List of hospital ships sunk in World War II

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

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 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 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 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 ? [5]
HS Awa Maru Japan 1 April 1945 Inland Sea. W of Ushijima, 1.25 miles off Bizan Seto Sunk by US Submarine Queenfish – [6]
HS Berlin Germany 31 January 1945 Off Swinemünde, and was put in tow for Kiel 54°02′06″N 14°19′00″E / 54.03500°N 14.31667°E / 54.03500; 14.31667 Mined. Again hit a mine on the same day and sank ? [7]
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 USAAF 158 [8]

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HS California Italy 11 August 1941 Syracuse Harbour Torpedoed and sunk by British aircraft torpedoes 1 [11]
AHS Centaur Australia 14 May 1943 Off North Stradbroke Island, Queensland Torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-177 268 [12]
HS Città di Trapani Italy 1 December 1942 11 miles east of Isola dei Cani (off Bizerta) Mined 5 [13]
HS Dronning Maud Norway 01 May 1940 Near Gratangen, Norway Sunk by German aircraft 42 [14]
HS Esperos Greece 21 April 1941 Off Missolonghi, Greece Sunk by German aircraft ? [15]
HMHS Hikawa Maru No.2 Netherlands

Japan

 17 August 1945 Wakasa Bay Scuttled by placing explosive charges in the hull ? [16]

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HMHS Maid of Kent UK 21 May 1940 Dieppe harbour Bombed by German aircraft 43 [18]

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HMHS Newfoundland UK 13 September 1943 40 nautical miles (74 km) offshore of Salerno 40°13′00″N 14°21′00″E / 40.21667°N 14.35000°E / 40.21667; 14.35000 Bombed by German aircraft. After burning for 2 days she was sunk by gunfire by destroyers Mayo and Plunkett. 21 [20]
HMHS Paris UK 02 June 1940 Off Dunkirk Bombed by German aircraft ? [21]

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HS Po Italy 14 March 1941 Inside the Bay of Valona (Albania), 1,5 miles 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 [23]

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HS RAMB IV Italy

UK

 10 May 1942 Off Alexandria in Egypt Bombed and set afire by German aircraft and sank 165 [26]
HS Sicilia Italy 04 April 1943 Naples Harbour Bombed and sunk by USAAF ? [27]
HS Sokratis Greece 22 April 1941 Antikyra, Greece Sunk by German aircraft ? [28]
HMHS St David UK 24 January 1944 25 miles south of Anzio Sunk by German aircraft (Hs-293) 96 [29]

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HS Tevere Italy 17 February 1941 Off Tripoli harbour Mined 4 [31]
HS Tübingen Germany 18 November 1944 3.5 miles south of Cap. Premantura Pula (Pola) Attacked by two British air plane (Beaufighters) 6 [32]
HMHS Talamba UK 10 July 1943 Off Syracuse during the landings in Sicily Bombed and sunk by an enemy aircraft whilst embarking wounded 5 [33]

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References

  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. ↑ "SS Attiki (+1941)". wrecksite. 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
  6. ↑ "SS Awa Maru (+1945)". wrecksite. 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
  7. ↑ "Lazarettschiff A (Berlin)". feldgrau.com. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
  8. ↑ "Buenos Aires Maru (+1943)". wrecksite. 2012. Retrieved July 10, 2012.
  9. ↑ "Did the 13th AF or 5th AF Sink the Buenos Aires Maru". forum.armyairforces.com. 2012. Retrieved July 10, 2012.
  10. ↑ "BUENOS AIRES MARU". combinedfleet.com. 2012. Retrieved July 10, 2012.
  11. ↑ "SS California (+1941)". wrecksite. 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
  12. ↑ "SINKING OF THE 2/3 HOSPITAL SHIP A.H.S. CENTAUR". ozatwar.com. 2010. Retrieved November 8, 2011.
  13. ↑ Enrico Cernuschi, Maurizio Brescia, Erminio Bagnasco, Le navi ospedale italiane 1935-1945, p. 46
  14. ↑ "SS Dronning Maud (+1940)". wrecksite. 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
  15. ↑ "SS Esperos (+1941)". wrecksite. 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
  16. ↑ "SS Hikawa Maru No.2 (+1945)". wrecksite. 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
  17. ↑ "IJN Hospital Ship HIKAWA MARU NO. 2". combinedfleet.com. 2010. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
  18. ↑ "HMHS Maid of Kent (+1940)". wrecksite. 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
  19. ↑ "TS Maid of Kent (II)". doverferryphotos.co.uk. 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
  20. ↑ "SS Newfoundland (+1943)". wrecksite. 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
  21. ↑ "SS Paris". roll-of-honour.com. 2008. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
  22. ↑ "The Hospital Ship Paris". BBC. 2004. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
  23. ↑ "Wien SS (1911~1919) Po SS (+1941)". wrecksite. 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
  24. ↑ "Sinking of Italian hospital ship "Po"". feldgrau.net. 2007. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
  25. ↑ "Sinking of Italian hospital ship "Po"". forum.axishistory.com. 2007. 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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