List of shipwrecks in May 1939

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

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1 May

List of shipwrecks: 1 May 1939
Ship State Description
Bengt Sture  Sweden The
Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland, United Kingdom. She was later refloated undamaged.[1]

4 May

List of shipwrecks: 4 May 1939
Ship State Description
Bardaland  Sweden The
Danzig, Germany owing to failure of her steering gear.[2] She was refloated later that day.[3]
Malacca Maru  Japan The cargo ship was driven ashore near Wood Island and broke in two.[4]

5 May

List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1939
Ship State Description
Mayon  United States The
Negros Island, Philippines.[3] She was refloated on 22 May and sailed to Manila, Philippines for repairs.[5]

6 May

List of shipwrecks: 6 May 1939
Ship State Description
Seisho Maru  Japan The cargo ship ran aground in Tokyo Bay.[6] She was refloated undamaged later that day.[7]
Vathy of Samos  Greece The cargo ship ran aground at Kalloni.[6]

7 May

List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1939
Ship State Description
Kalipso  Australia The coaster caught fire and sank in the Clarence River, New South Wales.[8]

9 May

List of shipwrecks: 9 May 1939
Ship State Description
Alsia  Denmark The
Ceylon. The crew abandoned ship and were taken on board Canton ( United Kingdom).[9] Alsia came ashore, still burning, at Uduwata Point, 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Galle, on 11 May.[7][10] The gutted ship broke her back and was a total loss.[11]
Arantzazu Mendi  Spain The cargo ship ran aground at Kearney Point, County Down, United Kingdom.[9] She broke her back on 14 May,[12] and was consequently scrapped.[13]
Dorothy Luckenbach  United States The
tanker ran aground in the Crocket Channel.[14] She was refloated undamaged on 11 May.[15]
Hochelaga Canada Canada The cargo ship ran aground at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.[14] She was refloated the next day.[7]
Lindenbank  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground on Arena Island, Sulu Sea, Philippines. She was refloated the next day but then sank 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off the island. Her crew were rescued by USS Pope ( United States Navy).[16][17][18]
Malacca Maru  Japan The cargo ship ran aground on Wood Island whilst on a voyage from Singapore to Osaka and broke her back. She was declared a total loss.[9]
HMAS Tattoo  Royal Australian Navy The S-class destroyer was scuttled in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of New South Wales.[19]

10 May

List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1939
Ship State Description
Medée  France The cargo ship ran aground at Ouistreham, Calvados.[14]
Villa Franca  Portugal The cargo ship ran aground at
Seine-Inférieure, France.[14] She was refloated the next day.[7]

11 May

List of shipwrecks: 11 May 1939
Ship State Description
Pikepool  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground in the Uruguay River 6 nautical miles (11 km) downstream of Fray Bentos, Uruguay.[15] She was refloated on 18 May.[11]

12 May

List of shipwrecks: 12 May 1939
Ship State Description
Comol Rico  United States The
tanker ran aground at Port Eads, Louisiana. She was refloated the next day.[12]

13 May

List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1939
Ship State Description
Prestatyn Rose  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Llanelli, Carmarthenshire. She was refloated later that day.[12]

15 May

List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1939
Ship State Description
Fjeld  Norway The
Loire-Inférieure, France. She was refloated later that day with severe damage.[20]
Signfred  Sweden The cargo ship ran aground at
Oscarshamn for repairs.[11]

16 May

List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1939
Ship State Description
Colne  United Kingdom The
Thames barge collided with San Andres ( Norway) in the River Thames at Blackwall Point and was severely damaged. She was beached at Point Wharf, Greenwich.[21]

17 May

List of shipwrecks: 17 May 1939
Ship State Description
Aden  United Kingdom The
dredger capsized in the North Sea (55°38′N 1°20′W / 55.633°N 1.333°W / 55.633; -1.333) whilst under tow.[22]

18 May

List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1939
Ship State Description
Benjamin F. Packard  United States The
Long Island, New York.[23]

19 May

List of shipwrecks: 19 May 1939
Ship State Description
Rosedene  United Kingdom The coaster ran aground at Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, Somme, France.[11] She was refloated undamaged the next day.[24]

20 May

List of shipwrecks: 20 May 1939
Ship State Description
Aquarius  United States The
New Orleans, Louisiana and was severely damaged.[24]
Gunny  Sweden The cargo ship ran aground at Gisslan and was severely damaged.
Gefle.[5]
Silver Sword  United States The cargo ship ran aground at Port Eads, Louisiana.[24] She was refloated the next day.[5]

21 May

List of shipwrecks: 21 May 1939
Ship State Description
Consul Hintz  Germany The
Someri, Finland.[24] She was refloated the next day.[5] Consul Hintz arrived on 28 May at Helsinki for drydocking.[25]
Eha  Estonia The cargo ship ran aground on Märket, in the Baltic Sea and became waterlogged. Her crew abandoned ship.[24]
Saimaa  Finland The cargo ship ran aground on Someri.[24]

22 May

List of shipwrecks: 22 May 1939
Ship State Description
Dicky  United Kingdom The
Rainham, Essex with Valparaiso ( Sweden) and was extensively damaged. She was beached to prevent her sinking.[5] Dicky was refloated on 24 May.[26]
Kankyo Maru  Japan Tsunchiko Maru ( Japan) collided with Kankyo Maru at Shimonoseki, damaging her severely. Tsunchiko Maru then collided with Zuiko Maru ( Japan). Kankyo Maru sank with the loss of sixteen crew.[5]

23 May

List of shipwrecks: 23 May 1939
Ship State Description
Souvenir  United States The
motor vessel Mary Ellen (Flag unknown) rescued both people on board.[27]
USS Squalus  United States Navy The Sargo-class submarine sank off the Isles of Shoals with the loss of 26 crew. She was refloated, repaired, and recommissioned as USS Sailfish ( United States Navy).

26 May

List of shipwrecks: 26 May 1939
Ship State Description
Huasco  Chile The passenger ship capsized and sank in Talcahuano Bay.[28]

27 May

List of shipwrecks: 27 May 1939
Ship State Description
France  United Kingdom The cargo ship foundered in the Caribbean Sea off Georgetown, British Guiana.[29]
Polzella  United Kingdom The cargo ship became stranded on the Payung Reef, off
Netherlands East Indies.[25] She was refloated on 1 June.[30]
Yewmount  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Deauville, Calvados, France. She was refloated undamaged later that day.[25]

28 May

List of shipwrecks: 28 May 1939
Ship State Description
En Min  Manchukuo Imperial Navy Dongan Incident: The On Min-class river
Ussuri River, grounding on the Manchurian side of the river, a total loss.[31]

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  15. ^ a b "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 48304. London. 13 May 1939. col G, p. 25.
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  31. ^ "Soviet Naval Battles -Manchuria during WW2 (updated 2022)". SovietEmpire. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
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