Key WWII events - May 1945

Soviet forces capture Berlin
German forces in Italy surrender
Surrender of Germany
Operation Dracula: British forces recapture Rangoon

British carrier Victorious on fire after Japanese Kamikaze aircraft attack

British carrier Victorious on fire after Japanese Kamikaze aircraft attack
Axis May-45 Allied
thailand flag german flag japan flag Total Class Total USA flag british flag France flag soviet flag canada flag australia flag new zealand flag poland flag netherlands flag norway flag greece flag brazil flag yugo flag argentina flag peru flag turkey flag chile flag italy flag
0 0 0 0 Battleships 39 21 8 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0
0 0 0 0 Fleet Carriers 14 9 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 Light Carriers 12 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 1 3 4 Heavy Cruisers 35 14 7 3 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
0 1 3 4 Light Cruisers 79 32 28 6 2 1 2 2 1 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 8
8 26 13 39 Destroyers 624 355 138 12 49 16 10 0 4 2 2 5 5 2 15 2 6 7 17
4 316 29 345 Submarines 574 234 120 18 154 0 0 0 2 11 2 3 4 1 3 4 9 9 28
0 0 2 2 Escort Carriers 99 58 38 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 11 133 144 Escorts 1131 454 409 33 14 176 8 2 2 1 3 9 14 0 1 0 2 3 15
3 0 3 3 Other 70 49 6 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 3 0

 

 

Class columbia flag denmark flag sweden flag portugal flag spain flag
Battleships 0 0 0 0 0
Fleet Carriers 0 0 0 0 0
Light Carriers 0 0 0 0 0
Heavy Cruisers 0 0 0 0 1
Light Cruisers 0 0 1 0 5
Destroyers 2 0 24 5 16
Submarines 0 0 26 4 5
Escort Carriers 0 0 0 0 0
Escort Ships 0 0 2 0 0
Others 0 0 7 0 0

 

 

Allied and Axis Naval Losses

Contains the lost and damaged (and therefore out of action) warships by country.
These are changes that happen during the month and figures will be reflected in the following month's tables.

