sentences:  List of ships sunk by Axis warships in Australian waters
  
  This is a list of Allied ships sunk by Axis warships operating in Australian waters during the Second World War.Fifty four Axis surface raiders and submarines (both German and Japanese) carried out these attacks, sinking 53 merchant ships and three warships within the Australia Station, resulting in the deaths of over 1,751 Allied military personnel, sailors and civilians.