List of shipwrecks in January 1940

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The list of shipwrecks in January 1940 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during January 1940.

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1 January

List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1940
Ship State Description
Johann Schulte  Germany The cargo ship was wrecked and sank off Buholmråsa, Norway. All 36 German sailors and two Norwegian pilots were rescued by Dronning Maud ( Norway).[1][2]
Lars Magnus Trozelli  Sweden World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea (58°14′N 1°38′W / 58.233°N 1.633°W / 58.233; -1.633) by U-58 ( Kriegsmarine) with the loss of seven of her 22 crew. Survivors were rescued by Ask ( Norway).[3][4][5]
Leo  Finland Winter War: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Turku by Soviet aircraft. She was later raised and repaired.[6][7][8]
Turkan  Turkey The cargo ship foundered in a storm in the Black Sea with the loss of all twenty crew.[9][10]
Young Harry  United Kingdom World War II: The fishing vessel was sunk by a mine in the North Sea off Folkestone, Kent with the loss of all four hands.[11][12]

3 January

List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1940
Ship State Description
Motorina  Greece The
tanker ran aground on Chios and was wrecked.[13]
R-5  Kriegsmarine The
Stolpmünde.[6]
S-2  Soviet Navy Winter War: The S-class submarine struck a mine and sank in the Baltic Sea off Märket with the loss of all 50 crew.[14][15]
Svartön  Sweden World War II: Convoy HN 6: The cargo ship romped ahead of the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk off the north coast of Scotland (57°48′N 1°47′W / 57.800°N 1.783°W / 57.800; -1.783) by U-58 ( Kriegsmarine) with the loss of twenty of her 31 crew. Survivors were rescued by HMT Oak ( Royal Navy).[3][16][17]

4 January

List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1940
Ship State Description
Ardangorm  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground on the Gwineas Rock, near Dodman Point, Cornwall (50°14′42″N 4°45′36″W / 50.24500°N 4.76000°W / 50.24500; -4.76000), broke in two and was wrecked. All 36 crew were rescued by the lifeboat C.D.E.C. of Fowey ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). The wreck was partly salvaged.[18][19][20]
Maigue  Ireland The cargo ship struck a rock near Cape Clear Island, County Cork and was beached in a sinking condition. She was refloated on 21 May but was damaged beyond repair and was subsequently scrapped.[21][22][23]
Swarthy  United Kingdom The tug sank at Portsmouth, Hampshire. Later salvaged, repaired and returned to service.[3]

5 January

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1940
Ship State Description
C. Arrivabene  Italy The
Fedala, Morocco. She was consequently scrapped.[24]
Fenris  Sweden Winter War: The coaster was torpedoed and damaged in the Gulf of Finland off the Sydost Brottens Lightship ( Sweden) by ShCh-311 ( Soviet Navy). The wreck drifted ashore north west of the lightship, her crew were rescued.[3][25]
HMT Kingston Cornelian  Royal Navy The naval trawler collided with Chella ( France) in the Mediterranean Sea east of Gibraltar and sank. Her depth charges exploded, killing all nineteen crew.[3][26][27]
Rothesay Castle  United Kingdom The cargo ship (7,016 GRT, 1935) ran aground at Sanaig Point,
Argyllshire (55°53′13″N 6°21′44″W / 55.88694°N 6.36222°W / 55.88694; -6.36222. She broke her back and was a total loss. Her crew were rescued by Englishman ( United Kingdom).[3][28][29]

6 January

List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1940
Ship State Description
Barsac  Marine Nationale The
armed patrol ship ran aground on the Isalons Rocks, Vigo, Galicia, Spain and sank with the loss of eighteen crew.[30]
Beltinge  United Kingdom The
Les Sables d'Olonne, Vendée, France and was wrecked. Her twenty crew survived.[31][32]
British Liberty  United Kingdom
tanker struck a mine and sank in the English Channel 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north east of the Dyck Lightship ( Trinity House) with the loss of 24 crew.[3][33][34]
City of Marseilles  United Kingdom World War II: The
pilot cutter. She was later boarded by personnel from HMT Cranefly, HMT Sturton and HMT Suilven (all  Royal Navy) and towed into Dundee, Scotland. Subsequently repaired and returned to service.[35][36]
Eta  United Kingdom World War II: The fishing trawler struck a mine and sank in the Thames Estuary 6 nautical miles (11 km) north west of the Outer Gabbard Lightship ( Trinity House). Her crew were rescued.[3]
Frankenwald  Germany The cargo ship ran aground on Bratholmen, Norway and sank. All 48 crew were rescued.[37]
Gloreda  Australia The launch caught fire and sank in Hervey Bay, Queensland. All four men aboard survived.[38][39]
Sampo  Merivoimat The icebreaker ran aground off Pori. There were no casualties but the ship could only be raised in May 1940 and repairs were not completed March 1941.[40][41]

