List of hospital ships sunk in World War II

Hospital ships should display large Red Crosses or Red Crescents. The HS Awa Maru was displaying illuminated white crosses on its side when sunk.

Name	Image	Nationality	Date	Location of wreck	Cause	Lives lost	Note
HS Andros		Greece	23 April 1941	At Loutraki (West of the Corinth Canal)	Sunk by Italian aircraft	?	[1]
HS Armenia		Soviet Union	7 November 1941	On voyage from Yalta to Gurzuf 44°15′00″N 34°17′00″E / 44.25000°N 34.28333°E	Attacked by German torpedo-carrying He-111H Bombers,	Over 5,000	[2]
HS Arno		Italy	10 September 1942	About 40 miles NE of Ras el Tin 33°14′00″N 23°23′00″E / 33.23333°N 23.38333°E	Sunk by aerial torpedoes from the RAF	27	[3]
HS Asahi Maru		Japan	17 August 1945	Inland Sea. W of Ushijima, 1.25 miles off Bizan Seto	Collides with oiler Manju Maru, beached. Abandoned as a constructive total loss.	–	[4]
HS Attiki		Greece	11 April 1941	Doro Channel off Karystos	Bombed and sunk	?	[5]
HS Awa Maru		Japan	1 April 1945	Inland Sea. W of Ushijima, 1.25 miles off Bizan Seto	Sunk by US Submarine Queenfish	–	[6]
HS Berlin		Germany	31 January 1945	Off Swinemünde, and was put in tow for Kiel 54°02′06″N 14°19′00″E / 54.03500°N 14.31667°E	Mined. Again hit a mine on the same day and sank	?	[7]
HS Buenos Aires Maru		Japan	27 November 1943	Off Saint Matthias Island in Steffen Strait 02°40′00″S 149°20′00″E / 2.66667°S 149.33333°E	Bombed by USAAF	158	[8] [9] [10]
HS California		Italy	11 August 1941	Syracuse Harbour	Torpedoed and sunk by British aircraft torpedoes	1	[11]
AHS Centaur		Australia	14 May 1943	Off North Stradbroke Island, Queensland	Torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-177	268	[12]
HS Dronning Maud		Norway	01 May 1940	Near Gratangen, Norway	Sunk by German aircraft	42	[13]
HS Esperos		Greece	21 April 1941	Off Missolonghi, Greece	Sunk by German aircraft	?	[14]
HMHS Hikawa Maru No.2		Netherlands Japan	17 August 1945	Wakasa Bay	Scuttled by placing explosive charges in the hull	?	[15] [16]
HMHS Maid of Kent		UK	21 May 1940	Dieppe harbour	Bombed by German aircraft	43	[17] [18]
HMHS Newfoundland		UK	13 September 1943	40 nautical miles (74 km) offshore of Salerno 40°13′00″N 14°21′00″E / 40.21667°N 14.35000°E	Bombed by German aircraft. After burning for 2 days she was sunk by gunfire by destroyers Mayo and Plunkett.	21	[19]
HMHS Paris		UK	02 June 1940	Off Dunkirk	Bombed by German aircraft	?	[20] [21]
HS Po		Italy	14 March 1941	Inside the Bay of Valona (Albania), 1,5 miles off Cape Dukati and Crionerò 40°22′00″N 19°28′00″E / 40.36667°N 19.46667°E	Sunk by a British torpedo bomber	24	[22] [23] [24]
HS RAMB IV		Italy UK	10 May 1942	Off Alexandria in Egypt	Bombed and set afire by German aircraft and sank	165	[25]
HS Sicilia		Italy	04 April 1943	Off Naples	Torpedoed and sunk by British aircraft	?	[26]
HS Sokratis		Greece	22 April 1941	Antikyra, Greece	Sunk by German aircraft	?	[27]
HMHS St David		UK	24 January 1944	25 miles south of Anzio	Sunk by German aircraft (Hs-293)	96	[28] [29]
HS Tübingen		Germany	18 November 1944	3.5 miles south of Cap. Premantura Pula (Pola)	Attacked by two British air plane (Beaufighters)	6	[30]
HMHS Talamba		UK	10 July 1943	Off Syracuse during the landings in Sicily	Bombed and sunk by an enemy aircraft whilst embarking wounded	5	[31] [32]

References

1. "SS Andros (+1941)". wrecksite. 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
2. "MV Armenia (Армения) (+1941)". wrecksite. 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
3. "SS Arno (+1942)". wrecksite. 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
4. "IJN Hospital Ship ASAHI MARU". combinedfleet.com. 2010. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
5. "SS Attiki (+1941)". wrecksite. 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
6. "SS Awa Maru (+1945)". wrecksite. 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
7. "Lazarettschiff A (Berlin)". feldgrau.com. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
8. "Buenos Aires Maru (+1943)". wrecksite. 2012. Retrieved July 10, 2012.
9. "Did the 13th AF or 5th AF Sink the Buenos Aires Maru". forum.armyairforces.com. 2012. Retrieved July 10, 2012.
10. "BUENOS AIRES MARU". combinedfleet.com. 2012. Retrieved July 10, 2012.
11. "SS California (+1941)". wrecksite. 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
12. "SINKING OF THE 2/3 HOSPITAL SHIP A.H.S. CENTAUR". ozatwar.com. 2010. Retrieved November 8, 2011.
13. "SS Dronning Maud (+1940)". wrecksite. 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
14. "SS Esperos (+1941)". wrecksite. 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
15. "SS Hikawa Maru No.2 (+1945)". wrecksite. 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
16. "IJN Hospital Ship HIKAWA MARU NO. 2". combinedfleet.com. 2010. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
17. "HMHS Maid of Kent (+1940)". wrecksite. 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
18. "TS Maid of Kent (II)". doverferryphotos.co.uk. 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
19. "SS Newfoundland (+1943)". wrecksite. 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
20. "SS Paris". roll-of-honour.com. 2008. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
21. "The Hospital Ship Paris". BBC. 2004. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
22. "Wien SS (1911~1919) Po SS (+1941)". wrecksite. 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
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24. "Sinking of Italian hospital ship "Po"". forum.axishistory.com. 2007. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
25. "Aquileia RM (1940~1941) Aquileia MV (+1942)". wrecksite. 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
26. "Sicilia (+1943)". wrecksite. 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
27. "SS Sokratis (+1941)". wrecksite. 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
28. "St. David [+1944]". wrecksite. 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
29. "HMHS St David". roll-of-honour.com. 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
30. "SS Tübingen (+1944)". wrecksite. 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
31. "SS Talamba (+1943)". wrecksite. 2013. Retrieved October 9, 2013.
32. "TALAMBA". tynebuiltships.co.uk. 2013. Retrieved October 9, 2013.