List of shipwrecks in August 1939
The list of shipwrecks in August 1939 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 1939.
1 August
2 August
List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1939
Ship | Country | Description |
Zuid Holland |
France |
The dredger sprang a leak and sank at Saint Nazaire.[3] |
4 August
List of shipwrecks: 4 August 1939
Ship | Country | Description |
Bornholm |
Norway |
The cargo ship collided with Lydia M ( Brazil) at Sants, Brazil. Both vessels were damaged at the bows and beached.[4] |
Junyoshi Maru |
Japan |
The cargo ship ran aground at Shiokubisaki, Hokkaido.[4] Declared a total loss.[5] |
5 August
6 August
7 August
8 August
9 August
11 August
List of shipwrecks: 11 August 1939
Ship | Country | Description |
Alga |
Italy |
The cargo ship ran aground on the Meloria Bank.[5] Refloated the next day.[13] |
Fernglen |
Norway |
The cargo ship ran aground on the Quita Sueño Bank, Colombia.[6] Refloated on 23 August.[14] |
Sveti Djue |
Yugoslavia |
The cargo ship struck rocks at Point Silo and was beached in Split Bay.[6] Refloated on 16 August and drydocked for repairs after discharging her cargo.[15] |
12 August
List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1939
Ship | Country | Description |
Gerania |
Sweden |
The cargo ship collided with Heemskerk ( Netherlands) off Vlissingen, Netherlands and was beached to prevent her sinking.[13] |
13 August
15 August
17 August
18 August
19 August
20 August
21 August
List of shipwrecks: 21 August 1939
Ship | Country | Description |
Sire |
United Kingdom |
The cargo ship ran aground in the Saint Lawrence River 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) upstream of the Cape Maillard Buoy.[20] Refloated later that day.[22] |
22 August
List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1939
Ship | Country | Description |
Parita |
Panama |
The passenger ship was beached at Tel Aviv, Palestine with 900 Jewish refugees on board.[22] |
23 August
List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1939
Ship | Country | Description |
Constantinos Louloudis |
Greece |
The cargo ship ran aground in the River Paraná, Argentina.[24] Refloated on 25 August.[25] |
Itacare |
Brazil |
The passenger ship capsized and sank at Ilhéus with the loss of 34 of the 66 people on board.[24][26] |
24 August
List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1939
Ship | Country | Description |
Lages |
Brazil |
The cargo ship ran aground at Rosario, Argentina.[27] Refloated on 27 August.[28] |
25 August
27 August
28 August
List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1939
Ship | Country | Description |
Sildra |
Norway |
The tanker came ashore at They Roustant whilst on a voyage from Corpus Christi, Florida, United States to Port-de-Bouc, France.[30] Refloated the next day.[28] |
Tucuman |
Argentina |
The tug capsized and sank at South Darsena with the loss of two crew whilst assisting Glasgow ( Argentina) to dock.[30] |
29 August
List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1939
Ship | Country | Description |
Hilda |
United Kingdom |
The cargo ship ran aground on the Isle of May in the Firth of Forth.[28] Refloated later that day.[31] |
Porsanger |
Finland |
The cargo ship came ashore at Östra Torp, Sweden.[28] Refloated the next day after jettisoning 400 tons of cargo.[31] |
30 August
References
- ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Wednesday, 2 August 1939. (48373), col C, p. 23.
- 1 2 3 "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Tuesday, 8 August 1939. (48378), col F, p. 16.
- ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Friday, 3 August 1939. (48375), col F, p. 3.
- 1 2 3 4 "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Monday, 7 August 1939. (48377), col C, p. 17.
- 1 2 "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Saturday, 12 August 1939. (48382), col F, p. 6.
- 1 2 3 4 "Yugoslav Steamer Beached" The Times (London). Saturday, 12 August 1939. (48382), col F, p. 6.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Thursday, 10 August 1939. (48380), col G, p. 21.
- 1 2 "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Wednesday, 9 August 1939. (48379), col E-F, p. 17.
- 1 2 3 "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Friday, 11 August 1939. (48381), col G, p. 3.
- ↑ "Her Last Trip". The Evening Post (Volume CXXVIII, issue 33) (Wellington, New Zealand). 8 August 1939. p. 9.
- ↑ "Low Rate On British Steamer" The Times (London). Thursday, August 1939. (48380), col G,
- ↑ "Palestine Patrol Vessel Lost" The Times (London). Thursday, 10 August 1939. (48380), col D, p. 11.
- 1 2 3 "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Monday, 14 August 1939. (48383), col F, p. 17.
- ↑ "The Fernglen Refloated" The Times (London). Thursday, 24 August 1939. (48392), col A, p. 19.
- 1 2 "Low Rate On Norwegian Motor Tanker" The Times (London). Saturday, 19 August 1939. (48388), col G, p. 19.
- ↑ "SS Strindheim (+1939)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
- ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Wednesday, 16 August 1939. (48384), col E, p. 19.
- ↑ "Passenger Steamer Aground In Fog" The Times (London). Friday, 18 August 1939. (48387), col E, p. 7.
- ↑ "Robbie Burns (+1939)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
- 1 2 "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Tuesday, 22 August 1939. (48390), col F, p. 19.
- 1 2 3 4 "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Monday, 21 August 1939. (48389), col F, p. 17.
- 1 2 3 "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Wednesday, 23 August 1939. (48391), col G, p. 3.
- ↑ "SS Løvland (+1939)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
- 1 2 "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Thursday, 24 August 1939. (48392), col B, p. 19.
- 1 2 "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Saturday, 26 August 1939. (48394), col D, p. 19.
- ↑ "Telegrams in Brief" The Times (London). Tuesday, 29 August 1939. (48396), col G, p. 9.
- ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Friday, 25 August 1939. (48393), col G, p. 3.
- 1 2 3 4 "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Wednesday, 30 August 1939. (48397), col G, p. 18.
- ↑ "TIME-LINE Merchant and Navy Ship events 1939 - 1945 (WWII)". Mareud. Retrieved 18 May 2010.
- 1 2 "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Tuesday, 29 August 1939. (48396), col G, p. 3.
- 1 2 3 "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Thursday, 31 August 1939. (48398), col E, p. 17.
- ↑ "SS Saint Conan (+1939)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
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