Allied Losses

USA flagLost Report
Drexler Destroyer Damaged by Japanese Kamikaze aircraft strike, NW of Okinawa, during Battle of Okinawa. Ship was on radar picket duty along with American warship Lowry. Kamikaze hit cut off all power & started gasoline fire, despite this she continued to fire on enemy aircraft. She was then hit by a Japanese Yokosuka P1Y Ginga Kamikaze aircraft strike. The impact from being hit by a bomber caused her to roll on her beam ends & sink in minutes, 158 dead, 52 injured 27.06N 127.38E 28/05/1945
Longshaw Destroyer Ran aground on Ose coral reef, S of Naha airfield, off Okinawa, during the Battle of Okinawa. The tug Arikara arrived to tow her off the reef. It was at this point that Japanese shore batteries opened fire. The tug could not tow her off the reef. Enemy gunfire hit & exploded her forward magazine, blowing off her bow. She was then abandoned by her crew, 86 dead, 95 injured, 113 survivors 26.11N 126.37E 18/05/1945
Little Destroyer Sunk by 3 Japanese Kamikaze aircraft strikes, SW of Okinawa, during the Battle of Okinawa. She was on radar picket duty in company with American warship Aaron Ward when attacked. Ship was hit by 2 Aichi B3A1 Ryusei aircraft carrying bombs, hitting her amidships in quick succession. With all power knocked out she was hit by a third Kamikaze, that finally broke her back. Forward part of the ship sank quickly whilst the stern settled slowly 26.04N 126.25E 03/05/1945
Luce Destroyer Damaged by Japanese Kamikaze aircraft strike causing power failure, unable to defend herself a second Kamikaze strike brought about her sinking, off Okinawa 149 dead 04/05/1945
Morrison Destroyer Damaged by Japanese Kamikaze aircraft strike, off Okinawa, during the Battle of Okinawa, Mitsubishi A6M Zero 'Zeke' aircraft hit the ship's bridge & funnel. Her electrical & communications systems were knocked out. She could not move & she was hit by 3 more Kamikaze aircraft, all old twin-float biplanes. Ship listed to starboard before an explosion lifted her bow into the air. She then quickly sank, 152 dead 27.10N 127.58E 04/05/1945
Lagarto Submarine Depth charged by Japanese warship Hatsutaka, in the Gulf of Thailand, 80 dead, 0 survivors 07.55N 102.00E 04/05/1945
Bates Transport Sunk by 2 Japanese Kamikaze aircraft strikes & 3 bombs, 2 miles S of le Shima Island, NW of Okinawa, during the Battle of Okinawa. First Kamikaze bomb hit her starboard side, before the Kamikaze itself crashed into the quaterdeck. Second Kamikaze struck her pilothouse, whilst the bomb from a third Kamikaze landed near her port side & explode opening up her hull. She was taken in tow by American Navy tug Cree. Ship was still blazing when she capsized & sank in 20 fathoms of water, 21 dead 26.41N 127.47E 25/05/1945
Barry Transport Damaged by Japanese Kamikaze aircraft strike & bomb, 35 miles NW of Okinawa, during the Battle of Okinawa. Kamikaze struck her under the bridge where the bomb it was carrying exploded. Explosion set fire to her gasoline tanks & ignited Barry's ruptured fuel tanks. The fire threatened to spread to her forward magazine. Her crew abandoned her, leaving a skeleton crew 28 dead 26.30N 127.50E 25/05/1945. Fires were extinguished by her skeleton crew & parties from American warships Sims & Roper 26/05/1945. Towed to Kerama Retto, but found to be a constructive total loss. She was stripped of equipment & decommissioned. She was then towed out of Kerama Retto & moored, where she was used as a decoy for Japanese Kamikaze aircraft. She was struck again & sank 21/06/1945
Damaged Report
South Dakota Battleship Damaged by internal explosion inside her No 2 turret whilst rearming at sea from supply ship Wrangell. The turrets magazine was flooded to put out fires, 11 dead, 24 injured 06/05/1945. Withdrawn for repair 11/05/1945
Bunker Hill Carrier Damaged by 2 Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero Kamikaze aircraft strikes & two 250 kg bomb, off Okinawa, during the Battle of Okinawa. Bomb passed through the ship & into the sea, whilst Zero crashed into flight deck destroying aircraft & causing a huge fire ball. Second Kamikaze & bomb penetrated flight deck near the ship's island, causing a massive fire ball, 346 dead, 43 missing & 264 injured 11/05/1945
Enterprise Carrier Damaged by Japanese Kamikaze aircraft strike, off Okinawa, during the Battle of Okinawa, her deck & forward elevator destroyed, explosion penetrated 6 decks, 14 dead, 34 injured, 14/05/1945
Birmingham Cruiser Damaged by Japanese Kamikaze aircraft strike, off Okinawa, during invasion of Okinawa. Bomb carried by Kamikaze penetrated 3 decks before exploding. Explosion ripped hole in her starboard side below the waterline. Her armoury & 5" shell magazine were flooded 04/05/1945
Hugh W Hadley Destroyer Damaged by bomb from Japanese aircraft, 2 Kamikaze strikes & 1 Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka piloted glider bomb, off Okinawa. Despite many fires, flooding in her engineering space & being badly holed, her crew managed to keep her from sinking 11/05/1945. Ship was not repaired but decommissioned 15/12/1945
Stormes Destroyer Damaged by Japanese Nakajima Ki-44 Kamikaze aircraft strike, off Okinawa, during Battle of Okinawa. Kamikaze crashed into her stern torpedo mount, causing fires & flooding, 21 dead, 15 injured 25/05/1945. Arrived at Buckner Bay for repair, entering the floating dry dock for temporary repair 13/08/1945. Arrived for repair at Hunters Point 17/09/1945
Stanly Destroyer Damaged when during drill a 5" gun barrel of No 5 turret exploded, damaging her gun mount, in Ulithi lagoon, 2 dead 28/05/1945. Arrived at Apra Harbor for repair to gun mount 05/06/1945
Ingraham Destroyer Damaged by Japanese Kamikaze aircraft strike & bomb, N of Okinawa, during Battle of Okinawa. Ship was on radar picket duty when Kamikaze crashed into the ships' port side above the waterline. The bomb detonated in the generator room, 15 dead, 37 injured 05/05/1945
Douglas H Fox Destroyer Damaged by Japanese Kamikaze aircraft strike & bomb, NW of Okinawa, during Battle of Okinawa. Ship was on radar picket duty when she was attacked by a number of Kamikazes. She shot down 5 before being hit by one. Gasoline from one of her victims was set on fire. Her crew brought these fires under control & she was able to reach Kerama Retto for temporary repair under her own power, 7 dead, 35 injured 05/05/1945. Arrived at San Francisco 23/03/1945
Bache Destroyer Damaged by Japanese Kamikaze aircraft strike & bombs, off Okinawa, during the Battle of Okinawa. Kamikaze's wing struck the number 2 stack catapulting the plane down onto the main deck. Bombs exploded above the main deck, cutting all steam & electrical power, 42 dead, 32 injured 13/05/1945
Evans Destroyer Damaged by Japanese Kamikaze aircraft strike, 33 miles WNW of Okinawa, during the Battle of Okinawa. Her engineering spaces were flooded & lost all power, 32 dead, 27 injured 26.58N 127.32E 11/05/1945. Not repaired
Thatcher Destroyer Damaged by Japanese Nakajima Ki-43 Kamikaze aircraft strike, off Okinawa, during the Batle of Okinawa. She was on radar picket duty when she was attacked. Kamikaze dived into the ship striking aft of the bridge, cutting all power, her steering & putting a 6' x 4' hole in her hull, 14 dead, 53 injured 20/05/1945. Arrived at Kerama Retto for repair 01/07/1945 - 13/07/1945. Declared constructive total loss
Luce Destroyer Damaged by bomb from Japanese Kamikaze attack, off Okinawa, during the Battle of Okinawa. Gunfire knocked the Kamikaze aircraft down, but her bomb caused a power failure, that stopped her from moving her guns. Second Kamikaze aircraft strike, knocked out her port engine, flooded her engineering space & jammed her rudder. She took on a heavy list to starboard, her crew abandoned ship, but a massive explosion as she sank killed many of her crew, 126 dead, 186 survivors 03/05/1945
Braine Destroyer Damaged by 2 Japanese Kamikaze aircraft strikes, off Okinawa, during the Battle of Okinawa. First Kamikaze struck her bridge area. Second Kamikaze hit her second funnel, knocking it overboard & demolishing her superstructure 27/05/1945. Departed Kerama Retto for emergency repair 19/06/1945
