List of shipwrecks in 1946

The list of shipwrecks in 1946 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1946.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.

table of contents

1946
Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr
May	Jun	Jul	Aug
Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Unknown date
References

January

1 January

List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1946

Ship	Country	Description
USS Dorsey	United States Navy	The hulk of the high-speed minesweeper, aground at Okinawa since 9 October 1945, was destroyed.

2 January

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1946

Ship	Country	Description
U-516	Kriegsmarine	Operation Deadlight: The captured Type IXC submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean (56°06′N 9°00′W).[1]
U-2502	Kriegsmarine	Operation Deadlight: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean (56°06′N 9°00′W).[2]
William H. Webb	United States	The Liberty ship ran aground on a reef off Kildin Island, Soviet Union and broke in two.[3]

3 January

List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Empire Tigachi	United Kingdom	The coastal tanker ran aground at Nidingen, Sweden. Later broke in two, a total loss.
U-825	Kriegsmarine	Operation Deadlight. The Type VIIC submarine was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (55°31′N 7°30′W).[4]
U-2336	Kriegsmarine	Operation Deadlight: The Type XXIII submarine was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (56°06′N 9°00′W) by HMS Offa ( Royal Navy).
U-2351	Kriegsmarine	Operation Deadlight: The Type XXIII submarine was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (55°50′N 8°20′W) by HMS Offa ( Royal Navy).[5]

5 January

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1946

Ship	Country	Description
U-541	Kriegsmarine	Operation Deadlight: The Type IXC/40 submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean (55°38′N 7°35′W).[6]
U-901	Kriegsmarine	Operation Deadlight: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean (55°50′N 8°30′W).[7]
U-2506	Kriegsmarine	Operation Deadlight: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean (55°37′N 7°30′W).[8]

6 January

List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1946

Ship	Country	Description
U-1109	Kriegsmarine	Operation Deadlight: The Type VIIC/41 submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean (55°49′N 8°31′W) by HMS Templar ( Royal Navy).[9]
U-2356	Kriegsmarine	Operation Deadlight: The Type XXIII submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean (55°50′N 8°20′W) by HMS Onslaught ( Royal Navy).[10]

7 January

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1946

Ship	Country	Description
U-1010	Kriegsmarine	Operation Deadlight: The Type VIIC/41 submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean (55°37′N 7°49′W) by ORP Garland ( Polish Navy).[11]
U-1023	Kriegsmarine	Operation Deadlight: The Type VIIC/41 submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean (55°49′N 8°24′W).
U-2511	Kriegsmarine	Operation Deadlight: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean (55°33′N 7°38′W).

8 January

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1946

Ship	Country	Description
HMS Safari	Royal Navy	The decommissioned S-class submarine sank under tow in the English Channel while on her way to the breaker′s yard.

14 January

List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1946

Ship	Country	Description
USS Snowbell	United States Navy	The hulk of the Ailanthus-class net laying ship, aground at Okinawa since 9 October 1945, was destroyed with explosives.
USS Southard	United States Navy	The hulk of the fast minesweeper, a former Clemson-class destroyer, aground at Okinawa since 9 October 1945, was destroyed with explosives.

15 January

List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1946

Ship	Country	Description
British Loyalty	United Kingdom	The tanker was scuttled in the Indian Ocean (0°38′12″S 73°07′43″E).[12]

18 January

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Roald	United States	The 8-gross register ton, 29.7-foot (9.1 m) fishing vessel sank off Southeast Alaska at (56°30′N 133°00′W) near Horn Cliff (56°47′40″N 132°40′00″W).[13]

20 January

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Dursley	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground off Redcar, Yorkshire.[14]

24 January

List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Carnifex Ferry	United States	The tanker collided with F F Wolfe ( United Kingdom) in The Downs off the coast of Kent, United Kingdom and was severely damaged at the bows.[15]
Cobble Hill	United States	The tanker ran aground off Sheerness, Kent, United Kingdom.[15]

27 January

List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1946

Ship	Country	Description
USAT Crown Reefer	United States Army	During a voyage transporting perishables and cargo from Seattle, Washington, to Kodiak, Territory of Alaska, and military bases in the Aleutian Islands, the 5,100-ton United States Army Transport – a refrigerated cargo ship – was abandoned when she ran aground off Kirilof Point (51°25′15″N 179°17′50″E) on the coast of Amchitka Island in the Aleutians. A United States Navy rescue tug rescued her entire crew of 39. She later broke up.[16]
Gradisca	United Kingdom	The troopship ran aground on Gavos, Greece.[17]
USS Tamaroa	United States Navy	The tug collided with the aviation supply ship USS Jupiter ( United States Navy) in San Francisco Bay and sank.[18]

28 January

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Bluenose		The coastal freighter ran aground off Île à Vache, Haiti and broke up.[19]

29 January

List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1946

Ship	Country	Description
HDMS ME 1016	Royal Danish Navy	The minesweeper ran aground off Jernhatten. She was declared a total loss.[20]

30 January

List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Antetam	United States	The cargo ship struck a mine in the Gironde Estuary and sank with the loss of one of her 41 crew.[21]
Luray Victory	United States	The Victory ship ran aground and sank, Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom.[22]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date January 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Akagi Maru	Japan	The merchant ship struck a mine and sank in the Seto Inland Sea off Okayama Prefecture, Japan. She was raised, repaired, and returned to service.

February

1 February

List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Fort Massac	United Kingdom	The cargo ship collided with Thornaby ( United Kingdom) near the Sunk Light Vessel ( United Kingdom), 10 nautical miles (19 km) east south east of Harwich (51°53′N 1°32′E). Fort Massac sank, Thornaby put into Harwich with severely damaged bows.[23]

2 February

List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1946

Ship	Country	Description
U-764	Kriegsmarine	Operation Deadlight: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean (56°06′N 9°00′W).[24]

3 February

List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1946

Ship	Country	Description
HMS Captive	Royal Navy	The rescue tug was beached in Potomas Bay, Cyprus.[25]
I-505	Imperial Japanese Navy	The Type VIID submarine was scuttled in the Sunda Strait by the destroyer HNLMS Kortenaer ( Royal Netherlands Navy).[26]
Rian	Netherlands	The coaster collided with the minesweeper HNLMS Jan van Gelder ( Royal Netherlands Navy) and sank off Ramsey, Isle of Man. All six crew were rescued by Jan van Gelder.[27]

4 February

List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1946

Ship	Country	Description
SS Yukon	United States	The 20-gross register ton 39.9-foot (12.2 m) fishing vessel sank in Gardiner Bay (54°49′30″N 131°57′45″W) on the southeast coast of Prince of Wales Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[28]
	United States	With 480 people – 369 passengers and 111 crew members – aboard, the 5,746-gross register ton, 360-foot (109.7 m) steam passenger ship ran aground at Cape Fairfield in Johnstone Bay, Territory of Alaska, and broke in two. With surf reaching heights of 40 feet (12.2 m) and pounding the ship to pieces, rescue operations took three days. Eleven people – five civilians and six United States Army soldiers – died in the disaster.[29]

5 February

List of shipwrecks: 5 February 1946

Ship	Country	Description
U-1228	Kriegsmarine	The Type IXC/40 submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean off the east coast of the United States.[30]

6 February

List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Sphene	United Kingdom	The coaster foundered in the Bristol Channel off Cornwall. All five crew were rescued.[31]

10 February

List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Lindøy	Norway	Capsized and sank south of Sogneoksen whilst on a voyage from Bulandet to Bergen, Norway.[32]
U-975	Kriegsmarine	Operation Deadlight: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean (55°42′N 9°01′W) by HMS Loch Arkaig ( Royal Navy).[33]

11 February

List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Girl Lena	United Kingdom	The trawler collided with HMS Saga ( Royal Navy) in the English Channel near the Eddystone Lighthouse and sank. The crew were rescued by Saga.[34]
USS Greene	United States Navy	The hulk of the seaplane tender, a former Clemson-class destroyer aground at Okinawa since 9 October 1945, was destroyed with explosives.
Ponce de Lyon	United States	The Liberty ship ran aground at The Gantocks, off Dunoon, Argyllshire, Scotland.[34]

12 February

List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1946

Ship	Country	Description
I-501	Imperial Japanese Navy	The Type IXD2 submarine was scuttled in the Strait of Malacca (3°05′50″N 100°41′50″E) by HMS Loch Glendhu and HMS Loch Lomond (both  Royal Navy).
U-3514	Kriegsmarine	Operation Deadlight: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean (56°00′N 10°05′W) by HMS Loch Arkaig ( Royal Navy). She was the last U-boat sunk in Operation Deadlight.[35]

14 February

List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Fulham VII	United Kingdom	The coaster collided with Alfred Victory ( United States) 16 nautical miles (30 km) south west of Beachy Head, Sussex, United Kingdom and sank with the loss of one of her seventeen crew.[36]

