List of shipwrecks in August 1939
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The list of shipwrecks in August 1939 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 1939.
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References |
1 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Illinoian | ![]() |
The cargo ship ran aground in the Cape Fear River, Wilmington, North Carolina.[1] She was refloated undamaged on 7 August.[2] |
2 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Zuid Holland | ![]() |
The Loire-Inférieure.[3]
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3 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Hertha | ![]() |
The =fishing vessel was swamped by heavy seas breaking over her stern and sank 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) west of Cape Bartolome, Territory of Alaska (55°14′N 133°37′W / 55.233°N 133.617°W). Her captain perished, but the fishing vessel Argus (![]() |
4 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Bornholm | ![]() |
The Santos, Brazil. Both vessels were damaged at the bows and beached.[5]
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Junyoshi Maru | ![]() |
The cargo ship ran aground at Shiokubisaki, Hokkaido.[5] She was declared a total loss.[6] |
UJ 175 Perseus | ![]() |
The auxiliary submarine chaser was lost on this date. |
5 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Andrea F Luckenbach | ![]() |
The cargo ship ran aground at Port Eads, Louisiana.[5] Refloated on 7 August.[2] |
Bernhard | ![]() |
The cargo ship struck a reef in the Strait of Canso and was holed. She was beached at Eddy Point, Nova Scotia, Canada.[5] She was refloated on 11 August.[7] |
6 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Depere | ![]() |
The cargo ship struck rocks in the Wrangell Narrows, Alaska and was beached.[2] She was refloated on 11 August.[7] |
7 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Fahe | ![]() |
The schooner was destroyed by fire 8 nautical miles (15 km) off Coffin Island, Nova Scotia.[8] |
8 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Astree | ![]() |
The cargo ship came ashore at Ouistreham, Calvados.[9] She was refloated the next day.[8] |
Frank B. Baird | ![]() |
The cargo ship ran aground at drydocking.[10]
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Rainbow | ![]() |
The fishing vessel was destroyed by fire on the north side of South Indian Island, Territory of Alaska (58°22′15″N 134°42′00″W / 58.37083°N 134.70000°W). The only person on board survived.[11] |
Waimea | ![]() |
The coaster was scuttled in the Cook Strait off Turakirae Head, North Island as a means of disposal.[12] |
Wendover | ![]() |
The cargo ship grounded in the |
9 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Dalblair | ![]() |
The cargo ship ran aground south of Gothenburg, Sweden.[13] She was refloated the next day after offloading 400 tons of cargo.[10] |
Povvidenza | ![]() |
The cargo ship ran aground at Cuxhaven, Germany.[8] Refloated the next day.[10] |
Sinbad | ![]() |
The Nathanya.[14]
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11 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Alga | ![]() |
The cargo ship ran aground on the Meloria Bank.[6] Refloated the next day.[15] |
Fernglen | ![]() |
The cargo ship ran aground on the Quita Sueño Bank, Colombia.[7] Refloated on 23 August.[16] |
Sveti Duje | ![]() |
The cargo ship struck rocks at Point Silo and was beached in drydocked for repairs after discharging her cargo.[17]
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12 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Gerania | ![]() |
The cargo ship collided with Heemskerk (![]() |
13 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Treworlas | ![]() |
The cargo ship ran aground in the River Thames at Poplar, London. She was later refloated.[15] |
15 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Strindheim | ![]() |
The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off the mouth of the River Tyne with the loss of nine crew.[18] |
Trade Wind | ![]() |
The motor yacht collided with Lapwing (
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16 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Cabo Sardao | ![]() |
The tug capsized and sank in the Tagus whilst assisting RMS Vandyck. She was refloated some months later, repaired and returned to service.[20] |
17 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Prague | ![]() |
The passenger ferry ran aground at Harwich, Essex. She was refloated later that day.[21] |
Robbie Burns | ![]() |
The barge sank north of Kangaroo Island.[22] |
18 August
Ship | State | Description |
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O. M. Arnold | ![]() |
The motor vessel sank in a storm in Chatham Strait in the Alexander Archipelago, Territory of Alaska with the loss of three lives. There were five survivors. She was on a voyage from Chatham to Noyes Island with a cargo of 60 tons of fresh salmon.[23]
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President de Vogue | ![]() |
The |
Tourny | ![]() |
The British Gambia.[24]
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19 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Herbrand | ![]() |
The tanker ran aground at Buenos Aires, Argentina.[25] She was refloated undamaged on 22 August after discharging 7,000 tons of cargo.[26]
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Løvland | ![]() |
The cargo ship came ashore at Cape North, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada and was wrecked.[25][27] |
20 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Aagot | ![]() |
The cargo ship ran aground on Saltholm, Denmark. She was later refloated.[25] |
Grace | ![]() |
The motorboat was severely damaged in a collision with the motorboat ARB 10 (![]() |
Hans Voss | ![]() |
The auxiliary sailing vessel collided with Bodegraven (![]() |
Kap Velaluka | ![]() |
The fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in Murder Cove at the southern tip of Admiralty Island in the Alexander Archipelago, Territory of Alaska. Her crew of five survived.[29] |
21 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Sire | ![]() |
The |
Wanda | ![]() |
With no one aboard but a cannery, where the fire completely destroyed her.[30]
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22 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Estella | ![]() |
