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List of shipwrecks in April 1939

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

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

1 April

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List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1939
Ship State Description
Antioquia   Colombia The steamboat sank at Barranquilla.[1]

2 April

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List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1939
Ship State Description
Capitaine Damiani   France The tanker ran aground at Port-de-Bouc, Bouches-du-Rhône and was holed. She was refloated after 250 tons of oil was offloaded.[2]

3 April

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List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1939
Ship State Description
Henry S. Grove   United States The cargo ship ran aground at Balboa, Panama.[2] She was refloated the next day.[3]

7 April

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List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1939
Ship State Description
Carl Vinnen   Germany The schooner ran aground in the San Pedro Channel, Argentina.[4]
Shengjin   Albanian Navy Italian invasion of Albania: The patrol boat was hit by artillery fire from Italian warships and sank at the port of Durres.

8 April

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List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1939
Ship State Description
Coryda   Netherlands The tanker ran aground at Gibraltar. She was refloated the same day.[4]
Koura   Finland The cargo ship ran aground off Jastarnia, Poland.[4]
Temple Bar   United Kingdom The cargo ship struck a rock and sank 20 nautical miles (37 km) south of Cape Flattery, Washington, United States. Her crew survived. She was declared a total loss.[4][5]
Trak   Turkey The passenger ship ran aground in the Gulf of Mudania and was severely damaged.[6] She was refloated the next day and escorted to Istanbul for repairs.[7][8]

9 April

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List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1939
Ship State Description
Asnæs   Denmark The cargo ship collided with Butt (  Germany) in the Kiel Canal, Germany and was beached.[4] A Lloyd's Open Form contract for her salvage was annulled by the company appointed to salvage her due to the situation the ship was in. She was formally abandoned by her owners leaving the canal authorities to arrange salvage on a special contract.[9]
Hilary   United Kingdom The cargo liner ran aground at Carmel Head, Anglesey and was holed. All passengers were taken off by lifeboat. She was refloated later that day and sailed to Liverpool, Lancashire for inspection.[4]

12 April

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List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1939
Ship State Description
Elengo A. Kydoniefs   Greece The cargo ship ran aground at Almadies, French West Africa and was a total loss. Her crew were rescued.[10]
Hebrides   United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground in fog at Pollywilline, Mull of Kintyre, Argyllshire. She was refloated undamaged later that day.[8]
Sapphire   United Kingdom The coaster collided with Clan Cameron (  United Kingdom) 15.5 nautical miles (28.7 km) off St David's Head, Pembrokeshire.[10] Two of her nine crew were killed. Sapphire was taken in tow by Neptunia (  Germany) and Warden (  United Kingdom) but sank 7 nautical miles (13 km) south of the South Bishop Lighthouse.[11]
Zeester   Netherlands The coaster came ashore at Scroby, Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was later refloated.[8]

13 April

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List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1939
Ship State Description
Passaic Sun   United Kingdom The tanker came ashore at Rockport, Maine, United States. It was estimated that 70,000 imperial gallons (320,000 L) of cargo would need to be unloaded before the ship could be refloated.[12]

14 April

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List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1939
Ship State Description
Eskdalegate   United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground in the River Parana, Argentina.[12] She was refloated the next day.[13]

15 April

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List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1939
Ship State Description
Brooklands   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Ballyhack, County Wexford, Ireland.[14]
Pollenzo   Italy The cargo ship ran aground in the Kiel Canal, Germany. She was later refloated.[14]

17 April

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List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1939
Ship State Description
Ellenis   Greece The cargo ship came ashore on Thassos.[13] She was refloated on 20 April.[15]

18 April

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List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1939
Ship State Description
Eileen   Australia The ketch was wrecked near Point Charles, Northern Territory.[16]
Paris   France
 
Paris, 1941
The ocean liner caught fire and capsized at Le Havre, Seine-Inférieure. Scrapping did not occur for almost a decade due to World War II.

