- British Shipping Losses (WW1) -

This list is based on that originally published in Jane's 'Fighting Ships of World War I' in 1919.

Ship Name Date of Loss Location of Loss Description of Loss
BATTLESHIPS
HMS Audacious
HMS Britannia
HMS Bulwark
HMS Cornwallis
HMS Formidable
HMS Goliath
HMS Irresistible
HMS King Edward VII
HMS Majestic
HMS Ocean
HMS Russell
HMS Triumph
HMS Vanguard
27/10/1914
9/11/1918
26/11/1914
9/1/1917
1/1/1915
13/5/1915
18/3/1915
6/1/1916
27/5/1915
18/3/1915
27/4/1916
25/5/1915
9/7/1917
North Coast of Ireland
Cape Trafalgar
Sheerness
SE of Malta
Off Portland Bill
Dardanelles
Dardanelles
Off N. Scottish Coast
Gallipoli Peninsular
Dardanelles
Off Malta
Gallipoli Peninsular
Scapa Flow
Mined
Torpedoed
Internal explosion
Torpedoed
Torpedoed
Torpedoed
Torpedoed
Mined
Torpedoed
Torpedoed
Mined
Torpedoed
Internal explosion
BATTLE CRUISERS
HMS Indefatigable
HMS Invincible
HMS Queen Mary
31/5/1916
31/5/1916
31/5/1916
Battle of Jutland
Battle of Jutland
Battle of Jutland
Blown up by gunfire
Blown up by gunfire
Blown up by gunfire
CRUISERS
HMS Aboukir
HMS Argyll
HMS Ariadne
HMS Black Prince
HMS Cochrane
HMS Cressy
HMS Defence
HMS Drake
HMS Good Hope
HMS Hampshire
HMS Hawke
HMS Hogue
HMS Monmouth
HMS Natal
HMS Warrior
22/9/1914
28/10/1915
26/7/1917
31/5/1916
14/11/1918
22/9/1914
31/5/1916
2/10/1917
1/11/1914
5/6/1916
15/10/1914
22/9/1914
1/11/1914
30/12/1915
1/6/1916
North Sea
East Coast of Scotland
Off Beachy Head
Battle of Jutland
Mersey Estuary
North Sea
Battle of Jutland
North Coast of Ireland
Coronel, Chile
W. of Orkneys
Off East Coast of Scotland
North Sea
Coronel, Chile
Cromarty Firth
Battle of Jutland
Torpedoed
Wrecked
Torpedoed
Sunk by Gunfire
Wrecked
Torpedoed
Blown up by gunfire
Torpedoed
Sunk by gunfire
Mined
Torpedoed
Torpedoed
Sunk by gunfire
Explosion in magazine
Foundered
LIGHT CRUISERS
HMS Amphion
HMS Arethusa
HMS Brilliant
HMS Cassandra
HMS Falmouth
HMS Hermes
HMS Intrepid
HMS Iphigenia
HMS Nottingham
HMS Pathfinder
HMS Pegasus
HMS Sirius
HMS Thetis
HMS Vindictive
6/8/1914
11/2/1916
23/4/1918
4-5/12/1918
20/8/1916
31/10/1914
23/4/1918
23/4/1918
19/8/1916
5/9/1914
20/9/1914
23/4/1918
23/4/1918
10/5/1918
Thames Estuary
Off Felixstowe
Ostend
Baltic
North Sea
Straits of Dover
Zeebrugge
Zeebrugge
North Sea
East Coast of Scotland
Zanzibar
Ostend
Zeebrugge
Ostend
Mined
Mined
Sunk as blockship
Mined
Torpedoed/Foundered
Torpedoed
Sunk as blockship
Sunk as blockship
Torpedoed
Torpedoed
Sunk by gunfire
Sunk as blockship
Sunk as blockship
Sunk as blockship
MONITORS
HMS Glatton
HMS M15
HMS M21
HMS M25
HMS M27
HMS M28
HMS M30
HMS Raglan
16/9/1918
11/11/1917
20/10/1918
17/9/1919
17/9/1919
20/1/1918
13/5/1916
20/1/1918
Dover Harbour
Off Gaza
Off Ostend