Shubrick Destroyer Damaged by Japanese Kamikaze aircraft strike & bomb, 50 miles WNW of Okinawa, during the Battle of Okinawa. She was on radar picket duty when she was attacked. Kamikaze crashed into her, the bomb it was carrying blew a 30' hole in her starboard side, 35 dead, 25 injured 29/05/1945. Departed for US 15/07/1945. Arrived on one engine at Puget Sound Navy Yard 10/08/1945. On inspection by Bureau of Ships it was decided not to repair her
Sangamon Escort Carrier Damaged by Japanese Mitsubishi Zero Kamikaze aircraft strike & bomb, during the Battle of Okinawa. Bomb & part of the Zero penetrated flight deck and exploded in the hanger deck. After 3 hours the many fires were brought under control, 11 dead, 25 missing, 21 injured 04/05/1945
England Destroyer Escort Damaged by Japanese Kamikaze aircraft strike & bomb, off Okinawa, during the Battle of Okinawa. Kamikaze struck her starboard side, just below the bridge. The bomb exploded on impact & started a huge fire. Crew got the fire under control & she was towed to Kerama Retto, 37 dead, 25 injured 09/05/1945. Towed across Pacific Ocean arriving at San Diego 11/10/1945
Oberrender Destroyer Escort Damaged by Japanese Kamikaze aircraft strike & bomb, W of Okinawa. Kamikaze struck her starboard side. Bomb penetrated into her forward fireroom & exploded, 24 dead 26.32N 127.20E 09/05/1945. Towed to Kerama Retto & decommissioned without repair 11/07/1945
Bright Destroyer Escort Damaged by Japanese Mitsubishi A6M5 Zero Kamikaze aircraft strike. Kamikaze struck her stern, flooded her engine room & jammed her rudder in a hard left turn. She circled for a hour whilst under attack by other Japanese aircraft 13/05/1945
O'Neill Destroyer Escort Damaged by near miss from Japanese Kamikaze aircraft strike & bomb, off Okinawa, during the Battle of Okinawa. Kamikaze crashed into the sea nearby. She suffered shrapnel damage & gasoline fires, 2 dead, 17 injured 26/05/1945
Aaron Ward Destroyer Minelayer Damaged by Japanese Kamikaze aircraft strike & bomb, off Okinawa, during the Battle of Okinawa. Kamikaze released his bomb before striking the ship's superstructure aft, spreading fire & devastation across her decks. Bomb smashed through her hull below the waterline & exploded in her aft engine room. The explosion flooded her engine room, firerooms, ruptured fuel tanks, knocked out her steering & jammed her rudder hard left. She then turned a full circle slowing to 20 knots. She wasn't under proper control when she was attacked by another Kamikaze, which missed her bridge carried away her halyards & antennae, before smashing into her stack & crashing into the starboard side. Bomb from Japanese aircraft hit her port side, blowing a large hole in her side. This bomb knocked out her engines. She was hit by yet another bomb & then a final Kamikaze & bomb that hit her bridge area, blowing her funnel, searchlights & 2 gun mounts into the air 03/05/1945. After temporary repairs at Kerama Retto she departed for the US 11/06/1945. Because her damage was so servere she was decommissioned 28/09/1945
Shea Destroyer Minelayer Damaged by Japanese Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka piloted glider bomb Kamikaze strike, off Okinawa, during the Battle of Okinawa. She was on radar picket duty when she was attacked. Ohka came in at tremendous speed hitting the ship on her starboard side bridge structure & exited her port side before exploding on the surface of the sea. Her communications & forward guns were disabled. With a 5 degree list to port she firstly transferred her injured to American transport ship Crescent City & removed her dead to Okinawa for burial, she limped into Kerama Retto anchorage for repair, 27 dead, 91 injured 04/05/1945. Depart from Ulithi for repair in the US 27/05/1945
Butler Minesweeper Damaged by bomb near misses from Japanese Kamikaze aircraft, SW of Okinawa, during the Battle of Okinawa. Bomb exploding under the keel, cutting her steam lines, flooding her forward fire room she lost all steam & electrical power. American warship West Virginia stood nearby until she could get underway again, 9 dead 26.12N 127.50E 25/05/1945. Temporary repair at Kerama Retto 26/05/1945. Arrived for repair in USA 08/11/1945. Decommissioned without being repaired 08/11/1945
Spectacle Minesweeper Damaged by Japanese Kamikaze aircraft strike off NW Okinawa 26.40N 127.52E 45 dead 03/05/1945. Not repaired
Forrest Minesweeper Damaged by Japanese Kamikaze aircraft strike off Okinawa 26.00N 128.00E 8 dead 27/05/1945. Not repaired
Bates Transport Damaged by Japanese Kamikaze aircraft strike 2 miles S of le Shima, Okinawa 26.41N 127.41E 21 dead, ship taken in tow by tug Cree still blazing, capsized later & sank in 20 fathoms 26.41N 127.47E 25/05/1945
Chase Transport Damaged by bomb near miss from Japanese Kamikaze aircraft, off Okinawa, during the Battle of Okinawa. Kamikaze crashed into the sea close by the ship. The bombs it was carrying exploded ripping her hull open & flooding her engine room & fire room. Her steering was jammed hard left & she was in danger of capsizing before her crew's efforts avoid this 20/05/1945. Towed across Pacific to San Diego arriving 11/10/1945. Decommissioned instead of being repaired 15/01/1946
Roper Transport Damaged by Japanese Kamikaze aircraft strike, off Okinawa, during the Battle of Okinawa 22/05/1945. Arrived San Pedro for repair 06/1945. Decommissioned instead of being repaired 15/09/1945
british flag Damaged Report
Victorious Carrier Damaged by 3 Japanese Kamikaze aircraft strikes from Mitsubishi A6M5 Zero 'Zeke', ship hit on island structure causing fires, also damage to boiler steam pipes reducing speed to 19 knots, ship regained full power & operational 8 hours later 01/05/1945. Damaged by 2 Japanese Kamikaze aircraft strikes from Mitsubishi A6M5 Zero 'Zeke' first hit flight deck releasing 500 Ib bomb at same time damage to flight deck and knocking out 4.5" gun turret and lift motors & second hit failed to penetrate armoured flight deck but destroyed 4 Corsair aircraft on deck 3 dead, ship remained operational 09/05/1945. Withdrawn for repair 25/05/1945
Formidable Carrier Damaged by 2 Kamikaze strikes from Mitsubishi A6M5 Zero 'Zeke', first hit ship at junction between island & flight deck releasing 500 Ib bomb at same time, resulting in fire 8 dead & second hit failed to penetrate armoured flight deck, ship back in operation after 7 hours 04/05/1945. Damaged by Kamikaze strikes from Mitsubishi A6M5 Zero 'Zeke', failed to penetrate armoured flight deck, but resulted in the loss of 4 Avenger & 14 Corsair aircraft on deck, ship returned to operational status after fires were put out 09/05/1945
Indomitable Carrier Damaged by Kamikaze strike from Mitsubishi A6M5 Zero 'Zeke', skidded across armoured flight deck & 500 Ib bomb exploded alongside, ship remained operational 04/05/1945
Cavalier Destroyer Damaged by torpedo during torpedo firing exercise off Orkney Islands, torpedo struck ship & damaged bracket to port propeller. Starboard propeller was also damaged. She was towed to Scapa Flow for inspection 07/05/1945. Arrived for repaired at Rosyth 06/1945
Saumarez Destroyer Damaged by gunfire from Japanese warship Haguro, 55 miles WSW of Penang, in the Malacca Straits. Ship hit by three 8" shells during this action 16/05/1945. Arrived for repair at Simonstown Royal Dock Yard 06/06/1945
Quilliam Destroyer Damaged in collision with British warship Formidable, in fog as part of British Pacific Fleet. Her bows were crushed in collision. Towed by British warship Norman & later Black Prince towards Fleet Train 20/05/1945. Arrived Sydney for temporary repair 19/07/1945. Returned to UK for repair 08/1945
Terrapin Submarine Damaged by depth charges from Japanese escort, W of Batavia, in Java Sea. Boat had serious structural damage. She was able to surface after dark & escape 19/05/1945. Boat met with American submarine Cavalla, which then escorted her to Fremantle 21/05/1945. On inspection at Fremantle boat found to be constructive total loss
Prompt Minesweeper Damaged by mine off Ostend, Belgium the day after VE Day 09/05/1945. Ship towed to Southend & declared constructive total loss

