During the first year of war, Soviet aircrafts aggressively attacked Romanian crafts in Danube and coastal area, air-dropping also mines that inflicted losses.
28 June 1941 Romanian tug Manturia (263 GRT) motorlaunch Elena (36tons) and barges SNR-483 and SRD-2 (both of 800tons) sunk by SB bombers.
4 July 1941 a Romanian dumb barge sunk by one Pe-2 and six SB bombers
7 July 1941 Romanian tug E. Doanina sunk by bombers
9 July 1941 Romanian tug Izmail and steamer Principal Karol sunk by eight SB and twelve MBR-2 seaplanes.
12 July 1941 Romanian armed barge MR-5 (with one 152mm gunk) sunk by SB bombers
14 July 1941 Romanian dredger Sir John Baldwin (1201 GRT), pilot-boat Randunica and river boat S-4 sunk in Danube.
Romanian Minelayer Aurora
15 July 1941 Romanian minelayer Aurora destroyed in harbor by SB bombers (ship already damaged by SB bombers also on 28 June).
Romanian barge Daniel (1480 tons) and pontoon SHTF-41 sunk by SB bombers
18 July 1941 Romanian barge Aristide (1188 tons) sunk by SB bombers.
26 July 1941 Romanian pontoons SHTF-3 and SHTF-42 sunk by SB bombers.
1 August 1941 Romanian auxiliary minelayer Durostor damaged and tug Amarilis (103 GRT) damaged by Pe-2 bombers.
2 August 1941 Romanian barge n°6 damaged by a raid of SB bombers in Sulina harbor.
3 August 1941 A German landing craft (Siebel type) sunk by 18 DB-3 of the Naval aviation, together with Air Force 6 SB, with bomb.
A group of 6 Pe-2 bombers also inflicted only splinter damage to Romanian motor torpedo boat Viforul and submarine Delfinul.
Flak, German and Romanian fighters shot down two DB-3 and one SB bomber but also a German Me-109 fighter was also lost
5 August 1941 German Siebel landing craft sunk by nine Pe-2 bombers but at the price of three of them shot down.
18 August 1941 Romanian auxiliary patrol boat MR-25 sunk by Soviet bombers. German auxiliary minesweeper FR-6 damaged.
6 September 1941 German river guard ship Kriemhild damaged by three Pe-2 bombers. Romanian motor torpedo boat Viscolul lightly damaged by bomber
1942
Soviet aircrafts begun focusing on the German landing crafts (MFP), additionally an important raid was scored against Italian contingent.
Lively activity of Soviet naval aircrafts, including seaplanes, against German-controlled harbors in Azov Sea.
2 April 1942 Romanian minelayer Dacia and torpedo boat Sborul damaged by bomber raid in harbor
21 May 1942 German river guard-ship Uta damaged by DB-3F bombers (3 KIA, 8 WIA).
29 May 1942 Italian motor torpedo boat MAS-573 damaged by bombers in the harbor (2 WIA).
2 June 1942 German auxiliary patrol boat WM-2209 damaged by bomber.
19 June 1942 German fishing boat MFK-2263 sunk by aerial-dropped mine (by Il-4)(Note: also indicated mine of SKA boats).
12 July 1942 German auxiliary patrol boats WM-2268, WM-2272 and the small boats V-7, V-8 (both 35 tons) sunk during a raid in Mariupol harbor
19 July 1942 A German motor tug of the Loeper Flotilla sunk and another badly damaged by a single MBR-2 seaplane.
20 July 1942 German auxiliary patrol boat WM-2273 sunk by MBR-2 seaplanes in Mariupol (also WM-2272 reported on this date, maybe finished off).
21 July 1942 German auxiliary patrol boats WM-2001, WM-2006, WM-2015 sunk in Mariupol by a single MBR-2.
German harbor protection boat RO-01 Hamburg sunk in Fedosia by a raid of a group of MBR-2 and a single rare MTB-2.
