type XXIII submarine was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (56°10′N 10°05′W / 56.167°N 10.083°W / 56.167; -10.083) by HMS Onslow ( Royal Navy) and ORP Piorun ( Marynarka Wojenna Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej).[43]
U-2363  Kriegsmarine Operation Deadlight: The Type XXIII submarine was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (56°10′N 10°05′W / 56.167°N 10.083°W / 56.167; -10.083) by HMS Onslow ( Royal Navy) and ORP Piorun ( Marynarka Wojenna Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej).[44]

29 November

List of shipwrecks: 29 November 1945
Ship State Description
Hollywood  United States The cargo ship ran aground off Cape Finisterre, Spain. She was a total loss.[45]
Neah  United States The 42-gross register ton, 58.9-foot (18.0 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in Boulder Bay (60°54′N 146°38′W / 60.900°N 146.633°W / 60.900; -146.633 (Boulder Bay)) in Prince William Sound on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska.[46]
Trompenburg  Netherlands The cargo ship was driven ashore on "Ulvo Island". She was refloated but drove ashore again and was a total loss.[47]
U-298  Kriegsmarine Operation Deadlight: The Type VIIC/41 submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean (55°35′N 7°54′W / 55.583°N 7.900°W / 55.583; -7.900).[48]
U-312  Kriegsmarine Operation Deadlight: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean (55°35′N 7°54′W / 55.583°N 7.900°W / 55.583; -7.900).[49]
U-968  Kriegsmarine Operation Deadlight: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean (55°24′N 6°22′W / 55.400°N 6.367°W / 55.400; -6.367).[50]

30 November

List of shipwrecks: 30 November 1945
Ship State Description
Outarde  Canada A storm smashed the lake freighter against the Consul-Hall Coal Dock at Clayton, New York. Salvage and repairs to the ship were not complete until June 1946.[51]
U-170  Kriegsmarine Operation Deadlight: The Type IXC/40 submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean (55°44′N 7°53′W / 55.733°N 7.883°W / 55.733; -7.883).[52]
U-281  Kriegsmarine Operation Deadlight: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean (55°50′N 10°05′W / 55.833°N 10.083°W / 55.833; -10.083).[53]
U-328  Kriegsmarine Operation Deadlight: The Type VIIC/41 submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean (55°50′N 10°05′W / 55.833°N 10.083°W / 55.833; -10.083).[54]
U-369  Kriegsmarine Operation Deadlight: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean (55°31′N 7°27′W / 55.517°N 7.450°W / 55.517; -7.450).[55]
U-481  Kriegsmarine Operation Deadlight: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean (56°11′N 10°00′W / 56.183°N 10.000°W / 56.183; -10.000).
U-868  Kriegsmarine Operation Deadlight: The Type IXC/40 submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean (55°48′N 8°33′W / 55.800°N 8.550°W / 55.800; -8.550).[56]
U.S.O.  United States The Liberty ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. Refloated the next day.[57]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date November 1945
Ship State Description
Hazel  United States The 10-gross register ton 39-foot (11.9 m) fishing vessel was wrecked at Cordova, Territory of Alaska.[58]

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