List of hospital ships sunk in World War II

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Hospital ships should display large Red Crosses or Red Crescents . The HS Awa Maru was displaying illuminated white crosses on its side when sunk.

List[edit]

Name Image Nationality Date Location of wreck Cause Lives lost Note
HS Andros Greece 23 April 1941 At Loutraki (West of the Corinth Canal) Sunk by Italian aircraft ? [1]
HS Armenia HS Armenia Soviet Union 7 November 1941 On voyage from Yalta to Gurzuf 44°15′00″N 34°17′00″E / 44.25000°N 34.28333°E / 44.25000; 34.28333 Attacked by German torpedo-carrying He 111H Bombers, Over 5,000 [2]
HS Arno HS Arno Italy 10 September 1942 About 40 miles NE of Ras el Tin 33°14′00″N 23°23′00″E / 33.23333°N 23.38333°E / 33.23333; 23.38333 Sunk by aerial torpedoes from the RAF 27 [3]
HS Asahi Maru Asahi Maru Japan 17 August 1945 Inland Sea. W of Ushijima, 1.25 miles off Bizan Seto Collides with oiler Manju Maru, beached. Abandoned as a constructive total loss. – [4]
HS Attiki Greece 11 April 1941 Doro Channel off Karystos Bombed and sunk by German Stuka dive-bombers at 11:30 pm even though the large red crosses were well placed and illuminated. One of the Stukas machine-gunned the survivors struggling in the water. [5] 28 [6] [7]
HS Awa Maru Japan 1 April 1945 Inland Sea. W of Ushijima, 1.25 miles off Bizan Seto Sunk by the U.S. Navy submarine USS Queenfish 2003 [8][9]
HS Berlin HS Berlin Germany 31 January 1945 8 miles (13 km) from the port at Novorossiysk and 2 miles (3.2 km) from shore, at 44°36′15″N 37°52′35″E / 44.60417°N 37.87639°E / 44.60417; 37.87639 Note that during World War II Berlin was mined and in the Baltic and beached in shallow waters at position 54°02.6 N/14°19 E, in shallow waters. After the war Berlin was salvaged, handed over to the Soviet Union as a prize and renamed Admiral Nakhimov. She was in service as a passenger liner in the Black Sea on August 31, 1986, when she collided with the freighter M/S Pjotr Wassjew and sank. 423 [citation needed]
HS Buenos Aires Maru Japan 27 November 1943 Off Saint Matthias Island in Steffen Strait 02°40′00″S 149°20′00″E / 2.66667°S 149.33333°E / -2.66667; 149.33333 Bombed by American warplanes 158 [10]

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HS California Italy 11 August 1941 Syracuse Harbour Torpedoed and sunk by British aerial torpedoes 10 [13]
AHS Centaur AHS Centaur Australia 14 May 1943 Off North Stradbroke Island, Queensland Torpedoed by the Japanese submarine I-177 268 [14]
HS Città di Trapani Italy 1 December 1942 11 miles east of Isola dei Cani (off Bizerta) She struck a sea mine. 5 [15]
HS Dronning Maud HS Dronning Maud Norway 01 May 1940 Near Gratangen, Norway Sunk by German warplanes 42 [16]
HS Esperos Greece 21 April 1941 Off Missolonghi, Greece Sunk by German warplanes ? [17]
SS Giulio Cesare Italy 28 August 1944 Off Trieste, Italy Sunk by South African warplanes ?
SS Op Ten Noort renamed: HMHS Hikawa Maru No.2 SS Op ten Noort Netherlands

Japan

17 August 1945 Wakasa Bay Scuttled by placing explosive charges in the hull, to cover war crimes (14 August 1945) 0 [18]

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HMHS Maid of Kent HMHS Maid of Kent Great Britain 21 May 1940 Dieppe harbour Bombed by German warplanes 43 [20]

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HMHS Newfoundland HMHS Newfoundland UK 13 September 1943 40 nautical miles (74 km) off of Salerno, Italy, 40°13′00″N 14°21′00″E / 40.21667°N 14.35000°E / 40.21667; 14.35000 Bombed by German warplanes. After burning for two days, she was sunk by gunfire from the destroyers USS Mayo and USS Plunkett. 21 [22]
HMHS Paris British Empire 02 June 1940 Off Dunkirk Bombed by German warplanes ? [23]

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HS Po Italy 14 March 1941 Inside the Bay of Valona, Albania, 2.0 kilometers off Cape Dukati and Crionerò 40°22′00″N 19°28′00″E / 40.36667°N 19.46667°E / 40.36667; 19.46667 Sunk by a British torpedo bomber 24 [25][citation needed][citation needed]
HS RAMB IV Ramb IV Italy

