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Battle of the Atlantic (1939–1945)
Even so, over the next few years, the 32 Italian submarines that operated in the Atlantic sank 109 ships of 593,864 tons.
SS Irish Oak
Ships sunk by German submarines
HMS Ark Royal (91)
Ships sunk by German submarines
INS Khukri (1958)
Ships sunk by submarines of Pakistan
Housatonic River
The USS Housatonic has the distinction of being the first ship in history to be sunk by a submarine, the confederate vessel CSS H.L. Hunley.
October 15
1863 – American Civil War: The H. L. Hunley, the first submarine to sink a ship, sinks during a test, killing its inventor, Horace L. Hunley.
SS Empire Byron
Ships sunk by German submarines
SS Athenia
Ships sunk by German submarines
Brazilian Expeditionary Force
The Brazilian navy conducted 574 operations that protected 3,164 merchant ships; German submarines were only able to sink three ships.
November 25
1963 – Alexander Marinesko,Russian naval captain of the S-13 submarine, which sank the German ship Wilhelm Gustloff (10,000 passengers died). (b. 1913)
HMS Audacity (D10)
Ships sunk by German submarines
SS Alcoa Puritan (1941)
Ships sunk by German submarines
Exploration
Dr. E. Lee Spence (b. 1947) – undersea explorer and pioneer underwater archaeologist: discovered numerous shipwrecks including H.L. Hunley the first submarine in history to sink an enemy ship; and the Georgiana, said to have been the most powerful Confederate cruiser.
USCGC Escanaba (WPG-77)
Ships sunk by German submarines
Army Air Forces Antisubmarine Command
In November and December 1942, German submarines sank 18 ships.
SS Empire Antelope
Ships sunk by German submarines
History of the oil tanker
The United States ambassador to the United Kingdom, Walter Hines Page, wrote "The submarines are sinking freight ships faster than freight ships are being built by the whole world.
SM UC-24
Ships sunk by French submarines
HMS Grove (L77)
Ships sunk by German submarines
USS Wilhelmina (ID-2168)
Ships sunk by German submarines
SS Black Osprey
Ships sunk by German submarines
HMHS Salta
Ships sunk by German submarines
SS Empire Arnold
Ships sunk by German submarines
Japanese destroyer Akikaze
Ships sunk by American submarines
HMS Hilary (1908)
Ships sunk by German submarines
SS Fiscus
Ships sunk by German submarines
Kyarra
Ships sunk by German submarines
USS Harder (SS-257)
Submerging again until sunset, the submarine sank the damaged ship with gunfire, then turned toward Saipan in search of new targets.
SMS Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm
Ships sunk by British submarines
USS Neches (AO-5)
Ships sunk by Japanese submarines
USS Juneau (CL-52)
Ships sunk by Japanese submarines
SS Tiberton
Ships sunk by German submarines
SS Glitra
Ships sunk by German submarines
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World War I
After submarines sank seven U.S. merchant ships and the publication of the Zimmerman telegram, Wilson called for war on Germany, which the U.S. Congress declared on 6 April 1917.
Industrial warfare
All nations practiced unrestricted submarine warfare in which submarines sank merchant ships without warning, but the only successful campaign during this period was America's submarine war against Japan during the Pacific War.
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Industrial warfare
The first successful submarine attack in wartime was in 1864 by the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley which sank the frigate USS Housatonic.
Spar torpedo
The most famous use of a spar torpedo was on the Confederate submarine H. L. Hunley, which managed to sink the Union screw sloop USS Housatonic on February 17, 1864, although the Hunley was lost.
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SM UC-24
UC-24 was torpedoed and sunk by French submarine Circé off Cattaro on 24 May 1917.
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SS Irish Oak
At the time, it was not known which submarine sank the Irish Oak.
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History of Gibraltar
The one incident that resulted in the death of Gibraltarians occurred in January 1938 when a submarine of unknown origin, though probably Italian, sank the SS Endymion, a small freighter taking a cargo of coal to Cartagena, which was in Republican hands.
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History of Gibraltar
The one incident that resulted in the death of Gibraltarians occurred in January 1938 when a submarine of unknown origin, though probably Italian, sank the SS Endymion, a small freighter taking a cargo of coal to Cartagena, which was in Republican hands.
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SM UC-24
U-boats sunk by submarines
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Industrial warfare
The first successful submarine attack in wartime was in 1864 by the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley which sank the frigate USS Housatonic.
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HMS Sirius (F40)
In 1998, Sirius was finally sunk as a target in the Atlantic Ocean by the submarine Spartan, ending a truly illustrious career.
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Ralph Waldo Christie
Christie vectored Allied forces to detect and eliminate the threat, resulting in the Dutch submarine Zwaardvisch (swordfish) sinking U-168 on October 6 near Surabaya and USS Flounder's sinking of U-537 on November 10 near the northern end of the Lombok Strait.
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Action of 22 September 1914
The Action of 22 September 1914 was a naval engagement that took place during the First World War, in which three Royal Navy cruisers were sunk by one German submarine while on patrol.
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Spar torpedo
The most famous use of a spar torpedo was on the Confederate submarine H. L. Hunley, which managed to sink the Union screw sloop USS Housatonic on February 17, 1864, although the Hunley was lost.
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Army Air Forces Antisubmarine Command
On 16 February, a German submarine sank two tankers off San Nicholas, Aruba, then moved into the harbor and shelled a refinery, inflicting little damage but killing four people.
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Black Sea Campaigns (1941–44)
Soviet submarines also raided Axis shipping on the Romanian and Bulgarian coasts, sinking 29,000 GRT of shipping.
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February 2001
February 9 - American submarine USS Greeneville accidentally strikes and sinks Japanese fishing vessel Ehime-Maru.
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World War I
After submarines sank seven U.S. merchant ships and the publication of the Zimmerman telegram, Wilson called for war on Germany, which the U.S. Congress declared on 6 April 1917.
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German submarine U-171
On 26 July 1942, the submarine sank a 4,351 ton Mexican general cargo merchant SS Oaxaca at 28.23N, 96.08W off Corpus Christi, Texas.
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