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Loss of life Name of ship Year & key event leading to sinking 2,498 1945. Torpedoed by Avengers from USS Hornet 1,995 1941. Rudder jammed after torpedo attack from Fairy Swordfish. Later attacked by large British naval force 1,933 1943. Battle of North Cape. Hammered by HMS Duke of York 1,650 1944. Battle of the Philippine Sea. Single torpedo from US sub Albacore. 1,435 1944. Sank by US sub Archer-Fish 1,415 1941. A shell from Bismarck led to magazines explosion tearing ship apart in seconds 1,400 1944. Torpedoes by destroyer USS Melvin 1,390 1944. Battle of Surigao Strait. Multiple torpedo & bomb hits. 1,351 1943. After Italian surrender, captain intended to defect to the British. Spotted by Do217s & hit with the new Fritz bombs 1,263 1944. Battle of the Philippine Sea. Torpedoed by USS Cavalla 1,250 1944. Torpedoed by US sub Sealion 1,238 1944. Torpedoed by US Sub Redfish 1,200 1940. Sunk by Scharnhorst & Gneisenau 1,177 1941. Pearl Harbour. Destroyed by a bomb from a 'Kate'

Loss of life Name of ship Year & key event leading to sinking 1,023 1944. Battle of Leyte Gulf. Aerial torpedo & bomb attack 1,000 1944. Bombarded by Lancaster bombers, dropping Tall-Boy bombs off coast of Norway 977 1940. Bombarded by various British ships when French naval command would not act to stop French ships falling into German hands 933 1945. Sunk by Japanese sub I-58 after dropping off parts for first atomic bomb 900 1945. Sunk in Battle of the Malacca Strait by British destroyer flotilla 881 1944. Aerial bombardment from Lexington & Ticonderoga 862 1941. Sunk by U-331. (Worth Youtubing) 833 1939. Torpedoed by U-47 off Scapa Flow 800 1944. Lost with all hands as a result of aerial and naval bombardment during Battle of Leyte Gulf 765 1941. Hit Mines off Tripoli 728 1942. Midway. Multiple hits from Dauntless divebombers from Yorktown 725 1945. Not actually sunk but a lucky strike from aerial ombardment led to futher explosions killing many 722 1941. Attacked by Stukas in the Battle of Crete

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