List of ships sunk by torpedoes after 1945

Many ships were sunk by torpedoes in World War I and World War II (in the Pacific War and Battle of the Atlantic), but very few torpedoes have been used in conflicts since 1945, making each individual usage more exceptional. Technical advances have vastly increased torpedo lethality since World War II, so the decline in torpedo usage likely reflects less warfare between near-peer adversaries.^{[citation needed]}