Short S.25 Sunderland crashes

94 crashes involving the Short S.25 Sunderland since 1938, with 619 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

• Crashes: 94
• Fatal crashes: 72
• Fatalities: 619
• First recorded: September 20, 1938
• Most recent: November 4, 1959

Deadliest

1. October 15, 1945: Short S.25 Sunderland, Tuas, Singapore (22 fatalities)
2. December 24, 1943: Short S.25 Sunderland, Bay of Biscay, World (21 fatalities)
3. July 29, 1948: Short S.25 Sunderland, Buenos Aires Buenos Aires City, Argentina (20 fatalities)
4. December 19, 1943: Short S.25 Sunderland, Atlantic Ocean, World (19 fatalities)
5. November 5, 1943: Short S.25 Sunderland, Tobruk Butnan, Libya (19 fatalities)

Countries

• United Kingdom (32)
• International waters and airspace (13)
• Ireland (11)
• Singapore (6)
• Egypt (3)
• China (2)
• Japan (2)
• Libya (2)
• Norway (2)
• Senegal (2)
• South Africa (2)
• Uruguay (2)

Years

• 1943 (20)
• 1944 (11)
• 1942 (9)
• 1954 (7)
• 1945 (6)
• 1953 (5)
• 1946 (4)
• 1948 (4)
• 1941 (3)
• 1947 (3)
• 1949 (3)
• 1951 (3)