7 January

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1940
Ship State Description
Cedrington Court  United Kingdom
North Goodwin Lightship ( Trinity House) (55°15′N 1°35′E / 55.250°N 1.583°E / 55.250; 1.583). All 34 crew were rescued.[3][42][43][44]
Dicido  Sweden The cargo ship ran aground at Tjoroneset and was wrecked. There were no casualties.[45]
HMS Seahorse  Royal Navy World War II: The S-class submarine was depth charged and sunk north west of Heligoland M-122 and M-132 (both  Kriegsmarine). All 39 crew were lost.[46][47]
Towneley  United Kingdom World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea north of Margate, Kent. Her crew were rescued by the Margate lifeboat.[3][48]
HMS Undine  Royal Navy World War II: The U-class submarine was depth charged and damaged south west of Heligoland by M-1201. M-1204, and M-1207 (all  Kriegsmarine) and was subsequently scuttled. Her crew were rescued by the German ships.[46]

8 January

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1940
Ship State Description
Atlantic Scout  United Kingdom The
Cap Gris Nez, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was refloated the next day and beached at Boulogne, where she became a total loss. The wreck was dispersed by explosives in 1949.[49][50][20]
Infante  Portugal The wooden schooner (324 GRT, 1915) collided with Congo ( France) and sank off Cape St. Vincent, Portugal. Her crew were rescued by Congo.[51]
Tynehome  United Kingdom The coaster collided with Gitano ( United Kingdom) and sank. Ten survivors were rescued by Gitano. Four crew were lost.[3][52]

9 January

List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1940
Ship State Description
Dunbar Castle  United Kingdom World War II: The ocean liner struck a mine off North Foreland, Kent (51°22′08″N 1°36′02″E / 51.36889°N 1.60056°E / 51.36889; 1.60056) and sank with the loss of 152 lives. The wreck was dispersed by explosives in 1959.[53][54][55]
Gowrie  United Kingdom World War II: The
Fliegerkorps X, Luftwaffe. All twelve crew were rescued.[3][56][57]
Manx  Norway World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea (58°30′N 1°33′W / 58.500°N 1.550°W / 58.500; -1.550) by U-19 ( Kriegsmarine) with the loss of thirteen of her nineteen crew. Survivors were rescued by Iris and Leka (both  Norway).[58][59]
Montauban  France The
collier ran aground on the Saltscar Rocks, Redcar, Yorkshire, United Kingdom (54°37′45″N 1°02′27″W / 54.62917°N 1.04083°W / 54.62917; -1.04083). All 39 crew were rescued by the Redcar lifeboat. She broke up on 15 January.[60][61][62]
Oakgrove  United Kingdom World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk off Cromer, Norfolk by aircraft of Fliegerkorps X, Luftwaffe with the loss of a crew member.[3][63]
HMS Starfish  Royal Navy World War II: The
prisoners of war
.
Tonis Chandris  Greece World War II: The cargo ship ran aground on
Shetland Islands, United Kingdom (60°42′07″N 0°48′54″W / 60.70194°N 0.81500°W / 60.70194; -0.81500) whilst evading a German submarine and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by the Lerwick lifeboat.[3][64][65]
Truida  Netherlands World War II: The coaster struck a mine and sank in the North Sea west of Ramsgate, Kent, United Kingdom (51°27′N 1°50′E / 51.450°N 1.833°E / 51.450; 1.833). All four crew were rescued by Friso ( Netherlands).[3][66][67]
Upminster  United Kingdom World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged off Cromer (53°03′N 1°29′E / 53.050°N 1.483°E / 53.050; 1.483) by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of three crew. She sank the next day.[3][57][68]

10 January

List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1940
Ship State Description
Axel  Germany The naval trawler collided with Grille ( Kriegsmarine) and sank off Kiel. There were no casualties.[69][70]
Bahia Blanca  Germany World War II: The blockade-running cargo liner struck an iceberg in the Denmark Strait (66°09′N 26°20′E / 66.150°N 26.333°E / 66.150; 26.333). She was subsequently shelled and sunk by HMS Newcastle ( Royal Navy). All 62 crew were rescued by the trawler Hafstein ( Iceland).[3][69][71]
Bucuresti  Romania The ship (2,499 GRT, 1897) ran aground on Samothrace Islands rocks, in the
constructive total loss and scrapped.[72][73]
HMS Canton  Royal Navy The
armed merchant cruiser ran aground off Barra Head, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides. She was refloated on 12 January, but was beached on 17 January at Holy Loch. Later repaired and returned to service.[3][74]
Hertha  Norway The cargo ship collided with a French vessel off the Welsh coast and was beached. She was later repaired and returned to service.[75]