 

Axis Losses

japan flag Lost Report
Haguro Cruiser Gunfire & torpedoes from British warships Saumarez, Venus, Verulam & Virago, 55 miles WSW of Penang, in the Malacca Strait. 900 dead, 320 survivors 04.49N 99.42E 16/05/1945
I-361 Submarine Damaged by rockets Grumman TBM Avenger aircraft, 400 miles from American warship Anzio, SE of Okinawa, in the Philippine Sea. Boat crash dives & escapes. Avenger then attacked by Fido acoustic homing torpedo. Oil & deck planking found on the surface confirming her sinking, 76 dead crew, 5 Kaiten crew dead & 0 survivors 20.22N 134.09E 31/05/1945
CD 025 Escort Torpedoed by American submarine Springer 180 miles WSW of Mokopo, Yellow Sea 33.56N 122.49E 02/05/1945
Mikura Escort Lost cause unknown (mined ? off Cape Toi) 02/05/1945
Oga Escort Torpedoed by American submarine Springer 180 miles WSW of Mokopo, Yellow Sea 33.56N 122.49E 02/05/1945
Hatsutaka Minelayer Torpedoed by American submarine Hawkbill off Labuan, Borneo 04.49N 103.31E 16/05/1945
Nuwashima Minesweeper Damaged by aircraft from American warships off Kyushu & beached in Saeki Bay 32.56N 131.05E 07/05/1945
W 20 Minesweeper Torpedoed by American submarine Trepang 140 miles SE of Mokopo, Yellow Sea 34.16N 123.37E 04/05/1945
W 29 Minesweeper Mined off Kinzurusaki, Honshu 34.02N 130.54E 07/05/1945
W 34 Minesweeper Torpedoed by American submarine Chub Kepulauan, Java Sea 06.18S 116.14E 21/05/1945
PB 36 Transport Damaged by bombs from aircraft from British warship Illustrious & American warship Saratoga at Soerabaja, Java 17/05/1945
Damaged Report
Kamikaze Destroyer Damaged by gunfire from British warships Saumarez, Venus, Verulam & Virago, 55 miles WSW of Penang, in the Malacca Strait. Ship was able to withdraw after picking up the survivors of Japanese warship Haguro, 27 dead, 14 injured 04.49N 99.42E 16/05/1945
I-366 Submarine Damaged by mine off Hikari whilst departing on mission. Her stern planes & propellers were damaged. Tug arrives from Hikari & tows her to Kure 06/05/1945
german flag Lost Report
Admiral Hipper Cruiser Scuttled in dock at Kiel 02/05/1945
Z 43 Destroyer Scuttled Geltinger Bay 03/05/1945
T 08 Destroyer Scuttled at Strander Bucht, Denmark in Baltic Sea 54.26N 10.10E 03/05/1945
T 09 Destroyer Scuttled at Strander Bucht, Denmark in Baltic Sea 54.26N 10.10E 03/05/1945
T 36 Destroyer Bombed by Soviet aircraft at Swinemunde 04/05/1945
TA 43 Destroyer Scuttled to avoid capture by Allied forces Trieste 01/05/1945
U-103 Submarine Scuttled at Kiel 03/05/1945
U-1008 Submarine Boat not heard or ignored Grand Admiral Donitz surrender order 04/05/1945. Depth charged by British Liberator aircraft in the Kattegat, N of Hjelm Island, 0 dead, 44 survivors 56.22N 11.01E 06/05/1945
U-1016 Submarine Scuttled at Lubeck Bay 05/05/1945
U-1056 Submarine Scuttled in Gelting Bay 05/05/1945
U-1101 Submarine Scuttled in Gelting Bay 05/05/1945
U-1132 Submarine Scuttled in Flensburg Fjord 04/05/1945
U-1161 Submarine Scuttled near Flensburg in Kupfermuhlen Bay 04/05/1945
U-1162 Submarine Scuttled in Gelting Bay 05/05/1945
U-1168 Submarine Scuttled in Gelting Bay 04/05/1945
U-1170 Submarine Scuttled at Travemunde 03/05/1945
U-1193 Submarine Scuttled in Gelting Bay 05/05/1945
U-1196 Submarine Scuttled at Travemunde 03/05/1945. Not repaired after previous accident
U-120 Submarine Scuttled at Bremerhaven 02/05/1945
U-1201 Submarine Bombed by American aircraft at Hamburg 11/03/1945
U-1204 Submarine Scuttled in Gelting Bay 05/05/1945
U-1205 Submarine Scuttled at Kiel 03/05/1945
U-1207 Submarine Scuttled in Gelting Bay 05/05/1945
U-121 Submarine Scuttled at Bremerhaven 02/05/1945
U-1210 Submarine Bombed by American aircraft in air raid near Eckernforde, 1 dead 03/05/1945
U-1234 Submarine Scuttled at Horup Haff, 13 dead, 43 survivors 05/05/1945
U-1275 Submarine Scuttled at Deutsche Werke yard, berth 5, Kiel 03/05/1945
U-1303 Submarine Scuttled near Flensburg in Kupfermuhlen Bay 06/05/1945
U-1304 Submarine Scuttled in Kupfermuhlen Bay 05/05/1945
U-1306 Submarine Scuttled in Gelting Bay 05/05/1945
U-1308 Submarine Scuttled at NW of Warnemunde 02/05/1945
U-137 Submarine Scuttled in the Raederschleuse at Wilhelmshaven 02/05/1945
U-139 Submarine Scuttled in the Raederschleuse at Wilhelmshaven 02/05/1945
U-14 Submarine Scuttled at Wilhelmshaven 02/05/1945
U-140 Submarine Scuttled in the Raederschleuse at Wilhelmshaven 02/05/1945
U-1405 Submarine Scuttled at Eckernforde 05/05/1945
U-1406 Submarine Scuttled at Cuxhaven 05/05/1945
U-1407 Submarine Scuttled at Cuxhaven 05/05/1945
U-141 Submarine Scuttled in the Raederschleuse at Wilhelmshaven 02/05/1945
U-142 Submarine Scuttled in the Raederschleuse at Wilhelmshaven 02/05/1945
U-146 Submarine Scuttled in the Raederschleuse at Wilhelmshaven 02/05/1945
U-148 Submarine Scuttled in the Raederschleuse at Wilhelmshaven 02/05/1945
U-151 Submarine Scuttled in the Raederschleuse at Wilhelmshaven 02/05/1945
U-152 Submarine Scuttled in the Raederschleuse at Wilhelmshaven 02/05/1945
U-17 Submarine Scuttled at Wilhelmshaven at western entrance to the Raeder lock 02/05/1945
U-2327 Submarine Scuttled at Hamburg 02/05/1945
U-2330 Submarine Scuttled at Kiel 03/05/1945
U-2332 Submarine Scuttled at Hamburg 03/05/1945
U-2333 Submarine Scuttled in Gelting Bay 05/05/1945
U-2338 Submarine Sunk by British Beaufighter aircraft ENE of Frederica, 12 dead, 2 survivors 04/05/1945
U-2339 Submarine Scuttled in Gelting Bay 05/05/1945
U-2343 Submarine Scuttled in Gelting Bay 05/05/1945
U-2346 Submarine Scuttled in Gelting Bay 05/05/1945
U-2346 Submarine Scuttled in Gelting Bay 05/05/1945
U-2347 Submarine Scuttled in Gelting Bay 05/05/1945
U-2349 Submarine Scuttled in Gelting Bay 05/05/1945
U-2352 Submarine Scuttled at Horup Haff 04/05/1945
U-2355 Submarine Scuttled NW of Laboe 03/05/1945
U-2357 Submarine Scuttled in Gelting Bay 05/05/1945
U-2358 Submarine Scuttled in Gelting Bay 05/05/1945
U-2359 Submarine Rockets from British Mosquito aircraft whilst Canadian & Norwegian Mosquito aircraft provided air cover, in the Kattegat, 12 dead, 0 survivors 57.29N 11.24E 02/05/1945
U-236 Submarine Damaged by bombs from British Beaufighter aircraft 04/05/1945. Scuttled near Schleimunde 54.37N 10.03E 05/05/1945
U-2360 Submarine Scuttled in Gelting Bay 05/05/1945
U-2362 Submarine Scuttled in Gelting Bay 05/05/1945
U-2364 Submarine Scuttled in Gelting Bay 05/05/1945
U-2365 Submarine Scuttled in the Kattegat, S of Anholt Island, 56.51N 11.49E 08/05/1945
U-2366 Submarine Scuttled in Gelting Bay 05/05/1945
U-2367 Submarine Collision with unidentified U-boat, near Schleimunde 05/05/1945
U-2368 Submarine Scuttled in Gelting Bay 05/05/1945
U-2369 Submarine Scuttled in Gelting Bay 05/05/1945
U-2370 Submarine Scuttled at Hamburg 03/05/1945
U-2371 Submarine Scuttled at Hamburg 03/05/1945
U-2501 Submarine Scuttled at Hamburg 03/05/1945
U-2504 Submarine Scuttled near Hamburg 03/05/1945
U-2505 Submarine Scuttled at Hamburg 03/05/1945
U-2507 Submarine Scuttled in Gelting Bay 05/05/1945
U-2508 Submarine Scuttled at Kiel 03/05/1945. Boat was damaged from earlier attack
U-2510 Submarine Scuttled at Travemunde 02/05/1945
U-2511 Submarine Surrendered at Bergen, Norway 05/1945
U-2512 Submarine Scuttled at Eckernforde 03/05/1945
U-2517 Submarine Scuttled in Gelting Bay 05/05/1945
U-2519 Submarine Scuttled at Kiel 03/05/1945
U-2520 Submarine Scuttled at Kiel 03/05/1945
U-2521 Submarine Sunk by rocket firing British Typhoon aircraft in the Flensburg Fjord, 44 dead, 0 survivors 03/05/1945
U-2522 Submarine Scuttled in Gelting Bay 05/05/1945