15 February

List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1946

Ship	Country	Description
I-502	Imperial Japanese Navy	The Type IXD2 submarine was scuttled in the Strait of Malacca off Singapore by HMS Loch Lomond ( Royal Navy).[37]
I-506	Imperial Japanese Navy	The Type IXD1 submarine was scuttled in the Bali Sea east of the Kangean Islands, Dutch East Indies by a Royal Navy ship.[38]
Tijger	Netherlands	The coaster collided with Edward R. Squibb ( United States) east of the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom and sank. All eight people on board were rescued.[36]

17 February

List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Donbass	Soviet Union	The 10,488-ton Type T2 tanker broke in two in a storm in the Pacific Ocean approximately 40 nautical miles (74 km; 46 mi) south of Adak in the Aleutian Islands. Three Soviet ships rescued 15 survivors from the forward part of the ship. The tanker Puente Hills ( United States) rescued 23 men and women from the after section of the ship, which she then towed to Port Angeles, Washington with 20 people still aboard it. Both sections of the ship remained afloat and eventually were scrapped.[39][40]

19 February

List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1946

Ship	Country	Description
MAL 38	Soviet Navy	The MAL 2 type landing fire support lighter (Soviet designation unknown) was wrecked on this date.[41]

21 February

List of shipwrecks: 21 February 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Edna S	United States	The 20-gross register ton, 42.4-foot (12.9 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire near Hoonah, Territory of Alaska.[42]

24 February

List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Hodnaberg	Norway	Struck a mine in the Kattegat and sank with the loss of nine crew.[32]

25 February

List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Leeuwarden	United Kingdom	The cargo ship struck a mine and sank 18 nautical miles (33 km) north of Dieppe, France. All crew were rescued by the trawler André Marcel ( France).[43]

28 February

List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Herisle	United Kingdom	The cargo ship was hit by William A. Jones ( United States) after the latter broke free from her moorings in a gale at Gibraltar. Two hours later, there were two explosions on board and she sank with the loss of five of her 34 crew.[44][45]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1946

Ship	Country	Description
USS Lanikai	United States Navy	The decommissioned schooner sank in Subic Bay in a storm in February 1946 or during a typhoon sometime in 1947.[46][47]
No. 13	Imperial Japanese Navy	The surrendered T51-class motor torpedo boat was lost in February.[48]
U-1197	Kriegsmarine	The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled in the North Sea by the United States Navy.[49]

March

1 March

List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Sackett's Harbor	United States	The 10,488-gross register ton T2 tanker broke in two in a storm in the North Pacific Ocean southeast of Attu Island, about 800 nautical miles (1,500 km; 920 mi) southwest of Adak, Alaska. Two cats died, but there was no loss of human life. Her bow section later was sunk by gunfire by the patrol frigate USS Orlando ( United States Navy). Her stern section reached the vicinity of Adak under its own power, where the tug Sarsi ( United States) came to its assistance. The stern section was towed to Anchorage, Alaska, where it served as a floating power plant from 1946 to 1955. It was then towed to Seattle, Washington, where it received a new bow around 1957 and returned to service as Angelo Petri ( United States).[50]

2 March

List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Belgian Tenacity	Belgium	The cargo ship collided with Esso Belgium ( Belgium) in the Scheldt and was beached to avoid sinking. Later repaired and returned to service.[51]
Empire Waveney	United Kingdom	The ocean liner caught fire at Canada Dock, Liverpool, Lancashire and sank. Declared a total loss, scrapped in 1947.[23]

4 March

List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Bolivar	Norway	The cargo ship was wrecked and broke in two at Kish Bank, Ireland.[52]
USS Extricate	United States Navy	The hulk of the Anchor-class rescue and salvage ship, aground at Okinawa since 9 October 1945, was destroyed with explosives.
HMS MFV 411	Royal Navy	The MFV-1-class motor fishing vessel was lost at Brisbane, Australia.[53]
HMS MFV 812	Royal Navy	The MFV-601-class motor fishing vessel was lost at Brisbane, Australia.[54]

5 March

List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Kielce	Poland	The cargo ship collided with Lombardy ( United Kingdom) in the English Channel off Dover, Kent, United Kingdom and sank. All crew were rescued by Lombardy.[55]

6 March

List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Osashi	Imperial Japanese Navy	The incomplete Ohama-class escort foundered from leaks at Yokohama.[56]

9 March

List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1946

Ship	Country	Description
William L. Davidson	United States	The Liberty ship was driven ashore near the Osko Lighthouse, Norway. She was later refloated and towed to the United States. Subsequently served as a hulk with the United States Navy.[3]

11 March

List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1946

Ship	Country	Description
USS Roche	United States Navy	The damaged hulk of the decommissioned Cannon-class destroyer escort, was sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Yokosuka, Japan.

16 March

List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Byron Darnton	United States	The Liberty ship was driven ashore on Sanda Island, Argyllshire, United Kingdom (55°17′N 5°35′W). She broke in two, a total loss.[57]
Falkenfels	Germany	The cargo ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak.[58]
Hugo Oldendorf	Germany	The cargo ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak with a cargo of poison gas munitions.[59]
Karl Leonhardt	Germany	The 6,042 GRT cargo ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak with a cargo of poison gas munitions.[60]
Lotte	Germany	The cargo ship was scuttled in the North Sea with a cargo of poison gas munitions.[61]

17 March

List of shipwrecks: 17 March 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Byron Darmton	United States	The Liberty ship ran aground on Sanda Island, Argyllshire, United Kingdom and broke in two.[62]

25 March

List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1946

Ship	Country	Description
HMS MFV 777	Royal Navy	The MFV-601-class motor fishing vessel burned at Hong Kong.[63]
Venus	United States	The 42-gross register ton 52.4-foot (16.0 m) motor cargo vessel was destroyed by fire in Sumner Strait near McNamara Point (56°19′50″N 133°03′45″W) in Southeast Alaska.[64]

26 March

List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1946

Ship	Country	Description
J. P. Poe	United States	The Liberty ship ran aground near Dover, Kent, United Kingdom. Later refloated.[65]
HMS LCI(L) 4	Royal Navy	The landing craft infantry (large) was lost in the Far East.[66]
Muggur	Norway	The cargo ship capsized and sank in Ofotfjord after her cargo of herring and timber shifted.[32]
Z34	Germany	The destroyer was scuttled in the Skagerrak.[67]

27 March

List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Essu	United States	The 9-gross register ton, 32.5-foot (9.9 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in the small-boat harbor at Wrangell, Territory of Alaska.[42]

30 March

List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Nickajack Trail	United States	The T2 tanker was wrecked at the Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands. She was on a voyage from Port Arthur to Yokohama, Japan.[68]

