List of shipwrecks in January 1939

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

1 January

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List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1939
Ship State Description
Anadolu   Turkey The cargo ship ran aground in a storm at Bender Eregli.[1]
Calchas   United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground off the Kelsnor Lighthouse, Langeland, Denmark.[2] Refloated on 5 January but damaged and leaking.[3]
Galata   Turkey The cargo ship ran aground in a storm at Bender Eregli.[1][3]
Ikbal   Turkey The cargo ship ran aground in a storm at Bender Eregli.[1] Refloated on 8 January.[4]
Kaplan   Turkey The cargo ship sank in a storm at Bender Eregli.[3][5]
Millet   Turkey The cargo ship sank in a storm at Bender Eregli. Only two crew survived.[5]
Mete   Turkey The cargo ship ran aground in a storm at Bender Eregli.[1][4] Refloated on 21 January.[6]
Nicolaos Nomicos   Greece The cargo ship sank in a storm at Bender Eregli.[3][5] She was refloated on 9 January.[7]
Sadan   Turkey The cargo ship ran aground in a storm at Bender Eregli.[1][4] She was refloated on 18 January.[8]
Samsun   Turkey The cargo ship ran aground in a storm at Bender Eregli.[9] She was refloated on 26 January.[10]
Sumer   Turkey The cargo ship sank in a storm at Bender Eregli. She was refloated on 9 January.[5][7]
Tan   Turkey The cargo ship ran aground in a storm at Bender Eregli.[1][3] She was refloated on 6 January.[11]
Zonguldak   Turkey The cargo ship ran aground in a storm at Bender Eregli.[1][4] She was refloated on 8 January.[7]

2 January

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List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1939
Ship State Description
Galatea   Norway The cargo ship was driven ashore on Saltholm, Copenhagen, Denmark.[9] She was refloated on 5 January.[3]
Mexico   Norway The tanker ran aground at Dragør, Denmark.[9]
Tilda   Finland The cargo ship was driven ashore at Setúbal, Portugal.[9] She was refloated the next day after 350 tons of oil was discharged.[3][12]

4 January

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List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1939
Ship State Description
Chief Wawatam   United States The train ferry ran aground on the North Graham Shoal in the Straits of Mackinac.[3] She was refloated on 9 January.[13]

5 January

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List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1939
Ship State Description
Cheyenne   United Kingdom The tanker ran aground at Spodsbjerg, Denmark. She was later refloated undamaged.[3]
Kyleclare   United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground in the River Moy, County Mayo, Ireland.[3] She was refloated undamaged the next day.[11]
Shuntai Maru   Japan The cargo ship was driven ashore in a gale at Muroran, Hokkaidō.[7] She was later refloated.[14]
Yubari Maru   Japan The cargo ship was driven ashore in a gale at Muroran.[7] She was later refloated.[14]

6 January

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List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1939
Ship State Description
Authorpe   Panama Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Alicante by Nationalist aircraft. She was refloated in 1939 and seized by the Spanish Government. Subsequently repaired and returned to service as Alhucemas.[15]
V11 Francisco   Spanish Republican Navy Spanish Civil War: The auxiliary patrol ship was lost on this date.
Yamahuzi Maru   Japan The cargo ship ran aground in the Miyako Islands.[11] She was refloated on 3 February.[16]

7 January

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List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1939
Ship State Description
Helios   Germany The cargo ship ran aground entering Pasajes Harbour, Portugal, and developed a leak.[4]
Hoegh Silvercrest   Norway The cargo liner ran aground at Montufar Point, San Bernardino Strait, Philippines.[4][17] The ship was later abandoned by her crew.[18] She broke up on 17 February.[19][20]
Jadarland   Norway The cargo ship ran aground at Oslo and was damaged.[4]
Pass of Ballater   United Kingdom The tanker ran aground at Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France.[4] She was refloated later that day but was found to be severely damaged.[7]

