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style="display:none">Norwegian cargo ship, 1924–1944</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <table class="infobox" style="width:25.5em;border-spacing:2px;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;line-height:1.5em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rigel_sinking,_V-boat_burning_1944.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Rigel and escort under attack"><img alt="Rigel and escort under attack" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Rigel_sinking%2C_V-boat_burning_1944.jpg/300px-Rigel_sinking%2C_V-boat_burning_1944.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="228" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Rigel_sinking%2C_V-boat_burning_1944.jpg/450px-Rigel_sinking%2C_V-boat_burning_1944.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Rigel_sinking%2C_V-boat_burning_1944.jpg/600px-Rigel_sinking%2C_V-boat_burning_1944.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="608" /></a></span><div><i>Rigel</i> (left) and an escort (right) under attack</div> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">History</th></tr> <tr><th height="30" colspan="2" style="background-color:#B0C4DE;text-align:left;padding-left:2px;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;"><span class="flagicon"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/39px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="39" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/58px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/77px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></span></span></span><span style="padding-left:1em">Norway</span></th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Name</td><td>MS <i>Rigel</i></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Namesake</td><td>The star <a href="/wiki/Rigel" title="Rigel">Rigel</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Owner</td><td><a href="/wiki/Bergen_Steamship_Company" title="Bergen Steamship Company">Bergen Steamship Company</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Builder</td><td><a href="/wiki/Burmeister_%26_Wain" title="Burmeister & Wain">Burmeister & Wain</a>, Copenhagen<sup id="cite_ref-videnscenter_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-videnscenter-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Yard number</td><td>326<sup id="cite_ref-videnscenter_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-videnscenter-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Acquired</td><td>August 1924<sup id="cite_ref-warsailors_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-warsailors-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Fate</td><td>Sunk by aircraft, 27 November 1944<sup id="cite_ref-warsailors_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-warsailors-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">General characteristics</th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Type</td><td><a href="/wiki/Steamboat" title="Steamboat">Cargo steamer</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Tonnage</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">3,828 <a href="/wiki/Gross_register_tonnage" title="Gross register tonnage">GRT</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">6,785 <a href="/wiki/Deadweight_tonnage" title="Deadweight tonnage">DWT</a><sup id="cite_ref-videnscenter_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-videnscenter-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Length</td><td>367 ft 6 in (112.01 m)<sup id="cite_ref-warsailors_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-warsailors-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Beam</td><td>51 ft 6 in (15.70 m)<sup id="cite_ref-warsailors_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-warsailors-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Depth</td><td>22 ft 6 in (6.86 m)<sup id="cite_ref-warsailors_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-warsailors-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Propulsion</td><td>2 × 6-cylinder B&W diesel engines, 2,076 ihp (1,548 kW)<sup id="cite_ref-warsailors_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-warsailors-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Speed</td><td>11 <a href="/wiki/Knot_(unit)" title="Knot (unit)">knots</a> (20 km/h; 13 mph)<sup id="cite_ref-warsailors_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-warsailors-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><b> MS <i>Rigel</i></b> was a Norwegian vessel built in <a href="/wiki/Copenhagen" title="Copenhagen">Copenhagen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark">Denmark</a>, in 1924. The ship was used as a German <a href="/wiki/Prisoner_of_war" title="Prisoner of war">prisoner of war</a> (POW) transport during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, and was sunk by British <a href="/wiki/Fleet_Air_Arm" title="Fleet Air Arm">Fleet Air Arm</a> aircraft off <a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norway</a> on 27 November 1944 with more than 2,500 dead, mostly POWs. