Australia
See also: List of ships sunk by Axis warships in Australian waters- HMAS Armidale: Australian corvette sunk 1 December 1942 by Japanese aircraft.
- HMAS Canberra: Australian heavy cruiser heavily damaged 9 August 1942 by IJN naval gun fire during Battle of Savo Island, and scuttled later in the day.
- AHS Centaur: Australian hospital ship torpedoed on 14 May 1943 by Japanese submarine I-177 off the coast of Queensland.
- SS Fingal : Norwegian merchant ship on charter to the Australian Government on 5 May 1943 torpedoed by the Japanese submarine I 180
- HMAS Kuttabul: Australian depot ship sunk 31 May 1942 by a Japanese midget submarine during the Attack on Sydney Harbour
- HMAS Mavie: Australian patrol boat sunk 19 February 1942 by aircraft in Darwin Harbour.
- Neptuna: Australian merchant ship sunk 19 February 1942 by aircraft in Darwin Harbour.
- HMAS Patricia Cam: Australian general purpose vessel sunk 22 January 1943 by an IJN floatplane near the Wessel Islands.
- HMAS Perth: Australian light cruiser sunk 1 March 1942 during Battle of Sunda Strait.
- HMAS Vampire: Australian destroyer sunk 9 April 1942 by carrier aircraft during the Indian Ocean raid.
- HMAS Voyager Australian destroyer sunk 25 September 1942 by land-based naval aircraft.
- HMAS Yarra: Australian sloop sunk 4 March 1942 by Japanese cruisers Atago, Takao, Maya, and destroyers Arashi and Nowaki.
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