11 January

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1940
Ship State Description
Croxton  United Kingdom
X Fliegerkorps, Luftwaffe. All nine crew were rescued.[76]
Dietrich Hasseldieck  Germany World War II: The fishing trawler struck a mine laid in 1939 by Vesihiisi ( Finnish Navy) and sank in the Baltic Sea off Paldiski, Estonia. Two of her seven crew were killed.[69][77][78]
El Oso  United Kingdom World War II:
tanker struck a mine and sank 6 nautical miles (11 km) west of the Mersey Lightship ( Trinity House) (53°32′N 3°25′W / 53.533°N 3.417°W / 53.533; -3.417) with the loss of three of her 35 crew. Survivors were rescued by HMS Walker ( Royal Navy).[3][79][80]
Fredville  Norway World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea (58°25′N 1°10′W / 58.417°N 1.167°W / 58.417; -1.167) by U-23 ( Kriegsmarine) with the loss of ten of her fifteen crew. Survivors were rescued by the fishing trawler May ( United Kingdom).[3][81]
Keynes  United Kingdom World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the North Sea (53°47′N 0°46′E / 53.783°N 0.767°E / 53.783; 0.767) by Luftwaffe aircraft. All seventeen crew were rescued.[3][76]
Leonard Pearce  United Kingdom Convoy HX 14: The cargo ship collided with Blairmore ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Bristol Channel off the Bull Point Lighthouse, Devon. All seventeen crew were rescued.[3][79][82]
HMT Lucida  Royal Navy World War II: The naval trawler struck a mine and sank off the mouth of the River Tyne (55°00′N 0°53′W / 55.000°N 0.883°W / 55.000; -0.883) with the loss of a crew member.[3][83]
Manitowoc  United Kingdom The cargo ship was severely damaged by fire at
hulk.[84]
HMS Princess  Royal Navy The armed yacht collided with Blairmore ( United Kingdom) in the Bristol Channel and sank. Her crew were rescued by Blairmore.[85]
Thorpebay  United Kingdom The cargo ship was severely damaged by fire at Newcastle upon Tyne. Subsequently used as a hulk at Scapa Flow.[86]
Traviata  Italy World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine in the North Sea 8 nautical miles (15 km) south east of the Cromer Knoll Lightship ( Trinity House) and sank. All 29 people on board were rescued.[76][87][88][89]

12 January

List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1940
Ship State Description
Danmark  Denmark
Orkney Islands, United Kingdom (58°59′N 2°52′W / 58.983°N 2.867°W / 58.983; -2.867). There were no casualties. The stern section sank on 21 January in Inganess Bay. The bow section was used as a storage hulk at Inverkeithing, Fife.[3][90][91]
Granta  United Kingdom World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine in the North Sea 11 nautical miles (20 km) off the Cromer Knoll Lightship ( Trinity House) (53°13′N 1°21′E / 53.217°N 1.350°E / 53.217; 1.350) with the loss of twelve crew. Survivors were rescued by HMS Stork ( Royal Navy) and the fishing vessels Fulham IV and Robur VIII (both  United Kingdom).[3][76]
Kastor  Estonia The cargo ship (938 GRT) ran aground off Lysekil, Sweden and was wrecked.[92][93]
HMT Valdora  Royal Navy World War II: The
X Fliegerkorps, Luftwaffe with the loss of all ten crew.[3]
William Ivey  United Kingdom World War II: The fishing vessel was bombed and sunk in the North Sea off St Abb's Head, Berwickshire. Her crew were rescued by another trawler.[94][95]

13 January

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1940
Ship State Description
Aura II  Merivoimat
Märket Island, Baltic Sea (60°23′N 19°10′E / 60.383°N 19.167°E / 60.383; 19.167
). She sank with the loss of 26 of her 41 crew.
Duchess of York  United Kingdom The ocean liner ran aground off the west coast of Scotland and was severely damaged. She was refloated on 17 January, repaired and returned to service.[96]
Sylvia  Sweden World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea north east of Aberdeen (58°45′N 1°12′W / 58.750°N 1.200°W / 58.750; -1.200) by U-20 ( Kriegsmarine) with the loss of all twenty crew.[97][98][99]
Schiff 7 Wega  Kriegsmarine The naval trawler ran aground on the Langhoft Tonne, in the Baltic Sea. She was later refloated.

14 January

List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1940
Ship State Description
Albert Janus  Germany World War II: The cargo ship was intercepted by Victor Schoelcher ( Marine Nationale) 75 nautical miles (139 km) west of Cape Finisterre, Spain and was scuttled by her crew.[3][69]
Hullgate  United Kingdom The coaster collided with Moyle ( United Kingdom) in the Scheldt and sank.[100]
St. Lucia  United Kingdom World War II: The fishing trawler struck a mine in the North Sea and sank with the loss of all twelve crew.[101]

