Detailed Graphic Shows Every British Navy Ship Lost In World War II

PublishedMay 21, 2012

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I just love these old school visualizations: here are all the ships lost by the British Navy during World War II. Many of these were hunt down by Nazi U-Boats. It's a staggering amount but it could have been a lot worse.

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Thankfully, the good guys cracked the Nazi Enigma encrypting machine and, as a result, the Allied neutralized the Kriegsmarine's submarine fleet.

For comparison, the inset graphic on the bottom right shows the ships lost during World War I. [Longstreet—Thanks Jim!]