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Merchant Ships
|
NAME |
REG./CNTRY |
TYPE |
MONTH |
DATE |
YEAR |
CAS. |
LOCATION |
RTS |
CIRCUMSTANCE |
K. & W. No. 1 |
|
|
5 |
4 |
1929 |
|
Pillar Pt., WA |
|
|
K. & W. No. 1 |
|
|
8 |
30 |
1946 |
|
Port Angeles, WA |
|
|
Kachidoki Maru |
Japan |
Transport |
9 |
12 |
1944 |
400 |
S. China Sea |
N |
Torp'd by 'Pampanito' |
Kagosan Maru |
Japan |
|
3 |
|
1942 |
|
off Kii Suido |
N |
Torp'd by 'Trout' |
Kahuku |
San Francisco, CA |
Cargo |
6 |
15 |
1942 |
18 |
90 mi. W Grenada |
N |
Torp'd by U-126 |
Kaijo Maru |
Japan |
Tanker |
3 |
10 |
1943 |
|
Butung, Celebes |
|
Beached after air attack |
Kaijo Maru No. 2 |
Japan |
Tanker |
3 |
5 |
1942 |
|
off Truk I. |
N |
US sub 'Grampus' |
Kailash |
Honduras |
Bulk |
7 |
|
1988 |
All |
Indian Ocean |
N |
Disappeared |
Kailua |
|
4m Schooner |
3 |
|
1904 |
|
Kyoquat Sound, Br. Col. |
|
Wrecked |
Kaimoku |
San Francisco, CA |
Cargo |
8 |
8 |
1942 |
|
56-30 N x 32-14 W |
N |
Torp'd by U-379 |
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse |
Norddeutscher Lloyd |
Passenger |
11 |
21 |
1906 |
5 |
off Cherbourg, France |
Y |
X-- Br. str. 'Orinoco' |
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse |
Ger.y |
Aux. Cruiser |
8 |
4 |
1914 |
0 |
Rio del Oro, Span. W. Africa |
N |
Scuttled after duel w/ British cruiser 'Highflyer' |
Kake |
USA |
Salmon Packer |
11 |
1 |
1913 |
0 |
S. Jetty of Columbia bar |
N |
Agrnd. Craft named for town in Alaska |
Kalama |
|
|
3 |
14 |
1950 |
|
Carrolls, WA |
|
|
Kalamas |
|
|
9 |
6 |
1960 |
|
Simpson Reef, Cp. Arago OR |
|
|
Kaliyuga |
St. Clair SS Co. |
Bulk |
10 |
19 |
1905 |
16 |
L. Huron |
N |
Disappeared |
Kamakura Maru |
Japan |
Troop/Hosp. |
4 |
28 |
1943 |
|
off N. Panay I., P.I. |
N |
Torp'd by 'Gudgeon' |
Kamloops |
|
Bulk |
12 |
6 |
1927 |
22 |
L. Superior off Isle Royale |
|
Foundered at sea |
Kamma |
Denmark |
1270 grt |
9 |
2 |
1914 |
|
|
|
Struck a mine |
Kamma |
Sweden |
1516 grt |
1 |
22 |
1917 |
|
|
|
Struck a mine |
Kamogawa Maru |
Japan |
Aircraft Ferry |
3 |
2 |
1942 |
|
Lombok Str., Ind. |
N |
Torp'd by 'Sailfish' |
Kampen |
Hamburg, Ger |
|
11 |
1 |
1983 |
6 |
off Iceland |
N |
Foundered |
Kanchanjunga |
India |
Tanker |
12 |
25 |
1984 |
|
Out bound fr. Ras Tanura |
|
Prob. Iranian air attack |
Kannik |
Norway |
2397 grt |
3 |
23 |
1916 |
|
|
|
Ger. sub |
Kanto Maru |
Japan |
Aircraft Ferry |
7 |
|
1942 |
|