8 January

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List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1939
Ship State Description
Dido   Norway The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea 95 nautical miles (176 km) south west of Utsire island with the loss of a crew member.[21]
Saint Nazaire   France The cargo ship ran aground off Pauillac, Gironde.[4] She was later refloated.[7]
Thetis   Greece The cargo ship ran aground in the Martín García Channel, Argentina.[4] She was refloated the next day.[7]
Tinda   Netherlands The cargo ship ran aground at Asnæs, Denmark.[4] She was refloated on 10 January having sustained some damage to her bottom.[13]

10 January

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List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1939
Ship State Description
Berwindvale   United States The cargo ship ran aground in the Kennebec River. She was later refloated with a damaged bottom.[18]
Llanover   United Kingdom The cargo ship was driven ashore in a gale at Niigata, Japan.[18] Refloated on 25 January.[10]
Waukegan   United States The cargo ship collided with the St George's Bridge over the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal at St. Georges, Delaware and demolished the bridge, blocking the canal.[13] Two people were killed.[18]

11 January

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List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1939
Ship State Description
Severonia   Estonia The cargo ship ran aground at Turku, Finland.[18] She was declared a total loss.[14]

12 January

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List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1939
Ship State Description
Gretaston   United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Yavaros, Mexico.[22] She was later refloated undamaged.[23]
Herbert G. Wylie   Venezuela The tanker exploded and sank at the Caripito San Juan river terminal while loading oil products.[24]
Trio   Finland The cargo ship foundered off Den Helder, North Holland, Netherlands.[25]

14 January

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List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1939
Ship State Description
Cabo Cullera   Spain Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Tarragona by Spanish Nationalist aircraft.[26]

15 January

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List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1939
Ship State Description
Cheribon Maru   Japan The cargo ship ran aground north of Cagayan, Sulu Islands, Philippines. Twelve passengers were taken off the next day by Kamo Maru (  Japan). Cheribon Maru was later salvaged and returned to service.[23][27]
Conifer   United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with Monte Santo (  Italy) in the English Channel 6 nautical miles (11 km) off the Sandette Lightship (  France) and sank.[23] All nine crew were rescued by Monte Santo and landed at Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands.[14]
Elsie   Norway The cargo ship suffered an explosion in her engine room. She came ashore at Mandal and broke in three, with the midsection sinking. Elsie was declared a total loss. All sixteen crew survived.[23][28][29]
Wyvern   Norway The cargo ship was driven ashore at Pensacola, Florida, United States.[23] She was refloated later that day.[14]

16 January

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List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1939
Ship State Description
Cambay Star   United Kingdom The cargo ship foundered in the Indian Ocean (18°19′N 70°40′E / 18.317°N 70.667°E / 18.317; 70.667).[14]
Kashiwa Maru   Japan The cargo ship ran aground at Awomori.[14]
Orion   Finland The cargo ship ran aground on Harmaja, Helsinki.[14]

17 January

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List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1939
Ship State Description
Belbowrie   United Kingdom The auxiliary schooner was driven ashore at Maroubra Bay, New South Wales, Australia and was wrecked.[28]
Dudley Rose   United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground in the River Thames at Grays Thurrock, Essex.[30] She was refloated the next day.[31]

18 January

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List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1939
Ship State Description
Giove   Regia Marina The tanker ran aground in the Rooka Channel, Shatt el Arab, Iraq.[8] She was refloated on 20 January after discharging 3,000 tons of oil.[32]
Herzogin Cecilie   Finland The barque capsized and sank at Starehole Bay, Devon, United Kingdom.
Ulmus   United Kingdom The cargo ship caught fire off Gibraltar (36°14′N 6°58′W / 36.233°N 6.967°W / 36.233; -6.967). Her crew were rescued and the ship was towed by Spanish Nationalist vessels to Barcelona. She was declared a constructive total loss, but entered Italian service in 1946 as Alberto Gianpaolo.[15][33]

