Roll of Honour - Royal Navy - World War 1 British Warship Losses

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WORLD WAR 1 BRITISH WARSHIP LOSSES

This list covers the warships lost between 4th August 1914 to 11th November 1918, issued as a House of Commons paper, as published in 1919 by His Majesty's Stationery Office. Links may exist in the table to other sources within this site, or externally. We are not repsonsible for the content of external links which come and go and are altered on a regular basis.

Class	Name	Displacement - Gross Tonnage	Date of Launch	Date of Completion	Date of Loss	How Lost and Where	Other details
Aircraft Carrier	Ben-my-Chree	3,888	—	— 1908	11 January 1917	Sunk in action off Asia Minor.
Aircraft Carrier	Campania	18,000	—	April 1915	5 November 1918	Sunk by collision in Firth of Forth.	April 1915 was the date of completion as an aircraft carrier
Aircraft Carrier	Hermes	5,600	7 April 1898	Oct 1899	31 October 1914	Sunk by submarine in Straits of Dover.
Armed Boarding Steamer	Duke of Albany	1,997 (gross)	—	Built 1907	25 August 1916	Sunk by submarine in North Sea.
Armed Boarding Steamer	Dundee	2,187 (gross)	—	Built 1911	3 September 1917	Sunk by submarine in entrance to English Channel.
Armed Boarding Steamer	Fauvette	3,644 (gross)	—	Built 1912	9 March 1916	Sunk by mine in North Sea.
Armed Boarding Steamer	Fiona	1,611 (gross)	—	Built 1905	6 September 1917	Wrecked off Pentland Skerries.
Armed Boarding Steamer	Grive	2,087 (gross)	—	Built 1905	24 December 1917	Torpedoed in North Sea 8th December and foundered 24th December.
Armed Boarding Steamer	Louvain	1,880 (gross)	—	Built 1897	20 January 1918	Sunk by submarine in Mediterranean.
Armed Boarding Steamer	Marcella	127 (gross)	—	Built 1887	24 March 1916	Sunk by collision in North 5ea.
Armed Boarding Steamer	Sarnia	1,498 (gross)	—	Built 1910	12 September 1918	Sunk by submarine in Mediterranean.
Armed Boarding Steamer	Snaefell	1,368 (gross)	—	Built 1910	5 June 1918	Sunk by submarine in Mediterranean.
Armed Boarding Steamer	Stephen Furness	1,712 (gross)	—	Built 1910	13 December 1917	Sunk by submarine in Irish Sea.
Armed Boarding Steamer	Tars	1,862 (gross)		Built 1900	5 November 1915	Sunk by submarine in Eastern Mediterranean.
Armed Boarding Steamer	The Ramsey	1,443 (gross)	—	Built 1895	8 August 1915	Sunk by German auxiliary mine layer "Meteor" in North Sea.
Armed Boarding Steamer	Tithonus (late Titania)	3,463 (gross)	—	Built 1908	28 March 1918	Sunk by submarine in North Sea.
Armed Merchant Cruiser	Alcantara	15,300 (gross)	—	Built 1913	29 February 1916	Sunk in action in North Sea.
Armed Merchant Cruiser	Avenger	15,000 (gross)	—	Built 1915	14 June 1917	Sunk by submarine in N. Atlantic.
Armed Merchant Cruiser	Bayano	5,948	—	Built 1913	11 March 1915	Sunk by submarine 0ff Clyde.
Armed Merchant Cruiser	Champagne	5,360 (gross)	—	Built 1895	9 October 1917	Sunk by submarine in Atlantic.
Armed Merchant Cruiser	Clan MacNaughton	4,986 (gross)	—	Built 1911	3 February 1915	Believed to have foundered in North Atlantic.
Armed Merchant Cruiser	Hilary	6,329 (gross)	—	Built 1908	25 May 1917	Sunk by submarine in Atlantic.
Armed Merchant Cruiser	India	7,940 (gross)	—	Built 1896	8 August 1915	Sunk by submarine off Norwegian Coast.
Armed Merchant Cruiser	Laurentic	14,892 (gross)	—	Built 1908	23 January 1917	Sunk by mine off Irish Coast.