5 August 1942 German landing craft F-134 destroyed by bombers.
14 August 1942 German landing craft F-138 sunk by bombers but raised and recovered.
20 August 1942 German landing craft SF-334 sunk (7 KIA) sunk by bombers
9 September 1942 Soviet raid in harbor (Il-4 bombers) sunk Italian motor torpedo boats MAS-571 and MAS-573, while MAS-567, MAS-569
and MAS-572 damaged. In addition, also German landing craft F-125 damaged in the same raid as well as the wreck of F-134.
17 September 1942 German landing craft F-331 and auxiliary minesweeper RA-51 damaged by Il-4 bombers
18 September 1942 German landing craft F-533 and auxiliary minesweeper FZ-3 (MFK-3) sunk by Il-4 bombers, also F-329 damaged.
25 September 1942 German tug Nauenburg and lighter Mihai total losses after air raid in harbor.
German landing craft SF-119 apparently sunk by bomber (her fate is unclear, loss also reported in August by air attack or mine).
17 October 1942 German fishing boat GRO-1 (22 GRT) sunk by bomber
24 October 1942 German minesweeping boat FR-1 sunk and FR-2 damaged by bombers.
24 October 1942 German patrol boat RF-02 sunk by Il-4 (36th MTAP) with bomb.
21 December 1942 German patrol boat RJ sunk by Il-4 (5th GMTAP) with bomb.
22 December 1942 German landing craft L-3 (PiLB type) sunk by bomber
24 December 1942 A German landing craft (PiLB type) sunk by bomber
1943
German MFP landing crafts were a key component of the German strategies during the Kerch-Fedosya operation and Soviet aircraft focused on inflicting increasing losses especially in autumn with a series of successful raids on occupied harbors in Crimea. First successful attacks done by torpedo bombers.
12 January 1943 German landing craft (PilB type) sunk by bomber
16 January 1943 German landing crafts F-136, F-325 and F-532 damaged by aircrafts in Kerch strait.
22 January 1943 Hungarian merchant Koloshvar (1030 GRT) damaged (not recovered) by Il-4 torpedo bomber.
1 February 1943 Gemrman landing craft L-12 (PilB type) amaged by bomber in Anapa.
18 February 1943 German landing craft F-535 sunk near Kerch by DB-3 bomber (carried an artillery battery). Quickly recovered and repaired.
23 February 1943 German landing craft F-369 damaged by bomber.
24 February 1943 German landing crafts F-176 and F-372 damaged by bombers.
26 February 1943 German landing craft F-176 hit by a single DB-3 bomber in Kerch Strait, also F-372 further damaged and F-473 sunk (already a wreckage after mine probably laid by Soviet submarine L-5,
the undamaged bow was further recovered but finally scrapped).
26 February 1943 German Siebel landing craft PilB-535 damaged by aerial-dropped mine (by Il-4).
27 February 1943 German landing craft F-535 lightly damaged by bomber but with heavy losses of soldiers and horses carried onboard, also landing craft PilB-23 sunk by bomber
1 March 1943 German landing craft damaged by aerial-dropped mine (by Il-4), German landing craft F-176 finally finished and sunk by bomber.
6 March 1943 German landing craft PiLF-3219 (also recored as SF-219 “Eseen”, Siebel-type) sunk by aerial-dropped mine (by Il-4) with heavy human losses (10 crewmembers and 53 embarked foreign volunteers KIA or MIA).
9 March 1943 German landing craft F-371 sunk by aerial-dropped mine (by Il-4).
14 March 1943 German landing craft F-136 sunk by aerial-dropped mine (by Il-4)
15 March 1943 German landing craft F-475 sunk by aerial-dropped mine (by Il-4)
22 March 1943 German lighter L-1134 sunk by Il-2 with bomb. Cargo: 246tons of ammunition, 377tons of fodder, 20tons of motor oil.