15 January

List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1940
Ship State Description
Arendskerk  Netherlands
Ouessant, Finistère, France (46°55′N 6°34′W / 46.917°N 6.567°W / 46.917; -6.567) by U-44 ( Kriegsmarine) and sunk. All 65 people on board were rescued by Fedora ( Italy).[3][67][102][103]
Fagerheim  Norway World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay 80 nautical miles (150 km) south west of Ouessant (47°20′N 6°16′W / 47.333°N 6.267°W / 47.333; -6.267) by U-44 ( Kriegsmarine) with the loss of fourteen or fifteen of her crew. Five survivors were rescued by Iris ( Greece).[3][104][105][106][107][108]
Meuse  Belgium The cargo ship departed from
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom for Bruges, West Flanders, Belgium and then disappeared for an unknown reason. No further trace was found of her but the bodies of four of her twelve crew were found on the English coast. The rest of her crew were reported missing.[109][110]
Newhaven  United Kingdom World War II: The fishing vessel struck a mine and sank in the North Sea 18 nautical miles (33 km) south south east of Lowestoft, Suffolk. Nine crew were killed.[3][111][112]
Seiho Maru No. 1  Japan The fishing schooner ran aground on a reef off the south east tip of Guam. Her 24 crew were rescued by USS Penguin ( United States Navy). She was later salvaged.[113]

16 January

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1940
Ship State Description
Chile  Denmark The cargo ship ran aground in the Kattegat off Skagen. There were no casualties.[114][115]
Gracia  United Kingdom World War II: Convoy OB 287: The passenger ship struck a mine in the Irish Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south west of the Bar Lightship ( Trinity House) and was beached. Her crew were rescued. She was later refloated, repaired and returned to service.[116][117]
Inverdargle  United Kingdom World War II:
tanker struck a mine and sank off the south west coast of England (51°51′N 3°43′W / 51.850°N 3.717°W / 51.850; -3.717). There were no survivors. Depending on sources, there were 44 to 49 dead.[105][118][119][120]
Joséphine Charlotte  Belgium World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine in The Downs, Kent, United Kingdom (51°32′N 1°33′E / 51.533°N 1.550°E / 51.533; 1.550) and sank with the loss of four crew. Survivors were rescued by Mickleton ( United Kingdom).[3] The wreck was dispersed by explosives.[121]
Panachrandos  Greece World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay west of Brest, Finistère, France (48°30′N 9°10′W / 48.500°N 9.167°W / 48.500; -9.167) by U-44 ( Kriegsmarine) with the loss of all 31 crew.[122]
Pelinaion  Greece The cargo ship ran aground off St. David's Head, Bermuda and broke in two.[123][124]
Premuda  Italy The cargo ship (4,427 GRT, ) collided with the Goodwin Sands Lightship ( Trinity House) and was beached on the Goodwin Sands, Kent to avoid sinking. There were no casualties. She was later raised and repaired.[19][118][125]

17 January

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1940
Ship State Description
Asteria  Greece World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine in the North Sea 9.5 nautical miles (17.6 km) north east of the Happisburgh Lighthouse, Norfolk, United Kingdom and sank with the loss of thirteen of the 25 people on board. A fourteenth crew member died two days later.[3][105][119] The wreck was subsequently dispersed by explosives.[65]
Brake Lightship Trinity House
lightship sank off Goodwin Sands, Kent after being rammed by Ernani ( Italy). Her twelve crew were rescued by rescue boats from Margate and Ramsgate.[19][118][126]
Cairnross  United Kingdom World War II: Convoy HXF 16: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in Liverpool Bay 7 to 8 nautical miles (13 to 15 km) off the Bar Lightship ( Trinity House) (53°32′N 3°27′W / 53.533°N 3.450°W / 53.533; -3.450). All 48 crew were rescued by HMS Mackay ( Royal Navy).[105][118][127][128][129]
Enid  Norway World War II: The cargo ship was
Shetland Islands, United Kingdom by U-25 ( Kriegsmarine). Her sixteen crew were rescued by Kina ( Denmark) and the fishing vessel Granada ( United Kingdom). The wreck was scuttled by HMS Firedrake ( Royal Navy).[105][118][130]
Gratia  Germany The cargo ship ran aground at Außenems and was wrecked.[69]
Polzella  United Kingdom World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea approximately 6 nautical miles (11 km) north of Muckle Flugga, Shetland Islands by U-25 ( Kriegsmarine) with the loss of all 37 crew.[131]

18 January

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1940
Ship State Description
August Thyssen  Germany World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine in the Baltic Sea off Åland, Finland and sank. Her crew were rescued.[69][132]
Canadian Reefer  Denmark World War II: The
Cape Villano, Spain by U-44 ( Kriegsmarine). The crew were given 30 minutes to abandon ship before she was torpedoed and sunk. They were rescued by the fishing trawler Jose Ingacio de C. ( Spain).[118][133][134]
Flandria  Sweden World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 100 nautical miles (190 km) off IJmuiden, North Holland, Netherlands (54°00′N 3°40′E / 54.000°N 3.667°E / 54.000; 3.667) by U-9 ( Kriegsmarine) with the loss of seventeen of her 21 crew. Survivors were rescued by Balzac ( Norway) on 20 January.[118][135][136]
Foxen  Sweden World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea (58°52′N 0°22′W / 58.867°N 0.367°W / 58.867; -0.367) by U-55 ( Kriegsmarine) with the loss of seventeen of her nineteen crew. One survivor was rescued by Leka ( Norway).[118][137][138]
Pajala  Sweden World War II: The transport was torpedoed and sunk east north east of North Rona, Hebrides, United Kingdom (59°05′N 05°56′W / 59.083°N 5.933°W / 59.083; -5.933) by U-25 ( Kriegsmarine). All 35 crew were rescued by HMS Northern Duke ( Royal Navy).[139][140][141]