Makassar Str. |
N |
Torp'd by 'Saury' |
Kaptan Hantal |
Turkey |
Cargo |
1 |
25 |
1983 |
11 |
Black Sea |
N |
Foundered |
Karla |
Denmark |
787 grt |
5 |
22 |
1916 |
|
|
|
Struck a mine |
Karmøy |
Norway |
2498 grt |
10 |
28 |
1944 |
|
Lødingen |
N |
Aircraft |
Karnak |
Cunard |
Passenger |
|
|
1862 |
|
off Bermuda |
|
Wrecked |
Kate (2nd) |
|
Blockade Runner |
7 |
12 |
1863 |
|
Smiths I., NC |
N |
|
Kate E. Gifford |
|
Schooner |
8 |
30 |
1893 |
0 |
Oak I., NC |
N |
|
Kate L. Bruce |
|
|
11 |
|
1877 |
8 |
L. Huron |
N |
Disappeared |
Kate Wentworth |
|
Schooner |
11 |
18 |
1886 |
1 |
Bogue Banks, NC |
N |
|
Katherine & Elizabeth |
England |
merchant |
|
|
1744 |
|
Diamond Shoals, NC |
N |
Agrnd |
Katherine Donovan |
|
|
1 |
24 |
1941 |
|
S Humboldt Bay, CA |
|
|
Katholm |
Denmark |
1324 grt |
7 |
30 |
1916 |
|
|
|
Ger. sub |
Katie Flickenger |
|
Barkentine |
10 |
20 |
1905 |
|
Redondo Beach, CA |
|
Wrecked |
Katina |
Greece |
2464 grt |
3 |
28 |
1917 |
|
|
|
Ger. sub |
Katsuragi Maru |
Japan |
Aircraft Ferry |
9 |
|
1942 |
|
Solomon Is. |
N |
Torp'd by 'Sturgeon' |
Katwijk |
Netherlands |
2040 grt |
4 |
15 |
1915 |
|
|
|
Torp'd be Ger. sub |
Katy |
|
|
|
|
1914 |
|
Elliott Bay, Seattle, WA |
Y? |
|
Kauikeaouli |
|
2m Schooner |
9 |
27 |
1906 |
|
off Hawaii |
|
Lost |
Kaupanger |
Norway |
3354 grt |
12 |
13 |
1916 |
|
|
|
Ger. sub |
Kazimah |
Kuwait |
Tanker |
6 |
10 |
1984 |
0 |
Most S attack by Iraq to date |
Y |
Iraqi missile attack--Lt. dam. |
Kediri |
Netherlands |
3781 grt |
11 |
30 |
1916 |
|
|
|
Torp'd be Ger. sub |
Keeweenah |
USA |
|
12 |
|
1894 |
All |
Cp. Flattery, WA |
N |
Lost |
Keijo Maru |
Japan |
conv. Gunboat |
6 |
|
1942 |
|
N Guadalcanal I. |
N |
Torp'd by 'S-44' |
Keiko Maru |
Japan |
|
11 |
|
1942 |
|
Talombo B. |
N |
Torp'd by 'Seawolf' |
Kekoskee |
|
|
|
|
1930 |
|
Smith's Cove, Seattle, WA |
Y? |
|
Kelley Island |
|
Sandsucker |
|
|
1925 |
9 |
L. Erie |
Y |
Foundered at sea |
Kelt |
Norway |
376 grt |
3 |
|
1942 |
|
Vestfjorden |
N |
Shelled by warship |
Kenkoku Maru |
|
Cargo |
4 |
28 |
1951 |
0 |
Stewart's Pt, CA |
Y |
Agrnd |
Kenkon Maru |
|
|
11 |
|
1917 |
|
Saturna I., BC |
N |
|
Kennebec |
UK |
Tanker |
9 |
8 |
1939 |
|
E. Atlantic |
N |
Torp'd by U-34 |
Kensington |
|
Steamer |
1 |
27 |
1871 |
0 |
off Chicamacomico, NC |
N |
|
Kentbrook |
|
Collier |
2 |
4 |
1954 |
|
off Orfondness, Eng. |
N |
Agrnd, TCL |
Kentegern |
Norway |
796 grt |
7 |