19 April

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List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1939
Ship State Description
Inspiration   Nicaragua The cargo ship ran aground at Banes, Cuba and was severely damaged.[17]
Valley Camp   United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground in the St. Lawrence River at Brockville, Ontario, Canada and was holed.[15] She was refloated on 23 April after 900 tons of cargo was offloaded. Subsequently drydocked for repairs.[18]

20 April

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List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1939
Ship State Description
Tahime Maru   Japan The cargo ship ran aground at Ohtamisaki.[15]

22 April

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List of shipwrecks: 22 April 1939
Ship State Description
Mayflower   United Kingdom The coaster ran aground in Liverpool Bay.[19] She was refloated on 30 April.[20]
Syotoku Maru   Japan The cargo ship ran aground in fog at Okujiri Island.[18] She was refloated on 26 April.[21]

24 April

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List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1939
Ship State Description
Pilar de Larrinaga   United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground in the Saigon River, French Indo-China.[21] She was refloated on 27 April.[22]
Start Point   United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground in Hell Gate, New York, United States and was damaged. Later refloated with the assistance of tugs.[18]

25 April

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List of shipwrecks: 25 April 1939
Ship State Description
Kinko Maru, and
Seiko Maru 		  Japan The cargo ships collided off Moji. Both vessels sank but all on board were rescued.[22]

27 April

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List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1939
Ship State Description
Ida Z. O.   Italy The cargo ship ran aground in the Delaware River, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. She was refloated the next day.[23]
Sandy Hook   United States The pilot boat collided with the ocean liner Oslofjord (  Norway) and sank in the Atlantic Ocean west of Sandy Hook, New Jersey, off the Ambrose Lightship (  United States Lighthouse Service) (40°27.556′N 073°49.490′W / 40.459267°N 73.824833°W / 40.459267; -73.824833 (Sandy Hook)). Oslofjord rescued all 26 crew members and harbor pilots on board.[22][24]
Toneline   United Kingdom The tanker ran aground south of Tuzla, Yugoslavia.[23]

29 April

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List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1939
Ship State Description
Oakland   United States The motor vessel sank 500 feet (150 m) off Cape Chacon, Territory of Alaska (54°41′30″N 132°00′50″W / 54.69167°N 132.01389°W / 54.69167; -132.01389 (Cape Chacon)). Her crew of five survived and reached shore in a skiff; one hiked to McLeans Arm for help, and the motor vessel Reiance (  United States) rescued the other four from the beach on 1 May. Oakland was on a voyage from Hydaburg to Ketchikan.[25]

Unknown date

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown Date April 1939
Ship State Description
V-10 Ana   Spanish Navy Spanish Civil War: The auxiliary patrol ship was lost sometime in April.

References

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  1. ^ "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 48270. London. 3 April 1939. col C, p. 25.
  2. ^ a b "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 48271. London. 4 April 1939. col D, p. 27.
  3. ^ "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 48272. London. 5 April 1939. col G, p. 4.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 48275. London. 10 April 1939. col G, p. 17.
  5. ^ Jordan, Roger (1999). The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939. London: Chatham Publishing. p. 484. ISBN 1-86176-023-X.
  6. ^ "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 48276. London. 11 April 1939. col C, p. 17.
  7. ^ "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 48277. London. 12 April 1939. col G, p. 20.
  8. ^ a b c "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 48278. London. 13 April 1939. col F, p. 22.
  9. ^ "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 48279. London. 14 April 1939. col F, p. 3.
  10. ^ a b "Greek Steamer Wrecked". The Times. No. 48278. London. 13 April 1939. col F, p. 22.
  11. ^ "Thursday". The Times. No. 48278. London. 13 April 1939. col B, p. 6.
  12. ^ a b "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 48280. London. 15 April 1939. col F, p. 6.
  13. ^ a b "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 48283. London. 18 April 1939. col E, p. 8.
  14. ^ a b "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 48281. London. 17 April 1939. col F, p. 22.
  15. ^ a b c "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 48285. London. 21 April 1939. col D, p. 28.
  16. ^ "TIME-LINE Merchant and Navy Ship events 1939 - 1945 (WWII)". Mareud. Archived from the original on 6 February 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2010.
  17. ^ "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 48286. London. 22 April 1939. col C, p. 21.
  18. ^ a b c "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 48288. London. 25 April 1939. col C, p. 26.
  19. ^ "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 48287. London. 24 April 1939. col C, p. 23.
  20. ^ "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 48294. London. 2 May 1939. col G, p. 10.
  21. ^ a b "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 48289. London. 27 April 1939. col F, p. 28.
  22. ^ a b c "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 48291. London. 28 April 1939. col C, p. 29.
  23. ^ a b "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 48292. London. 29 April 1939. col G, p. 7.
  24. ^ njscuba.net Sandy Hook - Pilot Boat
  25. ^ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (O)
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