April

1 April

List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1946

Ship	Country	Description
I-36	Imperial Japanese Navy	Operation Road's End: The captured Type B1 submarine and the submarine Ha-106 ( Imperial Japanese Navy), lashed alongside, were sunk by United States Navy demolition charges in the East China Sea off Japan's Gotō Islands.[69]
I-47	Imperial Japanese Navy	Operation Road's End: The captured Type B2 submarine was sunk by the United States Navy forces in the East China Sea off Japan's Gotō Islands.[70]
I-53	Imperial Japanese Navy	Operation Road's End: The captured Type C3 submarine was sunk by gunfire by the submarine tender USS Nereus ( United States Navy) in the East China Sea off Japan's Gotō Islands at 32°37′N 129°17′E.[71]
I-58	Imperial Japanese Navy	Operation Road's End: The captured Type B3 submarine was sunk by gunfire by the submarine tender USS Nereus ( United States Navy) in the East China Sea off Japan's Gotō Islands at 32°37′N 129°17′E.[72]
I-156	Imperial Japanese Navy	Operation Road's End: The captured Kaidai-class cruiser submarine was sunk by gunfire by the submarine tender USS Nereus ( United States Navy) in the East China Sea off Japan's Gotō Islands at 32°37′N 129°17′E.[73]
I-157	Imperial Japanese Navy	Operation Road's End: The captured Kaidai-class cruiser submarine was sunk by gunfire by the submarine tender USS Nereus ( United States Navy) in the East China Sea off Japan's Gotō Islands at 32°37′N 129°17′E.[74]
I-158	Imperial Japanese Navy	Operation Road's End: The captured Kaidai-class cruiser submarine was sunk by aerial bombing by the United States Navy in the East China Sea off Japan's Gotō Islands at 32°37′N 129°17′E.[75]
I-159	Imperial Japanese Navy	Operation Road's End: The captured Kaidai-class cruiser submarine was sunk by gunfire by the submarine tender USS Nereus ( United States Navy) in the East China Sea off Japan's Gotō Islands at 32°37′N 129°17′E.[76]
I-162	Imperial Japanese Navy	Operation Road's End: The captured Kaidai-class cruiser submarine was sunk by gunfire by the submarine tender USS Nereus ( United States Navy) in the East China Sea off Japan's Gotō Islands at 32°37′N 129°17′E.[77]
I-366	Imperial Japanese Navy	Operation Road's End: The captured Type D1 submarine was sunk by United States Navy demolition charges in the East China Sea off Japan's Gotō Islands.[78]
I-367	Imperial Japanese Navy	Operation Road's End: The captured Type D1 submarine was sunk by a United States Navy demolition charge in the East China Sea off Japan's Gotō Islands.[79]
I-402	Imperial Japanese Navy	Operation Road's End: The captured I-400-class submarine was sunk as a gunnery target along with the submarine Ha-201 ( Imperial Japanese Navy), lashed alongside, by the destroyers USS Everett F. Larson and USS Goodrich (both  United States Navy) in the East China Sea 16 nautical miles (30 km) due east of Kinai Island in Japan's Gotō Islands at 32°37′N 129°17′E.[80]
Ro-50	Imperial Japanese Navy	Operation Road's End: The captured Type K6 submarine was sunk by a United States Navy forces in the East China Sea 16 nautical miles (30 km) due east of Kinai Island in Japan's Gotō Islands.[81]
Ha-103	Imperial Japanese Navy	Operation Road's End: The captured Type SS submarine was scuttled by United States Navy forces in the East China Sea off Japan's Gotō Islands at 32°30′N 128°40′E.[82]
Ha-105	Imperial Japanese Navy	Operation Road's End: The captured Type SS submarine was scuttled by United States Navy forces in the East China Sea off Japan's Gotō Islands at 32°37′N 129°17′E.[83]
Ha-106	Imperial Japanese Navy	Operation Road's End: The captured Type SS submarine and the submarine I-36 ( Imperial Japanese Navy), lashed alongside, were sunk by United States Navy demolition charges in the East China Sea off Japan's Gotō Islands at 32°37′N 129°17′E.[84]
Ha-107	Imperial Japanese Navy	Operation Road's End: The captured Type SS submarine was scuttled by United States Navy forces in the East China Sea off Japan's Gotō Islands at 32°37′N 129°17′E.[85]
Ha-108	Imperial Japanese Navy	Operation Road's End: The captured Type SS submarine was scuttled by United States Navy forces in the East China Sea off Japan's Gotō Islands at 32°37′N 129°17′E.[86]
Ha-109	Imperial Japanese Navy	Operation Road's End: The captured Type SS submarine was scuttled by United States Navy forces in the East China Sea off Japan's Gotō Islands at 32°37′N 129°17′E.[87]
Ha-111	Imperial Japanese Navy	Operation Road's End: The captured Type SS submarine was scuttled by United States Navy forces in the East China Sea off Japan's Gotō Islands at 32°37′N 129°17′E.[88]
Ha-201	Imperial Japanese Navy	Operation Road's End: The captured Type STS submarine was sunk as a gunnery target along with the submarine I-401 ( Imperial Japanese Navy), lashed alongside, by the destroyers USS Everett F. Larson and USS Goodrich (both  United States Navy) in the East China Sea 16 nautical miles (30 km) due east of Kinai Island in Japan's Gotō Islands at 32°37′N 129°17′E.[89]
Ha-202	Imperial Japanese Navy	Operation Road's End: The captured Type STS submarine was scuttled by United States Navy forces in the East China Sea off Japan's Gotō Islands at 32°37′N 129°17′E.[90]
Ha-208	Imperial Japanese Navy	Operation Road's End: The captured Type STS submarine was scuttled by United States Navy forces in the East China Sea off Japan's Gotō Islands at 32°37′N 129°17′E.[91]

2 April

List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1946

Ship	Country	Description
SS Charles S. Haight	United States	The Liberty ship was driven ashore at Cape Ann, Massachusetts. The ship burned out on 17 August.[92]

4 April

List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1946

Ship	Country	Description
USS S-35	United States Navy	The decommissioned S-class submarine was sunk as a torpedo target.

5 April

List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1946

Ship	Country	Description
I-202	Imperial Japanese Navy	The captured I-201-class submarine was scuttled by the United States Navy in the East China Sea off Japan's Gotō Islands, 13 nautical miles (15 miles; 24 km) off Kongō Point.[93]
Ro-31	Imperial Japanese Navy	The captured Kaichū V-type submarine was scuttled by the United States Navy in the East China Sea off Sasebo Bay.[94][95][96]
Ha-207	Imperial Japanese Navy	The captured Type STS submarine was scuttled by the United States Navy in the East China Sea off Sasebo Bay.[94]
Ha-210	Imperial Japanese Navy	The captured Type STS submarine was scuttled by the United States Navy in the East China Sea off Sasebo Bay.[95]
Ha-215	Imperial Japanese Navy	The incomplete captured Type STS submarine was scuttled by the United States Navy in the East China Sea off Sasebo Bay.[94][95][96]
Ha-216	Imperial Japanese Navy	The captured Type STS submarine was scuttled by the United States Navy in the East China Sea off Sasebo Bay.[96]
Ha-217	Imperial Japanese Navy	The incomplete captured Type STS submarine was scuttled by the United States Navy in the East China Sea off Sasebo Bay.[94][95][96]
Ha-219	Imperial Japanese Navy	The incomplete captured Type STS submarine was scuttled by the United States Navy in the East China Sea off Sasebo Bay.[94][95][96]
Ha-228	Imperial Japanese Navy	The incomplete captured Type STS submarine was scuttled by the United States Navy in the East China Sea off Sasebo Bay.[94][95][96]

8 April

List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1946

Ship	Country	Description
USS Despatch	United States Navy	The former protected cruiser was scuttled in the Pacific Ocean off San Francisco, California.

9 April

List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Empire Bridge	United Kingdom	The coaster collided with the wreck of Fort Massac during salvage operations. She was holed and quickly sank in an upright position. A salvage attempt on 23 August only succeeded in turning her on her side, and she was declared a total loss.

14 April

List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1946

Ship	Country	Description
RFA Oligarch	Royal Fleet Auxiliary	The Ol-class tanker was scuttled in the Red Sea (27°30′N 34°45′E) with a cargo of obsolete chemical ammunition.[97]

15 April

List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Ha-110	Imperial Japanese Navy	The captured Type SS submarine possibly was scuttled in the Pacific Ocean off the Kii Channel. (Some sources claim she was scrapped rather than scuttled.)[98]
Ha-112	Imperial Japanese Navy	The captured Type SS submarine possibly was scuttled in the Pacific Ocean off the Kii Channel. (Some sources claim she was scrapped rather than scuttled.)[99]

16 April

List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Helen May	Norway	The cargo ship ran aground in the Krakhellesundet whilst on a voyage from Bergen to Ålesund, Norway.[32]
I-503	Imperial Japanese Navy	The Marcello-class submarine was scuttled in the Inland Sea off Kobe, Japan by the United States Navy.[100]
I-504	Imperial Japanese Navy	The Marconi-class submarine was scuttled in the Kii Channel by the United States Navy.[101]

17 April

List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Frithjof	Norway	The fishing boat sprang a leak and sank in the West Ice off Greenland.[32]

21 April

List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Empire Christopher	United Kingdom	The tugboat struck a mine and sank in the Gulf of Martaban (14°09′N 98°03′E).
Ramø	Norway	World War II: The ship struck a mine and sank at Henningsvær, Lofoten Islands, Norway.[32]

24 April

List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Alfios	Greece	The cargo ship ran aground on Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. Her crew were rescued by HMCS Middlesex ( Royal Canadian Navy).[102]

26 April

List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Warrigal	United States	The 9-gross register ton, 30.8-foot (9.4 m) fishing vessel was stranded and lost at the southwest end of Chichagof Pass in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[103]

28 April

List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Thea	Netherlands	The coaster capsized and sank in Bridlington Bay, United Kingdom with the loss of two of the eight people on board.[104]

30 April

List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Georgetown Victory	United States	The troopship ran aground in the entrance to Strangford Lough, County Down, Northern Ireland, at 54°18′45″N 5°31′15″W and broke her back. All 1,100-plus on board were rescued by the Claughey, Donaghadee, and Newcastle lifeboats.[105]
I-121	Imperial Japanese Navy	The captured I-121-class submarine was scuttled in Wakasa Bay off Maizuru, Japan, by the United States Navy.[106]
Ro-68	Imperial Japanese Navy	The captured Type L4 submarine was scuttled in Wakasa Bay off Maizuru, Japan, by the United States Navy.[107]
RO-500	Imperial Japanese Navy	The captured Type IXC submarine was scuttled in Wakasa Bay off Maizuru, Japan, by the United States Navy.[108]
USS Solar	United States Navy	The Buckley-class destroyer escort exploded and sank at Naval Ammunition Depot Earle, New Jersey with the loss of seven of her 213 crew.
HMS Stubborn	Royal Navy	The S-class submarine was sunk as a target in the Mediterranean Sea off Malta.
HMAS Tolga	Royal Australian Navy	The decommissioned auxiliary minesweeper was scuttled off the north coast of New Guinea.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown April 1946

Ship	Country	Description
SS-16	Imperial Japanese Navy	The surrendered SS-class landing ship sank at Yohimi. Raised and scrapped.[109]

May

1 May

List of shipwrecks: 1 May 1946

Ship	Country	Description
HMS Tarantula	Royal Navy	The decommissioned Insect-class river gunboat was sunk as a gunnery target in the Bay of Bengal off Trincomalee, Ceylon, by the destroyers HMS Carron and HMS Carysfort (both  Royal Navy).

