List of shipwrecks in May 1943
Ship Country Description
HMAS Adele Royal Australian Navy The armed yacht was wrecked on a breakwater at the entrance to Port Kembla , New South Wales
Albina Italy World War II : The sailing vessel was damaged beyond repair by gunfire south of San Lucido , Italy by HMS Unrivalled ( Royal Navy ) . The crew survived , only one was wounded
Berakit Netherlands World War II : The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Indian Ocean , east of the Felidhu Atoll in the Maldives at the entrance to One and Half Degree Channel ( 3°40′N 75°20′E / 3.667°N 75.333°E / 3.667 ; 75.333 ) by I-27 ( Imperial Japanese Navy ) . Her master was taken as a prisoner of war ; four crewmen were killed
Gouverneur General Pasquier Vichy French World War II : The cargo liner was sunk by mines in the South China Sea off the coast of French Indochina
Hermes Kriegsmarine World War II : The Vasilefs Georgios -class destroyer , badly damaged in a British air attack on 30 April 1943 , was scuttled at La Goulette , Tunisia
KT 5 Kriegsmarine World War II : The Marinefahrpram was shelled in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Bon , Tunisia . She sank two days later
KT 9 Kriegsmarine World War II : The Marinefahrpram was shelled in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Bon . She sank two days later
KT 21 Kriegsmarine World War II : The Marinefahrpram was shelled in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Bon . She sank two days later
Laconikos Greece World War II : Convoy SL 128 : The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north east of the Azores , Portugal ( 41°40′N 18°13′W / 41.667°N 18.217°W / 41.667 ; -18.217 ) by U-89 ( Kriegsmarine ) with the loss of 23 of her 34 crew . Survivors were rescued by HMS Shippigan ( Royal Navy )
MS 22 Regia Marina World War II : The MS 11 -class MS boat was sunk off Tunis , Tunisia by Allied aircraft
No . 106 Soviet Navy The Sh-4 Type motor torpedo boat was lost on this date
No . 209 Soviet Navy The MO-4 -class patrol vessel was lost on this date
Samuel Jordan Kirkwood United States World War II : The Liberty ship torpedoed and sunk in the South Atlantic 125 nautical miles ( 232 km ) south east of Ascension Island ( 15°00′S 7°00′W / 15.000°S 7.000°W / -15.000 ; -7.000 ) by U-195 ( Kriegsmarine ) . All 71 people aboard were rescued by a United States Army rescue boat
Shinsei Maru No . 3 Japan World War II : The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Yellow Sea by USS Snook ( United States Navy )
Sirvall Sweden World War II : The ore carrier struck a mine and sank in the Baltic Sea off Rügen , Germany . There was no casualty
Tamon Maru No . 5 Japan World War II : The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off the Kuril Islands by USS Wahoo ( United States Navy )
Tosei Maru Japan World War II : The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Yellow Sea by USS Snook ( United States Navy )
U-447 Kriegsmarine World War II : The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of Gibraltar ( 35°30′N 11°55′W / 35.500°N 11.917°W / 35.500 ; -11.917 ) by two Lockheed Hudson aircraft of 233 Squadron , Royal Air Force with the loss of all 48 crew
U-663 Kriegsmarine World War II : The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and damaged in the Bay of Biscay west of Brest , Finistère , France by Short Sunderland aircraft of 10 Squadron , Royal Australian Air Force . She sank the next day with the loss of all 49 crew
VAS 231 Regia Marina World War II : The VAS 231 -class submarine chaser was sunk off Tunis by Allied aircraft
The list of shipwrecks in May 1943 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during May 1943.