British and Allied Warships Lost in Second World War

A/C

Aircraft

A/S

Anti-Submarine

A

Arctic

H

Home Waters

I

Indian Ocean

M

Mediterranean

NA

North Atlantic

P

Pacific

Aux Cr

Auxiliary Cruiser (German)

C T L

Constructive Total Loss

A-T

Alexandria-Tobruk

BTC

Thames-Outwards (Operation Neptune)

EBC

Bristol Channel-Outwards (Operation Neptune)

GA

Piraeus-Alexandria

JW

Loclewe-Kola Indet

KMS

U K-North Africa

MKF

North Africa - UK

MKS

Mediterranean - UK

MW

Alexandria-Malta

NA

Canada-UK (Trooping)

PQ

Iceland-Murmansk

QP

Murmansk-Iceland

RA

Kola Indet-Loch Ewe

TE

Gibraltar-North African Ports

CW

St Helens-Southend

EC

Southend-Clyde

FN

Southend-Methil

FS

Methil-Southend

HG

Gibraltar-UK

HN

Bergen-Methil

HX

Halifax (Or New York) - UK

OA

Southend-Outwards, Atlantic

OG

UK- Gibraltar

OL

Clyde-Iceland

ON

Liverpool-Outwards, Atlantic

ONS

Liverpool-North America

PW

Portsmouth-Bristol Channel

RB

New York-U K (Special)

SC

Sydney (C B)-U K

SL

Freetown-U K

Cor

Corvette

D

Daylight

Des

Destroyer

E G

Escort Group

Flot

Flotilla

H M S

His Majesty's Ship

M A C

Merchant Aircraft Carrier

M A/S B

Motor Anti-Submarine Boat

M/S

Minesweeping

m/s

Minesweeper

N

Night

n k

Not Known

S/M

Submarine

Am

United States (Merchant Ship)

Br

British

Du

Dutch (Merchant Ship)

Fr

French

F Fr

Free French

Ge

German

Hel

Hellenic

It

Italian

Ja

Japanese

Neth

Netherlands (Warship)

Nor

Norwegian (Merchant Ship)

Pol

Polish

U S S R

United Soviet Socialist Republics

Opn

Operation

R A N

Royal Australian Navy

R C N

Royal Canadian Navy

R I N

Royal Indian Navy

R Nor N

Royal Norwegian Navy

s/m

Submarine

s s

Steamship

t b

Torpedo Boat

U K

United Kingdom

U S N

United States Navy

B

Aircraft Bomb

DC

Depth Charge

EMB

Explosive Motor Boat

G

Gun

GB

Glider Bomb

GT

Gnat Torpedo

HT

Human Torpedo

K

Kamikaze Aircraft

M

Mine

R

Ram

T

Torpedo

X

Not Enemy Action

+

Operational Convoy Escort

*

Trade Convoy Escort