List of shipwrecks in 1939

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

[edit] January

• SS Alba ran aground at Porthmeor Beach. All 24 crew rescued, but five later drowned when the lifeboat capsized.^[1]

• SS Wilston ran aground at Wicca Bay, Pendeen. All crew lost.^[1]

[edit] April

[edit] April 18

• SS Paris  France Caught fire and capsized in St. Nazaire harbour. Scrapping did not occur for almost a decade due to World War Two.

[edit] June

[edit] June 1

• HMS Thetis sank whilst on trials, 99 crew killed. Salvaged, recommissioned as HMS Thunderbolt, sunk by Italian corvette Cicogna on 14 March 1943 with loss of all hands.

[edit] September

[edit] September 3

• SS Athenia ( United Kingdom): World War II: Sunk by U-30 250 miles from Northern Ireland.

[edit] September 17

• HMSCourageous ( Royal Navy):World War II: aircraft carrier, sunk by U-29 off Northern Ireland.

[edit] September 22

• SS Martti Ragnar ( Finland): World War II: steam freighter, sunk by Unterseeboot 4 in Skagerrak.

[edit] October

[edit] October 8

• U-12 ( Kriegsmarine): World War II: Sunk near Dover in the English Channel by a mine hit

[edit] October 9

• SS Mount Ida  United Kingdom ran aground on Ower Bank, North Sea. All crew rescued by lifeboat but one later died from his injuries.

[edit] October 14

• HMS Royal Oak ( Royal Navy): World War II: Revenge class battleship, sunk by U-47 in Scapa Flow

[edit] October 25

• U-16 ( Kriegsmarine): World War II: Sunk by Royal Navy trawler HMS Cayton Wyke and patrol vessel Puffin

[edit] November

[edit] November 13

• HMS Blanche ( Royal Navy): World War II: B class destroyer, sunk by mine

[edit] December

[edit] December 17

• Admiral Graf Spee ( Kriegsmarine): World War II: 12,100 ton Deutschland class pocket battleship, scuttled in near Montevideo, Uruguay after the Battle of the River Plate

[edit] See also

• List of World War II ships

[edit] References

Ship launches:	1930	1931	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939
Ship commissionings:	1930	1931	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939
Ship decommissionings:	1930	1931	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939
Shipwrecks:	1930	1931	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939

Ship launches:	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949
Ship commissionings:	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949
Ship decommissionings:	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949
Shipwrecks:	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949