U-2524 Submarine Damaged by rocket firing British Beaufighter aircraft in the Kattegat, SE of Fehmarn, 2 dead, 50 survivors boat was scuttled by crew 03/05/1945
U-2525 Submarine Scuttled in Gelting Bay 05/05/1945
U-2526 Submarine Scuttled at Travemunde 02/05/1945
U-2527 Submarine Scuttled at Travemunde 02/05/1945
U-2528 Submarine Scuttled at Travemunde 02/05/1945
U-2531 Submarine Scuttled at Travemunde 02/05/1945
U-2533 Submarine Scuttled at Travemunde 02/05/1945
U-2534 Submarine Scuttled at Travemunde 03/05/1945
U-2535 Submarine Scuttled at Travemunde 03/05/1945
U-2536 Submarine Scuttled at Travemunde 03/05/1945
U-2538 Submarine Scuttled off the SW coast of Aero Island, Marstel, 54.53N 10.15E 08/05/1945
U-2539 Submarine Scuttled at Kiel 03/05/1945
U-2540 Submarine Scuttled at Flensburg lightship 04/05/1945
U-2541 Submarine Scuttled in Gelting Bay 05/05/1945
U-2543 Submarine Scuttled at Kiel 03/05/1945
U-2544 Submarine Scuttled ESE of Aarhus, 56.06N 10.27E 05/05/1945
U-2545 Submarine Scuttled at Kiel 03/05/1945
U-2546 Submarine Scuttled at Kiel 03/05/1945
U-2548 Submarine Scuttled at Kiel 03/05/1945
U-2551 Submarine Scuttled near Flensburg Solitude 05/05/1945
U-2552 Submarine Scuttled at Kiel harbour SW of buoy B2 03/05/1945
U-267 Submarine Scuttled in Gelting Bay 04/05/1945
U-287 Submarine Mined in the Elbe estuary in the Attenburch roadsteads 16/05/1945
U-29 Submarine Scuttled in Kupfermuhlen Bay 04/05/1945
U-290 Submarine Scuttled in Kupfermuhlen Bay, Flensburg Fjord 04/05/1945
U-1223 Submarine Scuttled W of Wesermunde 05/05/1945
U-30 Submarine Scuttled in Kupfermuhlen Bay 04/05/1945
U-3001 Submarine Scuttled NW of Wesermunde 03/05/1945
U-3002 Submarine Scuttled at Travemunde 02/05/1945
U-3004 Submarine Scuttled at Hamburg 02/05/1945
U-3005 Submarine Scuttled at Kiel 03/05/1945
U-3006 Submarine Scuttled at Wilhelmshaven 01/05/1945
U-3009 Submarine Scuttled in the Wesermunde 01/05/1945
U-3010 Submarine Scuttled at Kiel 03/05/1945
U-3011 Submarine Scuttled at Kiel 03/05/1945
U-3012 Submarine Scuttled at Travemunde 03/05/1945
U-3013 Submarine Scuttled at Travemunde 03/05/1945
U-3014 Submarine Scuttled near Neustadt 03/05/1945
U-3015 Submarine Scuttled in Gelting Bay 05/05/1945
U-3016 Submarine Scuttled at Travemunde 02/05/1945
U-3018 Submarine Scuttled at Travemunde 02/05/1945
U-3019 Submarine Scuttled at Travemunde 02/05/1945
U-3020 Submarine Scuttled at Travemunde 02/05/1945
U-3021 Submarine Scuttled at Travemunde 02/05/1945
U-3022 Submarine Scuttled in Gelting Bay 05/05/1945
U-3023 Submarine Scuttled at Travemunde 03/05/1945
U-3024 Submarine Scuttled near Neustadt 03/05/1945
U-3025 Submarine Scuttled at Travemunde 03/05/1945
U-3026 Submarine Scuttled at Travemunde 03/05/1945
U-3027 Submarine Scuttled at Travemunde 03/05/1945
U-3028 Submarine Scuttled at Kiel 03/05/1945
U-3029 Submarine Scuttled in the Kieler Aussenforde at Kiel 03/05/1945
U-3030 Submarine Scuttled in Eckerförder Bay 08/05/1945
U-3031 Submarine Scuttled at Kiel 03/05/1945
U-3032 Submarine Sunk by rocket firing British Typhoon aircraft E of Frederica, 36 dead, 24 survivors 54.26N 11.30E 03/05/1945
U-3033 Submarine Scuttled in Wasserleban Bay 04/05/1945
U-3034 Submarine Scuttled in Wasserleban Bay 04/05/1945
U-3037 Submarine Scuttled at Travemunde 03/05/1945
U-3038 Submarine Scuttled at Kiel 03/05/1945
U-3039 Submarine Scuttled at Kiel 03/05/1945
U-3040 Submarine Scuttled at Kiel 03/05/1945
U-3044 Submarine Scuttled in Gelting Bay 05/05/1945
U-316 Submarine Scuttled near Travemunde 02/05/1945 
U-320 Submarine Damaged by British Catalina aircraft in the North Sea, NW of Bergen, boat may have been on way to Norway to surrender when attacked, 61.32N 01.53E 07/05/1945. Scuttled by crew after sailing to Sotre island, W of Bergen 08/05/1945
U-323 Submarine Scuttled near Nordenham 03/05/1945
U-339 Submarine Scuttled near Wilhelmshaven 03/05/1945 
U-349 Submarine Scuttled in Gelting Bay, 1 dead 05/05/1945
U-3501 Submarine Scuttled at the west side of the Norway Weser estuary 05/05/1945
U-3503 Submarine Scuttled in the Kattegat, SW of Gothenburg 08/05/1945. Crew rescued by Swedish ship
U-3504 Submarine Scuttled at Wilhelmshaven 02/05/1945
U-3505 Submarine Bombed by American aircraft at Kiel, 1 dead, ? survivors 03/05/1945
U-3506 Submarine Scuttled at Hamburg 02/05/1945
U-3507 Submarine Scuttled at Travemunde 03/05/1945
U-3509 Submarine Scuttled in the western Weser estuary 03/05/1945 
U-351 Submarine Scuttled at Horup Haff 05/05/1945
U-3510 Submarine Scuttled in Gelting Bay 05/05/1945
U-3511 Submarine Scuttled at Travemunde 03/05/1945
U-3513 Submarine Scuttled at Travemunde 03/05/1945
U-3516 Submarine Scuttled at Travemunde 02/05/1945
U-3517 Submarine Scuttled at Travemunde 02/05/1945
U-3518 Submarine Scuttled at Kiel 03/05/1945
U-3521 Submarine Scuttled at Travemunde 03/05/1945
U-3522 Submarine Scuttled at Travemunde 02/05/1945
U-3523 Submarine Boat not heard or ignored Grand Admiral Donitz surrender order 04/05/1945. Depth charged by British Liberator aircraft in the Kattegat, E of Arhus, 58 dead, 0 survivors 57.52N 10.49E 06/05/1945
U-3524 Submarine Scuttled in Gelting Bay 05/05/1945
U-3526 Submarine Scuttled in Gelting Bay 05/05/1945
U-3527 Submarine Scuttled in the western Weser estuary 05/05/1945
U-3528 Submarine Scuttled in the western Weser estuary 05/05/1945
U-3529 Submarine Scuttled in Gelting Bay 05/05/1945
U-3530 Submarine Scuttled at Kiel 03/05/1945
U-37 Submarine Scuttled in Sonderburg Bay 08/05/1945
U-370 Submarine Scuttled in Gelting Bay 05/05/1945
U-38 Submarine Scuttled in Wesemunde 08/05/1945
U-393 Submarine Damaged by rockets & strafing from British Typhoon aircraft, off Vejle Fjord, Denmark, 2 dead 04/05/1945. Scuttled near Fyn Island, Flensburger Forde 55.34N 09.49E 05/05/1945
U-397 Submarine Scuttled in Gelting Bay 05/05/1945
U-428 Submarine Scuttled Nord-Ostsee canal at Audorf 03/05/1945
U-46 Submarine Scuttled in Kupfermuhlen Bay 04/05/1945
U-4701 Submarine Scuttled at Horup Haff 05/05/1945
U-4702 Submarine Scuttled in Gelting Bay 05/05/1945
U-4703 Submarine Scuttled in Gelting Bay 05/05/1945
U-4704 Submarine Scuttled at Horup Haff 05/05/1945
U-4705 Submarine Scuttled at Kiel 03/05/1945
U-4707 Submarine Scuttled in Gelting Bay 05/05/1945
U-4709 Submarine Scuttled at Germaniawerft, Kiel 04/05/1945
U-4710 Submarine Scuttled in Gelting Bay 05/05/1945
U-4711 Submarine Scuttled at Germaniawerft, Kiel 04/05/1945
U-4712 Submarine Scuttled at Germaniawerft, Kiel 04/05/1945
U-475 Submarine Scuttled at Kiel-Wik 03/05/1945
U-48 Submarine Scuttled at Neustadt 03/05/1945
U-534 Submarine Boat not heard or ignored Grand Admiral Donitz surrender order 04/05/1945. Depth charged by British Liberator aircraft in Kattegat, NW of Helsingor, 3 dead, 49 survivors 56.39N 11.39E 05/05/1945
U-552 Submarine Scuttled at Wilhelmshaven 02/05/1945
U-554 Submarine Scuttled at Wilhelmshaven 02/05/1945
U-560 Submarine Scuttled at Kiel 03/05/1945
U-57 Submarine Scuttled at Kiel 03/05/1945
U-579 Submarine Depth charged by British Liberator aircraft, in the Kattegat E of Aarhus, 24 dead, ? survivors 56.10N 11.04E 05/05/1945
U-58 Submarine Scuttled at Kiel 03/05/1945
U-59 Submarine Scuttled at Kiel Arsenal 03/05/1945
U-60 Submarine Scuttled at Wilhelmshaven 02/05/1945
U-61 Submarine Scuttled at Wilhelmshaven 02/05/1945
U-612 Submarine Scuttled at Warnemünde 02/05/1945
U-62 Submarine Scuttled at Wilhelmshaven 02/05/1945
U-704 Submarine Scuttled at Vegesack 03/05/1945
U-708 Submarine Scuttled at Wilhelmshaven 03/05/1945
U-71 Submarine Scuttled at Wilhelmshaven, 02/05/1945