30 March 1943 Bulgarian merchant Evdokia (706 GRT) damaged by Il-4 with bomb (not recovered).
4 April 1943 German landing craft SF-311 damaged by aerial-dropped mine (by Il-4)
18 April 1943 German minesweeping boat R-35 damaged by MBR-2 seaplane.
30 April 1943 German lighters Vitez, L-1133, L-1245 damaged by air raid in Sevastopol
2 May 1943 German landing craft F-386 grounded after bomb damage near Feodosia, recovered.
11 May 1943 German tug Reni damaged by fighter-bombers in Azov Sea.
19 May 1943 German landing crafts F-309 (45tons of ammunition, 3 guns) and F-367 (90 tons of 88mm ammunition, 4 tons of provisions) sunk at Feodosia-Anapa
by Il-2 (8th ShAP). Both vessels sink after the detonation of the explosive cargo, also F-329 was badly damaged.
25 May 1943 Romanian towed barge Izmail sunk by aerial-dropped mine (by Il-4)
27 May 1943 Romanian towed barge Mihai Vitezhul sunk by aerial-dropped mine (by Il-4)
German gunboat AF-24 (ex-F-328 landing craft) sunk by Il-2 attack planes (8th ShAP)(cargo: 80 tons of anti-aircraft ammunition).
28 May 1943 Romanian lighter Kriti sunk by aerial-dropped mine (by Il-4)
30 May 1943 German tug Netty sunk by A-20 (36th DBAP) with bomb.
30 May 1943 German landing craft F-322 sunk off Feodosia-Anapa (cargo: 90tons of aviation fuel). Cargo burned completely, craft later repaired in 1944.
2 June 1943 German merchant Hainburg (378 GRT) damaged by Il-4 with bomb.
4 June 1943 German lighter Sinaia sunk in Temryuk harbor, by long-range bomber.
German landing craft F-322 strafed by fighterbombers (3 KIA, 2 WIA).
6 June 1943 Romanian lighter Kaliopi (1332 GRT) lighter Dunarea-1 (1260 GRT) sunk, barge Olbunker BL-3 and lighter Zaptl-64 damaged by aerial-dropped mines (by Il-4)
12 June 1943 German merchant Birgit (1971 GRT) sunk by A-20 (36th DBAP) with bomb.
15 June 1943 A captured ex-Soviet submarine chaser heavily damaged by bomber in Fedosia harbor.
17 June 1943 German lighter Gerasimos (cargo: hay and ammunition) heavily damaged by bomber.
25 June 1943 German landing craft F-142 damaged by bomber. Cargo of old uniforms set onfire.
7 July 1943 German landing craft F-144 damaged by A-20 (36th DBAP) with bomb (not recovered). Cargo: timber.
15 July 1943 German landing craft PilP-? sunk by Il-2, while under tow in a convoy leaving Anapa.
19 July 1943 German minesweeping boat R-33 sunk at Yalta.
2 August 1943 German lighter Pierre sunk by aerial-dropped mine (by Il-4)
10 August 1943 German merchant Boy Federson (6689 GRT) sunk by Il-4 torpedo bomber.
13 August 1943 German tanker MT-2 (425 GRT) sunk by aerial-dropped mine (by Il-4)
German landing craft F-471 and tug Seefalke damaged by bombers.
26 August 1943 German assault craft Stubo-1001 sunk by air attack (recovered but total loss) at Temryuk.
29 August 1943 German barge SNR-203 (60tons) sunk by bomber at Taganrog.
8 September 1943 Romanian tug DMO-1 damaged by aerial-dropped mine (by Il-4).
11 September 1943 German motor torpedo boat S-46 sunk by P-40 Kittyhawk ex-american aircraft.
19 September 1943 German landing craft F-539 damaged by Il-2 attack planes.
Romanian lighter Dunarea-3 (650 GRT) grounded after bomb hits, total loss.