26 |
1916 |
|
|
|
Ger. sub |
Kentuckian |
New York, NY |
Cargo |
8 |
12 |
1944 |
0 |
Normandy beachhead |
N |
Deliberately sunk as breakwater |
Kentucky |
San Francisco, CA |
Cargo |
9 |
18 |
1942 |
0 |
off Cp. Kanin, Russia |
N |
Torp'd by Ger. aircraft |
Ken'yo Maru |
Japan |
Tanker |
1 |
14 |
1944 |
|
SE. of Palau |
N |
US sub 'Guardfish' |
Keo |
|
Tanker |
11 |
5 |
1969 |
|
off Massachusetts |
|
Hull failure |
Keshena |
Philadelphia, PA |
Tug |
7 |
19 |
1942 |
2 |
off Ocracoke I., NC |
N |
Struck a mine |
Key West |
|
Steamer |
10 |
|
1870 |
0 |
Cp. Hatteras, NC |
N |
|
Keystone |
New York, NY |
Cargo |
3 |
13 |
1943 |
2 |
450 mi. W Azore Is. |
N |
Torp'd by U-172 |
Khedive |
Duda & Abdullah |
Passenger |
1 |
11 |
1897 |
|
off Portander, India |
N |
Stranded--TCL |
Khiva |
H. C. Jossub |
Pilgramage |
|
|
1893 |
? |
Red Sea |
N |
Fire, beached w/ 900 pilgrims aboard |
Kiang Ya |
|
|
12 |
|
1948 |
|
|
|
|
Kiki Issais |
Greece |
2993 grt |
10 |
31 |
1916 |
|
|
|
Ger. sub |
Kilgore |
|
Brig |
8 |
24 |
1842 |
0 |
Wash Woods, NC |
N |
Agrnd |
Kimishima Maru |
Japan |
Cargo |
2 |
23 |
1944 |
|
mid-Pacific |
N |
Torp'd by 'Plunger' |
Kinabalu Lima |
Liberia |
Cargo |
6 |
|
1983 |
|
HK |
N |
Date is > of tnkr 'Ervilia' w/ rescued crew @ H. K. |
Kincora |
Britain |
coaster |
9 |
|
1901 |
7 |
in fog off Tuskar |
|
X-- White Star's 'Oceanic' |
King Cyrus |
|
4m Schooner |
7 |
17 |
1922 |
|
Pt. Chehalis, Grays Harbor, WA |
|
Wrecked |
Kingstonian |
Leyland Line |
Cargo/Pass. |
4 |
29 |
1918 |
|
Carloforte, Sardinia |
N |
Torp'd (2nd occ.) |
Kinjosan Maru |
Japan |
|
4 |
|
1942 |
|
off Truk I. |
N |
Torp'd by 'Greenling' |
Kinposan Maru |
Japan |
|
1 |
|
1943 |
|
Bismarck Is. |
N |
Torp'd by 'Greenling' |
Kinrei Maru |
Japan |
Tanker |
5 |
6 |
1945 |
|
G. of Thailand |
N |
US sub 'Hammerhead' |
Kinugawa Maru |
Japan |
Transport |
11 |
15 |
1942 |
|
Guadalcanal nr. Tassafaronga |
N |
Strafed and bombed US aircraft |
Kirstine Jensen |
Denmark |
168 grt |
12 |
8 |
1916 |
|
Date appx. |
|
Ger. sub |
Kitakata Maru |
Japan |
|
5 |
|
1942 |
|
E. coast Honshu |
N |
Torp'd by 'Drum' |
Kitsap |
|
4m Schooner |
9 |
6 |
1891 |
|
Borodino I. |
|
Wrecked |
Kitsap |
|
Barkentine |
5 |
23 |
1886 |
|
Palmerston I. |
|
Wrecked |
Kittie Stevens |
|
2m Schooner |
12 |
10 |
1863 |
|
Albion, CA |
|
Wrecked |
Kiyo Maru (ex- Vigriol) |
Japan |
Tanker |
1 |
4 |
1944 |
|
S. China Sea |
N |
US sub 'Rasher' |