Dvina River, North Russia
Dvina River, North Russia
Off Imbros
Gulf of Smyrna
Off Imbros
Caught Fire/Torpedoed
Torpedoed
Mined
Lost
Lost
Sunk by Gunfire
Sunk by Gunfire
Sunk by Gunfire
SLOOPS
HMS Alyssum
HMS Anchusa
HMS Arabis
HMS Arbutus
HMS Aster
HMS Begonia
HMS Bergamot
HMS Candytuft
HMS Cowslip
HMS Gaillardia
HMS Genista
HMS Gentian
HMS Lavender
HMS Mignonette
HMS Myrtle
HMS Nasturtium
HMS Primula
HMS Rhododendron
HMS Salvia
HMS Tulip
18/3/1917
16/7/1918
10-11/2/1916
16/12/1917
4/7/1917
-/10/1917
13/8/1917
18/11/1917
25/4/1918
22-23/3/1918
23/10/1916
16/7/1919
5/5/1917
17/3/1917
16/7/1919
27/4/1916
1/3/1916
5/5/1918
20/7/1917
30/4/1917
Off SW Coast of Ireland
Off N Coast of Ireland
Dogger Bank
St George's Channel
Mediterranean
Atlantic
Atlantic
Off Bougie
Off Cape Spartel
Off the Orkneys
Off W Coast of Ireland
Gulf of Finland
English Channel
SW Coast of Ireland
Gulf of Finland
Mediterranean
E Mediterranean
North Sea
W Coast of Ireland
Atlantic
Mined
Torpedoed
Torpedoed
Foundered/Torpedoed
Mined
Missing believed Torpedoed
Torpedoed
Torpedoed
Torpedoed
Mined
Torpedoed
Mined
Torpedoed
Mined
Mined
Mined
Torpedoed
Torpedoed
Torpedoed
Torpedoed
MINESWEEPERS
HMS Ascot
HMS Blackmorevale
HMS Brighton Queen
HMS Clacton
HMS Cupar
HMS Duchess of Hamilton
HMS Duchess of Montrose
HMS Erin's Isle
HMS Fair Maid
HMS Fandango
HMS Hythe
HMS Kempton
HMS Kinross
HMS Lady Ismay
HMS Ludlow
HMS Marsa
HMS Nepaulin
HMS Newmarket
HMS Penarth
HMS Plumpton
HMS Princess Mary II
HMS Queen of the North
HMS Redcar
HMS Roedean
HMS St Seiriol
HMS Sword Dance
10/11/1918
1/5/1918
6/10/1915
3/8/1916
5/5/1919
29/11/1915
18/3/1917
7/2/1919
9/11/1916
3/7/1919
28-29/10/1915
24/6/1917
16/6/1919
21/12/1917
29/12/1916
18/11/1917
20/4/1917
16/7/1917
4/2/1919
19/10/1918
2/8/1919
20/7/1917
24/6/1917
13/1/1915
25/4/1918
24/6/1919
Off Farn Islands
Off Montrose
Off Nieuport
Chai Aghizi, The Levant
Off the Tyne
Off Longsand
Off Dunkirk
Off the Nore
Near Cross Sand Buoy
Dvina River, North Russia
Off Cape Helles
Off Spindle Buoy
In the Aegean
Near the Galloper
Off the Shipwash
Harwich Harbour
Near Dyck Light Vessel
Eastern Mediterranean
Off the Yorkshire Coast
Off Ostend
In the Aegean
Off Orfordness
Off Spindle Buoy
Longhope
Off the Shipwash Light Vessel
Dvina River, North Russia
Torpedoed
Mined
Mined
Torpedoed
Mined
Mined
Mined
Mined
Mined
Mined
Lost in Collision
Mined
Mined
Mined
Mined
Lost by Collision
Mined
Missing
Mined
Mined
Mined
Mined
Mined
Sunk
Mined
Mined
TORPEDO GUNBOATS
HMS Hazard
HMS Jason
HMS Niger
HMS Seagull
HMS Speedy
28/1/1918
7/4/1917
11/11/1914
30/9/1918
3/9/1914
Off Portland Bill
Near Coll Island, Scotland
In the Downs
Firth of Clyde
30 miles off the Humber
Lost by collision
Mined
Torpedoed
Lost by collision
