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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 cargo ship ran aground at Les Sables d'Olonne, Vendée, France and was wrecked. Her twenty crew survived.[31][32] |
British Liberty |
United Kingdom |
World War II: The 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 cargo liner struck a mine and was damaged in the Firth of Tay. She was abandoned with the loss of one of her 164 crew. Survivors were rescued by the Broughty Ferry lifeboat Mona ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution), a Royal Air Force launch and a 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] |
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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) 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 coaster was bombed and sunk in the North Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) east of Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire by aircraft of 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) 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). 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 S-class submarine (730/927 t, 1933) was depth charged and damaged in the Heligoland Bight by M-7 ( Kriegsmarine). She was forced on the surface and subsequently sank. Her crew were rescued and taken as prisoners of war. |
Tonis Chandris |
Greece |
World War II: The cargo ship ran aground on Unst, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom (60°42′07″N 0°48′54″W) 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). 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) by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of three crew. She sank the next day.[3][57][68] |
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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: Convoy HXF 15: The tanker struck a mine and sank off the south west coast of England (51°51′N 3°43′W). 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) 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) 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] |
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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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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] |
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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 coaster was torpedoed and damaged in the North Sea 15 nautical miles (28 km) south east of Copinsay, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom (58°25′N 1°53′W) 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) 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 Bristol Channel off 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) 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) 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 naval trawler sank due to water leakage in bad weather off Gigha, Argyllshire. All fourteen crew were rescued.[236][237] |
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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 |
World War II: The lightship was bombed and sunk by Heinkel He 111 aircraft of X Fliegerkorps, Luftwaffe with the loss of seven of her eight crew.[46][248] |
Eika |
Norway |
World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in St George's Channel (50°00′N 10°35′W) by U-51 ( Kriegsmarine) with the loss of sixteen of her eighteen crew. Survivors were rescued by U-51.[118][249][250][251] |
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][252][253][254] |
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][255][256][257] |
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.[258][259] |
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][260][261] |
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).[262][263] |
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][254][264][265] |
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List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1940
Ship | State | Description |
Bancrest |
United Kingdom |
World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged in the North Sea east of the Orkney Islands (58°53′N 1°52′W) by Heinkel He 111 aircraft of 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][266][267] |
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.[240][214][268] |
Giralda |
United Kingdom |
World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the North Sea east of Grim Ness, Orkney Islands by Heinkel He 111 aircraft of X Fliegerkorps, Luftwaffe with the loss of all 23 crew.[269] |
Keramiai |
Greece |
World War II: Convoy OA 80G: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Lands End, Cornwall, United Kingdom (48°37′N 7°46′W) 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][270] |
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][271] |
U-15 |
Kriegsmarine |
The Type IIB submarine collided with Iltis ( Kriegsmarine) in the North Sea, off the Netherlands (54°21′N 4°50′E) and sank with the loss of all 25 crew.[118][272] |
U-55 |
Kriegsmarine |
World War II: The Type VIIB submarine was depth charged, shelled and sunk in the North Sea off 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][273] |
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) by U-55 ( Kriegsmarine). All 35 crew were rescued by Pollenzo ( Italy).[118][274][275] |
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) 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][276] |
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