19 January

List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1940
Ship State Description
Bonnington Court  United Kingdom World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Thames Estuary almost 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) off the Sunk Lightship ( Trinity House) with the loss of two of her 37 crew.[142]
HMS Grenville  Royal Navy World War II: The G-class destroyer struck a mine in the Thames Estuary (51°39′N 2°17′E / 51.650°N 2.283°E / 51.650; 2.283) and sank with the loss of 77 of her 175 crew.
Kaija  Finland
Soviet Air Force Petlyakov Pe-2 aircraft.[6][143][144]
Kirkpool  United Kingdom The cargo ship was driven ashore in the south west of England. Her crew were rescued. She was salvaged and repaired in 1941.[145]
Mile End  United Kingdom The cargo shipvcollided with
Co Durham (51°45′N 2°40′E / 51.750°N 2.667°E / 51.750; 2.667) and sank with the loss of five of her sixteen crew. Survivors were rescued by HMS Stork ( Royal Navy).[118][145][146]
Patria  Sweden World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea (54°16′N 3°30′E / 54.267°N 3.500°E / 54.267; 3.500) by U-9 ( Kriegsmarine) with the loss of nineteen of her 23 crew. Survivors were rescued by Trygg ( Sweden).[118][147][148][149]
Quiberon  France World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom (52°34′N 2°05′E / 52.567°N 2.083°E / 52.567; 2.083) by U-59 ( Kriegsmarine) with all hands (six gunners and at least six crew).[150][151][152]
Telnes  Norway World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the
Orkney Islands, United Kingdom by U-55 ( Kriegsmarine) with the loss of all eighteen crew.[153][154]

20 January

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1940
Ship State Description
Caroni River  United Kingdom
cutter.[118][145][155][156]
Ekatontarchos Dracoulis  Greece World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of Portugal (40°20′N 10°07′W / 40.333°N 10.117°W / 40.333; -10.117) by U-44 ( Kriegsmarine) with the loss of six of her 28 crew. Survivors were rescued by Nino Padre ( Italy).[118][157][158]
Ila  Norway The cargo ship came ashore on the coast of Kent, United Kingdom. The motor life-boat John and Mary Meiklam of Gladswood ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution) rescued her eighteen crew the next day. She was refloated and returned to service.[116][19][159][160]
Miranda  Norway World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) north west of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom (58°14′N 2°05′W / 58.233°N 2.083°W / 58.233; -2.083) by U-57 ( Kriegsmarine) with the loss of fourteen of her seventeen crew. Survivors were rescued by HMS Discovery II ( Royal Navy).[118][161]
Nautic  Estonia The cargo ship foundered off the
Shetland Islands, United Kingdom (63°43′N 0°43′E / 63.717°N 0.717°E / 63.717; 0.717). Her crew were rescued.[118][145]

21 January

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1940
Ship State Description
Andalusia  Sweden World War II: The cargo ship last made a radio contact on this day. It is believed that she was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the west coast of Ireland by U-55 ( Kriegsmarine) with the loss of all 21 crew. The date of sinking may have been 23 January.[162][163]
HMS Exmouth  Royal Navy World War II: The
E-class destroyer was torpedoed and sunk in the Moray Firth, off Inverness (58°18′N 2°25′W / 58.300°N 2.417°W / 58.300; -2.417) by U-22 ( Kriegsmarine
) with the loss of all 190 crew.
Ferryhill  United Kingdom World War II: The
collier struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Blyth, Northumberland (55°05′N 1°27′W / 55.083°N 1.450°W / 55.083; -1.450) with the loss of eleven of her thirteen crew. Survivors were rescued by HMT Young Jacob ( Royal Navy).[145][164][165]
Orazio  Italy The passenger ship caught fire 40 nautical miles (74 km) south west of Toulon, Var, France due to an engine failure and explosion. One hundred and six of the 645 people on board were killed. She sank early the next day. Survivors were rescued by Cellina, Colombo, Conte Biancamano (all  Italy); Kersaint, Ville d'Ajaccio (both  French Navy); Djebel Dira, Djebel Nador, Gouvernor General Cambon, Gouvernor General Grevy and Six Fours (all  France).[118][166][24]
Protesilaus  United Kingdom World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine in the Bristol Channel (51°31′N 4°04′W / 51.517°N 4.067°W / 51.517; -4.067) and was beached off Swansea, Glamorgan where she was declared a total loss. All 75 people on board were rescued by HMT Paramount ( Royal Navy) and the Mumbles Lifeboat.[118][145][167][168][169] She waws later refloated.[170]
Rynanna  Ireland The cargo ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom (51°16′25″N 1°30′30″E / 51.27361°N 1.50833°E / 51.27361; 1.50833) and was wrecked. Her thirteen crew were rescued the next day by the Walmer lifeboat Charles Dibdin ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[19][171][172]
Tekla  Denmark World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed in the North Sea south of the
Orkney Islands, United Kingdom (58°18′N 2°25′W / 58.300°N 2.417°W / 58.300; -2.417) by U-22 ( Kriegsmarine) and sank with the loss of nine of her eighteen crew. Survivors were rescued by Iris ( Norway) and HMS Sikh ( Royal Navy).[118][173]