Mined
FLOTILLA LEADERS
HMS Hoste
HMS Scott
HMS Tipperary
21/12/1916
15/8/1918
1/6/1916
North Sea
Off the Dutch coast
Battle of Jutland
Foundered after collision
Torpedoed
Sunk by gunfire
DESTROYERS
HMS Ardent
HMS Ariel
HMS Arno
HMS Attack
HMS Bittern
HMS Boxer
HMS Cheerful
HMS Comet
HMS Contest
HMS Coquette
HMS Derwent
HMS Eden
HMS Erne
HMS Fairy
HMS Falcon
HMS Flirt
HMS Fortuno
HMS Foyle
HMS Ghurka
HMS Goldfinch
HMS Itchen
HMS Kale
HMS Laforey
HMS Lassoo
HMS Lightning
HMS Louis
HMS Lynx
HMS Maori
HMS Marmion
HMS Mary Rose
HMS Medusa
HMS Myrmidon
HMS Narbrough
HMS Negro
HMS Nessus
HMS Nestor
HMS Nomad
HMS North Star
HMS Nubian
HMS Opal
HMS Paragon
HMS Partridge
HMS Pheasant
HMS Phoenix
HMS Pincher
HMS Racoon
HMS Recruit
HMS Recruit (New)
HMS Setter
HMS Shark
HMS Simoom
HMS Sparrowhawk
HMS Staunch
HMS Strongbow
HMS Success
HMS Surprise
HMS Tornado
HMS Torrent
HMS Turbulent
HMS Ulleswater
HMS Ulysses
HMS Vehement
HMS Velox
HMS Verulam
HMS Vittoria
HMS Wolverine
HMS Zulu
1/6/1916
2/8/1918
23/3/1918
30/12/1917
4/4/1918
8/2/1918
30/6/1917
6/8/1918
18/9/1917
7/3/1916
2/5/1917
17/6/1916
6/2/1915
31/5/1918
1/4/1918
27/10/1916
31/5/1916
15/3/1917
8/2/1917
18-19/2/1915
6/7/1917
27/3/1918
23/3/1917
13/8/1916
30/6/1915
31/10/1915
9/8/1915
7/5/1915
21/10/1917
17/10/1917
25/3/1916
26/3/1917
12/1/1918
21/12/1916
8/9/1918
31/5/916
31/5/1916
23/4/1918
27/10/1916
12/1/1918
18/3/1917
12/12/1917
1/3/1917
14/5/1918
24/7/1918
9/1/1918
1/5/1915
9/8/1917
17/5/1917
31/5/1916
23/1/1917
1/6/1916
11/11/1917
17/10/1917
27/12/1914
22-23/12/1917
22-23/12/1917
22-23/12/1917
1/6/1916
15/8/1918
29/10/1918
2/8/1918
25/10/1915
3-4/9/1919
1/9/1919
12/12/1917
27/10/1916
Battle of Jutland
North Sea
Dardanelles
Off Alexandria
Off Portland Bill
English Channel
Off the Shetlands
Mediterranean
English Channel
Off the East Coast
Off Havre
English Channel
Off Aberdeen Coast
North Sea
North Sea
Straits of Dover
Battle of Jutland
Straits of Dover
SE of Dungeness Buoy
Start Point
North Sea
North Sea
English Channel
Off the Maas Lightship
Off the East Coast
Suvla Bay
Moray Firth
Near Zeebrugge
North Sea
Off the Norwegian Coast
Off Schleswig Coast
English Channel
Outside Scapa Flow
North Sea
North Sea
Battle of Jutland
Battle of Jutland
Zeebrugge
Off Folkestone
Outside Scapa Flow
Straits of Dover
Off Norwegian Coast
Off the Orkneys
Adriatic
On the Seven Stones
N Coast of Ireland
Near Galloper Lightship
North Sea
Off Harwich
Battle of Jutland
Off Schouwen Bank
Battle of Jutland
Off Gaza
Off Norwegian Coast
Off Fife Ness
Off the Maas Lightship
Off the Maas Lightship
Off the Maas Lightship
Battle of Jutland
Off the Dutch Coast
Firth of Clyde
North Sea
Off Nab Light Vessel
Gulf of Finland
Gulf of Finland
