Those in black type we know to have been located and identified by the Royal Navy or by sports divers. As a result, these are most at risk. However, as there are precise grid references available for all of them, they can be designated controlled sites and thereby fully protected under the PMRA. The remainder (those in blue type) could and should be named as protected places under the Act until their exact position is known.

These are all vessels lost strictly in military, not commercial service, a criterion specified in the PMRA as necessary for designation. Those with a "SS" designation were troopships.

If you know of any wreck that you think should be included in the roll, or if you know one on the "blue roll" is being dived, do send us an e-mail to let us know:

The Roll of Honour

HMMS 8 (Normandy) 2 survivors
HM SUB A7 (South Cornwall) 8
HMAT ABELARD (Plymouth) 15
HMS ACHERON (IoW) 149
HM SUB AFFRAY (Portland) 75
HMAT AGATE (Beachy Head) 26
HMAT ALMOND (Falmouth Bay) 19
HMHS ANGLIA (Dover Straits) 127
HMS ARABIS (Irish Sea) 9
HMS ARDENT (Jutland) 78
HMS ARETHUSA (Harwich) 8
HMS ARIADNE (English Channel) 38
HMS ARIES (Dover Straits) 22
HMS ALBANY (Skerries) 24
HMS ALBERNI (IoW) 59
HMS AMPHION (Harwich) 15
HMHS AMSTERDAM II (Juno Beach, Normandy) 95
HMAT BALFOUR (Beachy Head) 27
HMAT BANYERS (North Sea) 6
SS BASIL (Littlehampton) 13
HMAT BENVOLIO (North Sea) 10
HMS BITTERN (English Channel) no survivors
HMS BLACKWOOD (English Channel) 58
HMS BLACK PRINCE (Jutland) 862
HMS BOADICEA (Portland) 175
HMS BRANLEBAS (East Of the Lizard) c100
HMS BRITOMART (Normandy) 22
HMS BULWARK (Thames Estuary) 12 survivors
HMS BULLEN (North Scotland) 71
HM SUB C29 (Humber) no survivors
HM SUB C31 (Zeebrugge) no survivors
HM SUB C33 (North Sea) no survivors
HM SUB C34 (Orkneys) 15
HMS CALGARIAN (North of Ireland) 49
HMS CAPEL (English Channel) 77
HMS CARANTAN (Poole Bay) 17
HMS CATO (Normandy) 26
HMS CHAMPAGNE (Irish Sea) 56
HMS CHARYBDIS (Brittany) 520
HMS CHEERFUL (Shetlands) 42
HMS CLAN McNAUGHTON (Location Unknown) 261
HMS COQUETTE (North Sea) 22
HMAT COMFORT (English Channel) 1 survivor
HMS CURACOA (North of Ireland) 338
HM SUB D2 (North Sea) no survivors
HM SUB D3 (Dieppe) 25
HM SUB D5 (Yarmouth) 5 survivors
HM SUB D6 (West of Ireland) 25
HMS DARING (North Sea) 15 survivors
HMS DASHER (Firth of Clyde) 379
HMS DONEGAL (Spithead) 11
HMS DEFENCE (Jutland) 907
HMS DUKE OF ALBANY (Orkneys) 24
HMS EXMOUTH (Moray Firth) 189
HM SUB E4 (Harwich) 33
HM SUB E5 (North Sea) no survivors
HM SUB E6 (Harwich) 38
HM SUB E10 (North Sea) no survivors
HM SUB E16 (North Sea) 31
HM SUB E22 (Yarmouth) 2 survivors
HM SUB E24 (North Sea) 34
HM SUB E26 (Ems Estuary) 31
HM SUB E30 (North Sea) 33
HM SUB E34 (North Sea) 30
HM SUB E36 (Harwich) no survivors
HM SUB E37 (Harwich) 38
HM SUB E41 (Harwich) 18
HM SUB E47 (North Sea) no survivors
HM SUB E49 (Shetlands) no survivors
HM SUB E50 (North Sea) 30
HMS FAUVETTE (Kent) 14
HMS FDT 216 (Normandy) 5
HMS FLIRT (English Channel) 80
HMS FORMIDABLE (South Devon) 547
HMS FORTUNE (Jutland) 67
HMS FOYLE (Plymouth) 27
HM SUB G7 (North Sea) no survivors
HM SUB G8 (North Sea) 30
HM SUB G9 (North Sea) 1 survivor
HMS GALLIARDIA (North Sea) 85
HMAT GANILLY (Sussex) 32
HMS GENISTA (West of Ireland) 78
HMS GHURKA (Kent) 87