20 September 1943 German landing craft F-586 damaged by Il-2 attcack planes.
21 September 1943 German assault craft Stubo-1088 sunk by air attack.
Romanian lighter CNR-1139 (1104 GRT)(cargo: ammunition) sunk during an air raid on Kerch.
22 September 1943 Romanian lighter SNS-786 and towed barge Lydia sunk by aerial dropped mines (by Il-4)
23 September 1943 German minesweeping boat R-30 sunk off Kerch (8 KIA, 2WIA).
24 September 1943 German landing craft F-217 destroyed by Pe-2 bombers at Kerch. Total loss.
25 September 1943 German auxiliary minesweeper Moliere destroyed by air attack of Pe-2 bombers at Kerch.
27 September 1943 German lighter carrying ammunition was hit (total loss) by an air attack at Kerch.
30 September 1943 German auxiliary patrol boat RG-04 destroyed by bomber raid at Genichesk.
2 October 1943 German minesweeping boats R-35 (underwater damage) and R-203 (12 KIA) heavily damaged by A-20 (36th DBAP) with bombs at Fedosiya.
4 October 1943 German landing craft F-125 sunk by aerial-dropped mine (by Il-4) off Taman (5 KIA, 2 WIA).
German landing craft F-492 damaged by bomb near Genichesk. Also, a lighter sunk at Fedosiya.
7 October 1943 German tugboat Baikal damaged by bombers at Yalta.
9 October German landing craft SF-229 sunk and SF-224 damaged by 16 Il-2 (47th ShAD).
10 October 1943 German assault craft Stubo-1041 and landing craft SF-317 sunk by bombers in Jalta.
17 October 1943 German landing craft F-418 damaged by Il-4 torpedo bomber (not recovered) (5th MTAP)
22 October 1943 German tug Martin Wallner sunk by aerial-dropped mine (by Il-4)
28 October 1943 German tanker Swoyswome damaged by six Il-2 and 5 LaGG-3 in Fedosya harbor.
30 October 1943 German harbor defense boat B-2 sunk by bomber in Fedosya harbor.
9 November 1943 German landing craft F-449 strafed at Kamysch Burun by six Il-2 (11 ShAD) as well hit by
artillery fire after it accidentally stranded on Soviet-controlled shore. Scuttled by Germans.
15 November 1943 German landing crafts F-307, F-337, and F-446 damaged by bombers at Kamysch Burun.
16 November 1943 German landing craft F-574 damaged by bomber (2 KIA).
19 November 1943 Heavy airstrike in Kerch naval base by 63 Il-2 (11 ShAD and 23ShAD) and 34 fighters:
transport LT-380 lost, landing craft F-139, F-170 and F-535 damaged.
Large losses in German personal, including the Kriegsmarine Black Sea commander, Vice-Admiral Gustav Kieseritzky.
20 November 1943 German landing craft F-386 hit by Il-2 and Pe-2 aircrafts at Eltigen and finished by artillery.
Also German landing crafts F-307 and F-446 damaged by fighter-bombers.
23 November 1943 German submarine chaser UJ-101 damaged by air attack (after a torped-hit dud from Soviet submarine M-35)
26 November 1943 German patrol boat RF-05 destroyed while towed by tug Grafenau also damaged by bombers.
28 November 1943 German landing craft F-594 sunk at Kamysch Burun by Il-2 planes.
30 November 1943 German landing craft PilB-217 at Ochakov alongside assault craft StuBo-1075 (recovered).
German landing craft F-306 sunk at Kamysch Burun by combined attack of Il-2 and Pe-2.
1 December 1943 German landing craft F-573 sunk and F-304, F-305 and F-559 damaged at Kamysch Burun.
5 December 1943 German landing craft F-305 and F-369 sunk, F-447 damaged at Kamysch Burun by combined attack of Il-2 planes and Pe-2 bombers.
10 December 1943 German landing craft F-333 damaged at Kamysch Burun by air attack.
11 December 1943 German landing craft F-559 damaged at Kamysch Burun by air attack.