U-711 Submarine Depth charged by Avenger & Wildcat aircraft from carriers British warships Searcher, Trumpeter & Queen, at Kilbotn, near Harstad, Norway, boat was alongside supply ship MV Black Watch, crew cut boat free, but it still sank, 40 dead, 12 survivors 04/05/1945
U-717 Submarine Damaged by bombs from British aircraft, boat scuttled in the Wasserlebenbucht 02/05/1945
U-721 Submarine Scuttled in Gelting Bay 04/05/1945
U-746 Submarine Scuttled in Gelting Bay 05/05/1945
U-748 Submarine Scuttled in Rendsburg, 03/05/1945
U-750 Submarine Scuttled in Flensburg Fjord 05/04/1945
U-792 Submarine Scuttled in the Audorfer See, near Rendsburg 04/05/1945. U-boat raised & taken as British prize.
U-793 Submarine Scuttled in the Audorfer See, near Rendsburg 04/05/1945. U-boat raised & taken as British prize.
U-794 Submarine Scuttled in Gelting Bay 05/05/1945
U-795 Submarine Scuttled at Germaniawerft, Kiel 03/05/1945
U-8 Submarine Scuttled in the Raederschleuse at Wilhelmshaven 02/05/1945
U-822 Submarine Scuttled in the Wesermunde 03/05/1945
U-827 Submarine Scuttled in Flensburg Fjord, 04/05/1945
U-828 Submarine Scuttled in the Wesermunde 03/05/1945
U-853 Submarine Boat probably not heard Grand Admiral Donitz surrender order & carried on attacking Allied shipping 04/05/1945. Depth charged & Hedgehog bombs from American warships Atherton & Moberly, North Atlantic, E of Block Island. Boat's chart table & captain's hat amongst debris found on the surface confirming sinking, 55 dead 0 survivors, 41.13N 71.27W 06/05/1945
U-881 Submarine Boat probably not heard Grand Admiral Donitz surrender order & carried on attacking Allied shipping 04/05/1945. Depth charged by American warship Farquhar in the North Atlantic, SE of Newfoundland, 53 dead, 0 survivors 43.18N 47.44W 06/05/1945
U-903 Submarine Scuttled at Kiel 03/05/1945
U-904 Submarine Scuttled at the Eckenförde U-boat base 04/05/1945
U-922 Submarine Scuttled at Kiel 03/05/1945
U-924 Submarine Scuttled at Kiel 03/05/1945
U-929 Submarine Scuttled at Warnemünde 02/05/1945
U-958 Submarine Scuttled at Kiel 03/05/1945
U-963 Submarine Boat heard Grand Admiral Donitz surrender order in the North Atlantic 04/05/1945. Scuttled by crew off Portuguese coast near Nazare, in contravention of the surrender terms, 0 dead, 48 survivors interned, 39.36N 09.05W 20/05/1945
U-979 Submarine Scuttled at Amrum Island, Germany, after running aground 24/05/1945
U-999 Submarine Scuttled in Gelting Bay 05/05/1945
UA Submarine Scuttled at the Kiel Arsenal 03/05/1945
UB Submarine Scuttled in Heikendorf Bay 03/05/1945
F 03 Escort Bombed by British RAF fighter-bomber aircraft Kiel Bay 54.31N 10.11E 03/05/1945
K 01 Escort Bombed by British RAF aircraft at Aarhus, Denmark 04/05/1945
Brummer Minesweeper Scuttled at Kiel 03/05/1945
M 14 Minesweeper Mined by mine laid by British RAF aircraft off Swinemunde 03/05/1945
M 22 Minesweeper Scuttled in the Kiel Canal 54.19N 09.58E 07/05/1945
M 36 Minesweeper Bombed by British RAF aircraft in the Fehmarn Belt, Baltic Sea 04/05/1945
M 293 Minesweeper Bombed by British RAF Mosquito aircraft NE of Laeso Island, Kattegat 02/05/1945
M 301 Minesweeper Bombed by British RAF aircraft in the Kattegat 57.56N 07.34E 04/05/1945
M 387 Minesweeper Scuttled at Lubeck Bay 02/05/1945
Damaged Report
Prinz Eugen Cruiser Damaged in collision with Leipzig, off Gdynia, 15/10/1944. Captured at Copenhagen 05/1945
U-1007 Submarine Damaged by 4 rocket firing British Typhoon aircraft, 2 dead, ? survivors scuttled at Lubeck 03/05/1945
U-2503 Submarine Damaged by 2 rocket firing British Beaufighter aircraft in the Lille Baelt, off the N coast of Fyn, 14 dead, 39 survivors 03/05/1945
Seized Report
U-195 Submarine Seized by Japanese at Surabaya 06/05/1945
U-181 Submarine Seized by Japanese at Singapore 06/05/1945
U-219 Submarine Seized by Japanese at Batavia 08/05/1945
U-862 Submarine Seized by Japanese at Singapore 06/05/1945
UIT-24 Submarine Handed over to Japanese Navy at Kobe 10/05/1945
UIT-25 Submarine Handed over to Japanese Navy at Kobe 08/05/1945
Surrendered Report
Z 30 Destroyer Damaged ship was captured by British forces 14/05/1945
Z 31 Destroyer Surrendered to British forces at Kiel in damaged condition 08/05/1945
Z 33 Destroyer Surrendered to British forces at Kiel 08/05/1945
Z 34 Destroyer Surrendered to British forces at Kiel in damaged condition 08/05/1945
Z 38 Destroyer Surrendered to British forces at Kiel 08/05/1945
Z 39 Destroyer Surrendered to British forces at Kiel 08/05/1945
Z 20 Karl Galster Destroyer Surrendered to British forces at Kiel 08/05/1945
Z 06 Theodor Riedel Destroyer Surrendered to British forces at Kiel 08/05/1945
U-1002 Submarine Surrendered at Bergen, Norway 09/05/1945
U-1004 Submarine Surrendered at Bergen, Norway 09/05/1945
U-1005 Submarine Surrendered at Bergen, Norway 14/05/1945
U-1009 Submarine Boat heard Grand Admiral Donitz surrender order 04/05/1945. Surrendered at Loch Eriboll, Scotland 10/05/1945
U-1010 Submarine Boat heard Grand Admiral Donitz surrender order 04/05/1945. Surrendered at Loch Eriboll, Scotland 14/05/1945
U-1019 Submarine Surrendered at Trondheim, Norway 09/05/1945
U-1022 Submarine Surrendered at Bergen, Norway 09/05/1945
U-1023 Submarine Boat heard Grand Admiral Donitz surrender order 04/05/1945. This didn't stop boat sinking with a torpedo Norwegian warship NYMS 382 ESE of Torbay 07/05/1945. Surrendered at Weymouth 10/05/1945
U-1052 Submarine Surrendered at Bergen, Norway 09/05/1945
U-1057 Submarine Surrendered at Bergen, Norway 10/05/1945
U-1058 Submarine Surrendered at Loch Eriboll 10/05/1945
U-1061 Submarine Surrendered at Bergen, Norway 09/05/1945
U-1064 Submarine Surrendered at Trondheim, Norway 10/05/1945
U-1102 Submarine Surrendered at Kiel 09/05/1945
U-1103 Submarine Surrendered at Whilhemshaven 09/05/1945
U-1104 Submarine Surrendered at Bergen, Norway 09/05/1945
U-1105 Submarine Surrendered at Loch Eriboll 10/05/1945
U-1108 Submarine Surrendered at Horten, Norway 09/05/1945
U-1109 Submarine Surrendered at Horten, Norway 12/05/1945
U-1110 Submarine Surrendered at Wilhelmshaven 09/05/1945
U-1163 Submarine Surrendered at Kristiansand-Sud, Norway 09/05/1945
U-1165 Submarine Surrendered at Narvik, Norway 05/05/1945
U-1171 Submarine Surrendered at Stavanger, Norway 09/05/1945
U-1192 Submarine Surrendered at Kiel 03/05/1945
U-1194 Submarine Surrendered at Wilhelmshaven 09/05/1945
U-1198 Submarine Surrendered at Wilhelmshaven 09/05/1945
U-1202 Submarine Surrendered at Bergen, Norway 09/05/1945
U-1203 Submarine Surrendered at Trondheim, Norway 09/05/1945
U-1228 Submarine Boat heard Grand Admiral Donitz surrender order 04/05/1945. Intercepted by American warships Scott & Sutton, 350 miles E of Cape Race 11/05/1945. Surrendered at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA 13/05/1945
U-1230 Submarine Captured at end of war Wilhelmshaven 09/05/1945
U-1233 Submarine Captured at end of war Wilhelmshaven 09/05/1945
U-1231 Submarine Surrendered at Lough Foyle, Northern Ireland, 14/05/1945
U-1271 Submarine Surrendered at Bergen, Norway 09/05/1945
U-1272 Submarine Surrendered at Bergen, Norway 10/05/1945
U-1301 Submarine Surrendered at Bergen, Norway 09/05/1945
U-1305 Submarine Surrendered at Loch Eriboll 10/05/1945
U-1307 Submarine Surrendered at Bergen, Norway 09/05/1945
U-143 Submarine Captured at end of war Wilhelmshaven 05/05/1945
U-145 Submarine Captured at end of war Wilhelmshaven 05/05/1945
U-149 Submarine Captured at end of war Wilhelmshaven 05/05/1945
U-150 Submarine Captured at end of war Wilhelmshaven 05/05/1945