Armed Merchant Cruiser	Orama	12,927 (gross)	—	Built 1911	19 October 1917	Sunk by submarine in Atlantic.
Armed Merchant Cruiser	Otway	12,077 (gross)	—	Built 1909	23 July 1917	Sunk by submarine in N. Atlantic.
Armed Merchant Cruiser	Viknor	5,386 (gross)	—	Built 1888	13 January 1915	Lost off Irish Coast.
Armed Merchant Cruiser.	Oceanic	17,274 (gross)	—	Built 1899	8 September 1914	Wrecked off Shetland Islands.
Armed Merchant Crusier	Calgarian	17,515 (gross)	—	Built 1914	1 March 1918	Sunk by submarine off Irish Coast.
Armed Merchant Crusier	Marmora	10,509 (gross)	—	Built 1903	23 July 1918	Sunk by submarine off South Coast of Ireland.
Armed Merchant Crusier	Moldavia	9,500 (gross)	—	Built 1903	28 May 1918	Sunk by submarine in English Channel.
Armed Merchant Crusier	Otranto	12,124 (gross)	—	Built 1909	6 October 1918	Wrecked off Islay after collision.
Armed Merchant Crusier	Patia	6,103 (gross)	—	Built 1913	13 June 1918	Sunk by submarine in Bristol Channel.
Battle Cruiser	Indefatigable	18,750	28 October 1909	April 1911	31 May 1916	Sunk in action in the North Sea
Battle Cruiser	Invincible	17,250	13 April 1907	March 1909	31 May 1916	Sunk in action in the North Sea
Battle Cruiser	Queen Mary	27,000	20 March 1912	August 1913	31 May 1916	Sunk in action in the North Sea
Battleship	Audacious	23,000	14 September 1912	Oct 1913	27 October 1914	Sunk by mine off N. Coast of Ireland.
Battleship	Britannia	16,360	10 December 1904	Sept 1906	9 November 1918	Sunk by submarine off Cape Trafalgar.
Battleship	Bulwark	15,000	18 October 1899	March 1902	26 November 1914	Internal explosion off Sheerness.
Battleship	Cornwallis	14,000	17 July 1901	Feb 1904	11 January 1917	Sunk by submarine off Malta.
Battleship	Formidable	11,000	17 November 1898	Sept 1901	1 January 1915	Sunk by submarine in the English Channel.
Battleship	Goliath	12,950	23 March 1898	March 1900	13 May 1915	Sunk by TB. off Cape Helles.
Battleship	Irresistible	15,000	15 December 1898	Feb 1902	18 March 1915	Sunk by mine in the Dardanelles.
Battleship	King Edward VII	111,350	23 July 1903	Feb 1905	6 January 1916	Sunk by mine off North of Scotland.
Battleship	Majestic	14,900	31 January 1895	Dec 1895	27 May 1915	Sunk by submarine off Cape Helles.
Battleship	Ocean	12,950	5 July 1898	Feb 1900	18 March 1915	Sunk by mine in the Dardanelles.
Battleship	Russell	14,000	19 February 1901	Feb 1903	27 April 1916	Sunk by mine off Malta.
Battleship	Triumph	11,985	15 January 1903	June 1904	25 May 1915	Sunk by submarine off Gab Tepe.
Battleship	Vanguard	19,250	22 February 1909	Feb 1910	9 July 1917	blown up by internal explosion
Coast Defence Ship	Glatton	5,700	3 August 1914	Sept 1918	16 September 1918	Sunk by internal explosion in Dover Harbour.
Coastal Motor Boat	No 1	5	—	Built 1916	19 June 1917	Sunk in action off Ostend.
Coastal Motor Boat	No 10	5 (disp )	—	Built 1916	7 May 1918	Accidentally burnt at Dover.
Coastal Motor Boat	No 11	5	—	Built 1916	2 November 1917	Caught fire in Dover Straits after collision.
Coastal Motor Boat	No 18A	10 (disp )	—	Built 1917	12 April 1918	Sunk by collision off Belgian coast.
Coastal Motor Boat	No 2	5 (disp )	—	Built 1916	9 July 1918	Accidentally burnt in Portsmouth Harbour.