All crashes

• November 4, 1959: Short S.25 Sunderland, Te Whanga Lagoon (Chatham Island) Southland Regional Council, New Zealand (0 fatalities)
• February 11, 1959: Short S.25 Sunderland, Montevideo Montevideo City District, Uruguay (0 fatalities)
• July 7, 1958: Short S.25 Sunderland, Dakar Dakar Region, Senegal (4 fatalities)
• October 23, 1957: Short S.25 Sunderland, Nouadhibou Dakhlet Nouadhibou, Mauritania (5 fatalities)
• November 1, 1956: Short S.25 Sunderland, Richards Bay KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (2 fatalities)
• October 30, 1956: Short S.25 Sunderland, Castle Archdale AFB (Lisnarick) Fermanagh, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• September 11, 1956: Short S.25 Sunderland, Uruguay (0 fatalities)
• June 4, 1955: Short S.25 Sunderland, Eastbourne East Sussex, United Kingdom (3 fatalities)
• October 23, 1954: Short S.25 Sunderland, Vágar Vágar, Faroe Islands (4 fatalities)
• September 15, 1954: Short S.25 Sunderland, Saint Peter (Guernsey) Channel Islands, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• July 18, 1954: Short S.25 Sunderland, Cheung Chau Island Hong Kong, China (0 fatalities)
• June 21, 1954: Short S.25 Sunderland, Flying Fish Cove, Christmas Island Western Australia, Australia (0 fatalities)
• March 3, 1954: Short S.25 Sunderland, Milford Haven Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom (7 fatalities)
• February 23, 1954: Short S.25 Sunderland, Pembroke Dock Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• January 30, 1954: Short S.25 Sunderland, Angle Bay Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• December 27, 1953: Short S.25 Sunderland, Tsushima Kyūshū, Japan (0 fatalities)
• June 28, 1953: Short S.25 Sunderland, Sangley Point AFB (Manila) Metro Manila, Philippines (0 fatalities)
• March 25, 1953: Short S.25 Sunderland, Iwakuni AFB Chūgoku, Japan (4 fatalities)
• January 28, 1953: Short S.25 Sunderland, Calshot AFB Hampshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• January 21, 1953: Short S.25 Sunderland, Madeira Madeira, Portugal (0 fatalities)
• March 14, 1952: Short S.25 Sunderland, Felixstowe Suffolk, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• November 16, 1951: Short S.25 Sunderland, Calshot AFB Hampshire, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
• February 16, 1951: Short S.25 Sunderland, Beja Béja Governorate, Tunisia (8 fatalities)
• January 28, 1951: Short S.25 Sunderland, Yuli Hualien County, Taiwan (14 fatalities)
• April 13, 1950: Short S.25 Sunderland, South Africa (0 fatalities)
• March 26, 1950: Short S.25 Sunderland, Singapore-Seletar, Singapore (2 fatalities)
• November 20, 1949: Short S.25 Sunderland, Singapore-Seletar, Singapore (5 fatalities)
• November 3, 1949: Short S.25 Sunderland, Saint-Mandrier-sur-Mer Var, France (4 fatalities)
• September 16, 1949: Short S.25 Sunderland, Dakar Dakar Region, Senegal (10 fatalities)
• September 5, 1948: Short S.25 Sunderland, Surabaya West Java, Indonesia (0 fatalities)
• July 29, 1948: Short S.25 Sunderland, Buenos Aires Buenos Aires City, Argentina (20 fatalities)
• July 14, 1948: Short S.25 Sunderland, Singapore-Seletar, Singapore (0 fatalities)
• May 31, 1948: Short S.25 Sunderland, Enniskillen Fermanagh, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• November 19, 1947: Short S.25 Sunderland, Brightstone Down Isle of Wight, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
• October 21, 1947: Short S.25 Sunderland, Southend Essex, United Kingdom (4 fatalities)
• July 5, 1947: Short S.25 Sunderland, Inishtrahull Island Ulster, Ireland (7 fatalities)
• April 21, 1946: Short S.25 Sunderland, Hong Kong-Kai Tak Hong Kong, China (0 fatalities)
• March 27, 1946: Short S.25 Sunderland, Singapore-Seletar, Singapore (13 fatalities)
• March 4, 1946: Short S.25 Sunderland, Poole Dorset, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• February 13, 1946: Short S.25 Sunderland, Lee-on-the-Solent Hampshire, United Kingdom (10 fatalities)
• October 15, 1945: Short S.25 Sunderland, Tuas, Singapore (22 fatalities)
• October 3, 1945: Short S.25 Sunderland, Kuantan Pahang, Malaysia (0 fatalities)
• April 5, 1945: Short S.25 Sunderland, Atlantic Ocean, World (12 fatalities)
• March 14, 1945: Short S.25 Sunderland, Mt Crownarad Ulster, Ireland (12 fatalities)
• February 11, 1945: Short S.25 Sunderland, Irvinestown Fermanagh, United Kingdom (9 fatalities)