2 May

List of shipwrecks: 2 May 1946

Ship	Country	Description
S 7	Royal Navy	The surrendered S 7-class motor torpedo boat was scuttled.[110]
S 9	United States Navy	The surrendered S 7-class motor torpedo boat was scuttled.[110]
S 12	United States Navy	The surrendered S 7-class motor torpedo boat was scuttled.[111]

6 May

List of shipwrecks: 6 May 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Ha-206	Imperial Japanese Navy	The wreck of the incomplete Type STS submarine – refloated in April 1946 after sinking in a typhoon in August 1945 – was scuttled in the Pacific Ocean off the Kii Channel. The wreck again was refloated in 1952 and scrapped.[112]

8 May

List of shipwrecks: 8 May 1946

Ship	Country	Description
HMS Diomede	Royal Navy	Whilst on tow and sheltering in Mount's Bay from an easterly gale, the Danae-class cruiser drifted onto the Larrigan, rocks and stranded at low tide. Refloated several hours later she continued on her journey from Falmouth to the Clyde for scrapping.[113]
Ha-205	Imperial Japanese Navy	Operation Bottom: The captured Type STS submarine was sunk by gunfire by the destroyer HMAS Quiberon ( Royal Australian Navy) and the sloop-of-war HMIS Sutlej ( Royal Indian Navy) in the Inland Sea.[114][115][116]
I-153	Imperial Japanese Navy	Operation Bottom: The captured Kaidai-class submarine was sunk by gunfire by the destroyer HMAS Quiberon ( Royal Australian Navy) and the sloop-of-war HMIS Sutlej ( Royal Indian Navy) in the Inland Sea.[114][115][116] (Some sources say she was scrapped rather than sunk.)[117]
I-154	Imperial Japanese Navy	Operation Bottom: The captured Kaidai-class submarine was sunk by gunfire by the destroyer HMAS Quiberon ( Royal Australian Navy) and the sloop-of-war HMIS Sutlej ( Royal Indian Navy) in the Inland Sea.[114][115][116][118][115][116]
I-155	Imperial Japanese Navy	Operation Bottom: The captured Kaidai-class submarine was sunk by gunfire by the destroyer HMAS Quiberon ( Royal Australian Navy) and the sloop-of-war HMIS Sutlej ( Royal Indian Navy) in the Inland Sea.[114][115][116][119]
Ro-59	Imperial Japanese Navy	Operation Bottom: The captured Type L3 submarine was sunk by gunfire by the destroyer HMAS Quiberon ( Royal Australian Navy) and the sloop-of-war HMIS Sutlej ( Royal Indian Navy) in the Inland Sea.[114][115][116]
Ro-62	Imperial Japanese Navy	Operation Bottom: The captured Type L4 submarine was sunk by gunfire by the destroyer HMAS Quiberon ( Royal Australian Navy) and the sloop-of-war HMIS Sutlej ( Royal Indian Navy) in the Inland Sea.[114][115][116][120]
Ro-63	Imperial Japanese Navy	Operation Bottom: The captured Type L4 submarine was sunk by gunfire by the destroyer HMAS Quiberon ( Royal Australian Navy) and the sloop-of-war HMIS Sutlej ( Royal Indian Navy) in the Inland Sea.[114][115][116][121]

9 May

List of shipwrecks: 9 May 1946

Ship	Country	Description
K F C No 1	United States	The 125-gross register ton barge sank at Point Gore (59°12′00″N 150°57′30″W) on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska.[122]

10 May

List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Fort Sumter	United States	The T2 tanker broke in two and sank in the Pacific Ocean 720 nautical miles (1,330 km) south of Attu Island, Alaska. She was on a voyage from Yokohama, Japan to San Pedro.[123]
H I C 5	United States	The 51-gross register ton, 60.1-foot (18.3 m) scow sank in Excursion Inlet (58°25′N 135°26′W) in Southeast Alaska.[124]

14 May

List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1946

Ship	Country	Description
USS Bellona	United States Navy	The Achelous-class landing craft repair ship, hard aground on Kama Rock, Iwo Jima, since 1 December 1945, was blown up with explosive charges after being stripped of all salvageable equipment.

18 May

List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1946

Ship	Country	Description
M-16	Germany	The minesweeper was scuttled at 58°10′N 10°42′E in the Skagerrak.[125]

21 May

List of shipwrecks: 21 May 1946

Ship	Country	Description
I-203	Imperial Japanese Navy	The captured I-201-class submarine was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, at 21°13′N 158°08′W by a Mark 18-2 torpedo fired by the submarine USS Caiman ( United States Navy).[126]

23 May

List of shipwrecks: 23 May 1946

Ship	Country	Description
I-201	Imperial Japanese Navy	The captured I-201-class submarine was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, at 21°13′N 158°08′W by a Mark 18-2 torpedo fired by the submarine USS Queenfish ( United States Navy).[126]

24 May

List of shipwrecks: 24 May 1946

Ship	Country	Description
DD-224	United States Navy	DD-224 sinking. The decommissioned Clemson-class destroyer, formerly USS Stewart, was sunk as a target by aircraft off San Francisco, California.

26 May

List of shipwrecks: 26 May 1946

Ship	Country	Description
H.C. Horn	Germany	The cargo ship was scuttled in the Baltic Sea.[127]

28 May

List of shipwrecks: 28 May 1946

Ship	Country	Description
I-14	Imperial Japanese Navy	The captured Type AM submarine was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off Oahu, Hawaii, at 21°13′N 158°08′W by torpedoes fired by the submarine USS Bugara ( United States Navy).[128]
Marianne	Denmark	The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Øresund off Stevns.[129]

31 May

List of shipwrecks: 31 May 1946

Ship	Country	Description
I-401	Imperial Japanese Navy	The captured I-400-class submarine was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, at 21°12′N 158°07′W by two Mark 18 torpedoes fired by the submarine USS Cabezon ( United States Navy).[130]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: unknown 1946

Ship	Country	Description
F 192	Kriegsmarine	World War II: The Type AM minelayer Marinefahrprahm was scuttled sometime in May.[131]
Nattie	United States	The 10-gross register ton, 32-foot (9.8 m) fishing vessel drifted out to sea from Seldovia, Territory of Alaska, and was wrecked.[132]

June

4 June

List of shipwrecks: 4 June 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Kunashiri	Imperial Japanese Navy	The Shimushu-class escort ship ran aground and was wrecked on the coast of Japan.
I-400	Imperial Japanese Navy	The captured I-400-class submarine was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, at 21°13′N 158°07′W by three Mark 18-2 torpedoes fired by the submarine USS Trumpetfish ( United States Navy).[133]

6 June

List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Jan Wellem	Germany	The tanker was wrecked in the Kiel Fjord, Germany. Scrapped at Blyth, United Kingdom, from November 1947.[134]

7 June

List of shipwrecks: 7 June 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Kamikaze	Japan	The repatriation ship, a former Kamikaze-class destroyer, ran aground off Cape Omaezaki, Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, at (34°38′N 138°8′E) while coming to the aide of Kunashiri ( Japan) and was declared a constructive total loss.[135]
Kunashiri	Japan	The repatriation ship, a former Shimushu-class escort, ran aground off Cape Omaezaki, Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, at (34°35′N 138°5′E). She was abandoned and scrapped 1946–1947.[135]

8 June

List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1946

Ship	Country	Description
AF 112	Kriegsmarine	The surrendered Type D Artilleriefährprahm sank on this date.[136]
Myōkō	Imperial Japanese Navy	The captured Myōkō-class heavy cruiser was scuttled by British forces in the Strait of Malacca off Port Swettenham, Malaya, at 03°05′N 100°40′E.

9 June

List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1946

Ship	Country	Description
USS Solar	United States Navy	The Buckley-class destroyer escort was scuttled 100 nautical miles (190 km) off New York.

