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List of shipwrecks in March 1939

The list of shipwrecks in March 1939 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during March 1939.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

2 March

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List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1939
Ship State Description
Amizade Segundo  Portugal The schooner was wrecked in the Tagus.[1]
Gemlock  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground in the South China Sea (38°56′N 12°07′E / 38.933°N 12.117°E / 38.933; 12.117). Although she was declared a total loss, she was refloated on 29 July and towed to Shanghai, China. Subsequently repaired and returned to service.[2]
Juniata  United Kingdom
Juniata

The tanker was scuttled at Inganess Bay, Orkney Islands.[3] The wreck is still in situ as of November 2008.

Prudent de Moraes Brazil Brazil The passenger ship ran aground on Punta Carrera, Chile.[1]

4 March

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List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1939
Ship State Description
Kung Lee  China The passenger ship struck Round Rock, Wei Hai Wei and sank. All passengers and crew were rescued.[4]
Matilda  Denmark The schooner ran aground on Falsterbo Reef, Sweden. She was a total loss.[4]

5 March

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List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1939
Ship State Description
Orm Jarl  Norway The cargo ship collided with D'Entrecasteaux ( France) in the Scheldt and sank on the Kettelplaat.[4]

7 March

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List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1939
Ship State Description
Castillo de Olite  Spanish Navy Spanish Civil War: The troopship was shelled and sunk off Cartagena, Spain by a 15 in (381 mm) coast artillery battery with the loss of 1,476 sailors/soldiers, 342 wounded and 294 taken as prisoners of war.[5][6]

8 March

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List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1939
Ship State Description
Saint Prosper  France Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship struck a mine off Roses, Spain and sank with the loss of all 27 crew. She was on a voyage from Marseilles, Bouches-du-Rhône to Oran, Algeria.[7][8]

9 March

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List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1939
Ship State Description
Gannet  United Kingdom The Thames barge sank off Brightlingsea, Essex. All of her crew were rescued.[9]
Malini  Thailand The cargo liner suffered an explosion and sank off Mersing, Malaya. One of her 61 crew was killed by the explosion.[10][11][12]
Maria Ignez  Portugal The sailing ship was abandoned off Cabo Raso in a waterlogged condition.[9] She was taken into Lisbon the next day.[11]

10 March

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List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1939
Ship State Description
Chepo  Panama The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Sidero, Crete, Greece.[13]
Egeran  Germany The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea after passing the Elbe Lighthouse. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[14]
Sontay  France The cargo liner ran aground on the Meteor Reef, French Somaliland.[15]

13 March

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List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1939
Ship State Description
Ham 107  Union of South Africa The dredger dredged up an anchor which pierced her bottom. She capsized and sank at Cape Town.[15]

14 March

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List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1939
Ship State Description
Dorothy M  United States After the fishing vessel's engine backfired at Meyers Chuck, Territory of Alaska, and ignited a fire that threatened to burn out of control, a crewman scuttled her as a means of extinguishing the fire by blowing a hole in her hull with a shotgun. The two men aboard survived unharmed, and she later was salvaged.[16]
Shelbrit 4  United Kingdom The tanker ran aground on the Campbell Rock, off Ardrossan, Ayrshire.[17]
Spes Nostra  Netherlands The cargo ship collided with Gertrud Fritzen ( Germany) at Emden, Germany, and sank.[17]

15 March

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List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1939
Ship State Description
Soriano  United Kingdom World War II: The Admiralty-requisitioned cargo ship was scuttled as a block ship in Kirk Sound, Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands. She was salvaged in 1948.[18]

16 March

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List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1939
Ship State Description
Carthage France Tunisia The cargo ship came ashore near Kelibia.[19]
Dunleary  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Troon, Ayrshire.[19] She was refloated later that day.[20]
HMAS Tasmania  Royal Australian Navy The S-class destroyer was scuttled in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of New South Wales.[21]