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ship_history">Ship history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=MS_Rigel&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Ship history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Rigel</i> (3,828 tons) was originally a motorship owned by the <a href="/wiki/Bergen_Steamship_Company" title="Bergen Steamship Company">Bergen Steamship Company</a>. The vessel was named after the <a href="/wiki/Rigel" title="Rigel">brightest star</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Orion_(constellation)" title="Orion (constellation)">Orion</a> constellation. The ships had been requisitioned by the <a href="/wiki/Occupation_of_Norway_by_Nazi_Germany" class="mw-redirect" title="Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany">German occupation authorities</a> in Norway in 1940 to transport <a href="/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II" title="Allies of World War II">Allied</a> PoWs. </p><p>According to Norwegian sources <i>Rigel</i>, under the command of Captain Heinrich Rohde with a German crew, sailed under the German flag from <a href="/wiki/Bjerkvik" title="Bjerkvik">Bjerkvik</a> on 21 November 1944 carrying 951 PoWs and 114 guards. At <a href="/wiki/Narvik" class="mw-redirect" title="Narvik">Narvik</a> a further 349 PoWs were loaded plus 95 German deserters and 8 Norwegian prisoners arrested by the German police. The ship then proceeded in convoy with some smaller vessels to <a href="/wiki/T%C3%B8mmerneset" title="Tømmerneset">Tømmerneset</a> where 948 more PoWs were loaded into the cargo holds. <i>Rigel</i> called next at the port of <a href="/wiki/Bod%C3%B8" class="mw-redirect" title="Bodø">Bodø</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When the ship left Bodø on 26 November Captain Rohde reported 2838 persons on board. There were 2,248 Soviet, Polish and <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Yugoslavia" title="Kingdom of Yugoslavia">Serbian</a> prisoners of war with the 95 German deserters and 8 Norwegian prisoners. In addition there were 455 German soldiers and the normal ship's crew of 29 plus three coastal pilots. One of the pilots and one woman crew member were Norwegians. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sinking">Sinking</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=MS_Rigel&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Sinking"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The convoy, escorted by two small <a href="/wiki/Vorpostenboot" title="Vorpostenboot">V-Boats</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Kriegsmarine" title="Kriegsmarine">Kriegsmarine</a>, was discovered by a patrol from the <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_carrier" title="Aircraft carrier">aircraft carrier</a> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Implacable_(R86)" title="HMS Implacable (R86)">HMS <i>Implacable</i></a> on the morning of 27 November, which mistakenly identified <i>Rigel</i> as a troopship. The convoy was attacked by <a href="/wiki/Supermarine_Seafire" title="Supermarine Seafire">Supermarine Seafire</a> fighters and <a href="/wiki/Fairey_Firefly" title="Fairey Firefly">Fairey Firefly</a> dive-bombers from <i>Implacable</i>, which was taking part in <a href="/wiki/Operation_Provident" title="Operation Provident">Operation Provident</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The attack took place between the islands of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ros%C3%B8ya&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rosøya (page does not exist)">Rosøya</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tj%C3%B8tta_(island)" title="Tjøtta (island)">Tjøtta</a> south of the port of <a href="/wiki/Sandnessj%C3%B8en" title="Sandnessjøen">Sandnessjøen</a> in <a href="/wiki/Nordland" title="Nordland">Nordland</a> county. </p><p>After the attack the German captain grounded the badly damaged <i>Rigel</i> on the island of Rosøya, which probably saved the lives of the 267 survivors. The number of casualties is 2571, including seven Norwegians.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Also heavily damaged and grounded was the <a href="/wiki/Collier_(ship)" title="Collier (ship)">collier</a> <i>Korsnes</i>, built in 1936 for the Bergen company Kr. Jebsen. There were six casualties on this ship, which was salvaged in 1946 and continued in use until 1965.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Memorial">Memorial</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=MS_Rigel&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Memorial"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The wreck remained half-sunk until 1969, when it was demolished and the remains of the dead buried in the <a href="/wiki/Tj%C3%B8tta_International_War_Cemetery" title="Tjøtta International War Cemetery">Tjøtta International War Cemetery</a> on the island of <a href="/wiki/Tj%C3%B8tta_(island)" title="Tjøtta (island)">Tjøtta</a>. The cemetery was consecrated in 1970, in memory of those killed on the <i>Rigel</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All the graves are anonymous, but a memorial stone in the form of a cross has been erected on the site. </p><p>Also in 1970, a song ("Riegal") based on the story of the <i>Rigel</i> was released by the American <a href="/wiki/Psychedelic_folk" title="Psychedelic folk">psychedelic folk</a> group <a href="/wiki/Pearls_Before_Swine_(band)" title="Pearls Before Swine (band)">Pearls Before Swine</a> on their album <i><a href="/wiki/The_Use_of_Ashes" title="The Use of Ashes">The Use of Ashes</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Norwegian broadcaster NRK produced a short news video in 2004 to mark the 60th anniversary of the disaster, with an interview with one of the survivors, 83-year-old Asbjørn Schultz. Three weeks later, having told his story, Schultz died. The video contains some underwater footage of the wreck.