List of shipwrecks in March 1939

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

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2 March
List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1939
ShipCountryDescription
Amizade Segundo  Portugal The schooner was wrecked in the Tagus.[1]
Juniata  United Kingdom
Juniata

The tanker was scuttled at Inganess Bay, Orkney Islands.[2] The wreck is still in situ as of November 2008.

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

4 March
List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1939
ShipCountryDescription
Kung Lee  China The passenger ship struck Round Rock, Wei Hai Wei and sank. All crew and passengers were rescued.[3]
Matilda  Denmark The schooner ran aground on Falsterbo Reef, Sweden. She was a total loss.[3]

5 March
List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1939
ShipCountryDescription
Orm Jarl  Norway The cargo ship collided with D'Entrecasteaux ( France) in the Scheldt and sank on the Kettelplaat.[3]

7 March
List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1939
ShipCountryDescription
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 of the 2,112 people on board.[4]

8 March
List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1939
ShipCountryDescription
Saint Prosper  France Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship struck a mine off Roses (Catalonia) and sank while en route to Oran from Marseilles with the loss of all 27 crew.[5][6]

9 March
List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1939
ShipCountryDescription
Gannet  United Kingdom The Thames barge sank off Brightlingsea, Essex. All crew rescued.[7]
Malini  Thailand The cargo liner suffered an explosion and sank off Pulo Tioman, Malaya.[8]
Maria Ignez  Portugal The sailing ship was abandoned off Cabo Raso in a waterlogged condition.[7] Brought into Lisbon the next day.[9]

10 March
List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1939
ShipCountryDescription
Chepo  Panama The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Sidero, Crete, Greece.[10]
Egeran  Germany The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea after passing the Elbe Lighthouse on a voyage from Hamburg to Rotterdam.[11]
Malini  Thailand The cargo ship suffered an explosion in her engine room and sank off Mersing, Malaya. One of her 61 crew was killed by the explosion.[9][12]
Sontay  France The cargo liner ran aground on the Meteor Reef, French Somaliland.[13]

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

14 March
List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1939
ShipCountryDescription
Dorothy M  United States After the 11-gross register ton, 35-foot (10.7 m) fishing vessel's gasoline 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.[14]
Shelbrit 4  United Kingdom The tanker ran aground at Campbell Rock, Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland.[15]
Spes Nostra  Netherlands The cargo ship collided with Gertrud Fritzen ( Germany) at Emden, Germany, and sank.[15]

15 March
List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1939
ShipCountryDescription
Soriano  United Kingdom World War II: The Admiralty-requisitioned cargo ship was scuttled in Kirk Sound, Scapa Flow as a block ship. Salvaged in 1948.[16]

16 March
List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1939
ShipCountryDescription
Carthage Tunisia The cargo ship came ashore near Kelibia.[17]
Dunleary  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Troon, Ayrshire.[17] Refloated later that day.[18]
HMAS Tasmania  Royal Australian Navy The S-class destroyer was scuttled in the Pacific Ocean off New South Wales.[19]

17 March
List of shipwrecks: 17 March 1939
ShipCountryDescription
Alabama  France The cargo ship ran aground in the Scheldt at Hansweert, Netherlands.[17] Refloated the next day.[18]

19 March
List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1939
ShipCountryDescription
Orion  Estonia The cargo ship ran aground at Skælskør, Denmark.[18]
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.[18]
Vassilios T  Greece The cargo ship struck a rock in the Adriatic Sea off Vis and sank. All crew were rescued.[20]

21 March
List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1939
ShipCountryDescription
HMS Aberdeen  Royal Navy The Grimsby-class sloop ran aground at St Tropez, France. Refloated on 23 March.[21]
Fort de Souville  France The cargo ship came ashore near the Nieuwe Sluis Lighthouse, Netherlands.[22] Refloated on 23 March.[23]
Frode  France The cargo ship ran aground at Danzig, Germany. She was refloated later that day.[22]

22 March
List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1939
ShipCountryDescription
Abukir  Egypt The cargo ship ran aground at Larnaca, Cyprus.[24] Refloated on 28 March.[25]
Camro  Australia The ketch was scuttled in the Pacific Ocean off Sydney, New South Wales.[26]
Gianni Paolo  Italy The cargo ship ran aground at Zlarin, Yugoslavia.[24] Refloated the next day.[27]
Grangemouth  United Kingdom The cargo liner collided with the trawler Sudanese in the North sea off Hornsea, Yorkshire and was damaged. She was taken in tow but sank the next day.[28][29]
Sphene  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground off Lindisfarne, Northumberland and was holed. Later refloated and entered the harbour flooded at the forepeak.[24]

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

24 March
List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1939
ShipCountryDescription
Limpopo  Portugal The cargo liner ran aground in the Limpopo.[30] Refloated on 30 April having lost a propeller.[31]
Wolfsburg  Germany The cargo ship ran aground on the Farasan Islands in the Red Sea and was holed. Later refloated and proceeded to Basrah, Iraq for inspection.[27]

26 March
List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1939
ShipCountryDescription
Point Vincente  United States The cargo ship ran aground on Bona Island, 25 nautical miles (46 km) south of Balboa, Panama and was holed.[32] She was scuttled off Panama in June 1939.[33]
Stanmount  United Kingdom The tanker ran aground in the Dardanelles at Soganlidere, Turkey.[30] Refloated on 30 March and arrived at Chanak.[34]

27 March
List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1939
ShipCountryDescription
Cite D'Athenes  France The cargo ship foundered off Psara, Greece with the loss of all hands.[30]
Frixos  Greece The cargo ship foundered off Levitha, Greece with the loss of all but one of the crew.[25]

28 March
List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1939
ShipCountryDescription
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.[35] The stern section was refloated on 7 April and towed to Tallinn, Estonia.[36] It was then towed to Leningrad.[37] Bow section refloated on 11 May and towed to Leningrad,[38]

29 March
List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1939
ShipCountryDescription
Adele Ohlrogge  Germany The cargo ship ran aground at Scharhörn in the Wadden Sea.[39] Refloated the next day.[34]
Apu  Finland The icebreaker ran aground at Ekenäs.[39] Refloated on 1 April.[40]
Sirenes  Norway The cargo ship ran aground off Danzig, Germany.[39]

Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown Date March 1939
ShipCountryDescription
C 2  Spanish Republican Navy Spanish Civil War: The C 1-class motor launch was lost in February or March.[41]
C 5  Spanish Republican Navy Spanish Civil War: The C 1-class motor launch was lost in February or March.[41]
V-20 Urllobo  Spanish Navy Spanish Civil War: The auxiliary patrol ship was lost.[42]
V-29 Aturuxo  Spanish Navy Spanish Civil War: The auxiliary patrol ship was lost.[42]

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Ship events in 1939
Ship launches: 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944
Ship commissionings: 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944
Ship decommissionings: 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944
Shipwrecks: 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944
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