17 March

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List of shipwrecks: 17 March 1939
Ship State Description
Alabama  France The cargo ship ran aground in the Scheldt at Hansweert, Zeeland, Netherlands.[19] She was refloated the next day.[20]

19 March

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List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1939
Ship State Description
Orion  Estonia The cargo ship ran aground at Skælskør, Denmark.[20]
Shinai  United Kingdom The cargo ship struck an uncharted rock at Chaunchow, China and was holed. She was taken to Amoy to be beached for temporary repairs to be made.[20]
Vassilios T.  Greece The cargo ship struck a rock in the Adriatic Sea off Vis and sank. All of her crew were rescued.[22]

21 March

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List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1939
Ship State Description
HMS Aberdeen  Royal Navy The Grimsby-class sloop ran aground at St Tropez, Var, France. She was refloated on 23 March.[23]
Fort de Souville  France The cargo ship came ashore near the Nieuwe Sluis Lighthouse, Netherlands.[24] She was refloated on 23 March.[25]
Frode  France The cargo ship ran aground at Danzig, Germany. She was refloated later that day.[24]

22 March

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List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1939
Ship State Description
Abukir  Egypt The cargo ship ran aground at Larnaca, Cyprus.[26] She was refloated on 28 March.[27]
Camro  Australia The ketch was scuttled in the Pacific Ocean off Sydney, New South Wales.[28]
Gianni Paolo  Italy The cargo ship ran aground at Zlarin, Yugoslavia.[26] She was refloated the next day.[29]
Grangemouth  United Kingdom The cargo liner collided with the fishing trawler Sudanese ( United Kingdom) in the North Sea off Hornsea, Yorkshire and was damaged. She was taken in tow but sank the next day.[30][31]
Sphene  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground off Lindisfarne, Northumberland and was holed. She was later refloated and entered the harbour flooded at the forepeak.[26]

23 March

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List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1939
Ship State Description
Spartan  United Kingdom The steam lighter sprang a leak off Islay and was beached at Port Ellen, Argyllshire.[25]

24 March

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List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1939
Ship State Description
Limpopo  Portugal The cargo liner ran aground in the Limpopo.[32] She was refloated on 30 April having lost a propeller.[33]
Wolfsburg  Germany The cargo ship ran aground on the Farasan Islands in the Red Sea and was holed. She was later refloated and proceeded to Basrah, Iraq for inspection.[29]

26 March

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List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1939
Ship State Description
Point Vincente  United States The cargo ship ran aground on Bona Island, 25 nautical miles (46 km) south of Balboa, Panama and was holed.[34] She was scuttled off the coast of Panama in June 1939.[35]
Stanmount  United Kingdom The tanker ran aground in the Dardanelles at Soğanlıdere, Turkey.[32] She was refloated on 30 March and taken in to Chanak.[36]

27 March

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List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1939
Ship State Description
Cite D'Athenes  France The cargo ship foundered off Psara, Greece with the loss of all hands.[32]
Frixos  Greece The cargo ship foundered off Levitha with the loss of all but one of the crew.[27]

28 March

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List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1939
Ship State Description
Chelyuskinets  Soviet Union The cargo ship ran aground on the Revelstein Reef in the Baltic Sea. She broke in two and was declared a total loss.[37] The stern section was refloated on 7 April and towed to Tallinn, Estonia.[38] It was then towed to Leningrad.[39] The bow section was refloated on 11 May and towed to Leningrad.[40]

29 March

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List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1939
Ship State Description
Adele Ohlrogge  Germany The cargo ship ran aground at Scharhörn in the Wadden Sea.[41] She was refloated the next day.[36]
Apu  Finland The icebreaker ran aground at Ekenäs.[41] She was refloated on 1 April.[42]
Sirenes  Norway The cargo ship ran aground off Danzig, Germany.[41]

Unknown date

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown Date March 1939
Ship State Description
V-20 Urllobo  Spanish Navy Spanish Civil War: The auxiliary patrol ship was lost.
V-29 Aturuxo  Spanish Navy Spanish Civil War: The auxiliary patrol ship was lost.

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