22 January

List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1940
Ship State Description
Gothia  Sweden World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk off the Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom (57°46′N 9°50′W / 57.767°N 9.833°W / 57.767; -9.833) by U-51 ( Kriegsmarine) with the loss of twelve of her 23 crew.[118][174][159]
Mulhausen  Germany The
Pillau. Some sources say she was sunk by a mine laid by the Polish submarine Żbik in September 1939 but witnesses reported no explosion. She was lost with all twelve hands.[118][175][176]
Segovia  Norway The cargo ship departed from an English port for Norway. No further trace, possibly torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea by U-55 ( Kriegsmarine) or struck a mine and sank with the loss of all 23 crew.[118][177][178]
Songa  Norway World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 220 nautical miles (410 km) west of the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom by U-25 ( Kriegsmarine). All 24 crew were rescued.[179][180][181]
Sydfold  Norway World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea (58°40′N 0°30′W / 58.667°N 0.500°W / 58.667; -0.500) by U-61 ( Kriegsmarine) with the loss of five of her 24 crew. Survivors were rescued by Rona ( Norway).[118][182]
Valamon Luostari  Merivoimat
transport ship was sunk by Soviet Tupolev SB-2 bomber aircraft from the 41st squadron of the Ladoga Flotilla, at Vanha Niikkanenlahti. Most of the crew were ashore, and there was no loss of life.[40][183]

23 January

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1940
Ship State Description
Baltanglia  United Kingdom World War II: the cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off Lindisfarne, Northumberland (55°35′N 1°27′W / 55.583°N 1.450°W / 55.583; -1.450) by U-19 ( Kriegsmarine). All 27 crew survived.[184][185]
Bisp  Norway World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea east of the
Orkney Islands, United Kingdom (59°05′N 1°13′E / 59.083°N 1.217°E / 59.083; 1.217) by U-18 ( Kriegsmarine) with the loss of all fourteen crew.[118][186][187][188][189]
Onto  Finland World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea (52°51′N 2°11′E / 52.850°N 2.183°E / 52.850; 2.183). All eighteen crew were rescued by HMS Auckland ( Royal Navy).[118][159][190]
Pluto  Norway World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea (55°35′N 1°27′W / 55.583°N 1.450°W / 55.583; -1.450) by U-19 ( Kriegsmarine). All 22 crew were rescued by a Finnish ship.[191][192][193]

24 January

List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1940
Ship State Description
Alsacien  France
Cabo Espichel, Portugal (39°01′N 9°54′W / 39.017°N 9.900°W / 39.017; -9.900) by U-44 ( Kriegsmarine) with the loss of four crew.[118][194][195]
Gleaner  United Kingdom The coaster foundered in Liverpool Bay off Southport, Lancashire with the loss of one of her three crew.[196][197]
Ljubljana  Royal Yugoslav Navy The destroyer ran onto a reef and sank off Šibenik, with the loss of a crew member. She was later raised, and towed to Šibenik but was still under repair when she was captured by the Italians during their invasion of Yugoslavia in April 1941. The Italian navy finished the repairs in autumn 1942.
Notung  Finland
Soviet Air Force aircraft. Her crew survived.[98][118][198][199][circular reference
]
Varild  Norway World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea north east of Kinnaird Head, Aberdeenshire, United Kingd by U-23 ( Kriegsmarine) with the loss of all fifteen crew.[118][200][201]

25 January

List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1940
Ship State Description
Biarritz  Norway World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) off IJmuiden, North Holland, Netherlands (52°39′N 4°15′E / 52.650°N 4.250°E / 52.650; 4.250) by U-14 ( Kriegsmarine) with the loss of 38 of the 57 people on board. Survivors were rescued by Borgholm ( Norway).[118][202][203][204]
Everene  Latvia World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off the Farne Islands, Northumberland, United Kingdom by U-19 ( Kriegsmarine) with the loss of one of her 31 crew. Survivors were rescued by Dole ( Latvia) and the fishing vessel Evesham ( United Kingdom).[118][180][205][206][207]
Gleneden  United Kingdom The cargo ship struck a rock off
constructive total loss. Her 60 crew were rescued.[208]
Gudveig  Norway World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off the Farne Islands by U-19 ( Kriegsmarine) with the loss of ten of her eighteen crew. Survivors were rescued by Dole ( Latvia), the fishing vessel Evesham ( United Kingdom) and Vim ( Norway).[118][180][205][209][210]
Orizaba  Germany The cargo ship was driven ashore at Skjervøy, Norway. She was a total loss.[211]
Tourny  France World War II: Convoy KS 56: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Spain (38°00′N 9°55′W / 38.000°N 9.917°W / 38.000; -9.917) by U-44 ( Kriegsmarine) with the loss of eight of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Castillo Monforte ( Spain).[118][212]