• February 9, 1945: Short S.25 Sunderland, Plymouth Devon, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
• November 28, 1944: Short S.25 Sunderland, Indian Ocean, World (10 fatalities)
• November 20, 1944: Short S.25 Sunderland, Enniskillen Fermanagh, United Kingdom (4 fatalities)
• September 6, 1944: Short S.25 Sunderland, Bloody Foreland Ulster, Ireland (9 fatalities)
• August 15, 1944: Short S.25 Sunderland, Lothbeg Sutherland, United Kingdom (15 fatalities)
• August 12, 1944: Short S.25 Sunderland, Corlea Leinster, Ireland (3 fatalities)
• June 12, 1944: Short S.25 Sunderland, Bay of Biscay, World (12 fatalities)
• June 12, 1944: Short S.25 Sunderland, Bay of Biscay, World (11 fatalities)
• May 24, 1944: Short S.25 Sunderland, Norwegian Sea, World (12 fatalities)
• February 20, 1944: Short S.25 Sunderland, Enniskillen Fermanagh, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
• January 31, 1944: Short S.25 Sunderland, Donegal Ulster, Ireland (7 fatalities)
• January 6, 1944: Short S.25 Sunderland, Atlantic Ocean, World (11 fatalities)
• December 29, 1943: Short S.25 Sunderland, Voi Coast, Kenya (8 fatalities)
• December 24, 1943: Short S.25 Sunderland, Bay of Biscay, World (21 fatalities)
• December 19, 1943: Short S.25 Sunderland, Atlantic Ocean, World (19 fatalities)
• December 5, 1943: Short S.25 Sunderland, Ballycastle Antrim, United Kingdom (9 fatalities)
• November 21, 1943: Short S.25 Sunderland, Nigg Ross and Cromarty, United Kingdom (4 fatalities)
• November 20, 1943: Short S.25 Sunderland, Atlantic Ocean, World (11 fatalities)
• November 13, 1943: Short S.25 Sunderland, Donegal Ulster, Ireland (11 fatalities)
• November 11, 1943: Short S.25 Sunderland, Enniskillen Fermanagh, United Kingdom (5 fatalities)
• November 10, 1943: Short S.25 Sunderland, Bay of Biscay, World (12 fatalities)
• November 5, 1943: Short S.25 Sunderland, Tobruk Butnan, Libya (19 fatalities)
• September 22, 1943: Short S.25 Sunderland, Banjul Banjul City District, Gambia (9 fatalities)
• August 22, 1943: Short S.25 Sunderland, Brandon Peak Munster, Ireland (8 fatalities)
• August 4, 1943: Short S.25 Sunderland, Atlantic Ocean, World (5 fatalities)
• July 28, 1943: Short S.25 Sunderland, Brandon Peak Munster, Ireland (10 fatalities)
• June 30, 1943: Short S.25 Sunderland, Lough Erne Fermanagh, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
• June 2, 1943: Short S.25 Sunderland, Praa Sands Cornwall, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
• May 25, 1943: Short S.25 Sunderland, Clare Island Connacht, Ireland (11 fatalities)
• January 24, 1943: Short S.25 Sunderland, Bowmore (Isle of Islay) Hebrides Islands, United Kingdom (9 fatalities)
• January 16, 1943: Short S.25 Sunderland, Invergordon AFB Ross and Cromarty, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• January 1, 1943: Short S.25 Sunderland, Port Said Port Said, Egypt (12 fatalities)
• November 26, 1942: Short S.25 Sunderland, Invergordon AFB Ross and Cromarty, United Kingdom (11 fatalities)
• September 30, 1942: Short S.25 Sunderland, Abukir Alexandria, Egypt (3 fatalities)
• September 7, 1942: Short S.25 Sunderland, Abukir Alexandria, Egypt (8 fatalities)
• August 25, 1942: Short S.25 Sunderland, Eagle's Rock near Dunbeath Caithness, United Kingdom (14 fatalities)
• August 22, 1942: Short S.25 Sunderland, Gibraltar, United Kingdom (11 fatalities)
• August 17, 1942: Short S.25 Sunderland, Sierra Leone (9 fatalities)
• July 25, 1942: Short S.25 Sunderland, Mediterranean Sea, World (13 fatalities)
• June 11, 1942: Short S.25 Sunderland, Atlantic Ocean, World (9 fatalities)
• February 6, 1942: Short S.25 Sunderland, Donegal Ulster, Ireland (12 fatalities)
• December 21, 1941: Short S.25 Sunderland, Mount Batten AFB Devon, United Kingdom (11 fatalities)
• December 3, 1941: Short S.25 Sunderland, Doonbeg Munster, Ireland (9 fatalities)
• July 31, 1941: Short S.25 Sunderland, Libya (8 fatalities)
• April 9, 1940: Short S.25 Sunderland, Sylling Buskerud, Norway (9 fatalities)
• April 7, 1940: Short S.25 Sunderland, Bergen Hordaland, Norway (9 fatalities)
• September 17, 1939: Short S.25 Sunderland, Milford Haven Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom (9 fatalities)
• June 5, 1939: Short S.25 Sunderland, Singapore-Seletar, Singapore (4 fatalities)
• September 20, 1938: Short S.25 Sunderland, Milford Haven Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)