Coastal Motor Boat	No 33A	10 (disp )	—	Built 1918	12 April 1918	Sunk in action off Ostend.
Coastal Motor Boat	No 39B	10 (disp )	—	Built 1918	28 April 1918	Accidentally burnt at Dunkirk.
Coastal Motor Boat	No 40	5 (disp )	—	Built 1918	11 August 1918	Sank in action with aircraft off Frisian Islands.
Coastal Motor Boat	No 42	5 (disp )	—	Built 1918	11 August 1918	Sank in action with aircraft off Frisian Islands.
Coastal Motor Boat	No 47	5 (disp )	—	Built 1918	11 August 1918	Caught fire during action off Frisian Islands and sunk.
Coastal Motor Boat	No 50	5 (disp )	—	Built 1918	19 July 1918	Sunk in Heligoland Bight to avoid capture.
Coastal Motor Boat	No 71A	10 (disp )	—	Built 1918	15 October 1918	Missing, believed foundered off Belgian coast as result of collision.
Coastal Motor Boat	No 8	5	—	Built 1916	27 September 1917	Sunk off Belgian Coast to avoid capture.
Cruiser	Aboukir	12,000	16 May 1900	Feb 1902	22 September 1914	Sunk by submarine in North Sea.
Cruiser	Argyll	10,850	3 March 1904	Dec 1905	28 October 1915	Wrecked on East Coast of Scotland.
Cruiser	Black Prince	13,550	8 November 1904	March 1906	31 May 1916	Sunk in action in the North Sea
Cruiser	Cressy	12,000	4 December 1899	May 1901	22 September 1914	Sunk by submarine in North Sea.
Cruiser	Defence	14,600	27 April 1907	Feb 11409	31 May 1916	Sunk in action in the North Sea
Cruiser	Drake	14,100	5 March 1901	Jan 1903	2 October 1917	Sunk by submarine in North Channel.
Cruiser	Good Hope	14,100	21 February 1901	Nov 1902	1 November 1914	Sunk by "Scharnhorst" and "Gneisenau" off Valparaiso.
Cruiser	Hampshire	10,850	24 September 1901	Aug 1905	5 June 1916	Sunk by mine off Orkneys.
Cruiser	Hawke	7,350	11 March 1891	March 1893	15 October 1914	Sunk by submarine in North Sea.
Cruiser	Hogue	12,000	13 August 1900	Sept 1902	22 September 1914	Sunk by submarine in North Sea.
Cruiser	Monmouth	9,800	13 November 1901	Nov 1903	1 November 1914	Sunk by "Scharnhorst" and "Gneisenau" off Valparaiso.
Cruiser	Natal	13,550	30 September 1903	April 1907	31 December 1915	Internal explosion, Cromarty Firth.
Cruiser	Warrior	13,559	25 November 1905	May 1907	31 May 1916	Sunk in action in the North Sea
Destroyer	Ardent	981	8 September 1913	Feb 1914	31 May 1916	Sunk in action in North Sea.
Destroyer	Ariel	763	26 September 1911	March 1912	2 August 1918	Sunk by mine in North Sea.
Destroyer	Arno	560	—	June 1915	23 March 1918	Sunk by collision off Dardanelles.
Destroyer	Attack	785	21 December 1911	May 1912	31 December 1917	Sunk by mine off Alexandria.
Destroyer	Bittern	360	1 February 1897	April 1899	4 April 1918	Sunk by collision in English Channel.
Destroyer	Boxer	280	28 November 1894	June 1895	8 February 1918	Sunk by collision in English Channel
Destroyer	Cheerful	3711	14 July 1897	Feb 1900	30 June 1917	Sunk by mine off Shetland Islands.
Destroyer	Comet	747	23 June 1910	Jan 1911	6 August 1918	Stink by submarine in Mediterranean.
Destroyer	Contest	957	7 January 1913	June 1913	18 September 1917	Sunk by submarine in English Channel.
Destroyer	Coquette	335	25 November 1897	Nov 1899	7 March 1916	Sunk by mine in North Sin.
