List of shipwrecks in April 1939

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

April 1939
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1 April

List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1939
Ship Country Description
Antioquia  Colombia The river steamer sank at Barranquilla.[1]

2 April

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

3 April

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

7 April

List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1939
Ship Country Description
Carl Vinnen  Germany The schooner ran aground in the San Pedro Channel, Argentina.[4]
Shengjin Albanian Kingdom (1928–39) Albania . The patrol boat was hit by artillery fire from Italian warships and sank at the port of Durres during the Italian invasion of Albania.

8 April

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

9 April

List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1939
Ship Country 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.[8]
Hilary  United Kingdom The cargo liner ran aground at Carmel Head, Anglesey and was holed. All passengers were taken off by lifeboat. Refloated later that day and sailed to Liverpool, Lancashire for inspection.[4]

12 April

List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1939
Ship Country Description
Elengo A Kydoniefs  Greece The cargo ship ran aground at Almadies, French West Africa and was a total loss. All crew were rescued.[9]
Hebrides  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground in fog at Pollywilline, Mull of Kintyre, Argyllshire. Refloated undamaged later that day.[7]
Sapphire  United Kingdom The coaster collided with Clan Cameron ( United Kingdom) 15.5 nautical miles (28.7 km) off St David's Head.[9] 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.[10]
Zeester  Netherlands The coaster came ashore at Scroby, Norfolk. She was later refloated.[7]

13 April

List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1939
Ship Country Description
Passaic Sun  United Kingdom The tanker came ashore at Rockport, Maine. It was estimated that 70,000 imperial gallons (320,000 l) of cargo would need to be unloaded before the ship could be refloated.[11]

14 April

List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1939
Ship Country Description
Eskdalegate  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground in the River Parana, Argentina.[11] Refloated the next day.[12]

15 April

List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1939
Ship Country Description
Brooklands  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Ballyhack, County Wexford, Ireland.[13]
Pollenzo  Italy The cargo ship ran aground in the Kiel Canal, Germany. Later refloated.[13]

17 April

List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1939
Ship Country Description
Ellenis  Greece The cargo ship came ashore on Thassos.[12] Refloated on 20 April.[14]

18 April

List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1939
Ship Country Description
Eileen  Australia The ketch was wrecked near Point Charles, Northern Territory.[15]
Paris  France The ocean liner caught fire and capsized in Le Havre harbour. Scrapping did not occur for almost a decade due to World War II.

19 April

List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1939
Ship Country Description
Inspiration  Nicaragua The cargo ship ran aground at Banes, Cuba and was severely damaged.[16]
Valley Camp  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground in the St. Lawrence River at Brockville and was holed.[14] Refloated on 23 April after 900 tons of cargo was offloated. Drydocked for repairs.[17]

20 April

List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1939
Ship Country Description
Tahime Maru  Japan The cargo ship ran aground at Ohtamisaki.[14]

22 April

List of shipwrecks: 22 April 1939
Ship Country Description
Mayflower  United Kingdom The coaster ran aground in Liverpool Bay.[18] Refloated on 30 April.[19]
Syotoku Maru  Japan The cargo ship ran aground in fog at Okujiri Island.[17] Refloated on 26 April.[20]

24 April

List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1939
Ship Country Description
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.[17]
Pilar de Larrinaga  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground in the Saigon River, French Indo-China.[20] Refloated on 27 April.[21]

25 April

List of shipwrecks: 25 April 1939
Ship Country Description
Kinko Maru  Japan The cargo ship collided with Seiko Maru ( Japan) off Moji. Both vessels sank but all on board were rescued.[21]

27 April

List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1939
Ship Country Description
Ida Z O  Italy The cargo ship ran aground in the Delaware River, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Refloated the next day.[22]
Sandy Hook  United States The pilot boat collided with Oslofjord ( Norway) off the Ambrose Lightship and sank. All crew rescued by Oslofjord.[21]
Toneline  United Kingdom The tanker ran aground south of Tuzla, Yugoslavia.[22]

References

  1. ↑ "Casualty Reports". The Times (48270). London. 3 April 1939. col C, p. 25.
  2. 1 2 "Casualty Reports". The Times (48271). London. 4 April 1939. col D, p. 27.
  3. ↑ "Casualty Reports". The Times (48272). London. 5 April 1939. col G, p. 4.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Casualty Reports". The Times (48275). London. 10 April 1939. col G, p. 17.
  5. ↑ "Casualty Reports". The Times (48276). London. 11 April 1939. col C, p. 17.
  6. ↑ "Casualty Reports". The Times (48277). London. 12 April 1939. col G, p. 20.
  7. 1 2 3 "Casualty Reports". The Times (48278). London. 13 April 1939. col F, p. 22.
  8. ↑ "Casualty Reports". The Times (48279). London. 14 April 1939. col F, p. 3.
  9. 1 2 "Greek Steamer Wrecked". The Times (48278). London. 13 April 1939. col F, p. 22.
  10. ↑ "Thursday". The Times (48278). London. 13 April 1939. col B, p. 6.
  11. 1 2 "Casualty Reports". The Times (48280). London. 15 April 1939. col F, p. 6.
  12. 1 2 "Casualty Reports". The Times (48283). London. 18 April 1939. col E, p. 8.
  13. 1 2 "Casualty Reports". The Times (48281). London. 17 April 1939. col F, p. 22.
  14. 1 2 3 "Casualty Reports". The Times (48285). London. 21 April 1939. col D, p. 28.
  15. ↑ "TIME-LINE Merchant and Navy Ship events 1939 - 1945 (WWII)". Mareud. Retrieved 18 May 2010.
  16. ↑ "Casualty Reports". The Times (48286). London. 22 April 1939. col C, p. 21.
  17. 1 2 3 "Casualty Reports". The Times (48288). London. 25 April 1939. col C, p. 26.
  18. ↑ "Casualty Reports". The Times (48287). London. 24 April 1939. col C, p. 23.
  19. ↑ "Casualty Reports". The Times (48294). London. 2 May 1939. col G, p. 10.
  20. 1 2 "Casualty Reports". The Times (48289). London. 27 April 1939. col F, p. 28.
  21. 1 2 3 "Casualty Reports". The Times (48291). London. 28 April 1939. col C, p. 29.
  22. 1 2 "Casualty Reports". The Times (48292). London. 29 April 1939. col G, p. 7.
Ship events in 1939
Ship launches: 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944
Ship commissionings: 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944
Ship decommissionings: 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944
Shipwrecks: 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944
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