19 January

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List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1939
Ship State Description
Jaguar   Norway The tanker broke in two at approximately 35°N 46°W / 35°N 46°W / 35; -46. All 37 crew were rescued by Duala (  Norway).[34] Stern section reported afloat on 30 January at 35°00′N 39°49′W / 35.000°N 39.817°W / 35.000; -39.817.[35] Reported on 7 February at 35°25′N 31°44′W / 35.417°N 31.733°W / 35.417; -31.733.[36] The stern section was taken in tow by Thames (  Netherlands) on 11 February. Reported to be heading for Horta, Azores, Portugal,[37] which was reached on 14 February with assistance from Seefalke (  Germany).[38] The stern section departed Horta under tow for Rotterdam, Netherlands on 22 February,[39] where it arrived on 11 March.[40]
Laura Annie Barnes   United Kingdom The schooner ran aground in the Nantucket Sound, United States.[32]
V14 Rafael   Spanish Republican Navy Spanish Civil War: The auxiliary patrol ship was lost on this date.

20 January

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List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1939
Ship State Description
Esbjörn   Finland The cargo ship ran aground at Lyngsodde, Fredericia, Denmark. She was refloated later that day.[6]

21 January

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List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1939
Ship State Description
Koidula   Estonia The cargo ship ran aground in the Uruguay River, Uruguay.[6] She was refloated on 27 January after 1,700 tons of cargo was discharged.[41]
Pacific Grove   United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Guayaquil, Ecuador.[6]
V17 Juan Lucena   Spanish Republican Navy Spanish Civil War: The auxiliary patrol ship was lost on this date.
Wilston   United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Wicca Pool, Zennor, Cornwall with the loss of all 30 crew.[42][43][44][45]

22 January

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List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1939
Ship State Description
Cabourg   France The cargo ship reported passing Ouessant, Finistère whilst on a voyage from Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. No further trace, presumed foundered as the bodies of two crew members were later washed up.[46][47]
Mado   Netherlands The cargo ship ran aground entering Margate Harbour, Kent, United Kingdom.[6] She was refloated the next day.[48]
Silverash   United Kingdom The cargo ship caught fire and sank at New York, United States.[49] She was later refloated, and departed under tow on 23 April for Sunderland, Co Durham.[50] Silverash arrived on 18 May.[51] Subsequently repaired and returned to service.[52]

23 January

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List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1939
Ship State Description
African Mariner   United Kingdom Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Barcelona by Nationalist aircraft. Two crew were killed.[53] She was refloated on 18 April 1939 and seized by the Spanish Government, repaired and returned to service as Castillo Montjuich.[54]
Argentina   Spain Spanish Civil War: The passenger ship was bombed and sunk at Barcelona.[55] She was refloated on 8 September and laid up. Argentina was scrapped in 1945.[56]
C17   Spanish Republican Navy Spanish Civil War: The C1-class motor launch was bombed and sunk at Barcelona.[57]
John and Sara Eliza Stych   Royal National Lifeboat Institution The St Ives lifeboat launched to go to the aid of a steamship off Cape Cornwall. She capsized three times; off Clodgy Point, The Island and Godrevy Point. Only one crew member survived.[58]
Lobos   United Kingdom The passenger ship collided with Viriglio (  Italy) off Callao, Peru and was beached.[59] She was later refloated. Lobos arrived at Lima on 17 February.[60]
Nida   Lithuania The cargo ship was driven ashore at Christiansø, Denmark. She was refloated later that day.[59]
Riga   Estonia The cargo ship was driven ashore on Christiansø.[48]
Sulev   Estonia The cargo ship ran aground at Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France.[48]
Thorpebay   United Kingdom Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was attacked and severely damaged by aircraft at Barcelona.[61]
Uruguay   Spain Spanish Civil War: The passenger ship was bombed and sunk at Barcelona by Nationalist aircraft. She was refloated on 27 July and scrapped in 1940.[62]
V16 Maria   Spanish Republican Navy Spanish Civil War: The auxiliary patrol ship was lost on this date.

