Naval Losses of Major Powers, by Year

France
	1939	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	Total
Battleships	-	1	-	3	-	-	-	4
Battlecruisers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aircraft Carriers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cruisers	1	-	-	5	-	-	1	7
Destroyers	-	11	1	29	3	3	1	48
Submarines	-	11	1	25	12	7	-	56
Total	1	23	2	62	15	10	2	113

Germany
	1939	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	Total
Battleships	-	-	1	-	-	1	2	4
Battlecruisers	1	-	-	-	1	-	2	4
Aircraft Carriers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cruisers	-	3	-	-	-	-	3	6
Destroyers	-	12	-	4	2	7	2	27
Submarines	9	22	35	86	237	242	149	780
Total	10	37	39	93	241	250	157	827

Italy
	1939	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	Total
Battleships	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1
Battlecruisers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aircraft Carriers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cruisers	-	1	6	3	2	-	-	12
Destroyers	-	8	14	8	13	-	-	43
Submarines	-	20	18	22	25	-	-	85
Total	-	30	38	33	40	-	-	141

Japan
	1939	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	Total
Battleships	-	-	-	2	1	4	4	11
Battlecruisers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aircraft Carriers	-	-	-	6	1	12	2	21
Cruisers	-	-	-	6	2	24	9	41
Destroyers	-	-	4	18	34	61	18	135
Submarines	-	-	3	16	28	53	27	127
Total	-	-	7	48	66	154	60	335

U.K.
	1939	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	Total
Battleships	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	3
Battlecruisers	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	2
Aircraft Carriers	1	1	2	3	1	1	1	10
Cruisers	-	3	11	13	4	3	-	34
Destroyers	3	37	22	51	18	20	2	153
Submarines	1	24	11	19	13	5	3	76
Total	6	65	50	86	36	29	6	278

U.S.A.
	1939	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	Total
Battleships	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	2
Battlecruisers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aircraft Carriers	-	-	-	4	1	4	2	11
Cruisers	-	-	-	7	2	-	1	10
Destroyers	-	-	1	25	16	27	20	89
Submarines	-	-	1	7	17	19	8	52
Total	-	-	4	43	35	49	29	160

U.S.S.R.
	1939	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	Total
Battleships	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1
Battlecruisers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aircraft Carriers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cruisers	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	2
Destroyers	-	-	29	8	3	-	1	41
Submarines	1	1	23	21	13	4	1	64
Total	1	1	54	30	16	4	2	108

Notes:

(1) French losses in 1942 include those ships scuttled in Toulon on 27 Nov. Some of these ships were later raised by Italy but are counted under French losses if they did not survive the war.

(2) German battleships include 2 pre-dreadnoughts sunk in 1945. Battlecruisers include 3 pocket battleships.

(3) U.K. includes Australian and Canadian Navies.

(4) U.S. destroyers include destroyer escorts (losses were 8 in 1944, 4 in 1945).

(5) U.S.S.R. destroyers include flotilla leaders (losses were 1 in 1941, 1 in 1942, 1 in 1943). U.S.S.R. submarines do not include small submarines.

Sources: Germany, Italy, Japan and U.K. from Naval-History.net; U.S. data compiled from Naval History & Heritage Command; France and U.S.S.R. data compiled from Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922-1946.

Last modified: 10 December 2022