The |
Parita | ![]() |
The passenger ship was beached at Tel Aviv, Palestine with 900 Jewish refugees on board.[26] |
23 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Constantinos Louloudis | ![]() |
The |
Itacare | ![]() |
The passenger ship capsized and sank at Ilhéus with the loss of 34 of the 66 people on board.[32][34] |
24 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Lages | ![]() |
The cargo ship ran aground at Rosario, Argentina.[35] She was refloated on 27 August.[36] |
25 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Tyalgum | ![]() |
![]() The cargo ship ran aground in the Tweed River at Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, and was wrecked.[33] |
27 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Tiger | ![]() |
The torpedo boat collided with Max Schultz (![]() |
28 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Sildra | ![]() |
The tanker came ashore at "They Roustant" whilst on a voyage from Corpus Christi, Florida, United States to Port-de-Bouc, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[38] Refloated the next day.[36]
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Tucuman | ![]() |
The tug capsized and sank at South Darsena with the loss of two crew whilst assisting Glasgow (![]() |
29 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Defy | ![]() |
The fish packer struck a rock off Kaigani Point (54°45′10″N 132°39′10″W / 54.75278°N 132.65278°W) in Cordova Bay, Territory of Alaska, then, while trying to reach shore in a sinking condition, was stranded on another rock. Her crew of two survived. By 30 August she had slid into deeper water and begun to break up gradually and was deemed a total loss.[39] |
Hilda | ![]() |
The cargo ship ran aground on the Isle of May in the Firth of Forth.[36] She was refloated later that day.[40] |
Porsanger | ![]() |
The cargo ship came ashore at Östra Torp, Sweden.[36] She was refloated the next day after jettisoning 400 tons of cargo.[40] |
Rustler | ![]() |
The fishing vessel sank without loss of life 0.75 nautical miles (1.39 km; 0.86 mi) south of Port Protection Point (56°19′20″N 133°36′35″W / 56.32222°N 133.60972°W) in Sumner Strait in the Alexander Archipelago, Territory of Alaska. Her crew of four abandoned ship in a skiff and made it to shore, where the vessel ARB 8 (![]() |
30 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Ållotar | ![]() |
The cargo ship collided with Dagny (![]() |
Saint Conan | ![]() |
The Argyllshire, and was wrecked.[41]
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References
- ^ "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 48373. London. 2 August 1939. col C, p. 23.
- ^ a b c "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 48378. London. 8 August 1939. col F, p. 16.
- ^ "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 48375. London. 3 August 1939. col F, p. 3.
- ^ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (H)
- ^ a b c d "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 48377. London. 7 August 1939. col C, p. 17.
- ^ a b "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 48382. London. 12 August 1939. col F, p. 6.
- ^ a b c d "Yugoslav Steamer Beached". The Times. No. 48382. London. 12 August 1939. col F, p. 6.
- ^ a b c d e "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 48380. London. 10 August 1939. col G, p. 21.
- ^ a b "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 48379. London. 9 August 1939. col E-F, p. 17.
- ^ a b c "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 48381. London. 11 August 1939. col G, p. 3.
- ^ a b alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (R)
- ^ "Her Last Trip". The Evening Post. Vol. CXXVIII, no. 33. Wellington, New Zealand. 8 August 1939. p. 9.
- ^ "Low Rate On British Steamer". The Times. No. 48380. London. August 1939. col G.
- ^ "Palestine Patrol Vessel Lost". The Times. No. 48380. London. 10 August 1939. col D, p. 11.
- ^ a b c "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 48383. London. 14 August 1939. col F, p. 17.
- ^ "The Fernglen Refloated". The Times. No. 48392. London. 24 August 1939. col A, p. 19.
- ^ a b "Low Rate On Norwegian Motor Tanker". The Times. No. 48388. London. 19 August 1939. col G, p. 19.
- ^ "SS Strindheim (+1939)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
- ^ "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 48384. London. 16 August 1939. col E, p. 19.
- ^ "Cabo Sardao". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ "Passenger Steamer Aground In Fog". The Times. No. 48387. London. 18 August 1939. col E, p. 7.
- ^ "Robbie Burns (+1939)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
- ^ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (O)
- ^ a b "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 48390. London. 22 August 1939. col F, p. 19.
- ^ a b c d "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 48389. London. 21 August 1939. col F, p. 17.
- ^ a b c "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 48391. London. 23 August 1939. col G, p. 3.
- ^ "SS Løvland (+1939)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
- ^ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (G)
- ^ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (K)
- ^ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (W)
- ^ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (E)
- ^ a b "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 48392. London. 24 August 1939. col B, p. 19.
- ^ a b "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 48394. London. 26 August 1939. col D, p. 19.
- ^ "Telegrams in Brief". The Times. No. 48396. London. 29 August 1939. col G, p. 9.
- ^ "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 48393. London. 25 August 1939. col G, p. 3.
- ^ a b c d "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 48397. London. 30 August 1939. col G, p. 18.
- ^ "TIME-LINE Merchant and Navy Ship events 1939 - 1945 (WWII)". Mareud. Archived from the original on 6 February 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2010.
- ^ a b "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 48396. London. 29 August 1939. col G, p. 3.
- ^ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (D)
- ^ a b c "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 48398. London. 31 August 1939. col E, p. 17.
- ^ "SS Saint Conan (+1939)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 30 November 2011.