24 January

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List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1939
Ship State Description
Itanagé   Brazil The cargo ship ran aground at Vitória, sprang a leak and was beached.[59]
Miocene   United Kingdom Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Barcelona by Nationalist aircraft. Refloated in 1940, confiscated by the Spanish Government but scrapped in 1944.[15]
Nueve Pepe Leston   Spanish Navy Spanish Civil War: The minesweeper was sunk by mines.[63]
St. Clair Theriault   United Kingdom The schooner caught fire and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (47°47′N 6°55′W / 47.783°N 6.917°W / 47.783; -6.917).[59]
Vassos   Greece The tanker ran aground at Lyserort, Latvia.[59] She was refloated on 26 January.[64]

25 January

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List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1939
Ship State Description
Azelma   France Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Sant Feliu de Guíxols by Nationalist aircraft. She was refloated in 1940, confiscated by the Spanish Government and returned to service as Castillo Javier.[15]
Colonel Ralston   United Kingdom The cargo ship came ashore at Annapolis, Maryland, United States and was a total loss.[65]
Kaiapoi   Panama The cargo ship struck rocks and sank in Wenchow Bay, China (28°16′N 121°38′E / 28.267°N 121.633°E / 28.267; 121.633). All crew were rescued.[10]
Supetar   Yugoslavia The cargo ship ran aground at Karadeniz Ereğli, Turkey. She was refloated later that day.[10]

26 January

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List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1939
Ship State Description
Aspen   United Kingdom The coaster ran aground at the entrance to Holyhead Harbour, Anglesey.[10]
Fueloil   United States The tanker ran aground on Shooters Island, New York.[10] She was refloated later that day.[64]
Monturiol   Spanish Republican Navy Spanish Civil War: The auxiliary patrol ship was lost on this date.
Yolande   France Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Barcelona by Nationalist aircraft.[15]

27 January

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List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1939
Ship State Description
Foynes   United Kingdom Spanish Civil War: The tanker was bombed and damaged at Valencia. She capsized and sank the next day.[41] She was refloated on 23 November, repaired and entered Spanish service as Castillo Riaza.[66]
Kamikaze Maru   Japan The coastal tanker capsized and sank off Kushiro.[64]
Shun Chih   United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Swatow, China.[64] She was refloated undamaged the next day.[41]
Suzy   Greece Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was bombed and severely damaged at Valencia.[41]

28 January

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List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1939
Ship State Description
Lake Lugano   United Kingdom Spanish Civil War: The steamship, already abandoned and beached in the bay of Palamós after being damaged by air attack on 6 August 1938, was shelled and wrecked by the Spanish Nationalist auxiliary cruiser Mar Negro (  Spanish Navy) at 41°50′49.90″N 03°07′08.85″E / 41.8471944°N 3.1191250°E / 41.8471944; 3.1191250.[67][68]
Virgil G. Bogue   United States The tug collided with Point Lobos (  United States) in the Oakland Estuary, California and sank.[41]

29 January

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List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1939
Ship State Description
V12 Adela   Spanish Republican Navy Spanish Civil War: The auxiliary patrol ship was lost on this date.

30 January

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List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1939
Ship State Description
Garryvale   Finland The cargo ship ran aground in the North Sea off the mouth of the River Tees. Her crew survived. She was refloated and consequently scrapped.[69]
Julie   United Kingdom The sailing ship was abandoned in a sinking condition 15 nautical miles (28 km) south south east of the Eddystone Lighthouse, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by the trawler Roger Robert (  Belgium).[35]

31 January

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List of shipwrecks: 31 January 1939
Ship State Description
Askot   Norway The cargo ship ran aground off Foundiougne, French West Africa.[70] She was refloated the next day.[71]
Ohio   United States The tug collided with Esso Belgium (  Belgium) at New Orleans, Louisiana and was beached.[72]
Robur VIII   Poland The cargo ship ran aground north of the Terschelling Lighthouse, Friesland, Netherlands. She was refloated the next day.[71]

Unknown date

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1939
Ship State Description
Besos   Spanish Republican Navy Spanish Civil War: The auxiliary patrol ship was lost sometime in January.
Crisabelle Stephen   United Kingdom The fishing vessel ran aground and sank.[73]
HMS Medea   United Kingdom The M15-class monitor, parted her tow on her way to the breaker's yard and was driven ashore at Trebetherick Point, Cornwall or Padstow, Cornwall and was wrecked on 23 or 28 January.[74][48]
V24 Teresa   Spanish Republican Navy Spanish Civil War: The auxiliary patrol ship was lost sometime in January.

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