13 June

List of shipwrecks: 13 June 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Fechenheim	Germany	The cargo ship was scuttled off Arendal, Norway.[137]

18 June

List of shipwrecks: 18 June 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Hugh Williamson	United States	The Liberty ship was driven ashore at Pernambuco, Brazil. She was later refloated and laid up. Consequently scrapped in 1946.[138]
Wafico No. 8	United States	The 8-gross register ton, 30.9-foot (9.4 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in Halibut Bay on the southwest end of Kodiak Island in the Territory of Alaska.[103]

20 June

List of shipwrecks: 20 June 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Oderstrom	Germany	The cargo ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak.[139]

25 June

List of shipwrecks: 25 June 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Gold Creek	United States	The T2 tanker ran aground off Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Houston, Texas to Providence, Rhode Island.[140]

28 June

List of shipwrecks: 28 June 1946

Ship	Country	Description
C 4	Spanish Navy	The C 1-class submarine was rammed by the destroyer Lepanto ( Spanish Navy) and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off the Balearic Islands with the loss of all 46 crew.[141]
Miss D	United States	The 23-gross register ton, 49.9-foot (15.2 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Anchorage, Territory of Alaska.[142]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Flowergate	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on Porthminster Beach, St. Ives whilst under tow to breakers yard. Later refloated and continued her journey.[143]
James W. Nesmith	United States	The Liberty ship was scuttled in the North Sea with a cargo of obsolete chemical munitions.[144]

July

1 July

List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1946

Ship	Country	Description
USS Anderson	United States Navy	The atomic bomb explosion of 1 July 1946. Operation Crossroads: The decommissioned Sims-class destroyer was sunk as a target by an atomic bomb at Bikini Atoll.
USS Carlisle	United States Navy	Operation Crossroads: The decommissioned Gilliam-class attack transport was sunk as a target by an atomic bomb at Bikini Atoll.
USS Gilliam	United States Navy	Operation Crossroads: The decommissioned Gilliam-class attack transport was sunk as a target by an atomic bomb at Bikini Atoll.
USS Lamson	United States Navy	Operation Crossroads: The decommissioned Mahan-class destroyer was sunk as a target by an atomic bomb at Bikini Atoll.
Sakawa	United States Navy	Operation Crossroads: The captured Agano-class light cruiser ( Imperial Japanese Navy) was sunk as a target by an atomic bomb at Bikini Atoll.

2 July

List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Agnes	Norway	The cargo ship struck a mine and sank at Hai Phong, Vietnam. 15 crewmen killed.[32][145]

7 July

List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Kjeøy	Norway	Ran aground at Ytre Sula, Norway. Salvaged and found to be damaged beyond repair.[146]

11 July

List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Topdal	Norway	Sank whilst laid up at Bergen, Norway, after some boys opened her sea cocks.[32]

12 July

List of shipwrecks: 12 July 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Island Duke	United States	The 15-gross register ton 45.6-foot (13.9 m) motor towing vessel was wrecked off Graveyard Point (58°52′N 157°01′W) in Kvichak Bay on the Bristol Bay coast of the Territory of Alaska.[147]

13 July

List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Freiburg	Germany	The cargo ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak.[148]
Gertrud Fritzen	Germany	The cargo ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak as a means of disposing of poison gas munitions that had been loaded aboard her.[149]

14 July

List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1946

Ship	Country	Description
USS Majaba	United States Navy	The decommissioned and abandoned non-self propelled auxiliary vessel sank at dock in Subic Bay, The Philippines.[150][151]
Somehow	United States	The 14-gross register ton, 33.3-foot (10.1 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Elfin Cove in Southeast Alaska.[50]

20 July

List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Z45	Germany	World War II: The incomplete Type 1936B destroyer was scuttled in the Skagerrak.[152]

22 July

List of shipwrecks: 22 July 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Cougar	United States	The 43-gross register ton, 59.2-foot (18.0 m) fishing vessel sank in the Shelikof Strait 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) off Rocky Point (57°39′45″N 154°13′50″W) on the coast of Kodiak Island in the Territory of Alaska′s Kodiak Archipelago with the loss of three crewmen and seven or eight passengers. The sole survivor was a man who clung to a floating gasoline tank for 11 hours until a passing fishing vessel rescued him.[16]

25 July

List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1946

Ship	Country	Description
USS Apogon	United States Navy	Operation Crossroads: The decommissioned Balao-class submarine was sunk as a target by an atomic bomb at Bikini Atoll.
USS Arkansas	United States Navy	Operation Crossroads: The decommissioned Wyoming-class battleship was sunk as a target by an atomic bomb at Bikini Atoll.
USS LSM-60	United States Navy	The atomic explosion beneath LSM-60. Operation Crossroads: The decommissioned LSM-1-class medium landing ship disintegrated in the explosion of an atomic bomb suspended beneath her at Bikini Atoll during atomic bomb testing.
USS Pilotfish	United States Navy	Operation Crossroads: The decommissioned Balao-class submarine was sunk as a target by an atomic bomb at Bikini Atoll.
USS Saratoga	United States Navy	Operation Crossroads: The decommissioned Lexington-class aircraft carrier was sunk as a target by an atomic bomb at Bikini Atoll.
USS Skipjack	United States Navy	Operation Crossroads: The decommissioned Salmon-class submarine was sunk as a target by an atomic bomb at Bikini Atoll. She later was raised for further use as a target ship and sunk again in August 1948.
YON-160	United States Navy	Operation Crossroads: The fuel oil barge was sunk as a target by an atomic bomb at Bikini Atoll.

26 July

List of shipwrecks: 26 July 1946

Ship	Country	Description
T37	Germany	The incomplete Type 1941 torpedo boat was scuttled by the United States as a means of disposing of chemical weapons that had been loaded aboard.[153][154]
T38	Germany	The incomplete Type 1941 torpedo boat was scuttled by the United States as a means of disposing of chemical weapons that had been loaded aboard.[153][154]
T39	Germany	The incomplete Type 1941 torpedo boat was scuttled by the United States as a means of disposing of chemical weapons that had been loaded aboard.[153][154]
TF-11	Germany	The torpedo training ship, a former Type 1940 minesweeper, was scuttled in the Skagerrak by the Allies.[155]

27 July

List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Kanaga	United States	The 60-gross register ton, 61.6-foot (18.8 m) fishing vessel was wrecked in Southeast Alaska, 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) south of Sitka, Territory of Alaska.[122]

30 July

List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Nagato	United States Navy	Operation Crossroads: The captured Nagato-class battleship sank at Bikini Atoll due to damage sustained on 25 July 1946 as a test target in an atomic bomb explosion.
Vipya	Nyasaland	The sternwheel ferry capsized and sank in a storm while only on her fourth voyage on Lake Nyasa 7 nautical miles (13 km) near Florence Bay with the loss of 145 lives.[156] The Malawi Department of Antiquities's sign at the Memorial site at Fort Johnston (now Mangochi) confirms the loss of life as being 145.

31 July

List of shipwrecks: 31 July 1946

Ship	Country	Description
American Farmer	United States	The cargo ship collided with William J. Riddle ( United States) in the Atlantic Ocean and was severely damaged and abandoned. All passengers and crew rescued by William J. Riddle. American Farmer was initially reported to have sunk, but later reported to be still afloat.[157]
Argyle	Canada	The cargo ship ran aground and was wrecked near Punta Gorda, Cuba while on passage from Baracoa for Miami with bananas.[158]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in July 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Patrick Henry	United States	The Liberty ship ran aground on a reef off the coast of Florida and was severely damaged

August

1 August

List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Peregrin	United States	The 13-gross register ton 34.3-foot (10.5 m) motor vessel was destroyed by fire at Naknek, Territory of Alaska.[28]

2 August

List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Empire Cross	United Kingdom	Capsized following an explosion and fire at Haifa, Palestine. Up to 25 people killed.

5 August

List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Homestead	United States	The T2 tanker was struck by lightning and burnt out at Jacksonville, Florida. Consequently scrapped.[140]

7 August

List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Red Wing	United States	The 20-gross register ton, 44.6-foot (13.6 m) fishing vessel was wrecked at "Bent Point" – probably Bent Cape (54°53′30″N 162°25′00″W) – on Deer Island at the mouth of Cold Bay on the south side of the Alaska Peninsula in the Territory of Alaska.[13]

10 August

List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Adur II	United Kingdom	The tug capsized and sank off Hartland Point, Devon with the loss of one of her crew.[159]

16 August

List of shipwrecks: 16 August 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Finisterre	France	Fishing vessel driven ashore at St. Ives. Three crew killed.[143]

22 August

List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Empire Rival	United Kingdom	The cargo ship was damaged at Haifa, Palestine by a limpet mine and was beached. She was later repaired and returned to service.[23]

25 August

List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Empire Peacock	United Kingdom	The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean (47°55′N 8°30′W) with a cargo of obsolete chemical ammunition.[23]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date August 1946

Ship	Country	Description
I-372	Imperial Japanese Navy	The refloated wreck of the Type D submarine was scuttled in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Japan.[160]

September

3 September

List of shipwrecks: 3 September 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Fulani	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground in the River Mersey at Liverpool, Lancashire.[161] Refloated the next day.[162]
Sea King	Norway	The cargo ship sank in the Trondheimsleia following a collision with another ship. Was on a voyage from Skrova to Trondheim, Norway.[32]

8 September

List of shipwrecks: 8 September 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Rhön	Germany	The cargo ship was scuttled off Arendal, Norway.[163]

12 September

List of shipwrecks: 12 September 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Fort Fraser	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground at Paull, Yorkshire. Later refloated.[164]
Helena Modjeska	United States	The cargo ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. Later broke her back, a total loss.[22]

13 September

List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Marit II	Norway	The tanker broke in two off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, United States (35°09′N 73°24′W and sank with the loss of eleven crew.[32]
S. Wiley Wakeman	United States	The Liberty ship ran aground on a wreck off Tobago. She was refloated on 22 September. Subsequently laid up, scrapped in 1948.[165]

15 September

List of shipwrecks: 15 September 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Herøy	Norway	The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank west of the Feistein Lighthouse whilst on a voyage from Odda to Sarpsborg, Norway.[32]

19 September

List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Ohio	United Kingdom	Both halves of the tanker, which had broken in two in 1942 due to combat damage, were sunk as gunnery targets in the Mediterranean Sea off Malta.