Destroyer	Derwent	550	14 February 1903	July 1904	2 May 1917	Sunk by mine in English Channel
Destroyer	Eden	540	14 March 1903	June 1901	18 June 1916	Sunk in collision in English Channel.
Destroyer	Erne	550	14 January 1903	Feb 1904	6 February 1915	Wrecked off Battray Head.
Destroyer	Fairy	380	29 May 1897	Aug 1898	31 May 1918	Sunk after ramming and destroying enemy submarine in North Sea.
Destroyer	Falcon	408	29 December 1899	Dec 1901	1 April 1918	Sunk by collision in North Sea.
Destroyer	Flirt	380	13 May 1897	April 1899	27 October 1916	Sunk in action in Straits of Dover
Destroyer	Fortune	1,000	17 May 1913	Dec 1913	31 May 1916	Sunk in action in North Sea.
Destroyer	Foyle	550	25 February 1903	March 1904	15 March 1917	Sunk by mine in Dover Straits.
Destroyer	Ghurka	880	29 April 1907	~lee 1908	8 February 1917	Sunk by mine in English Channel
Destroyer	Goldfinch	747	12 July 1910	Feb 1911	18/19 February 1915	Wrecked off Orkney Islands.
Destroyer	Itchen	550	17 March 1903	Jan 1904	6 July 1917	Sunk by submarine in North
Destroyer	Kale	545	8 November 1904	Aug 1905	27 March 1918	Sunk by mine in North Sea.
Destroyer	Laforey	9145	22 August 1913	Feb 1914	23 March 1917	Sunk by mine in English Channel
Destroyer	Lassoo	1,010	24 August 1915	Oct 1918	13 August 1916	Sunk by mine in North Sea.
Destroyer	Lightning	320	10 April 1895	Jan 1896	30 June 1915	Sunk by mine in North Sea.
Destroyer	Louis	965	30 December 1913	May 1914	31 October 1915	Wrecked in Suvla Bay.
Destroyer	Lynx	915	20 March 1913	Jan 1914	9 August 1915	Mined off Moray Firtb.
Destroyer	Maori	1,015	24 May 1909	Nov 1909	7 May 1915	Sunk by mine in North Sea.
Destroyer	Marmion	1,029	28 May 1915	Sept 1915	21 October 1917	Sunk by collision in North Sea.
Destroyer	Mary Rose	1,017	8 October 1911	March 1916	17 October 1917	Sunk in action in North Sea.
Destroyer	Medusa	1 007	27 March 1915	June 1915	28 March 1916	Sunk by collision in North Sea.
Destroyer	Myrmidon	370	26 May 1900	May 1901	26 March 1917	Sunk by mine in English Channel
Destroyer	Narbrough	1,010	2 March 1916	April 1916	12 January 1918	Wrecked off Orkneys.
Destroyer	Negro	1,025	8 March 1916	May 1916	21 December 1916	Sunk by collision in North Sea.
Destroyer	Nessus	1,022	24 August 1915	Nov 1918	41 Sept 1918	Sunk by collision in North Sea.
Destroyer	Nestor	14,425	22 December 1915	April 19141	31 May 1916	Sunk in action in North Sea.
Destroyer	Nomad	1,025	7 February 1916	I April 1916	31 May 1916	Sunk in action in North Sea.
Destroyer	North Star	1 042	9 November 1916	Feb 1917	23 April 1918	Sunk in action at Zeebrugge.
Destroyer	Nubian	1,062	20 April 1909	Sep 1909	27 October 1916	Damaged in action and afterwards made into one ship, joined with Zulu also damaged, named "Zubian".
Destroyer	Opal	1,000	11 September 1915	April 1916	12 January 1918	Wrecked off Orkneys.
Destroyer	Paragon	917	21 February 1913	Dec 1913	18 March 1917	Sunk in action in Dover Straits.
Destroyer	Partridge	1,016	4 March 1916	June 1916	12 December 1917	Sunk in action in North Sea.
Destroyer	Pheasant	1,025	23 October 1916	Nov 1916	1 March 1917	Sunk off Orkneys, apparently by floating mine.
Destroyer	Phoenix	765	9 October 1911	May 1912	14 May 1918	Sunk by submarine in Adriatic.
Destroyer	Pincher	975