U-155 Submarine Captured at end of war Wilhelmshaven 05/05/1945
U-170 Submarine Surrendered at Horten, Norway 09/05/1945
U-190 Submarine Surrendered at Bay Bulls, Newfoundland 12/05/1945
U-218 Submarine Surrendered at Bergen, Norway 08/05/1945
U-1232 Submarine Captured by British forces 05/1945
U-2321 Submarine Surrendered at Kristiansand-Sud, Norway 09/ 05/1945
U-2322 Submarine Surrendered at Kristiansand-Sud, Norway 09/05/1945
U-2324 Submarine Surrendered at Stavanger, Norway 08/05/1945
U-2325 Submarine Surrendered at Kristiansand-Sud, Norway 09/05/1945
U-2326 Submarine Boat heard Grand Admiral Donitz surrender order 04/05/1945. Boat was sighted in North Sea by British Liberator aircraft 206 Squadron, captain either could not or did not understand order to stop, a depth charge was dropped ahead of the boat, after which was escorted to Scotland 12/05/1945. Surrendered at Dundee 14/05/1945
U-2328 Submarine Surrendered at Bergen, Norway 09/05/1945
U-2329 Submarine Surrendered at Stavanger, Norway 09/05/1945
U-2334 Submarine Surrendered at Kristiansand-Sud, Norway 09/05/1945
U-2336 Submarine Boat probably not heard Grand Admiral Donitz surrender order & carried on attacking Allied shipping 04/05/1945. Surrendered at Kiel 14/05/1945
U-2337 Submarine Surrendered at Kristiansand-Sud, Norway 09/05/1945
U-234 Submarine Surrendered at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA, 16/05/1945. U-boat on route from Japan to Germany when surrender was signed 09/05/1945. U-boat was carrying drawings of Me-262 jet fighter & 550kg of uranium ore, plus several high ranking German experts on various technologies & 2 Japanese officers. Japanese officers took overdose of sleeping tablets to avoid capture
U-2341 Submarine Surrendered at Wilhelmshaven 09/05/1945
U-2345 Submarine Surrendered at Stavanger, Norway 09/05/1945
U-2348 Submarine Surrendered at Stavanger, Norway 09/05/1945
U-2350 Submarine Surrendered at Kristiansand-Sud, Norway 09/05/1945
U-2351 Submarine Surrendered at Kiel 09/05/1945
U-2353 Submarine Surrendered at Kristiansand-Sud, Norway 09/05/1945
U-2354 Submarine Surrendered at Kristiansand-Sud, Norway 09/05/1945
U-2356 Submarine Surrendered at Wilhelmshaven 09/05/1945
U-2361 Submarine Surrendered at Kristiansand-Sud, Norway 09/05/1945
U-2363 Submarine Surrendered at Kristiansand-Sud, Norway 09/05/1945
U-244 Submarine Surrendered at Lisahally, Northern Ireland 14/05/1945
U-245 Submarine Surrendered at Bergen, Norway 09/05/1945
U-249 Submarine Surrendered at Portland, England 09/05/1945
U-2506 Submarine Surrendered at Bergen, Norway 09/06/1945
U-2513 Submarine Surrendered at Horten, Norway 08/05/1945
U-2518 Submarine Surrendered at Horten, Norway 08/05/1945
U-2529 Submarine Surrendered at Kristiansand-Sud, Norway 09/05/1945
U-255 Submarine Surrendered at Loch Eriboll, Scotland 14/05/1945
U-278 Submarine Surrendered at Narvik 09/05/1945
U-281 Submarine Surrendered at Kristiansand-Sud, Norway 08/05/1945
U-291 Submarine Surrendered at Wilhelmshaven 09/05/1945
U-293 Submarine Surrendered at Loch Ailsh, Scotland 11/05/1945
U-294 Submarine Surrendered at Narvik, Norway 08/05/1945
U-295 Submarine Surrendered at Narvik, Norway 08/05/1945
U-298 Submarine Surrendered at Bergen, Norway 05/05/1945
U-299 Submarine Surrendered at Bergen, Norway 05/05/1945
U-3008 Submarine Surrendered at Wilhelmshaven 03/05/1945
U-3017 Submarine Surrendered at Horten, Norway 08/05/1945
U-3035 Submarine Surrendered at Stavanger, Norway 09/05/1945
U-3041 Submarine Surrendered at Horten, Norway 09/05/1945
U-310 Submarine Surrendered at Trondheim, Norway 08/05/1945
U-312 Submarine Surrendered at Narvik, Norway 09/05/1945
U-313 Submarine Surrendered at Narvik, Norway 08/05/1945 
U-315 Submarine Stricken at Trondheim, Norway 01/05/1945
U-318 Submarine Surrendered at Narvik, Norway 08/05/1945
U-324 Submarine Surrendered at Bergen, Norway 08/05/1945
U-328 Submarine Surrendered at Bergen, Norway 08/05/1945
U-3514 Submarine Surrendered at Bergen, Norway 09/05/1945
U-3515 Submarine Surrendered at Horten, Norway 09/05/1945
U-363 Submarine Surrendered in Narvik, Norway 09/05/1945
U-368 Submarine Surrendered at Wilhelmshaven 07/05/1945
U-369 Submarine Surrendered at Kristiansand-Sud, Norway 29/05/1945
U-427 Submarine Surrendered at Narvik, Norway 09/05/1945
U-4706 Submarine Surrendered at Kristiansand-Sud, Norway 09/05/1945
U-481 Submarine Surrendered at Narvik, Norway 19/05/1945
U-483 Submarine Surrendered at Trondheim, Norway 09/05/1945
U-485 Submarine Surrendered at Gibraltar 14/05/1945
U-510 Submarine Surrendered to French forces at St Nazaire 08/05/1945
U-516 Submarine Surrendered at Lough Foyle, Northern Ireland 14/05/1945
U-532 Submarine Surrendered at Liverpool, England 10/05/1945
U-539 Submarine Surrendered at Bergen, Norway 05/05/1945
U-541 Submarine Surrendered at Gibraltar 14/05/1945
U-637 Submarine Surrendered at Stavanger, Norway 08/05/1945
U-668 Submarine Surrendered at Narvik, Norway 08/05/1945
U-680 Submarine Surrendered at Wilhelmshaven 08/05/1945
U-712 Submarine Surrendered at Kristiansand, Norway 08/05/1945
U-716 Submarine Surrendered at Narvik, Norway 08/05/1945
U-720 Submarine Surrendered at Wilhelmshaven 08/05/1945
U-720 Submarine Surrendered at Wilhelmshaven 08/05/1945
U-739 Submarine Surrendered at Wilhelmshaven 08/05/1945
U-764 Submarine Surrendered at Lisahally, Northern Ireland 14/05/1945
U-773 Submarine Surrendered at Trondheim, Norway 08/05/1945
U-775 Submarine Surrendered at Trondheim, Norway 08/05/1945
U-778 Submarine Surrendered at Bergen, Norway 08/05/1945
U-779 Submarine Surrendered at Wilhelmshaven 08/05/1945
U-802 Submarine Surrendered at Loch Eriboll, Scotland 11/05/1945
U-805 Submarine Surrendered Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA 14/05/1945
U-806 Submarine Captured at end of war Wilhelmshaven 05/05/1945
U-825 Submarine Surrendered at Portland, England 10/05/1945
U-826 Submarine Surrendered at Loch Eriboll, Scotland 11/05/1945
U-858 Submarine Surrendered at Delaware, USA 14/05/1945
U-861 Submarine Surrendered at Trondheim, Norway 06/05/1945
U-868 Submarine Surrendered at Bergen, Norway 09/05/1945
U-873 Submarine Surrendered at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA 16/05/1945
U-874 Submarine Surrendered at Horten, Norway 09/05/1945
U-875 Submarine Surrendered at Bergen, Norway 09/05/1945
U-883 Submarine Surrendered at Cuxhaven 05/05/1945
U-889 Submarine Surrendered at Shelburne, Nova Scotia 15/05/1945
U-901 Submarine Surrendered at Stravanger, Norway 15/05/1945
U-907 Submarine Surrendered at Bergen, Norway 09/05/1945
U-926 Submarine Surrendered at Bergen, Norway 08/05/1945
U-928 Submarine Surrendered at Bergen, Norway 05/05/1945
U-930 Submarine Surrendered at Bergen 09/05/1945
U-953 Submarine Surrendered at Trondheim, Norway 09/05/1945
U-956 Submarine Surrendered at Loch Eriboll 13/05/1945
U-968 Submarine Surrendered at Loch Eriboll 13/05/1945
U-975 Submarine Surrendered at Horten, Norway 09/05/1945
U-978 Submarine Surrendered at Trondheim, Norway 05/05/1945
U-991 Submarine Surrendered at Bergen, Norway 09/05/1945
U-992 Submarine Surrendered at Narvik, Norway 09/05/1945
U-994 Submarine Surrendered at Trondheim, Norway 09/05/1945
U-995 Submarine Surrendered at Trondheim, Norway 08/05/1945
U-997 Submarine Surrendered at Narvik, Norway 05/05/1945
UD-5 Submarine Surrendered at Bergen 09/05/1945
Leopard Torpedo Boat Captured at Flensburg, Germany 05/1945
Lowe Torpedo Boat Captured at Flensburg, Germany 05/1945
Panther Torpedo Boat Captured at Holmestrand, Norway 05/1945
Tiger Torpedo Boat Captured 05/1945