20 September

List of shipwrecks: 20 September 1946

Ship	Country	Description
TID 62	United Kingdom	The tug suffered a failure of her steering gear off Beachy Head, Sussex. She was taken in tow by HMS Zephyr ( Royal Navy) and anchored off Folkestone, Kent where she later sank with the loss of a crewman.[166]

25 September

List of shipwrecks: 25 September 1946

Ship	Country	Description
SS-22	Imperial Japanese Navy	The T-class landing ship was wrecked near Chipei-Hsiaotao, Pescadore Islands.[167]

29 September

List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Brigadier General M. G. Zalinski	United States Army	The transport ran aground and sank in the Grenville Channel, 1.3 miles south west of James Point, British Columbia.[168]
Fort Vermillion	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom.[169] Refloated on 6 October.[22]
Torni	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground at Petard Point, Ravenscar, Yorkshire.[169]

30 September

List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Alta	Norway	The cargo ship sank off Makkaur, Norway. Raised in 1949 and converted to a barge in 1950.[32]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1946

Ship	Country	Description
LCG(M) 132	Norway	The landing craft was driven ashore whilst under tow from Inveraray, Argyllshire to Greenock, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom and was a total loss.[32]
Schuyler Colfax	United States	The liberty ship was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean by USS Tilefish ( United States Navy).[170]

October

1 October

List of shipwrecks: 1 October 1946

Ship	Country	Description
June	United States	The 20-gross register ton, 43.2-foot (13.2 m) motor cargo vessel sank in Yakutat Bay on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska.[171]

10 October

List of shipwrecks: 10 October 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Fluor	United Kingdom	The coaster was struck by Strathnaver ( United Kingdom) whilst moored at Southampton, Hampshire and sank. All twelve crew escaped.[172]

11 October

List of shipwrecks: 11 October 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Glamorganbrook	United Kingdom	The coaster sprang a leak and sank off Scarborough, Yorkshire with the loss of one of the fifteen people on board.[173]

12 October

List of shipwrecks: 12 October 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Arthur Sewall	United States	The Liberty ship was scuttled with a cargo of obsolete chemical ammunition.[174]
Empire Severn	United Kingdom	The cargo ship was scuttled north west of the Hebrides (58°18′N 9°37′E) with a cargo of obsolete chemical ammunition.[23]
Ludwigshafen	Germany	The cargo ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak.[175]

14 October

List of shipwrecks: 14 October 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Eider	Germany	The former (hulked) cargo ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak.[176]

17 October

List of shipwrecks: 17 October 1946

Ship	Country	Description
HMAS Waree	Royal Australian Navy	The tug was run aground near the mouth of the Clarence River at Yamba, New South Wales, Australia, after beginning to take on water. She was declared a total loss.

19 October

List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Takao	Imperial Japanese Navy	The captured Takao-class heavy cruiser was sunk as a gunnery target in the Strait of Malacca at 03°05′05″N 100°41′00″E by the Crown Colony-class light cruiser HMS Newfoundland ( Royal Navy).

22 October

List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1946

Ship	Country	Description
HMS Saumarez	Royal Navy	Corfu Channel Incident: The S-class destroyer suffered heavy damage when she struck a mine in the Corfu Channel which blew her bow off. Eleven of her crew were killed and 25 others were listed as missing and presumed dead. She returned to base stern-first. She was declared a total loss and scrapped.
HMS Volage	Royal Navy	Corfu Channel Incident: The V-class destroyer suffered heavy damage when she struck a mine in the Corfu Channel which blew her bow off while she was attempting to tow HMS Saumarez ( Royal Navy) to safety. One of her crew was killed and seven others were listed as missing and presumed dead. She returned to base stern-first. She was eventually repaired and returned to service.

24 October

List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Bakkøy	Norway	The cargo ship ran aground east of Lindesnes whilst on a voyage from Korshamn to Oslo, Norway.[32]

26 October

For the loss of the German cargo ship Arizona on or after this date, see the entry for 17 April 1944.

List of shipwrecks: 26 October 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Arthur Sewall	United States	The Liberty ship was scuttled in the North Sea with a cargo of obsolete chemical ammunition.[177]

28 October

List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Renascent	Norway	The coaster sprang a leak and sank in the North Sea whilst on a voyage from Lowestoft, United Kingdom to Kristiansand, Norway.[32]

29 October

List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Stanburn	United Kingdom	The cargo ship foundered off Sfax, Tunisia with the loss of four of her 35 crew.[178]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1946

Ship	Country	Description
George Hawley	United States	The Liberty ship was scuttled with a cargo of obsolete chemical ammunition.[179]

November

2 November

List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Empire Woodlark	United Kingdom	The troopship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean north of the Hebrides (59°00′N 7°40′W) with a cargo of obsolete chemical ammunition.[23]
Gyoraitei No. 222	Imperial Japanese Navy	The surrendered Gyoraitei No. 31-class motor torpedo boat was lost on this date.[180]
Tora	Norway	The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank in the Åland Sea west of Almagrundet, Sweden whilst on a voyage from Kotka, Finland to Stavanger, Norway.[32]

3 November

List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1946

Ship	Country	Description
A T T No. 1	United States	The 3,577-gross register ton, 314.8-foot (96.0 m) barge was wrecked on the northeast coast of Amukta in the Aleutian Islands.[181]

4 November

List of shipwrecks: 4 November 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Gulli	Norway	The motor vessel ran aground at Kragerø, Norway.[32]

5 November

List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Lund	Royal Navy	The naval trawler was sunk by the explosion of a depth charge whilst engaged in an operation to disperse the wreck of SS Flandres ( Belgium) off Deal, Kent. Four crew were killed and three were injured.[182]
Valle	Norway	The coaster suffered engine failure and struck rocks whilst on a voyage from Grimstad to Haugesund, Norway.[32]

11 November

List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Empire Pitt	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground in the English Channel off Berville-sur-Mer, Eure, France and broke her back. She was declared a constructive total loss.[23]

13 November

List of shipwrecks: 13 November 1946

Ship	Country	Description
U-977	United States Navy	The Type VIIC submarine was sunk as a torpedo target in the Atlantic Ocean off Massachusetts by the submarine USS Atule ( United States Navy).

16 November

List of shipwrecks: 16 November 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Flying Cloud	United States	The 20-gross register ton, 41.2-foot (12.6 m) fishing vessel sank off Point Gardner (57°01′N 134°37′W) on the south end of Admiralty Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[183]

19 November

List of shipwrecks: 19 November 1946

Ship	Country	Description
HNLMS Walcherin	Royal Netherlands Navy	The Duiveland class Minesweeper was sunk by a Japanese mine on 19 November 1946 near Balikpapan, Netherlands East Indies. 3 crewmen killed.[184]

20 November

List of shipwrecks: 20 November 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Albany	United Kingdom	The coaster disappeared on a voyage between Port Talbot and Rosslare.
Stormont	United Kingdom	The coaster was in collision with Empire Brent ( United Kingdom) in the River Mersey and sank with the loss of 160 of the 210 cattle she was carrying.[185]

22 November

List of shipwrecks: 22 November 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Hirma	Norway	The cargo ship ran aground west of the Geita Lighthouse, whilst on a voyage from Bergen to Bodø, Norway.[32]

26 November

List of shipwrecks: 26 November 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Garth	United Kingdom	The dredger sank in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all six crew.[186]

27 November

List of shipwrecks: 27 November 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Lasknes	Norway	The cargo ship ran aground off Rongevær, Norway, broke in two and sank.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Tillamok	United States	The tanker ran aground at Porthcawl, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. Still aground on 25 December.[187]

December

1 December

List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Tillamook	United States	The tanker was driven ashore at Sker Point, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 6 February 1947 and taken in to Swansea, Glamorgan.[188]

2 December

List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1946

Ship	Country	Description
HMCS Middlesex	Royal Canadian Navy	The Algerine-class minesweeper ran aground on Shutin Island, Nova Scotia. She was subsequently scrapped in situ.[189]

5 December

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Rubens	United Kingdom	The cargo ship was abandoned 50 nautical miles (93 km) north of Bonacca, Honduras. Drifted ashore at Bonacca, a total loss.[190]

6 December

List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1946

Ship	Country	Description
N16	French Navy	The Type XXIII submarine was lost at Toulon, Var in a diving accident with the loss of a number of lives.[191]

