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The following is a table of Allied shipping losses in the Battle of the Atlantic during World War II. ... Total losses by U-boats: 14,668,785 References ...
The Battle of the Atlantic, the longest continuous military campaign [11] [12] in World War II, ran from 1939 to the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945, covering a major part of the naval history of World War II. At its core was the Allied naval blockade of Germany, announced the day after the declaration of war, and Germany's subsequent counter ...
The North Atlantic battle surrounding it in May 1943 is regarded as the turning point of the Battle of the Atlantic in World War II. The battle ebbed and flowed over a period of a week, and involved more than 50 Allied ships and their escorts, and over 30 U-boats. It saw heavy losses on both sides.
Total Allied losses in May were 58 ships of 299,000 long tons (304,000 t), of which 34 (134,000 long tons (136,000 t)) were lost in the Atlantic. On 24 May 1943, Admiral Dönitz — shocked at the defeat suffered by the U-boats — ordered a temporary halt to the U-boat campaign; most were withdrawn from operational service.
Off Atlantic Coast 12 September 1944: Foundered off Cape Hatteras in the Great Atlantic hurricane of 1944 with the loss of all hands. YMS-421: Off Okinawa 16 September 1945: Foundered in Typhoon Ida. YMS-424: Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands 9 October 1945: Grounded by Typhoon Louise and destroyed on 18 December 1945. YMS-454: Tsuken Shima, Okinawa 9 ...
The Mid-Atlantic gap was an area outside the cover by land-based aircraft; those limits are shown with black arcs (map shows the gap in 1941). Blue dots show destroyed ships of the Allies. The Mid-Atlantic gap is a geographical term applied to an undefended area of the Atlantic Ocean during the Battle of the Atlantic in the Second World War.
U.S. Casualties Result Opposing Force Notes Battle of the Atlantic: September 13, 1941 May 8, 1945 Atlantic Ocean, North Sea, Irish Sea, Labrador Sea, Gulf of St. Lawrence, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Outer Banks, Arctic Ocean: Around 18,000 sailors and merchant seamen killed [1] [2] Allied victory Germany, Japan (Possibly), Currently unknown
The aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal sinking after being torpedoed by a German submarine in November 1941, the assisting destroyer HMS Legion was sunk in 1942.. This is a list of Royal Navy ships and personnel lost during World War II, from 3 September 1939 to 1 October 1945.