26 January

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1940
Ship State Description
HMS Durham Castle  Royal Navy
Orkney Islands (at 57°41′N 3°54′W / 57.683°N 3.900°W / 57.683; -3.900). There were no casualties.[118][213]
Fu Yuang  Norway The cargo ship developed a leak in her boiler room and sank in the Pacific Ocean off Hachijō-jima, Japan (33°40′N 139°56′E / 33.667°N 139.933°E / 33.667; 139.933). All 44 crew were rescued.[214][215]
Merisia  United Kingdom The steam trawler, while on her way to the northern fishing grounds, ran aground in bad weather on the rocks in Bulgham Bay, north of Laxey, Isle of Man and was wrecked. All twelve crew drowned.[19][216][217]

27 January

List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1940
Ship State Description
Adamantios J. Pithis  Greece The cargo ship was wrecked on Cam Rocks, near St Ann's Head, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by a Royal Navy patrol vessel.[19][218][219]
England  Denmark World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea north of Inverness-shire, United Kingdom by U-20 ( Kriegsmarine) with the loss of twenty of her 21 crew.[220][221]
Faro  Norway World War II: The
Orkney Islands, United Kingdom (58°25′N 1°53′W / 58.417°N 1.883°W / 58.417; -1.883) by U-20 ( Kriegsmarine). The wreck drifted ashore the next day in Taracliff Bay, Copinsay. Eight of her fifteen crew were killed.[205][222][223][224]
Fredensborg  Denmark World War II: The cargo ship (2,094 GRT, 1922) was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea (58°25′N 1°53′W / 58.417°N 1.883°W / 58.417; -1.883) by U-20 ( Kriegsmarine) with the loss of all twenty crew.[118][115][225][226][227]
Halton  United Kingdom The cargo ship foundered in the
Lundy Island, Devon. The wreck was broken up at Briton Ferry, Glamorgan, from September 1940.[228]
Hosanger  Norway World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea east of the Orkney Islands (58°25′N 1°53′W / 58.417°N 1.883°W / 58.417; -1.883) by U-20 ( Kriegsmarine) with the loss of seventeen of her eighteen crew. The survivor was rescued by HMS Northern Reward ( Royal Navy).[118][205][229][230][231]
President Quezon  Philippines The cargo liner struck a reef in the Pacific Ocean off Tanegashima, Ryukyu Islands, Japan (30°16′2″N 130°56′50″E / 30.26722°N 130.94722°E / 30.26722; 130.94722) and sank with the loss of one life. Survivors were rescued by Ukishima Maru ( Japan) and two other Japanese ships.[215][232][233][234][235]
HMT Riant  Royal Navy The
Argyllshire. All fourteen crew were rescued.[236]

28 January

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1940
Ship State Description
Bauta  Norway The cargo ship collided with Mälaren ( Sweden) in Oslofjord and sank in shallow water. There were no casualties. She was raised in 1942, repaired and returned to service in September 1943.[237]
Eleni Stathatos  Greece
Fastnet Rock by U-34 ( Kriegsmarine) with the loss of twelve of her 33 crew.[238][239][240][241]
Eston  United Kingdom World War II: Convoy FN 81: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy. She struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Blyth, Northumberland (55°03′N 1°24′W / 55.050°N 1.400°W / 55.050; -1.400) with the loss of all eighteen crew.[242][243]
Flora  Greece World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of Figueira da Foz, Portugal by U-44 ( Kriegsmarine) with the loss of all 25 crew.[118][244][245][241][246]