United Kingdom

10 May 1942 Off Alexandria, Egypt Bombed and set afire by German warplanes and sunk 165 [26]
MV Robert Ley MV Robert Ley Germany 09 March 1945 Hamburg Bombed and sunk by British warplanes ?
HS Sicilia Italy 04 April 1943 Naples Harbor Bombed and sunk by American warplanes ? [27]
HS Sokratis Greece 22 April 1941 Antikyra, Greece Sunk by German warplanes ? [28]
HMHS St David British Empire 24 January 1944 40 kilometers south of Anzio Sunk by German warplanes (Hs-293) 96 [29]

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HS Tevere Italy 17 February 1941 Off Tripoli She struck a sea mine 4 [31]
HS Tübingen Germany 18 November 1944 3.5 miles south of Cap. Premantura Pula (Pola) Attacked by two British warplanes (Beaufighters) 6 [32]
HMHS Talamba Talamba British Empire 10 July 1943 Off Syracuse, Italy during the amphibious landings on Sicily Bombed and sunk by an Italian aircraft while embarking wounded 5 [33]

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See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "SS Andros (+1941)". wrecksite. 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
  2. ^ "MV Armenia (Армения) (+1941)". wrecksite. 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
  3. ^ "SS Arno (+1942)". wrecksite. 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
  4. ^ "IJN Hospital Ship ASAHI MARU". combinedfleet.com. 2010. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
  5. ^ The New York Times, April 14, 1941, pg 6
  6. ^ The New York Times, April 14, 1941, pg 6
  7. ^ "SS Attiki (+1941)". wrecksite. 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
  8. ^ National Security Agency (May 1981), The Sinking and the Salvage of the Awa Maru (U): A Strange and Tragic Tale (U) (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-15
  9. ^ "SS Awa Maru (+1945)". wrecksite. 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
  10. ^ "Buenos Aires Maru (+1943)". wrecksite. 2012. Retrieved July 10, 2012.
  11. ^ "Did the 13th AF or 5th AF Sink the Buenos Aires Maru". forum.armyairforces.com. 2012. Archived from the original on November 20, 2008. Retrieved July 10, 2012.
  12. ^ "BUENOS AIRES MARU". combinedfleet.com. 2012. Retrieved July 10, 2012.
  13. ^ "SS California (+1941)". wrecksite. 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
  14. ^ "SINKING OF THE 2/3 HOSPITAL SHIP A.H.S. CENTAUR". ozatwar.com. 2010. Retrieved November 8, 2011.
  15. ^ Enrico Cernuschi, Maurizio Brescia, Erminio Bagnasco, Le navi ospedale italiane 1935-1945, p. 46
  16. ^ "SS Dronning Maud (+1940)". wrecksite. 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
  17. ^ "SS Esperos (+1941)". wrecksite. 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
  18. ^ "SS Hikawa Maru No.2 (+1945)". wrecksite. 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
  19. ^ "IJN Hospital Ship HIKAWA MARU NO. 2". combinedfleet.com. 2010. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
  20. ^ "HMHS Maid of Kent (+1940)". wrecksite. 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
  21. ^ "TS Maid of Kent (II)". doverferryphotos.co.uk. 2011. Archived from the original on May 6, 2012. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
  22. ^ "SS Newfoundland (+1943)". wrecksite. 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
  23. ^ "SS Paris". roll-of-honour.com. 2008. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
  24. ^ "The Hospital Ship Paris". BBC. 2004. Archived from the original on October 17, 2010. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
  25. ^ "Wien SS (1911~1919) Po SS (+1941)". wrecksite. 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
  26. ^ "Aquileia RM (1940~1941) Aquileia MV (+1942)". wrecksite. 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
  27. ^ "Sicilia (+1943)". wrecksite. 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
  28. ^ "SS Sokratis (+1941)". wrecksite. 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
  29. ^ "St. David [+1944]". wrecksite. 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
  30. ^ "HMHS St David". roll-of-honour.com. 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
  31. ^ Enrico Cernuschi, Maurizio Brescia, Erminio Bagnasco, Le navi ospedale italiane 1935-1945, p. 30
  32. ^ "SS Tübingen (+1944)". wrecksite. 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
  33. ^ "SS Talamba (+1943)". wrecksite. 2013. Retrieved October 9, 2013.
  34. ^ "TALAMBA". tynebuiltships.co.uk. 2013. Retrieved October 9, 2013.
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