page_title: Irish maritime events during World War II
hierarchical_section_title: Irish maritime events during World War II
caption_attribution_description: IRISH MERCHANT SHIPS LOST IN WORLD WAR TWO. MUNSTER (Captain William James Paisley) mined and sunk in Liverpool Bay 2 February 1940-no casualties CITY OF LIMERICK (Captain, R. Ferguson) sunk by air attack 700 miles west of Ushant. 15 july 1940-2 dead MEATH (Captain T. MacFarlane) mined and sunk off Holyhead . 16 august 1940-1 dead LUIMNEACH (Captain E. Jones) sunk by gunfire from U-46 in Bay of Biscay 4 september 1940-no casualites KERRY HEAD (Captain C. Drummond) bombed and sunk with all hands off Cape Clear. 22 october 1940-12 dead ARDMORE (Captain T. Ford) missing on passage Cork to Fishguard. 11 november 1940-24 dead ISOLDA (Captain A. Bestic) bombed and sunk by German aircraft off Wex ford Coast 19 december 1940- 6 dead, 7 wounded INNISFALLEN (Captain G. Rrth) mined and sunk in River Mersey. 21 december 1940-4 dead ST. FINTAN (Captain N. Hendry) bombed and sunk by German aircraft of Welsh Coast. 22 march 1941-9 dead CLONLARA (Captain J. Reynolds) torpedoed and sunk whilst in convoy 0G71 in Bay of Biscay 22 august 1941-11 dead CITY OF WATERFORD (Captain T. Alpin) sunk whilst in convoy 0G74 in North Atlantic. 19 september 1941-5 dead CITY OF BREMEN (Captain G. Bryan) sunk by German aircraft in Bay of Biscay 2 june 1942-no casualites IRISH PINE (Captain M. O'Neill) torpedoed and sunk in North Atlantic by U-608. 15 november1942-33 dead KYLECLARE (Captain A. Hamilton) torpedoed and sunk in Bay of Biscay by J-456 23 february 1943-18 dead IRISH OAK (Capatin E. Jones) torpedoed and sunk in North Atlantic by U607 15 may 1942-no casualites CYMRIC (Captain C. CASSEDY) missing on passage Ardrossan to Lisbon. 22 march 1944-11 dead
context_page_description: Below is the timeline of maritime events during the Emergency. This period was referred to as The Long Watch by Irish Mariners. This list is of events which affected the Irish Mercantile Marine, other ships carrying Irish exports or imports, and events near the Irish coast.
context_section_description: Below is the timeline of maritime events during the Emergency,  (as World War II was known in Ireland). This period was referred to as The Long Watch by Irish Mariners.  This list is of events which affected the Irish Mercantile Marine, other ships carrying Irish exports or imports, and events near the Irish coast.
caption: Memorial erected in Dublin in 1991 to members of the Irish Mercantile Marine lost during the Emergency
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