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Turn 29 - Minors

May/Jun 1944

Norway
Destroyer:
Svenner – Sunk. Torpedoed by German torpedo boats while supporting the D-Day landings in the English Channel 6 June 1944

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Turn 30 - Minors

Jul/Aug 1944

Poland
Cruiser:
Dragon – Torpedoed by a German one man Neger craft off Normandy on 8 July 1944. She was a constructive loss and so used as a breakwater for one of the Mulberries. This ship, loaned by the Royal Navy, is placed in bold because, although there is no Polish counter for her, she does have an Royal Navy one.

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Romania
Note: Romania does not have a named ship counter in MWIF but does have a generic destroyer flotilla counter. Romanian destroyers are thus not marked in bold.
Destroyer:
Marasti, Marasesti, Regele Ferdinand, Regina Maria – Captured by the Soviets (likely 29/30 August 1944 following the capture of Constanza) and employed by the Soviet navy.
Submarine:
Delfinul, Marsuinul, Requinul - Captured by the Soviets (likely 29/30 August 1944 following the capture of Constanza) and employed by the Soviet navy.
Midget Submarine:
CB1-CB-4 and CB-6 - Captured by the Soviets (likely 29/30 August 1944 following the capture of Constanza). Unlikely to have been employed by the Soviet navy.
Minelayer:
Amiral Murgescu - Captured by the Soviets (likely 29/30 August 1944 following the capture of Constanza) and employed by the Soviet navy.
Torpedo Boat:
Naluca - Sunk. Bombed by Soviet aircraft at Constanza 20 August 1944.
Sborul, Smeul - Captured by the Soviets (likely 29/30 August 1944 following the capture of Constanza) and employed by the Soviet navy.
Gunboat:
Stihi, Dumitrescu, Ghiculescu - Captured by the Soviets (likely 29/30 August 1944 following the capture of Constanza) and employed by the Soviet navy.
MTB:
Viforul, Vijelia - Sunk. Sunk by debris from a mined Hungarian vessel they were escorting on 9 November 1944.
Viscolul, Vedenia, Valcanul, Vantul, Vartejul - Captured by the Soviets (likely 29/30 August 1944 following the capture of Constanza) and employed by the Soviet navy.

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Turn 31 - Minors

Sep/Oct 1944

Norway
Corvette:
Rose - Sunk. Collision with British frigate HMS Manners in the North Atlantic 26 October 1944

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Turn 32 - Minors

Nov/Dec 1944

Norway
Corvette:
Tunsberg Castle - Sunk. Mined off Northern Norway 12 December 1944

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