NW Coast of Ireland
Off Dover
Sunk by gunfire
Mined
Lost by collision
Torpedoed
Lost by collision
Lost by collision
Mined
Torpedoed
Torpedoed
Mined
Mined
Lost by collision
Wrecked
Sunk after ramming sub
Collision
Torpedoed
Sunk by gunfire
Mined
Mined
Wrecked
Torpedoed
Mined
Mined
Torpedoed
Mined
Wrecked
Mined
Mined
Collision
Sunk by gunfire
Foundered after collision
Lost by collision
Wrecked
Lost by collision
Lost by collision
Sunk by gunfire
Sunk by gunfire
Sunk by gunfire
Torpedoed
Wrecked
Torpedoed
Sunk by gunfire
Mined
Torpedoed
Wrecked
Wrecked
Torpedoed
Mined
Lost by collision
Torpedoed
Sunk by gunfire
Disabled by gunfire/sunk
Torpedoed
Sunk by gunfire
Wrecked
Torpedoed
Torpedoed
Torpedoed
Rammed
Torpedoed
Lost by collision
Mined
Mined
Mined
Torpedoed
Lost by collision
Mined
PATROL BOATS
P12
P26
4/11/1918
10/4/1917
English Channel
Off Havre
Lost by collision
Mined
TORPEDO BOATS
No. 9
No. 10
No. 11
No. 12
No. 13
No. 24
No. 46
No. 64
No. 90
No. 96
No. 117
26/7/1916
10/6/1915
7/3/1916
10/6/1915
26/1/1916
28/1/1917
27/12/1915
21/3/1915
25/4/1918
1/11/1915
10/6/1917
North Sea
North Sea
Off the East Coast
North Sea
North Sea
Off Dover Breakwater
E. Mediterranean
Aegean Sea
Straits of Gibraltar
Straits of Gibraltar
English Channel
Lost by collision
Torpedoed
Mined
Torpedoed
Lost by collision
Wrecked
Foundered
Wrecked
Capsized
Lost by collision
Lost by collision
SUBMARINES
AE1
AE2
B10
C3
C16
C26
C27
C29
C31
C32
C33
C34
C35
D2
D3
D5
D6
E1
E3
E5
E6
E7
E8
E9
E10
E13
E14
E15
E16
E17
E18
E19
E20
E22
E24
E26
E28
E30
E34
E36
E37
E47
E49
E50
G7
G8
G9
G11
H3
H5
H6
H10
J6
K1
K4
K17
L10
L55
14/9/1914
30/4/1915
9/8/1916
23/4/1918
 -
4/4/1918
5/4/1918
29/8/1915
4/1/1915
17/10/1917
4/8/1915
21/7/1917
5/4/1918
1/12/1914
15/3/1918
3/11/1914
28/6/1918
3/4/1918
18/10/1914
7/3/1916
26/12/1915
4/9/1915
4/4/1918
3/4/1918
18/1/1915
18/8/1915
28/1/1918
18/4/1915
22/8/1916
6/1/1916
24/5/1916
3/4/1918
6/11/1915
25/4/1916
24/3/1916
6/7/1916
 - 
22/11/1916
20/7/1918
19/1/1917
1/12/1916
20/8/1917
12/3/1917
31/1/1918
1/11/1918
14/1/1918
16/9/1917
22/11/1918
15/7/1916
6/3/1918
18/1/1916
19/1/1918
15/10/1918
18/11/1917
31/1/1918
31/1/1918
3-4/10/1918
4/6/1919
Bismarck Archipeligo
Sea of Marmora
Venice
Zeebrugge Mole
 - 
Helsingfors Bay
Helsingfors Bay
North Sea
Off Belgian Coast
Gulf of Riga
North Sea
Off The Shetlands
Helsingfors Bay
North Sea
English Channel
Off Great Yarmouth
N. Coast of Ireland
Helsingfors Bay
Heligoland Bight
North Sea
North Sea
Dardanelles
Helsingfors Bay
Helsingfors Bay
North Sea
Island of Saltholm
Dardanelles
Dardanelles
Heligoland Bight
Off Texel
Baltic Sea
Helsingfors Bay
Dardanelles
North Sea
Heligoland Bight
North Sea
 - 
North Sea
Heligoland Bight
North Sea
North Sea
North Sea
