List of shipwrecks in December 1945
The list of shipwrecks in December 1945 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during December 1945.
1 December
3 December
4 December
5 December
7 December
8 December
9 December
List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1945
Ship
State
Description
U-532
Kriegsmarine
Operation Deadlight : The Type IXC/40 submarine was sunk as a target when torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (56°08′N 10°07′W / 56.133°N 10.117°W / 56.133; -10.117 ) by HMS Tantivy ( Royal Navy ).[ 22]
U-1052
Kriegsmarine
Operation Deadlight: The Type VIIC submarine was sunk as a target in the Atlantic Ocean (55°50′N 10°05′W / 55.833°N 10.083°W / 55.833; -10.083 by Fairey Firefly aircraft of 816 Squadron , Fleet Air Arm based on HMS Nairana ( Royal Navy ).[ 23] [ 24]
U-1307
Kriegsmarine
Operation Deadlight: The Type VIIC/41 submarine was sunk as a target in the Atlantic Ocean by a rocket attack by Fairey Firefly aircraft on 816 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm based on HMS Nairana ( Royal Navy ).[ 24]
Sekirei Maru [ja ]
Japan
According to an official report from the former Japan Transport Ministry , a wooden passenger ship heading for Akashi from Iwaya Port [ja ] , Awaji Island , Hyogo Prefecture , Japan, departed with 349 people, which is more than three times the capacity, sank due to storms and overcrowded on capacity, and 45 people were rescued. However, the captain refused to rescue, and the remaining 304 person were drowned.[ 25]
10 December
11 December
13 December
14 December
16 December
17 December
18 December
List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1945
Ship
State
Description
Empire Rhodes
United Kingdom
The cargo ship caught fire at Gdynia , Poland and was scuttled to put out the fire in her cargo of jute . She burnt until 3 January 1946. Later refloated and sold to be scuttled but was repaired and returned to service in 1947 as Culter .[ 48]
19 December
20 December
21 December
22 December
23 December
26 December
27 December
28 December
29 December
30 December
31 December
Unknown date
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Shipwrecks 1939–45, by month
1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945