29 January

List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1940
Ship State Description
Badjestan  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground off Clachaig Point, Isle of Arran, Bute. Her crew were rescued by HMS Maori ( Royal Navy).[118]
East Dudgeon Lightship Trinity House
X Fliegerkorps, Luftwaffe with the loss of seven of her eight crew.[46][247]
Eika  Norway World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in St George's Channel (50°00′N 10°35′W / 50.000°N 10.583°W / 50.000; -10.583) by U-51 ( Kriegsmarine) with the loss of sixteen of her eighteen crew. Survivors were rescued by U-51.[118][248][249][250]
Gripfast  United Kingdom World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged in the North Sea by Luftwaffe aircraft off the coast of Yorkshire. She was beached at the mouth of Bridlington Harbour with the loss of a crew member. She was later repaired and returned to service.[19][251][252][253]
Highwave  United Kingdom World War II: Convoy FS 83A: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the North Sea north of Margate, Kent by Heinkel He 111 aircraft of X Fliegerkorps, Luftwaffe. All eighteen crew were rescued by the fishing trawler Rian ( Netherlands).[46][118][254][255][256]
M-32  Soviet Navy Winter War: The minesweeper was sunk by Finnish Air Force Fokker C.X aircraft at Saunasaari in the Lake Ladoga. The attack also damaged another minesweeper and killed two Soviet sailors.[257][258]
Nora  Netherlands World War II: The coaster was anchored off Deal, Kent when was struck by a drifting mine and was severely damaged. All six crew survived, several being wounded. Salvage tugs took her in tow and beached hear close to Deal pier, but the rising tide lifted her and the wreck crashed into the pier until it collapsed. Nora was a total loss and the remains of the pier were blown up later that year[118][67][259][260]
Skude  Norway The coaster sprang a leak and sank in the North Sea off the Shipwash Lightship ( Trinity House). Her crew were rescued by Eminent ( Belgium).[261][262]
Stanburn  United Kingdom World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the North Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) south east by east half east of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire by Heinkel He 111 aircraft of X Fliegerkorps, Luftwaffe with the loss of 25 of her 28 crew.[118][19][253][263][264]

30 January

List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1940
Ship State Description
Bancrest  United Kingdom
X Fliegerkorps, Luftwaffe with the loss of one of her crew. She came ashore at Wick, Caithness. Survivors were rescued by HMS Javelin ( Royal Navy).[118][265][266]
Fingal I  Norway The cargo ship (460 GRT, 1920) suffered an explosion in her hold or sprang a leak and sank off Barra, Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom. Her eleven crew were rescued.[239][214][267]
Giralda  United Kingdom World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the North Sea east of
Orkney Islands by Heinkel He 111 aircraft of X Fliegerkorps, Luftwaffe with the loss of all 23 crew.[268]
Keramiai  Greece World War II:
Lands End, Cornwall, United Kingdom (48°37′N 7°46′W / 48.617°N 7.767°W / 48.617; -7.767) by U-55 ( Kriegsmarine) with the loss of one life. There were 28 survivors, who were rescued by British Unity ( United Kingdom) and HMS Fowey ( Royal Navy).[118][269]
Royal Crown  United Kingdom World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and strafed by Luftwaffe aircraft 15 nautical miles (28 km) south of Smith Knoll Lightship, ( Trinity House). Four of her 37 crew were killed and all others left the damaged ship in two boats. One reached the coast but capsized, and seven of the 22 men aboard drowned. The other boat with eleven men disappeared without trace, bringing the total of dead and missing to 22. The burning ship ran ashore at Covehithe, Suffolk on 2 February. She was repaired and returned to service.[19][118][270]
U-15  Kriegsmarine The
Type IIB submarine collided with Iltis ( Kriegsmarine) in the North Sea, off the Netherlands (54°21′N 4°50′E / 54.350°N 4.833°E / 54.350; 4.833) and sank with the loss of all 25 crew.[118][271]
U-55  Kriegsmarine World War II: The
Shetland Islands, United Kingdom by the Guépard-class destroyer Valmy (both  French Navy), Fowey and Whitshed (both  Royal Navy) and a Short Sunderland aircraft of 228 Squadron, Royal Air Force with the loss of one of her 42 crew. Survivors were rescued by HMS Fowey.[118][272]
Vaclite  United Kingdom World War II: Convoy OA 80G: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south west of Cornwall (49°20′N 7°04′W / 49.333°N 7.067°W / 49.333; -7.067) by U-55 ( Kriegsmarine). All 35 crew were rescued by Pollenzo ( Italy).[118][273][274]
Voreda  United Kingdom World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged in the North Sea off Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk (52°59′N 1°59′E / 52.983°N 1.983°E / 52.983; 1.983) by Heinkel He 111 aircraft of X Fliegerkorps, Luftwaffe and was beached on the Winterton Shoal. Her crew were rescued by Vivien ( Royal Navy). The wreck was sunk on 5 February.[46][275]

31 January

List of shipwrecks: 31 January 1940
Ship State Description
Start  Norway World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea north of Buckie, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom by U-13 ( Kriegsmarine) with the loss of all sixteen crew.[276][277][278]
Vidar  Denmark World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the North Sea east of the
Orkney Islands, United Kingdom (58°39′N 2°00′E / 58.650°N 2.000°E / 58.650; 2.000) by U-21 ( Kriegsmarine) with the loss of fifteen crew. She sank the next day.[118][115][279][280]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1940
Ship State Description
Arabia  Italy The cargo ship ran aground in the Black Sea off Constanța, Romania.[281]
Queen City  United States The wharf boat sank at dock at the foot of Liberty Street,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania sometime in January. The wreck was removed and burnt on 17 February.[282]

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