HM SUB H5 (Anglesey) 25
HM SUB H10 (North Sea) 22
HM SUB H47 (Irish Sea) 19
HM SUB H49 (North Sea) 1 survivor
HMS HAMPSHIRE (Orkneys) 737
HMS HAZARD (Portsmouth) 3
HMS HAVANT (Dunkirk) 8
HMS HAWKE (North Sea) 500
HMS HERMES (Dover Straits) 44
HMS HUSSAR (English Channel) 55
HMS IMMOGEN (Orkneys) 18
HMS INDEFATIGABLE (Jutland) 1022
HMS INVINCIBLE (Jutland) 1026
HMS ISIS (English Channel) 20 survivors
HM SUB J6 (Firth of Forth) 29
HMS JASON (Mull) no survivors
HMAT JASPER (South Devon) 11
HMAT KERYADO (Sussex) 9
HMAT KINGSTON CAIRNGORM (IoW) 7
HMAT KIRKWALL (Orkneys) no survivors
HM SUB K4 (Firth of Forth) 59
HM SUB K5 (Scillies) 57
HM SUB K17 (Firth of Forth) 50
HMS KEITH (English Channel) 36
HM SUB L10 (North Sea) no survivors
HM SUB L24 (English Channel) no survivors
HMS LADY OF THE ISLE (South Cornwall) 16
HMS LAFOREY (English Channel) 5
HMS LAWFORD (Normandy) 24
HMS LIGHTNING (English Channel) no survivors
HMS LIMBORNE (Brittany) 47
HMAT LORD HAILSHAM (Lyme Bay) 27
HMS LORD AUSTIN (Normandy) 7
LSTs 507 & 531 (Lyme Bay) 709
HM SUB M1 (Lyme Bay) 69
HM SUB M2 (Chesil Beach) 60
HMS MAGIC (Normandy) 25
HMS MARY ROSE (North Sea) 83
HMS MARMORA (West of Ireland) 10
HMS MASHONA (West of Ireland) 46
SS MENDI (IoW) 650
HMS MINSTER (Normandy) no survivors
HMS MOLDAVIA (Littlehampton) 56
HMS MOURNE (English Channel) 110
HMS NARBOROUGH (Orkneys) no survivors
HMS NATAL (Cromaty Firth) 405
HMS NESTOR (Jutland) 6
HMS NOMAD (Jutland) 7
HMS NOTTINGHAM (North Sea) 38
HMAT OCEAN SUNLIGHT (Sussex) 9
HMS OPAL (Orkneys) no survivors
SS OTRANTO (ISLAY) 431
HMS PARAGON (Dover Straits) 10 survivors
HMS PATHFINDER (Firth of Forth) 256
HMS PATIA (Bristol Channel) 16
HMS PENYLAN (Salcombe) 36
HMS PHEASANT (Orkneys) 85
HMAT PINE (Littlehampton) 10
HMS PLYADES (Normandy) 9
HMS PRINCESS IRENE (Thames Estuary) 128
HMS PRINCE LEOPOLD (English Channel) 54
HMS QUEEN MARY (Jutland) 1246
HMS QUORN (Normandy) 130
HMS RACOON (North of Ireland) 91
HMS RECRUIT (North Sea) 43
HMS REDMILL (West of Ireland) 22
HMCS REGINA (North Cornwall) no survivors
HMHS ROHILLA (North Sea) 84
HMS ROYAL OAK (Scapa Flow) 833
HMHS SALTA (Normandy) 79
SS SAMBUT (Dover Straits) 150
HMAT SAPPER (Sussex) 21
HM SUB SEAHORSE (North Sea) no survivors
HMS SHARK (Jutland) 86
HMS SIMOOM (North Sea) 47
HMS SKIPJACK (English Channel) 8
HM SUB SNAPPER (Brittany) 39
HMS SPARROWHAWK (Jutland) 6
HMS SPHINX (N.E.Scotland) 54
HMS STRONGBOW (North Sea) 47
HMS SUCCESS (North Scotland) 60 survivors
HMS SWIFT (Normandy) 17
HM SUB SWORDFISH (IoW) 40
HMSs SURPRISE, TORRENT, & TORNADO (North Sea) 252
HMS TB 11 (North Sea) 23
HMS TB117 (English Channel) 5
HMS THAMES (North Sea) no survivors
HMS TIPPERARY (Jutland) 185
HMS TRENTONIAN (Falmouth) 6
HMS TURBULENT (Jutland) 100
SS TUSCANIA (Islay) 166
HM SUB UNITY (North Sea) 2
HMS UMPIRE (North Sea) 22
US TANK LANDING CRAFT 245 (Chesil Beach) 9
HM SUB VANDAL (West Scotland) no survivors
HMS VANGUARD (Scapa Flow) 668
HMS VELOX (Plymouth) 3
HMS VIKNOR (North Sea) 295
HMS VIMIERA (Thames Estuary) 93
HMS WAKEFUL (English Channel) 650
HMHS WARILDA (Selsey Bill) 123
HMS WARRIOR (Jutland) 71
HMS WARWICK (North Cornwall) 67
HMAT WARWICK DEEPING (Littlehampton) no survivors
HMS WHIRLWIND (Celtic Sea) 57
HM SUB X22 (Pentland Firth) 3
HM SUB XE11 (Loch Striven) 3