Off The Shetlands
North Sea
North Sea
North Sea
Off Norwegian Coast
Off Howick
Adriatic
Irish Sea
Schiermonnikoog
North Sea
 - 
North Sea
North Sea
North Sea
Off Texel
Gulf of Finland
Foundered
Sunk by gunfire
Destroyed by bombs
Blown up
Rammed
Blown up
Blown up
Mined
Lost
Ran ashore/Blown up
Lost
Sunk
Blown up
Lost
Sunk by French Airship
Mined
Sunk
Blown up
Sunk
Lost
Mined
Sunk
Blown up
Blown up
Lost
Damaged by gunfire
Sunk
Stranded/torpedoed
Mined
Wrecked
Lost
Blown up
Sunk
Sunk
Mined
Lost
Lost
Lost
Mined
Lost
Lost
Lost
Mined
Lost
Lost
Lost
Sunk
Wrecked
Sunk
Lost by collision
Stranded
Lost
Sunk by gunfire
Lost by collision
Rammed
Rammed
Sunk
Sunk by gunfire
AUXILIARIES - ARMED MERCHANT VESSELS
HMS Alcantara
HMS Avenger
HMS Bayano
HMS Calgarian
HMS Champagne
HMS Clan McNaughton
HMS Hilary
HMS India
HMS Laurentic
HMS Marmora
HMS Moldavia
HMS Oceanic
HMS Orama
HMS Otranto
HMS Otway
HMS Patia
HMS Viknor
29/2/1916
14/6/1917
11/3/1915
1/3/1918
9/10/1917
3/2/1915
25/5/1917
8/8/1915
23/1/1917
23/7/1918
23/5/1918
8/9/1914
19/10/1917
6/10/1918
23/7/1917
13/6/1918
13/1/1915
North Sea
North Atlantic
Off Corsewall Point
N Coast of Ireland
Atlantic
N. Coast of Ireland
Atlantic
Off Bodo, West Fjord
NW Coast of Ireland
S Coast of Ireland
English Channel
Foula Is., Shetlands
Atlantic
Island of Islay
North Atlantic
Bristol Channel
N Coast of Ireland
Torpedoed
Torpedoed
Torpedoed
Torpedoed
Torpedoed
Foundered
Torpedoed
Torpedoed
Torpedoed
Torpedoed
Torpedoed
Wrecked
Torpedoed
Stranded
Torpedoed
Torpedoed
Mined
AUXILIARIES - COMMISSIONED ESCORT SHIPS
HMS Bostonian
HMS Mechanician
HMS Quernmore
10/10/1917
20/1/1918
31/7/1917
Off Start Point
W of St Catherine's Point
Off Tory Island
Torpedoed
Torpedoed
Torpedoed
AUXILIARIES - ARMED BOARDING STEAMERS
HMS Duke of Albany
HMS Dundee
HMS Fauvette
HMS Fiona
HMS Grive
HMS Louvain
HMS Ramsey
HMS Sarnia
HMS Snaefell
HMS Stephen Furness
HMS Tara
HMS Tithonus
25/8/1916
3/9/1917
9/3/1916
6/9/1917
24/12/1917
20/1/1918
8/8/1915
12/9/1918
5/6/1918
13/12/1917
5/11/1915
28/3/1918
E of Pentland Skerries
English Channel
Off East Coast
Off Pentland Skerries
Off The Shetlands
E. Mediterranean
North Sea
Mediterranean
Mediterranean
Irish Sea
Solum Bay, W. Egypt
North Sea
Torpedoed
Torpedoed
Mined
Wrecked
Foundered
Torpedoed
Torpedoed
Torpedoed
Torpedoed
Torpedoed
Torpedoed
Torpedoed
AUXILIARIES - SPECIAL SERVICE SHIPS ('Q BOATS')
HMS Bracondale
HMS Bradford City
HMS Dunraven
HMS Glenfoyle
HMS Lady Olive
HMS Lady Patricia
HMS Penshurst
HMS Perugia
HMS Peveril
HMS Remembrance
HMS Stock Force
HMS Vala
HMS Warner
HMS Westphalia
HMS Willow Branch
HMS Zylpha
7/8/1917
16/8/1917
10/8/1917
18/9/1917
19/2/1917
20/5/1917
25/12/1917
3/12/1916
6/11/1917
14/8/1916
30/7/1918