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a radio broadcast in 1966 Schultz said that the convoy had come under attack at about 11.00 by about 40 aircraft. Many prisoners escaped from the ship only to drown while trying to reach land, he said.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=MS_Rigel&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-videnscenter-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-videnscenter_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-videnscenter_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-videnscenter_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.maritime-museum.dk/videnscenter/documents/ByggelisteBogW.pdf">"B&W ships list"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>maritime-museum.dk</i> (in Danish). 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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href="/wiki/USS_Abner_Read_(DD-526)" title="USS Abner Read (DD-526)">USS <i>Abner Read</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Italian_destroyer_Audace_(1916)" title="Italian destroyer Audace (1916)">TA20</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Whitaker_(K580)" title="HMS Whitaker (K580)">HMS <i>Whitaker</i></a></li> <li>2 Nov: <a href="/wiki/SS_Fort_Lee" title="SS Fort Lee"><i>Fort Lee</i></a></li> <li>3 Nov: <i><a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Akikaze" title="Japanese destroyer Akikaze">Akikaze</a></i></li> <li>5 Nov: <i><a href="/wiki/Italian_auxiliary_cruiser_Ramb_III" title="Italian auxiliary cruiser Ramb III">Kiebitz</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Nachi" title="Japanese cruiser Nachi">Nachi</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/USS_Genesee_(AT-55)" title="USS Genesee (AT-55)">PB-107</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Italian_destroyer_Insidioso" title="Italian destroyer Insidioso">TA21</a></i></li> <li>7 Nov: <a href="/wiki/USS_Albacore_(SS-218)" title="USS Albacore (SS-218)">USS <i>Albacore</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HM_LST-420" title="HM LST-420">HM <i>LST-420</i></a></li> <li>8 Nov: <a href="/wiki/USS_Growler_(SS-215)" title="USS Growler (SS-215)">USS <i>Growler</i></a></li> <li>9 Nov: <i><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-537" title="German submarine U-537">U-537</a></i></li> <li>10 Nov: <i><a href="/wiki/Gokoku_Maru" title="Gokoku Maru">Gokoku Maru</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Mount_Hood_(AE-11)" title="USS Mount Hood (AE-11)">USS <i>Mount Hood</i></a></li> <li>11 Nov: <i><a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Hamanami" title="Japanese destroyer Hamanami">Hamanami</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Naganami" title="Japanese destroyer Naganami">Naganami</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Scamp_(SS-277)" title="USS Scamp (SS-277)">USS <i>Scamp</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Shimakaze_(1942)" title="Japanese destroyer Shimakaze (1942)">Shimakaze</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-771" title="German submarine U-771">U-771</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-1200" title="German submarine U-1200">U-1200</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Wakatsuki" title="Japanese destroyer Wakatsuki">Wakatsuki</a></i></li> <li>12 Nov: <a href="/wiki/HMAS_Marlean" title="HMAS Marlean">HMAS <i>Marlean</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/German_battleship_Tirpitz" title="German battleship Tirpitz">Tirpitz</a></i></li> <li>13 Nov: <i><a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Akebono_(1930)" title="Japanese destroyer Akebono (1930)">Akebono</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Akishimo" title="Japanese destroyer Akishimo">Akishimo</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Hatsuharu_(1933)" title="Japanese destroyer Hatsuharu (1933)">Hatsuharu</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/HMAS_Koolonga" title="HMAS Koolonga">Hatsu Maru</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-12" title="Japanese submarine I-12"><i>I-12</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-38" title="Japanese submarine I-38"><i>I-38</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Kiso" title="Japanese cruiser Kiso">Kiso</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Okinami" title="Japanese destroyer Okinami">Okinami</a></i></li> <li>17 Nov: <a href="/wiki/USS_LST-6" title="USS LST-6">USS <i>LST-6</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Mayasan_Maru" title="Mayasan Maru">Mayasan Maru</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/HNoMS_Glommen_(1916)" title="HNoMS Glommen (1916)">NKI 01</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Shin%27y%C5%8D" title="Japanese aircraft carrier Shin'yō">Shin'yō</a></i> (ex-<a href="/wiki/SS_Scharnhorst_(1934)" title="SS Scharnhorst (1934)"><i>Scharnhorst</i></a>)</li> <li>18 Nov: <i><a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-41" title="Japanese submarine I-41">I-41</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Seisho_Maru" title="Seisho Maru">Seisho