Klamath |
McCormick Lumber |
Stm Schooner |
2 |
4 |
1921 |
0 |
Pt. Arena, CA |
N |
Agrnd |
Klamath |
|
|
2 |
5 |
1921 |
|
Del Mar Landing, CA |
|
|
Klampenborg |
Denmark |
1785 grt |
1 |
20 |
1917 |
|
|
|
Ger. sub |
Klar |
Norway |
518 grt |
11 |
27 |
1915 |
|
|
|
Struck a mine |
Klikitat |
|
Barkentine |
11 |
11 |
1912 |
|
Honlii Pt., HI |
|
Wrecked |
Klipfontein |
United Netherlands |
Pass./Cargo |
1 |
8 |
1953 |
0 |
5 mi. off Cp. Barra |
N |
Struck submerged object |
Kliyham |
|
|
9 |
27 |
1958 |
|
Mouth Siuslaw R., OR |
|
|
Knippla |
Sweden |
498 grt |
2 |
28 |
1916 |
|
|
|
Struck a mine |
Knossos |
C. S. Efthymiadis |
Cruise |
5 |
3 |
1973 |
|
Enrt. Piraeus - Limassol |
N |
leaking fuel oil ignites mn. sw. board. -- scr. |
Knoxville |
New York, NY |
Cargo |
6 |
1 |
1942 |
2 |
50 mi. SE Cp. Corrientes, Cu. |
N |
Torp'd by U-158 |
Knut Hilde |
Norway |
1631 grt |
9 |
26 |
1916 |
|
|
|
Ger. sub |
Knut Jarl |
Norway |
1070 grt |
9 |
29 |
1916 |
|
|
|
Ger. sub |
Knute Nelson |
Norway |
5749 grt |
9 |
27 |
1944 |
|
By Jærens Rev |
N |
Torp'd by U (?) |
Kodiak |
|
2m Schooner |
|
|
1893 |
|
Alaska |
|
maybe 1894, Wrecked |
Kofresi |
Mobile, AL |
Cargo |
7 |
14 |
1944 |
0 |
Normandy beachhead |
N |
Deliberately sunk as breakwater |
Koka |
|
|
|
|
1937 |
|
San Clemente I., CA |
|
|
Koko Head |
|
4m Barkentine |
5 |
29 |
1918 |
|
180 mi. SW Java |
N |
Abandoned on fire |
Kokuyo Maru |
Japan |
Tanker |
7 |
30 |
1944 |
|
Sulu Sea |
N |
US sub 'Bonefish' |
Kola |
Russia |
Cargo |
2 |
17 |
1943 |
|
nr. Japan |
N |
Torp'd by Jap. sub |
Kona |
|
4m Schooner |
2 |
5 |
1917 |
|
Kangaroo I. |
|
Wrecked |
Kong Alf |
Norway |
801 grt |
10 |
14 |
1916 |
|
|
|
Struck a mine |
Kong halfdan |
Norway |
1456 grt |
12 |
2 |
1944 |
|
nr. Marstrand |
N |
Struck a mine |
Kong Inge |
Norway |
867 grt |
3 |
19 |
1917 |
|
|
|
Ger. sub |
Kong Olaf |
Norway |
526 grt |
9 |
|
1944 |
|
|
N |
|
Kong Ring |
Norway |
1611 grt |
9 |
11 |
1916 |
|
|
|
Ger. sub |
Kong Ring |
Norway |
1994 grt |
12 |
26 |
1941 |
|
Ulsfjord |
N |
Mine or Torpedo |
Kongsfjord |
Norway |
4000 grt |
6 |
4 |
1941 |
|
Scuttled under Ger. flag |
N |
Scuttled |
Kongshaug |
Norway |
380 grt |
4 |
6 |
1917 |
|
|
|
Ger. sub |
Koningen Luise |
Norddeutscher Lloyd |
Passenger |
|
|
1910 |
|
|
Y |
Rescues 19 fr. Br. sailing ship 'Harvard Queen' |
Koningen Luise |
Norddeutscher Lloyd |
Passenger |
9 |
8 |
1920 |
|
|
Y |