21/8/1917
13/3/1917
11/2/1918
25/4/1918
15/6/1917
Atlantic
Straits of Messina
English Channel
Atlantic
English Channel
Atlantic
Off Bristol Channel
Gulf of Genoa
Straits of Gibraltar
Mediterranean
English Channel
 - 
W Coast of Ireland
Irish Sea
E of Cape Verde Islands
SW of Ireland
Torpedoed
Torpedoed
Torpedoed
Torpedoed
Torpedoed
Torpedoed
Torpedoed
Torpedoed
Torpedoed
Torpedoed
Torpedoed
Torpedoed
Torpedoed
Torpedoed
Torpedoed
Torpedoed
AUXILIARIES - FLEET MESSENGERS
HMS Chesterfield
HMS Ermine
HMS Osmanieh
HMS Princess Alberta
HMS Redbreast
18/5/1918
2/8/1917
31/12/1917
21/2/1917
15/7/1917
Off Malta
Aegean Sea
E Mediterranean
Between Stavros & Mudros
Mediterranean
Torpedoed
Torpedoed
Mined
Mined
Torpedoed
AUXILIARIES - ARMED YACHTS
HMS Aegusa
HMS Aries
HMS Clementina
HMS Conqueror II
HMS Goissa
HMS Hersilia
HMS Iolaire
HMS Irene
HMS Kethailes
HMS Marcella
HMS Mekong
HMS Resource II
HMS Rhiannon
HMS Sanda
HMS Verona
HMS Zaida
HMS Zarefah
28/4/1916
31/10/1915
5/8/1915
26/9/1916
15/11/1918
6/1/1916
1/1/1919
9/11/1915
11/10/1917
24/3/1916
12/3/1916
12/11/1915
20/7/1915
25/9/1915
24/2/1917
17/8/1916
8/5/1917
Near Malta
Off Leathercoat
Off Tor Cor Point
Fair Island Channel
Dardanelles
Eilean Chuai, Hebrides
Off Stornoway
Off North Foreland
Off Blackwater Lightship
In the Downs
Christthorpe Cliff
Southampton Harbour
Off Longsand
Off Belgian Coast
Off Portmahomack
Gulf of Alexandretta
Off Mull Head, Deer Ness
Mined
Mined
Beached after collision
Torpedoed
Mined
Wrecked
Wrecked
Mined
Lost by collision
Lost by collision
Wrecked
Destroyed by fire
Mined
Sunk by gunfire
Mined
Sunk
Mined
AUXILIARIES - MISCELLANEOUS
HMS Ben-My-Chree
HMS Campania
HMS Dalkeith
HMS Duchess of Richmond
HMS Fisgard II
HMS Lowtyne
HMS Majestic II
HMS Princess Irene
HMS Stirling Castle
HMS Thrush
HMS White Head
11/1/1917
5/11/1918
29/3/1917
28/6/1919
17/9/1914
10/6/1918
28/7/1916
27/5/1915
26/9/1916
11/4/1917
15/10/1917
Kastelorizo Harbour
Firth of Forth
San Pietro Island, Sardinia
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Off Portland Bill
Off Whitby
Near Oran
Sheerness
Off W Coast of Malta
Near Glenarm, County Antrim
Off Suda Bay
Sunk by gunfire
Lost by collision
Sunk
Mined
Foundered
Torpedoed
Foundered
Destroyed by internal explosion
Blown up
Wrecked
Torpedoed
NOTE
There were a dozen other Special Service Vessels under 500 tons lost.
There were four other Fleet Messengers under 500 tons lost.
Also lost:-
Motor Launches 18, 19, 40, 52, 55, 62, 64, 110, 121, 149, 191, 197, 230, 247, 253, 254, 255, 278, 356, 403, 421, 424, 431, 474, 534, 540, 541, 561, 566.
Coastal Motor Boats 1, 2, 8, 10, 11, 18A, 33A, 39B, 40, 42, 47, 50, 62BD, 67A, 71A, 79A.
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