Maru</a></i></li> <li>20 Nov: <a href="/wiki/USS_Mississinewa_(AO-59)" title="USS Mississinewa (AO-59)">USS <i>Mississinewa</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMAS_ML_827" title="HMAS ML 827">HMAS <i>ML 827</i></a></li> <li>21 Nov: <i><a href="/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Kong%C5%8D" title="Japanese battleship Kongō">Kongō</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Urakaze_(1940)" title="Japanese destroyer Urakaze (1940)">Urakaze</a></i></li> <li>22 Nov: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_stores_ship_Hokkai_Maru_(1934)" title="Japanese stores ship Hokkai Maru (1934)"><i>Hokkai Maru</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Stratagem" title="HMS Stratagem">HMS <i>Stratagem</i></a></li> <li>24 Nov: <a href="/wiki/SS_Hansa_(1899)" title="SS Hansa (1899)"><i>Hansa</i></a></li> <li>25 Nov: <i><a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Kumano" title="Japanese cruiser Kumano">Kumano</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/HMCS_Shawinigan_(K136)" title="HMCS Shawinigan (K136)">HMCS <i>Shawinigan</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Shimotsuki" title="Japanese destroyer Shimotsuki">Shimotsuki</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Japanese_gunboat_Sumida_(1939)" title="Japanese gunboat Sumida (1939)">Sumida</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-482" title="German submarine U-482">U-482</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Chinese_cruiser_Ping_Hai" title="Chinese cruiser Ping Hai">Yasoshima</a></i></li> <li>27 Nov: <a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>Rigel</i></a></li> <li>28 Nov: <i><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-80_(1941)" title="German submarine U-80 (1941)">U-80</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_patrol_boat_No._105_(1931)" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese patrol boat No. 105 (1931)"><i>PB-105</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_Yu_2" title="Japanese submarine Yu 2"><i>Yu 2</i></a></li> <li>29 Nov: <i><a href="/wiki/Japanese_gunboat_Fushimi_(1939)" title="Japanese gunboat Fushimi (1939)">Fushimi</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-365" title="Japanese submarine I-365"><i>I-365</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Shinano" title="Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano">Shinano</a></i></li> <li>Unknown date: <i><a href="/wiki/French_destroyer_Mogador" title="French destroyer Mogador">Mogador</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-479" title="German submarine U-479">U-479</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-1020" title="German submarine U-1020">U-1020</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other incidents</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>10 Nov: <a href="/wiki/USS_Abarenda_(IX-131)" title="USS Abarenda (IX-131)">USS <i>Abarenda</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Alhena" title="USS Alhena">USS <i>Alhena</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Argonne_(AS-10)" title="USS Argonne (AS-10)">USS <i>Argonne</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Aries_(AK-51)" title="USS Aries (AK-51)">USS <i>Aries</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Cacapon" title="USS Cacapon">USS <i>Cacapon</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Cebu" title="USS Cebu">USS <i>Cebu</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Hydra_(J275)" title="HMS Hydra (J275)">HMS <i>Hydra</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Kyne" title="USS Kyne">USS <i>Kyne</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Lyman" title="USS Lyman">USS <i>Lyman</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Mindanao_(ARG-3)" title="USS Mindanao (ARG-3)">USS <i>Mindanao</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Oberrender" title="USS Oberrender">USS <i>Oberrender</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Petrof_Bay" title="USS Petrof Bay">USS <i>Petrof Bay</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Piedmont" title="USS Piedmont">USS <i>Piedmont</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Chilean_tugboat_Janequeo" title="Chilean tugboat Janequeo">USS <i>Potawatomi</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Preserver" title="USS Preserver">USS <i>Preserver</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Saginaw_Bay" title="USS Saginaw Bay">USS <i>Saginaw Bay</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Talbot_(DD-114)" title="USS Talbot (DD-114)">USS <i>Talbot</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Walter_C._Wann" title="USS Walter C. Wann">USS <i>Walter C. Wann</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Flamingo_(AMS-11)" title="USS Flamingo (AMS-11)">USS <i>YMS-238</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Young_(DD-580)" title="USS Young (DD-580)">USS <i>Young</i></a></li> <li>13 Nov: <i><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-1052" title="German submarine U-1052">U-1052</a></i></li> <li>17 Nov: <a href="/wiki/HMAS_ML_827" title="HMAS ML 827">HMAS <i>ML 827</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Seisho_Maru" title="Seisho Maru">Seisho Maru</a></i></li> <li>23 Nov: <a href="/wiki/USS_Justin_(IX-228)" title="USS Justin (IX-228)"><i>Gus W. 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