X-- Br. str. Loughborough which sank immediately |
Koningin Emma |
Netherlands |
9181 grt |
9 |
22 |
1915 |
|
|
|
Struck a mine |
Koningin Wilhelmina |
Netherlands |
1964 grt |
7 |
31 |
1916 |
|
|
|
Struck a mine |
Konko Maru No. 38 |
Japan |
Chem. Tanker |
11 |
14 |
1983 |
|
Kanmon Str., Japan |
N |
X--bulk 'Wismar' and crgo 'Ilshin Glory' |
Korea |
Russian Amer. |
Passenger |
3 |
1 |
1910 |
|
Enrt. Narvik-NYC |
N |
Abandoned at sea |
Korsnaes |
Norway |
732 grt |
3 |
24 |
1917 |
|
|
|
Ger. sub |
Korsvik |
Norway |
1229 grt |
12 |
1 |
1944 |
|
nr. Skagen |
N |
? Under Ger. flag |
Koryu Maru |
Japan |
conv. Tanker |
4 |
22 |
1944 |
|
off Cp. St. Jacques |
N |
Aircraft |
Koyo Maru |
Japan |
|
2 |
23 |
1944 |
|
mid-Pacific |
N |
Torp'd by 'Snook' |
Kozui Maru |
Japan |
conv. Tanker |
10 |
14 |
1943 |
|
off Okiname |
N |
US sub 'Grayback' |
Kristianiafjord |
Norwegian America |
Passenger |
7 |
15 |
1917 |
0 |
nr. Mistaken Pt., Cp. Race |
N |
Agrnd, TCL |
Kronprins Frederik |
|
|
|
|
1953 |
|
Harwich, England |
Y |
Fire, Sank |
Krosdøl |
Norway |
177 grt |
4 |
20 |
1944 |
|
Bergen |
N |
Destroyed by exploding Ger. ammo ship nearby |
Kudowa Zdroj |
Poland |
Cargo |
1 |
20 |
1983 |
15 |
7 mi. off Ibiza |
N |
Foundered |
Kumalong |
|
|
3 |
30 |
1957 |
|
off Yaquina Pt., OR |
|
|
Kurfurst |
Deutsch Ost Afrika |
Passenger |
5 |
6 |
1904 |
0 |
nr. Sagres, coast of Portugal |
|
Wrecked |
Kuroshio Maru |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Kvernaas |
Norway |
1819 grt |
2 |
17 |
1940 |
|
51-50 N x 03-19 E |
|
Mine or Torpedo? |
Kwang Chow |
Indonesia |
Cargo |
10 |
11 |
1983 |
24 |
115 mi. N Hong Kong |
N |
X--Indonesian 'Gunung Klabat' |
Kyoei Maru |
Japan |
Tanker |
11 |
16 |
1944 |
|
off Tarakan, Borneo |
N |
Aircraft |
Kyoei Maru No. 2 |
Japan |
Tanker |
7 |
27 |
1944 |
|
Sulu Sea |
N |
US sub 'Dace' |
Kyoei Maru No. 3 |
Japan |
Tanker |
7 |
19 |
1945 |
|
G. of Thailand |
N |
US sub 'Bumper' |
Kyoko Maru |
Japan |
Tanker |
12 |
27 |
1943 |
|
W. of Celebes |
N |
US sub 'Ray' |
Kyokuto Maru (ltr- California Maru) |
Japan |
Tanker |
9 |
21 |
1944 |
|
Manila, P.I. |
Y |
US aircraft TF38 |
Kyokuyo Maru |
Japan |
Tanker |
|
|
1942 |
|
Miri, Borneo |
|
Torp'd by 'Trout' |
Kyokuyo Maru |
Japan |
Tanker |
9 |
17 |
1943 |
|
off Amami-o-shima |
N |
Foundered in typhoon |
Kyushu Maru |
Japan |
Transport |
10 |
15 |
1942 |
|
Guadalcanal nr. Tassafaronga |
N |
Strafed and bombed US aircraft |