 

Neutral Losses

No neutral losses this month

 

Commissioned - Details ships newly commissioned during the month.

Allied Commissioned

USA flag Class Builder Launched Armament Armour Speed Tons Crew
Antietam Fleet Carrier New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, NY Aug 1944 12 x 5"; 32 x 40 mm; 46 x 20 mm; 91 aircraft 4"-2.5" 32.7 27208 2682
Providence Light Cruiser Newport News Shipbuilding Co, Newport, VA Dec 1944 12 x 6"; 12 x 5"; 28 x 40 mm; 10 x 20 mm; 4 aircraft 5"-3.5" 32.5 11931 1285
Dyess Destroyer Consolidated Steel, Orange, TX Jan 1945 6 x 5"; 12 x 40 mm; 11 x 20 mm; 10 x 21" TT   36.8 2616 336
Fred T Berry Destroyer Bethlehem Steel, San Pedro, CA Jan 1945 6 x 5"; 12 x 40 mm; 11 x 20 mm; 10 x 21" TT   36.8 2616 336
Gearing Destroyer Federal  Shipbuilding, Kearny, NJ Feb 1945 6 x 5"; 12 x 40 mm; 11 x 20 mm; 10 x 21" TT   36.8 2616 336
Gurke Destroyer Todd Co, Tacoma, WA Feb 1945 6 x 5"; 12 x 40 mm; 11 x 20 mm; 10 x 21" TT   36.8 2616 336
Hanson Destroyer Union Iron Works, Bath, ME Mar 1945 6 x 5"; 12 x 40 mm; 11 x 20 mm; 10 x 21" TT   36.8 2616 336
Herbert J Thomas Destroyer Union Iron Works, Bath, ME Mar 1945 6 x 5"; 12 x 40 mm; 11 x 20 mm; 10 x 21" TT   36.8 2616 336
Leary Destroyer Consolidated Steel, Orange, TX Jan 1945 6 x 5"; 12 x 40 mm; 11 x 20 mm; 10 x 21" TT   36.8 2616 336
Steinaker Destroyer Bethlehem Steel, Staten Island, NY Feb 1945 6 x 5"; 12 x 40 mm; 11 x 20 mm; 10 x 21" TT   36.8 2616 336
Chopper Submarine Electric Boat Co, Groton, CT Feb 1945 1 x 5"; 1 x 40 mm; 1 x 20 mm; 10 x 21" TT   20.25 1525 80
Irex Submarine Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, NH Jan 1945 1 x 5"; 1 x 40 mm; 1 x 20 mm; 10 x 21" TT   20.25 1570 80
Kula Gulf Escort Carrier Todd Co, Tacoma, WA Aug 1944 2 x 5"; 36 x 40 mm; 20 x 20 mm; 33 aircraft   19 10330 1066
Salerno Bay Escort Carrier Todd Co, Tacoma, WA Sep 1944 2 x 5"; 36 x 40 mm; 20 x 20 mm; 33 aircraft   19 10330 1066
Siboney Escort Carrier Todd Co, Tacoma, WA Nov 1944 2 x 5"; 36 x 40 mm; 20 x 20 mm; 33 aircraft   19 10330 1066
Foreman Destroyer Escort Bethlehem Steel, San Francisco, CA Aug 1943 3 x 3"; 4 x 1.1"; 8 x 20 mm; 1 Hedgehog; 2 x 21" TT   23 1432 186
Sheboygan Frigate Globe Shipbuilding Co, Superior, WI Jul 1943 3 x 3"; 4 x 40 mm ; 9 x 20 mm; 1 Hedgehog; DC   20 1509 190
Gwin Destroyer Minelayer Bethlehem Steel, San Pedro, CA Apr 1944 6 x 5"; 8 x 20 mm; 120 mines 36.5 2610 336
Cowie Minesweeper Boston Navy Yard, Boston, MA Sep 1941 4 x 5"; 4 x 40 mm; 7 x 20 mm; 5 x 21" TT   35 1839 208
Mervine Minesweeper Federal  Shipbuilding, Kearny, NJ May 1942 4 x 5"; 4 x 40 mm; 7 x 20 mm; 5 x 21" TT   35 1839 208
Amesbury Transport Bethlehem Steel, Hingham, MA Jun 1943 1 x 5"; 6 x 40 mm; 6 x 20 mm; 2 x DC racks; 4 x LCVP; 162 troops 23 1432 186
Gantner Transport Bethlehem Steel, Hingham, MA Apr 1943 1 x 5"; 6 x 40 mm; 6 x 20 mm; 2 x DC racks; 4 x LCVP; 162 troops 23 1432 186
George W. Ingram Transport Bethlehem Steel, Hingham, MA May 1943 1 x 5"; 6 x 40 mm; 6 x 20 mm; 2 x DC racks; 4 x LCVP; 162 troops 23 1432 186
Ira Jeffery Transport Bethlehem Steel, Hingham, MA May 1943 1 x 5"; 6 x 40 mm; 6 x 20 mm; 2 x DC racks; 4 x LCVP; 162 troops 23 1432 186
Lee Fox Transport Bethlehem Steel, Hingham, MA May 1943 1 x 5"; 6 x 40 mm; 6 x 20 mm; 2 x DC racks; 4 x LCVP; 162 troops 23 1432 186
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Vengeance Light Carrier Swan Hunter Ltd, Wallsend-on-Tyne Feb 1944 24 x 1.6"; 37 Aircraft   25 13190 1300
Sanguine Submarine Cammell Laird, Birkenhead Feb 1945 1 x 4"; 6 x 21" TT 14.75 814 48
Sea Devil Submarine Scotts' Shipbuilding, Greenock Jan 1945 1 x 4"; 6 x 21" TT; 50 mines 14.75 814 48
Truncheon Submarine Devonport Royal Dockyard, Plymouth Feb 1944 1 x 4"; 11 x 21" TT 15.25 1327 61
Mayflower Corvette Canadian Vickers Co, Montreal, QC Jul 1940 1 x 4"; 40 DC 16.5 1245 109
St Austell Bay Frigate Harland & Wolff Ltd, Belfast Nov 1944 4 x 4"; 4 x 40 mm ; 2 x 20 mm; 1 x Hedgehog; 50 DC   19.5 2420 157
Veryan Bay Frigate Charles Hill & Sons Ltd, Bristol Nov 1944 4 x 4"; 2 x 40 mm ; 6 x 20 mm; 1 x Hedgehog; 50 DC   19.5 2420 157
Ettrick Frigate John Crown & Sons Ltd, Sunderland Feb 1943 2 x 4"; 1 x Hedgehog; 150 Mines   20 2180 140
Magicienne Minesweeper Redfern Construction Co, Toronto, ON Jun 1944 1 x 4"; 90 DC 16.5 1265 138
Mariner Minesweeper Port Arthur Shipbuilding, Port Arthur, ON May 1945 1 x 4"; 90 DC 16.5 1265 138
Marmion Minesweeper Port Arthur Shipbuilding, Port Arthur, ON Jun 1944 1 x 4"; 90 DC 16.5 1265 138
Michael Minesweeper Redfern Construction Co, Toronto, ON Sep 1944 1 x 4"; 90 DC 16.5 1265 138
Romola Minesweeper Port Arthur Shipbuilding, Port Arthur, ON Nov 1944 1 x 4"; 90 DC 16.5 1265 138
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Ontario Cruiser Harland & Wolff, Ltd, Belfast Jul 1943 9 x 6"; 10 x 4"; 16 x 1.6"; 6 x 21" TT 3.5"-3.25" 31.5 8800 960
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Bataan Destroyer Cockatoo Island Dockyard, Sydney, NSW Jan 1944 8 x 4.7"; 4 x 1.6" pp; 4 x 21" TT 36.5 1959 250
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Tijgerhaai Submarine Vickers & Armstrong, Ltd, Barrow-in-Furness
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Gyller Torpedoboat Horten Naval Yard Jul 1938 3 x 4"; 1 x 40 mm; 2 x HMG; 2 x 21" TT   30 632 75
Odin Torpedoboat Horten Naval Yard Jan 1939 3 x 4"; 1 x 40 mm; 2 x HMG; 2 x 21" TT   30 632 75
Tor Torpedoboat Fredrikstad Mek Verkstad Sep 1939 3 x 4"; 1 x 40 mm; 2 x HMG; 2 x 21" TT   30 632 75

 

Axis Commissioned

japan flagClass Builder Launched Armament Armour Speed Tons Crew
Ha-108 Submarine Kawasaki Dockyard Co, Ltd, Tanagawa Dec 1944 1 x 25 mm AA; 600 tons cargo 10 370 21
Ha-201 Submarine Sasebo Naval Dockyard Apr 1945 1 x 3.1"; 1 x HMG; 2 x 21" TT 10.5 320 22
Ha-202 Submarine Sasebo Naval Dockyard Apr 1945 1 x 3.1"; 1 x HMG; 2 x 21" TT 10.5 320 22
I-203 Submarine Kure Naval Dockyard   2 x 25 mm; 4 x 21" TT 15.8 1070 31
I-363 Submarine Kure Naval Dockyard   5 x Kaiten; 2 x 25 mm; 1 x Landing Craft; 82 tons cargo or 100 troops 13 1440 60
I-503 Submarine Odero-Terni-Orlando, La Spezia May 1939 1 x 3.9"; 4 x 13.2 mm; 8 x 21" TT 17.4 1060 58
I-504 Submarine Odero-Terni-Orlando, La Spezia Jan 1940 1 x 3.9"; 4 x 13.2 mm; 8 x 21" TT 17.8 1175 57
Hatsuzakura Destroyer Escort Yokosuka Naval Dockyard Feb 1945 3 x 5"; 24 x 25 mm; 4 x 24" TT; 60 DC   27.8 1262 150
Kaba Destroyer Escort Fujinagata Shipyard, Osaka Feb 1945 3 x 5"; 24 x 25 mm; 4 x 24" TT; 60 DC   27.8 1262 150
Odake Destroyer Escort Maizuru Naval Dockyard Mar 1945 3 x 5"; 24 x 25 mm; 4 x 24" TT; 60 DC   27.8 1262 150
CD 071 Escort Asano Shipbuilding Co, Tsurumi, Yokohama   2 x 4.7"; 6 x 25 mm; 120 DC 16.5 745 136
CD 085 Escort Asano Shipbuilding Co, Tsurumi, Yokohama   2 x 4.7"; 6 x 25 mm; 120 DC 16.5 745 136
CD 087 Escort Asano Shipbuilding Co, Tsurumi, Yokohama   2 x 4.7"; 6 x 25 mm; 120 DC 16.5 745 136
CD 225 Escort Niigata Iron Works, Niigata   2 x 4.7"; 6 x 25 mm; 120 DC 16.5 745 136
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U-4710 Submarine Krupp Germaniawerft, Kiel Apr 1945 2 x 21" TT 15 230 14

 

Neutral Commissioned

No neutral ships commissioned this month