7 December

List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Rafiah		Aliyah Bet: The Jewish immigrant ship (formerly Athina S.) was wrecked on Sirina, north-east of Crete.[192]
Sea It	United States	The 17-gross register ton, 45-foot (14 m) motor cargo vessel sank off Point Adolphus (58°17′15″N 135°47′00″W) in Southeast Alaska.[50]

8 December

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Empire Eden	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground at Spurn Head, Yorkshire in a gale, but was refloated.
Francis Batey	United Kingdom	The tug sank in the Tyne.[193]
Irma	Sweden	The cargo ship was driven onto Manacle Rock, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Towed clear by Zwarte Zee ( Netherlands).[193]
Liberté	France	The ocean liner collided with the wreck of Paris ( France) and sank at Le Havre.[194] Later raised, repaired and returned to service.
HMS Saltburn	Royal Navy	The Hunt-class minesweeper broke free from her tow and ran aground at Hartland Point, Devon.[193]
Security	United Kingdom	The tug sank off Portland, Dorset.[193]
HMS Truant	Royal Navy	The T-class submarine broke free from her tow and sank off the Channel Islands.[193]
Wansford	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground at Falmouth, Cornwall. Towed clear by Zwarte Zee ( Netherlands).[193]

13 December

List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Tove	Norway	The coaster capsized and sank in the Kattegat whilst on a voyage from Randers to Bergen, Norway. One crewmember was killed.[32]

16 December

List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Leipzig	Royal Navy	The Leipzig-class light cruiser was scuttled in the North Sea with a cargo of obsolete chemical weapons.
T21	Germany	The torpedo boat was scuttled in the Skagerrak at 57°53′N 6°13′E.[195]
Z29	Germany	The destroyer was scuttled in the Skagerrak.[196]

19 December

List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Havskaaren	Norway	The coaster ran aground at Kvalnesflæsa, Lofoten Islands, Norway.[32]

20 December

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Chichagoff	United States	The 44-gross register ton, 57.3-foot (17.5 m) fishing vessel was abandoned off Khaz Head (57°31′45″N 136°01′00″W) off Piehle Passage (57.5275°N 136.0289°W / 57.5275; -136.0289 (Piehle Passage)) in Southeast Alaska after she lost rudder control and a breaker carried away her pilothouse. Her crew of three abandoned ship in a dory and survived, but Chichagoff sank.[16]

22 December

List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Prinz Eugen	United States Navy	Operation Crossroads: The Admiral Hipper-class heavy cruiser capsized and sank at Kwajalein Atoll due to an unrepaired leak caused by damage when she was used as a target in atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll on 1 and 25 July 1946.

23 December

List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Afognak	United States	The beam trawler ran hard aground 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) north of Point Gardner (57°01′N 134°37′W) in Southeast Alaska. The mail boat Yakobi ( United States) rescued the eight people – Afognak′s captain, his wife, and six crewmen – on board.[181]
Marna	Norway	The coaster sank west of Gamle Hellesund, Norway, during a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden, to Grangemouth, Scotland, United Kingdom.[32]

24 December

List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Northeastern Victory	United States	The Victory ship ran aground and sank, Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom.[22]

25 December

List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Anastasia	United Kingdom	The coaster sprang a leak and was beached at Skar Point, Walney Island, Lancashire.[197]

27 December

List of shipwrecks: 27 December 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Am-Mer-Mar	United States	The Liberty ship ran aground off Lindesnes, Norway. She sank on 1 January 1947.[174]

30 December

List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1946

Ship	Country	Description
F 2	Royal Navy	The F-class escort ship sank at Scapa Flow (58°50′N 03°11′E) during a storm. Partially scrapped in place.[198]

31 December

List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Monte Pascoal	Germany	The Monte-class ocean liner was scuttled in the Skagerrak, laden with gas shells.[199]
Schwabenland	Germany	The seaplane tender/catapult ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak, laden with gas shells.[200]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date December 1946

Ship	Country	Description
HMS H 97	Royal Navy	The captured German destroyer was beached to prevent her from sinking due to corroded bottom plates.[201]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: unknown 1946

Ship	Country	Description
Claus Von Bevern	Kriegsmarine	The test ship, a former G180-class torpedo boat, was scuttled in the Skagerrak, laden with gas shells.[202]

