List of shipwrecks in March 1939

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

March 1939
Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
		1	2	3	4	5
6	7	8	9	10	11	12
13	14	15	16	17	18	19
20	21	22	23	24	25	26
27	28	29	30	31

2 March

• Amizade Segundo ( Portugal): The schooner was wrecked in the Tagus.^[1]
• Juniata ( United Kingdom): 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

• 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

• Orm Jarl ( Norway): The cargo ship collided with D'Entrecasteaux ( France) in the Scheldt and sank on the Kettelplaat.^[3]

7 March

• Castillo de Olite ( Spain): Spanish Civil War: The troopship was shelled and sunk off Cartagena by shore-based artillery with the loss of 1,476 of the 2,112 people on board.^[4]

8 March

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Ham 107 ( South Africa): The dredger dredged up an anchor which pierced her bottom. She capsized and sank at Cape Town.^[13]

14 March

• Shelbrit 4 ( United Kingdom): The tanker ran aground at Campbell Rock, Ardrossan, Ayrshire.^[14]
• Spes Nostra ( Netherlands): The cargo ship collided with Gertrud Fritzen ( Germany) at Emden, Germany and sank.^[14]
• Stanhope ( United Kingdom): Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was intecepted by a Spanish Nationalist warship. HMS Sussex ( Royal Navy) intervened and she was able to continue her voyage to Gibraltar.^[15]

15 March

• 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

• Carthage ( Tunisia): The cargo ship came ashore near Kelibia.^[15]
• Dunleary ( United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground at Troon, Ayrshire.^[15] Refloated later that day.^[17]
• HMAS Tasmania ( Royal Australian Navy): The S-class destroyer was scuttled in the Pacific Ocean off New South Wales.^[18]

17 March

• Alabama ( France): The cargo ship ran aground in the Scheldt at Hansweert, Netherlands.^[15] Refloated the next day.^[17]

19 March

• Orion ( Estonia): The cargo ship ran aground at Skælskør, Denmark.^[17]
• 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.^[17]
• Vassilios T ( Greece): The cargo ship struck a rock in the Adriatic Sea off Vis and sank. All crew were rescued.^[19]

21 March

• HMS Aberdeen ( Royal Navy): The Grimsby-class sloop ran aground at St Tropez, France. Refloated on 23 March.^[20]
• Fort de Souville ( France): The cargo ship came ashore near the Nieuwe Sluis Lighthouse, Netherlands.^[21] Refloated on 23 March.^[22]
• Frode ( France): The cargo ship ran aground at Danzig, Germany. She was refloated later that day.^[21]

22 March

• Abukir ( Egypt): The cargo ship ran aground at Larnaca, Cyprus.^[23] Refloated on 28 March.^[24]
• Camro ( Australia): The ketch was scuttled in the Pacific Ocean off Sydney, New South Wales.^[25]
• Gianni Paolo ( Italy): The cargo ship ran aground at Zlarin, Yugoslavia.^[23] Refloated the next day.^[26]
• 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.^[27][28]
• Sphene ( United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground off Lindisfarne, Northumberland and was holed. Later refloated and entered the harbour flooded at the forepeak.^[23]

23 March

• Spartan ( United Kingdom): The steam lighter sprang a leak off Islay and was beached at Port Ellen, Argyllshire.^[22]

24 March

• Limpopo ( Portugal): The cargo liner ran aground in the Limpopo.^[29] Refloated on 30 April having lost a propeller.^[30]
• 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.^[26]

26 March

• Point Vincente ( United States): The cargo ship ran aground on Bona Island, 25 nautical miles (46 km) south of Balboa, Panama and was holed.^[31] She was scuttled off Panama in June 1939.^[32]
• Stanmount ( United Kingdom): The tanker ran aground in the Dardanelles at Soganlidere, Turkey.^[29] Refloated on 30 March and arrived at Chanak.^[33]

27 March

• Cite D'Athenes ( France): The cargo ship foundered off Psara, Greece with the loss of all hands.^[29]
• Frixos ( Greece): The cargo ship foundered off Levitha, Greece with the loss of all but one of the crew.^[24]

28 March

• 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.^[34] The stern section was refloated on 7 April and towed to Tallinn, Estonia.^[35] It was then towed to Leningrad.^[36] Bow section refloated on 11 May and towed to Leningrad,^[37]

29 March

• Adele Ohlrogge ( Germany): The cargo ship ran aground at Scharhörn in the Wadden Sea.^[38] Refloated the next day.^[33]
• Apu ( Finland): The icebreaker ran aground at Ekenäs.^[38] Refloated on 1 April.^[39]
• Sirenes ( Norway): The cargo ship ran aground off Danzig, Germany.^[38]

References

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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