The 2 British Capital Ships sunk were the Prince of Wales & Repulse. They were sunk by Japanese bombers. It was a major blow for the British in the Far East along with the loss of Singapore & Hong Kong.....
The first major German warship sunk in WW2 was the "pocket battleship" Admiral Graf Spee, scuttled by her crew outside Montevideo, Uruguay on 17 December 1939.
Lusitania was not a warship, it was actually sunk by enemy action, and civilians were on board. It was also sunk after a warning had been given.
Probably the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise; the only survivor out of the three sisters, USS Yorktown (sunk at the Battle of Midway), USS Hornet (sunk at the Battle of Santa Cruz). Much to the heartbreak of most US Sailors of WW2, she was scrapped (re-cycled) in 1959.
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The German warship Bismarck was sunk during World War II after sustaining damage from British warships and aircraft. After being disabled, the crew scuttled the ship to prevent it from falling into enemy hands.
Battlecruiser DKM Schornhorst (actually went down fighting). Bismarck and Graf Spee both committed suicide (sunk themselves/scuttled).
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It was a warship not a cargoship.
No US battleships were sunk during the Viet Nam war.
The 2 British Capital Ships sunk were the Prince of Wales & Repulse. They were sunk by Japanese bombers. It was a major blow for the British in the Far East along with the loss of Singapore & Hong Kong.....
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The ARA General Belgrano .
The first major German warship sunk in WW2 was the "pocket battleship" Admiral Graf Spee, scuttled by her crew outside Montevideo, Uruguay on 17 December 1939.
Launched in 1939, the Bismarck was one of Germany's two largest warships ever built. It was sunk in May of 1941 in the North Atlantic.
The British lost 76 submarines during WWII.
Queen Elizabeth cut in half