See also

• List of shipwrecks

References

1. "U-516". Uboat. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
2. "U-2502". Uboat. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
3. "Liberty Ships – W". Mariners. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
4. "U-825". Uboat. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
5. "U-2351". Uboat. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
6. "U-541". Uboat. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
7. "U-901". Uboat. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
8. "U-2506". Uboat. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
9. "U-1109". Uboat. Retrieved 27 April 2012.
10. "U-2356". Uboat. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
11. "U-1010". Uboat. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
12. "British Loyalty". Uboat. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
13. alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (R)
14. "Frost And Fog". The Times (50355). London. 21 January 1946. col F, p. 4.
15. "Oil Tankers In Trouble". The Times (50359). London. 25 January 1946. col C, p. 4.
16. alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (C)
17. "Troopship Ashore Off Crete". The Times (50361). London. 27 January 1946. col E, p. 3.
18. "Tamaroa". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
19. Robinson, Ernest Fraser (1998). The Saga of the Bluenose. St. Catharines, Ontario: Vanwell Publishing. pp. 70–71. ISBN 1-55125-009-8.
20. "Sea Accidents and Losses". Danish Naval History. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
21. "Steamer Sinks In The Girond Estuary". The Times (50364). London. 31 January 1946. col C, p. 3.
22. Lane, Anthony (2009). Shipwrecks of Kent. Stroud: The History Press. pp. 44–49. ISBN 978-0-7524-1720-2.
23. Mitchell, W H, and Sawyer, L A (1995). The Empire Ships. London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong: Lloyd's of London Press Ltd. p. 240. ISBN 1-85044-275-4.
24. "U-764". Uboat. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
25. "Captive (5606259)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
26. "U-219". Uboat. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
27. "Dutch Motor Ship Sunk Off Isle Of Man". The Times (50367). London. 4 February 1946. col B, p. 2.
28. alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (P)
29. "Bombers Fly To Help Stranded Liner". The Times (50369). London. 6 February 1946. col E, p. 3.
30. "U-1228". Uboat. Retrieved 27 April 2012.
31. "Sunk Ship's Crew Saved". The Times (50370). London. 7 February 1946. col C, p. 2.
32. "Norske skipsforlis i 1946" (in Norwegian). Skipet. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
33. "U-975". Uboat. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
34. "Submarine And Trawler In Collision". The Times (50374). London. 12 February 1946. col E, p. 2.
35. "U-3514". Uboat. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
36. "Two Ships Sunk". The Times (50378). London. 16 February 1946. col D, p. 2.
37. "U-862". Uboat. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
38. "U-195". Uboat. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
39. alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (D)
40. "T2 TANKERS - B". Mariners. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
41. "MAL 1 type landing fire support lighter, Germany". Navypedia. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
42. alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (E)
43. "News in Brief". The Times (50386). London. 26 February 1946. col B, p. 2.
44. "Ship Sunk At Gibraltar". The Times (50389). London. 1 March 1946. col D, p. 3.
45. "Five Missing In Lost British Steamer". The Times (50390). London. 2 March 1946. col E, p. 3.
46. "the little navy ship that sailed 3000 miles to escape the Japanese". Dailybeast.com. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
47. "Patrol Yacht Hermes/Lanikai". Navsource.org. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
48. "T51 type motor torpedo boat (1943/1945), Coastal forces, Imperial Japanese Navy". Navypedia. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
49. "U-1197". Uboat. Retrieved 27 April 2012.
50. alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (S)
51. "Belgian Merchant A-G" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
52. "Bolivar (5616455)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
53. "MFV 411 of the Royal Navy". Uboat. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
54. "MFV 812 of the Royal Navy". Uboat. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
55. "Collision In Channel". The Times (50393). London. 6 March 1946. col G, p. 4.
56. "Osama escorts (1945), Escorts, Imperial Japanese Navy". Navypedia. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
57. "Liberty Ships – B". Mariners. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
58. "Falkenfels (5605548)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
59. "Hugo Oldendorf (1118445)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
60. "Karl Leonhardt (1135204)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
61. "Lotte (5602441)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
62. "American Ship Aground". The Times (50403). London. 18 March 1946. col B, p. 2.
63. "MFV 477 of the Royal Navy". Uboat. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
64. alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (V)
65. "News in Brief". The Times (50411). London. 27 March 1946. col C, p. 2.
66. "HMS LCI(L)-4". Uboat. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
67. "Z-34 (6117448)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
68. "T2 TANKERS - N - O - P". Mariners. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
69. Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander (2016). "IJN Submarine I-36: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
70. Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander (2013). "IJN Submarine I-47: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
71. Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander (2014). "IJN Submarine I-53: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
72. Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander (2016). "IJN Submarine I-58: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
73. Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander (2014). "IJN Submarine I-156: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
74. Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander (2013). "IJN Submarine I-157: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
75. Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander (2011). "IJN Submarine I-158: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
76. Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander (2011). "IJN Submarine I-159: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
77. Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander (2012). "IJN Submarine I-162: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
78. Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander (2014). "IJN Submarine I-366: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
79. Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander (2014). "IJN Submarine I-367: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
80. Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander (2011). "IJN Submarine I-402: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
81. Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander (2011). "IJN Submarine RO-50: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
82. Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander (2015). "IJN Submarine HA-103: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
83. Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander (2015). "IJN Submarine HA-105: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
84. Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander (2015). "IJN Submarine HA-106: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
85. Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander (2015). "IJN Submarine HA-107: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
86. Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander (2015). "IJN Submarine HA-108: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
87. Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander (2015). "IJN Submarine HA-109: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
88. Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander (2015). "IJN Submarine HA-111: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
89. Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander (2015). "IJN Submarine HA-201: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
90. Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander (2015). "IJN Submarine HA-202: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
91. Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander (2007). "IJN Submarine HA-208: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
92. "Liberty Ships – C". Mariners. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
93. Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander (2011). "IJN Submarine I-202: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
94. Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander (2007). "IJN Submarine Ha-207: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
95. Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander (2007). "IJN Submarine Ha-210: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
96. Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander (2007). "IJN Submarine Ha-216: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
97. "Oligarch". Uboat. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
98. Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander (2015). "IJN Submarine HA-110: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
99. Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander (2015). "IJN Submarine HA-112: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
100. Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander (2003). "IJN Submarine I-503: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
101. Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander (2003). "IJN Submarine I-504: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
102. "Alfios - 1946". Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
103. alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (W)
104. "Ship Capsizes In Rough Weather". The Times (50438). London. 29 April 1946. col D, p. 2.
105. "Troopship Aground". The Times (50441). London. 2 May 1946. col G, p. 4.
106. Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander (2011). "IJN Submarine I-121: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
107. Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander (2011). "IJN Submarine Ro-68: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
108. Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander (2012). "IJN Submarine I-500: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
109. "SS type Tank Landing ships, Amphibious craft Japan". Navypedia. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
110. "S 7 class Motor Torpedo Boat, Coastal Forces, Germany". Navypedia. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
111. "S 10 class Motor Torpedo Boat, Coastal Forces, Germany". Navypedia. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
112. Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander (2015). "IJN Submarine HA-206: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
113. Larn, R. and Larn, B. (1991) Shipwrecks around Mounts Bay. Penryn: Tor Mark Press.
114. Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander (2015). "IJN Submarine HA-205: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
115. Anonymous (10 May 1946). "Remaining Jap Subs Sunk". Townsville Daily Bulletin. p. 1 – via Trove.
116. Anonymous (14 May 1946). "Jap Submarines Demolition Convoy Caught in Gale". Kalgoorlie Miner. p. 3 – via Trove.
117. Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander (2016). "IJN Submarine I-153: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
118. Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander (2013). "IJN Submarine I-154: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
119. Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander (2013). "IJN Submarine I-155: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
120. Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander (2013). "IJN Submarine RO-62: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
121. Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander (2013). "IJN Submarine RO-63: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
122. alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (K)
123. "T2 TANKERS - D - E - F". Mariners. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
124. alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (H)
125. "M-16 (6111260)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
126. Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander (2011). "IJN Submarine I-201: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
127. "H.C. Horn (5607504)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
128. Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander (2010). "IJN Submarine I-14: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
129. Jordan, Roger (1999). The world's merchant fleets, 1939. London: Chatham publishing. p. 450. ISBN 1 86176 023 X.
130. Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander (2011). "IJN Submarine I-401: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
131. "MFP landing craft, Germany". Navypedia. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
132. alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (N)
133. Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander (2016). "IJN Submarine I-400: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
134. "Jan Wellem (5605562)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
135. "japanese Escorts". Combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
136. "MFP landing craft, Germany". Navypedia. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
137. "Fechenheim (5606003)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
138. "Liberty Ships – H". Mariners. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
139. "Oderstrom (1105842)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
140. "T2 TANKERS - G - H - I". Mariners. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
141. "C 1 submarines (1928-1930)". Navypedia. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
142. alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (M)
143. "1946-62". St. Ives Trust. Archived from the original on 5 March 2008. Retrieved 15 March 2008.
144. "James W. Nesmith". Uboat. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
145. "Vietnamese Naval Battles (Vietnam war and other conflicts". Soviet-Empire. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
146. "Statsraad Erichsen". Norwegian Armed Forces Museums (in Norwegian). Norwegian Armed Forces. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
147. alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (I)
148. "Freiburg (5606029)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
149. "Gertrud Fritzen (5602734)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
150. "World War II Wrecks of the Philippines: WWII Shipwrecks of the Philippines". Happy Fish publishing/Googlebooks. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
151. "Majaba (IX-102) ex USS Majaba (AG-43) (1942)". Navsource. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
152. "Type 1936B Destroyers, Germany". Navypedia. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
153. "Type 1941 Torpedo Boats, Germany". Navypedia. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
154. "Ships of Plan Z, the Torpedo Boats". Avalanche press. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
155. "1940 Type minesweepers (1940-1945), Mine Warfare Ships, Germany". Navypedia. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
156. "Nyasaland Railways". The Times (50665). London. 22 January 1947. col G, p. 8.
157. "Food Ship Damaged In Collision". The Times (50519). London. 2 August 1946. col D, p. 4.
158. "SS Argyle (+1946)". wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
159. "Damage By Gales And Rainstorms". The Times (50527). London. 12 August 1946. col F, p. 4.
160. Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander (2016). "IJN Submarine I-372: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
161. "Gales And Rain". The Times (50547). London. 3 August 1946. col F, p. 4.
162. "Storm Damage To Crops". The Times (50548). London. 5 September 1946. col E, p. 5.
163. "Rhon (5605453)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
164. "Two Ships Aground". The Times (50555). London. 13 September 1946. col F, p. 4.
165. "Liberty Ships – S". Mariners. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
166. "People Marooned In Houses". The Times (50562). London. 21 September 1946. col G, p. 4.
167. "T-1 type fast personnel transports 1944-1945), Amphibious ships and craft, Japan". Navypedia. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
168. "Brigadier General M. G. Zalinski (+1946)". Wreck Site. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
169. "Steamers Aground". The Times (50569). London. 30 September 1946. col E, p. 4.
170. "Tilefish". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
171. alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (J)
172. "Cargo Ship Sunk At Southampton". The Times (50579). London. 11 October 1946. col E, p. 4.
173. "Ship's Master Drowned". The Times (50580). London. 12 October 1946. col B, p. 2.
174. "Liberty Ships – A". Mariners. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
175. "Ludwigshafen (5615114)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
176. "Eider (5614691)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
177. "Arthur Sewall". Uboat. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
178. "British Steamer Sunk". The Times (50595). London. 30 October 1946. col E, p. 4.
179. "George Hawley". Uboat. Retrieved 27 April 2012.
180. "T 23 type motor torpedo boats". Navypedia. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
181. alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (A)
182. "Naval Cutter Blown Up". The Times (50601). London. 6 November 1946. col D, p. 4.
183. alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (F)
184. "126 feet class - minesweepers". netherlandsnavy.nl. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
185. "Cattle Boat Sunk In Mersey". The Times (50614). London. 21 November 1946. col D, p. 2.
186. "Dredger Sunk In The Bristol Channel". The Times (50619). London. 27 November 1946. col A, p. 2.
187. "Ship's Stern Nearly Clear Of Goodwins". The Times (50644). London. 28 December 1946. col B, p. 2.
188. Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
189. "HMCS Middlesex - 1946". Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
190. "Rubens (1123046)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
191. "U-2326". Uboat. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
192. "Athina S. (1109284)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
193. "Vessels Adrift In Gale". The Times (50629). London. 9 December 1946. col C, p. 2.
194. "Europa Founders In Harbour". The Times (50630). London. 10 December 1946. col D, p. 3.
195. "T21 (6114196)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
196. "Z29 (6112743)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
197. "Three Vessels Aground". The Times (50643). London. 27 December 1946. col E, p. 2.
198. "Flottenbegleiter 2 - History". German Naval History. 25 June 2003. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
199. "Monte Pascoal (5607534)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
200. "Schwabenland (5606347)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
201. Gardiner, Robert, ed., Conway′s All the World′s Fighting Ships 1947–1982 Part I: The Western Powers, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1983, ISBN 0870219189, p. 137.
202. "G180 Large Torpedo boats (1910-1911), Torpedo Ships, Kaiserliche Marine (Germany)". Navypedia. Retrieved 20 September 2018.

Ship events in 1946
Ship launches:	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949	1950	1951
Ship commissionings:	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949	1950	1951
Ship decommissionings:	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949	1950	1951
Shipwrecks:	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949	1950	1951